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