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.
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Frequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Frequent)
Crescent
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Frequent)
Black Rustic
(Frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Frequent)
Pale Eggar
(Regular)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
Angle Shades
(Regular)
Haworth's Minor
(Regular)
Large Ear
(Regular)
Dark Arches
(Regular)
Flounced Chestnut
(Regular)
Chestnut
(Regular)
Red Sword-grass
(Regular)
Brindled Green
(Regular)
Antler Moth
(Regular)
Barred Chestnut
(Regular)
Neglected Rustic
(Regular)
Heath Rustic
(Regular)
Garden Carpet
(Infrequent)
Common Carpet
(Infrequent)
Purple Bar
(Infrequent)
Northern Spinach
(Infrequent)
November Moth
(Infrequent)
Slender-striped Rufous
(Infrequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Clouded Border
(Infrequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Infrequent)
September Thorn
(Infrequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Vapourer
(Infrequent)
Burnished Brass
(Infrequent)
Silver Y
(Infrequent)
Anomalous
(Infrequent)
Mouse Moth
(Infrequent)
Ear Moth
(Infrequent)
Lunar Underwing
(Infrequent)
Dun-bar
(Infrequent)
Merveille du Jour
(Infrequent)
Grey Chi
(Infrequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Infrequent)
Hedge Rustic
(Infrequent)
White-line Dart
(Infrequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Infrequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Infrequent)
Dotted Clay
(Infrequent)
Common Lutestring
(Unusual)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Unusual)
Riband Wave
(Unusual)
Oblique Carpet
(Unusual)
Red Carpet
(Unusual)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Unusual)
Juniper Carpet
(Unusual)
Barred Straw
(Unusual)
Beech-green Carpet
(Unusual)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Pretty Pinion
(Unusual)
Juniper Pug
(Unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Unusual)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Unusual)
Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Magpie Moth
(Unusual)
Brimstone Moth
(Unusual)
Mottled Umber
(Unusual)
Mottled Beauty
(Unusual)
Common White Wave
(Unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Straw Dot
(Unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Unusual)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Unusual)
Straw Underwing
(Unusual)
Small Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Crinan Ear
(Unusual)
Brick
(Unusual)
Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Unusual)
Suspected
(Unusual)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Unusual)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Unusual)
Broom Moth
(Unusual)
Common Wainscot
(Unusual)
Smoky Wainscot
(Unusual)
Archer's Dart
(Unusual)
Purple Clay
(Unusual)
Small Square-spot
(Unusual)
True Lover's Knot
(Unusual)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Six-striped Rustic
(Unusual)
Plain Clay
(Unusual)