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