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