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