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)
True Lover's Knot
(Very frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Frequent)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
Purple Bar
(Frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Frequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Frequent)
Common White Wave
(Frequent)
Common Wave
(Frequent)
Light Emerald
(Frequent)
Barred Red
(Frequent)
Large Emerald
(Frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Frequent)
Straw Dot
(Frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Broom Moth
(Frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Purple Clay
(Frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Frequent)
Smoky Wave
(Regular)
Red Carpet
(Regular)
July Highflyer
(Regular)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Small Rivulet
(Regular)
Pretty Pinion
(Regular)
Treble-bar
(Regular)
Peppered Moth
(Regular)
Scotch Annulet
(Regular)
Iron Prominent
(Regular)
Pebble Prominent
(Regular)
Buff Ermine
(Regular)
Garden Tiger
(Regular)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Regular)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Burnished Brass
(Regular)
Gold Spangle
(Regular)
Gold Spot
(Regular)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Regular)
Brown Rustic
(Regular)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Regular)
Grey Arches
(Regular)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Regular)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Double Dart
(Regular)
Six-striped Rustic
(Regular)
Double Square-spot
(Regular)
Orange Swift
(Infrequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Infrequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Infrequent)
Garden Carpet
(Infrequent)
Yellow Shell
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Infrequent)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Infrequent)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Infrequent)
Barred Yellow
(Infrequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Infrequent)
Barred Straw
(Infrequent)
Small Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Barred Carpet
(Infrequent)
Green Pug
(Infrequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Common Pug
(Infrequent)
Clouded Border
(Infrequent)
Peacock Moth
(Infrequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Infrequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Infrequent)
Satin Beauty
(Infrequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Infrequent)
Bordered White
(Infrequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Buff-tip
(Infrequent)
Clouded Buff
(Infrequent)
Silver Y
(Infrequent)
Scarce Silver Y
(Infrequent)
Grey Dagger
(Infrequent)
Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Light Arches
(Infrequent)
Common Rustic
(Infrequent)
Dark Brocade
(Infrequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Infrequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Infrequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Green Arches
(Infrequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Infrequent)
Gold Swift
(Unusual)
Ghost Moth
(Unusual)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Unusual)
Poplar Lutestring
(Unusual)
Satin Lutestring
(Unusual)
Northern Eggar
(Unusual)
Plain Wave
(Unusual)
Cream Wave
(Unusual)
Birch Mocha
(Unusual)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Yellow-ringed Carpet
(Unusual)
Beech-green Carpet
(Unusual)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Scallop Shell
(Unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Rivulet
(Unusual)
Sandy Carpet
(Unusual)
V-Pug
(Unusual)
Juniper Pug
(Unusual)
Golden-rod Pug
(Unusual)
Satyr Pug
(Unusual)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Unusual)
Willow Beauty
(Unusual)
Bordered Grey
(Unusual)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Unusual)
Sallow Kitten
(Unusual)
Small Fan-foot
(Unusual)
Plain Golden Y
(Unusual)
Silver Hook
(Unusual)
Coronet
(Unusual)
Shark
(Unusual)
Anomalous
(Unusual)
Rustic
(Unusual)
Straw Underwing
(Unusual)
Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Haworth's Minor
(Unusual)
Crescent
(Unusual)
Rosy Rustic
(Unusual)
Large Ear
(Unusual)
Northern Arches
(Unusual)
Marbled Minor
(Unusual)
Dun-bar
(Unusual)
Shears
(Unusual)
Campion
(Unusual)
Lychnis
(Unusual)
Heart and Dart
(Unusual)
Archer's Dart
(Unusual)
Gothic
(Unusual)