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.
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)
Shoulder Stripe
(Very frequent)
Streamer
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Water Carpet
(Very frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Brindled Pug
(Very frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very frequent)
Ochreous Pug
(Very frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Mottled Pug
(Very frequent)
Broom-tip
(Very frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Early Thorn
(Very frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Very frequent)
Brindled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Very frequent)
Common Heath
(Very frequent)
Bordered White
(Very frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Herald
(Very frequent)
Cinnabar
(Very frequent)
Spectacle
(Very frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Very frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Frequent)
Knot Grass
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Clouded Drab
(Very frequent)
Common Quaker
(Very frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Shears
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(Very frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Very frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Red Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Emperor Moth
(Frequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
May Highflyer
(Frequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Frequent)
Purple Bar
(Frequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Scarce Tissue
(Frequent)
Rivulet
(Frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Frequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Frequent)
Early Tooth-striped
(Frequent)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Frequent)
Latticed Heath
(Frequent)
Common White Wave
(Frequent)
Common Wave
(Frequent)
Puss Moth
(Frequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Frequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Frequent)
Buff-tip
(Frequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Frequent)
Sweet Gale Moth
(Regular)
Shark
(Frequent)
Chamomile Shark
(Regular)
Angle Shades
(Regular)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Frequent)
Chestnut
(Frequent)
Pale Pinion
(Frequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Frequent)
Pine Beauty
(Frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Frequent)
Broad-barred White
(Frequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Frequent)
Turnip Moth
(Regular)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
Common Swift
(Regular)
Map-winged Swift
(Infrequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Regular)
Peach Blossom
(Regular)
Common Lutestring
(Regular)
Yellow Horned
(Infrequent)
Kentish Glory
(Regular)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
November Moth
(Infrequent)
Small Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Dwarf Pug
(Infrequent)
Larch Pug
(Infrequent)
Satyr Pug
(Regular)
Currant Pug
(Regular)
Barred Umber
(Infrequent)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Infrequent)
Scarce Prominent
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Infrequent)
Coronet
(Regular)
Dusky Brocade
(Infrequent)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Small Quaker
(Infrequent)
Powdered Quaker
(Regular)
Nutmeg
(Infrequent)
Broom Moth
(Regular)
Glaucous Shears
(Infrequent)
White Colon
(Regular)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Regular)
Flame
(Infrequent)
Purple Clay
(Regular)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Regular)