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)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Very unusual)
Common Lutestring
(Very unusual)
Small Dusty Wave
(Very unusual)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Frequent)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Regular)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very unusual)
Yellow Shell
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Very unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Very unusual)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very unusual)
Barred Yellow
(Very unusual)
Purple Bar
(Very unusual)
Phoenix
(Very unusual)
Northern Spinach
(Very unusual)
Barred Straw
(Very unusual)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very unusual)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Rivulet
(Very unusual)
Small Rivulet
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
V-Pug
(Very unusual)
Slender Pug
(Very unusual)
Juniper Pug
(Unusual)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very unusual)
Lime-speck Pug
(Very unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Very unusual)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Regular)
Bordered Pug
(Very unusual)
Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Lesser Treble-bar
(Very unusual)
Streak
(Very unusual)
Clouded Border
(Very unusual)
Latticed Heath
(Very unusual)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Unusual)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Very unusual)
Willow Beauty
(Frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Regular)
Common White Wave
(Very unusual)
Common Wave
(Very unusual)
Light Emerald
(Unusual)
Barred Red
(Very unusual)
Pebble Prominent
(Very unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Very unusual)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Herald
(Very unusual)
Straw Dot
(Very unusual)
Snout
(Regular)
Ruby Tiger
(Very unusual)
Garden Tiger
(Very unusual)
Cinnabar
(Very unusual)
Buff Footman
(Very unusual)
Fan-foot
(Very unusual)
Spectacle
(Very unusual)
Burnished Brass
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very unusual)
Plain Golden Y
(Unusual)
Gold Spangle
(Very unusual)
Gold Spot
(Very unusual)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Very unusual)
Grey Dagger
(Very unusual)
Copper Underwing
(Regular)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Unusual)
Mouse Moth
(Frequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Unusual)
Uncertain
(Very unusual)
Rustic
(Unusual)
Old Lady
(Very unusual)
Angle Shades
(Very unusual)
Small Angle Shades
(Very unusual)
Frosted Orange
(Very unusual)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Small Dotted Buff
(Unusual)
Dusky Brocade
(Very unusual)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Unusual)
Double Lobed
(Very unusual)
Common Rustic
(Regular)
Rosy Minor
(Unusual)
Cloaked Minor
(Regular)
Marbled Minor
(Very unusual)
Rufous Minor
(Very unusual)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very unusual)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very unusual)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Frequent)
Olive
(Very unusual)
Dun-bar
(Frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Unusual)
Grey Chi
(Regular)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Very unusual)
Black Rustic
(Very unusual)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very unusual)
Cabbage Moth
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Very unusual)
Common Wainscot
(Frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Clay
(Unusual)
Square-spot Dart
(Very unusual)
White-line Dart
(Very unusual)
Garden Dart
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Unusual)
Turnip Moth
(Very unusual)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Regular)
Flame
(Very unusual)
Flame Shoulder
(Very unusual)
Barred Chestnut
(Regular)
Purple Clay
(Very unusual)
Ingrailed Clay
(Regular)
Small Square-spot
(Regular)
True Lover's Knot
(Unusual)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Double Dart
(Very unusual)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Unusual)
Double Square-spot
(Regular)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very unusual)
Gothic
(Very unusual)