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.
Small Dusty Wave
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(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)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Purple Bar
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
November Moth
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Very frequent)
Treble-bar
(Very frequent)
Streak
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Very frequent)
Herald
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Copper Underwing
(Very frequent)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Very frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Very frequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Crescent
(Frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Frequent)
Ear Moth
(Very frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Orange Sallow
(Very frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Very frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Very frequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Very frequent)
Brick
(Very frequent)
Lunar Underwing
(Very frequent)
Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Blair's Shoulder-knot
(Very frequent)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Merveille du Jour
(Very frequent)
Grey Chi
(Very frequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Very frequent)
Black Rustic
(Very frequent)
Hedge Rustic
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Very frequent)
Campion
(Very frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
White-line Dart
(Very frequent)
Garden Dart
(Very frequent)
Turnip Moth
(Very frequent)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Very frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Flame
(Very frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Small Square-spot
(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)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Single-dotted Wave
(Frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Frequent)
Phoenix
(Frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Pale November Moth
(Frequent)
Autumnal Moth
(Frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Rivulet
(Frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Frequent)
Lesser Treble-bar
(Frequent)
Mottled Umber
(Regular)
Light Emerald
(Frequent)
Barred Red
(Regular)
Iron Prominent
(Regular)
Straw Dot
(Frequent)
Fan-foot
(Frequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Frequent)
Spectacle
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Regular)
Plain Golden Y
(Regular)
Anomalous
(Regular)
Scarce Bordered Straw
(Frequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Frequent)
Butterbur
(Frequent)
Rosy Minor
(Frequent)
Dusky-lemon Sallow
(Frequent)
Flounced Chestnut
(Frequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Brindled Green
(Frequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Frequent)
Square-spot Dart
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Frequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Regular)
Heath Rustic
(Frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Frequent)
Orange Swift
(Regular)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Death's-head Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Vestal
(Regular)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Regular)
Barred Yellow
(Regular)
Welsh Wave
(Regular)
V-Pug
(Regular)
Juniper Pug
(Regular)
Currant Pug
(Regular)
Scalloped Oak
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Regular)
Ruby Tiger
(Regular)
Garden Tiger
(Regular)
Buff Footman
(Regular)
Small Fan-foot
(Regular)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Regular)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Regular)
Rustic
(Regular)
Pale Pinion
(Regular)
Olive
(Regular)
Nutmeg
(Regular)
Clay
(Regular)
Pearly Underwing
(Regular)
Archer's Dart
(Regular)
Purple Clay
(Regular)
Oak Nycteoline
(Regular)
December Moth
(Infrequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Clay Triple-lines
(Infrequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Infrequent)
Tissue
(Infrequent)
Magpie Moth
(Infrequent)
Clouded Border
(Infrequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Infrequent)
Common Wave
(Infrequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Vapourer
(Infrequent)
Common Footman
(Infrequent)
Clifden Nonpareil
(Infrequent)
Dark Spectacle
(Infrequent)
Bordered Straw
(Infrequent)
Uncertain
(Infrequent)
Old Lady
(Infrequent)
Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Suspected
(Infrequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Infrequent)
White-speck
(Infrequent)
Portland Moth
(Infrequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Infrequent)
Lunar Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Double Square-spot
(Infrequent)
Gothic
(Infrequent)