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