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.
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Common Swift
(Regular)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Regular)
Peach Blossom
(Regular)
Common Lutestring
(Regular)
Emperor Moth
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
Streamer
(Frequent)
May Highflyer
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Water Carpet
(Frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
Brindled Pug
(Frequent)
Dwarf Pug
(Regular)
Ochreous Pug
(Regular)
Currant Pug
(Regular)
Brown Silver-line
(Frequent)
Barred Umber
(Frequent)
Speckled Yellow
(Frequent)
Early Thorn
(Frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Frequent)
Purple Thorn
(Regular)
Grey Birch
(Frequent)
Bordered White
(Regular)
Puss Moth
(Regular)
Pebble Prominent
(Regular)
Great Prominent
(Regular)
Ruby Tiger
(Regular)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Frequent)
Early Grey
(Regular)
Dark Brocade
(Regular)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Regular)
Glaucous Shears
(Frequent)
Shears
(Regular)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Frequent)
Oak Nycteoline
(Regular)
Orange Swift
(Infrequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Infrequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Regular)
Yellow Horned
(Infrequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Yellow Shell
(Infrequent)
Shoulder Stripe
(Infrequent)
July Highflyer
(Regular)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Barred Carpet
(Infrequent)
V-Pug
(Infrequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Infrequent)
Marsh Pug
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Regular)
Common Pug
(Regular)
Mottled Pug
(Infrequent)
Broom-tip
(Regular)
Seraphim
(Regular)
Early Tooth-striped
(Infrequent)
Orange Underwing
(Infrequent)
Latticed Heath
(Regular)
Scorched Wing
(Regular)
Brimstone Moth
(Regular)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Infrequent)
Brindled Beauty
(Infrequent)
Peppered Moth
(Infrequent)
Common Heath
(Regular)
White-pinion Spotted
(Infrequent)
Barred Red
(Infrequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Infrequent)
Lunar Marbled Brown
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Regular)
Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Regular)
Herald
(Regular)
Cinnabar
(Infrequent)
Mother Shipton
(Infrequent)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Light Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Sweet Gale Moth
(Infrequent)
Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Coronet
(Infrequent)
Shark
(Infrequent)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Marbled Beauty
(Infrequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Regular)
Small Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Regular)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Infrequent)
Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Pale Pinion
(Infrequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Regular)
Brindled Ochre
(Infrequent)
Pine Beauty
(Regular)
Clouded Drab
(Regular)
Common Quaker
(Regular)
Small Quaker
(Infrequent)
Lead-coloured Drab
(Regular)
Powdered Quaker
(Regular)
Broad-bordered White Underwing
(Regular)
Beautiful Brocade
(Infrequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Regular)
Campion
(Infrequent)
Broad-barred White
(Infrequent)
Lychnis
(Regular)
Heart and Dart
(Regular)
Turnip Moth
(Infrequent)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Infrequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Regular)
Flame Shoulder
(Regular)
Red Chestnut
(Regular)
Dotted Clay
(Infrequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Regular)
Autumnal Rustic
(Infrequent)