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.
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Marbled 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)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Frequent)
Lunar Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Regular)
Brimstone Moth
(Regular)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Regular)
Brick
(Regular)
Chestnut
(Regular)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Regular)
Merveille du Jour
(Regular)
Grey Chi
(Regular)
Antler Moth
(Regular)
Autumnal Rustic
(Regular)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Northern Spinach
(Infrequent)
Small Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Streak
(Infrequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Snout
(Infrequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Infrequent)
Butterbur
(Infrequent)
Large Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Orange Sallow
(Infrequent)
Dusky-lemon Sallow
(Infrequent)
Dun-bar
(Infrequent)
Brindled Green
(Infrequent)
Black Rustic
(Infrequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Infrequent)
Hedge Rustic
(Infrequent)
Feathered Gothic
(Infrequent)
Common Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Flame
(Infrequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Infrequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Small Square-spot
(Infrequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Heath Rustic
(Infrequent)
Plain Clay
(Infrequent)
Pale Eggar
(Unusual)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Unusual)
Riband Wave
(Unusual)
Vestal
(Unusual)
Red Carpet
(Unusual)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Unusual)
Common Carpet
(Unusual)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Unusual)
Purple Bar
(Unusual)
Barred Straw
(Unusual)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Autumnal Moth
(Unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Rivulet
(Unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(Unusual)
Juniper Pug
(Unusual)
Clouded Border
(Unusual)
Latticed Heath
(Unusual)
Mottled Umber
(Unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Unusual)
Straw Dot
(Unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Unusual)
Red Underwing
(Unusual)
Burnished Brass
(Unusual)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Unusual)
Plain Golden Y
(Unusual)
Knot Grass
(Unusual)
Anomalous
(Unusual)
Scarce Bordered Straw
(Unusual)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Unusual)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Unusual)
Rosy Minor
(Unusual)
Dark Chestnut
(Unusual)
Pale Pinion
(Unusual)
Blair's Shoulder-knot
(Unusual)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Unusual)
Pearly Underwing
(Unusual)
Garden Dart
(Unusual)
Turnip Moth
(Unusual)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Unusual)
Ingrailed Clay
(Unusual)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Gothic
(Unusual)