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 Unusual, or for beginners 'Unusual' against them should be checked with your CMR.
Orange Swift
(Unusual)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Very unusual)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Very unusual)
Peach Blossom
(Very unusual)
Common Lutestring
(Very unusual)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very unusual)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Frequent)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Regular)
Oblique Carpet
(Unusual)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Very unusual)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very unusual)
Yellow Shell
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Very unusual)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very unusual)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very unusual)
Barred Yellow
(Very unusual)
Purple Bar
(Very unusual)
Phoenix
(Very unusual)
Northern Spinach
(Very unusual)
Barred Straw
(Very unusual)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Very unusual)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Rivulet
(Very unusual)
Small Rivulet
(Regular)
Sandy Carpet
(Very unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
V-Pug
(Unusual)
Green Pug
(Very unusual)
Slender Pug
(Very unusual)
Juniper Pug
(Very unusual)
Golden-rod Pug
(Very unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Very unusual)
Currant Pug
(Very unusual)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very unusual)
Treble-bar
(Very unusual)
Clouded Border
(Unusual)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Unusual)
September Thorn
(Very unusual)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Very unusual)
Peppered Moth
(Very unusual)
Willow Beauty
(Frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Regular)
Dotted Carpet
(Very unusual)
Common White Wave
(Unusual)
Common Wave
(Very unusual)
Light Emerald
(Very unusual)
Scotch Annulet
(Very unusual)
Grass Emerald
(Very unusual)
Iron Prominent
(Very unusual)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very unusual)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Very unusual)
Herald
(Very unusual)
Straw Dot
(Unusual)
Snout
(Regular)
Buff Footman
(Very unusual)
Fan-foot
(Unusual)
Small Fan-foot
(Very unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Very unusual)
Spectacle
(Very unusual)
Burnished Brass
(Regular)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very unusual)
Plain Golden Y
(Very unusual)
Gold Spangle
(Unusual)
Gold Spot
(Unusual)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Very unusual)
Anomalous
(Very unusual)
Copper Underwing
(Unusual)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Unusual)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Unusual)
Marbled Beauty
(Regular)
Rustic
(Very unusual)
Old Lady
(Very unusual)
Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Small Angle Shades
(Very unusual)
Haworth's Minor
(Very unusual)
Crescent
(Regular)
Frosted Orange
(Very unusual)
Rosy Rustic
(Frequent)
Large Ear
(Very unusual)
Flounced Rustic
(Unusual)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Regular)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very unusual)
Dusky Brocade
(Very unusual)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very unusual)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Very unusual)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very unusual)
Double Lobed
(Very unusual)
Common Rustic
(Unusual)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very unusual)
Orange Sallow
(Very unusual)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very unusual)
Sallow
(Regular)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Very unusual)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Very unusual)
Olive
(Very unusual)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Regular)
Grey Chi
(Unusual)
Black Rustic
(Unusual)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very unusual)
Broom Moth
(Very unusual)
Cabbage Moth
(Very unusual)
Common Wainscot
(Very unusual)
Smoky Wainscot
(Regular)
Clay
(Very unusual)
Garden Dart
(Very unusual)
Heart and Dart
(Very unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Very unusual)
Flame Shoulder
(Very unusual)
Barred Chestnut
(Regular)
Purple Clay
(Very unusual)
Ingrailed Clay
(Regular)
Small Square-spot
(Regular)
True Lover's Knot
(Unusual)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Unusual)
Double Square-spot
(Regular)
Autumnal Rustic
(Regular)
Gothic
(Very unusual)