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)
Emperor Moth
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(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)
V-Pug
(Very frequent)
Brindled Pug
(Very frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very frequent)
Barred Tooth-striped
(Very frequent)
Early Tooth-striped
(Very frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Very frequent)
Early Thorn
(Very frequent)
March Moth
(Very frequent)
Oak Beauty
(Very frequent)
Ringed Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Birch
(Very frequent)
Puss Moth
(Frequent)
Lunar Marbled Brown
(Very frequent)
Scarce Prominent
(Very frequent)
Herald
(Very frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Very frequent)
Early Grey
(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)
Small Quaker
(Very frequent)
Powdered Quaker
(Very frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Red Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Very frequent)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
May Highflyer
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Regular)
Pale Brindled Beauty
(Regular)
Dotted Border
(Frequent)
Common Heath
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Regular)
Brindled Ochre
(Frequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Regular)
Common Pug
(Regular)
Orange Underwing
(Regular)
Speckled Yellow
(Regular)
Iron Prominent
(Regular)
Ruby Tiger
(Regular)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Regular)
Oak Nycteoline
(Regular)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Oak-tree Pug
(Infrequent)
Ochreous Pug
(Infrequent)
Satyr Pug
(Infrequent)
Brindled Beauty
(Infrequent)
Rannoch Brindled Beauty
(Infrequent)
Peppered Moth
(Infrequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Buff Ermine
(Infrequent)
Garden Tiger
(Infrequent)
Mother Shipton
(Infrequent)
Spectacle
(Infrequent)
Dark Brocade
(Infrequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Infrequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Infrequent)