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)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Frequent)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Purple Bar
(Frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Frequent)
Barred Straw
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Juniper Pug
(Frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Frequent)
Barred Red
(Frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Frequent)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Angle-striped Sallow
(Frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Frequent)
Plain Clay
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Yellow Shell
(Regular)
Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Welsh Wave
(Regular)
Small Rivulet
(Regular)
Wormwood Pug
(Regular)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Regular)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Regular)
Mottled Beauty
(Regular)
Light Emerald
(Regular)
Iron Prominent
(Regular)
Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Burnished Brass
(Regular)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Regular)
Gold Spangle
(Regular)
Scarce Silver Y
(Regular)
Anomalous
(Regular)
Rosy Minor
(Regular)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Regular)
Suspected
(Regular)
Black Rustic
(Regular)
Common Wainscot
(Regular)
White-line Dart
(Regular)
Garden Dart
(Regular)
Purple Clay
(Regular)
Small Square-spot
(Regular)
True Lover's Knot
(Regular)
Green Arches
(Regular)
Neglected Rustic
(Regular)
Double Square-spot
(Regular)
Cousin German
(Regular)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Infrequent)
Common Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Plain Wave
(Infrequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Infrequent)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Infrequent)
Barred Yellow
(Infrequent)
Beech-green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Infrequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
Green Pug
(Infrequent)
Slender Pug
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Infrequent)
Treble-bar
(Infrequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Infrequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Infrequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Infrequent)
Willow Beauty
(Infrequent)
Satin Beauty
(Infrequent)
Bordered White
(Infrequent)
Common White Wave
(Infrequent)
Scotch Annulet
(Infrequent)
Large Emerald
(Infrequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Infrequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Infrequent)
Straw Dot
(Infrequent)
Garden Tiger
(Infrequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Infrequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Uncertain
(Infrequent)
Rustic
(Infrequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Infrequent)
Crescent
(Infrequent)
Frosted Orange
(Infrequent)
Large Ear
(Infrequent)
Ear Moth
(Infrequent)
Crinan Ear
(Infrequent)
Small Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Infrequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Infrequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Infrequent)
Light Arches
(Infrequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Infrequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Infrequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Infrequent)
Dun-bar
(Infrequent)
Grey Chi
(Infrequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Infrequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Infrequent)
Clay
(Infrequent)
Portland Moth
(Infrequent)
Coast Dart
(Infrequent)
Heart and Dart
(Infrequent)
Archer's Dart
(Infrequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Infrequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Heath Rustic
(Infrequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Orange Swift
(Unusual)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Unusual)
Pale Eggar
(Unusual)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Small Dusty Wave
(Unusual)
July Belle
(Unusual)
Red Carpet
(Unusual)
Dark Spinach
(Unusual)
Spruce Carpet
(Unusual)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Unusual)
Phoenix
(Unusual)
Spinach
(Unusual)
Small Phoenix
(Unusual)
Red-Green Carpet
(Unusual)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Unusual)
Grass Rivulet
(Unusual)
Foxglove Pug
(Unusual)
Golden-rod Pug
(Unusual)
Lime-speck Pug
(Unusual)
Currant Pug
(Unusual)
Streak
(Unusual)
Broom-tip
(Unusual)
Magpie Moth
(Unusual)
Clouded Border
(Unusual)
V-Moth
(Unusual)
Common Wave
(Unusual)
Vapourer
(Unusual)
Common Footman
(Unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Unusual)
Spectacle
(Unusual)
Gold Spot
(Unusual)
Grey Dagger
(Unusual)
Marbled Beauty
(Unusual)
Mottled Rustic
(Unusual)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Unusual)
Confused
(Unusual)
Northern Arches
(Unusual)
Common Rustic
(Unusual)
Marbled Minor
(Unusual)
Rufous Minor
(Unusual)
Orange Sallow
(Unusual)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Unusual)
Dark Brocade
(Unusual)
Broom Moth
(Unusual)
Cabbage Moth
(Unusual)
Broad-barred White
(Unusual)
Lychnis
(Unusual)
Double Dart
(Unusual)
Gothic
(Unusual)