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)
Red Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Purple Bar
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Gold Spot
(Frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Frequent)
Crescent
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Frequent)
White-line Dart
(Frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Regular)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Lime-speck Pug
(Regular)
Wormwood Pug
(Regular)
Magpie Moth
(Regular)
Scotch Annulet
(Regular)
Straw Dot
(Regular)
Snout
(Regular)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Large Ear
(Regular)
Light Arches
(Regular)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Regular)
Hedge Rustic
(Regular)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Regular)
Flame Shoulder
(Regular)
Purple Clay
(Regular)
Neglected Rustic
(Regular)
Heath Rustic
(Regular)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Infrequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Infrequent)
Yellow Shell
(Infrequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Infrequent)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Northern Spinach
(Infrequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Treble-bar
(Infrequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Infrequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Infrequent)
Light Emerald
(Infrequent)
Barred Red
(Infrequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Infrequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Infrequent)
Scarce Silver Y
(Infrequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Anomalous
(Infrequent)
Rustic
(Infrequent)
Crinan Ear
(Infrequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Infrequent)
Common Rustic
(Infrequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Infrequent)
Archer's Dart
(Infrequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Small Square-spot
(Infrequent)
Northern Rustic
(Infrequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Unusual)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Riband Wave
(Unusual)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Unusual)
Pine Carpet
(Unusual)
Small Rivulet
(Unusual)
Barred Rivulet
(Unusual)
Grass Rivulet
(Unusual)
Golden-rod Pug
(Unusual)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Bordered Grey
(Unusual)
Common White Wave
(Unusual)
Spectacle
(Unusual)
Gold Spangle
(Unusual)
Shark
(Unusual)
Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Dusky Brocade
(Unusual)
Double Lobed
(Unusual)
Sallow
(Unusual)
Dun-bar
(Unusual)
Black Rustic
(Unusual)
Campion
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Dotted Rustic
(Unusual)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)