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.
Clouded Drab
(Very frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Early Thorn
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Common Quaker
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Frequent)
Red Chestnut
(Frequent)
Emperor Moth
(Regular)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Regular)
Water Carpet
(Regular)
Golden-rod Pug
(Regular)
Common Heath
(Regular)
Puss Moth
(Regular)
Pebble Prominent
(Regular)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Angle Shades
(Regular)
Shears
(Regular)
Flame Shoulder
(Regular)
Fox Moth
(Infrequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Flame Carpet
(Infrequent)
Streamer
(Infrequent)
May Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Small Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Satyr Pug
(Infrequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Infrequent)
Common Wave
(Infrequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Infrequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Infrequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Infrequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Infrequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Dark Brocade
(Infrequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Infrequent)
Lychnis
(Infrequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Infrequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Least Black Arches
(Infrequent)
Northern Eggar
(Unusual)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Red Carpet
(Unusual)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Unusual)
Pine Carpet
(Unusual)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Unusual)
Mottled Grey
(Unusual)
Slender Pug
(Unusual)
Netted Pug
(Unusual)
Early Tooth-striped
(Unusual)
Lunar Thorn
(Unusual)
Common White Wave
(Unusual)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Herald
(Unusual)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Unusual)
Grey Dagger
(Unusual)
Light Knot Grass
(Unusual)
Brown Rustic
(Unusual)
Brindled Ochre
(Unusual)
Pine Beauty
(Unusual)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Broom Moth
(Unusual)