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.
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Dun-bar
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Frequent)
Riband Wave
(Regular)
Purple Bar
(Regular)
Phoenix
(Regular)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Rivulet
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
Brimstone Moth
(Regular)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Regular)
Early Thorn
(Regular)
Scalloped Oak
(Regular)
Willow Beauty
(Regular)
Mottled Beauty
(Regular)
Dotted Carpet
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Snout
(Regular)
Buff Footman
(Regular)
Burnished Brass
(Regular)
Flounced Rustic
(Regular)
Sallow
(Regular)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Regular)
Smoky Wainscot
(Regular)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Six-striped Rustic
(Regular)
Double Square-spot
(Regular)
Autumnal Rustic
(Regular)
Chinese Character
(Infrequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Infrequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Infrequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Welsh Wave
(Infrequent)
Small Rivulet
(Infrequent)
V-Pug
(Infrequent)
Juniper Pug
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Infrequent)
Clouded Border
(Infrequent)
Common White Wave
(Infrequent)
Light Emerald
(Infrequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Infrequent)
Straw Dot
(Infrequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Infrequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Infrequent)
Spectacle
(Infrequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Infrequent)
Gold Spangle
(Infrequent)
Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Copper Underwing
(Infrequent)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Crescent
(Infrequent)
Common Rustic
(Infrequent)
Rosy Minor
(Infrequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Infrequent)
Grey Chi
(Infrequent)
Black Rustic
(Infrequent)
Lychnis
(Infrequent)
Clay
(Infrequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Infrequent)
Purple Clay
(Infrequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Infrequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Infrequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Unusual)
Peach Blossom
(Unusual)
Common Lutestring
(Unusual)
Oblique Carpet
(Unusual)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Yellow Shell
(Unusual)
Beautiful Carpet
(Unusual)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Unusual)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Unusual)
Northern Spinach
(Unusual)
Barred Straw
(Unusual)
Scallop Shell
(Unusual)
Barred Rivulet
(Unusual)
Foxglove Pug
(Unusual)
Currant Pug
(Unusual)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Unusual)
Magpie Moth
(Unusual)
Clouded Magpie
(Unusual)
Bordered Beauty
(Unusual)
Peppered Moth
(Unusual)
Satin Beauty
(Unusual)
Common Wave
(Unusual)
Barred Red
(Unusual)
Iron Prominent
(Unusual)
Pebble Prominent
(Unusual)
Herald
(Unusual)
Four-spotted Footman
(Unusual)
Fan-foot
(Unusual)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Unusual)
Anomalous
(Unusual)
Mouse Moth
(Unusual)
Marbled Beauty
(Unusual)
Small Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Frosted Orange
(Unusual)
Large Ear
(Unusual)
Crinan Ear
(Unusual)
Dusky Brocade
(Unusual)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Unusual)
Light Arches
(Unusual)
Double Lobed
(Unusual)
Middle-barred Minor
(Unusual)
Broom Moth
(Unusual)
Heart and Dart
(Unusual)
Turnip Moth
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Flame
(Unusual)
Green Arches
(Unusual)
Neglected Rustic
(Unusual)