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