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