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.
Map-winged Swift
(Frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Frequent)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Barred Straw
(Frequent)
Rivulet
(Frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Frequent)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Frequent)
Common White Wave
(Frequent)
Light Emerald
(Frequent)
Straw Dot
(Frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Frequent)
Common Footman
(Frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Light Arches
(Frequent)
Common Rustic
(Frequent)
Marbled Minor
(Frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Frequent)
Clay
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Purple Clay
(Frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Regular)
Common Lutestring
(Regular)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Single-dotted Wave
(Regular)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Regular)
Garden Carpet
(Regular)
Barred Yellow
(Regular)
Purple Bar
(Regular)
Small Phoenix
(Regular)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Sandy Carpet
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
Green Pug
(Regular)
Foxglove Pug
(Regular)
Wormwood Pug
(Regular)
Latticed Heath
(Regular)
Scalloped Oak
(Regular)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Regular)
Willow Beauty
(Regular)
Common Wave
(Regular)
Barred Red
(Regular)
Iron Prominent
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Regular)
Muslin Footman
(Regular)
Fan-foot
(Regular)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Regular)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Gold Spangle
(Regular)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Regular)
Grey Dagger
(Regular)
Marbled Beauty
(Regular)
Rustic
(Regular)
Brown Rustic
(Regular)
Small Angle Shades
(Regular)
Small Dotted Buff
(Regular)
Dusky Brocade
(Regular)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Regular)
Double Lobed
(Regular)
Dun-bar
(Regular)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Regular)
White-line Dart
(Regular)
Flame
(Regular)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Green Arches
(Regular)
Six-striped Rustic
(Regular)
Orange Swift
(Infrequent)
Gold Swift
(Infrequent)
Ghost Moth
(Infrequent)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Small Dusty Wave
(Infrequent)
July Belle
(Infrequent)
Red Carpet
(Infrequent)
Flame Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Infrequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Northern Spinach
(Infrequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Infrequent)
Welsh Wave
(Infrequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Slender Pug
(Infrequent)
Juniper Pug
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Infrequent)
Common Pug
(Infrequent)
Mottled Pug
(Infrequent)
Magpie Moth
(Infrequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Infrequent)
Peppered Moth
(Infrequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Infrequent)
Bordered White
(Infrequent)
Scotch Annulet
(Infrequent)
Large Emerald
(Infrequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Infrequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Dark Tussock
(Infrequent)
Cinnabar
(Infrequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Infrequent)
Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Shark
(Infrequent)
Mouse Moth
(Infrequent)
Uncertain
(Infrequent)
Straw Underwing
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Infrequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Infrequent)
Small Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Infrequent)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Rosy Minor
(Infrequent)
Cloaked Minor
(Infrequent)
Tawny Marbled Minor
(Infrequent)
Dark Brocade
(Infrequent)
Broom Moth
(Infrequent)
Southern Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Turnip Moth
(Infrequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Infrequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Gothic
(Infrequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Unusual)
Pale Eggar
(Unusual)
Northern Eggar
(Unusual)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Oblique Carpet
(Unusual)
Beautiful Carpet
(Unusual)
May Highflyer
(Unusual)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Unusual)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Unusual)
Phoenix
(Unusual)
Water Carpet
(Unusual)
Dingy Shell
(Unusual)
Pretty Pinion
(Unusual)
V-Pug
(Unusual)
Larch Pug
(Unusual)
Triple-spotted Pug
(Unusual)
Satyr Pug
(Unusual)
Currant Pug
(Unusual)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Unusual)
Satin Beauty
(Unusual)
Brussels Lace
(Unusual)
Sallow Kitten
(Unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Unusual)
Red-necked Footman
(Unusual)
Scarce Silver Y
(Unusual)
Crescent
(Unusual)
Butterbur
(Unusual)
Ear Moth
(Unusual)
Lyme Grass
(Unusual)
Confused
(Unusual)
Rufous Minor
(Unusual)
Dingy Shears
(Unusual)
Nutmeg
(Unusual)
Glaucous Shears
(Unusual)
Shears
(Unusual)
Cabbage Moth
(Unusual)
Campion
(Unusual)
Marbled Coronet
(Unusual)
Garden Dart
(Unusual)
Archer's Dart
(Unusual)
Sand Dart
(Unusual)
Shuttle-shaped Dart
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Barred Chestnut
(Unusual)
Double Dart
(Unusual)