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.
Map-winged Swift
(Frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Frequent)
Northern Eggar
(Very unusual)
Emperor Moth
(Very unusual)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Red Carpet
(Very unusual)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very unusual)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Very unusual)
July Highflyer
(Very unusual)
May Highflyer
(Very unusual)
Purple Bar
(Very unusual)
Small Phoenix
(Regular)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Unusual)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very unusual)
Small Rivulet
(Unusual)
Grass Rivulet
(Very unusual)
Sandy Carpet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very unusual)
Foxglove Pug
(Very unusual)
Netted Pug
(Very unusual)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Regular)
Satyr Pug
(Regular)
Wormwood Pug
(Very unusual)
Currant Pug
(Unusual)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Regular)
Clouded Border
(Very unusual)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Very unusual)
Common Heath
(Very unusual)
Bordered White
(Very unusual)
Common White Wave
(Frequent)
Common Wave
(Frequent)
Barred Red
(Very unusual)
Puss Moth
(Very unusual)
Iron Prominent
(Very unusual)
Pebble Prominent
(Very frequent)
Straw Dot
(Very unusual)
Snout
(Very unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Very unusual)
Wood Tiger
(Very unusual)
Garden Tiger
(Very unusual)
Spectacle
(Frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Regular)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Gold Spot
(Very unusual)
Grey Dagger
(Very unusual)
Knot Grass
(Very unusual)
Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Small Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very unusual)
Dusky Brocade
(Frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Unusual)
Confused
(Very unusual)
Common Rustic
(Very unusual)
Middle-barred Minor
(Unusual)
Dark Brocade
(Very unusual)
Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very unusual)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very unusual)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Frequent)
Broom Moth
(Unusual)
Glaucous Shears
(Very unusual)
Shears
(Frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Very unusual)
Campion
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Frequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Unusual)
Smoky Wainscot
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Unusual)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Regular)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Double Dart
(Very unusual)
Green Arches
(Very unusual)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very unusual)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very unusual)
Least Black Arches
(Very unusual)