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