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.
Emperor Moth
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Streamer
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Water Carpet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very frequent)
Ochreous Pug
(Very frequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Frequent)
Satyr Pug
(Very frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Early Tooth-striped
(Very frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Early Thorn
(Very frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Very frequent)
Brindled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Frequent)
Common Heath
(Very frequent)
Bordered White
(Very frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Herald
(Very frequent)
Spectacle
(Frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Very frequent)
Knot Grass
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Very frequent)
Pine Beauty
(Very frequent)
Clouded Drab
(Very frequent)
Common Quaker
(Very frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Very frequent)
Red Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Peach Blossom
(Regular)
Fox Moth
(Frequent)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Birch Mocha
(Frequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Frequent)
Shoulder Stripe
(Regular)
May Highflyer
(Frequent)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Frequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Frequent)
Brindled Pug
(Frequent)
Dwarf Pug
(Frequent)
Currant Pug
(Frequent)
Seraphim
(Frequent)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Peacock Moth
(Frequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Frequent)
Barred Umber
(Regular)
Purple Thorn
(Frequent)
Grey Birch
(Frequent)
Common White Wave
(Regular)
Common Wave
(Frequent)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Frequent)
Scarce Prominent
(Frequent)
Mother Shipton
(Regular)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Light Knot Grass
(Frequent)
Poplar Grey
(Regular)
Early Grey
(Regular)
Small Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Regular)
Chestnut
(Frequent)
Powdered Quaker
(Frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Frequent)
Shears
(Frequent)
Lychnis
(Regular)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Infrequent)
Northern Eggar
(Infrequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Cream Wave
(Regular)
Purple Bar
(Regular)
Mottled Grey
(Infrequent)
Welsh Wave
(Infrequent)
Juniper Pug
(Infrequent)
Larch Pug
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Regular)
Wormwood Pug
(Infrequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Infrequent)
Dotted Border
(Infrequent)
Barred Red
(Regular)
Sallow Kitten
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Regular)
Buff-tip
(Infrequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Regular)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Regular)
Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Broom Moth
(Infrequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Infrequent)