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 Unusual, or for beginners 'Unusual' against them should be checked with your CMR.
Orange Swift
(Regular)
Ghost Moth
(Very unusual)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Very unusual)
Peach Blossom
(Very unusual)
Common Lutestring
(Very unusual)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Frequent)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Unusual)
Oblique Carpet
(Regular)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very unusual)
Yellow Shell
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Very unusual)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Very unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Very unusual)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very unusual)
Purple Bar
(Very unusual)
Phoenix
(Regular)
Northern Spinach
(Unusual)
Barred Straw
(Very unusual)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Very unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Rivulet
(Very unusual)
Small Rivulet
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Unusual)
V-Pug
(Regular)
Slender Pug
(Very unusual)
Foxglove Pug
(Very unusual)
Juniper Pug
(Unusual)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very unusual)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very unusual)
Currant Pug
(Very unusual)
Common Pug
(Very unusual)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very unusual)
Bordered Pug
(Very unusual)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Latticed Heath
(Very unusual)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Regular)
Early Thorn
(Regular)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Very unusual)
Willow Beauty
(Frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Regular)
Dotted Carpet
(Very unusual)
Common Heath
(Very unusual)
Common White Wave
(Very unusual)
Common Wave
(Unusual)
Light Emerald
(Very unusual)
Barred Red
(Very unusual)
Iron Prominent
(Unusual)
Pebble Prominent
(Very unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Very unusual)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Very unusual)
Straw Dot
(Regular)
Snout
(Frequent)
Vapourer
(Very unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Very unusual)
Buff Footman
(Unusual)
Fan-foot
(Regular)
Small Fan-foot
(Very unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Unusual)
Burnished Brass
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Unusual)
Plain Golden Y
(Regular)
Gold Spangle
(Regular)
Gold Spot
(Regular)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Unusual)
Copper Underwing
(Frequent)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Very unusual)
Mouse Moth
(Frequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Very unusual)
Marbled Beauty
(Regular)
Mottled Rustic
(Very unusual)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Very unusual)
Uncertain
(Very unusual)
Rustic
(Unusual)
Old Lady
(Very unusual)
Angle Shades
(Very unusual)
Small Angle Shades
(Very unusual)
Haworth's Minor
(Unusual)
Crescent
(Regular)
Frosted Orange
(Very unusual)
Rosy Rustic
(Frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Very unusual)
Large Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Unusual)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very unusual)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very unusual)
Double Lobed
(Regular)
Common Rustic
(Regular)
Cloaked Minor
(Very unusual)
Tawny Marbled Minor
(Very unusual)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very unusual)
Orange Sallow
(Very unusual)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Unusual)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Dun-bar
(Frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Unusual)
Suspected
(Very unusual)
Grey Chi
(Unusual)
Black Rustic
(Unusual)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Broom Moth
(Very unusual)
Cabbage Moth
(Very unusual)
Lychnis
(Very unusual)
Common Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Smoky Wainscot
(Frequent)
Clay
(Unusual)
Pearly Underwing
(Very unusual)
Heart and Dart
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Flame
(Very unusual)
Flame Shoulder
(Unusual)
Barred Chestnut
(Very unusual)
Purple Clay
(Very unusual)
Ingrailed Clay
(Unusual)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Very unusual)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Very unusual)
Square-spot Rustic
(Frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very unusual)
Double Square-spot
(Regular)
Autumnal Rustic
(Unusual)
Gothic
(Very unusual)