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)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Common Wave
(Frequent)
Spectacle
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Frequent)
Shears
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Regular)
Satyr Pug
(Regular)
Magpie Moth
(Regular)
Clouded Border
(Regular)
Common White Wave
(Regular)
Pebble Prominent
(Regular)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Regular)
Burnished Brass
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Dark Brocade
(Regular)
Broom Moth
(Regular)
Campion
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Regular)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Northern Eggar
(Infrequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Red Carpet
(Infrequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Yellow Shell
(Infrequent)
Common Carpet
(Infrequent)
May Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Purple Bar
(Infrequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Infrequent)
Water Carpet
(Infrequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Small Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Peacock Moth
(Infrequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Infrequent)
Early Thorn
(Infrequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Infrequent)
Peppered Moth
(Infrequent)
Common Heath
(Infrequent)
Bordered White
(Infrequent)
Barred Red
(Infrequent)
Snout
(Infrequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Infrequent)
Wood Tiger
(Infrequent)
Garden Tiger
(Infrequent)
Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Grey Dagger
(Infrequent)
Brown Rustic
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Infrequent)
Dark Arches
(Infrequent)
Confused
(Infrequent)
Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Antler Moth
(Infrequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Infrequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Infrequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Purple Clay
(Infrequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Infrequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Infrequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Least Black Arches
(Infrequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Unusual)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Unusual)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Unusual)
Common Lutestring
(Unusual)
Fox Moth
(Unusual)
Emperor Moth
(Unusual)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Unusual)
Plain Wave
(Unusual)
Smoky Wave
(Unusual)
July Belle
(Unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Unusual)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Unusual)
Red-Green Carpet
(Unusual)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Unusual)
Welsh Wave
(Unusual)
Rivulet
(Unusual)
Slender Pug
(Unusual)
Netted Pug
(Unusual)
Dwarf Pug
(Unusual)
Larch Pug
(Unusual)
Ochreous Pug
(Unusual)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Unusual)
Mottled Beauty
(Unusual)
Light Emerald
(Unusual)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Unusual)
Puss Moth
(Unusual)
Iron Prominent
(Unusual)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Small Fan-foot
(Unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Unusual)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Unusual)
Light Knot Grass
(Unusual)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Unusual)
Light Arches
(Unusual)
Marbled Minor
(Unusual)
Common Wainscot
(Unusual)
Double Dart
(Unusual)
Green Arches
(Unusual)
Dotted Clay
(Unusual)
Six-striped Rustic
(Unusual)
Double Square-spot
(Unusual)