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)
Map-winged Swift
(Frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Frequent)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Barred Straw
(Frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Frequent)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Frequent)
Common White Wave
(Frequent)
Light Emerald
(Frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Frequent)
Straw Dot
(Frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Fan-foot
(Frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Light Arches
(Frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Frequent)
Dun-bar
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Frequent)
Clay
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Purple Clay
(Frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Regular)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Yellow Shell
(Regular)
Barred Yellow
(Regular)
Purple Bar
(Regular)
Phoenix
(Regular)
Northern Spinach
(Regular)
Small Phoenix
(Regular)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Welsh Wave
(Regular)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Rivulet
(Regular)
V-Pug
(Regular)
Green Pug
(Regular)
Wormwood Pug
(Regular)
Latticed Heath
(Regular)
Scalloped Oak
(Regular)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Regular)
Common Wave
(Regular)
Barred Red
(Regular)
Large Emerald
(Regular)
Pebble Prominent
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Garden Tiger
(Regular)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Regular)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Gold Spangle
(Regular)
Gold Spot
(Regular)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Regular)
Marbled Beauty
(Regular)
Rustic
(Regular)
Brown Rustic
(Regular)
Small Angle Shades
(Regular)
Dusky Brocade
(Regular)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Regular)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Regular)
Marbled Minor
(Regular)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Regular)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Regular)
Flame
(Regular)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Double Dart
(Regular)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Regular)
Orange Swift
(Infrequent)
Gold Swift
(Infrequent)
Ghost Moth
(Infrequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Infrequent)
Narrow-bordered Five-spot Burnet
(Infrequent)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Buff Arches
(Infrequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Single-dotted Wave
(Infrequent)
Garden Carpet
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Infrequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Infrequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
Slender Pug
(Infrequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Infrequent)
Juniper Pug
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Larch Pug
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Common Pug
(Infrequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Infrequent)
Satin Beauty
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Muslin Footman
(Infrequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Infrequent)
Grey Dagger
(Infrequent)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Infrequent)
Uncertain
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Infrequent)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Double Lobed
(Infrequent)
Cloaked Minor
(Infrequent)
Rufous Minor
(Infrequent)
Dingy Shears
(Infrequent)
Broom Moth
(Infrequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Infrequent)
Lychnis
(Infrequent)
Southern Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Garden Dart
(Infrequent)
Turnip Moth
(Infrequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Green Arches
(Infrequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Infrequent)
Gothic
(Infrequent)
Lunar Hornet Moth
(Unusual)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Unusual)
Small Dusty Wave
(Unusual)
July Belle
(Unusual)
Red Carpet
(Unusual)
Pine Carpet
(Unusual)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Unusual)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Unusual)
Spinach
(Unusual)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Unusual)
Dingy Shell
(Unusual)
Scallop Shell
(Unusual)
Barred Rivulet
(Unusual)
Dwarf Pug
(Unusual)
Angle-barred Pug
(Unusual)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Unusual)
Bordered Pug
(Unusual)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Lesser Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Magpie Moth
(Unusual)
V-Moth
(Unusual)
Lilac Beauty
(Unusual)
Early Thorn
(Unusual)
Common Heath
(Unusual)
Bordered White
(Unusual)
Grass Emerald
(Unusual)
Sallow Kitten
(Unusual)
Buff-tip
(Unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Unusual)
Wood Tiger
(Unusual)
Cinnabar
(Unusual)
Red-necked Footman
(Unusual)
Buff Footman
(Unusual)
Scarce Silver Y
(Unusual)
Shark
(Unusual)
Mouse Moth
(Unusual)
Old Lady
(Unusual)
Haworth's Minor
(Unusual)
Crescent
(Unusual)
Large Ear
(Unusual)
Flounced Rustic
(Unusual)
Small Wainscot
(Unusual)
Clouded Brindle
(Unusual)
Common Rustic
(Unusual)
Rosy Minor
(Unusual)
Sallow
(Unusual)
Olive
(Unusual)
Suspected
(Unusual)
Dark Brocade
(Unusual)
Campion
(Unusual)
Broad-barred White
(Unusual)
Obscure Wainscot
(Unusual)
White-line Dart
(Unusual)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Northern Rustic
(Unusual)
Green Silver-lines
(Unusual)