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)
Ghost Moth
(Very frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Very frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Plain Wave
(Very frequent)
Smoky 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)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine 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)
Beech-green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Very frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Very frequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Very frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Treble-bar
(Very frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Peacock Moth
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Very frequent)
Peppered Moth
(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)
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)
Wood Tiger
(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)
Knot Grass
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(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)
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
(Very frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Archer's Dart
(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)
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)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Regular)
Poplar Lutestring
(Frequent)
Pale Eggar
(Frequent)
Fox Moth
(Regular)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Cream Wave
(Frequent)
Birch Mocha
(Frequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Frequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Rivulet
(Regular)
Sandy Carpet
(Frequent)
Green Pug
(Frequent)
Juniper Pug
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Frequent)
Satyr Pug
(Frequent)
Currant Pug
(Frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Frequent)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Regular)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Frequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Frequent)
Common Heath
(Frequent)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Frequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Frequent)
Anomalous
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Crescent
(Frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Frequent)
Rosy Minor
(Frequent)
Shears
(Frequent)
Clay
(Frequent)
White-line Dart
(Frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Regular)
Northern Rustic
(Frequent)
Heath Rustic
(Regular)
Gothic
(Frequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Regular)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Northern Eggar
(Regular)
Bedstraw Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Galium Carpet
(Infrequent)
Yellow-ringed Carpet
(Regular)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Larch Pug
(Regular)
Lime-speck Pug
(Regular)
Triple-spotted Pug
(Infrequent)
Early Thorn
(Infrequent)
Satin Beauty
(Regular)
Sallow Kitten
(Infrequent)
Coronet
(Regular)
Shark
(Regular)
Rustic
(Infrequent)
Straw Underwing
(Infrequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Regular)
Confused
(Infrequent)
Northern Arches
(Regular)
Cloaked Minor
(Infrequent)
Marbled Minor
(Infrequent)
Grey Chi
(Infrequent)
Nutmeg
(Infrequent)
Heart and Dart
(Regular)
Neglected Rustic
(Infrequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Regular)