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