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)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Very frequent)
Peach Blossom
(Very frequent)
Satin Lutestring
(Very frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Plain Wave
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wave
(Very frequent)
Cream Wave
(Very frequent)
Birch Mocha
(Frequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Frequent)
Red Carpet
(Very frequent)
Garden 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)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Very frequent)
Barred Yellow
(Very frequent)
Broken-barred 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)
Welsh Wave
(Very frequent)
Scallop Shell
(Very frequent)
Small 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)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Very frequent)
Currant Pug
(Very frequent)
Treble-bar
(Very frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Peacock Moth
(Very frequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Very frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Very frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Very frequent)
Satin Beauty
(Very frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Very frequent)
Bordered White
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Common Wave
(Very frequent)
Light Emerald
(Very frequent)
Barred Red
(Very frequent)
Scotch Annulet
(Very frequent)
Large Emerald
(Very frequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Very frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Very frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Very frequent)
Swallow 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)
Garden Tiger
(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)
Scarce Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Very frequent)
Knot Grass
(Very frequent)
Coronet
(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)
Crescent
(Frequent)
Large Ear
(Very frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very frequent)
Common Rustic
(Very frequent)
Marbled Minor
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Grey Arches
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Broom Moth
(Very frequent)
Campion
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(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)
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)
Orange Swift
(Frequent)
Gold Swift
(Frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Frequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Poplar Lutestring
(Frequent)
Northern Eggar
(Frequent)
Fox Moth
(Regular)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Yellow-ringed Carpet
(Frequent)
Beech-green Carpet
(Frequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Rivulet
(Frequent)
Juniper Pug
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Frequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Regular)
Satyr Pug
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Frequent)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Frequent)
Barred Umber
(Regular)
Bordered Grey
(Frequent)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Frequent)
Wood Tiger
(Frequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Frequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Frequent)
Silver Hook
(Frequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Regular)
Old Lady
(Regular)
Haworth's Minor
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Frequent)
Saltern Ear
(Frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Regular)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Frequent)
Dun-bar
(Frequent)
Shears
(Frequent)
Clay
(Regular)
White-line Dart
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Frequent)
Archer's Dart
(Frequent)
Northern Rustic
(Regular)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Square-spotted Clay
(Frequent)
Gothic
(Frequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Frequent)
Pale Eggar
(Regular)
Slender Pug
(Regular)
Brown Silver-line
(Regular)
Early Thorn
(Regular)
Common Heath
(Regular)
Ruby Tiger
(Regular)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Regular)
Northern Arches
(Regular)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Beautiful Brocade
(Regular)
Common Wainscot
(Regular)
Coast Dart
(Regular)
Autumnal Rustic
(Regular)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Infrequent)
Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Larch Pug
(Infrequent)
Angle-barred Pug
(Infrequent)
Ochreous Pug
(Infrequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Infrequent)
Scorched Wing
(Infrequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Infrequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Infrequent)
Dotted Border
(Infrequent)
Brussels Lace
(Infrequent)
Black Mountain Moth
(Infrequent)
Lunar Marbled Brown
(Infrequent)
Small Chocolate-tip
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Small Purple-barred
(Infrequent)
Dark Spectacle
(Infrequent)
Anomalous
(Infrequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Infrequent)
Ear Moth
(Infrequent)
Double Lobed
(Infrequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Infrequent)
Sallow
(Infrequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Infrequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Infrequent)
Black Rustic
(Infrequent)
Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Infrequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Heath Rustic
(Infrequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Northern Dart
(Infrequent)
Plain Clay
(Infrequent)