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