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)
Fox Moth
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Water Carpet
(Frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Frequent)
Common Heath
(Frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Frequent)
Knot Grass
(Frequent)
Early Grey
(Frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Frequent)
Clouded Drab
(Frequent)
Common Quaker
(Frequent)
Powdered Quaker
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Frequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Frequent)
Shears
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
Red Chestnut
(Frequent)
Emperor Moth
(Regular)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Regular)
May Highflyer
(Regular)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Regular)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Brimstone Moth
(Regular)
Early Thorn
(Regular)
Peppered Moth
(Regular)
Puss Moth
(Regular)
Pebble Prominent
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Cinnabar
(Regular)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Broom Moth
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Regular)
Marbled Coronet
(Regular)
Heart and Dart
(Regular)
Least Black Arches
(Regular)
Map-winged Swift
(Infrequent)
Northern Eggar
(Infrequent)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Garden Carpet
(Infrequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Infrequent)
Streamer
(Infrequent)
Yellow-ringed Carpet
(Infrequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Infrequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Infrequent)
Small Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
V-Pug
(Infrequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Infrequent)
Brindled Pug
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Satyr Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Common Pug
(Infrequent)
Early Tooth-striped
(Infrequent)
Clouded Border
(Infrequent)
Peacock Moth
(Infrequent)
Latticed Heath
(Infrequent)
Barred Umber
(Infrequent)
Scorched Wing
(Infrequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Infrequent)
Common White Wave
(Infrequent)
Common Wave
(Infrequent)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Infrequent)
Lunar Marbled Brown
(Infrequent)
Buff-tip
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Buff Ermine
(Infrequent)
Mother Shipton
(Infrequent)
Silver Y
(Infrequent)
Grey Dagger
(Infrequent)
Shark
(Infrequent)
Brown Rustic
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Campion
(Infrequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Infrequent)
Ghost Moth
(Unusual)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Unusual)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Unusual)
Poplar Lutestring
(Unusual)
Common Lutestring
(Unusual)
Birch Mocha
(Unusual)
Oblique Carpet
(Unusual)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Unusual)
Devon Carpet
(Unusual)
Rivulet
(Unusual)
Sandy Carpet
(Unusual)
Slender Pug
(Unusual)
Netted Pug
(Unusual)
Dwarf Pug
(Unusual)
Angle-barred Pug
(Unusual)
Ochreous Pug
(Unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Unusual)
Seraphim
(Unusual)
Dotted Border
(Unusual)
Grey Birch
(Unusual)
Bordered White
(Unusual)
Light Emerald
(Unusual)
Iron Prominent
(Unusual)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Unusual)
Clouded Buff
(Unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Unusual)
Garden Tiger
(Unusual)
Small Purple-barred
(Unusual)
Alder Moth
(Unusual)
Light Knot Grass
(Unusual)
Sweet Gale Moth
(Unusual)
Coronet
(Unusual)
Red Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Black Rustic
(Unusual)
Brindled Ochre
(Unusual)
Dark Brocade
(Unusual)
Small Quaker
(Unusual)
Dog's Tooth
(Unusual)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)