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)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Very frequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Very frequent)
Poplar Lutestring
(Very frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Small Dusty Wave
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Plain Wave
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wave
(Very frequent)
Birch Mocha
(Very frequent)
July Belle
(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)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Barred Yellow
(Very frequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Very frequent)
Purple Bar
(Very frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Very frequent)
Barred Straw
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Very frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Very frequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Green Pug
(Very frequent)
Slender Pug
(Very frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Juniper Pug
(Very frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very frequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Very frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Very frequent)
Currant Pug
(Very frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very frequent)
Treble-bar
(Very frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Peacock Moth
(Very frequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Very frequent)
Rannoch Looper
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(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)
Scotch Annulet
(Frequent)
Large Emerald
(Very frequent)
Sallow Kitten
(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)
Dark Tussock
(Very frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Very frequent)
Round-winged Muslin
(Very frequent)
Common Footman
(Very frequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(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)
Scarce Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Very frequent)
Poplar Grey
(Very frequent)
Anomalous
(Very frequent)
Rustic
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very frequent)
Rosy Minor
(Very frequent)
Marbled Minor
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Angle-striped Sallow
(Frequent)
Suspected
(Very frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Grey Arches
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Brocade
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Broom Moth
(Very frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Very frequent)
Campion
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(Very frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Clay
(Very frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Very frequent)
Archer's 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)
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
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Plain Clay
(Very frequent)
Gothic
(Frequent)
Peach Blossom
(Frequent)
Satin Lutestring
(Regular)
Pale Eggar
(Frequent)
Northern Eggar
(Frequent)
Cream Wave
(Regular)
Oblique Carpet
(Frequent)
Red Carpet
(Frequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Regular)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Frequent)
Phoenix
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Beech-green Carpet
(Frequent)
Rivulet
(Frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Frequent)
Larch Pug
(Frequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Frequent)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Frequent)
Broom-tip
(Frequent)
Common Heath
(Regular)
Brussels Lace
(Regular)
Wood Tiger
(Frequent)
Knot Grass
(Frequent)
Shark
(Frequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Regular)
Northern Arches
(Frequent)
Rufous Minor
(Frequent)
Dun-bar
(Frequent)
Shears
(Regular)
Broad-barred White
(Frequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Frequent)
White-line Dart
(Frequent)
Garden Dart
(Frequent)
Turnip Moth
(Frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Cousin German
(Frequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Dark Spinach
(Regular)
Dingy Shell
(Regular)
Cloaked Pug
(Regular)
Dwarf Pug
(Regular)
Satyr Pug
(Regular)
Barred Umber
(Regular)
Bordered Beauty
(Regular)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Regular)
Buff Footman
(Regular)
Small Fan-foot
(Regular)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Regular)
Coronet
(Regular)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Straw Underwing
(Regular)
Crescent
(Regular)
Large Ear
(Regular)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Regular)
Lyme Grass
(Regular)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Regular)
Confused
(Regular)
Common Rustic
(Regular)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Coast Dart
(Regular)
Neglected Rustic
(Regular)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Vestal
(Infrequent)
May Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Scallop Shell
(Infrequent)
Marsh Pug
(Infrequent)
Valerian Pug
(Infrequent)
V-Moth
(Infrequent)
Latticed Heath
(Infrequent)
Vapourer
(Infrequent)
Clouded Buff
(Infrequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Infrequent)
Muslin Footman
(Infrequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Infrequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Sweet Gale Moth
(Infrequent)
Old Lady
(Infrequent)
Crinan Ear
(Infrequent)
Double Lobed
(Infrequent)
Tawny Marbled Minor
(Infrequent)
Grey Chi
(Infrequent)
Nutmeg
(Infrequent)
Least Black Arches
(Infrequent)