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.
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Frequent)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Purple Bar
(Frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Frequent)
Barred Straw
(Frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Frequent)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Frequent)
Common White Wave
(Frequent)
Common Wave
(Frequent)
Light Emerald
(Frequent)
Large Emerald
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Frequent)
Straw Dot
(Frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Purple Clay
(Frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Regular)
Common Lutestring
(Regular)
Single-dotted Wave
(Regular)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Welsh Wave
(Regular)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Rivulet
(Regular)
Small Rivulet
(Regular)
Sandy Carpet
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
Foxglove Pug
(Regular)
Early Thorn
(Regular)
Peppered Moth
(Regular)
Dotted Carpet
(Regular)
Iron Prominent
(Regular)
Buff-tip
(Regular)
Buff Ermine
(Regular)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Regular)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Gold Spangle
(Regular)
Gold Spot
(Regular)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Regular)
Brown Rustic
(Regular)
Small Wainscot
(Regular)
Small Dotted Buff
(Regular)
Dusky Brocade
(Regular)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Regular)
Middle-barred Minor
(Regular)
Grey Arches
(Regular)
Broom Moth
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Regular)
Flame
(Regular)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Green Arches
(Regular)
Six-striped Rustic
(Regular)
Double Square-spot
(Regular)
Gold Swift
(Infrequent)
Ghost Moth
(Infrequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Infrequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wave
(Infrequent)
Garden Carpet
(Infrequent)
Yellow Shell
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Infrequent)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Infrequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Barred Yellow
(Infrequent)
Small Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Infrequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Infrequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Infrequent)
V-Pug
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Infrequent)
Shaded Pug
(Infrequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Infrequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Infrequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Infrequent)
Satin Beauty
(Infrequent)
Barred Red
(Infrequent)
Brussels Lace
(Infrequent)
Cinnabar
(Infrequent)
Muslin Footman
(Infrequent)
Common Footman
(Infrequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Infrequent)
Silver Y
(Infrequent)
Grey Dagger
(Infrequent)
Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Rustic
(Infrequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Infrequent)
Crescent
(Infrequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Infrequent)
Large Ear
(Infrequent)
Light Arches
(Infrequent)
Common Rustic
(Infrequent)
Rosy Minor
(Infrequent)
Marbled Minor
(Infrequent)
Tawny Marbled Minor
(Infrequent)
Rufous Minor
(Infrequent)
Dun-bar
(Infrequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Infrequent)
Campion
(Infrequent)
Common Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Heart and Dart
(Infrequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Infrequent)
Gothic
(Infrequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Unusual)
Northern Eggar
(Unusual)
Fox Moth
(Unusual)
Birch Mocha
(Unusual)
July Belle
(Unusual)
Red Carpet
(Unusual)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Dark Spinach
(Unusual)
May Highflyer
(Unusual)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Unusual)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Scallop Shell
(Unusual)
Barred Carpet
(Unusual)
Green Pug
(Unusual)
Slender Pug
(Unusual)
Golden-rod Pug
(Unusual)
Larch Pug
(Unusual)
Lime-speck Pug
(Unusual)
Satyr Pug
(Unusual)
Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Peacock Moth
(Unusual)
Brown Silver-line
(Unusual)
Willow Beauty
(Unusual)
Annulet
(Unusual)
Grass Emerald
(Unusual)
Little Emerald
(Unusual)
Sallow Kitten
(Unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Herald
(Unusual)
Clouded Buff
(Unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Unusual)
Four-dotted Footman
(Unusual)
Red-necked Footman
(Unusual)
Buff Footman
(Unusual)
Dark Spectacle
(Unusual)
Plain Golden Y
(Unusual)
Scarce Silver Y
(Unusual)
Coronet
(Unusual)
Shark
(Unusual)
Anomalous
(Unusual)
Mottled Rustic
(Unusual)
Uncertain
(Unusual)
Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Flounced Rustic
(Unusual)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Unusual)
Confused
(Unusual)
Beautiful Brocade
(Unusual)
White-line Dart
(Unusual)
Barred Chestnut
(Unusual)
Double Dart
(Unusual)
Square-spotted Clay
(Unusual)