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