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)
Speckled Yellow
(Very frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Water Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Scorched Wing
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Early Thorn
(Frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Frequent)
Common Heath
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Frequent)
Great Prominent
(Frequent)
Spectacle
(Frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Frequent)
Clouded Drab
(Frequent)
Common Quaker
(Frequent)
Powdered Quaker
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Frequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Garden Carpet
(Regular)
Streamer
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Sandy Carpet
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
Foxglove Pug
(Regular)
Brindled Pug
(Regular)
Grey Birch
(Regular)
Common White Wave
(Regular)
Common Wave
(Regular)
White-pinion Spotted
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Regular)
Buff-tip
(Regular)
Herald
(Regular)
Buff Ermine
(Regular)
Cinnabar
(Regular)
Mother Shipton
(Regular)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Early Grey
(Regular)
Small Quaker
(Regular)
Broom Moth
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Regular)
Heart and Dart
(Regular)
Red Chestnut
(Regular)
Map-winged Swift
(Infrequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Chinese Character
(Infrequent)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Common Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Fox Moth
(Infrequent)
Emperor Moth
(Infrequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Infrequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Shoulder Stripe
(Infrequent)
May Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Infrequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Rivulet
(Infrequent)
V-Pug
(Infrequent)
Dwarf Pug
(Infrequent)
Satyr Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Mottled Pug
(Infrequent)
Broom-tip
(Infrequent)
Early Tooth-striped
(Infrequent)
Clouded Magpie
(Infrequent)
Barred Umber
(Infrequent)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Infrequent)
Little Emerald
(Infrequent)
Puss Moth
(Infrequent)
Lunar Marbled Brown
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Pale Tussock
(Infrequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Infrequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Infrequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Infrequent)
Silver Hook
(Infrequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Brown Rustic
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Infrequent)
Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Pale Pinion
(Infrequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Dark Brocade
(Infrequent)
Dog's Tooth
(Infrequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Infrequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Infrequent)
Shears
(Infrequent)
Campion
(Infrequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Infrequent)
Flame
(Infrequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Infrequent)
Gold Swift
(Unusual)
Yellow Horned
(Unusual)
Northern Eggar
(Unusual)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Cream Wave
(Unusual)
Clay Triple-lines
(Unusual)
Yellow Shell
(Unusual)
Galium Carpet
(Unusual)
Mottled Grey
(Unusual)
Devon Carpet
(Unusual)
Welsh Wave
(Unusual)
Small Rivulet
(Unusual)
Oak-tree Pug
(Unusual)
Golden-rod Pug
(Unusual)
Larch Pug
(Unusual)
Ochreous Pug
(Unusual)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Unusual)
Latticed Heath
(Unusual)
Purple Thorn
(Unusual)
Ringed Carpet
(Unusual)
Mottled Beauty
(Unusual)
Bordered White
(Unusual)
Light Emerald
(Unusual)
Sallow Kitten
(Unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Scarce Prominent
(Unusual)
Garden Tiger
(Unusual)
Four-dotted Footman
(Unusual)
Small Purple-barred
(Unusual)
Dark Spectacle
(Unusual)
Gold Spot
(Unusual)
Alder Moth
(Unusual)
Grey Dagger
(Unusual)
Coronet
(Unusual)
Shark
(Unusual)
Chamomile Shark
(Unusual)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Unusual)
Small Dotted Buff
(Unusual)
Dusky Brocade
(Unusual)
Dark Arches
(Unusual)
Marbled Minor
(Unusual)
Middle-barred Minor
(Unusual)
Pine Beauty
(Unusual)
Broad-bordered White Underwing
(Unusual)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Beautiful Brocade
(Unusual)
Broad-barred White
(Unusual)
Tawny Shears
(Unusual)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Unusual)
Obscure Wainscot
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Unusual)
Oak Nycteoline
(Unusual)