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.
Map-winged Swift
(Very frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Red Carpet
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
May Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Very frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very frequent)
Satyr Pug
(Very frequent)
Currant Pug
(Very frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Common Heath
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Common Wave
(Very frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Very frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Very frequent)
Spectacle
(Very frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Broom Moth
(Very frequent)
Shears
(Very frequent)
Campion
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(Very frequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Very frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Very frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Green Arches
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Very frequent)
Northern Eggar
(Frequent)
Emperor Moth
(Frequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Regular)
Purple Bar
(Frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Frequent)
Netted Pug
(Frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Regular)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Frequent)
Bordered White
(Frequent)
Barred Red
(Regular)
Puss Moth
(Frequent)
Straw Dot
(Regular)
Ruby Tiger
(Frequent)
Gold Spot
(Regular)
Grey Dagger
(Frequent)
Knot Grass
(Frequent)
Confused
(Frequent)
Common Rustic
(Regular)
Dark Brocade
(Regular)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Frequent)
Double Dart
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Fox Moth
(Regular)
Plain Wave
(Regular)
Yellow Shell
(Regular)
Dark Spinach
(Regular)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Regular)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Peacock Moth
(Regular)
Latticed Heath
(Regular)
Light Emerald
(Regular)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Regular)
Herald
(Regular)
Wood Tiger
(Regular)
Cinnabar
(Regular)
Red-necked Footman
(Regular)
Dark Spectacle
(Regular)
Sword-grass
(Regular)
Clouded Drab
(Regular)
Nutmeg
(Regular)
Dog's Tooth
(Regular)
Heart and Dart
(Regular)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Dotted Clay
(Regular)
Double Square-spot
(Regular)
Gothic
(Regular)
Striped Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Riband Wave
(Infrequent)
Yellow-ringed Carpet
(Infrequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Infrequent)
Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Northern Spinach
(Infrequent)
Barred Straw
(Infrequent)
Marsh Pug
(Infrequent)
Juniper Pug
(Infrequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Infrequent)
Buff-tip
(Infrequent)
Vapourer
(Infrequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Infrequent)
Small Purple-barred
(Infrequent)
Brown Rustic
(Infrequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Infrequent)
Small Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Infrequent)
Common Quaker
(Infrequent)
Purple Clay
(Infrequent)
Red Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)