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)
Common Swift
(Very frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Very frequent)
Gold Swift
(Very frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Very frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Very frequent)
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet
(Very frequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Very frequent)
Peach Blossom
(Very frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Small Dusty Wave
(Very frequent)
Single-dotted Wave
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
July Belle
(Very frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Spinach
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Very frequent)
Barred Yellow
(Very frequent)
Purple Bar
(Very frequent)
Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Very frequent)
Barred Straw
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Very frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Very frequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
V-Pug
(Very frequent)
Green Pug
(Very frequent)
Slender Pug
(Very frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Netted Pug
(Very frequent)
Juniper Pug
(Very frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very frequent)
Larch Pug
(Frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very frequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Very frequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Very frequent)
Currant Pug
(Very frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Mottled Pug
(Very frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very frequent)
Bordered Pug
(Frequent)
Treble-bar
(Very frequent)
Broom-tip
(Very frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Very frequent)
Latticed Heath
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Very frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Very frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Very frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Very frequent)
Satin Beauty
(Very frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Frequent)
Bordered White
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Common Wave
(Very frequent)
Light Emerald
(Very frequent)
Barred Red
(Very frequent)
Large Emerald
(Very frequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Very frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Very frequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Very frequent)
Buff-tip
(Very frequent)
Straw Dot
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Very frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Very frequent)
Cinnabar
(Very frequent)
Muslin Footman
(Very frequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Very frequent)
Buff Footman
(Very frequent)
Common Footman
(Very frequent)
Fan-foot
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Very frequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Very frequent)
Spectacle
(Very frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Gold Spangle
(Very frequent)
Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Very frequent)
Knot Grass
(Very frequent)
Shark
(Very frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Very frequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Very frequent)
Uncertain
(Very frequent)
Rustic
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Straw Underwing
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Lyme Grass
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(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)
Double Lobed
(Very frequent)
Rosy Minor
(Very frequent)
Cloaked Minor
(Very frequent)
Marbled Minor
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Broom Moth
(Very frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Very 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)
White-line Dart
(Very frequent)
Garden Dart
(Very frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Very frequent)
Turnip Moth
(Very frequent)
Archer's Dart
(Very frequent)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Very frequent)
Flame
(Very frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Purple Clay
(Very frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Very frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Very frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Very frequent)
Dotted Rustic
(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)
Double Dart
(Very frequent)
Green Arches
(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)
Gothic
(Very frequent)
Lunar Hornet Moth
(Frequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Buff Arches
(Frequent)
Bedstraw Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Blood-Vein
(Regular)
Birch Mocha
(Regular)
Dingy Shell
(Regular)
Small Yellow Wave
(Frequent)
Scallop Shell
(Frequent)
Barred Rivulet
(Frequent)
Haworth's Pug
(Frequent)
Pimpinel Pug
(Regular)
Triple-spotted Pug
(Regular)
Early Thorn
(Regular)
Annulet
(Frequent)
Dark Tussock
(Regular)
Buff Ermine
(Frequent)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Frequent)
Crescent
(Frequent)
Large Ear
(Regular)
Ear Moth
(Regular)
Clouded Brindle
(Regular)
Confused
(Regular)
Tawny Marbled Minor
(Frequent)
Rufous Minor
(Frequent)
Olive
(Frequent)
Suspected
(Frequent)
Dingy Shears
(Frequent)
Nutmeg
(Frequent)
Broad-barred White
(Frequent)
Southern Wainscot
(Frequent)
Shore Wainscot
(Frequent)
Portland Moth
(Regular)
Square-spot Dart
(Regular)
Sand Dart
(Frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Frequent)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Neglected Rustic
(Regular)
Green Silver-lines
(Frequent)
Royal Mantle
(Regular)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Regular)
Lesser Treble-bar
(Regular)
Brown Silver-line
(Regular)
Wood Tiger
(Regular)
Dingy Footman
(Regular)
Dark Spectacle
(Regular)
Poplar Grey
(Regular)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Regular)
Old Lady
(Regular)
Common Rustic
(Regular)
Angle-striped Sallow
(Regular)
Grey Chi
(Regular)
Grey Arches
(Regular)
Coast Dart
(Regular)
Northern Rustic
(Regular)
Plain Wave
(Infrequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Infrequent)
Red Carpet
(Infrequent)
Large Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
May Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Sloe Pug
(Infrequent)
Maple Pug
(Infrequent)
Marsh Pug
(Infrequent)
Plain Pug
(Infrequent)
Satyr Pug
(Infrequent)
Speckled Yellow
(Infrequent)
Lilac Beauty
(Infrequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Infrequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Infrequent)
Common Heath
(Infrequent)
Scotch Annulet
(Infrequent)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Infrequent)
Puss Moth
(Infrequent)
Brown-tail
(Infrequent)
Vapourer
(Infrequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Infrequent)
Alder Moth
(Infrequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Coronet
(Infrequent)
Copper Underwing
(Infrequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Sallow
(Infrequent)
Hedge Rustic
(Infrequent)
Shears
(Infrequent)
White Colon
(Infrequent)