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