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)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Phoenix
(Frequent)
Barred Straw
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Very frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Very frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Gold Spangle
(Very frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Copper Underwing
(Very frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Very frequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Common Rustic
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Very frequent)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Small Square-spot
(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)
Neglected Rustic
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Frequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Barred Yellow
(Frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Frequent)
V-Pug
(Regular)
Juniper Pug
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Regular)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Frequent)
Lesser Treble-bar
(Frequent)
Latticed Heath
(Regular)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Frequent)
Common White Wave
(Frequent)
Light Emerald
(Regular)
Barred Red
(Frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Straw Dot
(Frequent)
Buff Footman
(Regular)
Fan-foot
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Gold Spot
(Frequent)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Frequent)
Rustic
(Frequent)
Crescent
(Frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Frequent)
Large Ear
(Frequent)
Ear Moth
(Frequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Regular)
Light Arches
(Frequent)
Orange Sallow
(Regular)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Regular)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Regular)
Grey Chi
(Frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Regular)
Clay
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Frequent)
Heath Rustic
(Frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Frequent)
Common Swift
(Infrequent)
Common Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Emperor Moth
(Infrequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Single-dotted Wave
(Infrequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Infrequent)
Dark Spinach
(Infrequent)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Infrequent)
Purple Bar
(Infrequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Water Carpet
(Infrequent)
Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Infrequent)
Green Pug
(Infrequent)
Slender Pug
(Infrequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Infrequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Infrequent)
Treble-bar
(Infrequent)
Clouded Border
(Regular)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Infrequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Regular)
Peppered Moth
(Regular)
Satin Beauty
(Infrequent)
Common Wave
(Regular)
Sallow Kitten
(Infrequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Vapourer
(Infrequent)
Garden Tiger
(Regular)
Cinnabar
(Infrequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Infrequent)
Common Footman
(Infrequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Regular)
Spectacle
(Infrequent)
Scarce Silver Y
(Infrequent)
Grey Dagger
(Infrequent)
Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Uncertain
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Regular)
Small Dotted Buff
(Infrequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Infrequent)
Confused
(Infrequent)
Cloaked Minor
(Infrequent)
Marbled Minor
(Infrequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Regular)
Olive
(Infrequent)
Suspected
(Regular)
Dark Brocade
(Infrequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Infrequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Regular)
Campion
(Infrequent)
Lychnis
(Regular)
Garden Dart
(Infrequent)
Turnip Moth
(Infrequent)
Purple Clay
(Regular)
True Lover's Knot
(Regular)
Double Dart
(Infrequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Gothic
(Regular)