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)
Buff Ermine
(Very frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Common Heath
(Frequent)
Cinnabar
(Frequent)
Four-dotted Footman
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Frequent)
Lychnis
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Frequent)
Flame
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Regular)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Regular)
Chinese Character
(Regular)
Peach Blossom
(Regular)
Fox Moth
(Regular)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Riband Wave
(Regular)
Smoky Wave
(Regular)
Oblique Carpet
(Regular)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Yellow Shell
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Regular)
Small Phoenix
(Regular)
Rivulet
(Regular)
Small Rivulet
(Regular)
Lime-speck Pug
(Regular)
Common Pug
(Regular)
Clouded Border
(Regular)
Latticed Heath
(Regular)
Peppered Moth
(Regular)
Mottled Beauty
(Regular)
Bordered White
(Regular)
Common White Wave
(Regular)
Common Wave
(Regular)
Light Emerald
(Regular)
Grass Wave
(Regular)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Regular)
Buff-tip
(Regular)
Straw Dot
(Regular)
Snout
(Regular)
Clouded Buff
(Regular)
Red-necked Footman
(Regular)
Small Fan-foot
(Regular)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Regular)
Silver Hook
(Regular)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Shark
(Regular)
Mottled Rustic
(Regular)
Dark Arches
(Regular)
Broom Moth
(Regular)
Shears
(Regular)
Tawny Shears
(Regular)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Regular)
Turnip Moth
(Regular)
True Lover's Knot
(Regular)
Double Square-spot
(Regular)
Common Swift
(Infrequent)
Thrift Clearwing
(Infrequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Common Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Northern Eggar
(Infrequent)
Emperor Moth
(Infrequent)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
July Belle
(Infrequent)
Galium Carpet
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Infrequent)
May Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Purple Bar
(Infrequent)
Barred Straw
(Infrequent)
Water Carpet
(Infrequent)
Welsh Wave
(Infrequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
Green Pug
(Infrequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Satyr Pug
(Infrequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Shaded Pug
(Infrequent)
Clouded Magpie
(Infrequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Infrequent)
Scorched Wing
(Infrequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Infrequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Infrequent)
Willow Beauty
(Infrequent)
White-pinion Spotted
(Infrequent)
Barred Red
(Infrequent)
Brussels Lace
(Infrequent)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Infrequent)
Grass Emerald
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Infrequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Dark Tussock
(Infrequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Infrequent)
Wood Tiger
(Infrequent)
Garden Tiger
(Infrequent)
Muslin Footman
(Infrequent)
Fan-foot
(Infrequent)
Small Purple-barred
(Infrequent)
Mother Shipton
(Infrequent)
Burnished Brass
(Infrequent)
Gold Spangle
(Infrequent)
Grey Dagger
(Infrequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Coronet
(Infrequent)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Infrequent)
Uncertain
(Infrequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Infrequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Infrequent)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Light Arches
(Infrequent)
Confused
(Infrequent)
Marbled Minor
(Infrequent)
Dark Brocade
(Infrequent)
Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Grey Arches
(Infrequent)
Dog's Tooth
(Infrequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Infrequent)
White Colon
(Infrequent)
Campion
(Infrequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Infrequent)
Common Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Clay
(Infrequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Infrequent)
Purple Clay
(Infrequent)
Double Dart
(Infrequent)
Green Arches
(Infrequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Least Black Arches
(Infrequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Infrequent)
Gold Swift
(Unusual)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Unusual)
Striped Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Small Dusty Wave
(Unusual)
Single-dotted Wave
(Unusual)
Clay Triple-lines
(Unusual)
Red Carpet
(Unusual)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Streamer
(Unusual)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Unusual)
July Highflyer
(Unusual)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Unusual)
Phoenix
(Unusual)
Northern Spinach
(Unusual)
Red-Green Carpet
(Unusual)
Devon Carpet
(Unusual)
Scallop Shell
(Unusual)
Marsh Pug
(Unusual)
Angle-barred Pug
(Unusual)
Mottled Pug
(Unusual)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Small Seraphim
(Unusual)
Magpie Moth
(Unusual)
Barred Umber
(Unusual)
Lilac Beauty
(Unusual)
Early Thorn
(Unusual)
Large Emerald
(Unusual)
Little Emerald
(Unusual)
Puss Moth
(Unusual)
Sallow Kitten
(Unusual)
Herald
(Unusual)
Beautiful Snout
(Unusual)
Yellow-tail
(Unusual)
Pale Tussock
(Unusual)
Common Footman
(Unusual)
Small Marbled
(Unusual)
Dark Spectacle
(Unusual)
Plain Golden Y
(Unusual)
Scarce Silver Y
(Unusual)
Gold Spot
(Unusual)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Unusual)
Alder Moth
(Unusual)
Small Mottled Willow
(Unusual)
Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Clouded Brindle
(Unusual)
Rufous Minor
(Unusual)
Clouded Drab
(Unusual)
Common Quaker
(Unusual)
Glaucous Shears
(Unusual)
Broad-barred White
(Unusual)
Shore Wainscot
(Unusual)
Crescent Dart
(Unusual)
Dotted Clay
(Unusual)
Square-spot Rustic
(Unusual)
Six-striped Rustic
(Unusual)