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)
Six-Spot Burnet
(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
(Frequent)
Small Dusty Wave
(Frequent)
Single-dotted Wave
(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)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Barred Yellow
(Very 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)
Welsh Wave
(Very frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Very frequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Green Pug
(Very frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Juniper Pug
(Very frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Very frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very frequent)
Broom-tip
(Very frequent)
Magpie Moth
(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)
Satin 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)
Brussels Lace
(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)
Garden Tiger
(Very frequent)
Muslin Footman
(Very frequent)
Common Footman
(Very frequent)
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)
Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Very frequent)
Knot Grass
(Frequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Rustic
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Straw Underwing
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very frequent)
Common Rustic
(Very frequent)
Rosy Minor
(Frequent)
Marbled Minor
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Broom Moth
(Very frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(Very frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Clay
(Very frequent)
White-line Dart
(Very frequent)
Heart and Dart
(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)
Double Dart
(Very frequent)
Green Arches
(Very frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Gothic
(Very frequent)
Lunar Hornet Moth
(Regular)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Plain Wave
(Regular)
July Belle
(Frequent)
Galium Carpet
(Regular)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Frequent)
Barred Rivulet
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Frequent)
Larch Pug
(Regular)
Lime-speck Pug
(Frequent)
Currant Pug
(Frequent)
Mottled Pug
(Frequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Frequent)
Dark Tussock
(Regular)
Clouded Buff
(Frequent)
Wood Tiger
(Frequent)
Cinnabar
(Frequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Frequent)
Buff Footman
(Regular)
Small Fan-foot
(Frequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Frequent)
Scarce Silver Y
(Frequent)
Shark
(Frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Mottled Rustic
(Frequent)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Regular)
Ear Moth
(Regular)
Flounced Rustic
(Frequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Frequent)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Frequent)
Confused
(Frequent)
Double Lobed
(Frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Frequent)
Campion
(Frequent)
Shore Wainscot
(Frequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Frequent)
Turnip Moth
(Frequent)
Archer's Dart
(Frequent)
Flame
(Frequent)
Pale Eggar
(Infrequent)
Fox Moth
(Infrequent)
Emperor Moth
(Infrequent)
Bedstraw Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wave
(Infrequent)
Birch Mocha
(Infrequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Regular)
Red Carpet
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Regular)
Dark Spinach
(Infrequent)
May Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Dingy Shell
(Regular)
Scallop Shell
(Regular)
Slender Pug
(Infrequent)
Cloaked Pug
(Infrequent)
Marsh Pug
(Infrequent)
Triple-spotted Pug
(Infrequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Infrequent)
Satyr Pug
(Infrequent)
Treble-bar
(Infrequent)
Orange Underwing
(Infrequent)
Peacock Moth
(Infrequent)
Rannoch Looper
(Infrequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Infrequent)
Common Heath
(Regular)
Scotch Annulet
(Infrequent)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Infrequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Regular)
Light Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Coronet
(Regular)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Infrequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Infrequent)
Crescent
(Regular)
Large Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Lyme Grass
(Regular)
Small Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Regular)
Dun-bar
(Regular)
Dingy Shears
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Infrequent)
Southern Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Coast Dart
(Regular)
Garden Dart
(Regular)
Sand Dart
(Infrequent)
Dotted Rustic
(Infrequent)
Northern Rustic
(Regular)