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)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
July Belle
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Purple Bar
(Very frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Frequent)
Barred Straw
(Very frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Common Wave
(Very frequent)
Light Emerald
(Very frequent)
Barred Red
(Very frequent)
Large Emerald
(Very frequent)
Iron Prominent
(Frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Very frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Garden Tiger
(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
(Frequent)
Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very frequent)
Common Rustic
(Very frequent)
Marbled Minor
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Clay
(Very frequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(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)
Lesser Yellow Underwing
(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)
Gold Swift
(Frequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Regular)
Common Lutestring
(Frequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Frequent)
Red Carpet
(Frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Regular)
Flame Carpet
(Frequent)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Welsh Wave
(Regular)
Rivulet
(Frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Frequent)
Green Pug
(Frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Frequent)
Common Pug
(Frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Regular)
Latticed Heath
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Frequent)
Bordered White
(Frequent)
Brussels Lace
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Frequent)
Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Buff-tip
(Frequent)
Muslin Footman
(Frequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Frequent)
Shark
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Regular)
Rosy Minor
(Regular)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Frequent)
Broom Moth
(Frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Frequent)
Dotted Rustic
(Regular)
Gothic
(Frequent)
Peach Blossom
(Infrequent)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Small Dusty Wave
(Infrequent)
Barred Yellow
(Infrequent)
Small Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Regular)
Sandy Carpet
(Infrequent)
Juniper Pug
(Infrequent)
Larch Pug
(Regular)
Angle-barred Pug
(Regular)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Infrequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Regular)
Dotted Carpet
(Infrequent)
Dark Tussock
(Infrequent)
Common Footman
(Regular)
Chamomile Shark
(Infrequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Infrequent)
Rustic
(Infrequent)
Confused
(Infrequent)
Double Lobed
(Infrequent)
Dun-bar
(Infrequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Regular)
Heart and Dart
(Regular)
Northern Rustic
(Infrequent)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)