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