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)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Red-Green 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)
Black Rustic
(Frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Regular)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Brimstone Moth
(Regular)
Snout
(Regular)
Copper Underwing
(Regular)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Regular)
Large Wainscot
(Regular)
Chestnut
(Regular)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Regular)
Turnip Moth
(Regular)
Small Square-spot
(Regular)
Small Dusty Wave
(Infrequent)
Riband Wave
(Infrequent)
Yellow Shell
(Infrequent)
Purple Bar
(Infrequent)
November Moth
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Infrequent)
Treble-bar
(Infrequent)
Streak
(Infrequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Infrequent)
Willow Beauty
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Burnished Brass
(Infrequent)
Ear Moth
(Infrequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Orange Sallow
(Infrequent)
Brick
(Infrequent)
Blair's Shoulder-knot
(Infrequent)
Dun-bar
(Infrequent)
Merveille du Jour
(Infrequent)
Grey Chi
(Infrequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Infrequent)
Hedge Rustic
(Infrequent)
Antler Moth
(Infrequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Infrequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Infrequent)
Campion
(Infrequent)
Common Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Infrequent)
White-line Dart
(Infrequent)
Garden Dart
(Infrequent)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Infrequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Flame
(Infrequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Infrequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Dotted Rustic
(Infrequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Dotted Clay
(Infrequent)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Single-dotted Wave
(Unusual)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Unusual)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Unusual)
Phoenix
(Unusual)
Northern Spinach
(Unusual)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Unusual)
Pale November Moth
(Unusual)
Autumnal Moth
(Unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Rivulet
(Unusual)
Small Rivulet
(Unusual)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Unusual)
Lesser Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Scalloped Oak
(Unusual)
Mottled Umber
(Unusual)
Light Emerald
(Unusual)
Barred Red
(Unusual)
Iron Prominent
(Unusual)
Straw Dot
(Unusual)
Fan-foot
(Unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Unusual)
Spectacle
(Unusual)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Unusual)
Plain Golden Y
(Unusual)
Anomalous
(Unusual)
Scarce Bordered Straw
(Unusual)
Marbled Beauty
(Unusual)
Mottled Rustic
(Unusual)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Unusual)
Small Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Haworth's Minor
(Unusual)
Crescent
(Unusual)
Butterbur
(Unusual)
Large Ear
(Unusual)
Rosy Minor
(Unusual)
Dusky-lemon Sallow
(Unusual)
Flounced Chestnut
(Unusual)
Red Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Brindled Green
(Unusual)
Brindled Ochre
(Unusual)
Lychnis
(Unusual)
Pearly Underwing
(Unusual)
Square-spot Dart
(Unusual)
Heart and Dart
(Unusual)
Ingrailed Clay
(Unusual)
Neglected Rustic
(Unusual)
Heath Rustic
(Unusual)
Six-striped Rustic
(Unusual)