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.
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Frequent)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Rivulet
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Frequent)
Early Thorn
(Frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Straw Dot
(Frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Common Footman
(Frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Frequent)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Dun-bar
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Frequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Regular)
Chinese Character
(Regular)
Oblique Carpet
(Regular)
Purple Bar
(Regular)
Northern Spinach
(Regular)
Barred Straw
(Regular)
Small Rivulet
(Regular)
Magpie Moth
(Regular)
Clouded Border
(Regular)
Mottled Beauty
(Regular)
Dotted Carpet
(Regular)
Common White Wave
(Regular)
Common Wave
(Regular)
Light Emerald
(Regular)
Pebble Prominent
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Regular)
Yellow-tail
(Regular)
Ruby Tiger
(Regular)
Buff Footman
(Regular)
Dingy Footman
(Regular)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Regular)
Plain Golden Y
(Regular)
Gold Spangle
(Regular)
Gold Spot
(Regular)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Crescent
(Regular)
Double Lobed
(Regular)
Common Rustic
(Regular)
Rosy Minor
(Regular)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Regular)
Grey Chi
(Regular)
Hedge Rustic
(Regular)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Regular)
Flame Shoulder
(Regular)
Barred Chestnut
(Regular)
Purple Clay
(Regular)
Ingrailed Clay
(Regular)
True Lover's Knot
(Regular)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Double Square-spot
(Regular)
Autumnal Rustic
(Regular)
Orange Swift
(Infrequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Oak Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Common Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Single-dotted Wave
(Infrequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Infrequent)
Yellow Shell
(Infrequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Infrequent)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Infrequent)
Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Beech-green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Devon Carpet
(Infrequent)
Welsh Wave
(Infrequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
V-Pug
(Infrequent)
Green Pug
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Infrequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Infrequent)
Clouded Magpie
(Infrequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Infrequent)
August Thorn
(Infrequent)
September Thorn
(Infrequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Infrequent)
Willow Beauty
(Infrequent)
Barred Red
(Infrequent)
Large Emerald
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Garden Tiger
(Infrequent)
Muslin Footman
(Infrequent)
Scarce Footman
(Infrequent)
Fan-foot
(Infrequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Infrequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Infrequent)
Spectacle
(Infrequent)
Dark Spectacle
(Infrequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Anomalous
(Infrequent)
Copper Underwing
(Infrequent)
Uncertain
(Infrequent)
Rustic
(Infrequent)
Old Lady
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Infrequent)
Frosted Orange
(Infrequent)
Large Ear
(Infrequent)
Ear Moth
(Infrequent)
Large Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Fen Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Infrequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Infrequent)
Light Arches
(Infrequent)
Cloaked Minor
(Infrequent)
Rufous Minor
(Infrequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Infrequent)
Brindled Green
(Infrequent)
Feathered Gothic
(Infrequent)
Lychnis
(Infrequent)
Common Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Clay
(Infrequent)
White-line Dart
(Infrequent)
Garden Dart
(Infrequent)
Heart and Dart
(Infrequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Flame
(Infrequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Infrequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Gothic
(Infrequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Unusual)
Ghost Moth
(Unusual)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Unusual)
Northern Eggar
(Unusual)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Bedstraw Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Clay Triple-lines
(Unusual)
July Belle
(Unusual)
Gem
(Unusual)
Red Carpet
(Unusual)
Beautiful Carpet
(Unusual)
Dark Spinach
(Unusual)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Unusual)
Barred Yellow
(Unusual)
Red-Green Carpet
(Unusual)
Scallop Shell
(Unusual)
Barred Rivulet
(Unusual)
Slender Pug
(Unusual)
Foxglove Pug
(Unusual)
Larch Pug
(Unusual)
Lime-speck Pug
(Unusual)
Currant Pug
(Unusual)
Common Pug
(Unusual)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Unusual)
Latticed Heath
(Unusual)
Peppered Moth
(Unusual)
Satin Beauty
(Unusual)
Annulet
(Unusual)
Grass Emerald
(Unusual)
Common Emerald
(Unusual)
Buff-tip
(Unusual)
Vapourer
(Unusual)
Buff Ermine
(Unusual)
Four-dotted Footman
(Unusual)
Scarce Silver Y
(Unusual)
Knot Grass
(Unusual)
Coronet
(Unusual)
Marbled Beauty
(Unusual)
Small Mottled Willow
(Unusual)
Mottled Rustic
(Unusual)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Unusual)
Small Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Brown-veined Wainscot
(Unusual)
Small Rufous
(Unusual)
Dusky Brocade
(Unusual)
Confused
(Unusual)
Tawny Marbled Minor
(Unusual)
Middle-barred Minor
(Unusual)
Orange Sallow
(Unusual)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Unusual)
Olive
(Unusual)
Suspected
(Unusual)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Unusual)
Black Rustic
(Unusual)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Unusual)
Broom Moth
(Unusual)
Cabbage Moth
(Unusual)
Southern Wainscot
(Unusual)
Square-spot Dart
(Unusual)
Green Arches
(Unusual)
Heath Rustic
(Unusual)