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)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Peach Blossom
(Frequent)
Northern Eggar
(Frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Very frequent)
Purple Bar
(Very frequent)
Barred Straw
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Water Carpet
(Very frequent)
Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Very frequent)
Green Pug
(Very frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Mottled Pug
(Very frequent)
Broom-tip
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Very frequent)
Latticed Heath
(Very frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Very frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Very frequent)
Willow Beauty
(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)
Iron Prominent
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Very frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Very frequent)
Buff-tip
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Clouded Buff
(Very frequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Very frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Very frequent)
Cinnabar
(Very frequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Very frequent)
Common Footman
(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)
Knot Grass
(Very frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Very frequent)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Marbled Minor
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Very frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Broom Moth
(Very frequent)
Shears
(Very frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Frequent)
Clay
(Very frequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Very frequent)
Turnip Moth
(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)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Very frequent)
Common Swift
(Frequent)
Thrift Clearwing
(Frequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Regular)
Common Lutestring
(Frequent)
Fox Moth
(Frequent)
Birch Mocha
(Frequent)
July Belle
(Frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Frequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Barred Yellow
(Frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Frequent)
Marsh Pug
(Frequent)
Brindled Pug
(Regular)
Larch Pug
(Regular)
Ochreous Pug
(Frequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Frequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Frequent)
Satyr Pug
(Frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Frequent)
Valerian Pug
(Regular)
Currant Pug
(Frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Brussels Lace
(Frequent)
Large Emerald
(Frequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Frequent)
Straw Dot
(Frequent)
Muslin Footman
(Frequent)
Fan-foot
(Frequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Frequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Frequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Regular)
Shark
(Frequent)
Light Arches
(Frequent)
Pale Pinion
(Regular)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Campion
(Frequent)
Broad-barred White
(Frequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Frequent)
Shore Wainscot
(Frequent)
Garden Dart
(Regular)
Sand Dart
(Frequent)
Flame
(Frequent)
Double Dart
(Frequent)
Green Arches
(Frequent)
Poplar Lutestring
(Regular)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Bedstraw Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Small Dusty Wave
(Regular)
Single-dotted Wave
(Infrequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Regular)
Oblique Carpet
(Infrequent)
Red Carpet
(Infrequent)
Galium Carpet
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Infrequent)
July Highflyer
(Infrequent)
May Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Northern Spinach
(Regular)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Cloaked Pug
(Infrequent)
Dwarf Pug
(Regular)
Seraphim
(Regular)
Early Thorn
(Infrequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Regular)
Satin Beauty
(Infrequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Regular)
Dark Tussock
(Regular)
Wood Tiger
(Infrequent)
Mother Shipton
(Regular)
Gold Spangle
(Infrequent)
Scarce Silver Y
(Infrequent)
Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Regular)
Sweet Gale Moth
(Infrequent)
Coronet
(Regular)
Mouse Moth
(Infrequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Regular)
Crescent
(Infrequent)
Lyme Grass
(Infrequent)
Pine Beauty
(Infrequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Infrequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Regular)
Dotted Clay
(Infrequent)
Plain Clay
(Infrequent)
Gothic
(Regular)
Least Black Arches
(Regular)