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.
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Very frequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Very frequent)
Peach Blossom
(Very frequent)
Fox Moth
(Very frequent)
Emperor Moth
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Cream Wave
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
Streamer
(Very frequent)
May Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Very frequent)
Purple Bar
(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)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
V-Pug
(Very frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Lead-coloured Pug
(Very frequent)
Brindled Pug
(Very frequent)
Oak-tree Pug
(Very frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very frequent)
Dwarf Pug
(Very frequent)
Ochreous Pug
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Mottled Pug
(Very frequent)
Early Tooth-striped
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Peacock Moth
(Very frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Very frequent)
Barred Umber
(Very frequent)
Scorched Wing
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Speckled Yellow
(Frequent)
Early Thorn
(Very frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Very frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Very frequent)
Grey Birch
(Very frequent)
Common Heath
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Common Wave
(Very frequent)
Little Emerald
(Very frequent)
Lunar Marbled Brown
(Very frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Very frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Very frequent)
Great Prominent
(Very frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Very frequent)
Scarce Prominent
(Very frequent)
Buff-tip
(Very frequent)
Herald
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Very frequent)
Spectacle
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Very frequent)
Knot Grass
(Very frequent)
Early Grey
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Very frequent)
Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Very frequent)
Clouded Drab
(Very frequent)
Common Quaker
(Very frequent)
Small Quaker
(Very frequent)
Powdered Quaker
(Very frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(Very frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Very frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Red Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Very frequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Very frequent)
Oak Nycteoline
(Very frequent)
Common Swift
(Frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Frequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Birch Mocha
(Frequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Frequent)
Shoulder Stripe
(Frequent)
Mottled Grey
(Frequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Welsh Wave
(Frequent)
Larch Pug
(Frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Frequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Frequent)
Satyr Pug
(Frequent)
Currant Pug
(Frequent)
Treble-bar
(Frequent)
Seraphim
(Frequent)
Bordered White
(Frequent)
Grass Wave
(Regular)
Sallow Kitten
(Frequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Cinnabar
(Frequent)
Mother Shipton
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Alder Moth
(Frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Regular)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Dark Arches
(Regular)
Pale Pinion
(Frequent)
Pine Beauty
(Frequent)
Broom Moth
(Frequent)
Turnip Moth
(Frequent)
Flame
(Frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Orange Swift
(Infrequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Infrequent)
Chinese Character
(Infrequent)
Northern Eggar
(Infrequent)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Smoky Wave
(Infrequent)
Yellow Shell
(Infrequent)
Northern Spinach
(Regular)
Rivulet
(Regular)
Pretty Pinion
(Infrequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
Angle-barred Pug
(Infrequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Infrequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Infrequent)
Broom-tip
(Infrequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Regular)
Latticed Heath
(Infrequent)
Mottled Umber
(Infrequent)
White-pinion Spotted
(Infrequent)
Light Emerald
(Infrequent)
Barred Red
(Infrequent)
Puss Moth
(Regular)
Snout
(Regular)
Ruby Tiger
(Infrequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Regular)
Fan-foot
(Infrequent)
Dark Spectacle
(Infrequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Regular)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Infrequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Infrequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Infrequent)
Marbled Minor
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Grey Arches
(Infrequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Regular)
Shears
(Regular)
Cabbage Moth
(Infrequent)
Campion
(Regular)
Marbled Coronet
(Infrequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Double Square-spot
(Infrequent)