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)
Ghost Moth
(Very frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Very frequent)
Chinese Character
(Very frequent)
Peach Blossom
(Very frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Single-dotted Wave
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
May Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Barred Yellow
(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)
Grass Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Very frequent)
Green Pug
(Very frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Frequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Very frequent)
Currant Pug
(Very frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Mottled Pug
(Very frequent)
Magpie Moth
(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)
Lunar Thorn
(Very frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Very frequent)
Willow Beauty
(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)
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)
Herald
(Frequent)
Straw Dot
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Buff Ermine
(Very frequent)
Clouded Buff
(Frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Very frequent)
Cinnabar
(Very frequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Very frequent)
Spectacle
(Very frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Very frequent)
Alder Moth
(Frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Very 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)
Light Arches
(Very frequent)
Marbled Minor
(Very frequent)
Tawny Marbled Minor
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Very frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Broom Moth
(Very frequent)
Shears
(Very frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Very frequent)
Campion
(Very frequent)
Broad-barred White
(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)
Turnip Moth
(Very frequent)
Flame
(Very frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Purple Clay
(Very frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Very frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Double Dart
(Very frequent)
Green Arches
(Very frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Very frequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Very frequent)
Gold Swift
(Frequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Northern Eggar
(Frequent)
Fox Moth
(Frequent)
Emperor Moth
(Frequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Frequent)
July Belle
(Regular)
Oblique Carpet
(Regular)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Frequent)
Purple Bar
(Frequent)
Phoenix
(Regular)
Northern Spinach
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dingy Shell
(Frequent)
Small Yellow Wave
(Frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Frequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Frequent)
Satyr Pug
(Regular)
Wormwood Pug
(Frequent)
Treble-bar
(Regular)
Broom-tip
(Frequent)
Seraphim
(Regular)
Speckled Yellow
(Frequent)
Early Thorn
(Frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Frequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Frequent)
White-pinion Spotted
(Frequent)
Barred Red
(Frequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Frequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Regular)
Wood Tiger
(Frequent)
Four-dotted Footman
(Regular)
Fan-foot
(Frequent)
Mother Shipton
(Frequent)
Dark Spectacle
(Frequent)
Gold Spot
(Regular)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Frequent)
Silver Hook
(Frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Frequent)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Coronet
(Frequent)
Shark
(Regular)
Marbled Beauty
(Frequent)
Clouded Brindle
(Regular)
Common Rustic
(Regular)
Rosy Minor
(Regular)
Rufous Minor
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Beautiful Brocade
(Regular)
Sand Dart
(Frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Frequent)
Gothic
(Frequent)
Orange Swift
(Infrequent)
Lunar Hornet Moth
(Infrequent)
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet
(Regular)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Striped Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Small Dusty Wave
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wave
(Regular)
Cream Wave
(Regular)
Streamer
(Infrequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Regular)
Devon Carpet
(Infrequent)
Scallop Shell
(Regular)
V-Pug
(Regular)
Sloe Pug
(Infrequent)
Slender Pug
(Regular)
Marsh Pug
(Infrequent)
Oak-tree Pug
(Regular)
Dwarf Pug
(Regular)
Larch Pug
(Infrequent)
Angle-barred Pug
(Infrequent)
Ochreous Pug
(Regular)
Valerian Pug
(Infrequent)
Lilac Beauty
(Regular)
Purple Thorn
(Regular)
Grey Birch
(Infrequent)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Infrequent)
Grass Wave
(Infrequent)
Grass Emerald
(Regular)
Large Emerald
(Infrequent)
Little Emerald
(Infrequent)
Muslin Footman
(Regular)
Common Footman
(Infrequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Infrequent)
Gold Spangle
(Regular)
Scarce Silver Y
(Infrequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Bordered Straw
(Regular)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Regular)
Small Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Confused
(Infrequent)
Cloaked Minor
(Regular)
Pale Pinion
(Infrequent)
Dingy Shears
(Infrequent)
Pine Beauty
(Regular)
Clouded Drab
(Regular)
Common Quaker
(Regular)
Dog's Tooth
(Regular)
Glaucous Shears
(Infrequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Regular)
Pearly Underwing
(Infrequent)
Garden Dart
(Infrequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Dotted Clay
(Regular)