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