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
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Frequent)
Purple Bar
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Water Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Broom-tip
(Frequent)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Peacock Moth
(Frequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Frequent)
Common Heath
(Frequent)
Bordered White
(Frequent)
Common White Wave
(Frequent)
Common Wave
(Frequent)
Light Emerald
(Frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Frequent)
Spectacle
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Broom Moth
(Frequent)
Shears
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Regular)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Regular)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Regular)
Common Lutestring
(Regular)
Fox Moth
(Regular)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Riband Wave
(Regular)
Smoky Wave
(Regular)
Birch Mocha
(Regular)
Garden Carpet
(Regular)
May Highflyer
(Regular)
Red-Green Carpet
(Regular)
Welsh Wave
(Regular)
Small Rivulet
(Regular)
Grass Rivulet
(Regular)
Foxglove Pug
(Regular)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Regular)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Regular)
Satyr Pug
(Regular)
Barred Umber
(Regular)
Early Thorn
(Regular)
Lunar Thorn
(Regular)
Barred Red
(Regular)
Large Emerald
(Regular)
Iron Prominent
(Regular)
Pebble Prominent
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Buff-tip
(Regular)
Snout
(Regular)
Clouded Buff
(Regular)
Garden Tiger
(Regular)
Four-dotted Footman
(Regular)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Dusky Brocade
(Regular)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Regular)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Regular)
Heart and Dart
(Regular)
Purple Clay
(Regular)
Ingrailed Clay
(Regular)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Green Arches
(Regular)
Double Square-spot
(Regular)
Gold Swift
(Infrequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Infrequent)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Poplar Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Satin Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Northern Eggar
(Infrequent)
Pine Tree Lappet
(Infrequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Cream Wave
(Infrequent)
July Belle
(Infrequent)
Yellow Shell
(Infrequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Infrequent)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Infrequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Infrequent)
Small White Wave
(Infrequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Infrequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
Dwarf Pug
(Infrequent)
Larch Pug
(Infrequent)
Ochreous Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Seraphim
(Infrequent)
Scorched Wing
(Infrequent)
Speckled Yellow
(Infrequent)
Purple Thorn
(Infrequent)
Brussels Lace
(Infrequent)
Black Mountain Moth
(Infrequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Infrequent)
Straw Dot
(Infrequent)
Wood Tiger
(Infrequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Infrequent)
Burnished Brass
(Infrequent)
Grey Dagger
(Infrequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Poplar Grey
(Infrequent)
Dark Arches
(Infrequent)
Marbled Minor
(Infrequent)
Antler Moth
(Infrequent)
Broad-bordered White Underwing
(Infrequent)
Grey Arches
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Brocade
(Infrequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Infrequent)
Campion
(Infrequent)
Broad-barred White
(Infrequent)
Lychnis
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Least Black Arches
(Infrequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Infrequent)
Welsh Clearwing
(Unusual)
Large Red-belted Clearwing
(Unusual)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Small Dusty Wave
(Unusual)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Unusual)
Plain Wave
(Unusual)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Unusual)
Red Carpet
(Unusual)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Streamer
(Unusual)
Beautiful Carpet
(Unusual)
July Highflyer
(Unusual)
Pine Carpet
(Unusual)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Unusual)
Northern Spinach
(Unusual)
Barred Straw
(Unusual)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Green Pug
(Unusual)
Slender Pug
(Unusual)
Cloaked Pug
(Unusual)
Marsh Pug
(Unusual)
Brindled Pug
(Unusual)
Juniper Pug
(Unusual)
Golden-rod Pug
(Unusual)
Angle-barred Pug
(Unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Unusual)
Valerian Pug
(Unusual)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Unusual)
Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Netted Mountain Moth
(Unusual)
Rannoch Looper
(Unusual)
Willow Beauty
(Unusual)
Grey Birch
(Unusual)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Herald
(Unusual)
Dark Tussock
(Unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Unusual)
Red-necked Footman
(Unusual)
Common Footman
(Unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Unusual)
Small Purple-barred
(Unusual)
Mother Shipton
(Unusual)
Plain Golden Y
(Unusual)
Gold Spangle
(Unusual)
Scarce Silver Y
(Unusual)
Gold Spot
(Unusual)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Unusual)
Silver Hook
(Unusual)
Sweet Gale Moth
(Unusual)
Coronet
(Unusual)
Shark
(Unusual)
Mottled Rustic
(Unusual)
Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Unusual)
Hebrew Character
(Unusual)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Cabbage Moth
(Unusual)
Clay
(Unusual)
Turnip Moth
(Unusual)
Square-spot Rustic
(Unusual)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Unusual)