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.
Common Swift
(Very frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Very frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Common Heath
(Very frequent)
Common Wave
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Frequent)
Purple Clay
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Peach Blossom
(Frequent)
Fox Moth
(Regular)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Smoky Wave
(Frequent)
Birch Mocha
(Frequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Regular)
May Highflyer
(Frequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Regular)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Yellow Wave
(Regular)
Rivulet
(Frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Regular)
Sandy Carpet
(Regular)
Foxglove Pug
(Frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Frequent)
Satyr Pug
(Frequent)
Currant Pug
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Frequent)
Latticed Heath
(Frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Frequent)
Scorched Wing
(Regular)
Speckled Yellow
(Frequent)
Early Thorn
(Frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Frequent)
Bordered White
(Frequent)
Common White Wave
(Regular)
Light Emerald
(Frequent)
Barred Red
(Regular)
Sallow Kitten
(Regular)
Pebble Prominent
(Frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Frequent)
Buff-tip
(Frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Clouded Buff
(Frequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Frequent)
Spectacle
(Frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Regular)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Frequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Frequent)
Knot Grass
(Frequent)
Shark
(Regular)
Mottled Rustic
(Frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Frequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Marbled Minor
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Frequent)
Broom Moth
(Frequent)
Shears
(Frequent)
Campion
(Frequent)
Lychnis
(Frequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Frequent)
Flame
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Regular)
Double Square-spot
(Frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Regular)
Green Silver-lines
(Frequent)
Orange Swift
(Infrequent)
Gold Swift
(Regular)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Regular)
Common Lutestring
(Regular)
Yellow Horned
(Infrequent)
Emperor Moth
(Infrequent)
Single-dotted Wave
(Infrequent)
Riband Wave
(Regular)
July Belle
(Regular)
Red Carpet
(Regular)
Shoulder Stripe
(Infrequent)
Streamer
(Infrequent)
July Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Barred Yellow
(Regular)
Purple Bar
(Infrequent)
Barred Straw
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Water Carpet
(Infrequent)
Dingy Shell
(Regular)
Pretty Pinion
(Infrequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Regular)
Barred Carpet
(Infrequent)
Green Pug
(Regular)
Marsh Pug
(Infrequent)
Netted Pug
(Infrequent)
Dwarf Pug
(Infrequent)
Larch Pug
(Regular)
Ochreous Pug
(Infrequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Regular)
Mottled Pug
(Regular)
Broom-tip
(Infrequent)
Peacock Moth
(Regular)
Barred Umber
(Regular)
Lilac Beauty
(Infrequent)
Purple Thorn
(Infrequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Regular)
Willow Beauty
(Infrequent)
Ringed Carpet
(Infrequent)
Brussels Lace
(Regular)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Infrequent)
Lunar Marbled Brown
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Great Prominent
(Infrequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Straw Dot
(Infrequent)
Dark Tussock
(Regular)
Buff Ermine
(Regular)
Ruby Tiger
(Regular)
Cinnabar
(Infrequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Regular)
Common Footman
(Regular)
Fan-foot
(Infrequent)
Small Purple-barred
(Infrequent)
Mother Shipton
(Infrequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Infrequent)
Gold Spot
(Regular)
Grey Dagger
(Infrequent)
Sweet Gale Moth
(Infrequent)
Coronet
(Infrequent)
Anomalous
(Infrequent)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Old Lady
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Regular)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Rosy Minor
(Infrequent)
Tawny Marbled Minor
(Regular)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Infrequent)
Black Rustic
(Infrequent)
Grey Arches
(Regular)
Beautiful Brocade
(Infrequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Regular)
Broad-barred White
(Regular)
Marbled Coronet
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Southern Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Clay
(Infrequent)
Garden Dart
(Infrequent)
Turnip Moth
(Regular)
Dark Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Double Dart
(Regular)
Dotted Clay
(Infrequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Regular)