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)
Gold Swift
(Very frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Very frequent)
Scotch Burnet
(Very frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Very frequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Very frequent)
Peach Blossom
(Very frequent)
Poplar Lutestring
(Very frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Very frequent)
Northern Eggar
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Small Dusty Wave
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Plain Wave
(Very frequent)
Smoky 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)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Barred Yellow
(Very frequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(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)
Beech-green Carpet
(Very frequent)
Welsh Wave
(Very frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Green Pug
(Very frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Juniper Pug
(Very frequent)
Golden-rod Pug
(Frequent)
Larch Pug
(Very frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Very frequent)
Currant Pug
(Very frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very frequent)
Broom-tip
(Very frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Very frequent)
Latticed Heath
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Dark Bordered Beauty
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Very frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Very frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Very frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Very frequent)
Satin Beauty
(Very frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Very frequent)
Bordered White
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Common Wave
(Very frequent)
Light Emerald
(Very frequent)
Barred Red
(Very frequent)
Scotch Annulet
(Very frequent)
Brussels Lace
(Very frequent)
Large Emerald
(Very frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Very frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Very frequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Very frequent)
Buff-tip
(Very frequent)
Straw Dot
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Dark Tussock
(Very frequent)
Clouded Buff
(Frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Very frequent)
Muslin Footman
(Very frequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Very frequent)
Common Footman
(Very frequent)
Fan-foot
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Very frequent)
Spectacle
(Very frequent)
Burnished Brass
(Very frequent)
Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Beautiful Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Very frequent)
Gold Spangle
(Very frequent)
Scarce Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Very frequent)
Knot Grass
(Very frequent)
Coronet
(Frequent)
Shark
(Very frequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Rustic
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Old Lady
(Very frequent)
Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very frequent)
Common Rustic
(Very frequent)
Rosy Minor
(Very frequent)
Marbled Minor
(Very frequent)
Tawny Marbled Minor
(Frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Broom Moth
(Very frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Frequent)
Campion
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(Very frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Clay
(Very frequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Very frequent)
White-line Dart
(Very frequent)
Heart and Dart
(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)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Lesser 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)
Northern Dart
(Frequent)
Plain Clay
(Very frequent)
Gothic
(Very frequent)
Orange Swift
(Frequent)
Lunar Hornet Moth
(Regular)
Pale Eggar
(Frequent)
Birch Mocha
(Frequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Frequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Galium Carpet
(Regular)
Beautiful Carpet
(Frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Frequent)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Dingy Shell
(Regular)
Heath Rivulet
(Regular)
Grass Rivulet
(Frequent)
V-Pug
(Regular)
Slender Pug
(Frequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Frequent)
Triple-spotted Pug
(Frequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Regular)
Satyr Pug
(Frequent)
Treble-bar
(Frequent)
Peacock Moth
(Frequent)
Rannoch Looper
(Frequent)
Early Thorn
(Regular)
Common Heath
(Frequent)
Black Mountain Moth
(Frequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Frequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Frequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Regular)
Poplar Grey
(Frequent)
Anomalous
(Frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Regular)
Haworth's Minor
(Regular)
Flounced Rustic
(Frequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Regular)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Regular)
Confused
(Regular)
Northern Arches
(Frequent)
Double Lobed
(Frequent)
Angle-striped Sallow
(Regular)
Suspected
(Regular)
Grey Arches
(Frequent)
Beautiful Brocade
(Regular)
Shears
(Regular)
Garden Dart
(Frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(Regular)
Cousin German
(Frequent)
Blood-Vein
(Regular)
Dark Spinach
(Regular)
May Highflyer
(Regular)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Regular)
Brown Silver-line
(Regular)
Grass Wave
(Regular)
Ruby Tiger
(Regular)
Wood Tiger
(Regular)
Buff Footman
(Regular)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Regular)
Black Rustic
(Regular)
Turnip Moth
(Regular)
Archer's Dart
(Regular)
Currant Clearwing
(Infrequent)
Emperor Moth
(Infrequent)
Bedstraw Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Infrequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Infrequent)
Valerian Pug
(Infrequent)
Mottled Pug
(Infrequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Infrequent)
Purple Thorn
(Infrequent)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Infrequent)
Puss Moth
(Infrequent)
Four-spotted Footman
(Infrequent)
Dingy Footman
(Infrequent)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Infrequent)
Green-brindled Crescent
(Infrequent)
Straw Underwing
(Infrequent)
Crescent
(Infrequent)
Small Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Dingy Shears
(Infrequent)
Nutmeg
(Infrequent)
Broad-barred White
(Infrequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Infrequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Infrequent)