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)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Water Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Broom-tip
(Frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Frequent)
Clouded Drab
(Frequent)
Common Quaker
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Red Chestnut
(Frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Shoulder Stripe
(Regular)
Streamer
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
Brindled Pug
(Regular)
Golden-rod Pug
(Regular)
Ochreous Pug
(Regular)
Mottled Pug
(Regular)
Early Thorn
(Regular)
Lunar Thorn
(Regular)
Brindled Beauty
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Cinnabar
(Regular)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Brown Rustic
(Regular)
Small Angle Shades
(Regular)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Regular)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Regular)
Shears
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Regular)
Flame Shoulder
(Regular)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Fox Moth
(Infrequent)
Kentish Glory
(Infrequent)
Emperor Moth
(Infrequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Infrequent)
Common Carpet
(Infrequent)
May Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Infrequent)
Purple Bar
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Scarce Tissue
(Infrequent)
Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Infrequent)
Early Tooth-striped
(Infrequent)
Clouded Border
(Infrequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Infrequent)
Latticed Heath
(Infrequent)
Common Heath
(Infrequent)
Bordered White
(Infrequent)
Common White Wave
(Infrequent)
Common Wave
(Infrequent)
Puss Moth
(Infrequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Infrequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Infrequent)
Scarce Prominent
(Infrequent)
Buff-tip
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Infrequent)
Silver Y
(Infrequent)
Grey Dagger
(Infrequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Shark
(Infrequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Infrequent)
Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Pale Pinion
(Infrequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Dark Brocade
(Infrequent)
Pine Beauty
(Infrequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Infrequent)
Broad-barred White
(Infrequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Infrequent)
Heart and Dart
(Infrequent)
Small Square-spot
(Infrequent)
Least Black Arches
(Infrequent)
Common Swift
(Unusual)
Map-winged Swift
(Unusual)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Unusual)
Peach Blossom
(Unusual)
Common Lutestring
(Unusual)
Yellow Horned
(Unusual)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Unusual)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Unusual)
Mottled Grey
(Unusual)
November Moth
(Unusual)
Small Rivulet
(Unusual)
Grass Rivulet
(Unusual)
Dwarf Pug
(Unusual)
Larch Pug
(Unusual)
Satyr Pug
(Unusual)
Currant Pug
(Unusual)
Barred Umber
(Unusual)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Unusual)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Unusual)
Sweet Gale Moth
(Unusual)
Coronet
(Unusual)
Chamomile Shark
(Unusual)
Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Dusky Brocade
(Unusual)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Unusual)
Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Small Quaker
(Unusual)
Powdered Quaker
(Unusual)
Nutmeg
(Unusual)
Broom Moth
(Unusual)
Glaucous Shears
(Unusual)
White Colon
(Unusual)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Unusual)
Turnip Moth
(Unusual)
Flame
(Unusual)
Purple Clay
(Unusual)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Unusual)
Green Silver-lines
(Unusual)