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.
Map-winged Swift
(Very frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(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)
Barred Yellow
(Very frequent)
Purple Bar
(Very frequent)
Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Very frequent)
Barred Straw
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Very frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Very frequent)
Currant Pug
(Very frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Bordered White
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Common Wave
(Very frequent)
Light Emerald
(Very frequent)
Barred Red
(Very frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Very frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Very frequent)
Straw Dot
(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 Spot
(Very frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very frequent)
Confused
(Very frequent)
Common Rustic
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Broom Moth
(Very frequent)
Shears
(Very frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Very frequent)
Campion
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(Very frequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
White-line Dart
(Very frequent)
Dark Sword-grass
(Very frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very 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 Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Double Dart
(Very frequent)
Green Arches
(Very frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Gothic
(Frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Frequent)
Northern Eggar
(Frequent)
Blood-Vein
(Regular)
Oblique Carpet
(Frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Frequent)
Satyr Pug
(Frequent)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Regular)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Latticed Heath
(Frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Wood Tiger
(Frequent)
Gold Spangle
(Frequent)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Frequent)
Northern Arches
(Regular)
Rosy Minor
(Regular)
Dark Brocade
(Frequent)
Nutmeg
(Frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Regular)
Archer's Dart
(Regular)
Heath Rustic
(Regular)
Bedstraw Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Welsh Wave
(Regular)
Netted Pug
(Regular)
Juniper Pug
(Regular)
V-Moth
(Regular)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Haworth's Minor
(Regular)
Crescent
(Regular)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Regular)
Dun-bar
(Regular)
Dotted Rustic
(Regular)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(Regular)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Death's-head Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Riband Wave
(Infrequent)
July Belle
(Infrequent)
Dark Spinach
(Infrequent)
May Highflyer
(Infrequent)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Infrequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Infrequent)
Winter Moth
(Infrequent)
Tissue
(Infrequent)
Rivulet
(Infrequent)
Treble-bar
(Infrequent)
Barred Umber
(Infrequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Infrequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Infrequent)
Common Heath
(Infrequent)
Puss Moth
(Infrequent)
Vapourer
(Infrequent)
Dark Crimson Underwing
(Infrequent)
Dark Spectacle
(Infrequent)
Small Mottled Willow
(Infrequent)
Marbled Minor
(Infrequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Infrequent)
Grey Chi
(Infrequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Infrequent)
Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Turnip Moth
(Infrequent)
Northern Dart
(Infrequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Infrequent)