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)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Water Carpet
(Frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Common Heath
(Frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Frequent)
Clouded Drab
(Frequent)
Common Quaker
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Frequent)
Common Swift
(Regular)
Emperor Moth
(Regular)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Red-Green Carpet
(Regular)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Rivulet
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
Brindled Pug
(Regular)
Golden-rod Pug
(Regular)
Clouded Border
(Regular)
Brown Silver-line
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Herald
(Regular)
Cinnabar
(Regular)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Regular)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Regular)
Powdered Quaker
(Regular)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Regular)
Shears
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Regular)
Flame Shoulder
(Regular)
Red Chestnut
(Regular)
Fox Moth
(Infrequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Red Carpet
(Infrequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Shoulder Stripe
(Infrequent)
May Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Mottled Grey
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Infrequent)
Dwarf Pug
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Satyr Pug
(Infrequent)
Mottled Pug
(Infrequent)
Early Tooth-striped
(Infrequent)
Early Thorn
(Infrequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Infrequent)
Peppered Moth
(Infrequent)
Bordered White
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Infrequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Infrequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Infrequent)
Mother Shipton
(Infrequent)
Silver Y
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Infrequent)
Early Grey
(Infrequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Infrequent)
Brown Rustic
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Pale Pinion
(Infrequent)
Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Dark Brocade
(Infrequent)
Pine Beauty
(Infrequent)
Small Quaker
(Infrequent)
Broad-bordered White Underwing
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Broom Moth
(Infrequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Infrequent)
Campion
(Infrequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Infrequent)
Turnip Moth
(Infrequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Unusual)
Peach Blossom
(Unusual)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Single-dotted Wave
(Unusual)
Streamer
(Unusual)
Green Pug
(Unusual)
Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Latticed Heath
(Unusual)
Common White Wave
(Unusual)
Common Wave
(Unusual)
Puss Moth
(Unusual)
Grey Dagger
(Unusual)
Chamomile Shark
(Unusual)
Anomalous
(Unusual)
Dusky Brocade
(Unusual)
Light Arches
(Unusual)
Glaucous Shears
(Unusual)
Broad-barred White
(Unusual)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Unusual)
Pearly Underwing
(Unusual)
Sand Dart
(Unusual)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Unusual)