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.
Common Lutestring
(Very frequent)
Pale Eggar
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Very frequent)
Red Carpet
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Purple Bar
(Very frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Very frequent)
Barred Straw
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Very frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Barred Carpet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
V-Pug
(Very frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very frequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Very frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very frequent)
Treble-bar
(Very frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Very frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Early Thorn
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Very frequent)
Satin Beauty
(Very frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Common Wave
(Very frequent)
Light Emerald
(Very frequent)
Barred Red
(Very frequent)
Scotch Annulet
(Very frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Very frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Very frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Very frequent)
Straw Dot
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Very frequent)
Buff Footman
(Very frequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Very frequent)
Spectacle
(Very frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Gold Spangle
(Very frequent)
Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Anomalous
(Very frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Very frequent)
Rustic
(Very frequent)
Straw Underwing
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Very frequent)
Crescent
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Very frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Very frequent)
Flounced Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Grey Chi
(Very frequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Very frequent)
Black Rustic
(Very frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Very frequent)
Hedge Rustic
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Grey Arches
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Broom Moth
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
White-line Dart
(Very frequent)
Archer's Dart
(Very frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(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)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Very frequent)
Heath Rustic
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Orange Swift
(Frequent)
Northern Eggar
(Regular)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Single-dotted Wave
(Frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Frequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Regular)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Frequent)
Barred Yellow
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Beech-green Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Regular)
Barred Rivulet
(Regular)
Grass Rivulet
(Frequent)
Green Pug
(Frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Regular)
Juniper Pug
(Regular)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Frequent)
Currant Pug
(Regular)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Regular)
Large Emerald
(Frequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Buff-tip
(Regular)
Herald
(Regular)
Common Footman
(Frequent)
Dark Spectacle
(Frequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Frequent)
Old Lady
(Frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Regular)
Large Wainscot
(Frequent)
Confused
(Regular)
Double Lobed
(Frequent)
Cloaked Minor
(Regular)
Lunar Underwing
(Frequent)
Brindled Green
(Frequent)
Shears
(Regular)
Campion
(Frequent)
Clay
(Regular)
Garden Dart
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Regular)
Dark Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Flame
(Regular)
Northern Rustic
(Frequent)
Green Arches
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Gothic
(Frequent)
Bedstraw Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Yellow-ringed Carpet
(Regular)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Regular)
Pretty Pinion
(Regular)
Slender Pug
(Regular)
Bordered Grey
(Regular)
Vapourer
(Regular)
Ruby Tiger
(Regular)
Small Fan-foot
(Regular)
Scarce Silver Y
(Regular)
Frosted Orange
(Regular)
Ear Moth
(Regular)
Crinan Ear
(Regular)
Northern Arches
(Regular)
Middle-barred Minor
(Regular)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Regular)
Marbled Coronet
(Regular)
Coast Dart
(Regular)
Square-spot Dart
(Regular)
Ghost Moth
(Infrequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Infrequent)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wave
(Infrequent)
Vestal
(Infrequent)
Dark Spinach
(Infrequent)
Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Infrequent)
Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Angle-barred Pug
(Infrequent)
Triple-spotted Pug
(Infrequent)
Common Pug
(Infrequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Infrequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Infrequent)
Buff Ermine
(Infrequent)
Clouded Buff
(Infrequent)
Silver Hook
(Infrequent)
Grey Dagger
(Infrequent)
Coronet
(Infrequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Infrequent)
Brown Rustic
(Infrequent)
Saltern Ear
(Infrequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Infrequent)
Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Common Rustic
(Infrequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Infrequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Infrequent)
Lychnis
(Infrequent)
Double Dart
(Infrequent)