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.
Brown Silver-line
(Very frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
May Highflyer
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Water Carpet
(Frequent)
Brindled Pug
(Frequent)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Early Thorn
(Frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Frequent)
Clouded Drab
(Frequent)
Common Quaker
(Frequent)
Powdered Quaker
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Red Chestnut
(Frequent)
Fox Moth
(Regular)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Garden Carpet
(Regular)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Regular)
Red-Green Carpet
(Regular)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
Foxglove Pug
(Regular)
Golden-rod Pug
(Regular)
Satyr Pug
(Regular)
Common Pug
(Regular)
Early Tooth-striped
(Regular)
Peacock Moth
(Regular)
Barred Umber
(Regular)
Scorched Wing
(Regular)
Brimstone Moth
(Regular)
Speckled Yellow
(Regular)
Grey Birch
(Regular)
Common Heath
(Regular)
Common White Wave
(Regular)
Common Wave
(Regular)
Lunar Marbled Brown
(Regular)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Regular)
Buff-tip
(Regular)
Herald
(Regular)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Brown Rustic
(Regular)
Small Angle Shades
(Regular)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Regular)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Regular)
Dark Brocade
(Regular)
Broom Moth
(Regular)
Shears
(Regular)
Least Black Arches
(Regular)
Map-winged Swift
(Infrequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Emperor Moth
(Infrequent)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Cream Wave
(Infrequent)
Birch Mocha
(Infrequent)
Streamer
(Infrequent)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Purple Bar
(Infrequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Mottled Grey
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Welsh Wave
(Infrequent)
V-Pug
(Infrequent)
Dwarf Pug
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Barred Tooth-striped
(Infrequent)
Clouded Magpie
(Infrequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Infrequent)
Ringed Carpet
(Infrequent)
Bordered White
(Infrequent)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Infrequent)
Little Emerald
(Infrequent)
Puss Moth
(Infrequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Scarce Prominent
(Infrequent)
Buff Ermine
(Infrequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Infrequent)
Cinnabar
(Infrequent)
Mother Shipton
(Infrequent)
Silver Y
(Infrequent)
Silver Hook
(Infrequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Early Grey
(Infrequent)
Pale Pinion
(Infrequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Pine Beauty
(Infrequent)
Small Quaker
(Infrequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Infrequent)
Campion
(Infrequent)
Lychnis
(Infrequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Infrequent)
Heart and Dart
(Infrequent)
Small Square-spot
(Infrequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Infrequent)
Transparent Burnet
(Unusual)
Northern Eggar
(Unusual)
Riband Wave
(Unusual)
Shoulder Stripe
(Unusual)
Small Yellow Wave
(Unusual)
Grass Rivulet
(Unusual)
Sandy Carpet
(Unusual)
Ochreous Pug
(Unusual)
Currant Pug
(Unusual)
Seraphim
(Unusual)
White-pinion Spotted
(Unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Clouded Buff
(Unusual)
Red-necked Footman
(Unusual)
Small Fan-foot
(Unusual)
Small Purple-barred
(Unusual)
Alder Moth
(Unusual)
Grey Dagger
(Unusual)
Coronet
(Unusual)
Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Dusky Brocade
(Unusual)
Chestnut
(Unusual)
Brindled Ochre
(Unusual)
Beautiful Brocade
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Flame
(Unusual)
Green Arches
(Unusual)