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