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.
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Common White Wave
(Frequent)
Common Wave
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Frequent)
Spectacle
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Shears
(Frequent)
Lychnis
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Small Phoenix
(Regular)
Satyr Pug
(Regular)
Magpie Moth
(Regular)
Burnished Brass
(Regular)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Regular)
Campion
(Regular)
True Lover's Knot
(Regular)
Northern Eggar
(Infrequent)
Red Carpet
(Infrequent)
Common Carpet
(Infrequent)
May Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Infrequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Infrequent)
Small Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Common Heath
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Snout
(Infrequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Infrequent)
Garden Tiger
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Infrequent)
Dark Arches
(Infrequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Infrequent)
Broom Moth
(Infrequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Infrequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Green Arches
(Infrequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Infrequent)
Least Black Arches
(Infrequent)
Emperor Moth
(Unusual)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Unusual)
July Highflyer
(Unusual)
Purple Bar
(Unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(Unusual)
Netted Pug
(Unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Unusual)
Clouded Border
(Unusual)
Peppered Moth
(Unusual)
Bordered White
(Unusual)
Barred Red
(Unusual)
Puss Moth
(Unusual)
Straw Dot
(Unusual)
Wood Tiger
(Unusual)
Gold Spot
(Unusual)
Grey Dagger
(Unusual)
Knot Grass
(Unusual)
Confused
(Unusual)
Common Rustic
(Unusual)
Dark Brocade
(Unusual)
Antler Moth
(Unusual)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Unusual)
Glaucous Shears
(Unusual)
Cabbage Moth
(Unusual)
Double Dart
(Unusual)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Unusual)