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