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 Unusual, or for beginners 'Unusual' against them should be checked with your CMR.
Orange Swift
(Very unusual)
Map-winged Swift
(Frequent)
Gold Swift
(Unusual)
Ghost Moth
(Very unusual)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Frequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Very unusual)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Very unusual)
Peach Blossom
(Very unusual)
Poplar Lutestring
(Very unusual)
Common Lutestring
(Frequent)
Pale Eggar
(Very unusual)
Northern Eggar
(Very unusual)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Small Dusty Wave
(Unusual)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Plain Wave
(Regular)
Smoky Wave
(Regular)
Birch Mocha
(Very unusual)
July Belle
(Unusual)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Frequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Very unusual)
Red Carpet
(Very unusual)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Very unusual)
Dark Spinach
(Very unusual)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Regular)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Very unusual)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Very unusual)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Very unusual)
Barred Yellow
(Unusual)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Regular)
Purple Bar
(Very frequent)
Phoenix
(Very unusual)
Northern Spinach
(Frequent)
Barred Straw
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very unusual)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Beech-green Carpet
(Very unusual)
Welsh Wave
(Frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Rivulet
(Very unusual)
Small Rivulet
(Frequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Regular)
Grass Rivulet
(Regular)
Sandy Carpet
(Very unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(Unusual)
Green Pug
(Unusual)
Slender Pug
(Very unusual)
Foxglove Pug
(Regular)
Juniper Pug
(Regular)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very unusual)
Larch Pug
(Very unusual)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Regular)
Lime-speck Pug
(Very unusual)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Frequent)
Currant Pug
(Very unusual)
Common Pug
(Very unusual)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Unusual)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Very unusual)
Treble-bar
(Very unusual)
Broom-tip
(Very unusual)
Magpie Moth
(Very unusual)
Clouded Border
(Unusual)
Peacock Moth
(Unusual)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Regular)
Rannoch Looper
(Very unusual)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Regular)
Willow Beauty
(Very unusual)
Satin Beauty
(Very unusual)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Frequent)
Bordered White
(Frequent)
Common White Wave
(Frequent)
Common Wave
(Regular)
Light Emerald
(Very frequent)
Barred Red
(Very frequent)
Scotch Annulet
(Very unusual)
Brussels Lace
(Very unusual)
Large Emerald
(Frequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Very unusual)
Iron Prominent
(Regular)
Pebble Prominent
(Unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Frequent)
Buff-tip
(Very unusual)
Straw Dot
(Unusual)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Dark Tussock
(Very unusual)
Wood Tiger
(Very unusual)
Garden Tiger
(Frequent)
Round-winged Muslin
(Unusual)
Common Footman
(Very unusual)
Small Fan-foot
(Very unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Very unusual)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Burnished Brass
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Regular)
Gold Spangle
(Frequent)
Scarce Silver Y
(Frequent)
Gold Spot
(Very unusual)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Regular)
Grey Dagger
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Very unusual)
Poplar Grey
(Very unusual)
Shark
(Very unusual)
Anomalous
(Very unusual)
Marbled Beauty
(Very unusual)
Mottled Rustic
(Very unusual)
Rustic
(Unusual)
Brown Rustic
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very unusual)
Small Angle Shades
(Very unusual)
Rosy Rustic
(Unusual)
Flounced Rustic
(Very unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Small Dotted Buff
(Frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Regular)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Frequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Very unusual)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Regular)
Confused
(Very unusual)
Northern Arches
(Very unusual)
Rosy Minor
(Unusual)
Marbled Minor
(Very unusual)
Rufous Minor
(Very unusual)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Angle-striped Sallow
(Very unusual)
Dun-bar
(Very unusual)
Suspected
(Very unusual)
Dark Brocade
(Unusual)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Grey Arches
(Very unusual)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Regular)
Beautiful Brocade
(Very unusual)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Regular)
Broom Moth
(Very unusual)
Shears
(Very unusual)
Cabbage Moth
(Very unusual)
Campion
(Very unusual)
Broad-barred White
(Very unusual)
Lychnis
(Unusual)
Common Wainscot
(Frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Clay
(Regular)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Unusual)
White-line Dart
(Very unusual)
Garden Dart
(Very unusual)
Heart and Dart
(Regular)
Turnip Moth
(Very unusual)
Archer's Dart
(Very unusual)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Very unusual)
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 unusual)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Double Dart
(Regular)
Green Arches
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Regular)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Unusual)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Plain Clay
(Regular)
Cousin German
(Very unusual)
Gothic
(Very unusual)