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