Moths of the Month (Adult Macros)
The National Moth Recording Scheme's database has records for each of the species for a vice county for a given month. The photographs are taken from the Scottish County Moth Recorders' Voucher Archive. If the Archive has a photo of the species for the Vice County then that will be shown, otherwise a photo from another Scottish VC will display.
A simple algorithm has been used to provide an indication of abundance of the species in that month (not of its abundance generally) for records since January 2000. This has been based on the number of records (not the counts within records) that the moth has for that month in that VC compared to the
total counts for that VC in that month for all species. Some inappropriate categories may therefore be shown, but any species with 'Very Unlikely', or for beginners 'Unlikely' against them should be verified with your CMR.
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Streak
(Frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Frequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Black Rustic
(Frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Regular)
Slender-striped Rufous
(Regular)
Juniper Pug
(Regular)
Bordered Beauty
(Regular)
Feathered Thorn
(Regular)
Dotted Carpet
(Regular)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Haworth's Minor
(Regular)
Crescent
(Regular)
Frosted Orange
(Regular)
Dark Arches
(Regular)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Regular)
Red-line Quaker
(Regular)
Brick
(Regular)
Chestnut
(Regular)
Red Sword-grass
(Regular)
Grey Chi
(Regular)
Antler Moth
(Regular)
Barred Chestnut
(Regular)
Heath Rustic
(Regular)
Plain Clay
(Regular)
Pale Eggar
(Infrequent)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Flame Carpet
(Infrequent)
Common Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Infrequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Infrequent)
Purple Bar
(Infrequent)
Northern Spinach
(Infrequent)
Beech-green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
Barred Red
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Infrequent)
Anomalous
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Large Ear
(Infrequent)
Ear Moth
(Infrequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Infrequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Rosy Minor
(Infrequent)
Flounced Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Infrequent)
Merveille du Jour
(Infrequent)
Brindled Green
(Infrequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Infrequent)
White-line Dart
(Infrequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Infrequent)
Small Square-spot
(Infrequent)
Dotted Clay
(Infrequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Infrequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Unusual)
Riband Wave
(Unusual)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Unusual)
November Moth
(Unusual)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Unusual)
Brimstone Moth
(Unusual)
September Thorn
(Unusual)
Light Emerald
(Unusual)
Snout
(Unusual)
Vapourer
(Unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Unusual)
Burnished Brass
(Unusual)
Old Lady
(Unusual)
Crinan Ear
(Unusual)
Large Wainscot
(Unusual)
Orange Sallow
(Unusual)
Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Angle-striped Sallow
(Unusual)
Dun-bar
(Unusual)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Unusual)
Garden Dart
(Unusual)
Archer's Dart
(Unusual)
Purple Clay
(Unusual)
Northern Rustic
(Unusual)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Green Arches
(Unusual)
Six-striped Rustic
(Unusual)
Double Square-spot
(Unusual)
Oak Nycteoline
(Unusual)