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)
May Highflyer
(Frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Very frequent)
Satyr Pug
(Very frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Common Heath
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Common Wave
(Very frequent)
Puss Moth
(Very frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Very frequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Very frequent)
Spectacle
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Clouded Drab
(Very frequent)
Common Quaker
(Very frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Very frequent)
Shears
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(Very frequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Very frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Red Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
Foxglove Pug
(Frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Frequent)
Early Tooth-striped
(Frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Frequent)
Herald
(Frequent)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Frequent)
Broom Moth
(Frequent)
Campion
(Regular)
Ingrailed Clay
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Regular)
Northern Eggar
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Regular)
Streamer
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Netted Pug
(Regular)
Currant Pug
(Regular)
Early Thorn
(Regular)
Burnished Brass
(Regular)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Regular)
Small Angle Shades
(Regular)
Dusky Brocade
(Regular)
Sword-grass
(Regular)
Red Sword-grass
(Regular)
Brindled Ochre
(Regular)
Dark Brocade
(Regular)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Regular)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Regular)
Ghost Moth
(Infrequent)
Clouded Border
(Infrequent)
Small Purple-barred
(Infrequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Infrequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Infrequent)