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.
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Frequent)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Frequent)
Dun-bar
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Regular)
Yellow Shell
(Regular)
Barred Yellow
(Regular)
Phoenix
(Regular)
Northern Spinach
(Regular)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Rivulet
(Regular)
Small Rivulet
(Regular)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Regular)
Lesser Treble-bar
(Regular)
Clouded Border
(Regular)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Regular)
Willow Beauty
(Regular)
Mottled Beauty
(Regular)
Common White Wave
(Regular)
Light Emerald
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Straw Dot
(Regular)
Fan-foot
(Regular)
Plain Golden Y
(Regular)
Gold Spangle
(Regular)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Regular)
Marbled Beauty
(Regular)
Rustic
(Regular)
Haworth's Minor
(Regular)
Crescent
(Regular)
Large Ear
(Regular)
Small Wainscot
(Regular)
Small Dotted Buff
(Regular)
Light Arches
(Regular)
Double Lobed
(Regular)
Rosy Minor
(Regular)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Regular)
Grey Chi
(Regular)
Common Wainscot
(Regular)
Clay
(Regular)
Garden Dart
(Regular)
Barred Chestnut
(Regular)
Small Square-spot
(Regular)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Double Square-spot
(Regular)
Autumnal Rustic
(Regular)
Orange Swift
(Infrequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Common Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Infrequent)
Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Purple Bar
(Infrequent)
Barred Straw
(Infrequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Welsh Wave
(Infrequent)
Tissue
(Infrequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
V-Pug
(Infrequent)
Slender Pug
(Infrequent)
Juniper Pug
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Infrequent)
Treble-bar
(Infrequent)
V-Moth
(Infrequent)
Latticed Heath
(Infrequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Infrequent)
Satin Beauty
(Infrequent)
Common Wave
(Infrequent)
Barred Red
(Infrequent)
Large Emerald
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Infrequent)
Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Copper Underwing
(Infrequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Infrequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Infrequent)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Infrequent)
Uncertain
(Infrequent)
Old Lady
(Infrequent)
Frosted Orange
(Infrequent)
Butterbur
(Infrequent)
Large Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Infrequent)
Common Rustic
(Infrequent)
Cloaked Minor
(Infrequent)
Marbled Minor
(Infrequent)
Rufous Minor
(Infrequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Infrequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Infrequent)
Olive
(Infrequent)
Suspected
(Infrequent)
Brindled Green
(Infrequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Infrequent)
Black Rustic
(Infrequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Infrequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Infrequent)
Southern Wainscot
(Infrequent)
White-line Dart
(Infrequent)
Heart and Dart
(Infrequent)
Turnip Moth
(Infrequent)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Infrequent)
Flame
(Infrequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Infrequent)
Purple Clay
(Infrequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Infrequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Infrequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Infrequent)
Heath Rustic
(Infrequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Gothic
(Infrequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Unusual)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Single-dotted Wave
(Unusual)
Red Carpet
(Unusual)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Unusual)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Unusual)
Spinach
(Unusual)
Barred Rivulet
(Unusual)
Grass Rivulet
(Unusual)
Sandy Carpet
(Unusual)
Green Pug
(Unusual)
Foxglove Pug
(Unusual)
Larch Pug
(Unusual)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Unusual)
Angle-barred Pug
(Unusual)
Lime-speck Pug
(Unusual)
Currant Pug
(Unusual)
Bordered Pug
(Unusual)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Early Thorn
(Unusual)
Dotted Carpet
(Unusual)
Pebble Prominent
(Unusual)
Vapourer
(Unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Unusual)
Garden Tiger
(Unusual)
Buff Footman
(Unusual)
Small Fan-foot
(Unusual)
Spectacle
(Unusual)
Scarce Silver Y
(Unusual)
Grey Dagger
(Unusual)
Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Small Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Crinan Ear
(Unusual)
Twin-spotted Wainscot
(Unusual)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Unusual)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Unusual)
Orange Sallow
(Unusual)
Nutmeg
(Unusual)
Lychnis
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Northern Rustic
(Unusual)
Double Dart
(Unusual)
Green Arches
(Unusual)