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