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)
Poplar 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)
Grey Pine Carpet
(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)
Lime-speck Pug
(Very frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Very frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Very frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Very frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Very frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Common Wave
(Very frequent)
Light Emerald
(Very frequent)
Barred Red
(Very frequent)
Large Emerald
(Frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Very frequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Herald
(Very frequent)
Straw Dot
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Ruby Tiger
(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)
Gold Spangle
(Very frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Anomalous
(Very frequent)
Copper Underwing
(Very frequent)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Very frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Very frequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Very frequent)
Uncertain
(Very frequent)
Rustic
(Very frequent)
Old Lady
(Very frequent)
Straw Underwing
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Very frequent)
Ear Moth
(Very frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Lyme Grass
(Frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very frequent)
Rosy Minor
(Very frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Very frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Very frequent)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Brindled Green
(Very frequent)
Grey Chi
(Very frequent)
Hedge Rustic
(Very frequent)
Feathered Gothic
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(Very frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Clay
(Very frequent)
Coast Dart
(Very frequent)
White-line Dart
(Very frequent)
Garden Dart
(Very frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Very frequent)
Archer's Dart
(Very frequent)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Very frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(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)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Very 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)
Map-winged Swift
(Frequent)
Gold Swift
(Frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Frequent)
Pale Eggar
(Frequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Frequent)
Barred Yellow
(Frequent)
Beech-green Carpet
(Regular)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Frequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Frequent)
V-Pug
(Frequent)
Green Pug
(Frequent)
Currant Pug
(Frequent)
Bordered Pug
(Frequent)
Treble-bar
(Frequent)
Latticed Heath
(Frequent)
Satin Beauty
(Frequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Frequent)
Bordered White
(Frequent)
Annulet
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Frequent)
Muslin Footman
(Frequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Frequent)
Spectacle
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Gold Spot
(Frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Frequent)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Frequent)
Crescent
(Frequent)
Butterbur
(Frequent)
Crinan Ear
(Frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Frequent)
Confused
(Frequent)
Northern Arches
(Frequent)
Double Lobed
(Frequent)
Common Rustic
(Frequent)
Cloaked Minor
(Frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Frequent)
Orange Sallow
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Frequent)
Black Rustic
(Frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Frequent)
Square-spot Dart
(Frequent)
Turnip Moth
(Regular)
Dark Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Green Arches
(Frequent)
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet
(Regular)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Regular)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Red Carpet
(Regular)
Dark Spinach
(Regular)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Regular)
Foxglove Pug
(Regular)
Larch Pug
(Regular)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Regular)
Angle-barred Pug
(Regular)
Magpie Moth
(Regular)
Lilac Beauty
(Regular)
September Thorn
(Regular)
Peppered Moth
(Regular)
Cinnabar
(Regular)
Dingy Footman
(Regular)
Small Fan-foot
(Regular)
Brown Rustic
(Regular)
Large Wainscot
(Regular)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Regular)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Regular)
Rufous Minor
(Regular)
Dingy Shears
(Regular)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Regular)
Campion
(Regular)
Flame
(Regular)
Gothic
(Regular)
Oak Nycteoline
(Regular)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Large Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Small Yellow Wave
(Infrequent)
Barred Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Valerian Pug
(Infrequent)
Common Pug
(Infrequent)
Early Thorn
(Infrequent)
Wood Tiger
(Infrequent)
Four-spotted Footman
(Infrequent)
Red Underwing
(Infrequent)
Bordered Straw
(Infrequent)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Marbled Minor
(Infrequent)
Nutmeg
(Infrequent)
Dog's Tooth
(Infrequent)
Broom Moth
(Infrequent)
Shears
(Infrequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Infrequent)
Southern Wainscot
(Infrequent)