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.
Burnished Brass
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Frequent)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Barred Straw
(Frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Frequent)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Frequent)
Common White Wave
(Frequent)
Light Emerald
(Frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Frequent)
Straw Dot
(Frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Buff Ermine
(Frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Frequent)
Muslin Footman
(Frequent)
Common Footman
(Frequent)
Spectacle
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Frequent)
Clay
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Frequent)
Flame
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Purple Clay
(Frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Regular)
Common Lutestring
(Regular)
Single-dotted Wave
(Regular)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Regular)
Garden Carpet
(Regular)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Yellow Shell
(Regular)
Barred Yellow
(Regular)
Purple Bar
(Regular)
Phoenix
(Regular)
Northern Spinach
(Regular)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Rivulet
(Regular)
Green Pug
(Regular)
Foxglove Pug
(Regular)
Latticed Heath
(Regular)
Early Thorn
(Regular)
Peppered Moth
(Regular)
Willow Beauty
(Regular)
Common Wave
(Regular)
Barred Red
(Regular)
Large Emerald
(Regular)
Pebble Prominent
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Buff-tip
(Regular)
Yellow-tail
(Regular)
Fan-foot
(Regular)
Small Fan-foot
(Regular)
Dark Spectacle
(Regular)
Gold Spangle
(Regular)
Gold Spot
(Regular)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Regular)
Mottled Rustic
(Regular)
Uncertain
(Regular)
Rustic
(Regular)
Small Angle Shades
(Regular)
Small Wainscot
(Regular)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Regular)
Light Arches
(Regular)
Dun-bar
(Regular)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Regular)
Broom Moth
(Regular)
Campion
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Regular)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Regular)
Double Dart
(Regular)
Green Arches
(Regular)
Six-striped Rustic
(Regular)
Gothic
(Regular)
Orange Swift
(Infrequent)
Common Swift
(Infrequent)
Gold Swift
(Infrequent)
Chinese Character
(Infrequent)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Northern Eggar
(Infrequent)
Lesser Cream Wave
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wave
(Infrequent)
Cream Wave
(Infrequent)
Red Carpet
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Infrequent)
Dark Spinach
(Infrequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Infrequent)
Small Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Infrequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Infrequent)
Welsh Wave
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
V-Pug
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Infrequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Infrequent)
Magpie Moth
(Infrequent)
Clouded Magpie
(Infrequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Infrequent)
Lilac Beauty
(Infrequent)
Bordered White
(Infrequent)
Brussels Lace
(Infrequent)
Grass Emerald
(Infrequent)
Common Emerald
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Infrequent)
Cinnabar
(Infrequent)
Four-dotted Footman
(Infrequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Infrequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Infrequent)
Grey Dagger
(Infrequent)
Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Shark
(Infrequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Infrequent)
Brown Rustic
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Crescent
(Infrequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Infrequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Infrequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Infrequent)
Double Lobed
(Infrequent)
Common Rustic
(Infrequent)
Rosy Minor
(Infrequent)
Marbled Minor
(Infrequent)
Rufous Minor
(Infrequent)
Dark Brocade
(Infrequent)
Dog's Tooth
(Infrequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Infrequent)
Turnip Moth
(Infrequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Unusual)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Unusual)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Unusual)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Small Dusty Wave
(Unusual)
Oblique Carpet
(Unusual)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Unusual)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Dingy Shell
(Unusual)
Scallop Shell
(Unusual)
Barred Carpet
(Unusual)
Slender Pug
(Unusual)
Juniper Pug
(Unusual)
Golden-rod Pug
(Unusual)
Satyr Pug
(Unusual)
Valerian Pug
(Unusual)
Common Pug
(Unusual)
Shaded Pug
(Unusual)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Broom-tip
(Unusual)
V-Moth
(Unusual)
Satin Beauty
(Unusual)
Dotted Carpet
(Unusual)
Common Heath
(Unusual)
Annulet
(Unusual)
Sallow Kitten
(Unusual)
Clouded Buff
(Unusual)
Wood Tiger
(Unusual)
Round-winged Muslin
(Unusual)
Buff Footman
(Unusual)
Golden Plusia
(Unusual)
Silver Hook
(Unusual)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Unusual)
Poplar Grey
(Unusual)
Coronet
(Unusual)
Mouse Moth
(Unusual)
Small Mottled Willow
(Unusual)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Unusual)
Old Lady
(Unusual)
Straw Underwing
(Unusual)
Haworth's Minor
(Unusual)
Large Ear
(Unusual)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Unusual)
Cloaked Minor
(Unusual)
Suspected
(Unusual)
Dingy Shears
(Unusual)
Grey Arches
(Unusual)
Shears
(Unusual)
Marbled Coronet
(Unusual)
Southern Wainscot
(Unusual)
Garden Dart
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)