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.
Pale Eggar
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Purple Bar
(Very frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Very frequent)
Barred Straw
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Frequent)
Early Thorn
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Very frequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Very frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Very frequent)
Straw Dot
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Very frequent)
Buff Footman
(Very frequent)
Spectacle
(Very frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Very frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Very frequent)
Crescent
(Very frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Very frequent)
Ear Moth
(Very frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very frequent)
Rosy Minor
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
White-line Dart
(Very frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Purple Clay
(Very frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Very frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Very frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Single-dotted Wave
(Frequent)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Frequent)
Red Carpet
(Frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Regular)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Regular)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Frequent)
Currant Pug
(Frequent)
August Thorn
(Frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Frequent)
Scotch Annulet
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Frequent)
Common Footman
(Frequent)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Anomalous
(Frequent)
Rustic
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Regular)
Small Angle Shades
(Regular)
Dusky Brocade
(Regular)
Common Rustic
(Frequent)
Lunar Underwing
(Regular)
Dun-bar
(Frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Grey Chi
(Frequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Frequent)
Black Rustic
(Regular)
Hedge Rustic
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Double Dart
(Frequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Frequent)
Heath Rustic
(Frequent)
Orange Swift
(Regular)
Map-winged Swift
(Infrequent)
Ghost Moth
(Infrequent)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Cream Wave
(Infrequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Regular)
Beautiful Carpet
(Infrequent)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Infrequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Devon Carpet
(Infrequent)
Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Infrequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
V-Pug
(Infrequent)
Green Pug
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Regular)
Dwarf Pug
(Infrequent)
Common Pug
(Regular)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Infrequent)
Peacock Moth
(Regular)
Latticed Heath
(Infrequent)
Willow Beauty
(Infrequent)
Satin Beauty
(Infrequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Regular)
Common White Wave
(Regular)
Light Emerald
(Regular)
Barred Red
(Regular)
Annulet
(Regular)
Brussels Lace
(Infrequent)
Grass Emerald
(Infrequent)
Large Emerald
(Regular)
Iron Prominent
(Regular)
Buff-tip
(Infrequent)
Buff Ermine
(Regular)
Cinnabar
(Infrequent)
Fan-foot
(Infrequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Infrequent)
Gold Spangle
(Infrequent)
Grey Dagger
(Infrequent)
Shark
(Infrequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Infrequent)
Uncertain
(Regular)
Large Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Confused
(Regular)
Double Lobed
(Infrequent)
Flounced Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Suspected
(Infrequent)
Common Quaker
(Infrequent)
Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Grey Arches
(Regular)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Regular)
Broom Moth
(Regular)
Cabbage Moth
(Infrequent)
Campion
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Infrequent)
Square-spot Dart
(Regular)
Archer's Dart
(Infrequent)
Northern Rustic
(Regular)