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.
Common Swift
(Very frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Very frequent)
Gold Swift
(Very frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Very frequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Very frequent)
Chinese Character
(Very frequent)
Peach Blossom
(Very frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Very frequent)
Fox Moth
(Frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Single-dotted Wave
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
May Highflyer
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Very frequent)
Purple Bar
(Very frequent)
Barred Straw
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Water Carpet
(Very frequent)
Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Very frequent)
Green Pug
(Very frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Very frequent)
Satyr Pug
(Frequent)
Currant Pug
(Very frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Mottled Pug
(Very frequent)
Clouded Magpie
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Very frequent)
Latticed Heath
(Very frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Very frequent)
Scorched Wing
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Speckled Yellow
(Very frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Very frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Very frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Common Heath
(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)
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)
Buff Ermine
(Very frequent)
Clouded Buff
(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)
Fan-foot
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-foot
(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 Spot
(Very frequent)
Silver Hook
(Very frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Very frequent)
Knot Grass
(Very frequent)
Coronet
(Very frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Very frequent)
Rustic
(Frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Very frequent)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Dog's Tooth
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Broom Moth
(Very frequent)
Shears
(Very frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Frequent)
Campion
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(Very frequent)
Clay
(Very frequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Very 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)
Green Arches
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Very frequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Very frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Regular)
Northern Eggar
(Frequent)
Eyed Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Frequent)
Lesser Cream Wave
(Frequent)
Smoky Wave
(Frequent)
Cream Wave
(Frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Frequent)
Red Carpet
(Regular)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Frequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Barred Yellow
(Frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Devon Carpet
(Frequent)
Dingy Shell
(Regular)
Small Yellow Wave
(Frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Frequent)
V-Pug
(Frequent)
Slender Pug
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Frequent)
Dwarf Pug
(Frequent)
Larch Pug
(Frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Regular)
Lime-speck Pug
(Regular)
Wormwood Pug
(Frequent)
Valerian Pug
(Frequent)
Shaded Pug
(Regular)
Small Seraphim
(Frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Frequent)
Barred Umber
(Frequent)
Early Thorn
(Frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Regular)
Grey Birch
(Frequent)
White-pinion Spotted
(Regular)
Grass Wave
(Regular)
Grass Emerald
(Frequent)
Large Emerald
(Frequent)
Common Emerald
(Frequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Frequent)
Herald
(Frequent)
Dark Tussock
(Frequent)
Common Footman
(Frequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Frequent)
Alder Moth
(Frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Frequent)
Poplar Grey
(Frequent)
Shark
(Frequent)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Regular)
Uncertain
(Regular)
Light Arches
(Frequent)
Marbled Minor
(Frequent)
Tawny Marbled Minor
(Frequent)
Rufous Minor
(Regular)
Pale Pinion
(Frequent)
Clouded Drab
(Regular)
Common Quaker
(Regular)
Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Grey Arches
(Frequent)
Broad-barred White
(Frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Frequent)
Turnip Moth
(Frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Regular)
Double Dart
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Regular)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Gothic
(Frequent)
Red-tipped Clearwing
(Regular)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Regular)
Buff Arches
(Regular)
Emperor Moth
(Regular)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Regular)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Marsh Pug
(Regular)
Brindled Pug
(Regular)
Yellow-tail
(Regular)
Small Purple-barred
(Regular)
Bordered Straw
(Regular)
Marbled Beauty
(Regular)
Glaucous Shears
(Regular)
Square-spot Rustic
(Regular)
Oak Nycteoline
(Regular)
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet
(Infrequent)
Poplar Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Plain Wave
(Infrequent)
Birch Mocha
(Infrequent)
Vestal
(Infrequent)
July Belle
(Infrequent)
Galium Carpet
(Infrequent)
Streamer
(Infrequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Infrequent)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Scallop Shell
(Infrequent)
Netted Pug
(Infrequent)
Ochreous Pug
(Infrequent)
Thyme Pug
(Infrequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Infrequent)
Lilac Beauty
(Infrequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Infrequent)
Little Emerald
(Infrequent)
Puss Moth
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Snout
(Infrequent)
Wood Tiger
(Infrequent)
Round-winged Muslin
(Infrequent)
Buff Footman
(Infrequent)
Mother Shipton
(Infrequent)
Gold Spangle
(Infrequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Small Mottled Willow
(Infrequent)
Crescent
(Infrequent)
Small Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Brocade
(Infrequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Infrequent)
Obscure Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Red Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Heath Rustic
(Infrequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Infrequent)