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