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)
Kentish Glory
(Very frequent)
Emperor Moth
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Shoulder Stripe
(Very frequent)
Streamer
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Mottled Grey
(Very frequent)
Water Carpet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Brindled Pug
(Very frequent)
Ochreous Pug
(Very frequent)
Early Tooth-striped
(Very frequent)
Orange Underwing
(Very frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Very frequent)
Early Thorn
(Very frequent)
Pale Brindled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Brindled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Dotted Border
(Very frequent)
Common Heath
(Very frequent)
Scarce Prominent
(Very frequent)
Herald
(Very frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Very frequent)
Rannoch Sprawler
(Very frequent)
Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Pale Pinion
(Very frequent)
Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Pine Beauty
(Very frequent)
Clouded Drab
(Very frequent)
Common Quaker
(Very frequent)
Lead-coloured Drab
(Very frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Red Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Broom-tip
(Frequent)
Netted Mountain Moth
(Regular)
Brimstone Moth
(Regular)
Rannoch Brindled Beauty
(Frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Regular)
Puss Moth
(Frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Angle Shades
(Regular)
Brindled Ochre
(Frequent)
Small Quaker
(Frequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Dwarf Pug
(Regular)
Barred Umber
(Regular)
Lunar Thorn
(Regular)
March Moth
(Regular)
Bordered White
(Regular)
Oak Nycteoline
(Regular)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Common Carpet
(Infrequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Infrequent)
Small Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Oak Beauty
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Infrequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Small Purple-barred
(Infrequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Infrequent)
Shears
(Infrequent)
Lychnis
(Infrequent)