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)
Small Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Purple Bar
(Frequent)
Barred Straw
(Frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Frequent)
Spectacle
(Frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Gold Spot
(Frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Double Dart
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Regular)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Regular)
Red Carpet
(Regular)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Regular)
Northern Spinach
(Regular)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Regular)
Brimstone Moth
(Regular)
Common Wave
(Regular)
Light Emerald
(Regular)
Barred Red
(Regular)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Regular)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Gold Spangle
(Regular)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Regular)
Small Dotted Buff
(Regular)
Light Arches
(Regular)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Regular)
Common Wainscot
(Regular)
Purple Clay
(Regular)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Infrequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Infrequent)
July Belle
(Infrequent)
Garden Carpet
(Infrequent)
Yellow Shell
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Barred Yellow
(Infrequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
Green Pug
(Infrequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Infrequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Common Pug
(Infrequent)
Clouded Border
(Infrequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Infrequent)
Bordered White
(Infrequent)
Common White Wave
(Infrequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Infrequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Infrequent)
Grey Dagger
(Infrequent)
Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Small Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Confused
(Infrequent)
Dark Brocade
(Infrequent)
Broom Moth
(Infrequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Infrequent)
Campion
(Infrequent)
Lychnis
(Infrequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Green Arches
(Infrequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Gothic
(Infrequent)
Orange Swift
(Unusual)
Peach Blossom
(Unusual)
Common Lutestring
(Unusual)
Riband Wave
(Unusual)
Smoky Wave
(Unusual)
Oblique Carpet
(Unusual)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Unusual)
Pine Carpet
(Unusual)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Unusual)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Unusual)
Small Phoenix
(Unusual)
Welsh Wave
(Unusual)
Rivulet
(Unusual)
Pretty Pinion
(Unusual)
Sandy Carpet
(Unusual)
Satyr Pug
(Unusual)
Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Unusual)
Scalloped Oak
(Unusual)
Peppered Moth
(Unusual)
Satin Beauty
(Unusual)
Dotted Carpet
(Unusual)
Large Emerald
(Unusual)
Iron Prominent
(Unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Straw Dot
(Unusual)
Wood Tiger
(Unusual)
Common Footman
(Unusual)
Small Fan-foot
(Unusual)
Plain Golden Y
(Unusual)
Shark
(Unusual)
Brown Rustic
(Unusual)
Rosy Rustic
(Unusual)
Northern Arches
(Unusual)
Rosy Minor
(Unusual)
Marbled Minor
(Unusual)
Shears
(Unusual)
Marbled Coronet
(Unusual)
Heart and Dart
(Unusual)
Northern Rustic
(Unusual)