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.
Six-Spot Burnet
(Very frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Very frequent)
Pale Eggar
(Frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Plain Wave
(Very frequent)
July Belle
(Very frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Very frequent)
Red Carpet
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Blue-bordered 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)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Beech-green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Very frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Slender Pug
(Very frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Juniper Pug
(Very frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Very frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very frequent)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Very frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Very frequent)
Satin Beauty
(Very frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Light Emerald
(Very frequent)
Barred Red
(Very frequent)
Large Emerald
(Very frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Very frequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Very frequent)
Straw Dot
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Very frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Gold Spangle
(Very frequent)
Scarce Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Anomalous
(Very frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Very frequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Rustic
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Very frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Very frequent)
Ear Moth
(Very frequent)
Crinan Ear
(Very frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(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)
Angle-striped Sallow
(Very frequent)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Suspected
(Very frequent)
Brindled Green
(Very frequent)
Grey Chi
(Very frequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Very frequent)
Black Rustic
(Very frequent)
Hedge Rustic
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Clay
(Very frequent)
White-line Dart
(Very frequent)
Garden Dart
(Very frequent)
Archer's Dart
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(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)
Double Dart
(Very frequent)
Green Arches
(Very frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Very frequent)
Heath Rustic
(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)
Plain Clay
(Very frequent)
Cousin German
(Very frequent)
Gothic
(Very frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Regular)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Regular)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Smoky Wave
(Regular)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Frequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Regular)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Rivulet
(Frequent)
V-Pug
(Regular)
Green Pug
(Frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Frequent)
Currant Pug
(Regular)
Common Pug
(Regular)
Treble-bar
(Frequent)
Latticed Heath
(Frequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Regular)
Dark Bordered Beauty
(Frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Regular)
Common Wave
(Regular)
Scotch Annulet
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Regular)
Herald
(Frequent)
Buff Footman
(Frequent)
Common Footman
(Frequent)
Fan-foot
(Frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Frequent)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Regular)
Old Lady
(Frequent)
Large Wainscot
(Regular)
Dusky Brocade
(Regular)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Frequent)
Northern Arches
(Frequent)
Marbled Minor
(Frequent)
Tawny Marbled Minor
(Regular)
Orange Sallow
(Frequent)
Flounced Chestnut
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Frequent)
Coast Dart
(Regular)
Dotted Rustic
(Frequent)
Orange Swift
(Regular)
Gold Swift
(Regular)
Bedstraw Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Small Dusty Wave
(Regular)
Streak
(Regular)
Broom-tip
(Regular)
Buff-tip
(Regular)
Dark Tussock
(Regular)
Small Fan-foot
(Regular)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Regular)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Light Knot Grass
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Mottled Rustic
(Regular)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Regular)
Broom Moth
(Regular)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Regular)
Heart and Dart
(Regular)
Dark Sword-grass
(Regular)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Poplar Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Northern Eggar
(Infrequent)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Blood-Vein
(Infrequent)
Birch Mocha
(Infrequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Infrequent)
Dark Spinach
(Infrequent)
Yellow-ringed Carpet
(Infrequent)
Juniper Carpet
(Infrequent)
Heath Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Infrequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
Larch Pug
(Infrequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Infrequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Infrequent)
Rannoch Looper
(Infrequent)
Bordered White
(Infrequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Infrequent)
Chocolate-tip
(Infrequent)
Vapourer
(Infrequent)
Muslin Footman
(Infrequent)
Clifden Nonpareil
(Infrequent)
Shark
(Infrequent)
Copper Underwing
(Infrequent)
Brown Rustic
(Infrequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Crescent
(Infrequent)
Confused
(Infrequent)
Merveille du Jour
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Grey Arches
(Infrequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Infrequent)
Broad-barred White
(Infrequent)
Lychnis
(Infrequent)