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
(Frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Very unusual)
Ghost Moth
(Very unusual)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Regular)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Very unusual)
Common Lutestring
(Very unusual)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Small Dusty Wave
(Very unusual)
Single-dotted Wave
(Very unusual)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Frequent)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Unusual)
Yellow Shell
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Spinach
(Very unusual)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Very unusual)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Unusual)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Very unusual)
Barred Yellow
(Unusual)
Purple Bar
(Regular)
Phoenix
(Regular)
Northern Spinach
(Very unusual)
Barred Straw
(Unusual)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very unusual)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Very unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Rivulet
(Regular)
Small Rivulet
(Regular)
Pretty Pinion
(Very unusual)
Sandy Carpet
(Very unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
V-Pug
(Unusual)
Green Pug
(Very unusual)
Slender Pug
(Very unusual)
Foxglove Pug
(Very unusual)
Juniper Pug
(Very unusual)
Golden-rod Pug
(Unusual)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very unusual)
Lime-speck Pug
(Unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Very unusual)
Currant Pug
(Unusual)
Common Pug
(Very unusual)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Regular)
Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Lesser Treble-bar
(Very unusual)
Clouded Border
(Regular)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Very unusual)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Regular)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Very unusual)
Peppered Moth
(Very unusual)
Willow Beauty
(Frequent)
Satin Beauty
(Very unusual)
Mottled Beauty
(Regular)
Dotted Carpet
(Very unusual)
Common White Wave
(Unusual)
Common Wave
(Very unusual)
Light Emerald
(Unusual)
Barred Red
(Unusual)
Annulet
(Very unusual)
Large Emerald
(Very unusual)
Iron Prominent
(Unusual)
Pebble Prominent
(Very unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Unusual)
Herald
(Very unusual)
Straw Dot
(Unusual)
Snout
(Frequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Very unusual)
Garden Tiger
(Regular)
Buff Footman
(Unusual)
Common Footman
(Very unusual)
Fan-foot
(Regular)
Small Fan-foot
(Very unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Very unusual)
Spectacle
(Very unusual)
Burnished Brass
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Regular)
Plain Golden Y
(Regular)
Gold Spangle
(Unusual)
Gold Spot
(Very unusual)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Unusual)
Grey Dagger
(Very unusual)
Anomalous
(Very unusual)
Copper Underwing
(Unusual)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Unusual)
Mouse Moth
(Very frequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Regular)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Very unusual)
Uncertain
(Unusual)
Rustic
(Regular)
Brown Rustic
(Very unusual)
Old Lady
(Very unusual)
Straw Underwing
(Very unusual)
Angle Shades
(Regular)
Small Angle Shades
(Very unusual)
Haworth's Minor
(Very unusual)
Crescent
(Unusual)
Frosted Orange
(Regular)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Butterbur
(Very unusual)
Large Ear
(Very unusual)
Ear Moth
(Unusual)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Regular)
Lyme Grass
(Very unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Regular)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very unusual)
Dusky Brocade
(Very unusual)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Regular)
Double Lobed
(Unusual)
Rosy Minor
(Regular)
Cloaked Minor
(Very unusual)
Marbled Minor
(Very unusual)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very unusual)
Orange Sallow
(Very unusual)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very unusual)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Frequent)
Lunar Underwing
(Very unusual)
Angle-striped Sallow
(Very unusual)
Olive
(Very unusual)
Dun-bar
(Frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Regular)
Suspected
(Very unusual)
Brindled Green
(Very unusual)
Grey Chi
(Regular)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Very unusual)
Black Rustic
(Unusual)
Hedge Rustic
(Unusual)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Unusual)
Cabbage Moth
(Regular)
Campion
(Very unusual)
Lychnis
(Unusual)
Marbled Coronet
(Very unusual)
Common Wainscot
(Regular)
Smoky Wainscot
(Frequent)
Clay
(Regular)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Portland Moth
(Very unusual)
Coast Dart
(Very unusual)
Square-spot Dart
(Unusual)
White-line Dart
(Frequent)
Garden Dart
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Unusual)
Turnip Moth
(Unusual)
Archer's Dart
(Unusual)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Regular)
Dark Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Flame
(Very unusual)
Flame Shoulder
(Unusual)
Barred Chestnut
(Frequent)
Purple Clay
(Unusual)
Ingrailed Clay
(Regular)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Unusual)
Dotted Rustic
(Very unusual)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Very unusual)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Green Arches
(Very unusual)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Very unusual)
Heath Rustic
(Very unusual)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Regular)
Double Square-spot
(Frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Regular)
Gothic
(Very unusual)