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)
Gold Swift
(Very frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Very frequent)
Transparent Burnet
(Very frequent)
Slender Scotch Burnet
(Very frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Very frequent)
Peach Blossom
(Very frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Very frequent)
Northern Eggar
(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)
Smoky Wave
(Very frequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Very frequent)
Red Carpet
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Barred Yellow
(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)
Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Barred Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Very frequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Frequent)
Barred Carpet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
V-Pug
(Very frequent)
Green Pug
(Very frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very frequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Very frequent)
Satyr Pug
(Very frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Very frequent)
Currant Pug
(Very frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Frequent)
Treble-bar
(Very frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Very frequent)
Early Thorn
(Frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Very frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Very frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Very frequent)
Willow Beauty
(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)
Brussels Lace
(Frequent)
Large Emerald
(Very frequent)
Sallow Kitten
(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)
Clouded Buff
(Very frequent)
Wood Tiger
(Very frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Very frequent)
Cinnabar
(Very frequent)
Common Footman
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-foot
(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)
Grey Dagger
(Very frequent)
Knot Grass
(Very frequent)
Shark
(Very frequent)
Rustic
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Straw Underwing
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Very frequent)
Crescent
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very frequent)
Double Lobed
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Grey Arches
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Brocade
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Broom Moth
(Very frequent)
Shears
(Very frequent)
Campion
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(Very frequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Clay
(Very frequent)
White-line Dart
(Very frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Very frequent)
Archer's Dart
(Very frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(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)
Northern Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Double Dart
(Very frequent)
Green Arches
(Very frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Gothic
(Very frequent)
Orange Swift
(Frequent)
Lunar Hornet Moth
(Frequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Fox Moth
(Frequent)
Bedstraw Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Birch Mocha
(Frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Frequent)
May Highflyer
(Regular)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Frequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Frequent)
Scallop Shell
(Regular)
Angle-barred Pug
(Frequent)
Thyme Pug
(Frequent)
Triple-spotted Pug
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Peacock Moth
(Regular)
Brown Silver-line
(Frequent)
Speckled Yellow
(Frequent)
Bordered Grey
(Frequent)
Bordered White
(Frequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Frequent)
Four-dotted Footman
(Frequent)
Buff Footman
(Frequent)
Fan-foot
(Regular)
Mother Shipton
(Regular)
Dark Spectacle
(Regular)
Plain Golden Y
(Frequent)
Scarce Silver Y
(Frequent)
Silver Hook
(Frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Frequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Regular)
Coronet
(Frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Frequent)
Old Lady
(Regular)
Clouded Brindle
(Frequent)
Confused
(Frequent)
Cloaked Minor
(Regular)
Dun-bar
(Frequent)
Hedge Rustic
(Regular)
Common Wainscot
(Frequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Frequent)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Frequent)
Cream Wave
(Regular)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Regular)
Juniper Pug
(Regular)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Regular)
Common Heath
(Regular)
Annulet
(Regular)
Little Emerald
(Regular)
Anomalous
(Regular)
Large Ear
(Regular)
Grey
(Regular)
Coast Dart
(Regular)
Barred Chestnut
(Regular)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Regular)
Common Swift
(Infrequent)
Welsh Clearwing
(Infrequent)
Large Red-belted Clearwing
(Infrequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Satin Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Death's-head Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Water Carpet
(Infrequent)
Dingy Shell
(Infrequent)
Dwarf Pug
(Infrequent)
Larch Pug
(Infrequent)
Valerian Pug
(Infrequent)
Clouded Magpie
(Infrequent)
Barred Umber
(Infrequent)
White-pinion Spotted
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Muslin Footman
(Infrequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Infrequent)
Small Purple-barred
(Infrequent)
Copper Underwing
(Infrequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Infrequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Infrequent)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Common Rustic
(Infrequent)
Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Suspected
(Infrequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Infrequent)
Nutmeg
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Turnip Moth
(Infrequent)
Red Chestnut
(Infrequent)