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)
Common Lutestring
(Frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Frequent)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Frequent)
Purple Bar
(Frequent)
Barred Straw
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Frequent)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Frequent)
Common White Wave
(Frequent)
Common Wave
(Frequent)
Light Emerald
(Frequent)
Barred Red
(Frequent)
Large Emerald
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Frequent)
Straw Dot
(Frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Grey Arches
(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)
Green Arches
(Frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Frequent)
Satin Lutestring
(Regular)
Flame Carpet
(Regular)
Yellow Shell
(Regular)
Common Carpet
(Regular)
July Highflyer
(Regular)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Northern Spinach
(Regular)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Pretty Pinion
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
Foxglove Pug
(Regular)
Treble-bar
(Regular)
Peppered Moth
(Regular)
Dotted Carpet
(Regular)
Iron Prominent
(Regular)
Buff-tip
(Regular)
Buff Ermine
(Regular)
Garden Tiger
(Regular)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Regular)
Spectacle
(Regular)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Gold Spangle
(Regular)
Gold Spot
(Regular)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Regular)
Brown Rustic
(Regular)
Small Angle Shades
(Regular)
Small Dotted Buff
(Regular)
Dusky Brocade
(Regular)
Middle-barred Minor
(Regular)
Dark Brocade
(Regular)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Regular)
Broom Moth
(Regular)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Double Square-spot
(Regular)
Gold Swift
(Infrequent)
Ghost Moth
(Infrequent)
Transparent Burnet
(Infrequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Infrequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Northern Eggar
(Infrequent)
Fox Moth
(Infrequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wave
(Infrequent)
Cream Wave
(Infrequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Infrequent)
Garden Carpet
(Infrequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Infrequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Infrequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Infrequent)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Infrequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Infrequent)
Small Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Small Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Green Pug
(Infrequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Infrequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Infrequent)
Common Pug
(Infrequent)
Peacock Moth
(Infrequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Infrequent)
Willow Beauty
(Infrequent)
Satin Beauty
(Infrequent)
Bordered White
(Infrequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Clouded Buff
(Infrequent)
Wood Tiger
(Infrequent)
Four-dotted Footman
(Infrequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Infrequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Infrequent)
Scarce Silver Y
(Infrequent)
Silver Hook
(Infrequent)
Grey Dagger
(Infrequent)
Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Coronet
(Infrequent)
Straw Underwing
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Crescent
(Infrequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Infrequent)
Small Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Infrequent)
Light Arches
(Infrequent)
Northern Arches
(Infrequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Brocade
(Infrequent)
Campion
(Infrequent)
Common Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Clay
(Infrequent)
Heart and Dart
(Infrequent)
Flame
(Infrequent)
Double Dart
(Infrequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Infrequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Infrequent)
Gothic
(Infrequent)
Poplar Lutestring
(Unusual)
Plain Wave
(Unusual)
Birch Mocha
(Unusual)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Unusual)
Red Carpet
(Unusual)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
May Highflyer
(Unusual)
Pine Carpet
(Unusual)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Unusual)
Barred Yellow
(Unusual)
Beech-green Carpet
(Unusual)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Scallop Shell
(Unusual)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Grass Rivulet
(Unusual)
Sandy Carpet
(Unusual)
Barred Carpet
(Unusual)
V-Pug
(Unusual)
Juniper Pug
(Unusual)
Larch Pug
(Unusual)
Angle-barred Pug
(Unusual)
Thyme Pug
(Unusual)
Satyr Pug
(Unusual)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Unusual)
Brown Silver-line
(Unusual)
Bordered Beauty
(Unusual)
Speckled Yellow
(Unusual)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Unusual)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Unusual)
Bordered Grey
(Unusual)
Common Heath
(Unusual)
Scotch Annulet
(Unusual)
Brussels Lace
(Unusual)
Sallow Kitten
(Unusual)
Cinnabar
(Unusual)
Red-necked Footman
(Unusual)
Common Footman
(Unusual)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Unusual)
Light Knot Grass
(Unusual)
Shark
(Unusual)
Anomalous
(Unusual)
Mouse Moth
(Unusual)
Rustic
(Unusual)
Large Ear
(Unusual)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Unusual)
Dun-bar
(Unusual)
Shears
(Unusual)
Lychnis
(Unusual)
Marbled Coronet
(Unusual)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Unusual)
Barred Chestnut
(Unusual)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)