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