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.
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Purple Bar
(Frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Gold Spangle
(Frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Frequent)
Pale Eggar
(Regular)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Regular)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Regular)
Red Carpet
(Regular)
Garden Carpet
(Regular)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Regular)
Barred Straw
(Regular)
Welsh Wave
(Regular)
Treble-bar
(Regular)
Magpie Moth
(Regular)
Bordered Beauty
(Regular)
Scalloped Oak
(Regular)
Dotted Carpet
(Regular)
Light Emerald
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Garden Tiger
(Regular)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Anomalous
(Regular)
Crescent
(Regular)
Light Arches
(Regular)
Common Rustic
(Regular)
Middle-barred Minor
(Regular)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Regular)
Sallow
(Regular)
Black Rustic
(Regular)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Regular)
White-line Dart
(Regular)
Flame Shoulder
(Regular)
Barred Chestnut
(Regular)
Purple Clay
(Regular)
Neglected Rustic
(Regular)
Heath Rustic
(Regular)
Six-striped Rustic
(Regular)
Double Square-spot
(Regular)
Common Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Riband Wave
(Infrequent)
Yellow Shell
(Infrequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Infrequent)
Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Barred Yellow
(Infrequent)
Beech-green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Infrequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Infrequent)
Common White Wave
(Infrequent)
Common Wave
(Infrequent)
Barred Red
(Infrequent)
Scotch Annulet
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Infrequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Infrequent)
Straw Dot
(Infrequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Infrequent)
Spectacle
(Infrequent)
Scarce Silver Y
(Infrequent)
Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Large Ear
(Infrequent)
Ear Moth
(Infrequent)
Small Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Infrequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Infrequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Infrequent)
Rosy Minor
(Infrequent)
Grey Chi
(Infrequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Infrequent)
Grey Arches
(Infrequent)
Common Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Archer's Dart
(Infrequent)
Double Dart
(Infrequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Orange Swift
(Unusual)
Map-winged Swift
(Unusual)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Unusual)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Plain Wave
(Unusual)
Smoky Wave
(Unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Unusual)
Red-Green Carpet
(Unusual)
Small Rivulet
(Unusual)
Pretty Pinion
(Unusual)
Grass Rivulet
(Unusual)
Foxglove Pug
(Unusual)
Juniper Pug
(Unusual)
Golden-rod Pug
(Unusual)
Common Pug
(Unusual)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Unusual)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Clouded Border
(Unusual)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Unusual)
Satin Beauty
(Unusual)
Buff-tip
(Unusual)
Plain Golden Y
(Unusual)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Unusual)
Knot Grass
(Unusual)
Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Small Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Crinan Ear
(Unusual)
Northern Arches
(Unusual)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Unusual)
Dark Brocade
(Unusual)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Unusual)
Broom Moth
(Unusual)
Coast Dart
(Unusual)
Northern Rustic
(Unusual)
Green Arches
(Unusual)
Plain Clay
(Unusual)