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)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Very frequent)
Peach Blossom
(Frequent)
Poplar Lutestring
(Very frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Very frequent)
Northern Eggar
(Very frequent)
Fox Moth
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wave
(Very frequent)
Cream Wave
(Very frequent)
Birch Mocha
(Very frequent)
Red Carpet
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Very frequent)
Purple Bar
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Water Carpet
(Very frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Very frequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very frequent)
Satyr Pug
(Very frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Peacock Moth
(Very frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Very frequent)
Purple Thorn
(Frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Very frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Common Heath
(Very frequent)
Bordered White
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Common Wave
(Very frequent)
Light Emerald
(Very frequent)
Barred Red
(Very frequent)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(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)
Garden Tiger
(Very frequent)
Spectacle
(Very frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Very frequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Very frequent)
Knot Grass
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Very frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Grey Arches
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Broom Moth
(Very frequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Very frequent)
Shears
(Very frequent)
Campion
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(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)
Green Arches
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Gold Swift
(Frequent)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Riband Wave
(Regular)
Yellow Shell
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
May Highflyer
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Frequent)
Phoenix
(Regular)
Barred Straw
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Pretty Pinion
(Frequent)
Larch Pug
(Frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Frequent)
Currant Pug
(Frequent)
Seraphim
(Frequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Frequent)
Large Emerald
(Regular)
Ruby Tiger
(Regular)
Wood Tiger
(Regular)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Frequent)
Small Purple-barred
(Regular)
Plain Golden Y
(Frequent)
Gold Spangle
(Frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Frequent)
Coronet
(Regular)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Frequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Regular)
Clouded Drab
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Regular)
Red Chestnut
(Regular)
Northern Rustic
(Regular)
Double Dart
(Frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Frequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Regular)
Plain Wave
(Infrequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Streamer
(Regular)
Beautiful Carpet
(Regular)
Yellow-ringed Carpet
(Regular)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Infrequent)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Regular)
Northern Spinach
(Infrequent)
Beech-green Carpet
(Regular)
Green Pug
(Infrequent)
Netted Pug
(Infrequent)
Thyme Pug
(Infrequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Regular)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Regular)
Treble-bar
(Infrequent)
Early Thorn
(Infrequent)
Scotch Annulet
(Infrequent)
Black Mountain Moth
(Infrequent)
Puss Moth
(Infrequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Regular)
Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Regular)
Dark Tussock
(Regular)
Cinnabar
(Infrequent)
Gold Spot
(Regular)
Sweet Gale Moth
(Regular)
Shark
(Infrequent)
Early Grey
(Infrequent)
Light Arches
(Infrequent)
Broad-bordered White Underwing
(Regular)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Dotted Clay
(Regular)
Heath Rustic
(Infrequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Least Black Arches
(Infrequent)