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