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.
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Water Carpet
(Frequent)
Brindled Pug
(Frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Early Thorn
(Frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Frequent)
Common Quaker
(Frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Frequent)
Emperor Moth
(Regular)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Streamer
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Red-Green Carpet
(Regular)
V-Pug
(Regular)
Oak-tree Pug
(Regular)
Golden-rod Pug
(Regular)
Common Pug
(Regular)
Clouded Border
(Regular)
Scorched Wing
(Regular)
Buff-tip
(Regular)
Herald
(Regular)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Regular)
Clouded Drab
(Regular)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Fox Moth
(Infrequent)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
May Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Infrequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Infrequent)
Ochreous Pug
(Infrequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Seraphim
(Infrequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Infrequent)
Peppered Moth
(Infrequent)
Grey Birch
(Infrequent)
Common Heath
(Infrequent)
Common White Wave
(Infrequent)
White-pinion Spotted
(Infrequent)
Puss Moth
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Infrequent)
Great Prominent
(Infrequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Infrequent)
Mother Shipton
(Infrequent)
Early Grey
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Small Quaker
(Infrequent)
Powdered Quaker
(Infrequent)
Campion
(Infrequent)
Lychnis
(Infrequent)
Turnip Moth
(Infrequent)
Flame
(Infrequent)
Small Square-spot
(Infrequent)
Red Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Unusual)
Gold Swift
(Unusual)
Oblique Carpet
(Unusual)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Yellow Shell
(Unusual)
Shoulder Stripe
(Unusual)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Unusual)
Purple Bar
(Unusual)
Small Yellow Wave
(Unusual)
Rivulet
(Unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(Unusual)
Green Pug
(Unusual)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Unusual)
Satyr Pug
(Unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Unusual)
Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Unusual)
Latticed Heath
(Unusual)
Barred Umber
(Unusual)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Unusual)
Willow Beauty
(Unusual)
Common Wave
(Unusual)
Light Emerald
(Unusual)
Sallow Kitten
(Unusual)
Lunar Marbled Brown
(Unusual)
Snout
(Unusual)
Clouded Buff
(Unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Unusual)
Cinnabar
(Unusual)
Silver Y
(Unusual)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Unusual)
Light Knot Grass
(Unusual)
Brown Rustic
(Unusual)
Dusky Brocade
(Unusual)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Unusual)
Middle-barred Minor
(Unusual)
Chestnut
(Unusual)
Pale Pinion
(Unusual)
Dark Brocade
(Unusual)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Unusual)
Glaucous Shears
(Unusual)
Broad-barred White
(Unusual)
Purple Clay
(Unusual)
Ingrailed Clay
(Unusual)
Green Arches
(Unusual)
Oak Nycteoline
(Unusual)