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)
Fox Moth
(Frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Garden 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)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Water Carpet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Frequent)
V-Pug
(Very frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Brindled Pug
(Very frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Early Tooth-striped
(Frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Very frequent)
Barred Umber
(Very frequent)
Scorched Wing
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Early Thorn
(Very frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Very frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Very frequent)
Grey Birch
(Very frequent)
Common Heath
(Very frequent)
Bordered White
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Very frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Very frequent)
Great Prominent
(Very frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Buff-tip
(Very frequent)
Herald
(Frequent)
Spectacle
(Very frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Very frequent)
Knot Grass
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(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)
Shears
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Very frequent)
Flame
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Red Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Very frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Frequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Regular)
Peach Blossom
(Frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Regular)
Emperor Moth
(Frequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Birch Mocha
(Frequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Shoulder Stripe
(Regular)
Purple Bar
(Frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Welsh Wave
(Frequent)
Oak-tree Pug
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Frequent)
Dwarf Pug
(Frequent)
Larch Pug
(Regular)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Regular)
Satyr Pug
(Frequent)
Peacock Moth
(Frequent)
Speckled Yellow
(Frequent)
Common Wave
(Frequent)
Puss Moth
(Frequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Regular)
Lunar Marbled Brown
(Frequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Frequent)
Scarce Prominent
(Frequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Alder Moth
(Regular)
Light Knot Grass
(Frequent)
Early Grey
(Frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Regular)
Chestnut
(Frequent)
Pale Pinion
(Regular)
Red Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Frequent)
Broom Moth
(Frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Frequent)
Turnip Moth
(Regular)
Ingrailed Clay
(Regular)
True Lover's Knot
(Regular)
Green Silver-lines
(Frequent)
Gold Swift
(Infrequent)
Riband Wave
(Infrequent)
Cream Wave
(Regular)
Red Carpet
(Infrequent)
Yellow-ringed Carpet
(Infrequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Infrequent)
Mottled Grey
(Infrequent)
Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
Ochreous Pug
(Regular)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Regular)
Mottled Pug
(Infrequent)
Broom-tip
(Infrequent)
Seraphim
(Regular)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Infrequent)
Latticed Heath
(Regular)
Purple Thorn
(Infrequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Regular)
White-pinion Spotted
(Infrequent)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Infrequent)
Grass Wave
(Regular)
Snout
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Snout
(Regular)
Clouded Buff
(Infrequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Regular)
Small Purple-barred
(Infrequent)
Mother Shipton
(Infrequent)
Coronet
(Regular)
Mottled Rustic
(Regular)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Infrequent)
Grey Arches
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Brocade
(Infrequent)
Campion
(Infrequent)
Broad-barred White
(Regular)
Smoky Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Regular)
Purple Clay
(Infrequent)
Oak Nycteoline
(Regular)