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.
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Herald
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Vapourer
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Very frequent)
Ear Moth
(Very frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Common Rustic
(Very frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Very frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Very frequent)
Brick
(Very frequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Very frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Heath Rustic
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Red Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Regular)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Regular)
Autumnal Moth
(Frequent)
Streak
(Regular)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Mottled Umber
(Regular)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Anomalous
(Frequent)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Frequent)
Crescent
(Frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Frequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Regular)
Rosy Minor
(Frequent)
Black Rustic
(Frequent)
White-line Dart
(Frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Dotted Clay
(Regular)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Regular)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Regular)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Regular)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Regular)
Bordered Beauty
(Regular)
Feathered Thorn
(Regular)
Iron Prominent
(Regular)
Ruby Tiger
(Regular)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Regular)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Burnished Brass
(Regular)
Gold Spot
(Regular)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Regular)
Common Wainscot
(Regular)
Pearly Underwing
(Regular)
Turnip Moth
(Regular)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Six-striped Rustic
(Regular)
Death's-head Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Blood-Vein
(Infrequent)
Vestal
(Infrequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Infrequent)
Yellow Shell
(Infrequent)
Common Carpet
(Infrequent)
Purple Bar
(Infrequent)
Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Barred Red
(Infrequent)
Red Underwing
(Infrequent)
Gold Spangle
(Infrequent)
Small Mottled Willow
(Infrequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Infrequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Infrequent)
Light Arches
(Infrequent)
Double Lobed
(Infrequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Infrequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Infrequent)
Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Nutmeg
(Infrequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Infrequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Infrequent)
Campion
(Infrequent)
White-speck
(Infrequent)
Flame
(Infrequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Infrequent)
Dotted Rustic
(Infrequent)
Northern Rustic
(Infrequent)