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