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)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very 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
(Frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Slender Pug
(Very frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Very frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Very frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Light Emerald
(Very frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Straw Dot
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Common Footman
(Very frequent)
Fan-foot
(Very frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Gold Spangle
(Very frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Very frequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Rustic
(Very frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Very frequent)
Crescent
(Very frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Very frequent)
Ear Moth
(Very frequent)
Crinan Ear
(Frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very frequent)
Double Lobed
(Very frequent)
Common Rustic
(Very frequent)
Rosy Minor
(Very frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Very frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Very frequent)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Black Rustic
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Clay
(Very frequent)
White-line Dart
(Very frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Very frequent)
Purple Clay
(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)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Regular)
Single-dotted Wave
(Frequent)
Red Carpet
(Frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Barred Yellow
(Frequent)
Phoenix
(Frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Beech-green Carpet
(Frequent)
Juniper Pug
(Frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Frequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Regular)
Wormwood Pug
(Frequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Regular)
Satin Beauty
(Frequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Wave
(Frequent)
Barred Red
(Frequent)
Scotch Annulet
(Frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Frequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Regular)
Garden Tiger
(Frequent)
Buff Footman
(Frequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Scarce Silver Y
(Frequent)
Gold Spot
(Frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Frequent)
Anomalous
(Frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Frequent)
Uncertain
(Frequent)
Straw Underwing
(Regular)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Butterbur
(Regular)
Large Wainscot
(Frequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Frequent)
Cloaked Minor
(Frequent)
Marbled Minor
(Frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Frequent)
Suspected
(Frequent)
Brindled Green
(Regular)
Grey Chi
(Frequent)
Hedge Rustic
(Frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Frequent)
Coast Dart
(Regular)
Garden Dart
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Frequent)
Archer's Dart
(Frequent)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Regular)
Flame
(Regular)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Northern Rustic
(Regular)
Green Arches
(Regular)
Neglected Rustic
(Frequent)
Heath Rustic
(Frequent)
Gothic
(Regular)
Small Dusty Wave
(Regular)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Regular)
Green Pug
(Regular)
Foxglove Pug
(Regular)
Dwarf Pug
(Regular)
Currant Pug
(Regular)
Common Pug
(Regular)
Treble-bar
(Regular)
Latticed Heath
(Regular)
Muslin Footman
(Regular)
Copper Underwing
(Regular)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Regular)
Old Lady
(Regular)
Small Angle Shades
(Regular)
Lyme Grass
(Regular)
Orange Sallow
(Regular)
Campion
(Regular)
Pearly Underwing
(Regular)
Dotted Rustic
(Regular)
Plain Clay
(Regular)
Pale Eggar
(Infrequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Plain Wave
(Infrequent)
May Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Water Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Infrequent)
V-Pug
(Infrequent)
Larch Pug
(Infrequent)
Large Emerald
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Infrequent)
Cinnabar
(Infrequent)
Four-spotted Footman
(Infrequent)
Spectacle
(Infrequent)
Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Shark
(Infrequent)
Confused
(Infrequent)
Tawny Marbled Minor
(Infrequent)
Dusky-lemon Sallow
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Infrequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Olive
(Infrequent)
Dingy Shears
(Infrequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Infrequent)
Nutmeg
(Infrequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Turnip Moth
(Infrequent)
Sand Dart
(Infrequent)
Double Dart
(Infrequent)
Oak Nycteoline
(Infrequent)