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)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(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
(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)
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)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very frequent)
Wormwood 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)
Scalloped Oak
(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)
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)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(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
(Frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Very frequent)
Crescent
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very frequent)
Common Rustic
(Very frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Very frequent)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Frequent)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Grey Chi
(Very frequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Very frequent)
Black Rustic
(Very frequent)
Hedge Rustic
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(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)
Lesser 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)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet
(Frequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Regular)
Peach Blossom
(Regular)
Common Lutestring
(Frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Red Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Frequent)
Barred Yellow
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Regular)
Scallop Shell
(Regular)
Pretty Pinion
(Frequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Frequent)
V-Pug
(Frequent)
Slender Pug
(Regular)
Foxglove Pug
(Frequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Regular)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Frequent)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Regular)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Regular)
Satin Beauty
(Frequent)
Scotch Annulet
(Frequent)
Large Emerald
(Frequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Common Footman
(Frequent)
Spectacle
(Frequent)
Rustic
(Frequent)
Old Lady
(Regular)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Crinan Ear
(Regular)
Flounced Rustic
(Frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Frequent)
Double Lobed
(Regular)
Middle-barred Minor
(Frequent)
Lunar Underwing
(Frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Grey Arches
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Frequent)
Square-spot Dart
(Regular)
White-line Dart
(Frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Regular)
Northern Rustic
(Frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Double Dart
(Regular)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Regular)
Double Square-spot
(Frequent)
Gothic
(Regular)
Orange Swift
(Regular)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Beech-green Carpet
(Regular)
Autumnal Moth
(Regular)
Rivulet
(Regular)
Small Rivulet
(Regular)
Buff-tip
(Regular)
Herald
(Regular)
Small Fan-foot
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Ear Moth
(Regular)
Large Wainscot
(Regular)
Confused
(Regular)
Dark Brocade
(Regular)
Heart and Dart
(Regular)
Transparent Burnet
(Infrequent)
Northern Eggar
(Infrequent)
Fox Moth
(Infrequent)
Emperor Moth
(Infrequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Bedstraw Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Vestal
(Infrequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Infrequent)
Galium Carpet
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Infrequent)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Infrequent)
Small Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
Green Pug
(Infrequent)
Juniper Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Peppered Moth
(Infrequent)
Bordered Grey
(Infrequent)
Puss Moth
(Infrequent)
Vapourer
(Infrequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Infrequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Infrequent)
Scarce Silver Y
(Infrequent)
Mouse Moth
(Infrequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Marbled Minor
(Infrequent)
Orange Sallow
(Infrequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Infrequent)
Common Quaker
(Infrequent)
Shears
(Infrequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Infrequent)
Common Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Garden Dart
(Infrequent)
Archer's Dart
(Infrequent)
Green Arches
(Infrequent)