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