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