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