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.
Map-winged Swift
(Very frequent)
Gold Swift
(Very frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Very frequent)
Peach Blossom
(Very frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Very frequent)
Northern Eggar
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Red Carpet
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
May Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Barred Yellow
(Very frequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Very frequent)
Purple Bar
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Water Carpet
(Frequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Very frequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Green Pug
(Very frequent)
Slender Pug
(Very frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Dwarf Pug
(Very frequent)
Larch Pug
(Very frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very frequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Very frequent)
Satyr Pug
(Very frequent)
Currant Pug
(Very frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Mottled Pug
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Peacock Moth
(Very frequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Very frequent)
Latticed Heath
(Very frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Very frequent)
Scorched Wing
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Early Thorn
(Very frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Very frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Very frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Common Heath
(Very frequent)
Bordered White
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Common Wave
(Very frequent)
Light Emerald
(Very frequent)
Barred Red
(Very frequent)
Brussels Lace
(Very frequent)
Black Mountain Moth
(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)
Clouded Buff
(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)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Very frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Very frequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Very frequent)
Knot Grass
(Very frequent)
Coronet
(Very frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Marbled Minor
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Brocade
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Broom Moth
(Very frequent)
Shears
(Very frequent)
Campion
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(Very frequent)
Clay
(Frequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Very frequent)
Turnip Moth
(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)
Green Arches
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Very frequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Very frequent)
Common Swift
(Frequent)
Welsh Clearwing
(Frequent)
Fox Moth
(Frequent)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Small Dusty Wave
(Regular)
Smoky Wave
(Frequent)
Cream Wave
(Frequent)
Birch Mocha
(Frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Frequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Frequent)
Barred Straw
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dingy Shell
(Regular)
Welsh Wave
(Frequent)
Rivulet
(Frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Regular)
Sandy Carpet
(Frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Frequent)
Angle-barred Pug
(Frequent)
Ochreous Pug
(Regular)
Wormwood Pug
(Frequent)
Seraphim
(Frequent)
Barred Umber
(Frequent)
Speckled Yellow
(Frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Frequent)
Large Emerald
(Frequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Frequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Dark Tussock
(Frequent)
Buff Ermine
(Frequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Regular)
Wood Tiger
(Regular)
Garden Tiger
(Frequent)
Muslin Footman
(Frequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Frequent)
Small Purple-barred
(Frequent)
Mother Shipton
(Regular)
Plain Golden Y
(Frequent)
Gold Spot
(Regular)
Shark
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Frequent)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Frequent)
Common Rustic
(Frequent)
Common Quaker
(Frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Broad-bordered White Underwing
(Frequent)
Grey Arches
(Frequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Frequent)
Broad-barred White
(Frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Regular)
Poplar Lutestring
(Regular)
Emperor Moth
(Regular)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Infrequent)
Plain Wave
(Infrequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Infrequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Yellow-ringed Carpet
(Infrequent)
Beech-green Carpet
(Regular)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Small White Wave
(Infrequent)
Marsh Pug
(Infrequent)
Netted Pug
(Regular)
Brindled Pug
(Regular)
Juniper Pug
(Regular)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Infrequent)
Valerian Pug
(Regular)
Broom-tip
(Regular)
V-Moth
(Infrequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Infrequent)
Purple Thorn
(Regular)
Scalloped Oak
(Infrequent)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Regular)
Great Prominent
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Cinnabar
(Regular)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Regular)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Sweet Gale Moth
(Regular)
Marbled Beauty
(Regular)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Regular)
Rustic
(Infrequent)
Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Tawny Marbled Minor
(Infrequent)
Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Clouded Drab
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Small Dark Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
White-line Dart
(Infrequent)
Red Chestnut
(Regular)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Double Dart
(Regular)
Square-spot Rustic
(Regular)
Plain Clay
(Infrequent)