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.
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Frequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Regular)
Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Small Phoenix
(Regular)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Regular)
Streak
(Regular)
Brimstone Moth
(Regular)
September Thorn
(Regular)
Snout
(Regular)
Copper Underwing
(Regular)
Large Wainscot
(Regular)
Dusky-lemon Sallow
(Regular)
Brick
(Regular)
Lunar Underwing
(Regular)
Chestnut
(Regular)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Regular)
Merveille du Jour
(Regular)
Brindled Green
(Regular)
Black Rustic
(Regular)
Dark Sword-grass
(Regular)
Flame
(Regular)
Flame Shoulder
(Regular)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Riband Wave
(Infrequent)
Vestal
(Infrequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Infrequent)
Purple Bar
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
November Moth
(Infrequent)
Pale November Moth
(Infrequent)
Autumnal Moth
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
Treble-bar
(Infrequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Infrequent)
Mottled Umber
(Infrequent)
Barred Red
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Straw Dot
(Infrequent)
Buff Footman
(Infrequent)
Common Footman
(Infrequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Infrequent)
Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Anomalous
(Infrequent)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Infrequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Infrequent)
Crescent
(Infrequent)
Large Ear
(Infrequent)
Ear Moth
(Infrequent)
Orange Sallow
(Infrequent)
Dark Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Dun-bar
(Infrequent)
Grey Chi
(Infrequent)
Feathered Gothic
(Infrequent)
Antler Moth
(Infrequent)
Common Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Turnip Moth
(Infrequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Infrequent)
Heath Rustic
(Infrequent)
Death's-head Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Unusual)
Red Carpet
(Unusual)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Yellow Shell
(Unusual)
Phoenix
(Unusual)
Barred Straw
(Unusual)
Devon Carpet
(Unusual)
Rivulet
(Unusual)
V-Pug
(Unusual)
Juniper Pug
(Unusual)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Unusual)
Clouded Border
(Unusual)
Bordered Beauty
(Unusual)
August Thorn
(Unusual)
Early Thorn
(Unusual)
Willow Beauty
(Unusual)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Vapourer
(Unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Unusual)
Dingy Footman
(Unusual)
Fan-foot
(Unusual)
Burnished Brass
(Unusual)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Unusual)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Unusual)
Figure of Eight
(Unusual)
Scarce Bordered Straw
(Unusual)
Crinan Ear
(Unusual)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Unusual)
Flounced Chestnut
(Unusual)
Pale Pinion
(Unusual)
Blair's Shoulder-knot
(Unusual)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Unusual)
Red Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Unusual)
Brindled Ochre
(Unusual)
Feathered Ranunculus
(Unusual)
Hedge Rustic
(Unusual)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Unusual)
Lychnis
(Unusual)
White-speck
(Unusual)
Pearly Underwing
(Unusual)
Garden Dart
(Unusual)
Heart and Dart
(Unusual)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Unusual)
Purple Clay
(Unusual)
Ingrailed Clay
(Unusual)
True Lover's Knot
(Unusual)
Dotted Clay
(Unusual)