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.
Water Carpet
(Very frequent)
Brindled Pug
(Very frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Very frequent)
Early Thorn
(Very frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Very frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Very frequent)
Cream Wave
(Frequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Barred Umber
(Frequent)
Scorched Wing
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Frequent)
Common White Wave
(Frequent)
Little Emerald
(Frequent)
Great Prominent
(Frequent)
Common Quaker
(Frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Red Chestnut
(Frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Regular)
Streamer
(Regular)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Regular)
Purple Bar
(Regular)
Red-Green Carpet
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
Lead-coloured Pug
(Regular)
Early Tooth-striped
(Regular)
Peppered Moth
(Regular)
Grey Birch
(Regular)
Lunar Marbled Brown
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Scarce Prominent
(Regular)
Brown Rustic
(Regular)
Chestnut
(Regular)
Clouded Drab
(Regular)
Small Quaker
(Regular)
Flame Shoulder
(Regular)
Small Square-spot
(Regular)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Fox Moth
(Infrequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Garden Carpet
(Infrequent)
May Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Infrequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
V-Pug
(Infrequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Dwarf Pug
(Infrequent)
Larch Pug
(Infrequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Infrequent)
Common Heath
(Infrequent)
Common Wave
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Infrequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Infrequent)
Buff-tip
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Spectacle
(Infrequent)
Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Early Grey
(Infrequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Infrequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Infrequent)
Powdered Quaker
(Infrequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Infrequent)
Heart and Dart
(Infrequent)
Oak Nycteoline
(Infrequent)
Common Swift
(Unusual)
Map-winged Swift
(Unusual)
Gold Swift
(Unusual)
Common Lutestring
(Unusual)
Emperor Moth
(Unusual)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Birch Mocha
(Unusual)
Oblique Carpet
(Unusual)
Shoulder Stripe
(Unusual)
Mottled Grey
(Unusual)
Welsh Wave
(Unusual)
Rivulet
(Unusual)
Oak-tree Pug
(Unusual)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Unusual)
Ochreous Pug
(Unusual)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Unusual)
Satyr Pug
(Unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Unusual)
Currant Pug
(Unusual)
Mottled Pug
(Unusual)
Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Seraphim
(Unusual)
Peacock Moth
(Unusual)
Speckled Yellow
(Unusual)
Pale Brindled Beauty
(Unusual)
Bordered White
(Unusual)
Grass Wave
(Unusual)
Sallow Kitten
(Unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Cinnabar
(Unusual)
Small Fan-foot
(Unusual)
Mother Shipton
(Unusual)
Silver Y
(Unusual)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Unusual)
Alder Moth
(Unusual)
Chamomile Shark
(Unusual)
Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Pale Pinion
(Unusual)
Red Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Dark Brocade
(Unusual)
Pine Beauty
(Unusual)
Broom Moth
(Unusual)
Campion
(Unusual)
Broad-barred White
(Unusual)
Lychnis
(Unusual)
Turnip Moth
(Unusual)
Flame
(Unusual)
True Lover's Knot
(Unusual)
Green Silver-lines
(Unusual)