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.
Map-winged Swift
(Very frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Very frequent)
Peach Blossom
(Very frequent)
Northern Eggar
(Very frequent)
Fox Moth
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Single-dotted Wave
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Cream 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)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Very frequent)
Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Frequent)
Green Pug
(Frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Early Thorn
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Very frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Very frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Common Wave
(Very frequent)
Light Emerald
(Very frequent)
Barred Red
(Frequent)
Brussels Lace
(Very frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Very frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Very frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Very frequent)
Buff-tip
(Very frequent)
Straw Dot
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Buff Ermine
(Very frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Very frequent)
Cinnabar
(Frequent)
Spectacle
(Very frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Very frequent)
Knot Grass
(Very frequent)
Shark
(Very frequent)
Rustic
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very frequent)
Rosy Minor
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Grey Arches
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Broom Moth
(Very frequent)
Campion
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(Very frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
White-line Dart
(Very frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Very frequent)
Flame
(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)
Double Dart
(Very frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Orange Swift
(Frequent)
Gold Swift
(Regular)
Ghost Moth
(Frequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Frequent)
Smoky Wave
(Regular)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Regular)
Red Carpet
(Frequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Yellow Shell
(Regular)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Scallop Shell
(Frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
V-Pug
(Frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Frequent)
Currant Pug
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Shaded Pug
(Regular)
Bordered Beauty
(Frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Regular)
Satin Beauty
(Frequent)
Scotch Annulet
(Frequent)
Annulet
(Frequent)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Regular)
Grass Emerald
(Frequent)
Large Emerald
(Frequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Frequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Clouded Buff
(Frequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Frequent)
Buff Footman
(Frequent)
Common Footman
(Regular)
Gold Spangle
(Frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Marbled Beauty
(Regular)
Uncertain
(Frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Regular)
Crescent
(Frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Regular)
Confused
(Frequent)
Double Lobed
(Regular)
Common Rustic
(Frequent)
Marbled Minor
(Regular)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Regular)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Shears
(Frequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Frequent)
Archer's Dart
(Regular)
Dark Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Northern Rustic
(Frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Green Arches
(Frequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Regular)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Regular)
Barred Yellow
(Regular)
Barred Rivulet
(Regular)
Pretty Pinion
(Regular)
Dwarf Pug
(Regular)
Treble-bar
(Regular)
Brown Silver-line
(Regular)
Wood Tiger
(Regular)
Fan-foot
(Regular)
Mottled Rustic
(Regular)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Regular)
Gothic
(Regular)
Lunar Hornet Moth
(Infrequent)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Infrequent)
May Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Water Carpet
(Infrequent)
Devon Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Slender Pug
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Early Tooth-striped
(Infrequent)
Clouded Magpie
(Infrequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Infrequent)
Common Heath
(Infrequent)
Puss Moth
(Infrequent)
Four-spotted Footman
(Infrequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Infrequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Infrequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Infrequent)
Alder Moth
(Infrequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Infrequent)
Early Grey
(Infrequent)
Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Rufous Minor
(Infrequent)
Pale Pinion
(Infrequent)
Dun-bar
(Infrequent)
Suspected
(Infrequent)
Black Rustic
(Infrequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Infrequent)
Powdered Quaker
(Infrequent)
Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Southern Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Infrequent)
Least Black Arches
(Infrequent)