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)
Common Swift
(Very unusual)
Map-winged Swift
(Very unusual)
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet
(Very unusual)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Very unusual)
Chinese Character
(Unusual)
Common Lutestring
(Very unusual)
Pale Eggar
(Very unusual)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Small Dusty Wave
(Very unusual)
Single-dotted Wave
(Very unusual)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Frequent)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Frequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Very unusual)
Red Carpet
(Regular)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Unusual)
Yellow Shell
(Unusual)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Very unusual)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very unusual)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Very unusual)
Barred Yellow
(Very unusual)
Purple Bar
(Unusual)
Phoenix
(Unusual)
Northern Spinach
(Frequent)
Barred Straw
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Unusual)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Welsh Wave
(Very unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Rivulet
(Very unusual)
Small Rivulet
(Regular)
Barred Carpet
(Very unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(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)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Unusual)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Very unusual)
Treble-bar
(Very unusual)
Clouded Border
(Very unusual)
Brimstone Moth
(Regular)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Frequent)
September Thorn
(Very unusual)
Early Thorn
(Very unusual)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Unusual)
Peppered Moth
(Very unusual)
Willow Beauty
(Unusual)
Satin Beauty
(Very unusual)
Mottled Beauty
(Unusual)
Dotted Carpet
(Very unusual)
Common White Wave
(Very unusual)
Common Wave
(Very unusual)
Light Emerald
(Unusual)
Barred Red
(Very unusual)
Large Emerald
(Very unusual)
Iron Prominent
(Unusual)
Pebble Prominent
(Unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Very unusual)
Herald
(Very unusual)
Straw Dot
(Frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Yellow-tail
(Very unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Very unusual)
Garden Tiger
(Frequent)
Muslin Footman
(Unusual)
Buff Footman
(Very 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
(Frequent)
Gold Spot
(Unusual)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Regular)
Grey Dagger
(Very unusual)
Knot Grass
(Very unusual)
Anomalous
(Very unusual)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Very unusual)
Mouse Moth
(Frequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Very unusual)
Mottled Rustic
(Unusual)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Very unusual)
Rustic
(Very unusual)
Old Lady
(Unusual)
Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Small Angle Shades
(Very unusual)
Haworth's Minor
(Very unusual)
Crescent
(Very unusual)
Frosted Orange
(Unusual)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Butterbur
(Unusual)
Large Ear
(Very unusual)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Regular)
Dusky Brocade
(Very unusual)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very unusual)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Regular)
Confused
(Very unusual)
Double Lobed
(Unusual)
Common Rustic
(Very unusual)
Rosy Minor
(Regular)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very unusual)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Unusual)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Regular)
Dun-bar
(Frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Suspected
(Very unusual)
Dingy Shears
(Very unusual)
Brindled Green
(Very unusual)
Grey Chi
(Regular)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Very unusual)
Hedge Rustic
(Very unusual)
Feathered Gothic
(Regular)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Unusual)
Broom Moth
(Very unusual)
Cabbage Moth
(Very unusual)
Lychnis
(Unusual)
Common Wainscot
(Regular)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Clay
(Regular)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Garden Dart
(Very unusual)
Heart and Dart
(Very unusual)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Flame
(Very unusual)
Flame Shoulder
(Regular)
Barred Chestnut
(Unusual)
Purple Clay
(Very unusual)
Ingrailed Clay
(Regular)
Small Square-spot
(Unusual)
True Lover's Knot
(Regular)
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)
Heath Rustic
(Very unusual)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very unusual)
Double Square-spot
(Frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Regular)
Plain Clay
(Frequent)
Gothic
(Very unusual)