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