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.
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Water Carpet
(Frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Frequent)
Early Thorn
(Frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Frequent)
Clouded Drab
(Frequent)
Common Quaker
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
Red Chestnut
(Frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Garden Carpet
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Red-Green Carpet
(Regular)
V-Pug
(Regular)
Brindled Pug
(Regular)
Currant Pug
(Regular)
Common Pug
(Regular)
Peppered Moth
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Regular)
Powdered Quaker
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Regular)
Heart and Dart
(Regular)
Flame Shoulder
(Regular)
Least Black Arches
(Regular)
Map-winged Swift
(Infrequent)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Fox Moth
(Infrequent)
Emperor Moth
(Infrequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Common Carpet
(Infrequent)
Streamer
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Infrequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Early Tooth-striped
(Infrequent)
Clouded Border
(Infrequent)
Scorched Wing
(Infrequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Infrequent)
Common Heath
(Infrequent)
Common White Wave
(Infrequent)
Common Wave
(Infrequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Infrequent)
Buff-tip
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Buff Ermine
(Infrequent)
Cinnabar
(Infrequent)
Spectacle
(Infrequent)
Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Early Grey
(Infrequent)
Brown Rustic
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Pale Pinion
(Infrequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Infrequent)
Broom Moth
(Infrequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Infrequent)
Flame
(Infrequent)
Gold Swift
(Unusual)
Chinese Character
(Unusual)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Cream Wave
(Unusual)
Clay Triple-lines
(Unusual)
Red Carpet
(Unusual)
Shoulder Stripe
(Unusual)
Purple Bar
(Unusual)
Phoenix
(Unusual)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Rivulet
(Unusual)
Oak-tree Pug
(Unusual)
Dwarf Pug
(Unusual)
Pauper Pug
(Unusual)
Ochreous Pug
(Unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Unusual)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Unusual)
Barred Umber
(Unusual)
Speckled Yellow
(Unusual)
Lunar Thorn
(Unusual)
Mottled Beauty
(Unusual)
Bordered White
(Unusual)
White-pinion Spotted
(Unusual)
Puss Moth
(Unusual)
Lunar Marbled Brown
(Unusual)
Iron Prominent
(Unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Unusual)
Scarce Prominent
(Unusual)
Straw Dot
(Unusual)
Snout
(Unusual)
Mother Shipton
(Unusual)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Unusual)
Alder Moth
(Unusual)
Coronet
(Unusual)
Dusky Brocade
(Unusual)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Unusual)
Dark Arches
(Unusual)
Middle-barred Minor
(Unusual)
Red Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Small Quaker
(Unusual)
Glaucous Shears
(Unusual)
Shears
(Unusual)
Cabbage Moth
(Unusual)
Smoky Wainscot
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Purple Clay
(Unusual)
Ingrailed Clay
(Unusual)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Green Arches
(Unusual)
Green Silver-lines
(Unusual)