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.
Six-Spot Burnet
(Frequent)
Pale Eggar
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very frequent)
July Belle
(Very frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Very frequent)
Red Carpet
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Mountain Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Barred Yellow
(Very frequent)
Purple Bar
(Very frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Very frequent)
Barred Straw
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Frequent)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Very frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Very frequent)
Satin Beauty
(Frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Very frequent)
Barred Red
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Very frequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Very frequent)
Spectacle
(Very frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Gold Spangle
(Very frequent)
Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Anomalous
(Very frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Very frequent)
Crescent
(Very frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Very frequent)
Ear Moth
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very frequent)
Confused
(Very frequent)
Rosy Minor
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Frequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Very frequent)
Black Rustic
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
White-line Dart
(Very frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Frequent)
Purple Clay
(Very frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Very frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Very frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Very frequent)
Northern Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Double Dart
(Very frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Very frequent)
Heath Rustic
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Regular)
Ghost Moth
(Regular)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Cream Wave
(Regular)
Small Phoenix
(Regular)
Beech-green Carpet
(Regular)
Welsh Wave
(Frequent)
Rivulet
(Regular)
Small Rivulet
(Frequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Frequent)
Green Pug
(Frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Regular)
Common Pug
(Regular)
Clouded Border
(Regular)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Common White Wave
(Frequent)
Light Emerald
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Regular)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Herald
(Regular)
Straw Dot
(Frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Regular)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Regular)
Flounced Rustic
(Frequent)
Large Wainscot
(Frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Frequent)
Grey Chi
(Regular)
Dark Brocade
(Frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Frequent)
Campion
(Frequent)
Lychnis
(Frequent)
Turnip Moth
(Frequent)
Archer's Dart
(Frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Regular)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Green Arches
(Regular)
Plain Clay
(Regular)
Gothic
(Frequent)
Bedstraw Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Riband Wave
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Regular)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Regular)
Red-Green Carpet
(Regular)
Currant Pug
(Regular)
Bordered Beauty
(Regular)
Iron Prominent
(Regular)
Common Footman
(Regular)
Small Fan-foot
(Regular)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Regular)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Regular)
Oblique Carpet
(Infrequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
Slender Pug
(Infrequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Infrequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Infrequent)
Willow Beauty
(Infrequent)
Common Heath
(Infrequent)
Bordered White
(Infrequent)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Infrequent)
Large Emerald
(Infrequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Infrequent)
Scarce Silver Y
(Infrequent)
Knot Grass
(Infrequent)
Mouse Moth
(Infrequent)
Rustic
(Infrequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Double Lobed
(Infrequent)
Dun-bar
(Infrequent)
Brindled Ochre
(Infrequent)
Grey Arches
(Infrequent)
Broom Moth
(Infrequent)
Clay
(Infrequent)