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.
Chinese Character
(Frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Very frequent)
Early Thorn
(Very frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Very frequent)
Common Footman
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
White-line Dart
(Very frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Very frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Very frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Frequent)
Large 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)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Regular)
Single-dotted Wave
(Regular)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Frequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Purple Bar
(Frequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Devon Carpet
(Frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Regular)
Lime-speck Pug
(Frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Frequent)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
August Thorn
(Regular)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Common Wave
(Regular)
Iron Prominent
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Frequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Regular)
Herald
(Regular)
Straw Dot
(Frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Yellow-tail
(Frequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Frequent)
Buff Footman
(Regular)
Scarce Footman
(Frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Regular)
Mouse Moth
(Frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Frequent)
Rosy Minor
(Frequent)
Cloaked Minor
(Regular)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Dun-bar
(Frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Grey Chi
(Regular)
Hedge Rustic
(Frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Frequent)
Lychnis
(Regular)
Common Wainscot
(Frequent)
Clay
(Regular)
Crescent Dart
(Regular)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Heath Rustic
(Frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Regular)
Double Square-spot
(Frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Regular)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Northern Eggar
(Infrequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
July Belle
(Infrequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Infrequent)
Yellow Shell
(Infrequent)
Galium Carpet
(Regular)
Dark Spinach
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Infrequent)
Northern Spinach
(Infrequent)
Barred Rivulet
(Infrequent)
V-Pug
(Regular)
Green Pug
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Infrequent)
Clouded Magpie
(Regular)
Latticed Heath
(Infrequent)
Willow Beauty
(Infrequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Infrequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Regular)
Barred Red
(Infrequent)
Cinnabar
(Regular)
Round-winged Muslin
(Infrequent)
Red Underwing
(Infrequent)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Gold Spangle
(Infrequent)
Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Anomalous
(Infrequent)
Copper Underwing
(Infrequent)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Infrequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Infrequent)
Scarce Bordered Straw
(Infrequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Infrequent)
Small Mottled Willow
(Infrequent)
Rustic
(Regular)
Haworth's Minor
(Infrequent)
Crescent
(Regular)
Butterbur
(Infrequent)
Crinan Ear
(Infrequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Regular)
Dusky Brocade
(Infrequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Infrequent)
Light Arches
(Infrequent)
Confused
(Infrequent)
Orange Sallow
(Infrequent)
Dusky-lemon Sallow
(Infrequent)
Flounced Chestnut
(Regular)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Infrequent)
Feathered Gothic
(Infrequent)
Tawny Shears
(Regular)
Garden Dart
(Infrequent)
Heart and Dart
(Regular)
Flame
(Infrequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Regular)
Northern Rustic
(Infrequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Neglected Rustic
(Infrequent)