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.
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Frequent)
Dun-bar
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Frequent)
Garden Dart
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Frequent)
Orange Swift
(Regular)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Regular)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Regular)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Regular)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Small Rivulet
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Regular)
Mottled Beauty
(Regular)
Snout
(Regular)
Burnished Brass
(Regular)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Copper Underwing
(Regular)
Marbled Beauty
(Regular)
Rustic
(Regular)
Light Arches
(Regular)
Common Rustic
(Regular)
Cloaked Minor
(Regular)
Sallow
(Regular)
Grey Chi
(Regular)
Cabbage Moth
(Regular)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Regular)
Barred Chestnut
(Regular)
Ingrailed Clay
(Regular)
Small Square-spot
(Regular)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Regular)
Double Square-spot
(Regular)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Infrequent)
Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Barred Yellow
(Infrequent)
Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Northern Spinach
(Infrequent)
Barred Straw
(Infrequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
V-Pug
(Infrequent)
Slender Pug
(Infrequent)
Juniper Pug
(Infrequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Infrequent)
Treble-bar
(Infrequent)
Clouded Border
(Infrequent)
V-Moth
(Infrequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Infrequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Infrequent)
Common White Wave
(Infrequent)
Light Emerald
(Infrequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Straw Dot
(Infrequent)
Fan-foot
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Infrequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Infrequent)
Gold Spangle
(Infrequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Infrequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Infrequent)
Uncertain
(Infrequent)
Frosted Orange
(Infrequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Small Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Infrequent)
Double Lobed
(Infrequent)
Rosy Minor
(Infrequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Infrequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Infrequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Infrequent)
Clay
(Infrequent)
Heart and Dart
(Infrequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Infrequent)
Least Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Infrequent)
Common Lutestring
(Unusual)
Small Dusty Wave
(Unusual)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Unusual)
Purple Bar
(Unusual)
Red-Green Carpet
(Unusual)
Autumnal Moth
(Unusual)
Rivulet
(Unusual)
Golden-rod Pug
(Unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Unusual)
Bordered Pug
(Unusual)
Lesser Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Streak
(Unusual)
Latticed Heath
(Unusual)
Common Wave
(Unusual)
Barred Red
(Unusual)
Pebble Prominent
(Unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Herald
(Unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Unusual)
Garden Tiger
(Unusual)
Cinnabar
(Unusual)
Buff Footman
(Unusual)
Spectacle
(Unusual)
Gold Spot
(Unusual)
Grey Dagger
(Unusual)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Unusual)
Old Lady
(Unusual)
Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Small Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Dusky Brocade
(Unusual)
Marbled Minor
(Unusual)
Rufous Minor
(Unusual)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Unusual)
Olive
(Unusual)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Unusual)
Black Rustic
(Unusual)
Lychnis
(Unusual)
Square-spot Dart
(Unusual)
White-line Dart
(Unusual)
Turnip Moth
(Unusual)
Flame
(Unusual)
Flame Shoulder
(Unusual)
Purple Clay
(Unusual)
Double Dart
(Unusual)
Gothic
(Unusual)