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)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Frequent)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Barred Straw
(Frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Frequent)
Common White Wave
(Frequent)
Light Emerald
(Frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Frequent)
Straw Dot
(Frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Frequent)
Flame
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Purple Clay
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Green Arches
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Regular)
Gold Swift
(Regular)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Regular)
Purple Bar
(Regular)
Small Rivulet
(Regular)
V-Pug
(Regular)
Foxglove Pug
(Regular)
Magpie Moth
(Regular)
Clouded Border
(Regular)
Brimstone Moth
(Regular)
Early Thorn
(Regular)
Scalloped Oak
(Regular)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Regular)
Willow Beauty
(Regular)
Dotted Carpet
(Regular)
Common Wave
(Regular)
Large Emerald
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Buff Ermine
(Regular)
Garden Tiger
(Regular)
Fan-foot
(Regular)
Small Fan-foot
(Regular)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Regular)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Plain Golden Y
(Regular)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Regular)
Small Angle Shades
(Regular)
Small Wainscot
(Regular)
Small Dotted Buff
(Regular)
Dusky Brocade
(Regular)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Regular)
Grey Arches
(Regular)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Regular)
Clay
(Regular)
Ingrailed Clay
(Regular)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Square-spot Rustic
(Regular)
Six-striped Rustic
(Regular)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Infrequent)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Common Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Single-dotted Wave
(Infrequent)
Garden Carpet
(Infrequent)
Yellow Shell
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Infrequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Barred Yellow
(Infrequent)
Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Northern Spinach
(Infrequent)
Small Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Infrequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Infrequent)
Welsh Wave
(Infrequent)
Scallop Shell
(Infrequent)
Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
Green Pug
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Infrequent)
Shaded Pug
(Infrequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Infrequent)
Satin Beauty
(Infrequent)
Barred Red
(Infrequent)
Grass Emerald
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Infrequent)
Buff-tip
(Infrequent)
Cinnabar
(Infrequent)
Muslin Footman
(Infrequent)
Buff Footman
(Infrequent)
Dark Spectacle
(Infrequent)
Gold Spangle
(Infrequent)
Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Rustic
(Infrequent)
Brown Rustic
(Infrequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Infrequent)
Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Light Arches
(Infrequent)
Common Rustic
(Infrequent)
Dun-bar
(Infrequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Infrequent)
Broom Moth
(Infrequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Ghost Moth
(Unusual)
Chinese Character
(Unusual)
Smoky Wave
(Unusual)
Birch Mocha
(Unusual)
Clay Triple-lines
(Unusual)
July Belle
(Unusual)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Unusual)
Dingy Shell
(Unusual)
Barred Rivulet
(Unusual)
Juniper Pug
(Unusual)
Lime-speck Pug
(Unusual)
Satyr Pug
(Unusual)
Currant Pug
(Unusual)
Common Pug
(Unusual)
Clouded Magpie
(Unusual)
Peacock Moth
(Unusual)
Latticed Heath
(Unusual)
Brown Silver-line
(Unusual)
Lilac Beauty
(Unusual)
Bordered White
(Unusual)
Brussels Lace
(Unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Clouded Buff
(Unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Unusual)
Four-spotted Footman
(Unusual)
Red-necked Footman
(Unusual)
Common Footman
(Unusual)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Unusual)
Grey Dagger
(Unusual)
Knot Grass
(Unusual)
Coronet
(Unusual)
Marbled Beauty
(Unusual)
Mottled Rustic
(Unusual)
Uncertain
(Unusual)
Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Double Lobed
(Unusual)
Rosy Minor
(Unusual)
Rufous Minor
(Unusual)
Beautiful Brocade
(Unusual)
Campion
(Unusual)
Marbled Coronet
(Unusual)
Common Wainscot
(Unusual)
Turnip Moth
(Unusual)
Double Dart
(Unusual)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Unusual)
Gothic
(Unusual)
Least Black Arches
(Unusual)
Green Silver-lines
(Unusual)