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
(Frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Very frequent)
Fox Moth
(Frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Very frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Common Heath
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Common Wave
(Very frequent)
Grass Wave
(Very frequent)
Buff-tip
(Very frequent)
Buff Ermine
(Very frequent)
Clouded Buff
(Very frequent)
Cinnabar
(Very frequent)
Four-dotted Footman
(Very frequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Very frequent)
Spectacle
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Knot Grass
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(Very frequent)
Marbled Coronet
(Frequent)
Tawny Shears
(Very frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Very frequent)
Flame
(Very frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Very frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Very frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Very frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Frequent)
Chinese Character
(Frequent)
Peach Blossom
(Frequent)
Northern Eggar
(Regular)
Smoky Wave
(Frequent)
July Belle
(Frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Frequent)
May Highflyer
(Regular)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Frequent)
Water Carpet
(Frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Regular)
Rivulet
(Frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Frequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Frequent)
Clouded Magpie
(Frequent)
Latticed Heath
(Frequent)
Scorched Wing
(Frequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Regular)
Bordered White
(Frequent)
White-pinion Spotted
(Regular)
Light Emerald
(Regular)
Brussels Lace
(Regular)
Iron Prominent
(Regular)
Pebble Prominent
(Frequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Frequent)
Straw Dot
(Frequent)
Snout
(Frequent)
Dark Tussock
(Frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Regular)
Muslin Footman
(Frequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Regular)
Burnished Brass
(Regular)
Silver Hook
(Frequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Frequent)
Coronet
(Regular)
Shark
(Frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Regular)
Uncertain
(Regular)
Small Dotted Buff
(Frequent)
Light Arches
(Regular)
Dark Brocade
(Frequent)
Hebrew Character
(Regular)
Dog's Tooth
(Frequent)
Broom Moth
(Frequent)
Shears
(Frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Regular)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Frequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Regular)
Common Swift
(Regular)
Gold Swift
(Infrequent)
Thrift Clearwing
(Regular)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Common Lutestring
(Regular)
Emperor Moth
(Infrequent)
Riband Wave
(Regular)
Clay Triple-lines
(Infrequent)
Galium Carpet
(Infrequent)
Purple Bar
(Infrequent)
Northern Spinach
(Regular)
Barred Straw
(Infrequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(Regular)
Devon Carpet
(Infrequent)
Small Rivulet
(Regular)
Double-striped Pug
(Infrequent)
Green Pug
(Infrequent)
Angle-barred Pug
(Infrequent)
Currant Pug
(Infrequent)
Mottled Pug
(Infrequent)
Treble-bar
(Infrequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Infrequent)
Barred Umber
(Regular)
Lilac Beauty
(Infrequent)
Early Thorn
(Regular)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Infrequent)
Barred Red
(Regular)
Grass Emerald
(Regular)
Little Emerald
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Snout
(Infrequent)
Yellow-tail
(Infrequent)
Pale Tussock
(Infrequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Regular)
Common Footman
(Regular)
Fan-foot
(Infrequent)
Mother Shipton
(Regular)
Dark Spectacle
(Infrequent)
Alder Moth
(Regular)
Grey Dagger
(Regular)
Light Knot Grass
(Regular)
Small Mottled Willow
(Regular)
Angle Shades
(Regular)
Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Confused
(Regular)
Marbled Minor
(Infrequent)
Rufous Minor
(Regular)
Clouded Drab
(Infrequent)
Common Quaker
(Regular)
Cabbage Moth
(Infrequent)
Campion
(Infrequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Regular)
Clay
(Infrequent)
Crescent Dart
(Infrequent)
Green Arches
(Regular)
Square-spot Rustic
(Regular)