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.
Magpie Moth
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Frequent)
Red Carpet
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Frequent)
Spectacle
(Frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Gold Spot
(Frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Common Rustic
(Frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Frequent)
Lychnis
(Frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Double Dart
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
July Highflyer
(Regular)
Purple Bar
(Regular)
Northern Spinach
(Regular)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Small Rivulet
(Regular)
Brimstone Moth
(Regular)
Common White Wave
(Regular)
Common Wave
(Regular)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Regular)
Small Dotted Buff
(Regular)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Square-spot Rustic
(Regular)
Six-striped Rustic
(Regular)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Infrequent)
Garden Carpet
(Infrequent)
Yellow Shell
(Infrequent)
Common Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Infrequent)
Barred Yellow
(Infrequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Common Pug
(Infrequent)
Light Emerald
(Infrequent)
Barred Red
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Straw Dot
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Small Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Light Arches
(Infrequent)
Confused
(Infrequent)
Broom Moth
(Infrequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Infrequent)
Campion
(Infrequent)
Purple Clay
(Infrequent)
Northern Rustic
(Infrequent)
Green Arches
(Infrequent)
Double Square-spot
(Infrequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Unusual)
Northern Eggar
(Unusual)
Bedstraw Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Unusual)
Oblique Carpet
(Unusual)
Phoenix
(Unusual)
Barred Straw
(Unusual)
Small Phoenix
(Unusual)
Pretty Pinion
(Unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(Unusual)
Satyr Pug
(Unusual)
Clouded Border
(Unusual)
Peppered Moth
(Unusual)
Bordered White
(Unusual)
Wood Tiger
(Unusual)
Gold Spangle
(Unusual)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Unusual)
Grey Dagger
(Unusual)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Unusual)
Small Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Rosy Rustic
(Unusual)
Flounced Rustic
(Unusual)
Dark Brocade
(Unusual)
Nutmeg
(Unusual)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Unusual)
Shears
(Unusual)
Marbled Coronet
(Unusual)
Common Wainscot
(Unusual)
White-line Dart
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Unusual)
Gothic
(Unusual)