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)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Very frequent)
Red Carpet
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Barred Yellow
(Very frequent)
Purple Bar
(Very frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Very frequent)
Barred Straw
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Beech-green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Very frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Very frequent)
Treble-bar
(Very frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Very frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Light Emerald
(Very frequent)
Barred Red
(Very frequent)
Scotch Annulet
(Very frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Very frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Very frequent)
Swallow 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)
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)
Haworth's Minor
(Very frequent)
Crescent
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Very frequent)
Ear Moth
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very frequent)
Common Rustic
(Very frequent)
Rosy Minor
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Very frequent)
Grey Chi
(Very frequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Very frequent)
Black Rustic
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Common Wainscot
(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)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Double Dart
(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)
Plain Wave
(Regular)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Frequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Regular)
Grass Rivulet
(Regular)
Foxglove Pug
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Regular)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Frequent)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Frequent)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Regular)
Satin Beauty
(Frequent)
Common Wave
(Frequent)
Buff-tip
(Regular)
Plain Golden Y
(Regular)
Scarce Silver Y
(Frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Angle Shades
(Regular)
Small Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Frequent)
Northern Arches
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Frequent)
Grey Arches
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Coast Dart
(Frequent)
Northern Rustic
(Frequent)
Plain Clay
(Frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Regular)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Regular)
Poplar Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Northern Eggar
(Infrequent)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Death's-head Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wave
(Infrequent)
July Belle
(Infrequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Infrequent)
Yellow-ringed Carpet
(Regular)
Small Phoenix
(Regular)
Tissue
(Infrequent)
Heath Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Green Pug
(Infrequent)
Slender Pug
(Regular)
Juniper Pug
(Regular)
Satyr Pug
(Infrequent)
Peacock Moth
(Infrequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Infrequent)
Common Heath
(Infrequent)
Bordered White
(Infrequent)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Infrequent)
Vapourer
(Regular)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Regular)
Brown Rustic
(Infrequent)
Straw Underwing
(Infrequent)
Frosted Orange
(Infrequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Infrequent)
Large Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Confused
(Regular)
Dun-bar
(Infrequent)
Dark Brocade
(Regular)
Nutmeg
(Infrequent)
Broom Moth
(Regular)
Shears
(Infrequent)
Lychnis
(Regular)
Clay
(Infrequent)
Green Arches
(Regular)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Gothic
(Infrequent)