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)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Very frequent)
Pale Eggar
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Red Carpet
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot 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)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Very frequent)
Purple Bar
(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
(Frequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Very frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Frequent)
Barred Carpet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
V-Pug
(Very frequent)
Slender Pug
(Frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Very frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very frequent)
Treble-bar
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Very frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Very frequent)
September Thorn
(Very frequent)
Early Thorn
(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)
Common Wave
(Very frequent)
Light Emerald
(Very frequent)
Barred Red
(Very frequent)
Large Emerald
(Very frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Very frequent)
Pebble 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)
Buff Footman
(Very frequent)
Common Footman
(Very frequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Very frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Beautiful 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)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Very frequent)
Crescent
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Saltern Ear
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Very frequent)
Crinan Ear
(Very frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Very 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)
Common Rustic
(Very frequent)
Rufous Minor
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Very frequent)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Grey Chi
(Very frequent)
Black Rustic
(Very frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very 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)
Broad-bordered 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)
Heath Rustic
(Frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Orange Swift
(Frequent)
Gold Swift
(Regular)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Peach Blossom
(Frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Smoky Wave
(Regular)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Frequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Frequent)
Galium Carpet
(Regular)
Beautiful Carpet
(Frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Scallop Shell
(Frequent)
Rivulet
(Frequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Frequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Regular)
Foxglove Pug
(Frequent)
Juniper Pug
(Frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Frequent)
Currant Pug
(Frequent)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Frequent)
Annulet
(Regular)
Buff-tip
(Frequent)
Herald
(Frequent)
Vapourer
(Frequent)
Cinnabar
(Frequent)
Fan-foot
(Frequent)
Small Purple-barred
(Regular)
Spectacle
(Frequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Frequent)
Knot Grass
(Frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Marbled Beauty
(Regular)
Rustic
(Frequent)
Old Lady
(Frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Frequent)
Ear Moth
(Regular)
Large Wainscot
(Regular)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Frequent)
Double Lobed
(Regular)
Rosy Minor
(Regular)
Marbled Minor
(Frequent)
Flounced Chestnut
(Frequent)
Brindled Green
(Frequent)
Hedge Rustic
(Regular)
Grey Arches
(Frequent)
Broom Moth
(Frequent)
Campion
(Frequent)
Lychnis
(Frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Frequent)
Clay
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Frequent)
Flame
(Frequent)
Square-spotted Clay
(Frequent)
Gothic
(Frequent)
Oak Nycteoline
(Frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Regular)
Northern Eggar
(Regular)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Bedstraw Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Plain Wave
(Infrequent)
Vestal
(Infrequent)
Gem
(Infrequent)
Dark Spinach
(Infrequent)
Barred Yellow
(Infrequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Infrequent)
Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Regular)
Devon Carpet
(Infrequent)
Barred Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Heath Rivulet
(Regular)
Green Pug
(Infrequent)
Triple-spotted Pug
(Regular)
Satyr Pug
(Infrequent)
Common Pug
(Infrequent)
Magpie Moth
(Infrequent)
Peacock Moth
(Regular)
Sharp-angled Peacock
(Regular)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Infrequent)
Purple Thorn
(Infrequent)
Common Heath
(Regular)
Scotch Annulet
(Regular)
Muslin Footman
(Infrequent)
Four-spotted Footman
(Regular)
Red-necked Footman
(Infrequent)
Silver Hook
(Infrequent)
Grey Dagger
(Regular)
Coronet
(Infrequent)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Infrequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Regular)
Scarce Bordered Straw
(Infrequent)
Uncertain
(Regular)
Straw Underwing
(Infrequent)
Northern Arches
(Regular)
Brick
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Infrequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Infrequent)
Nutmeg
(Infrequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Regular)
Marbled Coronet
(Infrequent)
White-line Dart
(Infrequent)
Northern Rustic
(Infrequent)
Double Dart
(Regular)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Regular)