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)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Frequent)
Forester
(Frequent)
Transparent Burnet
(Frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Smoky Wave
(Frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Frequent)
Common White Wave
(Frequent)
Common Wave
(Frequent)
Light Emerald
(Frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Frequent)
Buff-tip
(Frequent)
Buff Ermine
(Frequent)
Clouded Buff
(Frequent)
Spectacle
(Frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Broom Moth
(Frequent)
Shears
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Frequent)
Flame
(Frequent)
Purple Clay
(Frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Regular)
Peach Blossom
(Regular)
Northern Eggar
(Regular)
Fox Moth
(Regular)
Riband Wave
(Regular)
Birch Mocha
(Regular)
May Highflyer
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Regular)
Purple Bar
(Regular)
Water Carpet
(Regular)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Regular)
Satyr Pug
(Regular)
Common Pug
(Regular)
Peacock Moth
(Regular)
Scorched Wing
(Regular)
Common Heath
(Regular)
Bordered White
(Regular)
Pebble Prominent
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Straw Dot
(Regular)
Snout
(Regular)
Cinnabar
(Regular)
Four-dotted Footman
(Regular)
Small Fan-foot
(Regular)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Silver Hook
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Regular)
Grey Arches
(Regular)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Regular)
Campion
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Regular)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Green Arches
(Regular)
Double Square-spot
(Regular)
Gold Swift
(Infrequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Common Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Cream Wave
(Infrequent)
Garden Carpet
(Infrequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Yellow Shell
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Infrequent)
July Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Ruddy Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Barred Straw
(Infrequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Small Yellow Wave
(Infrequent)
Welsh Wave
(Infrequent)
Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Infrequent)
Clouded Magpie
(Infrequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Infrequent)
Barred Umber
(Infrequent)
Speckled Yellow
(Infrequent)
Early Thorn
(Infrequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Infrequent)
Barred Red
(Infrequent)
Brussels Lace
(Infrequent)
Black Mountain Moth
(Infrequent)
Large Emerald
(Infrequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Garden Tiger
(Infrequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Infrequent)
Mother Shipton
(Infrequent)
Burnished Brass
(Infrequent)
Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Grey Dagger
(Infrequent)
Coronet
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Dark Arches
(Infrequent)
Marbled Minor
(Infrequent)
Rufous Minor
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Brocade
(Infrequent)
Glaucous Shears
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Infrequent)
Least Black Arches
(Infrequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Infrequent)
Poplar Lutestring
(Unusual)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Unusual)
Plain Wave
(Unusual)
Oblique Carpet
(Unusual)
Red Carpet
(Unusual)
Northern Spinach
(Unusual)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Unusual)
Small Rivulet
(Unusual)
Double-striped Pug
(Unusual)
Green Pug
(Unusual)
Brindled Pug
(Unusual)
Dwarf Pug
(Unusual)
Larch Pug
(Unusual)
Angle-barred Pug
(Unusual)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Unusual)
Currant Pug
(Unusual)
Shaded Pug
(Unusual)
Seraphim
(Unusual)
Sharp-angled Peacock
(Unusual)
Latticed Heath
(Unusual)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Unusual)
Willow Beauty
(Unusual)
Grey Birch
(Unusual)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Unusual)
Grass Wave
(Unusual)
Little Emerald
(Unusual)
Puss Moth
(Unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Herald
(Unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Unusual)
Wood Tiger
(Unusual)
Muslin Footman
(Unusual)
Fan-foot
(Unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Unusual)
Small Purple-barred
(Unusual)
Gold Spangle
(Unusual)
Alder Moth
(Unusual)
Light Knot Grass
(Unusual)
Shark
(Unusual)
Tawny Marbled Minor
(Unusual)
Antler Moth
(Unusual)
Marbled Coronet
(Unusual)
Turnip Moth
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Unusual)
Double Dart
(Unusual)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Unusual)