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)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Very frequent)
Chinese Character
(Very frequent)
Pale Eggar
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Single-dotted Wave
(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)
Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Blue-bordered 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)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Tissue
(Very frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Slender Pug
(Frequent)
Juniper Pug
(Very frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Very frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Frequent)
Satin Beauty
(Frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Light Emerald
(Very frequent)
Barred Red
(Very frequent)
Annulet
(Very frequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Herald
(Very frequent)
Straw Dot
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Very frequent)
Buff Footman
(Very frequent)
Common Footman
(Very frequent)
Fan-foot
(Very frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Anomalous
(Very frequent)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Very frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Very frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Very frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very frequent)
Double Lobed
(Very frequent)
Rosy Minor
(Very frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Very frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Very frequent)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Very frequent)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Black Rustic
(Very frequent)
Feathered Gothic
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(Very frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Clay
(Very frequent)
White-line Dart
(Very frequent)
Garden Dart
(Very frequent)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Very frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(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)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Frequent)
Heath Rustic
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Gothic
(Frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Regular)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Small Dusty Wave
(Frequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Frequent)
Green Pug
(Frequent)
Larch Pug
(Regular)
Wormwood Pug
(Frequent)
Treble-bar
(Frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Frequent)
Common Wave
(Frequent)
Large Emerald
(Frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Frequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Regular)
Muslin Footman
(Frequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Frequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Regular)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Gold Spangle
(Frequent)
Gold Spot
(Frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Frequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Frequent)
Rustic
(Frequent)
Old Lady
(Frequent)
Crescent
(Frequent)
Butterbur
(Frequent)
Ear Moth
(Frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Frequent)
Confused
(Frequent)
Northern Arches
(Frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Frequent)
Olive
(Frequent)
Brindled Green
(Frequent)
Grey Chi
(Frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Frequent)
Southern Wainscot
(Frequent)
Square-spot Dart
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Regular)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Purple Clay
(Frequent)
Northern Rustic
(Frequent)
Plain Clay
(Frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Regular)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Regular)
Buff Arches
(Regular)
Red Carpet
(Regular)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Galium Carpet
(Regular)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Lime-speck Pug
(Regular)
Currant Pug
(Regular)
Dingy Footman
(Regular)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Uncertain
(Regular)
Small Angle Shades
(Regular)
Crinan Ear
(Regular)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Regular)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Regular)
Broom Moth
(Regular)
Flame
(Regular)
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet
(Infrequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Infrequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Infrequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Maple Pug
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Infrequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Infrequent)
Peppered Moth
(Infrequent)
Bordered White
(Infrequent)
Vapourer
(Infrequent)
Blackneck
(Infrequent)
Dark Spectacle
(Infrequent)
Figure of Eight
(Infrequent)
Copper Underwing
(Infrequent)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Infrequent)
Brown Rustic
(Infrequent)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Orange Sallow
(Infrequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Infrequent)
Double Dart
(Infrequent)
Green Arches
(Infrequent)