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