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)
Peach Blossom
(Very frequent)
Poplar Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Elephant Hawk-moth
(Very frequent)
Riband Wave
(Very frequent)
Garden Carpet
(Very frequent)
Flame Carpet
(Very frequent)
Silver-ground Carpet
(Very frequent)
Common Carpet
(Very frequent)
Spruce Carpet
(Very frequent)
Barred Yellow
(Very frequent)
Broken-barred Carpet
(Very frequent)
Small Phoenix
(Very frequent)
Common Marbled Carpet
(Very frequent)
Sandy Carpet
(Frequent)
Green Pug
(Very frequent)
Foxglove Pug
(Very frequent)
Common Pug
(Very frequent)
Clouded Border
(Very frequent)
Latticed Heath
(Very frequent)
Brown Silver-line
(Very frequent)
Brimstone 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)
Iron Prominent
(Frequent)
Coxcomb Prominent
(Very frequent)
Buff-tip
(Very frequent)
Straw Dot
(Very frequent)
Snout
(Very frequent)
Cinnabar
(Frequent)
Four-dotted Footman
(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)
Nut-tree Tussock
(Very frequent)
Brown Rustic
(Very frequent)
Small Angle Shades
(Very frequent)
Dusky Brocade
(Very frequent)
Clouded-bordered Brindle
(Very frequent)
Rustic Shoulder-knot
(Very frequent)
Small Clouded Brindle
(Very frequent)
Dark Arches
(Very frequent)
Middle-barred Minor
(Very frequent)
Grey Arches
(Very frequent)
Pale-shouldered Brocade
(Very frequent)
Bright-line Brown-eye
(Frequent)
Broom Moth
(Very frequent)
Lychnis
(Very frequent)
Shoulder-striped Wainscot
(Frequent)
Heart and Dart
(Very frequent)
Flame
(Very frequent)
Flame Shoulder
(Very frequent)
Purple Clay
(Very frequent)
Small Square-spot
(Very frequent)
True Lover's Knot
(Frequent)
Large Yellow Underwing
(Very frequent)
Green Arches
(Very frequent)
Double Square-spot
(Very frequent)
Six-Spot Burnet
(Frequent)
Pebble Hook-tip
(Regular)
Common Lutestring
(Frequent)
Fox Moth
(Frequent)
Smoky Wave
(Frequent)
Cream Wave
(Frequent)
Oblique Carpet
(Frequent)
Yellow Shell
(Frequent)
Beautiful Carpet
(Regular)
July Highflyer
(Frequent)
Grey Pine Carpet
(Frequent)
Purple Bar
(Frequent)
Barred Straw
(Frequent)
Dark Marbled Carpet
(Regular)
Striped Twin-spot Carpet
(Regular)
Water Carpet
(Frequent)
Small Yellow Wave
(Frequent)
Scallop Shell
(Regular)
Rivulet
(Frequent)
Small Rivulet
(Frequent)
Double-striped Pug
(Regular)
V-Pug
(Regular)
Brindled Pug
(Regular)
Golden-rod Pug
(Frequent)
Freyers/Edinburgh Pug
(Frequent)
Wormwood Pug
(Frequent)
Currant Pug
(Frequent)
Scorched Wing
(Frequent)
Early Thorn
(Frequent)
Swallow-tailed Moth
(Frequent)
Barred Red
(Frequent)
Sallow Kitten
(Frequent)
Pebble Prominent
(Frequent)
Lesser Swallow Prominent
(Frequent)
Ruby Tiger
(Frequent)
Garden Tiger
(Frequent)
Red-necked Footman
(Frequent)
Plain Golden Y
(Frequent)
Gold Spot
(Frequent)
Alder Moth
(Frequent)
Knot Grass
(Frequent)
Shark
(Frequent)
Marbled Beauty
(Frequent)
Mottled Rustic
(Regular)
Angle Shades
(Frequent)
Small Dotted Buff
(Frequent)
Dark Brocade
(Frequent)
Campion
(Frequent)
Smoky Wainscot
(Frequent)
Clay
(Regular)
Turnip Moth
(Frequent)
Double Dart
(Regular)
Dotted Clay
(Frequent)
Least Black Arches
(Regular)
Green Silver-lines
(Frequent)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth
(Infrequent)
Small Fan-footed Wave
(Infrequent)
Plain Wave
(Infrequent)
July Belle
(Infrequent)
Shaded Broad-bar
(Regular)
Dark-barred Twin-spot Carpet
(Infrequent)
Streamer
(Infrequent)
May Highflyer
(Regular)
Phoenix
(Infrequent)
Northern Spinach
(Regular)
Grass Rivulet
(Regular)
Slender Pug
(Infrequent)
Dwarf Pug
(Regular)
Narrow-winged Pug
(Regular)
Angle-barred Pug
(Infrequent)
Ochreous Pug
(Infrequent)
Satyr Pug
(Regular)
Valerian Pug
(Infrequent)
Tawny Speckled Pug
(Regular)
Shaded Pug
(Infrequent)
Magpie Moth
(Infrequent)
Peacock Moth
(Infrequent)
Tawny-barred Angle
(Regular)
Speckled Yellow
(Infrequent)
Lunar Thorn
(Regular)
Common Heath
(Infrequent)
Bordered White
(Infrequent)
Brussels Lace
(Infrequent)
Grey Scalloped Bar
(Regular)
Grass Emerald
(Infrequent)
Large Emerald
(Infrequent)
Herald
(Regular)
Buff Ermine
(Infrequent)
Clouded Buff
(Regular)
Wood Tiger
(Infrequent)
Muslin Footman
(Infrequent)
Pinion-streaked Snout
(Regular)
Mother Shipton
(Regular)
Lempke's Gold Spot
(Regular)
Grey Dagger
(Regular)
Light Knot Grass
(Regular)
Coronet
(Infrequent)
Common Rustic
(Infrequent)
Common Quaker
(Infrequent)
Antler Moth
(Infrequent)
Shears
(Regular)
Cabbage Moth
(Infrequent)
Ingrailed Clay
(Regular)
Gothic
(Regular)