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