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
(Frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Streamer
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Water Carpet
(Frequent)
Brindled Pug
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Early Thorn
(Frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Frequent)
Clouded Drab
(Frequent)
Common Quaker
(Frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Emperor Moth
(Regular)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Regular)
Scarce Tissue
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
Foxglove Pug
(Regular)
Golden-rod Pug
(Regular)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Regular)
Peppered Moth
(Regular)
Common Heath
(Regular)
Puss Moth
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Regular)
Herald
(Regular)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Brown Rustic
(Regular)
Small Angle Shades
(Regular)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Regular)
Chestnut
(Regular)
Powdered Quaker
(Regular)
Flame Shoulder
(Regular)
Red Chestnut
(Regular)
Common Swift
(Infrequent)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Fox Moth
(Infrequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Infrequent)
Common Carpet
(Infrequent)
Shoulder Stripe
(Infrequent)
May Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Infrequent)
Mottled Grey
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
Dwarf Pug
(Infrequent)
Ochreous Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Early Tooth-striped
(Infrequent)
Scorched Wing
(Infrequent)
Bordered White
(Infrequent)
Common White Wave
(Infrequent)
Common Wave
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Infrequent)
Scarce Prominent
(Infrequent)
Buff-tip
(Infrequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Infrequent)
Coronet
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Infrequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Infrequent)
Pale Pinion
(Infrequent)
Dark Brocade
(Infrequent)
Small Quaker
(Infrequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Infrequent)
Broom Moth
(Infrequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Infrequent)
Shears
(Infrequent)
Lychnis
(Infrequent)
Heart and Dart
(Infrequent)
Least Black Arches
(Infrequent)
Ghost Moth
(Unusual)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Unusual)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Unusual)
Common Lutestring
(Unusual)
Yellow Horned
(Unusual)
Small Dusty Wave
(Unusual)
Phoenix
(Unusual)
Barred Straw
(Unusual)
Rivulet
(Unusual)
V-Pug
(Unusual)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Unusual)
Satyr Pug
(Unusual)
Mottled Pug
(Unusual)
Clouded Border
(Unusual)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Unusual)
Latticed Heath
(Unusual)
Lunar Marbled Brown
(Unusual)
Dark Tussock
(Unusual)
Buff Ermine
(Unusual)
Cinnabar
(Unusual)
Small Fan-foot
(Unusual)
Small Purple-barred
(Unusual)
Mother Shipton
(Unusual)
Silver Y
(Unusual)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Unusual)
Chamomile Shark
(Unusual)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Unusual)
Red Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Cabbage Moth
(Unusual)
Broad-barred White
(Unusual)
Turnip Moth
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Flame
(Unusual)
Purple Clay
(Unusual)
True Lover's Knot
(Unusual)
Green Silver-lines
(Unusual)
Oak Nycteoline
(Unusual)