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.
Common Swift
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
Streamer
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Water Carpet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
V-Pug
(Frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Brindled Pug
(Very frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Frequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Very frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Early Thorn
(Very frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Very frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Very frequent)
Common Heath
(Very frequent)
Cinnabar
(Very frequent)
Spectacle
(Very frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Very frequent)
Early Grey
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Very frequent)
Clouded Drab
(Very frequent)
Common Quaker
(Very frequent)
Powdered Quaker
(Very frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Very frequent)
Turnip Moth
(Very frequent)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Very frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Frequent)
Emperor Moth
(Frequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Shoulder Stripe
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Regular)
Sandy Carpet
(Frequent)
Ochreous Pug
(Regular)
Lime-speck Pug
(Frequent)
Mottled Pug
(Frequent)
Seraphim
(Regular)
Clouded Border
(Regular)
Scorched Wing
(Regular)
Scalloped Oak
(Regular)
Bordered White
(Regular)
Common White Wave
(Regular)
Common Wave
(Regular)
Iron Prominent
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Regular)
Buff-tip
(Frequent)
Herald
(Frequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Regular)
Mother Shipton
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Regular)
Brown Rustic
(Frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Regular)
Middle-barred Minor
(Regular)
Chestnut
(Regular)
Small Quaker
(Regular)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Frequent)
Broad-barred White
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Frequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Frequent)
Flame
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Regular)
Green Silver-lines
(Regular)
Ghost Moth
(Regular)
Fox Moth
(Regular)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Grass Rivulet
(Regular)
Netted Pug
(Regular)
Dwarf Pug
(Regular)
Triple-spotted Pug
(Regular)
Satyr Pug
(Regular)
Currant Pug
(Regular)
Treble-bar
(Regular)
Magpie Moth
(Regular)
Puss Moth
(Regular)
Garden Tiger
(Regular)
Chamomile Shark
(Regular)
Pine Beauty
(Regular)
Red Chestnut
(Regular)
Map-winged Swift
(Infrequent)
Riband Wave
(Infrequent)
May Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Infrequent)
Early Tooth-striped
(Infrequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Infrequent)
White-pinion Spotted
(Infrequent)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Infrequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Infrequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Dark Arches
(Infrequent)
Pale Pinion
(Infrequent)
Broom Moth
(Infrequent)
Shears
(Infrequent)
Campion
(Infrequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Infrequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Infrequent)
Oak Nycteoline
(Infrequent)