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.
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Brindled Pug
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Frequent)
Cinnabar
(Frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Frequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Frequent)
Clouded Drab
(Frequent)
Common Quaker
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Frequent)
Common Swift
(Regular)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Regular)
Streamer
(Regular)
Red-Green Carpet
(Regular)
Water Carpet
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
Foxglove Pug
(Regular)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Regular)
Brown Silver-line
(Regular)
Early Thorn
(Regular)
Common Heath
(Regular)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Regular)
Early Grey
(Regular)
Powdered Quaker
(Regular)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Regular)
Turnip Moth
(Regular)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Regular)
Flame Shoulder
(Regular)
Small Square-spot
(Regular)
Emperor Moth
(Infrequent)
Shoulder Stripe
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Infrequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
V-Pug
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Ochreous Pug
(Infrequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Infrequent)
Mottled Pug
(Infrequent)
Seraphim
(Infrequent)
Clouded Border
(Infrequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Infrequent)
Bordered White
(Infrequent)
Common White Wave
(Infrequent)
Common Wave
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Infrequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Infrequent)
Buff-tip
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Infrequent)
Mother Shipton
(Infrequent)
Silver Y
(Infrequent)
Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Chamomile Shark
(Infrequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Infrequent)
Brown Rustic
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Infrequent)
Small Quaker
(Infrequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Infrequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Infrequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Infrequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Flame
(Infrequent)
Red Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Least Black Arches
(Infrequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Infrequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Unusual)
Ghost Moth
(Unusual)
Peach Blossom
(Unusual)
Fox Moth
(Unusual)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Riband Wave
(Unusual)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
May Highflyer
(Unusual)
Barred Yellow
(Unusual)
Purple Bar
(Unusual)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Unusual)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Unusual)
Mottled Grey
(Unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Rivulet
(Unusual)
Grass Rivulet
(Unusual)
Slender Pug
(Unusual)
Netted Pug
(Unusual)
Dwarf Pug
(Unusual)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Unusual)
Triple-spotted Pug
(Unusual)
Satyr Pug
(Unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Unusual)
Currant Pug
(Unusual)
Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Early Tooth-striped
(Unusual)
Magpie Moth
(Unusual)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Unusual)
Scorched Wing
(Unusual)
March Moth
(Unusual)
White-pinion Spotted
(Unusual)
Light Emerald
(Unusual)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Unusual)
Puss Moth
(Unusual)
Sallow Kitten
(Unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Garden Tiger
(Unusual)
Grey Dagger
(Unusual)
Dark Arches
(Unusual)
Chestnut
(Unusual)
Pale Pinion
(Unusual)
Dark Brocade
(Unusual)
Pine Beauty
(Unusual)
Broom Moth
(Unusual)
Shears
(Unusual)
Campion
(Unusual)
Broad-barred White
(Unusual)
Ingrailed Clay
(Unusual)
Oak Nycteoline
(Unusual)