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