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)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Very frequent)
Peach Blossom
(Very frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Very frequent)
Northern Eggar
(Very frequent)
Fox Moth
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wave
(Very frequent)
Cream Wave
(Very frequent)
Birch Mocha
(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)
Beautiful Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
May Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Very frequent)
Purple Bar
(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)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Water Carpet
(Very frequent)
Small Yellow Wave
(Very frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Very frequent)
Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Very frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very frequent)
Larch Pug
(Very frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very frequent)
Satyr Pug
(Very frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Very frequent)
Currant Pug
(Very frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Shaded Pug
(Very frequent)
Clouded Magpie
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Peacock Moth
(Very frequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Very frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Very frequent)
Barred Umber
(Very frequent)
Scorched Wing
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Speckled Yellow
(Very frequent)
Early Thorn
(Very frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Very frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Very frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Common Heath
(Very frequent)
Bordered White
(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)
Grass Wave
(Frequent)
Large Emerald
(Very frequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Very frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Very frequent)
Pebble 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)
Ruby Tiger
(Frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Very frequent)
Cinnabar
(Very frequent)
Four-dotted Footman
(Very frequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Very frequent)
Mother Shipton
(Very frequent)
Spectacle
(Very frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Silver Hook
(Very frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Very frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Very frequent)
Knot Grass
(Very frequent)
Coronet
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Marbled Minor
(Frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Dark Brocade
(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)
Shears
(Very frequent)
Campion
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(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)
Green Arches
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Very frequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Very frequent)
Lunar Hornet Moth
(Regular)
Poplar Lutestring
(Frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Frequent)
Plain Wave
(Frequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Frequent)
Red Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Regular)
Northern Spinach
(Frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Frequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
Green Pug
(Frequent)
Dwarf Pug
(Frequent)
Angle-barred Pug
(Frequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Frequent)
Valerian Pug
(Regular)
Seraphim
(Frequent)
Sharp-angled Peacock
(Frequent)
Lilac Beauty
(Regular)
Scalloped Oak
(Regular)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Frequent)
Satin Beauty
(Regular)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Frequent)
Little Emerald
(Frequent)
Puss Moth
(Frequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Herald
(Frequent)
Wood Tiger
(Regular)
Muslin Footman
(Frequent)
Fan-foot
(Frequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Frequent)
Small Purple-barred
(Frequent)
Gold Spangle
(Frequent)
Gold Spot
(Frequent)
Alder Moth
(Frequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Frequent)
Shark
(Frequent)
Light Arches
(Regular)
Confused
(Regular)
Rufous Minor
(Frequent)
Pale Pinion
(Regular)
Hebrew Character
(Regular)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Frequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Frequent)
Clay
(Regular)
Turnip Moth
(Frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Double Dart
(Regular)
Streamer
(Regular)
Barred Yellow
(Regular)
Beech-green Carpet
(Regular)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Oak-tree Pug
(Regular)
Thyme Pug
(Regular)
Treble-bar
(Regular)
Magpie Moth
(Regular)
Latticed Heath
(Regular)
Purple Thorn
(Regular)
Grey Birch
(Regular)
Common Footman
(Regular)
Plain Golden Y
(Regular)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Regular)
Northern Arches
(Regular)
Tawny Marbled Minor
(Regular)
Cabbage Moth
(Regular)
Common Wainscot
(Regular)
Dark Sword-grass
(Regular)
Gothic
(Regular)
Orange Swift
(Infrequent)
Emperor Moth
(Infrequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Infrequent)
Shoulder Stripe
(Infrequent)
Yellow-ringed Carpet
(Infrequent)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Infrequent)
Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Small White Wave
(Infrequent)
Heath Rivulet
(Infrequent)
V-Pug
(Infrequent)
Pauper Pug
(Infrequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Infrequent)
White-pinion Spotted
(Infrequent)
Annulet
(Infrequent)
Lunar Marbled Brown
(Infrequent)
Small Chocolate-tip
(Infrequent)
Buff Footman
(Infrequent)
Scarce Silver Y
(Infrequent)
Sweet Gale Moth
(Infrequent)
Uncertain
(Infrequent)
Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Common Rustic
(Infrequent)
Red Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Common Quaker
(Infrequent)
Powdered Quaker
(Infrequent)
Broad-barred White
(Infrequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Northern Rustic
(Infrequent)
Dotted Clay
(Infrequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Infrequent)
Oak Nycteoline
(Infrequent)