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.
Orange Swift
(Very frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Very frequent)
Chinese Character
(Very frequent)
Single-dotted Wave
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Very frequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Very frequent)
Garden 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)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Very frequent)
Barred Yellow
(Very frequent)
Purple Bar
(Very frequent)
Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Very frequent)
Barred Straw
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
V-Pug
(Very frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Early Thorn
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Very frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Very frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Common Wave
(Very frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Very frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Very frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Very frequent)
Straw Dot
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Very frequent)
Buff Footman
(Very frequent)
Common Footman
(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)
Straw Underwing
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Very frequent)
Crescent
(Very frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Ear Moth
(Frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very frequent)
Double Lobed
(Very frequent)
Common Rustic
(Very frequent)
Rosy Minor
(Very frequent)
Cloaked Minor
(Very frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Very frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Very frequent)
Olive
(Very frequent)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Grey Chi
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(Frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Clay
(Very frequent)
White-line Dart
(Very frequent)
Garden Dart
(Very frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Very frequent)
Archer's Dart
(Very frequent)
Flame
(Very frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(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)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Gothic
(Very frequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Peach Blossom
(Regular)
Fox Moth
(Regular)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
July Belle
(Frequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Spinach
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Devon Carpet
(Regular)
Welsh Wave
(Frequent)
Scallop Shell
(Frequent)
Barred Rivulet
(Regular)
Sandy Carpet
(Frequent)
Green Pug
(Frequent)
Juniper Pug
(Frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Regular)
Lime-speck Pug
(Frequent)
Currant Pug
(Frequent)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Frequent)
Treble-bar
(Frequent)
Latticed Heath
(Frequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Frequent)
Purple Thorn
(Regular)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Frequent)
Light Emerald
(Frequent)
Barred Red
(Frequent)
Grass Emerald
(Regular)
Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Herald
(Frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Regular)
Cinnabar
(Frequent)
Fan-foot
(Frequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Frequent)
Spectacle
(Frequent)
Dark Spectacle
(Frequent)
Anomalous
(Frequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Frequent)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Frequent)
Uncertain
(Frequent)
Rustic
(Frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Frequent)
Old Lady
(Frequent)
Large Ear
(Frequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Regular)
Brindled Green
(Frequent)
Black Rustic
(Regular)
Hedge Rustic
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Frequent)
Coast Dart
(Frequent)
Turnip Moth
(Frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Frequent)
Purple Clay
(Frequent)
Heath Rustic
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Gold Swift
(Infrequent)
Ghost Moth
(Regular)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Common Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Northern Eggar
(Regular)
Bedstraw Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Plain Wave
(Infrequent)
Clay Triple-lines
(Infrequent)
Gem
(Infrequent)
Red Carpet
(Regular)
Beech-green Carpet
(Regular)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Dingy Shell
(Regular)
Pretty Pinion
(Infrequent)
Barred Carpet
(Regular)
Slender Pug
(Regular)
Foxglove Pug
(Infrequent)
Marsh Pug
(Regular)
Larch Pug
(Infrequent)
Ochreous Pug
(Infrequent)
Bordered Pug
(Regular)
Clouded Magpie
(Regular)
Brown Silver-line
(Regular)
August Thorn
(Infrequent)
Satin Beauty
(Regular)
Large Emerald
(Infrequent)
Buff-tip
(Infrequent)
Yellow-tail
(Infrequent)
Vapourer
(Regular)
Buff Ermine
(Regular)
Four-spotted Footman
(Infrequent)
Alder Moth
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Shark
(Regular)
Bordered Straw
(Infrequent)
Small Mottled Willow
(Infrequent)
Saltern Ear
(Regular)
Large Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Infrequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Infrequent)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Regular)
Confused
(Infrequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Infrequent)
Orange Sallow
(Infrequent)
Lunar Underwing
(Infrequent)
Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Dark Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Suspected
(Infrequent)
Merveille du Jour
(Infrequent)
Dark Brocade
(Regular)
Common Quaker
(Infrequent)
Grey Arches
(Infrequent)
Broad-barred White
(Infrequent)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Double Dart
(Infrequent)
Green Arches
(Regular)
Neglected Rustic
(Regular)
Oak Nycteoline
(Infrequent)