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