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.
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Common Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Frequent)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Rivulet
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Early Thorn
(Frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(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)
Six-striped Rustic
(Frequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Northern Spinach
(Regular)
Barred Straw
(Regular)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Small Rivulet
(Regular)
Clouded Border
(Regular)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Regular)
Dotted Carpet
(Regular)
Common White Wave
(Regular)
Light Emerald
(Regular)
Barred Red
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Straw Dot
(Regular)
Common Footman
(Regular)
Burnished Brass
(Regular)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Angle Shades
(Regular)
Small Dotted Buff
(Regular)
Cloaked Minor
(Regular)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Regular)
Olive
(Regular)
Common Wainscot
(Regular)
Flame Shoulder
(Regular)
Barred Chestnut
(Regular)
Purple Clay
(Regular)
Ingrailed Clay
(Regular)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Double Square-spot
(Regular)
Orange Swift
(Infrequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Infrequent)
Chinese Character
(Infrequent)
Single-dotted Wave
(Infrequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Infrequent)
Red Carpet
(Infrequent)
Yellow Shell
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Infrequent)
Barred Yellow
(Infrequent)
Purple Bar
(Infrequent)
Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Welsh Wave
(Infrequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
V-Pug
(Infrequent)
Juniper Pug
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Infrequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Infrequent)
Magpie Moth
(Infrequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Infrequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Infrequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Infrequent)
Common Wave
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Infrequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Infrequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Infrequent)
Garden Tiger
(Infrequent)
Buff Footman
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Infrequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Infrequent)
Gold Spangle
(Infrequent)
Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Infrequent)
Straw Underwing
(Infrequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Infrequent)
Crescent
(Infrequent)
Frosted Orange
(Infrequent)
Large Ear
(Infrequent)
Light Arches
(Infrequent)
Double Lobed
(Infrequent)
Rosy Minor
(Infrequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Infrequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Infrequent)
Grey Chi
(Infrequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Infrequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Infrequent)
Clay
(Infrequent)
White-line Dart
(Infrequent)
Garden Dart
(Infrequent)
Heart and Dart
(Infrequent)
Archer's Dart
(Infrequent)
Flame
(Infrequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Infrequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Infrequent)
Gothic
(Infrequent)
Ghost Moth
(Unusual)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Unusual)
Peach Blossom
(Unusual)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
July Belle
(Unusual)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Unusual)
Dark Spinach
(Unusual)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Unusual)
Pine Carpet
(Unusual)
Red-Green Carpet
(Unusual)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Autumnal Moth
(Unusual)
Scallop Shell
(Unusual)
Barred Rivulet
(Unusual)
Green Pug
(Unusual)
Slender Pug
(Unusual)
Foxglove Pug
(Unusual)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Unusual)
Lime-speck Pug
(Unusual)
Currant Pug
(Unusual)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Latticed Heath
(Unusual)
Barred Umber
(Unusual)
Bordered Beauty
(Unusual)
Peppered Moth
(Unusual)
Satin Beauty
(Unusual)
Grass Emerald
(Unusual)
Large Emerald
(Unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Herald
(Unusual)
Cinnabar
(Unusual)
Fan-foot
(Unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Unusual)
Spectacle
(Unusual)
Dark Spectacle
(Unusual)
Anomalous
(Unusual)
Copper Underwing
(Unusual)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Unusual)
Mottled Rustic
(Unusual)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Unusual)
Uncertain
(Unusual)
Rustic
(Unusual)
Brown Rustic
(Unusual)
Old Lady
(Unusual)
Small Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Ear Moth
(Unusual)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Unusual)
Dusky Brocade
(Unusual)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Unusual)
Middle-barred Minor
(Unusual)
Lunar Underwing
(Unusual)
Brindled Green
(Unusual)
Black Rustic
(Unusual)
Hedge Rustic
(Unusual)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Unusual)
Lychnis
(Unusual)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Unusual)
Coast Dart
(Unusual)
Turnip Moth
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Green Arches
(Unusual)
Heath Rustic
(Unusual)