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