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)
Map-winged Swift
(Frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Frequent)
Buff Ermine
(Frequent)
Spectacle
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Broom Moth
(Frequent)
Shears
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Common Swift
(Regular)
Ghost Moth
(Regular)
Riband Wave
(Regular)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Yellow Shell
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Foxglove Pug
(Regular)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Regular)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Regular)
Satyr Pug
(Regular)
Mottled Pug
(Regular)
Latticed Heath
(Regular)
Brown Silver-line
(Regular)
Early Thorn
(Regular)
Lunar Thorn
(Regular)
Mottled Beauty
(Regular)
Common Heath
(Regular)
Bordered White
(Regular)
Common White Wave
(Regular)
Common Wave
(Regular)
Light Emerald
(Regular)
Iron Prominent
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Buff-tip
(Regular)
Snout
(Regular)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Regular)
Middle-barred Minor
(Regular)
Dark Brocade
(Regular)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Regular)
Purple Clay
(Regular)
True Lover's Knot
(Regular)
Double Square-spot
(Regular)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Northern Eggar
(Infrequent)
Fox Moth
(Infrequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Barred Yellow
(Infrequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Infrequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Water Carpet
(Infrequent)
Welsh Wave
(Infrequent)
Small Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
Green Pug
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Dwarf Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Infrequent)
Willow Beauty
(Infrequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Infrequent)
Straw Dot
(Infrequent)
Wood Tiger
(Infrequent)
Garden Tiger
(Infrequent)
Cinnabar
(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)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Infrequent)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Infrequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Infrequent)
Campion
(Infrequent)
Broad-barred White
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Infrequent)
Small Square-spot
(Infrequent)
Green Arches
(Infrequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Infrequent)
Gold Swift
(Unusual)
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet
(Unusual)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Unusual)
Common Lutestring
(Unusual)
Emperor Moth
(Unusual)
July Belle
(Unusual)
Streamer
(Unusual)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Unusual)
May Highflyer
(Unusual)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Unusual)
Purple Bar
(Unusual)
Phoenix
(Unusual)
Barred Straw
(Unusual)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Unusual)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Unusual)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Rivulet
(Unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(Unusual)
Brindled Pug
(Unusual)
Larch Pug
(Unusual)
Angle-barred Pug
(Unusual)
Thyme Pug
(Unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Unusual)
Valerian Pug
(Unusual)
Seraphim
(Unusual)
Scorched Wing
(Unusual)
Barred Red
(Unusual)
Brussels Lace
(Unusual)
Puss Moth
(Unusual)
Sallow Kitten
(Unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Unusual)
Gold Spot
(Unusual)
Grey Dagger
(Unusual)
Coronet
(Unusual)
Antler Moth
(Unusual)
Broad-bordered White Underwing
(Unusual)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Common Wainscot
(Unusual)
Clay
(Unusual)
Turnip Moth
(Unusual)
Flame
(Unusual)
Six-striped Rustic
(Unusual)
Gothic
(Unusual)