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)
Map-winged Swift
(Very unusual)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Very unusual)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Very unusual)
Common Lutestring
(Very unusual)
Pale Eggar
(Very unusual)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Bedstraw Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Frequent)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Regular)
Red Carpet
(Very unusual)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Unusual)
Yellow Shell
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Regular)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Unusual)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Unusual)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Very unusual)
Barred Yellow
(Very unusual)
Purple Bar
(Regular)
Phoenix
(Unusual)
Northern Spinach
(Frequent)
Barred Straw
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Unusual)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Beech-green Carpet
(Very unusual)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Very unusual)
Welsh Wave
(Very unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Rivulet
(Very unusual)
Small Rivulet
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Very unusual)
Green Pug
(Very unusual)
Slender Pug
(Very unusual)
Foxglove Pug
(Very unusual)
Juniper Pug
(Very unusual)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very unusual)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Very unusual)
Currant Pug
(Very unusual)
Common Pug
(Very unusual)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Unusual)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Very unusual)
Treble-bar
(Very unusual)
Clouded Border
(Very unusual)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Very unusual)
Brown Silver-line
(Very unusual)
Brimstone Moth
(Regular)
Speckled Yellow
(Very unusual)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Frequent)
Early Thorn
(Very unusual)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Unusual)
Peppered Moth
(Very unusual)
Willow Beauty
(Regular)
Satin Beauty
(Very unusual)
Mottled Beauty
(Regular)
Dotted Carpet
(Regular)
Common White Wave
(Very unusual)
Light Emerald
(Regular)
Barred Red
(Unusual)
Large Emerald
(Very unusual)
Iron Prominent
(Very unusual)
Pebble Prominent
(Very unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Buff-tip
(Very unusual)
Herald
(Very unusual)
Straw Dot
(Regular)
Snout
(Frequent)
Yellow-tail
(Very unusual)
Buff Ermine
(Very unusual)
Garden Tiger
(Regular)
Cinnabar
(Very unusual)
Muslin Footman
(Very unusual)
Buff Footman
(Unusual)
Common Footman
(Unusual)
Fan-foot
(Unusual)
Small Fan-foot
(Very unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Very unusual)
Spectacle
(Very unusual)
Burnished Brass
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Regular)
Plain Golden Y
(Frequent)
Gold Spangle
(Regular)
Scarce Silver Y
(Very unusual)
Gold Spot
(Very unusual)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Regular)
Anomalous
(Very unusual)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Very unusual)
Mouse Moth
(Very unusual)
Marbled Beauty
(Very unusual)
Mottled Rustic
(Very unusual)
Rustic
(Very unusual)
Old Lady
(Very unusual)
Angle Shades
(Very unusual)
Haworth's Minor
(Very unusual)
Frosted Orange
(Very unusual)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Ear Moth
(Very unusual)
Crinan Ear
(Very unusual)
Flounced Rustic
(Frequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Regular)
Small Dotted Buff
(Unusual)
Dusky Brocade
(Very unusual)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very unusual)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Very unusual)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Unusual)
Confused
(Very unusual)
Double Lobed
(Very unusual)
Common Rustic
(Very unusual)
Rosy Minor
(Very unusual)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very unusual)
Orange Sallow
(Very unusual)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Unusual)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Very unusual)
Dun-bar
(Frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Regular)
Merveille du Jour
(Very unusual)
Grey Chi
(Frequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Very unusual)
Black Rustic
(Very unusual)
Feathered Gothic
(Very unusual)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very unusual)
Broom Moth
(Very unusual)
Cabbage Moth
(Very unusual)
Lychnis
(Very unusual)
Common Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Clay
(Unusual)
Garden Dart
(Regular)
Heart and Dart
(Very unusual)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Very unusual)
Flame Shoulder
(Unusual)
Barred Chestnut
(Frequent)
Purple Clay
(Regular)
Ingrailed Clay
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Unusual)
True Lover's Knot
(Frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Very unusual)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Green Arches
(Very unusual)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Very unusual)
Heath Rustic
(Very unusual)
Square-spot Rustic
(Frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very unusual)
Double Square-spot
(Frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Frequent)
Plain Clay
(Very frequent)
Gothic
(Unusual)