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)
Map-winged Swift
(Very frequent)
Gold Swift
(Very frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Very frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(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 Dusty Wave
(Very frequent)
Single-dotted Wave
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Very frequent)
Barred Yellow
(Very frequent)
Purple Bar
(Very frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Very frequent)
Barred Straw
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Beech-green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Very frequent)
Scallop Shell
(Very frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
V-Pug
(Very frequent)
Green Pug
(Very frequent)
Bilberry Pug
(Very frequent)
Slender Pug
(Very frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Lead-coloured Pug
(Very frequent)
Juniper Pug
(Very frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Very frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very frequent)
Shaded Pug
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Very frequent)
Latticed Heath
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Very frequent)
Lilac Beauty
(Very frequent)
Early Thorn
(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
(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
(Very frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Very frequent)
Buff-tip
(Very frequent)
Straw Dot
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Very frequent)
Muslin Footman
(Very frequent)
Four-dotted Footman
(Very frequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Very frequent)
Buff Footman
(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)
Knot Grass
(Very frequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Very frequent)
Rustic
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very frequent)
Double Lobed
(Very frequent)
Tawny Marbled Minor
(Very frequent)
Rufous Minor
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Suspected
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Grey Arches
(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)
Common Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Clay
(Very frequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Very frequent)
Flame
(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)
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)
Northern Eggar
(Frequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Smoky Wave
(Frequent)
Cream Wave
(Frequent)
July Belle
(Regular)
Red Carpet
(Regular)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Dark Spinach
(Regular)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Frequent)
Phoenix
(Frequent)
Water Carpet
(Frequent)
Dingy Shell
(Frequent)
Small Yellow Wave
(Frequent)
Barred Rivulet
(Regular)
Pretty Pinion
(Frequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Frequent)
Brindled Pug
(Frequent)
Larch Pug
(Frequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Regular)
Currant Pug
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Mottled Pug
(Regular)
Treble-bar
(Frequent)
Lesser Treble-bar
(Regular)
Magpie Moth
(Frequent)
September Thorn
(Frequent)
Common Heath
(Frequent)
Bordered White
(Frequent)
Little Emerald
(Frequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Frequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Frequent)
Wood Tiger
(Regular)
Dark Spectacle
(Frequent)
Scarce Silver Y
(Frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Frequent)
Coronet
(Frequent)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Regular)
Mouse Moth
(Frequent)
Uncertain
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Crescent
(Frequent)
Large Ear
(Regular)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Frequent)
Common Rustic
(Frequent)
Cloaked Minor
(Frequent)
Dingy Shears
(Regular)
Dark Brocade
(Frequent)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Shears
(Frequent)
Turnip Moth
(Frequent)
Lunar Hornet Moth
(Regular)
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet
(Regular)
Buff Arches
(Regular)
Fox Moth
(Infrequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Barred Carpet
(Regular)
Angle-barred Pug
(Regular)
Ochreous Pug
(Infrequent)
Triple-spotted Pug
(Infrequent)
Satyr Pug
(Infrequent)
Valerian Pug
(Infrequent)
Bordered Pug
(Regular)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Infrequent)
Broom-tip
(Infrequent)
Clouded Magpie
(Infrequent)
Peacock Moth
(Regular)
Brown Silver-line
(Infrequent)
Barred Umber
(Infrequent)
Scorched Wing
(Infrequent)
Feathered Thorn
(Infrequent)
Grass Wave
(Infrequent)
Grass Emerald
(Regular)
Dark Tussock
(Infrequent)
Vapourer
(Infrequent)
Clouded Buff
(Regular)
Cinnabar
(Infrequent)
Dingy Footman
(Infrequent)
Shark
(Infrequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Infrequent)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Regular)
Old Lady
(Infrequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Regular)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Regular)
Confused
(Infrequent)
Marbled Minor
(Regular)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Infrequent)
Sallow
(Infrequent)
Olive
(Regular)
Grey Chi
(Infrequent)
Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Nutmeg
(Infrequent)
Southern Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Garden Dart
(Infrequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Infrequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Regular)