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)
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet
(Very frequent)
Peach Blossom
(Very frequent)
Buff Arches
(Very frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Small Dusty Wave
(Very frequent)
Single-dotted Wave
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
July Belle
(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)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(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)
Currant Pug
(Very frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Very frequent)
Latticed Heath
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Lilac Beauty
(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)
Bordered White
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Common Wave
(Very frequent)
Light Emerald
(Very frequent)
Barred Red
(Very frequent)
Brussels Lace
(Very frequent)
Large Emerald
(Very frequent)
Sallow Kitten
(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)
Ruby Tiger
(Very frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Very frequent)
Muslin Footman
(Very frequent)
Buff Footman
(Very frequent)
Common Footman
(Very frequent)
Fan-foot
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Very frequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(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)
Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Very frequent)
Knot Grass
(Very frequent)
Coronet
(Very frequent)
Shark
(Frequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Very frequent)
Rustic
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Old Lady
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Very frequent)
Clouded Brindle
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Very frequent)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very frequent)
Double Lobed
(Very frequent)
Common Rustic
(Very frequent)
Rosy Minor
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Broom Moth
(Very frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Very frequent)
Campion
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(Very frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Clay
(Very frequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Very frequent)
Shuttle-shaped 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)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Plain Clay
(Very frequent)
Gothic
(Very frequent)
Common Swift
(Frequent)
Lunar Hornet Moth
(Frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Frequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Chinese Character
(Frequent)
Northern Eggar
(Frequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Frequent)
Red Carpet
(Regular)
Beautiful Carpet
(Regular)
Dark Spinach
(Frequent)
May Highflyer
(Regular)
Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Frequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Frequent)
Scallop Shell
(Regular)
Barred Carpet
(Frequent)
Slender Pug
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Frequent)
Larch Pug
(Frequent)
Angle-barred Pug
(Regular)
Mottled Pug
(Frequent)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Frequent)
Clouded Magpie
(Frequent)
Scorched Wing
(Regular)
Early Thorn
(Frequent)
Common Heath
(Regular)
Dark Tussock
(Frequent)
Muslin Moth
(Frequent)
Wood Tiger
(Regular)
Cinnabar
(Frequent)
Four-dotted Footman
(Frequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Frequent)
Dingy Footman
(Regular)
Scarce Silver Y
(Frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Frequent)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Regular)
Confused
(Frequent)
Marbled Minor
(Frequent)
Dingy Shears
(Frequent)
Common Quaker
(Regular)
Shears
(Frequent)
Broad-barred White
(Regular)
Garden Dart
(Regular)
Dark Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Green Silver-lines
(Regular)
Gold Swift
(Regular)
Smoky Wave
(Regular)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Small Yellow Wave
(Regular)
V-Pug
(Regular)
Maple Pug
(Regular)
Dwarf Pug
(Regular)
Treble-bar
(Regular)
Brown Silver-line
(Regular)
Lunar Thorn
(Regular)
Yellow-tail
(Regular)
Olive
(Regular)
Currant Clearwing
(Infrequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Pale Eggar
(Infrequent)
Bedstraw Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Cloaked Pug
(Infrequent)
Marsh Pug
(Infrequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Infrequent)
Satyr Pug
(Infrequent)
Speckled Yellow
(Infrequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
White Satin
(Infrequent)
Burnet Companion
(Infrequent)
Silver Hook
(Infrequent)
Uncertain
(Infrequent)
Straw Underwing
(Infrequent)
Butterbur
(Infrequent)
Crinan Ear
(Infrequent)
Northern Arches
(Infrequent)
Tawny Marbled Minor
(Infrequent)
Rufous Minor
(Infrequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Infrequent)
Lunar Underwing
(Infrequent)
Pale Pinion
(Infrequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Turnip Moth
(Infrequent)
Northern Dart
(Infrequent)
Least Black Arches
(Infrequent)