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)
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)
Yellow Shell
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Purple Bar
(Very frequent)
Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Very frequent)
Barred Straw
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Frequent)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Frequent)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Very frequent)
September Thorn
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Very frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Very frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Common Wave
(Very frequent)
Light Emerald
(Frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Very frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Frequent)
Straw Dot
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Burnished Brass
(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
(Very frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Very frequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Very frequent)
Crescent
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Very frequent)
Ear Moth
(Very frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Double Lobed
(Frequent)
Common Rustic
(Very frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Very frequent)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Grey Chi
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(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
(Frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Frequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Single-dotted Wave
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Regular)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Regular)
Barred Yellow
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Beech-green Carpet
(Regular)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Frequent)
Rivulet
(Frequent)
Barred Rivulet
(Frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Frequent)
V-Pug
(Frequent)
Juniper Pug
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Regular)
Larch Pug
(Regular)
Wormwood Pug
(Regular)
Currant Pug
(Regular)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Frequent)
Treble-bar
(Frequent)
Lesser Treble-bar
(Frequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Regular)
Bordered Beauty
(Frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Frequent)
Satin Beauty
(Frequent)
Barred Red
(Frequent)
Large Emerald
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Frequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Frequent)
Four-dotted Footman
(Regular)
Buff Footman
(Regular)
Fan-foot
(Frequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Frequent)
Rustic
(Frequent)
Old Lady
(Frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Frequent)
Crinan Ear
(Frequent)
Large Wainscot
(Frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Frequent)
Light Arches
(Regular)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Frequent)
Flounced Chestnut
(Regular)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Frequent)
Suspected
(Frequent)
Brindled Green
(Frequent)
Black Rustic
(Frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Regular)
Clay
(Frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Regular)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Purple Clay
(Frequent)
Green Arches
(Regular)
Gothic
(Frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Infrequent)
Pale Eggar
(Regular)
Northern Eggar
(Regular)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Beautiful Carpet
(Infrequent)
Dark Spinach
(Infrequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Regular)
Grass Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
Green Pug
(Infrequent)
Slender Pug
(Infrequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Infrequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Infrequent)
Magpie Moth
(Infrequent)
Latticed Heath
(Regular)
Barred Umber
(Infrequent)
Peppered Moth
(Infrequent)
Bordered White
(Infrequent)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Infrequent)
Grass Emerald
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Regular)
Vapourer
(Regular)
Ruby Tiger
(Infrequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Regular)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Infrequent)
Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Copper Underwing
(Infrequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Infrequent)
Uncertain
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Regular)
Small Angle Shades
(Regular)
Confused
(Regular)
Rosy Minor
(Regular)
Marbled Minor
(Regular)
Rufous Minor
(Infrequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Regular)
Orange Sallow
(Infrequent)
Lunar Underwing
(Infrequent)
Olive
(Infrequent)
Dingy Shears
(Infrequent)
Dark Brocade
(Infrequent)
Hedge Rustic
(Infrequent)
Grey Arches
(Regular)
Shears
(Infrequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Regular)
Southern Wainscot
(Regular)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Regular)
White-line Dart
(Infrequent)
Heart and Dart
(Infrequent)
Turnip Moth
(Infrequent)
Flame
(Regular)
Double Dart
(Infrequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Regular)