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.
Yellow Horned
(Very frequent)
Emperor Moth
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Shoulder Stripe
(Very frequent)
Streamer
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Mottled Grey
(Very frequent)
Water Carpet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Brindled Pug
(Very frequent)
Early Tooth-striped
(Very frequent)
Early Thorn
(Very frequent)
March Moth
(Very frequent)
Scarce Prominent
(Very frequent)
Herald
(Very frequent)
Muslin Moth
(Very frequent)
Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Pale Pinion
(Very frequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Pine Beauty
(Very frequent)
Clouded Drab
(Very frequent)
Common Quaker
(Very frequent)
Small Quaker
(Very frequent)
Powdered Quaker
(Very frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Red Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Small Phoenix
(Regular)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Orange Underwing
(Frequent)
Pale Brindled Beauty
(Frequent)
Oak Beauty
(Regular)
Dotted Border
(Frequent)
Common Heath
(Regular)
Puss Moth
(Frequent)
Lunar Marbled Brown
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Frequent)
Early Grey
(Frequent)
Dark Chestnut
(Regular)
Brindled Ochre
(Regular)
Glaucous Shears
(Regular)
Dark Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Regular)
Mottled Pug
(Regular)
Brown Silver-line
(Regular)
Lunar Thorn
(Regular)
Iron Prominent
(Regular)
Ruby Tiger
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Angle Shades
(Regular)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Regular)
Cabbage Moth
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Infrequent)
Scarce Tissue
(Infrequent)
Tissue
(Infrequent)
Ochreous Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Infrequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Infrequent)
Peppered Moth
(Infrequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Infrequent)
Garden Tiger
(Infrequent)
Silver Y
(Infrequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Infrequent)
Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Blossom Underwing
(Infrequent)