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.
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Frequent)
Riband Wave
(Frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Frequent)
Common Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Frequent)
Dark Arches
(Frequent)
Dun-bar
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Regular)
Yellow Shell
(Regular)
Small Rivulet
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
Clouded Border
(Regular)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Regular)
Mottled Beauty
(Regular)
Snout
(Regular)
Burnished Brass
(Regular)
Silver Y
(Regular)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Regular)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Marbled Beauty
(Regular)
Crescent
(Regular)
Small Wainscot
(Regular)
Sallow
(Regular)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Regular)
Smoky Wainscot
(Regular)
Barred Chestnut
(Regular)
Ingrailed Clay
(Regular)
Small Square-spot
(Regular)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Double Square-spot
(Regular)
Autumnal Rustic
(Regular)
Orange Swift
(Infrequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Common Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Infrequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Infrequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Infrequent)
Purple Bar
(Infrequent)
Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Northern Spinach
(Infrequent)
Barred Straw
(Infrequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Rivulet
(Infrequent)
V-Pug
(Infrequent)
Juniper Pug
(Infrequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Infrequent)
September Thorn
(Infrequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Infrequent)
Common White Wave
(Infrequent)
Light Emerald
(Infrequent)
Scotch Annulet
(Infrequent)
Iron Prominent
(Infrequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Infrequent)
Straw Dot
(Infrequent)
Fan-foot
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Infrequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Infrequent)
Gold Spangle
(Infrequent)
Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Infrequent)
Anomalous
(Infrequent)
Copper Underwing
(Infrequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Infrequent)
Old Lady
(Infrequent)
Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Infrequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Infrequent)
Large Ear
(Infrequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Infrequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Infrequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Infrequent)
Double Lobed
(Infrequent)
Common Rustic
(Infrequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Infrequent)
Grey Chi
(Infrequent)
Black Rustic
(Infrequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Infrequent)
Common Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Garden Dart
(Infrequent)
Heart and Dart
(Infrequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Infrequent)
Purple Clay
(Infrequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Infrequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Infrequent)
Gothic
(Infrequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Unusual)
Chinese Character
(Unusual)
Pale Eggar
(Unusual)
Northern Eggar
(Unusual)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Unusual)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Unusual)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Unusual)
Barred Yellow
(Unusual)
Beech-green Carpet
(Unusual)
Pretty Pinion
(Unusual)
Sandy Carpet
(Unusual)
Green Pug
(Unusual)
Slender Pug
(Unusual)
Lead-coloured Pug
(Unusual)
Golden-rod Pug
(Unusual)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Unusual)
Common Pug
(Unusual)
Bordered Pug
(Unusual)
Treble-bar
(Unusual)
Magpie Moth
(Unusual)
Bordered Beauty
(Unusual)
Early Thorn
(Unusual)
Peppered Moth
(Unusual)
Dotted Carpet
(Unusual)
Common Wave
(Unusual)
Barred Red
(Unusual)
Grass Emerald
(Unusual)
Pebble Prominent
(Unusual)
Swallow Prominent
(Unusual)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Unusual)
Herald
(Unusual)
Vapourer
(Unusual)
Ruby Tiger
(Unusual)
Cinnabar
(Unusual)
Muslin Footman
(Unusual)
Buff Footman
(Unusual)
Small Fan-foot
(Unusual)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Unusual)
Spectacle
(Unusual)
Rustic
(Unusual)
Brown Rustic
(Unusual)
Frosted Orange
(Unusual)
Large Wainscot
(Unusual)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Unusual)
Small Dotted Buff
(Unusual)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Unusual)
Light Arches
(Unusual)
Rosy Minor
(Unusual)
Rufous Minor
(Unusual)
Middle-barred Minor
(Unusual)
Orange Sallow
(Unusual)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Unusual)
Brick
(Unusual)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Unusual)
Olive
(Unusual)
Brindled Green
(Unusual)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Unusual)
Dark Brocade
(Unusual)
Feathered Gothic
(Unusual)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Unusual)
Broom Moth
(Unusual)
Cabbage Moth
(Unusual)
Campion
(Unusual)
Lychnis
(Unusual)
Clay
(Unusual)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Unusual)
Turnip Moth
(Unusual)
Dark Sword-grass
(Unusual)
Green Arches
(Unusual)
Neglected Rustic
(Unusual)
Heath Rustic
(Unusual)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Unusual)