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.
Pale Eggar
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Very frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Very frequent)
Crescent
(Very frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Very frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Very frequent)
Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Very frequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Grey Chi
(Very frequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Very frequent)
Black Rustic
(Very frequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Very frequent)
Heath Rustic
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Regular)
Juniper Carpet
(Frequent)
Purple Bar
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Regular)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Autumnal Moth
(Frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Frequent)
Slender-striped Rufous
(Frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Frequent)
Treble-bar
(Regular)
Streak
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Light Emerald
(Frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Herald
(Frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Vapourer
(Frequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Frequent)
Anomalous
(Frequent)
Large Wainscot
(Frequent)
Rosy Minor
(Frequent)
Brick
(Frequent)
Merveille du Jour
(Regular)
White-line Dart
(Frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Regular)
Ingrailed Clay
(Regular)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Frequent)
Northern Rustic
(Regular)
Dotted Clay
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
December Moth
(Infrequent)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Infrequent)
Vestal
(Infrequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Infrequent)
Red Carpet
(Infrequent)
Yellow-ringed Carpet
(Regular)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Regular)
November Moth
(Infrequent)
Juniper Pug
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Regular)
Magpie Moth
(Regular)
Satin Beauty
(Infrequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Infrequent)
Common Wave
(Infrequent)
Scotch Annulet
(Infrequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Infrequent)
Burnished Brass
(Regular)
Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Ear Moth
(Regular)
Crinan Ear
(Regular)
Flounced Rustic
(Infrequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Infrequent)
Northern Arches
(Infrequent)
Common Rustic
(Infrequent)
Flounced Chestnut
(Regular)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Infrequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Regular)
Common Wainscot
(Regular)
Smoky Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Archer's Dart
(Infrequent)
Purple Clay
(Infrequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Double Square-spot
(Infrequent)
Plain Clay
(Regular)