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.
Red Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Frequent)
Satyr Pug
(Frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Frequent)
Common Heath
(Frequent)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Frequent)
Puss Moth
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Frequent)
Knot Grass
(Frequent)
Clouded Drab
(Frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Broom Moth
(Frequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Frequent)
Shears
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Fox Moth
(Regular)
Emperor Moth
(Regular)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Regular)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Regular)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Foxglove Pug
(Regular)
Common Pug
(Regular)
Brimstone Moth
(Regular)
Buff Ermine
(Regular)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Angle Shades
(Regular)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Regular)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Regular)
Dark Sword-grass
(Regular)
Map-winged Swift
(Infrequent)
Poplar Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
May Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Water Carpet
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Early Tooth-striped
(Infrequent)
Common White Wave
(Infrequent)
Buff-tip
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Cinnabar
(Infrequent)
Small Purple-barred
(Infrequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Infrequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Sweet Gale Moth
(Infrequent)
Shark
(Infrequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Infrequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Infrequent)
Dark Brocade
(Infrequent)
Powdered Quaker
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Infrequent)
Small Square-spot
(Infrequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Streamer
(Unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Unusual)
Purple Bar
(Unusual)
Small Phoenix
(Unusual)
V-Pug
(Unusual)
Netted Pug
(Unusual)
Thyme Pug
(Unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Unusual)
Currant Pug
(Unusual)
Magpie Moth
(Unusual)
Clouded Border
(Unusual)
Early Thorn
(Unusual)
Lunar Thorn
(Unusual)
Peppered Moth
(Unusual)
Bordered White
(Unusual)
Iron Prominent
(Unusual)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Unusual)
Small Chocolate-tip
(Unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Unusual)
Early Grey
(Unusual)
Mottled Rustic
(Unusual)
Brown Rustic
(Unusual)
Pale Pinion
(Unusual)
Red Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Common Quaker
(Unusual)
Campion
(Unusual)
Marbled Coronet
(Unusual)
Heart and Dart
(Unusual)
Flame
(Unusual)
True Lover's Knot
(Unusual)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)