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.
Map-winged Swift
(Very frequent)
Gold Swift
(Very frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Very frequent)
Forester
(Very frequent)
Transparent Burnet
(Very frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Very frequent)
Peach Blossom
(Very frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Very frequent)
Northern Eggar
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wave
(Very frequent)
Cream Wave
(Very frequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Very frequent)
Red Carpet
(Very frequent)
Garden 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)
Beautiful 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)
Barred Yellow
(Very frequent)
Purple Bar
(Very frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Very frequent)
Barred Straw
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Very frequent)
Scallop Shell
(Very frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Very frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Very frequent)
Barred Carpet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
V-Pug
(Very frequent)
Green Pug
(Very frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very frequent)
Larch Pug
(Very frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Very frequent)
Currant Pug
(Very frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very frequent)
Treble-bar
(Very frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Very frequent)
Clouded Magpie
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Peacock Moth
(Very frequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Very frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Very frequent)
Peppered Moth
(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)
Brussels Lace
(Very frequent)
Black Mountain Moth
(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)
Buff-tip
(Very frequent)
Straw Dot
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Buff Ermine
(Very frequent)
Clouded Buff
(Very frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Very frequent)
Cinnabar
(Very frequent)
Muslin Footman
(Very frequent)
Four-dotted Footman
(Very frequent)
Buff Footman
(Very frequent)
Common Footman
(Very frequent)
Fan-foot
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Very frequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Very frequent)
Spectacle
(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)
Silver Hook
(Very frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Very frequent)
Knot Grass
(Very frequent)
Coronet
(Very frequent)
Uncertain
(Very frequent)
Rustic
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Very frequent)
Crescent
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(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)
Marbled Minor
(Very frequent)
Rufous Minor
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Grey Arches
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Broom 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)
Flame
(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)
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)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Gothic
(Very frequent)
Orange Swift
(Frequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Poplar Lutestring
(Frequent)
Plain Wave
(Frequent)
Birch Mocha
(Frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Regular)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
May Highflyer
(Regular)
Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Frequent)
Beech-green Carpet
(Frequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Yellow Wave
(Frequent)
Heath Rivulet
(Frequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Frequent)
Slender Pug
(Frequent)
Juniper Pug
(Frequent)
Triple-spotted Pug
(Frequent)
Satyr Pug
(Regular)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Shaded Pug
(Frequent)
Latticed Heath
(Regular)
Brown Silver-line
(Frequent)
Speckled Yellow
(Regular)
Lilac Beauty
(Regular)
Early Thorn
(Frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Regular)
Common Heath
(Regular)
Bordered White
(Frequent)
Scotch Annulet
(Regular)
Grass Wave
(Regular)
Grass Emerald
(Regular)
Wood Tiger
(Frequent)
Four-spotted Footman
(Frequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Frequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Frequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Regular)
Marbled Beauty
(Frequent)
Straw Underwing
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Frequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Frequent)
Northern Arches
(Regular)
Double Lobed
(Frequent)
Rosy Minor
(Frequent)
Cloaked Minor
(Frequent)
Tawny Marbled Minor
(Frequent)
Beautiful Brocade
(Frequent)
Shears
(Regular)
Marbled Coronet
(Frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Frequent)
Square-spotted Clay
(Frequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Frequent)
Lunar Hornet Moth
(Regular)
Single-dotted Wave
(Regular)
July Belle
(Regular)
Phoenix
(Regular)
Dingy Shell
(Regular)
Barred Rivulet
(Regular)
Dwarf Pug
(Regular)
Lime-speck Pug
(Regular)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Regular)
Barred Umber
(Regular)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Regular)
Annulet
(Regular)
Sallow Kitten
(Regular)
Ruby Tiger
(Regular)
Small Purple-barred
(Regular)
Bordered Straw
(Regular)
Old Lady
(Regular)
Saltern Ear
(Regular)
Clouded Brindle
(Regular)
Cabbage Moth
(Regular)
Turnip Moth
(Regular)
Archer's Dart
(Regular)
Clay Triple-lines
(Infrequent)
Dark Spinach
(Infrequent)
Yellow-ringed Carpet
(Infrequent)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Infrequent)
Thyme Pug
(Infrequent)
Valerian Pug
(Infrequent)
August Thorn
(Infrequent)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Mother Shipton
(Infrequent)
Shark
(Infrequent)
Anomalous
(Infrequent)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Infrequent)
Mouse Moth
(Infrequent)
Crinan Ear
(Infrequent)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Brindled Green
(Infrequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Infrequent)
White-line Dart
(Infrequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Northern Rustic
(Infrequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)