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.
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Dun-bar
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Frequent)
Orange Swift
(Regular)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Regular)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Regular)
Yellow Shell
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Regular)
Purple Bar
(Regular)
Northern Spinach
(Regular)
Barred Straw
(Regular)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Mottled Beauty
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Straw Dot
(Regular)
Snout
(Regular)
Fan-foot
(Regular)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Regular)
Plain Golden Y
(Regular)
Gold Spangle
(Regular)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Regular)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Marbled Beauty
(Regular)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Regular)
Grey Chi
(Regular)
Feathered Gothic
(Regular)
Ingrailed Clay
(Regular)
True Lover's Knot
(Regular)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Six-striped Rustic
(Regular)
Double Square-spot
(Regular)
Plain Clay
(Regular)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Small Dusty Wave
(Infrequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Infrequent)
Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Small Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
Green Pug
(Infrequent)
Juniper Pug
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Infrequent)
Treble-bar
(Infrequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Infrequent)
Willow Beauty
(Infrequent)
Satin Beauty
(Infrequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Infrequent)
Light Emerald
(Infrequent)
Barred Red
(Infrequent)
Large Emerald
(Infrequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Infrequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Garden Tiger
(Infrequent)
Muslin Footman
(Infrequent)
Buff Footman
(Infrequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Infrequent)
Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Anomalous
(Infrequent)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Infrequent)
Old Lady
(Infrequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Infrequent)
Frosted Orange
(Infrequent)
Crinan Ear
(Infrequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Infrequent)
Double Lobed
(Infrequent)
Rosy Minor
(Infrequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Infrequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Infrequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Infrequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Infrequent)
Broom Moth
(Infrequent)
Lychnis
(Infrequent)
Common Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Clay
(Infrequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Infrequent)
Small Square-spot
(Infrequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Infrequent)
Heath Rustic
(Infrequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Unusual)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Unusual)
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet
(Unusual)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Unusual)
Common Lutestring
(Unusual)
Pale Eggar
(Unusual)
Northern Eggar
(Unusual)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Oblique Carpet
(Unusual)
Gem
(Unusual)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Unusual)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Unusual)
Barred Yellow
(Unusual)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Unusual)
Beech-green Carpet
(Unusual)
Devon Carpet
(Unusual)
Welsh Wave
(Unusual)
V-Pug
(Unusual)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Unusual)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Magpie Moth
(Unusual)
Clouded Border
(Unusual)
Latticed Heath
(Unusual)
September Thorn
(Unusual)
Peppered Moth
(Unusual)
Common Wave
(Unusual)
Brussels Lace
(Unusual)
Iron Prominent
(Unusual)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Unusual)
Buff Ermine
(Unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Unusual)
Common Footman
(Unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Unusual)
Spectacle
(Unusual)
Scarce Silver Y
(Unusual)
Scarce Bordered Straw
(Unusual)
Mottled Rustic
(Unusual)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Unusual)
Rustic
(Unusual)
Brown Rustic
(Unusual)
Straw Underwing
(Unusual)
Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Small Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Crescent
(Unusual)
Large Ear
(Unusual)
Ear Moth
(Unusual)
Large Wainscot
(Unusual)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Unusual)
Light Arches
(Unusual)
Confused
(Unusual)
Northern Arches
(Unusual)
Common Rustic
(Unusual)
Brick
(Unusual)
Chestnut
(Unusual)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Unusual)
Dingy Shears
(Unusual)
Black Rustic
(Unusual)
Hedge Rustic
(Unusual)
Cabbage Moth
(Unusual)
Garden Dart
(Unusual)
Heart and Dart
(Unusual)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Unusual)
Flame
(Unusual)
Purple Clay
(Unusual)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Green Arches
(Unusual)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Unusual)
Gothic
(Unusual)