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.
Silver-ground Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Barred Straw
(Frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Frequent)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Frequent)
Light Emerald
(Frequent)
Straw Dot
(Frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Buff Ermine
(Frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Frequent)
Spectacle
(Frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Light Arches
(Frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Regular)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Regular)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Single-dotted Wave
(Regular)
Riband Wave
(Regular)
Cream Wave
(Regular)
Garden Carpet
(Regular)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Northern Spinach
(Regular)
Small Rivulet
(Regular)
Brimstone Moth
(Regular)
Peppered Moth
(Regular)
Common Wave
(Regular)
Pebble Prominent
(Regular)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Regular)
Buff-tip
(Regular)
Gold Spot
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Small Angle Shades
(Regular)
Rosy Rustic
(Regular)
Small Wainscot
(Regular)
Dusky Brocade
(Regular)
Grey Arches
(Regular)
Broom Moth
(Regular)
Campion
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Regular)
Purple Clay
(Regular)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Double Dart
(Regular)
Six-striped Rustic
(Regular)
Ghost Moth
(Infrequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Common Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Northern Eggar
(Infrequent)
Fox Moth
(Infrequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Infrequent)
Purple Bar
(Infrequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Infrequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Infrequent)
Welsh Wave
(Infrequent)
Scallop Shell
(Infrequent)
Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
V-Pug
(Infrequent)
Green Pug
(Infrequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Early Thorn
(Infrequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Infrequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Infrequent)
Common White Wave
(Infrequent)
Barred Red
(Infrequent)
Annulet
(Infrequent)
Brussels Lace
(Infrequent)
Large Emerald
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Cinnabar
(Infrequent)
Buff Footman
(Infrequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Infrequent)
Gold Spangle
(Infrequent)
Grey Dagger
(Infrequent)
Shark
(Infrequent)
Uncertain
(Infrequent)
Rustic
(Infrequent)
Brown Rustic
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Crescent
(Infrequent)
Large Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Common Rustic
(Infrequent)
Rosy Minor
(Infrequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Infrequent)
Shears
(Infrequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Infrequent)
Common Wainscot
(Infrequent)
White-line Dart
(Infrequent)
Flame
(Infrequent)
Northern Rustic
(Infrequent)
Green Arches
(Infrequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Infrequent)
Orange Swift
(Unusual)
Gold Swift
(Unusual)
Smoky Wave
(Unusual)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Unusual)
Red Carpet
(Unusual)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Yellow Shell
(Unusual)
Beautiful Carpet
(Unusual)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Unusual)
Barred Yellow
(Unusual)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Barred Rivulet
(Unusual)
Pretty Pinion
(Unusual)
Dwarf Pug
(Unusual)
Common Pug
(Unusual)
Shaded Pug
(Unusual)
Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Brown Silver-line
(Unusual)
Bordered Beauty
(Unusual)
Willow Beauty
(Unusual)
Satin Beauty
(Unusual)
Scotch Annulet
(Unusual)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Unusual)
Grass Emerald
(Unusual)
Sallow Kitten
(Unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Clouded Buff
(Unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Unusual)
Wood Tiger
(Unusual)
Common Footman
(Unusual)
Fan-foot
(Unusual)
Mouse Moth
(Unusual)
Marbled Beauty
(Unusual)
Mottled Rustic
(Unusual)
Haworth's Minor
(Unusual)
Flounced Rustic
(Unusual)
Small Dotted Buff
(Unusual)
Confused
(Unusual)
Double Lobed
(Unusual)
Marbled Minor
(Unusual)
Sallow
(Unusual)
Dark Brocade
(Unusual)
Archer's Dart
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Unusual)
Gothic
(Unusual)