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.
Map-winged Swift
(Very frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Very frequent)
Bordered White
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Frequent)
Common Wave
(Very frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Very frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Very frequent)
Spectacle
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Broom Moth
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(Frequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Gold Swift
(Frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Frequent)
July Belle
(Frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Frequent)
Purple Bar
(Frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Frequent)
Satyr Pug
(Regular)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Regular)
Mottled Beauty
(Regular)
Common Heath
(Frequent)
Light Emerald
(Frequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Buff-tip
(Frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Regular)
Wood Tiger
(Frequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Regular)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Marbled Minor
(Frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Frequent)
Purple Clay
(Frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Regular)
True Lover's Knot
(Frequent)
Green Arches
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Regular)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Regular)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Regular)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Northern Eggar
(Regular)
Emperor Moth
(Regular)
Gem
(Infrequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
May Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Infrequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Infrequent)
Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Barred Straw
(Regular)
Red-Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Infrequent)
Water Carpet
(Regular)
Dingy Shell
(Infrequent)
Welsh Wave
(Regular)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Rivulet
(Regular)
Grass Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
Marsh Pug
(Regular)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Angle-barred Pug
(Regular)
Ochreous Pug
(Regular)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Regular)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Latticed Heath
(Regular)
Early Thorn
(Regular)
Scalloped Oak
(Infrequent)
Mottled Umber
(Infrequent)
Large Emerald
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Regular)
Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Regular)
Garden Tiger
(Regular)
Cinnabar
(Infrequent)
Muslin Footman
(Infrequent)
Gold Spot
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Shark
(Infrequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Infrequent)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Light Arches
(Infrequent)
Dark Brocade
(Regular)
Antler Moth
(Infrequent)
Nutmeg
(Infrequent)
Shears
(Infrequent)
Broad-barred White
(Infrequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Regular)
Clay
(Regular)
Heart and Dart
(Regular)
Double Dart
(Infrequent)
Least Black Arches
(Regular)
Green Silver-lines
(Infrequent)