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
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
Shoulder Stripe
(Frequent)
Streamer
(Frequent)
May Highflyer
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Water Carpet
(Frequent)
Brindled Pug
(Frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Frequent)
Speckled Yellow
(Frequent)
Early Thorn
(Frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Frequent)
Common Swift
(Regular)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Regular)
Peach Blossom
(Regular)
Common Lutestring
(Regular)
Emperor Moth
(Regular)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Regular)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Regular)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
Golden-rod Pug
(Regular)
Dwarf Pug
(Regular)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Regular)
Ochreous Pug
(Regular)
Currant Pug
(Regular)
Common Pug
(Regular)
Mottled Pug
(Regular)
Broom-tip
(Regular)
Early Tooth-striped
(Regular)
Barred Umber
(Regular)
Brimstone Moth
(Regular)
Purple Thorn
(Regular)
Brindled Beauty
(Regular)
Grey Birch
(Regular)
Bordered White
(Regular)
Puss Moth
(Regular)
Lunar Marbled Brown
(Regular)
Pebble Prominent
(Regular)
Great Prominent
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Scarce Prominent
(Regular)
Herald
(Regular)
Ruby Tiger
(Regular)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Early Grey
(Regular)
Brindled Ochre
(Regular)
Dark Brocade
(Regular)
Clouded Drab
(Regular)
Common Quaker
(Regular)
Small Quaker
(Regular)
Lead-coloured Drab
(Regular)
Powdered Quaker
(Regular)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Regular)
Shears
(Regular)
Heart and Dart
(Regular)
Red Chestnut
(Regular)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Oak Nycteoline
(Regular)
Orange Swift
(Infrequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Infrequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Yellow Horned
(Infrequent)
Fox Moth
(Infrequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Yellow Shell
(Infrequent)
July Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Infrequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Mottled Grey
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
Barred Carpet
(Infrequent)
V-Pug
(Infrequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Infrequent)
Marsh Pug
(Infrequent)
Larch Pug
(Infrequent)
Seraphim
(Infrequent)
Orange Underwing
(Infrequent)
Clouded Border
(Infrequent)
Latticed Heath
(Infrequent)
Scorched Wing
(Infrequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Infrequent)
Peppered Moth
(Infrequent)
Common Heath
(Infrequent)
White-pinion Spotted
(Infrequent)
Barred Red
(Infrequent)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Infrequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Infrequent)
Buff-tip
(Infrequent)
Cinnabar
(Infrequent)
Mother Shipton
(Infrequent)
Silver Y
(Infrequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Sweet Gale Moth
(Infrequent)
Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Coronet
(Infrequent)
Shark
(Infrequent)
Mouse Moth
(Infrequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Infrequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Infrequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Infrequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Infrequent)
Double Lobed
(Infrequent)
Marbled Minor
(Infrequent)
Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Pale Pinion
(Infrequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Pine Beauty
(Infrequent)
Broad-bordered White Underwing
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Brocade
(Infrequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Infrequent)
Campion
(Infrequent)
Broad-barred White
(Infrequent)
Lychnis
(Infrequent)
Turnip Moth
(Infrequent)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Infrequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Infrequent)
Dotted Clay
(Infrequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Infrequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Infrequent)