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