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.
Map-winged Swift
(Very frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Very frequent)
Northern Eggar
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(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)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Very frequent)
Latticed Heath
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(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)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Very frequent)
Buff-tip
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Cinnabar
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Frequent)
Spectacle
(Very frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Broom Moth
(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)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Common Swift
(Frequent)
Gold Swift
(Frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Frequent)
Peach Blossom
(Frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Frequent)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Regular)
July Belle
(Regular)
Red Carpet
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Regular)
May Highflyer
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Barred Yellow
(Frequent)
Barred Straw
(Frequent)
Small Yellow Wave
(Regular)
Rivulet
(Regular)
Small Rivulet
(Frequent)
Green Pug
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Frequent)
Dwarf Pug
(Frequent)
Satyr Pug
(Regular)
Mottled Pug
(Frequent)
Treble-bar
(Regular)
Brown Silver-line
(Frequent)
Scorched Wing
(Regular)
Early Thorn
(Frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Regular)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Frequent)
Barred Red
(Frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Frequent)
Straw Dot
(Frequent)
Buff Ermine
(Regular)
Ruby Tiger
(Frequent)
Wood Tiger
(Regular)
Garden Tiger
(Frequent)
Muslin Footman
(Frequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Frequent)
Fan-foot
(Frequent)
Mother Shipton
(Regular)
Plain Golden Y
(Regular)
Gold Spot
(Regular)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Regular)
Grey Dagger
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Frequent)
Common Rustic
(Frequent)
Marbled Minor
(Frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Shears
(Regular)
Cabbage Moth
(Frequent)
Campion
(Frequent)
Broad-barred White
(Frequent)
Lychnis
(Frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Frequent)
Clay
(Frequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Double Dart
(Regular)
Green Arches
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Regular)
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet
(Infrequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Regular)
Emperor Moth
(Infrequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Regular)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Regular)
Purple Bar
(Regular)
Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Dingy Shell
(Regular)
Welsh Wave
(Regular)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Barred Carpet
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
V-Pug
(Infrequent)
Netted Pug
(Infrequent)
Larch Pug
(Regular)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Angle-barred Pug
(Infrequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Infrequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Regular)
Wormwood Pug
(Regular)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Seraphim
(Infrequent)
Early Tooth-striped
(Infrequent)
Lilac Beauty
(Infrequent)
Satin Beauty
(Infrequent)
White-pinion Spotted
(Infrequent)
Grass Emerald
(Infrequent)
Little Emerald
(Infrequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Regular)
Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Dark Tussock
(Regular)
Gold Spangle
(Infrequent)
Scarce Silver Y
(Infrequent)
Alder Moth
(Infrequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Infrequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Regular)
Rustic
(Infrequent)
Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Light Arches
(Infrequent)
Cloaked Minor
(Infrequent)
Rufous Minor
(Infrequent)
Antler Moth
(Regular)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Infrequent)
Pearly Underwing
(Infrequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Dotted Clay
(Regular)
Least Black Arches
(Infrequent)