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)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Very frequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Very frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Very frequent)
Red Carpet
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Very frequent)
Barred Yellow
(Frequent)
Purple Bar
(Very frequent)
Phoenix
(Frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Very frequent)
Barred Straw
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Beech-green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Very frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
V-Pug
(Very frequent)
Bilberry Pug
(Very frequent)
Juniper Pug
(Very frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Very frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very frequent)
Treble-bar
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Very frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Very frequent)
September Thorn
(Very frequent)
Early Thorn
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Very frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Very frequent)
Satin Beauty
(Very frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Common Wave
(Very frequent)
Light Emerald
(Very frequent)
Barred Red
(Very frequent)
Large Emerald
(Very frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Very frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Very frequent)
Straw Dot
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Vapourer
(Frequent)
Buff Footman
(Very frequent)
Fan-foot
(Very frequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(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)
Anomalous
(Frequent)
Copper Underwing
(Very frequent)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Very frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Very frequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Rustic
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Very frequent)
Crescent
(Very frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Very frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Double Lobed
(Very frequent)
Common Rustic
(Very frequent)
Rufous Minor
(Very frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Very frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Very frequent)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Suspected
(Very frequent)
Brindled Green
(Very frequent)
Grey Chi
(Very frequent)
Black Rustic
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Very frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Clay
(Very frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(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)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Very frequent)
Heath Rustic
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Gold Swift
(Frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Regular)
Pale Eggar
(Frequent)
Northern Eggar
(Regular)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Frequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Spinach
(Regular)
Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Autumnal Moth
(Frequent)
Rivulet
(Frequent)
Barred Rivulet
(Frequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Frequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Regular)
Green Pug
(Frequent)
Slender Pug
(Frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Regular)
Larch Pug
(Regular)
Currant Pug
(Frequent)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Frequent)
Lesser Treble-bar
(Frequent)
Latticed Heath
(Frequent)
Barred Umber
(Regular)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Frequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Herald
(Regular)
Ruby Tiger
(Frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Frequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Frequent)
Scarce Silver Y
(Regular)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Frequent)
Old Lady
(Frequent)
Ear Moth
(Frequent)
Crinan Ear
(Frequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Frequent)
Light Arches
(Frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Frequent)
Orange Sallow
(Regular)
Flounced Chestnut
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Frequent)
Broom Moth
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Frequent)
Square-spot Dart
(Regular)
Heart and Dart
(Frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Flame
(Frequent)
Green Arches
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Gothic
(Frequent)
Common Swift
(Infrequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Infrequent)
Ghost Moth
(Infrequent)
Chinese Character
(Infrequent)
Small Dusty Wave
(Regular)
Single-dotted Wave
(Infrequent)
Vestal
(Infrequent)
Gem
(Infrequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Regular)
Beautiful Carpet
(Infrequent)
Yellow-ringed Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Regular)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Infrequent)
November Moth
(Regular)
Dingy Shell
(Infrequent)
Scallop Shell
(Infrequent)
Barred Carpet
(Regular)
Lead-coloured Pug
(Infrequent)
Marsh Pug
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Regular)
Angle-barred Pug
(Infrequent)
Thyme Pug
(Infrequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Infrequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Infrequent)
Common Pug
(Infrequent)
Bordered Pug
(Infrequent)
Streak
(Regular)
Magpie Moth
(Infrequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Regular)
Peppered Moth
(Regular)
Mottled Umber
(Infrequent)
Scotch Annulet
(Infrequent)
Four-dotted Footman
(Infrequent)
Spectacle
(Infrequent)
Grey Dagger
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Regular)
Uncertain
(Infrequent)
Butterbur
(Regular)
Large Wainscot
(Regular)
Rosy Minor
(Regular)
Cloaked Minor
(Regular)
Tawny Marbled Minor
(Infrequent)
Red-line Quaker
(Infrequent)
Olive
(Infrequent)
Grey Arches
(Regular)
Shears
(Infrequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Garden Dart
(Regular)
Turnip Moth
(Infrequent)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Regular)
Dotted Rustic
(Infrequent)
Oak Nycteoline
(Regular)