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