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
December Moth
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Frequent)
November Moth
(Frequent)
Pale November Moth
(Frequent)
Autumnal Moth
(Frequent)
Streak
(Frequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Frequent)
Scarce Umber
(Frequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Frequent)
Chestnut
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Mottled Umber
(Regular)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Angle Shades
(Regular)
Small Wainscot
(Regular)
Red-line Quaker
(Regular)
Brick
(Regular)
Red Sword-grass
(Regular)
Pale Eggar
(Infrequent)
July Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Juniper Carpet
(Infrequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Infrequent)
Northern Winter Moth
(Infrequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Infrequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Infrequent)
Merveille du Jour
(Infrequent)
Black Rustic
(Infrequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Infrequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Infrequent)
Winter Moth
(Unusual)
Juniper Pug
(Unusual)
Brimstone Moth
(Unusual)
Bordered Beauty
(Unusual)
September Thorn
(Unusual)
Herald
(Unusual)
Vapourer
(Unusual)
Mouse Moth
(Unusual)
Crescent
(Unusual)
Large Ear
(Unusual)
Ear Moth
(Unusual)
Dark Arches
(Unusual)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Unusual)
Sallow
(Unusual)
Flounced Chestnut
(Unusual)
Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Square-spot Rustic
(Unusual)