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