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.
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Pale Eggar
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Black Rustic
(Frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Heath Rustic
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Regular)
Bordered Beauty
(Regular)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Regular)
Angle Shades
(Regular)
Crescent
(Regular)
Frosted Orange
(Regular)
Red-line Quaker
(Regular)
Red Sword-grass
(Regular)
Grey Chi
(Regular)
Brindled Ochre
(Regular)
Antler Moth
(Regular)
Barred Chestnut
(Regular)
Neglected Rustic
(Regular)
Garden Carpet
(Infrequent)
Common Carpet
(Infrequent)
Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Purple Bar
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Autumnal Moth
(Infrequent)
Slender-striped Rufous
(Infrequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Infrequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Infrequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Snout
(Infrequent)
Anomalous
(Infrequent)
Large Ear
(Infrequent)
Rosy Minor
(Infrequent)
Brick
(Infrequent)
Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Infrequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Infrequent)
White-line Dart
(Infrequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Small Square-spot
(Infrequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Infrequent)
Dotted Clay
(Infrequent)
December Moth
(Unusual)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Red Carpet
(Unusual)
Yellow-ringed Carpet
(Unusual)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Unusual)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Unusual)
Juniper Carpet
(Unusual)
Small Phoenix
(Unusual)
Welsh Wave
(Unusual)
Juniper Pug
(Unusual)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Unusual)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Unusual)
Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Streak
(Unusual)
Magpie Moth
(Unusual)
Light Emerald
(Unusual)
Scotch Annulet
(Unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Vapourer
(Unusual)
Garden Tiger
(Unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Unusual)
Burnished Brass
(Unusual)
Gold Spangle
(Unusual)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Unusual)
Mouse Moth
(Unusual)
Ear Moth
(Unusual)
Crinan Ear
(Unusual)
Large Wainscot
(Unusual)
Common Rustic
(Unusual)
Flounced Chestnut
(Unusual)
Merveille du Jour
(Unusual)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Unusual)
Common Wainscot
(Unusual)
Flame Shoulder
(Unusual)
Ingrailed Clay
(Unusual)
Northern Rustic
(Unusual)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Unusual)
Plain Clay
(Unusual)