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.
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Water Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Early Thorn
(Frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Frequent)
Spectacle
(Frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Frequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Frequent)
Clouded Drab
(Frequent)
Common Quaker
(Frequent)
Powdered Quaker
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Red Chestnut
(Frequent)
Common Swift
(Regular)
Emperor Moth
(Regular)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Regular)
Streamer
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Red-Green Carpet
(Regular)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Brindled Pug
(Regular)
Mottled Pug
(Regular)
Scorched Wing
(Regular)
Peppered Moth
(Regular)
Pebble Prominent
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Regular)
Herald
(Regular)
Muslin Moth
(Regular)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Brown Rustic
(Regular)
Small Angle Shades
(Regular)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Regular)
Small Quaker
(Regular)
Broom Moth
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Regular)
Least Black Arches
(Regular)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Fox Moth
(Infrequent)
Shoulder Stripe
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Mottled Grey
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Scarce Tissue
(Infrequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Dwarf Pug
(Infrequent)
Satyr Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Early Tooth-striped
(Infrequent)
Clouded Border
(Infrequent)
Latticed Heath
(Infrequent)
Common Heath
(Infrequent)
Common White Wave
(Infrequent)
Common Wave
(Infrequent)
Puss Moth
(Infrequent)
Lunar Marbled Brown
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Scarce Prominent
(Infrequent)
Buff-tip
(Infrequent)
Buff Ermine
(Infrequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Infrequent)
Burnet Companion
(Infrequent)
Mother Shipton
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Infrequent)
Coronet
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Pale Pinion
(Infrequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Dark Brocade
(Infrequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Infrequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Infrequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Infrequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Infrequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Unusual)
Chinese Character
(Unusual)
Common Lutestring
(Unusual)
Northern Eggar
(Unusual)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
May Highflyer
(Unusual)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Unusual)
Purple Bar
(Unusual)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Unusual)
Rivulet
(Unusual)
Slender Pug
(Unusual)
Larch Pug
(Unusual)
Ochreous Pug
(Unusual)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Unusual)
Seraphim
(Unusual)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Unusual)
Speckled Yellow
(Unusual)
Scalloped Oak
(Unusual)
Grey Birch
(Unusual)
Bordered White
(Unusual)
Sallow Kitten
(Unusual)
Cinnabar
(Unusual)
Red-necked Footman
(Unusual)
Small Fan-foot
(Unusual)
Plain Golden Y
(Unusual)
Alder Moth
(Unusual)
Grey Dagger
(Unusual)
Shark
(Unusual)
Early Grey
(Unusual)
Mottled Rustic
(Unusual)
Dusky Brocade
(Unusual)
Pine Beauty
(Unusual)
Shears
(Unusual)
Campion
(Unusual)
Broad-barred White
(Unusual)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Flame
(Unusual)
Purple Clay
(Unusual)
Small Square-spot
(Unusual)
Double Square-spot
(Unusual)