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)
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet
(Very unusual)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Very unusual)
Common Lutestring
(Very unusual)
Pale Eggar
(Very unusual)
Northern Eggar
(Very unusual)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Small Dusty Wave
(Very unusual)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Frequent)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Frequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Very unusual)
Gem
(Very unusual)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very unusual)
Yellow Shell
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Regular)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Very unusual)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Unusual)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Unusual)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Very unusual)
Purple Bar
(Regular)
Phoenix
(Regular)
Northern Spinach
(Regular)
Barred Straw
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Unusual)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Very unusual)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Beech-green Carpet
(Very unusual)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Devon Carpet
(Very unusual)
Welsh Wave
(Very unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Rivulet
(Very unusual)
Small Rivulet
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Unusual)
V-Pug
(Very unusual)
Green Pug
(Unusual)
Juniper Pug
(Very unusual)
Golden-rod Pug
(Unusual)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Very unusual)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Regular)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Very unusual)
Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Clouded Border
(Very unusual)
Latticed Heath
(Very unusual)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Frequent)
September Thorn
(Very unusual)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Unusual)
Peppered Moth
(Very unusual)
Willow Beauty
(Unusual)
Satin Beauty
(Unusual)
Mottled Beauty
(Regular)
Dotted Carpet
(Unusual)
Common Wave
(Very unusual)
Light Emerald
(Unusual)
Barred Red
(Very unusual)
Brussels Lace
(Very unusual)
Large Emerald
(Unusual)
Iron Prominent
(Very unusual)
Pebble Prominent
(Unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Very unusual)
Straw Dot
(Regular)
Snout
(Frequent)
Buff Ermine
(Very unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Very unusual)
Garden Tiger
(Regular)
Muslin Footman
(Unusual)
Buff Footman
(Very unusual)
Common Footman
(Very unusual)
Fan-foot
(Regular)
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
(Regular)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Unusual)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Scarce Bordered Straw
(Very unusual)
Marbled Beauty
(Regular)
Mottled Rustic
(Very unusual)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Very unusual)
Rustic
(Very unusual)
Brown Rustic
(Very unusual)
Old Lady
(Unusual)
Straw Underwing
(Very unusual)
Angle Shades
(Very unusual)
Small Angle Shades
(Very unusual)
Haworth's Minor
(Regular)
Crescent
(Very unusual)
Frosted Orange
(Unusual)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Ear Moth
(Very unusual)
Crinan Ear
(Unusual)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very unusual)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very unusual)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very unusual)
Confused
(Very unusual)
Northern Arches
(Very unusual)
Double Lobed
(Very unusual)
Common Rustic
(Very unusual)
Rosy Minor
(Very unusual)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Regular)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Unusual)
Brick
(Very unusual)
Chestnut
(Very unusual)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Very unusual)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Regular)
Dingy Shears
(Very unusual)
Grey Chi
(Regular)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Very unusual)
Black Rustic
(Very unusual)
Hedge Rustic
(Very unusual)
Feathered Gothic
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Unusual)
Broom Moth
(Very unusual)
Cabbage Moth
(Very unusual)
Lychnis
(Very unusual)
Common Wainscot
(Unusual)
Smoky Wainscot
(Frequent)
Clay
(Very unusual)
Garden Dart
(Very unusual)
Heart and Dart
(Very unusual)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Very unusual)
Flame
(Very unusual)
Flame Shoulder
(Unusual)
Barred Chestnut
(Frequent)
Purple Clay
(Very unusual)
Ingrailed Clay
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Very unusual)
True Lover's Knot
(Regular)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
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
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very unusual)
Double Square-spot
(Regular)
Autumnal Rustic
(Frequent)
Plain Clay
(Regular)
Gothic
(Very unusual)