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)
Welsh Clearwing
(Very frequent)
Peach Blossom
(Very frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Very frequent)
Pale Eggar
(Very frequent)
Northern Eggar
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Single-dotted Wave
(Frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wave
(Very frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Very frequent)
Red Carpet
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Barred Yellow
(Very frequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(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)
Welsh Wave
(Very frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Very frequent)
Barred Carpet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
V-Pug
(Very frequent)
Green Pug
(Very frequent)
Slender Pug
(Very frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Juniper Pug
(Very frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Very frequent)
Currant Pug
(Very frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Very frequent)
Latticed Heath
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Very frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Very frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Very frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Very frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Very frequent)
Bordered White
(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)
Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Very frequent)
Buff-tip
(Very frequent)
Straw Dot
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Clouded Buff
(Very frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Very frequent)
Muslin Footman
(Very frequent)
Fan-foot
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-foot
(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)
Scarce Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Very frequent)
Knot Grass
(Very frequent)
Coronet
(Very frequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Very frequent)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Very frequent)
Rustic
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very frequent)
Double Lobed
(Very frequent)
Common Rustic
(Very frequent)
Marbled Minor
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Dark Brocade
(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)
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)
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)
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)
Plain Clay
(Very frequent)
Common Swift
(Frequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Fox Moth
(Regular)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Small Dusty Wave
(Frequent)
Plain Wave
(Frequent)
July Belle
(Regular)
Oblique Carpet
(Frequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Beautiful Carpet
(Frequent)
Yellow-ringed Carpet
(Frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Frequent)
Phoenix
(Frequent)
Beech-green Carpet
(Regular)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Frequent)
Larch Pug
(Frequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Frequent)
Satyr Pug
(Regular)
Mottled Pug
(Frequent)
Broom-tip
(Frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Frequent)
Peacock Moth
(Frequent)
Rannoch Looper
(Frequent)
Satin Beauty
(Frequent)
Common Heath
(Frequent)
Scotch Annulet
(Regular)
Brussels Lace
(Frequent)
Black Mountain Moth
(Regular)
Dark Tussock
(Frequent)
Wood Tiger
(Frequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Frequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Frequent)
Shark
(Regular)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Frequent)
Tawny Marbled Minor
(Frequent)
Beautiful Brocade
(Frequent)
Shears
(Regular)
Cabbage Moth
(Frequent)
Campion
(Regular)
Turnip Moth
(Regular)
Barred Chestnut
(Frequent)
Double Dart
(Frequent)
Gothic
(Frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Infrequent)
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet
(Infrequent)
Poplar Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Bedstraw Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Cream Wave
(Infrequent)
Birch Mocha
(Regular)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Small White Wave
(Infrequent)
Dingy Shell
(Infrequent)
Small Yellow Wave
(Infrequent)
Scallop Shell
(Regular)
Heath Rivulet
(Regular)
Cloaked Pug
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Regular)
Dwarf Pug
(Regular)
Thyme Pug
(Infrequent)
Triple-spotted Pug
(Regular)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Regular)
Treble-bar
(Infrequent)
V-Moth
(Infrequent)
Speckled Yellow
(Regular)
Sallow Kitten
(Regular)
Buff Ermine
(Infrequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Regular)
Four-dotted Footman
(Regular)
Small Purple-barred
(Regular)
Light Knot Grass
(Regular)
Sweet Gale Moth
(Infrequent)
Poplar Grey
(Infrequent)
Anomalous
(Infrequent)
Uncertain
(Regular)
Old Lady
(Infrequent)
Crescent
(Infrequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Regular)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Northern Arches
(Regular)
Rufous Minor
(Infrequent)
Nutmeg
(Infrequent)
Broad-barred White
(Infrequent)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Infrequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Heath Rustic
(Infrequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Infrequent)