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)
Glaucous Shears
(Very frequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Water Carpet
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Early Thorn
(Frequent)
Common Heath
(Frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Frequent)
Knot Grass
(Frequent)
Clouded Drab
(Frequent)
Common Quaker
(Frequent)
Powdered Quaker
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Red Chestnut
(Frequent)
Fox Moth
(Regular)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Garden Carpet
(Regular)
Streamer
(Regular)
May Highflyer
(Regular)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Regular)
Small Phoenix
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Regular)
Satyr Pug
(Regular)
Common Pug
(Regular)
Early Tooth-striped
(Regular)
Lunar Thorn
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Early Grey
(Regular)
Brown Rustic
(Regular)
Small Angle Shades
(Regular)
Red Sword-grass
(Regular)
Dark Brocade
(Regular)
Shears
(Regular)
Flame Shoulder
(Regular)
Emperor Moth
(Infrequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Infrequent)
Shoulder Stripe
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Infrequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Infrequent)
Brindled Pug
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Seraphim
(Infrequent)
Peacock Moth
(Infrequent)
Purple Thorn
(Infrequent)
Peppered Moth
(Infrequent)
Common White Wave
(Infrequent)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Infrequent)
Puss Moth
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Silver Y
(Infrequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Infrequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Infrequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Infrequent)
Broom Moth
(Infrequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Infrequent)
Least Black Arches
(Infrequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Unusual)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Unusual)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Birch Mocha
(Unusual)
Red Carpet
(Unusual)
Common Carpet
(Unusual)
Yellow-ringed Carpet
(Unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Unusual)
Mottled Grey
(Unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Larch Pug
(Unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Unusual)
Currant Pug
(Unusual)
Bordered White
(Unusual)
Common Wave
(Unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Unusual)
Snout
(Unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Unusual)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Unusual)
Grey Dagger
(Unusual)
Dark Arches
(Unusual)
Chestnut
(Unusual)
Pine Beauty
(Unusual)
Small Quaker
(Unusual)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Unusual)
Lychnis
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Purple Clay
(Unusual)
True Lover's Knot
(Unusual)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Unusual)
Green Silver-lines
(Unusual)