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