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 Unusual, or for beginners 'Unusual' against them should be checked with your CMR.
Orange Swift
(Regular)
Map-winged Swift
(Very unusual)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Very unusual)
Oak Hook-tip
(Very unusual)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Unusual)
Chinese Character
(Regular)
Peach Blossom
(Very unusual)
Common Lutestring
(Very unusual)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Single-dotted Wave
(Very unusual)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Frequent)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Cream Wave
(Very unusual)
Vestal
(Very unusual)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Frequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Regular)
Red Carpet
(Very unusual)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Very unusual)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very unusual)
Yellow Shell
(Unusual)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Spinach
(Very unusual)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Very unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Very unusual)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very unusual)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Unusual)
Barred Yellow
(Very unusual)
Purple Bar
(Frequent)
Phoenix
(Regular)
Northern Spinach
(Regular)
Barred Straw
(Regular)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very unusual)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Beech-green Carpet
(Very unusual)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Devon Carpet
(Very unusual)
Welsh Wave
(Very unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Rivulet
(Regular)
Small Rivulet
(Regular)
Sandy Carpet
(Very unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(Very unusual)
V-Pug
(Unusual)
Green Pug
(Very unusual)
Slender Pug
(Very unusual)
Foxglove Pug
(Very unusual)
Juniper Pug
(Very unusual)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very unusual)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Very unusual)
Currant Pug
(Very unusual)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Regular)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Very unusual)
Treble-bar
(Very unusual)
Magpie Moth
(Very unusual)
Clouded Magpie
(Very unusual)
Clouded Border
(Regular)
Latticed Heath
(Very unusual)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Very unusual)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Frequent)
September Thorn
(Unusual)
Early Thorn
(Frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Unusual)
Peppered Moth
(Very unusual)
Willow Beauty
(Unusual)
Satin Beauty
(Very unusual)
Mottled Beauty
(Unusual)
Dotted Carpet
(Unusual)
Common White Wave
(Unusual)
Common Wave
(Unusual)
Light Emerald
(Regular)
Barred Red
(Regular)
Grass Emerald
(Very unusual)
Large Emerald
(Unusual)
Common Emerald
(Very unusual)
Iron Prominent
(Unusual)
Pebble Prominent
(Regular)
Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Regular)
Buff-tip
(Very unusual)
Herald
(Very unusual)
Straw Dot
(Frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Yellow-tail
(Unusual)
Buff Ermine
(Very unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Regular)
Garden Tiger
(Unusual)
Cinnabar
(Very unusual)
Muslin Footman
(Very unusual)
Four-dotted Footman
(Very unusual)
Buff Footman
(Regular)
Dingy Footman
(Very unusual)
Common Footman
(Very frequent)
Fan-foot
(Unusual)
Small Fan-foot
(Very unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Unusual)
Spectacle
(Unusual)
Dark Spectacle
(Unusual)
Burnished Brass
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Regular)
Plain Golden Y
(Frequent)
Gold Spangle
(Regular)
Gold Spot
(Frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Regular)
Anomalous
(Very unusual)
Copper Underwing
(Very unusual)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Marbled Beauty
(Unusual)
Small Mottled Willow
(Very unusual)
Mottled Rustic
(Very unusual)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Very unusual)
Uncertain
(Very unusual)
Rustic
(Very unusual)
Old Lady
(Very unusual)
Straw Underwing
(Very unusual)
Angle Shades
(Regular)
Small Angle Shades
(Very unusual)
Haworth's Minor
(Very unusual)
Crescent
(Frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Unusual)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Unusual)
Ear Moth
(Very unusual)
Crinan Ear
(Very unusual)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very unusual)
Dusky Brocade
(Very unusual)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very unusual)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Regular)
Double Lobed
(Regular)
Common Rustic
(Regular)
Rosy Minor
(Regular)
Cloaked Minor
(Very unusual)
Rufous Minor
(Very unusual)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very unusual)
Orange Sallow
(Very unusual)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Regular)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Unusual)
Olive
(Very unusual)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Regular)
Suspected
(Unusual)
Brindled Green
(Regular)
Grey Chi
(Frequent)
Black Rustic
(Very unusual)
Dark Brocade
(Very unusual)
Hedge Rustic
(Unusual)
Feathered Gothic
(Regular)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very unusual)
Dog's Tooth
(Very unusual)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Regular)
Broom Moth
(Very unusual)
Cabbage Moth
(Very unusual)
Lychnis
(Very unusual)
Common Wainscot
(Frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Southern Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Clay
(Regular)
White-line Dart
(Very unusual)
Garden Dart
(Unusual)
Heart and Dart
(Regular)
Turnip Moth
(Very unusual)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Very unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Flame
(Regular)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Regular)
Purple Clay
(Unusual)
Ingrailed Clay
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Very frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Regular)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Green Arches
(Very unusual)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Very unusual)
Heath Rustic
(Very unusual)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very unusual)
Double Square-spot
(Frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Regular)
Gothic
(Unusual)