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