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.
Yellow Horned
(Very frequent)
Emperor Moth
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Streamer
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Mottled Grey
(Very frequent)
Water Carpet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Brindled Pug
(Very frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very frequent)
Early Tooth-striped
(Very frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Very frequent)
Early Thorn
(Very frequent)
Dotted Border
(Very frequent)
Grey Birch
(Very frequent)
Common Heath
(Very frequent)
Lunar Marbled Brown
(Very frequent)
Scarce Prominent
(Very frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Very frequent)
Early Grey
(Very frequent)
Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Pine Beauty
(Very frequent)
Clouded Drab
(Very frequent)
Common Quaker
(Very frequent)
Small Quaker
(Very frequent)
Powdered Quaker
(Very frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Very frequent)
Red Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Very frequent)
Shoulder Stripe
(Frequent)
May Highflyer
(Frequent)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Frequent)
V-Pug
(Regular)
Foxglove Pug
(Regular)
Ochreous Pug
(Frequent)
Barred Umber
(Frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Frequent)
Purple Thorn
(Frequent)
March Moth
(Frequent)
Rannoch Brindled Beauty
(Frequent)
Puss Moth
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Herald
(Frequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Regular)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Small Phoenix
(Regular)
Dwarf Pug
(Regular)
Common Pug
(Regular)
Peacock Moth
(Regular)
Brindled Beauty
(Regular)
Iron Prominent
(Regular)
Light Knot Grass
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Pale Pinion
(Regular)
Birch Mocha
(Infrequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Infrequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Northern Winter Moth
(Infrequent)
Welsh Wave
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Seraphim
(Infrequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Infrequent)
Speckled Yellow
(Infrequent)
Pale Brindled Beauty
(Infrequent)
Peppered Moth
(Infrequent)
Ringed Carpet
(Infrequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Spectacle
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Broad-bordered White Underwing
(Infrequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Infrequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Infrequent)