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)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Frequent)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Frequent)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Dun-bar
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Frequent)
Orange Swift
(Regular)
Oblique Carpet
(Regular)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Yellow Shell
(Regular)
Phoenix
(Regular)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Small Rivulet
(Regular)
Clouded Border
(Regular)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Regular)
Early Thorn
(Regular)
Straw Dot
(Regular)
Plain Golden Y
(Regular)
Gold Spangle
(Regular)
Gold Spot
(Regular)
Copper Underwing
(Regular)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Marbled Beauty
(Regular)
Crescent
(Regular)
Double Lobed
(Regular)
Common Rustic
(Regular)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Double Square-spot
(Regular)
Common Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Infrequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Infrequent)
Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Northern Spinach
(Infrequent)
Barred Straw
(Infrequent)
Welsh Wave
(Infrequent)
Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
V-Pug
(Infrequent)
Juniper Pug
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Infrequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Infrequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Infrequent)
Common White Wave
(Infrequent)
Common Wave
(Infrequent)
Light Emerald
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Infrequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Infrequent)
Vapourer
(Infrequent)
Buff Footman
(Infrequent)
Fan-foot
(Infrequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Infrequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Infrequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Infrequent)
Uncertain
(Infrequent)
Rustic
(Infrequent)
Old Lady
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Infrequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Infrequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Infrequent)
Light Arches
(Infrequent)
Cloaked Minor
(Infrequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Infrequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Infrequent)
Grey Chi
(Infrequent)
Black Rustic
(Infrequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Infrequent)
Lychnis
(Infrequent)
Common Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Clay
(Infrequent)
Heart and Dart
(Infrequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Infrequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Infrequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Infrequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Infrequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Infrequent)
Ghost Moth
(Unusual)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Unusual)
Peach Blossom
(Unusual)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Beautiful Carpet
(Unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Unusual)
Purple Bar
(Unusual)
Slender Pug
(Unusual)
Foxglove Pug
(Unusual)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Unusual)
Common Pug
(Unusual)
Bordered Pug
(Unusual)
Latticed Heath
(Unusual)
Dotted Carpet
(Unusual)
Common Heath
(Unusual)
Barred Red
(Unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Unusual)
Small Fan-foot
(Unusual)
Mottled Rustic
(Unusual)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Unusual)
Small Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Frosted Orange
(Unusual)
Large Wainscot
(Unusual)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Unusual)
Tawny Marbled Minor
(Unusual)
Middle-barred Minor
(Unusual)
Orange Sallow
(Unusual)
Suspected
(Unusual)
Broom Moth
(Unusual)
Pearly Underwing
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Flame
(Unusual)
Barred Chestnut
(Unusual)
Purple Clay
(Unusual)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Unusual)
Gothic
(Unusual)