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