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 Unusual, or for beginners 'Unusual' against them should be checked with your CMR.
December Moth
(Very unusual)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very unusual)
Riband Wave
(Very unusual)
Red Carpet
(Very unusual)
Garden Carpet
(Regular)
Flame Carpet
(Unusual)
Yellow Shell
(Very unusual)
Common Carpet
(Very unusual)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Very unusual)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Very unusual)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Very unusual)
Purple Bar
(Very unusual)
Phoenix
(Very unusual)
Northern Spinach
(Frequent)
Barred Straw
(Very unusual)
Small Phoenix
(Very unusual)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Beech-green Carpet
(Very unusual)
November Moth
(Frequent)
Pale November Moth
(Very unusual)
Autumnal Moth
(Regular)
Slender-striped Rufous
(Very unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(Very unusual)
Juniper Pug
(Regular)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very unusual)
Streak
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Very unusual)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Very unusual)
Mottled Umber
(Very unusual)
Willow Beauty
(Very unusual)
Satin Beauty
(Very unusual)
Dotted Carpet
(Very unusual)
Light Emerald
(Very unusual)
Barred Red
(Very unusual)
Iron Prominent
(Very unusual)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Very unusual)
Herald
(Very unusual)
Snout
(Unusual)
Vapourer
(Very unusual)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Scarce Silver Y
(Very unusual)
Knot Grass
(Very unusual)
Anomalous
(Very unusual)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Very frequent)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Very unusual)
Angle Shades
(Regular)
Haworth's Minor
(Very unusual)
Frosted Orange
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Regular)
Ear Moth
(Regular)
Crinan Ear
(Regular)
Flounced Rustic
(Unusual)
Large Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very unusual)
Dark Arches
(Regular)
Common Rustic
(Unusual)
Rosy Minor
(Very unusual)
Orange Sallow
(Unusual)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Frequent)
Flounced Chestnut
(Frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Regular)
Brick
(Regular)
Lunar Underwing
(Regular)
Chestnut
(Frequent)
Pale Pinion
(Very unusual)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Very unusual)
Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Red Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Angle-striped Sallow
(Very unusual)
Dun-bar
(Regular)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Unusual)
Suspected
(Very unusual)
Merveille du Jour
(Frequent)
Brindled Green
(Regular)
Grey Chi
(Very unusual)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Very unusual)
Black Rustic
(Frequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Regular)
Hedge Rustic
(Very unusual)
Antler Moth
(Unusual)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very unusual)
White-line Dart
(Very unusual)
Garden Dart
(Very unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Flame Shoulder
(Very unusual)
Barred Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Purple Clay
(Very unusual)
Ingrailed Clay
(Very unusual)
Small Square-spot
(Unusual)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very unusual)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Unusual)
Neglected Rustic
(Very unusual)
Heath Rustic
(Very unusual)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very unusual)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Regular)
Autumnal Rustic
(Frequent)
Plain Clay
(Regular)
Cousin German
(Very unusual)