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.
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-footed 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)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Barred Yellow
(Very frequent)
Purple Bar
(Very frequent)
Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Very frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Barred Red
(Very frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(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 Spot
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Very frequent)
Crescent
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Very frequent)
Ear Moth
(Very frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very frequent)
Confused
(Very frequent)
Common Rustic
(Very frequent)
Rosy Minor
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Very frequent)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
White-line 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)
Northern Rustic
(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)
Heath Rustic
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Gothic
(Frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Frequent)
Bedstraw Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Blood-Vein
(Frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Barred Straw
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Regular)
Autumnal Moth
(Regular)
Sandy Carpet
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
Foxglove Pug
(Frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Frequent)
Currant Pug
(Frequent)
Treble-bar
(Regular)
Bordered Beauty
(Regular)
Common Wave
(Frequent)
Light Emerald
(Frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Frequent)
Straw Dot
(Frequent)
Vapourer
(Frequent)
Gold Spangle
(Frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Frequent)
Anomalous
(Frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Frequent)
Large Wainscot
(Regular)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Regular)
Nutmeg
(Frequent)
Campion
(Regular)
Common Wainscot
(Regular)
Archer's Dart
(Frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Regular)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Death's-head Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Pretty Pinion
(Regular)
Grass Rivulet
(Regular)
Common Pug
(Regular)
V-Moth
(Regular)
Satin Beauty
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Scarce Silver Y
(Regular)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Regular)
Double Lobed
(Regular)
Suspected
(Regular)
Black Rustic
(Regular)
Brindled Ochre
(Regular)
Broom Moth
(Regular)
Shears
(Regular)
Heart and Dart
(Regular)
Dotted Rustic
(Regular)
Neglected Rustic
(Regular)
Blair's Mocha
(Infrequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Dark Spinach
(Infrequent)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Infrequent)
Welsh Wave
(Infrequent)
Barred Umber
(Infrequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Infrequent)
Grey Dagger
(Infrequent)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Infrequent)
Uncertain
(Infrequent)
Brown Rustic
(Infrequent)
Frosted Orange
(Infrequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Infrequent)
Crescent Striped
(Infrequent)
Brick
(Infrequent)
Angle-striped Sallow
(Infrequent)
Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Coast Dart
(Infrequent)