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)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Cream Wave
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
Purple Bar
(Frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Water Carpet
(Frequent)
Lead-coloured Pug
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Frequent)
Barred Umber
(Frequent)
Scorched Wing
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Frequent)
Common Wave
(Frequent)
Light Emerald
(Frequent)
Little Emerald
(Frequent)
Buff-tip
(Frequent)
Four-dotted Footman
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Purple Clay
(Frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Frequent)
Gold Swift
(Regular)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Regular)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Regular)
Peach Blossom
(Regular)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Riband Wave
(Regular)
Garden Carpet
(Regular)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Regular)
Foxglove Pug
(Regular)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Regular)
Early Thorn
(Regular)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Regular)
Small Fan-foot
(Regular)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Small Dotted Buff
(Regular)
Dusky Brocade
(Regular)
Dark Arches
(Regular)
Middle-barred Minor
(Regular)
Grey Arches
(Regular)
Broom Moth
(Regular)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Regular)
Heart and Dart
(Regular)
Flame
(Regular)
Small Square-spot
(Regular)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Green Arches
(Regular)
Common Swift
(Infrequent)
Ghost Moth
(Infrequent)
Common Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Fox Moth
(Infrequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wave
(Infrequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
May Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Infrequent)
Barred Straw
(Infrequent)
Small Yellow Wave
(Infrequent)
Welsh Wave
(Infrequent)
Small Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
Green Pug
(Infrequent)
Bilberry Pug
(Infrequent)
Brindled Pug
(Infrequent)
Dwarf Pug
(Infrequent)
Larch Pug
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Satyr Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Mottled Pug
(Infrequent)
Peacock Moth
(Infrequent)
Latticed Heath
(Infrequent)
Lilac Beauty
(Infrequent)
Willow Beauty
(Infrequent)
Common Heath
(Infrequent)
Bordered White
(Infrequent)
Barred Red
(Infrequent)
Large Emerald
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Infrequent)
Great Prominent
(Infrequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Straw Dot
(Infrequent)
Snout
(Infrequent)
Clouded Buff
(Infrequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Infrequent)
Fan-foot
(Infrequent)
Silver Y
(Infrequent)
Grey Dagger
(Infrequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Infrequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Infrequent)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Dark Brocade
(Infrequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Infrequent)
Campion
(Infrequent)
Broad-barred White
(Infrequent)
Lychnis
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Turnip Moth
(Infrequent)
Double Square-spot
(Infrequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Infrequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Unusual)
Chinese Character
(Unusual)
Northern Eggar
(Unusual)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Unusual)
Oblique Carpet
(Unusual)
Yellow Shell
(Unusual)
Streamer
(Unusual)
Beautiful Carpet
(Unusual)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Unusual)
July Highflyer
(Unusual)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Unusual)
Barred Yellow
(Unusual)
Red-Green Carpet
(Unusual)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Unusual)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Dingy Shell
(Unusual)
Rivulet
(Unusual)
Grass Rivulet
(Unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(Unusual)
V-Pug
(Unusual)
Ochreous Pug
(Unusual)
Thyme Pug
(Unusual)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Unusual)
Wormwood Pug
(Unusual)
Valerian Pug
(Unusual)
Shaded Pug
(Unusual)
Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Seraphim
(Unusual)
Speckled Yellow
(Unusual)
Purple Thorn
(Unusual)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Unusual)
Pale Brindled Beauty
(Unusual)
Satin Beauty
(Unusual)
Grass Wave
(Unusual)
Sallow Kitten
(Unusual)
Lunar Marbled Brown
(Unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Herald
(Unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Unusual)
Wood Tiger
(Unusual)
Garden Tiger
(Unusual)
Cinnabar
(Unusual)
Muslin Footman
(Unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Unusual)
Mother Shipton
(Unusual)
Dark Spectacle
(Unusual)
Burnished Brass
(Unusual)
Plain Golden Y
(Unusual)
Gold Spot
(Unusual)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Unusual)
Alder Moth
(Unusual)
Light Knot Grass
(Unusual)
Coronet
(Unusual)
Shark
(Unusual)
Angle Shades
(Unusual)
Light Arches
(Unusual)
Tawny Marbled Minor
(Unusual)
Rufous Minor
(Unusual)
Hebrew Character
(Unusual)
Glaucous Shears
(Unusual)
Shears
(Unusual)
Cabbage Moth
(Unusual)
Marbled Coronet
(Unusual)
Clay
(Unusual)
Double Dart
(Unusual)