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.
Common Lutestring
(Very frequent)
Pale Eggar
(Frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine 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)
Beech-green Carpet
(Frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Very frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Very frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Very frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Very frequent)
Satin Beauty
(Frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Common Wave
(Frequent)
Light Emerald
(Very frequent)
Barred Red
(Frequent)
Large Emerald
(Very frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Very frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Very frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Very frequent)
Straw Dot
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Very frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Gold Spangle
(Very frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Anomalous
(Very frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Very frequent)
Crescent
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Very frequent)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Black Rustic
(Frequent)
Hedge Rustic
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Grey Arches
(Frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very 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)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Green Arches
(Very frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Red Carpet
(Frequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Frequent)
Yellow-ringed Carpet
(Regular)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Frequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Regular)
Foxglove Pug
(Frequent)
Juniper Pug
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Frequent)
Treble-bar
(Frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Regular)
Willow Beauty
(Frequent)
Scotch Annulet
(Regular)
Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Buff Ermine
(Regular)
Garden Tiger
(Regular)
Small Fan-foot
(Frequent)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Plain Golden Y
(Frequent)
Scarce Silver Y
(Frequent)
Gold Spot
(Frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Straw Underwing
(Frequent)
Large Ear
(Frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Regular)
Small Dotted Buff
(Frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Frequent)
Double Lobed
(Regular)
Middle-barred Minor
(Frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Brindled Green
(Frequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Frequent)
Broom Moth
(Frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Frequent)
White-line Dart
(Frequent)
Archer's Dart
(Frequent)
Flame
(Regular)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Heath Rustic
(Frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Infrequent)
Peach Blossom
(Regular)
Satin Lutestring
(Regular)
Northern Eggar
(Infrequent)
Fox Moth
(Infrequent)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Plain Wave
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wave
(Infrequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Infrequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Infrequent)
Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Regular)
Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Barred Carpet
(Regular)
V-Pug
(Infrequent)
Green Pug
(Infrequent)
Slender Pug
(Regular)
Larch Pug
(Infrequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Infrequent)
Satyr Pug
(Infrequent)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Infrequent)
Peacock Moth
(Infrequent)
Brussels Lace
(Infrequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Infrequent)
Buff-tip
(Regular)
Herald
(Regular)
Clouded Buff
(Infrequent)
Wood Tiger
(Infrequent)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Coronet
(Infrequent)
Old Lady
(Regular)
Small Angle Shades
(Regular)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Regular)
Confused
(Infrequent)
Northern Arches
(Infrequent)
Angle-striped Sallow
(Infrequent)
Suspected
(Regular)
Grey Chi
(Regular)
Dark Brocade
(Regular)
Beautiful Brocade
(Infrequent)
Clay
(Infrequent)
Shore Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Heart and Dart
(Regular)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Cousin German
(Infrequent)
Gothic
(Infrequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Infrequent)