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)
Six-Spot Burnet
(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)
Yellow Shell
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
V-Pug
(Very frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very frequent)
Treble-bar
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Very frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Very frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Light Emerald
(Very frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Straw Dot
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Fan-foot
(Very frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Gold Spangle
(Frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Copper Underwing
(Very frequent)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Very frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Very frequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Frequent)
Uncertain
(Very frequent)
Rustic
(Very frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very frequent)
Common Rustic
(Very frequent)
Rosy Minor
(Very frequent)
Cloaked Minor
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Very frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Very frequent)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Grey Chi
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Very frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Clay
(Very frequent)
Garden Dart
(Very frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Very frequent)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Very frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(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)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Barred Yellow
(Frequent)
Purple Bar
(Frequent)
Phoenix
(Frequent)
Barred Straw
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Rivulet
(Frequent)
Juniper Pug
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Frequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Frequent)
Bordered Pug
(Frequent)
Lesser Treble-bar
(Frequent)
Streak
(Frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Regular)
Common Wave
(Frequent)
Barred Red
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Frequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Herald
(Frequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Regular)
Cinnabar
(Frequent)
Buff Footman
(Frequent)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Gold Spot
(Frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Double Lobed
(Frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Olive
(Regular)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Regular)
Black Rustic
(Frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Frequent)
White-line Dart
(Frequent)
Turnip Moth
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet
(Regular)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Regular)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Small Dusty Wave
(Regular)
Single-dotted Wave
(Regular)
Northern Spinach
(Regular)
Welsh Wave
(Regular)
Barred Rivulet
(Regular)
Slender Pug
(Regular)
Currant Pug
(Regular)
Common Pug
(Regular)
Latticed Heath
(Regular)
Satin Beauty
(Regular)
Annulet
(Regular)
Garden Tiger
(Regular)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Regular)
Anomalous
(Regular)
Old Lady
(Regular)
Haworth's Minor
(Regular)
Crescent
(Regular)
Large Wainscot
(Regular)
Dusky Brocade
(Regular)
Rufous Minor
(Regular)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Regular)
Dark Sword-grass
(Regular)
Flame
(Regular)
Purple Clay
(Regular)
Oak Nycteoline
(Regular)
Emperor Moth
(Infrequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Vestal
(Infrequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
Triple-spotted Pug
(Infrequent)
Magpie Moth
(Infrequent)
Peppered Moth
(Infrequent)
Large Emerald
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Infrequent)
Vapourer
(Infrequent)
Scarce Bordered Straw
(Infrequent)
Butterbur
(Infrequent)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Confused
(Infrequent)
Marbled Minor
(Infrequent)
Orange Sallow
(Infrequent)
Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Dingy Shears
(Infrequent)
Feathered Gothic
(Infrequent)
Broom Moth
(Infrequent)
Square-spot Dart
(Infrequent)
Northern Rustic
(Infrequent)
Double Dart
(Infrequent)
Green Arches
(Infrequent)
Heath Rustic
(Infrequent)
Gothic
(Infrequent)