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)
Ghost Moth
(Frequent)
Peach Blossom
(Frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Common Wave
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Frequent)
Spectacle
(Frequent)
Silver Y
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Frequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Frequent)
Broom Moth
(Frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Regular)
Purple Bar
(Regular)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Sandy Carpet
(Regular)
Golden-rod Pug
(Regular)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Regular)
Satyr Pug
(Regular)
Currant Pug
(Regular)
Lunar Thorn
(Regular)
Peppered Moth
(Regular)
Mottled Beauty
(Regular)
Common Heath
(Regular)
Bordered White
(Regular)
Common White Wave
(Regular)
Sallow Kitten
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Regular)
Burnished Brass
(Regular)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Regular)
Grey Dagger
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Angle Shades
(Regular)
Small Dotted Buff
(Regular)
Dark Arches
(Regular)
Marbled Minor
(Regular)
Hebrew Character
(Regular)
Shears
(Regular)
Campion
(Regular)
Heart and Dart
(Regular)
Purple Clay
(Regular)
True Lover's Knot
(Regular)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Gold Swift
(Infrequent)
Thrift Clearwing
(Infrequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Infrequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Northern Eggar
(Infrequent)
Fox Moth
(Infrequent)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
July Belle
(Infrequent)
Yellow Shell
(Infrequent)
May Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Infrequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Water Carpet
(Infrequent)
Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Small Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Infrequent)
Marsh Pug
(Infrequent)
Magpie Moth
(Infrequent)
Latticed Heath
(Infrequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Infrequent)
Early Thorn
(Infrequent)
Light Emerald
(Infrequent)
Brussels Lace
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Buff-tip
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Snout
(Infrequent)
Dark Tussock
(Infrequent)
Wood Tiger
(Infrequent)
Garden Tiger
(Infrequent)
Small Purple-barred
(Infrequent)
Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Shark
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Infrequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Infrequent)
Lychnis
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Infrequent)
Double Dart
(Infrequent)
Green Arches
(Infrequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Double Square-spot
(Infrequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Unusual)
Poplar Lutestring
(Unusual)
Common Lutestring
(Unusual)
Emperor Moth
(Unusual)
Riband Wave
(Unusual)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Unusual)
Barred Straw
(Unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Grass Rivulet
(Unusual)
Green Pug
(Unusual)
Dwarf Pug
(Unusual)
Larch Pug
(Unusual)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Unusual)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Unusual)
Barred Red
(Unusual)
Puss Moth
(Unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Unusual)
Red-necked Footman
(Unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Unusual)
Mother Shipton
(Unusual)
Gold Spangle
(Unusual)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Unusual)
Light Knot Grass
(Unusual)
Sweet Gale Moth
(Unusual)
Coronet
(Unusual)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Unusual)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Unusual)
Broad-bordered White Underwing
(Unusual)
Broad-barred White
(Unusual)
Marbled Coronet
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Dotted Clay
(Unusual)
Least Black Arches
(Unusual)
Green Silver-lines
(Unusual)