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.
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Tissue
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Frequent)
Herald
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Copper Underwing
(Very frequent)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Very frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Very frequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Ear Moth
(Frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Orange Sallow
(Very frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Very frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Very frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Very frequent)
Brick
(Very frequent)
Lunar Underwing
(Very frequent)
Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Merveille du Jour
(Very frequent)
Brindled Green
(Very frequent)
Black Rustic
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Very frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Heath Rustic
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Small Dusty Wave
(Regular)
Single-dotted Wave
(Frequent)
Vestal
(Regular)
Yellow Shell
(Frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Regular)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Frequent)
November Moth
(Regular)
Rivulet
(Regular)
Lime-speck Pug
(Regular)
Treble-bar
(Regular)
Streak
(Regular)
Willow Beauty
(Regular)
Mottled Beauty
(Regular)
Light Emerald
(Regular)
Barred Red
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Straw Dot
(Frequent)
Buff Footman
(Frequent)
Clifden Nonpareil
(Regular)
Burnished Brass
(Regular)
Anomalous
(Frequent)
Scarce Bordered Straw
(Regular)
Haworth's Minor
(Regular)
Large Ear
(Regular)
Large Wainscot
(Frequent)
Dusky-lemon Sallow
(Frequent)
Blair's Shoulder-knot
(Frequent)
Grey Chi
(Regular)
Feathered Gothic
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Regular)
Pearly Underwing
(Regular)
Garden Dart
(Regular)
Turnip Moth
(Frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Regular)
Purple Clay
(Regular)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Frequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Regular)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Regular)
Autumnal Moth
(Regular)
Mottled Umber
(Regular)
Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Fan-foot
(Regular)
Small Angle Shades
(Regular)
Dark Chestnut
(Regular)
Square-spot Dart
(Regular)
White-line Dart
(Regular)
Flame
(Regular)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Infrequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Pale Eggar
(Infrequent)
Death's-head Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Infrequent)
Blood-Vein
(Infrequent)
Clay Triple-lines
(Infrequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Infrequent)
Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Small Rivulet
(Infrequent)
V-Pug
(Infrequent)
Clouded Border
(Infrequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Infrequent)
September Thorn
(Infrequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Infrequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Infrequent)
Red Underwing
(Infrequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Infrequent)
Bordered Straw
(Infrequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Infrequent)
Old Lady
(Infrequent)
Straw Underwing
(Infrequent)
Butterbur
(Infrequent)
Cloaked Minor
(Infrequent)
Pale Pinion
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Infrequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Infrequent)
Hedge Rustic
(Infrequent)
Nutmeg
(Infrequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Infrequent)
Coast Dart
(Infrequent)
Archer's Dart
(Infrequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Infrequent)
Double Square-spot
(Infrequent)