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