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.
Common Swift
(Very frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Very frequent)
Gold Swift
(Very frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Very frequent)
Six-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
(Frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Spinach
(Very frequent)
May Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Barred Yellow
(Very frequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Very frequent)
Purple Bar
(Very frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Frequent)
Barred Straw
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Water Carpet
(Very frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Very frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Green Pug
(Very frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Netted Pug
(Very frequent)
Brindled Pug
(Very frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very frequent)
Dwarf Pug
(Very frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very frequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Very frequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Very frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Very frequent)
Currant Pug
(Very frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Mottled Pug
(Very frequent)
Treble-bar
(Frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Very frequent)
Latticed Heath
(Very frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Early Thorn
(Very frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Very frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Very frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Very frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Very frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Bordered White
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Common Wave
(Very frequent)
Light Emerald
(Very frequent)
Barred Red
(Very frequent)
Large Emerald
(Frequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Very 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)
Herald
(Very frequent)
Straw Dot
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Buff Ermine
(Very frequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Very frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Very frequent)
Cinnabar
(Very frequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Very frequent)
Fan-foot
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Very frequent)
Spectacle
(Very frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Very frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Very frequent)
Knot Grass
(Very frequent)
Shark
(Very frequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(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)
Marbled Minor
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Broom Moth
(Very frequent)
Shears
(Very frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Very frequent)
Campion
(Very frequent)
Broad-barred White
(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)
Heart and Dart
(Very frequent)
Turnip Moth
(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)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Double Dart
(Very frequent)
Green Arches
(Very frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Very frequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Very frequent)
Orange Swift
(Regular)
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet
(Frequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Fox Moth
(Frequent)
Birch Mocha
(Regular)
Oblique Carpet
(Regular)
Streamer
(Regular)
Beautiful Carpet
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Phoenix
(Frequent)
Dingy Shell
(Frequent)
Small Yellow Wave
(Frequent)
V-Pug
(Frequent)
Larch Pug
(Regular)
Ochreous Pug
(Frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Frequent)
Broom-tip
(Frequent)
Seraphim
(Frequent)
Scorched Wing
(Frequent)
Speckled Yellow
(Regular)
Common Heath
(Frequent)
Puss Moth
(Regular)
Dark Tussock
(Frequent)
Wood Tiger
(Regular)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Frequent)
Mother Shipton
(Frequent)
Gold Spangle
(Regular)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Frequent)
Uncertain
(Frequent)
Rustic
(Regular)
Lyme Grass
(Frequent)
Rosy Minor
(Frequent)
Rufous Minor
(Frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Regular)
Clouded Drab
(Frequent)
Common Quaker
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Sand Dart
(Frequent)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Dotted Clay
(Frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Frequent)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Regular)
Scallop Shell
(Regular)
Sloe Pug
(Regular)
Slender Pug
(Regular)
Marsh Pug
(Regular)
Thyme Pug
(Regular)
Satyr Pug
(Regular)
Valerian Pug
(Regular)
Bordered Pug
(Regular)
Lesser Treble-bar
(Regular)
Muslin Footman
(Regular)
Dark Spectacle
(Regular)
Alder Moth
(Regular)
Coronet
(Regular)
Early Grey
(Regular)
Clouded Brindle
(Regular)
Double Lobed
(Regular)
Tawny Marbled Minor
(Regular)
Pale Pinion
(Regular)
White Colon
(Regular)
White-line Dart
(Regular)
Archer's Dart
(Regular)
Gothic
(Regular)
Oak Nycteoline
(Regular)
Lunar Hornet Moth
(Infrequent)
Buff Arches
(Infrequent)
Shoulder Stripe
(Infrequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Infrequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Infrequent)
Lilac Beauty
(Infrequent)
Grey Birch
(Infrequent)
White-pinion Spotted
(Infrequent)
Grass Wave
(Infrequent)
Four-dotted Footman
(Infrequent)
Common Footman
(Infrequent)
Chamomile Shark
(Infrequent)
Cloaked Minor
(Infrequent)
Nutmeg
(Infrequent)
Grey Arches
(Infrequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Infrequent)
Shore Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Dotted Rustic
(Infrequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Infrequent)