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