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
(Unusual)
Gold Swift
(Very unusual)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Very unusual)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Unusual)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Unusual)
Common Lutestring
(Regular)
Pale Eggar
(Very unusual)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Unusual)
Oblique Carpet
(Very unusual)
Red Carpet
(Very unusual)
Garden Carpet
(Regular)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Very unusual)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Unusual)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Very unusual)
Dark Spinach
(Very unusual)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Very unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Very unusual)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Unusual)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Very unusual)
Barred Yellow
(Very unusual)
Purple Bar
(Very frequent)
Phoenix
(Very unusual)
Northern Spinach
(Very frequent)
Barred Straw
(Regular)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Unusual)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Beech-green Carpet
(Frequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Very unusual)
Autumnal Moth
(Very unusual)
Welsh Wave
(Regular)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Rivulet
(Very unusual)
Small Rivulet
(Frequent)
Barred Rivulet
(Very unusual)
Pretty Pinion
(Very unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
V-Pug
(Unusual)
Green Pug
(Very unusual)
Bilberry Pug
(Very unusual)
Slender Pug
(Very unusual)
Foxglove Pug
(Very unusual)
Juniper Pug
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Regular)
Larch Pug
(Very unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Unusual)
Currant Pug
(Very unusual)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very unusual)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Very unusual)
Treble-bar
(Very unusual)
Lesser Treble-bar
(Very unusual)
Clouded Border
(Very unusual)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Very unusual)
Latticed Heath
(Very unusual)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Unusual)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Frequent)
September Thorn
(Frequent)
Early Thorn
(Unusual)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Very unusual)
Peppered Moth
(Very unusual)
Willow Beauty
(Unusual)
Satin Beauty
(Frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Frequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Frequent)
Common Wave
(Unusual)
Light Emerald
(Frequent)
Barred Red
(Regular)
Large Emerald
(Frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Very unusual)
Pebble Prominent
(Very unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Very unusual)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Regular)
Herald
(Very unusual)
Straw Dot
(Frequent)
Snout
(Regular)
Vapourer
(Very unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Very unusual)
Garden Tiger
(Very unusual)
Buff Footman
(Very unusual)
Fan-foot
(Very unusual)
Small Fan-foot
(Very unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Very unusual)
Burnished Brass
(Regular)
Silver Y
(Unusual)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Unusual)
Plain Golden Y
(Unusual)
Gold Spangle
(Unusual)
Gold Spot
(Very unusual)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Very unusual)
Anomalous
(Regular)
Copper Underwing
(Very unusual)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Unusual)
Mouse Moth
(Unusual)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Very unusual)
Marbled Beauty
(Unusual)
Mottled Rustic
(Very unusual)
Rustic
(Very unusual)
Old Lady
(Very unusual)
Angle Shades
(Very unusual)
Small Angle Shades
(Very unusual)
Haworth's Minor
(Regular)
Crescent
(Regular)
Frosted Orange
(Very unusual)
Rosy Rustic
(Frequent)
Large Ear
(Frequent)
Ear Moth
(Very unusual)
Crinan Ear
(Very unusual)
Flounced Rustic
(Unusual)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very unusual)
Dusky Brocade
(Very unusual)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very unusual)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very unusual)
Double Lobed
(Very unusual)
Common Rustic
(Unusual)
Rosy Minor
(Very unusual)
Cloaked Minor
(Very unusual)
Rufous Minor
(Unusual)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very unusual)
Orange Sallow
(Very unusual)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Regular)
Sallow
(Regular)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Very unusual)
Flounced Chestnut
(Very unusual)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Very unusual)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Unusual)
Suspected
(Very unusual)
Brindled Green
(Frequent)
Grey Chi
(Unusual)
Black Rustic
(Very unusual)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Grey Arches
(Very unusual)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very unusual)
Broom Moth
(Very unusual)
Cabbage Moth
(Very unusual)
Common Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Smoky Wainscot
(Frequent)
Clay
(Very unusual)
Garden Dart
(Very unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Flame Shoulder
(Unusual)
Barred Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Purple Clay
(Frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Regular)
True Lover's Knot
(Regular)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Green Arches
(Very unusual)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Frequent)
Heath Rustic
(Very unusual)
Square-spot Rustic
(Frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Regular)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very unusual)
Double Square-spot
(Unusual)
Autumnal Rustic
(Regular)
Gothic
(Very unusual)