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