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