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)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Shoulder Stripe
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Mottled Grey
(Very frequent)
Water Carpet
(Very frequent)
Scarce Tissue
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Brindled Pug
(Very frequent)
Early Tooth-striped
(Very frequent)
Brindled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(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)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Red Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Kentish Glory
(Frequent)
Emperor Moth
(Frequent)
Streamer
(Frequent)
Ochreous Pug
(Frequent)
Common Heath
(Regular)
Scarce Prominent
(Frequent)
Herald
(Frequent)
Sword-grass
(Regular)
Small Quaker
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Larch Pug
(Infrequent)
Common Pug
(Infrequent)
Mottled Pug
(Infrequent)
Broom-tip
(Infrequent)
Orange Underwing
(Infrequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Regular)
Early Thorn
(Regular)
March Moth
(Regular)
Pale Brindled Beauty
(Infrequent)
Peppered Moth
(Infrequent)
Dotted Border
(Regular)
Puss Moth
(Infrequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Ruby Tiger
(Infrequent)
Cinnabar
(Infrequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Chamomile Shark
(Infrequent)
Early Grey
(Infrequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Regular)
Lead-coloured Drab
(Infrequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Infrequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Infrequent)