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)
Gold Swift
(Very frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Very frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Frequent)
Chinese Character
(Very frequent)
Peach Blossom
(Very frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Very frequent)
Northern Eggar
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Single-dotted Wave
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Lesser Cream Wave
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wave
(Frequent)
Cream Wave
(Very frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Very frequent)
Red Carpet
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Spinach
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Very frequent)
Barred Yellow
(Very frequent)
Purple Bar
(Very frequent)
Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Very frequent)
Barred Straw
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Very frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
V-Pug
(Very frequent)
Green Pug
(Very frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very frequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Very frequent)
Currant Pug
(Very frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Very frequent)
Clouded Magpie
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Very frequent)
Latticed Heath
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Early Thorn
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Very frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Very frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Very frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Very frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Bordered White
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Common Wave
(Very frequent)
Light Emerald
(Very frequent)
Barred Red
(Very frequent)
Brussels Lace
(Very frequent)
Grass Emerald
(Very frequent)
Large Emerald
(Very frequent)
Common Emerald
(Very frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Very frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Very frequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Very frequent)
Buff-tip
(Very frequent)
Straw Dot
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Yellow-tail
(Very frequent)
Buff Ermine
(Very frequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Very frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Very frequent)
Cinnabar
(Very frequent)
Muslin Footman
(Very frequent)
Four-dotted Footman
(Very frequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Very frequent)
Buff Footman
(Very frequent)
Common Footman
(Very frequent)
Fan-foot
(Very frequent)
Small 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)
Silver Hook
(Very frequent)
Knot Grass
(Very frequent)
Coronet
(Frequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Very frequent)
Uncertain
(Very frequent)
Rustic
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Crescent
(Very frequent)
Rosy 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)
Double Lobed
(Very frequent)
Common Rustic
(Very frequent)
Rosy Minor
(Very frequent)
Rufous Minor
(Frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Dog's Tooth
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Broom Moth
(Very frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Very frequent)
Campion
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(Very frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Clay
(Very frequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Very frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Flame
(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)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Double Dart
(Very frequent)
Green Arches
(Very frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Gothic
(Very frequent)
Orange Swift
(Frequent)
Common Swift
(Frequent)
Lunar Hornet Moth
(Regular)
Red-tipped Clearwing
(Regular)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Buff Arches
(Regular)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Small Dusty Wave
(Frequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Spinach
(Regular)
Beech-green Carpet
(Regular)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Dingy Shell
(Frequent)
Scallop Shell
(Frequent)
Barred Rivulet
(Regular)
Barred Carpet
(Frequent)
Slender Pug
(Frequent)
Juniper Pug
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Frequent)
Larch Pug
(Regular)
Satyr Pug
(Frequent)
Valerian Pug
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Shaded Pug
(Frequent)
Treble-bar
(Frequent)
Broom-tip
(Frequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Regular)
Satin Beauty
(Frequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Frequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Frequent)
Herald
(Regular)
Clouded Buff
(Regular)
Round-winged Muslin
(Frequent)
Dingy Footman
(Regular)
Scarce Footman
(Regular)
Scarce Silver Y
(Regular)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Frequent)
Poplar Grey
(Frequent)
Shark
(Frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Regular)
Old Lady
(Regular)
Haworth's Minor
(Regular)
Flounced Rustic
(Frequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Regular)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Frequent)
Cloaked Minor
(Frequent)
Marbled Minor
(Frequent)
Suspected
(Frequent)
Dingy Shears
(Regular)
Grey Arches
(Regular)
Southern Wainscot
(Frequent)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Regular)
Northern Rustic
(Regular)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Poplar Lutestring
(Regular)
Plain Wave
(Regular)
July Belle
(Regular)
Oblique Carpet
(Regular)
Angle-barred Pug
(Regular)
Triple-spotted Pug
(Regular)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Regular)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Regular)
Common Heath
(Regular)
Dark Tussock
(Regular)
Wood Tiger
(Regular)
Mother Shipton
(Regular)
Large Ear
(Regular)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Regular)
Confused
(Regular)
Northern Arches
(Regular)
Tawny Marbled Minor
(Regular)
Shears
(Regular)
White-line Dart
(Regular)
Turnip Moth
(Regular)
Square-spot Rustic
(Regular)
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet
(Infrequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Pale Eggar
(Infrequent)
Fox Moth
(Infrequent)
Eyed Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Galium Carpet
(Infrequent)
May Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Small White Wave
(Infrequent)
Small Yellow Wave
(Infrequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Sloe Pug
(Infrequent)
Cloaked Pug
(Infrequent)
Marsh Pug
(Infrequent)
Dwarf Pug
(Infrequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Infrequent)
Lilac Beauty
(Infrequent)
August Thorn
(Infrequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Infrequent)
Purple Thorn
(Infrequent)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Infrequent)
Grass Wave
(Infrequent)
Four-spotted Footman
(Infrequent)
Alder Moth
(Infrequent)
Anomalous
(Infrequent)
Bordered Straw
(Infrequent)
Small Mottled Willow
(Infrequent)
Straw Underwing
(Infrequent)
Large Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Infrequent)
Sallow
(Infrequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Infrequent)
Pale Pinion
(Infrequent)
Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Hedge Rustic
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Garden Dart
(Infrequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Infrequent)