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.
Brown Silver-line
(Very frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Water Carpet
(Frequent)
Early Thorn
(Frequent)
Common Heath
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Frequent)
Knot Grass
(Frequent)
Clouded Drab
(Frequent)
Common Quaker
(Frequent)
Powdered Quaker
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Frequent)
Red Chestnut
(Frequent)
Fox Moth
(Regular)
Emperor Moth
(Regular)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Streamer
(Regular)
May Highflyer
(Regular)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Foxglove Pug
(Regular)
Golden-rod Pug
(Regular)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Regular)
Common Pug
(Regular)
Early Tooth-striped
(Regular)
Clouded Border
(Regular)
Brimstone Moth
(Regular)
Lunar Thorn
(Regular)
Peppered Moth
(Regular)
Puss Moth
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Buff-tip
(Regular)
Light Knot Grass
(Regular)
Early Grey
(Regular)
Small Angle Shades
(Regular)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Regular)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Regular)
Dark Brocade
(Regular)
Broom Moth
(Regular)
Shears
(Regular)
Marbled Coronet
(Regular)
Flame Shoulder
(Regular)
Least Black Arches
(Regular)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Infrequent)
Common Carpet
(Infrequent)
Shoulder Stripe
(Infrequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Infrequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Infrequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Infrequent)
Mottled Grey
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
V-Pug
(Infrequent)
Brindled Pug
(Infrequent)
Satyr Pug
(Infrequent)
Barred Umber
(Infrequent)
Scorched Wing
(Infrequent)
Speckled Yellow
(Infrequent)
Bordered White
(Infrequent)
Common White Wave
(Infrequent)
Common Wave
(Infrequent)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Infrequent)
Lunar Marbled Brown
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Buff Ermine
(Infrequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Infrequent)
Spectacle
(Infrequent)
Silver Y
(Infrequent)
Brown Rustic
(Infrequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Infrequent)
Pine Beauty
(Infrequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Infrequent)
Lychnis
(Infrequent)
Heart and Dart
(Infrequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Common Swift
(Unusual)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Unusual)
Peach Blossom
(Unusual)
Poplar Lutestring
(Unusual)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Cream Wave
(Unusual)
Birch Mocha
(Unusual)
Yellow-ringed Carpet
(Unusual)
July Highflyer
(Unusual)
Welsh Wave
(Unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Rivulet
(Unusual)
Sandy Carpet
(Unusual)
Netted Pug
(Unusual)
Ochreous Pug
(Unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Unusual)
Currant Pug
(Unusual)
Seraphim
(Unusual)
Peacock Moth
(Unusual)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Unusual)
Grey Birch
(Unusual)
Sallow Kitten
(Unusual)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Unusual)
Clouded Buff
(Unusual)
Garden Tiger
(Unusual)
Cinnabar
(Unusual)
Mother Shipton
(Unusual)
Silver Hook
(Unusual)
Coronet
(Unusual)
Shark
(Unusual)
Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Dusky Brocade
(Unusual)
Pale Pinion
(Unusual)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Beautiful Brocade
(Unusual)
Grey
(Unusual)
Small Square-spot
(Unusual)
True Lover's Knot
(Unusual)