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.
96 - East Inverness & Nairn
Clouded Drab
(Very frequent)
Common Quaker
(Very frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Yellow Horned
(Frequent)
Mottled Grey
(Frequent)
Water Carpet
(Frequent)
Early Tooth-striped
(Frequent)
Brindled Beauty
(Frequent)
Chestnut
(Frequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Red Chestnut
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Regular)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Regular)
Rannoch Sprawler
(Regular)
Early Grey
(Regular)
Pine Beauty
(Regular)
Small Quaker
(Regular)
Kentish Glory
(Infrequent)
Emperor Moth
(Infrequent)
Shoulder Stripe
(Infrequent)
Streamer
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
Brindled Pug
(Infrequent)
Ochreous Pug
(Infrequent)
Broom-tip
(Infrequent)
Orange Underwing
(Infrequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Infrequent)
Early Thorn
(Infrequent)
Purple Thorn
(Infrequent)
Rannoch Brindled Beauty
(Infrequent)
Dotted Border
(Infrequent)
Grey Birch
(Infrequent)
Common Heath
(Infrequent)
Scarce Prominent
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Infrequent)
Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Infrequent)
Lead-coloured Drab
(Infrequent)
Powdered Quaker
(Infrequent)
Garden Carpet
(Unusual)
Flame Carpet
(Unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Unusual)
Golden-rod Pug
(Unusual)
Dwarf Pug
(Unusual)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Unusual)
Common Pug
(Unusual)
Barred Tooth-striped
(Unusual)
Netted Mountain Moth
(Unusual)
Ringed Carpet
(Unusual)
Puss Moth
(Unusual)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Light Knot Grass
(Unusual)
Pale Pinion
(Unusual)
Glaucous Shears
(Unusual)
Least Black Arches
(Unusual)
Oak Nycteoline
(Unusual)