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