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)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Copper Underwing
(Frequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(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)
Autumnal Rustic
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Small Phoenix
(Regular)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Frosted Orange
(Regular)
Dark Arches
(Regular)
Red-line Quaker
(Regular)
Small Square-spot
(Regular)
Square-spot Rustic
(Regular)
Oak Nycteoline
(Regular)
Oblique Carpet
(Infrequent)
Yellow Shell
(Infrequent)
Common Carpet
(Infrequent)
Northern Spinach
(Infrequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
Streak
(Infrequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Infrequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Infrequent)
Willow Beauty
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Straw Dot
(Infrequent)
Snout
(Infrequent)
Vapourer
(Infrequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Infrequent)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Infrequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Infrequent)
Crescent
(Infrequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Infrequent)
Large Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Orange Sallow
(Infrequent)
Brick
(Infrequent)
Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Dun-bar
(Infrequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Infrequent)
Merveille du Jour
(Infrequent)
Antler Moth
(Infrequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Infrequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Dotted Clay
(Infrequent)
Orange Swift
(Unusual)
Map-winged Swift
(Unusual)
Common Lutestring
(Unusual)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Unusual)
Riband Wave
(Unusual)
Vestal
(Unusual)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Unusual)
Purple Bar
(Unusual)
Phoenix
(Unusual)
Winter Moth
(Unusual)
Juniper Pug
(Unusual)
Clouded Border
(Unusual)
Scalloped Oak
(Unusual)
Common Wave
(Unusual)
Iron Prominent
(Unusual)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Unusual)
Small Fan-foot
(Unusual)
Plain Golden Y
(Unusual)
Marbled Beauty
(Unusual)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Unusual)
Uncertain
(Unusual)
Rustic
(Unusual)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Unusual)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Unusual)
Pale Pinion
(Unusual)
Blair's Shoulder-knot
(Unusual)
Red Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Brindled Green
(Unusual)
Grey Chi
(Unusual)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Unusual)
Broom Moth
(Unusual)
Common Wainscot
(Unusual)
Smoky Wainscot
(Unusual)
Heart and Dart
(Unusual)
Turnip Moth
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Flame Shoulder
(Unusual)
Neglected Rustic
(Unusual)
Heath Rustic
(Unusual)
Six-striped Rustic
(Unusual)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Unusual)