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.
Emperor Moth
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Shoulder Stripe
(Very frequent)
Streamer
(Very frequent)
Mottled Grey
(Very frequent)
Water Carpet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Brindled Pug
(Very frequent)
Early Tooth-striped
(Very frequent)
Early Thorn
(Very frequent)
March Moth
(Very frequent)
Pale Brindled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Oak Beauty
(Very frequent)
Dotted Border
(Very frequent)
Herald
(Very frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Frequent)
Early Grey
(Very frequent)
Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Pale Pinion
(Very frequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Clouded Drab
(Very frequent)
Common Quaker
(Very frequent)
Small Quaker
(Very frequent)
Powdered Quaker
(Very frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Red Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Yellow Horned
(Frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Regular)
Small Phoenix
(Regular)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Regular)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Orange Underwing
(Frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Frequent)
Grey Birch
(Frequent)
Puss Moth
(Regular)
Lunar Marbled Brown
(Frequent)
Scarce Prominent
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Regular)
Pine Beauty
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Frequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Regular)
Chinese Character
(Regular)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Regular)
V-Pug
(Regular)
Oak-tree Pug
(Regular)
Lunar Thorn
(Regular)
Ringed Carpet
(Regular)
Ruby Tiger
(Regular)
Brindled Ochre
(Regular)
Flame Shoulder
(Regular)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
May Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Infrequent)
Larch Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Mottled Pug
(Infrequent)
Scorched Wing
(Infrequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Infrequent)
Purple Thorn
(Infrequent)
Peppered Moth
(Infrequent)
Common Heath
(Infrequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Infrequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Infrequent)
Buff-tip
(Infrequent)
Spectacle
(Infrequent)
Silver Y
(Infrequent)
Chamomile Shark
(Infrequent)
Dark Arches
(Infrequent)
Grey Shoulder-knot
(Infrequent)
Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Northern Drab
(Infrequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)