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.
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Common White Wave
(Frequent)
Common Wave
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Knot Grass
(Frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Frequent)
Broom Moth
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Regular)
Fox Moth
(Regular)
Garden Carpet
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Regular)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Regular)
Common Pug
(Regular)
Magpie Moth
(Regular)
Peacock Moth
(Regular)
Brown Silver-line
(Regular)
Peppered Moth
(Regular)
Mottled Beauty
(Regular)
Common Heath
(Regular)
Light Emerald
(Regular)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Regular)
Buff-tip
(Regular)
Buff Ermine
(Regular)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Regular)
Glaucous Shears
(Regular)
Shears
(Regular)
Double Square-spot
(Regular)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Infrequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Poplar Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Common Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Northern Eggar
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wave
(Infrequent)
Cream Wave
(Infrequent)
Birch Mocha
(Infrequent)
Red Carpet
(Infrequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
May Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Purple Bar
(Infrequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Infrequent)
Water Carpet
(Infrequent)
Welsh Wave
(Infrequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Satyr Pug
(Infrequent)
Clouded Border
(Infrequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Infrequent)
Purple Thorn
(Infrequent)
Bordered White
(Infrequent)
Barred Red
(Infrequent)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Infrequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Straw Dot
(Infrequent)
Snout
(Infrequent)
Garden Tiger
(Infrequent)
Burnished Brass
(Infrequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Dark Arches
(Infrequent)
Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Grey Arches
(Infrequent)
Campion
(Infrequent)
Lychnis
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Purple Clay
(Infrequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Infrequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Green Arches
(Infrequent)
Gold Swift
(Unusual)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Riband Wave
(Unusual)
Yellow Shell
(Unusual)
July Highflyer
(Unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Unusual)
Phoenix
(Unusual)
Barred Straw
(Unusual)
Red-Green Carpet
(Unusual)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Unusual)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Unusual)
Beech-green Carpet
(Unusual)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Pretty Pinion
(Unusual)
Larch Pug
(Unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Unusual)
Currant Pug
(Unusual)
Seraphim
(Unusual)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Unusual)
Large Emerald
(Unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Unusual)
Wood Tiger
(Unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Unusual)
Small Purple-barred
(Unusual)
Plain Golden Y
(Unusual)
Gold Spangle
(Unusual)
Grey Dagger
(Unusual)
Coronet
(Unusual)
Shark
(Unusual)
Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Small Dotted Buff
(Unusual)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Unusual)
Clouded Drab
(Unusual)
Antler Moth
(Unusual)
Marbled Coronet
(Unusual)
Heart and Dart
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Red Chestnut
(Unusual)
Northern Rustic
(Unusual)
Double Dart
(Unusual)
Square-spot Rustic
(Unusual)
Green Silver-lines
(Unusual)