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
(Very unusual)
Common Swift
(Very unusual)
Map-winged Swift
(Very frequent)
Gold Swift
(Unusual)
Ghost Moth
(Frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Very unusual)
Peach Blossom
(Regular)
Common Lutestring
(Very unusual)
Northern Eggar
(Very unusual)
Fox Moth
(Very unusual)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very unusual)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
July Belle
(Very unusual)
Oblique Carpet
(Regular)
Red Carpet
(Very unusual)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Very unusual)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Unusual)
Common Carpet
(Regular)
Beautiful Carpet
(Very unusual)
July Highflyer
(Very unusual)
May Highflyer
(Very unusual)
Pine Carpet
(Very unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very unusual)
Barred Yellow
(Regular)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Regular)
Purple Bar
(Very unusual)
Phoenix
(Very unusual)
Northern Spinach
(Very unusual)
Barred Straw
(Very unusual)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very unusual)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very unusual)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Very unusual)
Water Carpet
(Very unusual)
Scallop Shell
(Very unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very unusual)
Rivulet
(Very unusual)
Small Rivulet
(Unusual)
Sandy Carpet
(Unusual)
V-Pug
(Very unusual)
Green Pug
(Unusual)
Slender Pug
(Very unusual)
Foxglove Pug
(Regular)
Brindled Pug
(Very unusual)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very unusual)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very unusual)
Lime-speck Pug
(Very unusual)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Regular)
Satyr Pug
(Very unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Very unusual)
Currant Pug
(Very unusual)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Mottled Pug
(Regular)
Seraphim
(Very unusual)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Very unusual)
Latticed Heath
(Frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Frequent)
Scorched Wing
(Very unusual)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Speckled Yellow
(Very unusual)
Early Thorn
(Unusual)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Unusual)
Peppered Moth
(Very frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Regular)
Mottled Beauty
(Frequent)
Common Heath
(Regular)
Bordered White
(Very unusual)
Common White Wave
(Frequent)
Common Wave
(Frequent)
White-pinion Spotted
(Very unusual)
Light Emerald
(Frequent)
Barred Red
(Very unusual)
Large Emerald
(Very unusual)
Sallow Kitten
(Very unusual)
Iron Prominent
(Regular)
Pebble Prominent
(Regular)
Swallow Prominent
(Very unusual)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Regular)
Buff-tip
(Frequent)
Herald
(Very unusual)
Straw Dot
(Frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Buff Ermine
(Very unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Very unusual)
Wood Tiger
(Very unusual)
Garden Tiger
(Unusual)
Cinnabar
(Very unusual)
Muslin Footman
(Very unusual)
Red-necked Footman
(Very unusual)
Fan-foot
(Regular)
Small Fan-foot
(Frequent)
Mother Shipton
(Very unusual)
Spectacle
(Frequent)
Dark Spectacle
(Very unusual)
Burnished Brass
(Unusual)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Unusual)
Gold Spangle
(Very unusual)
Gold Spot
(Very unusual)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Very unusual)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Very unusual)
Alder Moth
(Very unusual)
Grey Dagger
(Very unusual)
Knot Grass
(Unusual)
Marbled Beauty
(Very unusual)
Mottled Rustic
(Very unusual)
Uncertain
(Very unusual)
Rustic
(Very unusual)
Brown Rustic
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Small Dotted Buff
(Unusual)
Dusky Brocade
(Frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Frequent)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Regular)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Double Lobed
(Very unusual)
Common Rustic
(Very unusual)
Marbled Minor
(Very unusual)
Tawny Marbled Minor
(Very unusual)
Rufous Minor
(Very unusual)
Middle-barred Minor
(Frequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Dark Brocade
(Very unusual)
Hebrew Character
(Very unusual)
Antler Moth
(Very unusual)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Frequent)
Broom Moth
(Regular)
Shears
(Very unusual)
Cabbage Moth
(Very unusual)
Campion
(Unusual)
Broad-barred White
(Very unusual)
Lychnis
(Regular)
Common Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Smoky Wainscot
(Regular)
Clay
(Very unusual)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Regular)
Heart and Dart
(Very frequent)
Turnip Moth
(Unusual)
Flame
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Purple Clay
(Frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Unusual)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Very unusual)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very unusual)
Double Dart
(Very unusual)
Green Arches
(Unusual)
Dotted Clay
(Very unusual)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very unusual)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very unusual)
Double Square-spot
(Frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Unusual)
Green Silver-lines
(Very unusual)