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)
Map-winged Swift
(Very frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Very frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Very frequent)
Northern Eggar
(Frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Barred Yellow
(Very frequent)
Purple Bar
(Very frequent)
Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Very frequent)
Barred Straw
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Very frequent)
Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Green Pug
(Very frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Juniper Pug
(Very frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Very frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Latticed Heath
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Very frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Very frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Very frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Very frequent)
Satin Beauty
(Very frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Common Wave
(Very frequent)
Light Emerald
(Very frequent)
Barred Red
(Very frequent)
Large Emerald
(Very frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Very frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Very frequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Very frequent)
Buff-tip
(Very frequent)
Straw Dot
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Buff Ermine
(Very frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Very frequent)
Muslin Footman
(Very frequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Very frequent)
Common Footman
(Very frequent)
Fan-foot
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Very frequent)
Spectacle
(Very frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Gold Spangle
(Very frequent)
Scarce Silver Y
(Frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Very frequent)
Rustic
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Broom Moth
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(Very frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Clay
(Very frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Very frequent)
Flame
(Very frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Purple Clay
(Very frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Very frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Very frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(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)
Double Dart
(Very frequent)
Green Arches
(Very frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Plain Clay
(Very frequent)
Gothic
(Very frequent)
Gold Swift
(Frequent)
Lunar Hornet Moth
(Frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Frequent)
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet
(Regular)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Peach Blossom
(Frequent)
Buff Arches
(Regular)
Pale Eggar
(Regular)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Small Dusty Wave
(Frequent)
July Belle
(Frequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Frequent)
Red Carpet
(Frequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Frequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Regular)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Frequent)
Larch Pug
(Frequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Frequent)
Currant Pug
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Treble-bar
(Frequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Frequent)
Bordered White
(Frequent)
Brussels Lace
(Frequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Regular)
Wood Tiger
(Regular)
Buff Footman
(Regular)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Frequent)
Gold Spot
(Frequent)
Knot Grass
(Frequent)
Coronet
(Frequent)
Straw Underwing
(Regular)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Regular)
Small Wainscot
(Frequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Frequent)
Northern Arches
(Frequent)
Double Lobed
(Frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Frequent)
Campion
(Frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Regular)
Northern Dart
(Regular)
Common Swift
(Infrequent)
May Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Regular)
Water Carpet
(Infrequent)
Dingy Shell
(Regular)
Small Yellow Wave
(Infrequent)
Slender Pug
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Triple-spotted Pug
(Regular)
Clouded Magpie
(Regular)
Lilac Beauty
(Regular)
Common Heath
(Infrequent)
Muslin Moth
(Regular)
Cinnabar
(Infrequent)
Silver Hook
(Infrequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Infrequent)
Grey Dagger
(Regular)
Shark
(Regular)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Regular)
Uncertain
(Infrequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Regular)
Rosy Rustic
(Regular)
Large Ear
(Infrequent)
Confused
(Infrequent)
Rosy Minor
(Regular)
Tawny Marbled Minor
(Infrequent)
Suspected
(Infrequent)
Shears
(Regular)
Broad-barred White
(Infrequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Garden Dart
(Infrequent)
Turnip Moth
(Infrequent)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Infrequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Regular)
Green Silver-lines
(Infrequent)