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)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Streamer
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Water Carpet
(Very frequent)
Scarce Tissue
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Brindled Pug
(Very frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very frequent)
Dwarf Pug
(Very frequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Very frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Mottled Pug
(Very frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Very frequent)
Scorched Wing
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Early Thorn
(Very frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Very frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Very frequent)
Common Heath
(Very frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Very frequent)
Scarce Prominent
(Frequent)
Buff-tip
(Very frequent)
Spectacle
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Very frequent)
Knot Grass
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Clouded Drab
(Very frequent)
Common Quaker
(Very frequent)
Powdered Quaker
(Very frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Red Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Very frequent)
Common Swift
(Frequent)
Fox Moth
(Frequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Regular)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Foxglove Pug
(Frequent)
Early Tooth-striped
(Frequent)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Bordered White
(Frequent)
Common White Wave
(Frequent)
Common Wave
(Frequent)
Puss Moth
(Regular)
Sallow Kitten
(Regular)
Lunar Marbled Brown
(Frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Frequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Herald
(Frequent)
Buff Ermine
(Frequent)
Cinnabar
(Frequent)
Mother Shipton
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Regular)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Frequent)
Chestnut
(Frequent)
Pale Pinion
(Frequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Regular)
Small Quaker
(Frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Frequent)
Broom Moth
(Frequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Frequent)
Lychnis
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Frequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Infrequent)
Peach Blossom
(Regular)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Regular)
Mottled Grey
(Infrequent)
Welsh Wave
(Infrequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
V-Pug
(Regular)
Marsh Pug
(Infrequent)
Larch Pug
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Angle-barred Pug
(Infrequent)
Ochreous Pug
(Regular)
Satyr Pug
(Regular)
Wormwood Pug
(Regular)
Valerian Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Regular)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Regular)
Latticed Heath
(Infrequent)
Straw Dot
(Infrequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Infrequent)
Wood Tiger
(Infrequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Infrequent)
Coronet
(Regular)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Dark Arches
(Regular)
Dark Brocade
(Regular)
Pine Beauty
(Regular)
Broad-bordered White Underwing
(Regular)
Cabbage Moth
(Regular)
Broad-barred White
(Infrequent)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Regular)
Dark Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Infrequent)
Oak Nycteoline
(Infrequent)