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 Swift
(Frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Rivulet
(Frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Common White Wave
(Frequent)
Common Wave
(Frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Spectacle
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Frequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Frequent)
Marbled Minor
(Frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Frequent)
Lychnis
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Riband Wave
(Regular)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Yellow Shell
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Purple Bar
(Regular)
Barred Straw
(Regular)
Water Carpet
(Regular)
Green Pug
(Regular)
Foxglove Pug
(Regular)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Regular)
Satyr Pug
(Regular)
Mottled Pug
(Regular)
Mottled Beauty
(Regular)
Common Heath
(Regular)
Bordered White
(Regular)
Light Emerald
(Regular)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Regular)
Straw Dot
(Regular)
Cinnabar
(Regular)
Burnished Brass
(Regular)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Plain Golden Y
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Small Dotted Buff
(Regular)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Regular)
Dark Arches
(Regular)
Dark Brocade
(Regular)
Broom Moth
(Regular)
Shears
(Regular)
Smoky Wainscot
(Regular)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Regular)
Turnip Moth
(Regular)
Flame
(Regular)
Purple Clay
(Regular)
Ingrailed Clay
(Regular)
True Lover's Knot
(Regular)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Infrequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Common Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Fox Moth
(Infrequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Single-dotted Wave
(Infrequent)
July Belle
(Infrequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
July Highflyer
(Infrequent)
May Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Barred Yellow
(Infrequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Infrequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Welsh Wave
(Infrequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
Slender Pug
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Ochreous Pug
(Infrequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Seraphim
(Infrequent)
Magpie Moth
(Infrequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Infrequent)
Latticed Heath
(Infrequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Infrequent)
Early Thorn
(Infrequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Infrequent)
Peppered Moth
(Infrequent)
Willow Beauty
(Infrequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Infrequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Dark Tussock
(Infrequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Infrequent)
Wood Tiger
(Infrequent)
Garden Tiger
(Infrequent)
Common Footman
(Infrequent)
Fan-foot
(Infrequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Infrequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Infrequent)
Grey Dagger
(Infrequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Shark
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Lyme Grass
(Infrequent)
Light Arches
(Infrequent)
Common Rustic
(Infrequent)
Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Broad-bordered White Underwing
(Infrequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Infrequent)
Campion
(Infrequent)
Broad-barred White
(Infrequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Infrequent)
Common Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Clay
(Infrequent)
Sand Dart
(Infrequent)
Green Arches
(Infrequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Least Black Arches
(Infrequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Infrequent)
Orange Swift
(Unusual)
Gold Swift
(Unusual)
Thrift Clearwing
(Unusual)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Unusual)
Northern Eggar
(Unusual)
Small Dusty Wave
(Unusual)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Unusual)
Smoky Wave
(Unusual)
Birch Mocha
(Unusual)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Unusual)
Red Carpet
(Unusual)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Unusual)
Red-Green Carpet
(Unusual)
Mottled Grey
(Unusual)
Dingy Shell
(Unusual)
Small Rivulet
(Unusual)
Pretty Pinion
(Unusual)
Marsh Pug
(Unusual)
Netted Pug
(Unusual)
Juniper Pug
(Unusual)
Dwarf Pug
(Unusual)
Lime-speck Pug
(Unusual)
Bordered Pug
(Unusual)
Barred Red
(Unusual)
Brussels Lace
(Unusual)
Large Emerald
(Unusual)
Puss Moth
(Unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Buff Ermine
(Unusual)
Clouded Buff
(Unusual)
Red-necked Footman
(Unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Unusual)
Mother Shipton
(Unusual)
Gold Spangle
(Unusual)
Gold Spot
(Unusual)
Marbled Beauty
(Unusual)
Rustic
(Unusual)
Flounced Rustic
(Unusual)
Confused
(Unusual)
Rosy Minor
(Unusual)
Cloaked Minor
(Unusual)
Tawny Marbled Minor
(Unusual)
Rufous Minor
(Unusual)
Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Common Quaker
(Unusual)
Antler Moth
(Unusual)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Cabbage Moth
(Unusual)
Pearly Underwing
(Unusual)
White-line Dart
(Unusual)
Garden Dart
(Unusual)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Dotted Clay
(Unusual)
Square-spot Rustic
(Unusual)
Gothic
(Unusual)