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
(Frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Frequent)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Frequent)
Common White Wave
(Frequent)
Common Wave
(Frequent)
Buff-tip
(Frequent)
Buff Ermine
(Frequent)
Spectacle
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Frequent)
Broom Moth
(Frequent)
Lychnis
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Purple Clay
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Regular)
Smoky Wave
(Regular)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Regular)
Northern Spinach
(Regular)
Water Carpet
(Regular)
Rivulet
(Regular)
Sandy Carpet
(Regular)
Common Pug
(Regular)
Light Emerald
(Regular)
Pebble Prominent
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Regular)
Straw Dot
(Regular)
Clouded Buff
(Regular)
Cinnabar
(Regular)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Small Dotted Buff
(Regular)
Dusky Brocade
(Regular)
Dark Arches
(Regular)
Middle-barred Minor
(Regular)
Shears
(Regular)
Campion
(Regular)
Heart and Dart
(Regular)
Flame
(Regular)
True Lover's Knot
(Regular)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Gold Swift
(Infrequent)
Ghost Moth
(Infrequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Common Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Northern Eggar
(Infrequent)
Fox Moth
(Infrequent)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Riband Wave
(Infrequent)
Cream Wave
(Infrequent)
Birch Mocha
(Infrequent)
Garden Carpet
(Infrequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Purple Bar
(Infrequent)
Barred Straw
(Infrequent)
Welsh Wave
(Infrequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Satyr Pug
(Infrequent)
Shaded Pug
(Infrequent)
Peacock Moth
(Infrequent)
Barred Umber
(Infrequent)
Scorched Wing
(Infrequent)
Early Thorn
(Infrequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Infrequent)
Common Heath
(Infrequent)
Brussels Lace
(Infrequent)
Large Emerald
(Infrequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Snout
(Infrequent)
Garden Tiger
(Infrequent)
Four-dotted Footman
(Infrequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Infrequent)
Burnished Brass
(Infrequent)
Silver Y
(Infrequent)
Grey Dagger
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Infrequent)
Marbled Minor
(Infrequent)
Dark Brocade
(Infrequent)
Grey Arches
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Brocade
(Infrequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Infrequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Infrequent)
Green Arches
(Infrequent)
Double Square-spot
(Infrequent)
Least Black Arches
(Infrequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Infrequent)
Transparent Burnet
(Unusual)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Unusual)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Single-dotted Wave
(Unusual)
Oblique Carpet
(Unusual)
Red Carpet
(Unusual)
Yellow Shell
(Unusual)
May Highflyer
(Unusual)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Unusual)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Unusual)
Red-Green Carpet
(Unusual)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Scallop Shell
(Unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Small Rivulet
(Unusual)
Pretty Pinion
(Unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(Unusual)
Brindled Pug
(Unusual)
Golden-rod Pug
(Unusual)
Angle-barred Pug
(Unusual)
Valerian Pug
(Unusual)
Currant Pug
(Unusual)
Clouded Magpie
(Unusual)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Unusual)
Bordered White
(Unusual)
Barred Red
(Unusual)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Unusual)
Little Emerald
(Unusual)
Lunar Marbled Brown
(Unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Herald
(Unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Unusual)
Muslin Footman
(Unusual)
Red-necked Footman
(Unusual)
Common Footman
(Unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Unusual)
Small Purple-barred
(Unusual)
Mother Shipton
(Unusual)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Unusual)
Alder Moth
(Unusual)
Light Knot Grass
(Unusual)
Coronet
(Unusual)
Shark
(Unusual)
Confused
(Unusual)
Clouded Drab
(Unusual)
Common Wainscot
(Unusual)
Double Dart
(Unusual)
Square-spot Rustic
(Unusual)