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)
Peach Blossom
(Very frequent)
Common Lutestring
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(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)
Beautiful Carpet
(Very frequent)
July Highflyer
(Very frequent)
Barred Yellow
(Very frequent)
Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Barred Straw
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Very frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Very frequent)
V-Pug
(Very frequent)
Green Pug
(Very frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Very frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Magpie Moth
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Brimstone Moth
(Very frequent)
Scalloped Oak
(Very frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Very frequent)
Peppered Moth
(Very frequent)
Willow Beauty
(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)
Straw Dot
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Very frequent)
Fan-foot
(Very frequent)
Small Fan-foot
(Very frequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(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)
Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Very frequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Very frequent)
Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(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)
Double Lobed
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Dun-bar
(Very frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Very frequent)
Antler Moth
(Very frequent)
Grey Arches
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Very frequent)
Cabbage Moth
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(Frequent)
Common Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Very frequent)
Clay
(Very frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Very frequent)
Flame
(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
(Very frequent)
Lesser Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Green Arches
(Very frequent)
Dotted Clay
(Very frequent)
Six-striped Rustic
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Orange Swift
(Frequent)
Ghost Moth
(Frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Frequent)
Northern Eggar
(Frequent)
Small Elephant Hawk-moth
(Frequent)
Single-dotted Wave
(Frequent)
Plain Wave
(Regular)
Smoky Wave
(Regular)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Purple Bar
(Frequent)
Northern Spinach
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Scallop Shell
(Frequent)
Twin-spot Carpet
(Frequent)
Grass Rivulet
(Regular)
Sandy Carpet
(Frequent)
Slender Pug
(Frequent)
Juniper Pug
(Regular)
Golden-rod Pug
(Regular)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Regular)
Currant Pug
(Frequent)
Latticed Heath
(Frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Regular)
Early Thorn
(Frequent)
Satin Beauty
(Frequent)
Grass Emerald
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Frequent)
Buff-tip
(Frequent)
Muslin Footman
(Frequent)
Four-dotted Footman
(Frequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Regular)
Buff Footman
(Frequent)
Grey Dagger
(Frequent)
Mouse Moth
(Regular)
Mottled Rustic
(Regular)
Uncertain
(Frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Frequent)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Crescent
(Regular)
Common Rustic
(Frequent)
Rufous Minor
(Regular)
Broom Moth
(Frequent)
Campion
(Regular)
Turnip Moth
(Regular)
Broad-bordered Yellow Underwing
(Frequent)
Double Dart
(Regular)
Square-spot Rustic
(Frequent)
Gothic
(Frequent)
Gold Swift
(Infrequent)
Scalloped Hook-tip
(Infrequent)
Fox Moth
(Infrequent)
Emperor Moth
(Infrequent)
Death's-head Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Cream Wave
(Regular)
July Belle
(Regular)
Oblique Carpet
(Regular)
Red Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Dark Spinach
(Infrequent)
Pine Carpet
(Regular)
Blue-bordered Carpet
(Infrequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Regular)
Small Yellow Wave
(Infrequent)
Welsh Wave
(Infrequent)
Pretty Pinion
(Regular)
Larch Pug
(Infrequent)
Ochreous Pug
(Infrequent)
Lime-speck Pug
(Regular)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Regular)
Satyr Pug
(Infrequent)
Valerian Pug
(Regular)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Regular)
Bordered Pug
(Infrequent)
Shaded Pug
(Regular)
Manchester Treble-bar
(Regular)
Scorched Wing
(Infrequent)
Bordered Beauty
(Regular)
Lilac Beauty
(Infrequent)
Dotted Carpet
(Infrequent)
Bordered White
(Infrequent)
Brussels Lace
(Infrequent)
Grass Wave
(Infrequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Regular)
Swallow Prominent
(Regular)
Herald
(Infrequent)
Dark Tussock
(Infrequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Regular)
Cinnabar
(Infrequent)
Alder Moth
(Infrequent)
Light Knot Grass
(Regular)
Knot Grass
(Regular)
Coronet
(Infrequent)
Shark
(Regular)
Copper Underwing
(Infrequent)
Svensson's Copper Underwing
(Infrequent)
Pale Mottled Willow
(Infrequent)
Rosy Rustic
(Infrequent)
Large Ear
(Infrequent)
Flounced Rustic
(Regular)
Large Wainscot
(Infrequent)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Infrequent)
Cloaked Minor
(Infrequent)
Marbled Minor
(Regular)
Suspected
(Infrequent)
Grey Chi
(Infrequent)
Small Quaker
(Infrequent)
Beautiful Brocade
(Infrequent)
Shears
(Infrequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Regular)
Dark Sword-grass
(Regular)
Setaceous Hebrew Character
(Infrequent)
Green Silver-lines
(Infrequent)