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)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Very frequent)
Lunar Underwing
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Frequent)
Herald
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Frequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Frequent)
Dun-bar
(Frequent)
Black Rustic
(Frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Small Phoenix
(Regular)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Regular)
Tissue
(Regular)
Brimstone Moth
(Regular)
Snout
(Regular)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Regular)
Angle Shades
(Regular)
Large Wainscot
(Regular)
Dark Arches
(Regular)
Sallow
(Regular)
Brick
(Regular)
Chestnut
(Regular)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Regular)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Autumnal Rustic
(Regular)
Small Dusty Wave
(Infrequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Infrequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Infrequent)
Flame Carpet
(Infrequent)
Common Carpet
(Infrequent)
Northern Spinach
(Infrequent)
November Moth
(Infrequent)
Autumnal Moth
(Infrequent)
Juniper Pug
(Infrequent)
Streak
(Infrequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Infrequent)
Anomalous
(Infrequent)
Ear Moth
(Infrequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Orange Sallow
(Infrequent)
Dusky-lemon Sallow
(Infrequent)
Dark Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Infrequent)
Merveille du Jour
(Infrequent)
Brindled Green
(Infrequent)
Grey Chi
(Infrequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Infrequent)
Antler Moth
(Infrequent)
Common Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Square-spot Dart
(Infrequent)
White-line Dart
(Infrequent)
Turnip Moth
(Infrequent)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Infrequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Infrequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Heath Rustic
(Infrequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Unusual)
Chinese Character
(Unusual)
Pale Eggar
(Unusual)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Death's-head Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Riband Wave
(Unusual)
Yellow Shell
(Unusual)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Unusual)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Unusual)
Phoenix
(Unusual)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Rivulet
(Unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(Unusual)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Unusual)
Magpie Moth
(Unusual)
September Thorn
(Unusual)
Mottled Umber
(Unusual)
Willow Beauty
(Unusual)
Light Emerald
(Unusual)
Barred Red
(Unusual)
Annulet
(Unusual)
Straw Dot
(Unusual)
Vapourer
(Unusual)
Garden Tiger
(Unusual)
Buff Footman
(Unusual)
Common Footman
(Unusual)
Fan-foot
(Unusual)
Small Fan-foot
(Unusual)
Red Underwing
(Unusual)
Burnished Brass
(Unusual)
Small Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Haworth's Minor
(Unusual)
Crescent
(Unusual)
Butterbur
(Unusual)
Large Ear
(Unusual)
Crinan Ear
(Unusual)
Rosy Minor
(Unusual)
Pale Pinion
(Unusual)
Red Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Suspected
(Unusual)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Unusual)
Feathered Gothic
(Unusual)
Nutmeg
(Unusual)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Unusual)
Lychnis
(Unusual)
Smoky Wainscot
(Unusual)
Pearly Underwing
(Unusual)
Garden Dart
(Unusual)
Heart and Dart
(Unusual)
Flame
(Unusual)
Small Square-spot
(Unusual)
True Lover's Knot
(Unusual)
Northern Rustic
(Unusual)
Lunar Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Dotted Clay
(Unusual)
Neglected Rustic
(Unusual)
Six-striped Rustic
(Unusual)