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)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Very frequent)
Red Carpet
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame 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)
Purple Bar
(Very frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Very frequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very frequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Very frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Very frequent)
Treble-bar
(Very frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Light Emerald
(Very frequent)
Barred Red
(Very frequent)
Scotch Annulet
(Very frequent)
Pebble 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)
Scarce Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Anomalous
(Very frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Very frequent)
Rustic
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Very frequent)
Crescent
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Very frequent)
Crinan Ear
(Very frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very frequent)
Double Lobed
(Very frequent)
Common Rustic
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Very frequent)
Hedge Rustic
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Campion
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
White-line Dart
(Very frequent)
Archer's Dart
(Very frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Frequent)
Purple Clay
(Very frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Very frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Very frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Very frequent)
Dotted Rustic
(Frequent)
Northern Rustic
(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)
Ghost Moth
(Regular)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Regular)
Fox Moth
(Regular)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Frequent)
Barred Rivulet
(Frequent)
Juniper Pug
(Regular)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Regular)
Bordered Grey
(Frequent)
Common White Wave
(Frequent)
Gold Spangle
(Frequent)
Shark
(Regular)
Uncertain
(Regular)
Saltern Ear
(Regular)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Regular)
Lunar Underwing
(Regular)
Dun-bar
(Frequent)
Grey Chi
(Regular)
Black Rustic
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Regular)
Dark Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Regular)
Double Square-spot
(Regular)
Northern Eggar
(Regular)
Bedstraw Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Barred Straw
(Regular)
Foxglove Pug
(Regular)
Thyme Pug
(Regular)
Bordered Beauty
(Regular)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Regular)
Satin Beauty
(Regular)
Clifden Nonpareil
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Regular)
Red Chestnut
(Regular)
Double Dart
(Regular)
Gothic
(Regular)
Common Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Dark Spinach
(Infrequent)
Small Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Tissue
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
Common Pug
(Infrequent)
Early Thorn
(Infrequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Infrequent)
Common Wave
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Buff Ermine
(Infrequent)
Buff Footman
(Infrequent)
Dark Spectacle
(Infrequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Infrequent)
Dark Brocade
(Infrequent)
Broom Moth
(Infrequent)