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