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