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)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Very frequent)
Pale Eggar
(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
(Very frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Barred Yellow
(Frequent)
Purple Bar
(Very frequent)
Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Very frequent)
Barred Straw
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Juniper Pug
(Very frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Very frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Very frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Very frequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Very frequent)
Light Emerald
(Very frequent)
Barred Red
(Very frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Very frequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Straw Dot
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Very frequent)
Common Footman
(Very frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Frequent)
Gold Spangle
(Very frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Anomalous
(Very frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Very frequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Frequent)
Rustic
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Very frequent)
Ear Moth
(Very frequent)
Crinan Ear
(Very 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)
Middle-barred 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)
Grey Chi
(Very frequent)
Black Rustic
(Very frequent)
Hedge Rustic
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Clay
(Very frequent)
White-line Dart
(Very frequent)
Garden Dart
(Very frequent)
Archer's Dart
(Very frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(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)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Heath Rustic
(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)
Plain Clay
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Regular)
Single-dotted Wave
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Red-Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Beech-green Carpet
(Frequent)
Rivulet
(Frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Regular)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Regular)
Lime-speck Pug
(Frequent)
Currant Pug
(Regular)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Latticed Heath
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Regular)
Bordered Grey
(Frequent)
Satin Beauty
(Frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Frequent)
Common White Wave
(Frequent)
Annulet
(Regular)
Pebble Prominent
(Frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Frequent)
Fan-foot
(Frequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Frequent)
Gold Spot
(Frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Frequent)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Old Lady
(Frequent)
Straw Underwing
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Frequent)
Crescent
(Frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Frequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Frequent)
Marbled Minor
(Frequent)
Lunar Underwing
(Regular)
Angle-striped Sallow
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Broom Moth
(Frequent)
Lychnis
(Frequent)
Coast Dart
(Frequent)
Square-spot Dart
(Regular)
Dark Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Dotted Rustic
(Regular)
Double Dart
(Frequent)
Green Arches
(Frequent)
Cousin German
(Frequent)
Gothic
(Frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Regular)
Common Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Fox Moth
(Infrequent)
Emperor Moth
(Infrequent)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Small Dusty Wave
(Regular)
Plain Wave
(Regular)
Red Carpet
(Regular)
Beautiful Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Regular)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Infrequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Infrequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Regular)
Green Pug
(Regular)
Slender Pug
(Regular)
Marsh Pug
(Infrequent)
Common Pug
(Infrequent)
Broom-tip
(Regular)
Magpie Moth
(Infrequent)
Rannoch Looper
(Infrequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Infrequent)
Peppered Moth
(Regular)
Common Wave
(Infrequent)
Scotch Annulet
(Infrequent)
Buff-tip
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Regular)
Vapourer
(Infrequent)
Muslin Footman
(Regular)
Buff Footman
(Infrequent)
Spectacle
(Infrequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Regular)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Infrequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Infrequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Infrequent)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Infrequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Confused
(Infrequent)
Pale Pinion
(Infrequent)
Suspected
(Infrequent)
Dingy Shears
(Infrequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Infrequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Infrequent)
Clouded Drab
(Infrequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Regular)
Shore Wainscot
(Regular)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Regular)
Heart and Dart
(Regular)
Northern Rustic
(Infrequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Infrequent)