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.
Six-Spot Burnet
(Very frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Very frequent)
Small Dusty Wave
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Plain Wave
(Very frequent)
July Belle
(Very frequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(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)
Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Chestnut-coloured Carpet
(Very frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Very frequent)
Barred Yellow
(Very frequent)
Purple Bar
(Very frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Very frequent)
Barred Straw
(Very frequent)
Red-Green Carpet
(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)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Very frequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
Green Pug
(Very frequent)
Slender Pug
(Very frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Juniper Pug
(Very frequent)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Very frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Very frequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Very frequent)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Very frequent)
Treble-bar
(Very frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Very frequent)
Canary-shouldered Thorn
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Very frequent)
Satin Beauty
(Very frequent)
Mottled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Very frequent)
Bordered White
(Very frequent)
Common White Wave
(Very frequent)
Light Emerald
(Very frequent)
Barred Red
(Very frequent)
Scotch Annulet
(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)
Straw Dot
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Very frequent)
Common Footman
(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)
Scarce Silver Y
(Very frequent)
Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Anomalous
(Very frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Very frequent)
Haworth's Minor
(Very frequent)
Crescent
(Very frequent)
Frosted Orange
(Frequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Very frequent)
Large Ear
(Very frequent)
Ear Moth
(Very frequent)
Crinan Ear
(Very frequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Very frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Light Arches
(Very frequent)
Rosy Minor
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Pink-barred Sallow
(Very frequent)
Sallow
(Very frequent)
Brown-spot Pinion
(Very frequent)
Golden-rod Brindle
(Very frequent)
Angle-striped Sallow
(Very frequent)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Suspected
(Very frequent)
Grey Chi
(Very frequent)
Northern Deep-brown Dart
(Very frequent)
Black Rustic
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Clay
(Very frequent)
Portland Moth
(Very frequent)
Coast Dart
(Very frequent)
White-line Dart
(Very frequent)
Garden Dart
(Very frequent)
Archer's Dart
(Very frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Barred Chestnut
(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
(Frequent)
Green Arches
(Very frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Neglected Rustic
(Very frequent)
Heath Rustic
(Very frequent)
Square-spot Rustic
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Autumnal Rustic
(Very frequent)
Plain Clay
(Very frequent)
Cousin German
(Very frequent)
Orange Swift
(Frequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Frequent)
Pale Eggar
(Frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Smoky Wave
(Regular)
Red Carpet
(Regular)
Spruce Carpet
(Frequent)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Frequent)
Phoenix
(Frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Frequent)
Autumn Green Carpet
(Regular)
Golden-rod Pug
(Frequent)
Currant Pug
(Frequent)
Streak
(Frequent)
Broom-tip
(Frequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Frequent)
Willow Beauty
(Frequent)
Common Wave
(Frequent)
Herald
(Regular)
Vapourer
(Frequent)
Buff Footman
(Regular)
Spectacle
(Frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Frequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Frequent)
Uncertain
(Frequent)
Rustic
(Frequent)
Bulrush Wainscot
(Frequent)
Northern Arches
(Frequent)
Common Rustic
(Frequent)
Marbled Minor
(Frequent)
Rufous Minor
(Frequent)
Orange Sallow
(Frequent)
Centre-barred Sallow
(Frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Frequent)
Broom Moth
(Frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Frequent)
Broad-barred White
(Regular)
Lychnis
(Frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Frequent)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Frequent)
Gothic
(Frequent)
Map-winged Swift
(Regular)
Convolvulus Hawk-moth
(Regular)
Birch Mocha
(Regular)
Beautiful Carpet
(Regular)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Regular)
Rivulet
(Regular)
Peacock Moth
(Regular)
V-Moth
(Regular)
Ruby Tiger
(Regular)
Poplar Grey
(Regular)
Shark
(Regular)
Brown Rustic
(Regular)
Old Lady
(Regular)
Straw Underwing
(Regular)
Angle Shades
(Regular)
Lyme Grass
(Regular)
Double Lobed
(Regular)
Flounced Chestnut
(Regular)
Brindled Green
(Regular)
Grey Arches
(Regular)
Heart and Dart
(Regular)
Gold Swift
(Infrequent)
Ghost Moth
(Infrequent)
Poplar Lutestring
(Infrequent)
Northern Eggar
(Infrequent)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Scallop Shell
(Infrequent)
V-Pug
(Infrequent)
Marsh Pug
(Infrequent)
Larch Pug
(Infrequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Infrequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Infrequent)
Satyr Pug
(Infrequent)
Common Pug
(Infrequent)
September Thorn
(Infrequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Infrequent)
Buff-tip
(Infrequent)
Round-winged Muslin
(Infrequent)
Fan-foot
(Infrequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Infrequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Infrequent)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Infrequent)
Confused
(Infrequent)
Brick
(Infrequent)
Dingy Shears
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Yellow Underwing
(Infrequent)
Shears
(Infrequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Dotted Rustic
(Infrequent)