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)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Barred Straw
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Frequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Cinnabar
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(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)
Turnip Moth
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Riband Wave
(Regular)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Barred Yellow
(Regular)
Small Phoenix
(Regular)
Green Pug
(Regular)
Clouded Border
(Regular)
Latticed Heath
(Regular)
Mottled Beauty
(Regular)
Common White Wave
(Regular)
Light Emerald
(Regular)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Cabbage Moth
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Regular)
Smoky Wainscot
(Regular)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Regular)
Flame
(Regular)
Purple Clay
(Regular)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Regular)
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet
(Infrequent)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Small Dusty Wave
(Infrequent)
Yellow Shell
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Infrequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Small Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
Netted Pug
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Infrequent)
Satyr Pug
(Infrequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Mottled Pug
(Infrequent)
Magpie Moth
(Infrequent)
Early Thorn
(Infrequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Infrequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Infrequent)
Bordered White
(Infrequent)
Common Wave
(Infrequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Infrequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Infrequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Infrequent)
Buff-tip
(Infrequent)
Straw Dot
(Infrequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Infrequent)
Garden Tiger
(Infrequent)
Fan-foot
(Infrequent)
Mother Shipton
(Infrequent)
Burnished Brass
(Infrequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Infrequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Infrequent)
Grey Dagger
(Infrequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Infrequent)
Rustic
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Infrequent)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Light Arches
(Infrequent)
Marbled Minor
(Infrequent)
Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Antler Moth
(Infrequent)
Broom Moth
(Infrequent)
Shears
(Infrequent)
Broad-barred White
(Infrequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Infrequent)
Common Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Clay
(Infrequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Infrequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Infrequent)
Double Dart
(Infrequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Infrequent)
Gold Swift
(Unusual)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Unusual)
Common Lutestring
(Unusual)
Emperor Moth
(Unusual)
Single-dotted Wave
(Unusual)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Unusual)
Beautiful Carpet
(Unusual)
July Highflyer
(Unusual)
May Highflyer
(Unusual)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Unusual)
Rivulet
(Unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(Unusual)
Dwarf Pug
(Unusual)
Ochreous Pug
(Unusual)
Bordered Pug
(Unusual)
Seraphim
(Unusual)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Unusual)
Brown Silver-line
(Unusual)
Common Heath
(Unusual)
Barred Red
(Unusual)
Iron Prominent
(Unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Red-necked Footman
(Unusual)
Small Fan-foot
(Unusual)
Small Purple-barred
(Unusual)
Gold Spangle
(Unusual)
Gold Spot
(Unusual)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Unusual)
Alder Moth
(Unusual)
Knot Grass
(Unusual)
Uncertain
(Unusual)
Common Rustic
(Unusual)
Tawny Marbled Minor
(Unusual)
Dark Brocade
(Unusual)
Clouded Drab
(Unusual)
Campion
(Unusual)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Unusual)
Green Arches
(Unusual)
Dotted Clay
(Unusual)
Square-spot Rustic
(Unusual)