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.
Common Swift
(Very frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Very frequent)
Gold Swift
(Very frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Very frequent)
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet
(Frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Single-dotted Wave
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Barred Yellow
(Very frequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Very frequent)
Barred Straw
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Water Carpet
(Very frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Frequent)
Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Very frequent)
Green Pug
(Very frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Very frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Mottled Pug
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Very frequent)
Latticed Heath
(Very frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Very frequent)
Scorched Wing
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Early Thorn
(Frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Very frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Very frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Very frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Bordered White
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Common Wave
(Very frequent)
Light Emerald
(Very frequent)
Barred Red
(Very frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Very frequent)
Pebble 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
(Frequent)
Muslin Moth
(Very frequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Very frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Very frequent)
Cinnabar
(Very frequent)
Fan-foot
(Very frequent)
Spectacle
(Very frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Very frequent)
Knot Grass
(Very frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(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)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Very frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Broom Moth
(Very frequent)
Shears
(Very frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Frequent)
Campion
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(Very frequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Very frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Clay
(Very frequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Very frequent)
Turnip Moth
(Very frequent)
Archer's Dart
(Very frequent)
Sand Dart
(Very frequent)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Very frequent)
Flame
(Very frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Purple Clay
(Very frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Very frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Very frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Regular)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Regular)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Peach Blossom
(Frequent)
Northern Eggar
(Frequent)
Fox Moth
(Frequent)
Small Dusty Wave
(Frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Regular)
July Belle
(Frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Frequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Regular)
July Highflyer
(Regular)
May Highflyer
(Frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Purple Bar
(Regular)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Yellow Wave
(Regular)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Small Rivulet
(Frequent)
Netted Pug
(Regular)
Brindled Pug
(Regular)
Golden-rod Pug
(Frequent)
Dwarf Pug
(Frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Frequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Frequent)
Satyr Pug
(Regular)
Wormwood Pug
(Regular)
Valerian Pug
(Regular)
Currant Pug
(Frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Regular)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Regular)
Common Heath
(Regular)
Brussels Lace
(Regular)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Regular)
Sallow Kitten
(Frequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Herald
(Frequent)
Dark Tussock
(Regular)
Red-necked Footman
(Frequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Frequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Regular)
Mother Shipton
(Frequent)
Gold Spot
(Regular)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Frequent)
Shark
(Frequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Regular)
Straw Underwing
(Regular)
Lyme Grass
(Frequent)
Clouded Brindle
(Regular)
Confused
(Regular)
Marbled Minor
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Dog's Tooth
(Frequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Regular)
White Colon
(Frequent)
Broad-barred White
(Frequent)
Southern Wainscot
(Regular)
Obscure Wainscot
(Frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Regular)
Ingrailed Clay
(Frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Green Arches
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Frequent)
Clay Triple-lines
(Regular)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Streamer
(Regular)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Regular)
Pretty Pinion
(Regular)
Ochreous Pug
(Regular)
Bordered Pug
(Regular)
Wood Tiger
(Regular)
Small Wainscot
(Regular)
Neglected Rustic
(Regular)
Large Red-belted Clearwing
(Infrequent)
Buff Arches
(Infrequent)
Blood-Vein
(Infrequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Northern Spinach
(Infrequent)
Dingy Shell
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
Larch Pug
(Infrequent)
Lilac Beauty
(Infrequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Infrequent)
Large Emerald
(Infrequent)
Puss Moth
(Infrequent)
Common Footman
(Infrequent)
Dark Spectacle
(Infrequent)
Alder Moth
(Infrequent)
Bordered Straw
(Infrequent)
Rustic
(Infrequent)
Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Red Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Dotted Rustic
(Infrequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Infrequent)
Gothic
(Infrequent)