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This plant grows annualy in our garden and i use it as an additional feed for my canaries, they love it. Thinking of it, its true that its not so common elsewhere, maybe because it requires water?

Well 10x all, but I assure you that i'm no expert at all!! Most of my knowledge is through observations i made in my childhood where i used to spend all of my free time running aroung in fields and vallies with my next door neighbour, Arnold (i think he was mentioned in the selmunett post). We had a...

99% it is a larva of a water beetle, the ones which grow up to 4 cm in lenght, and are black in colour with a yellow stripe all way round when mature. Unfortunately this creature is diminishing from our islands, cause I can recall more of them myself when I was young. Bdw, Be careful from that larva...

yes a grey heron

ok, 10x again Steve

Pic 1. Male Common Blue
Polyommatus icarus

Pic 2. Female Common Blue
Polyommatus icarus

Pic 3. Undetside of Common Blue
Polyommatus icarus

Pic 4. Female Wall Brown
Lasiommata megera

Stunning photos Steve!

As far as I know, some species of wasps lay their eggs inside a caterpillar to ensure that the young have plenty to eat on until they undergo metamorphosis. (like when a cabbage butterfly lays its eggs on a cabbage leaf)
Did you actually see the insect penetrate the caterpillar or what Steve?

thats what i ment!
its been so long that i last wrote on the forum that i got mixed up!!

last august i raptured 2 gecko by mistake while clearing some dead leaves from the floor. i then placed the geckos to dry and heat up in the sun and fortunately they survived!
i suppose that they were about to get born just the same!

Advantages: ========= Free entrance to all. Guarded against vandalism and anti-environmental acts Guarded agains dumping. Enforced protection towards the environment (flora+fauna) Restored with plaques of information about the important things in the area Free of bird trapping sites (what a relief)...

I was told that the roots release certain chemicals (by someone who calls himself an expert ! :D ) so 10x Robcar for giving me the correct answer. I also agree with Stephen that these trees should not be cut down or burnt ( again suggestions from an expert,) but should be left to grow as they are. T...

I remember those lectures well Steve, and sometimes it's hilarious what comes out of these 'extremists' mouths :!: I also have regularly encountered vegetation under these trees, and thats why I was suspisious. I think that maybe the lack of vegetation in some cases is due to the huge span of the tr...

I was wondering on what are the real negative effects of Eucailypts in our islands. Many say that these trees do not allow vegetation growth in the areas beneath them, because of certain chemicals they release from their roots, although I have never been 100% sure about this. What do you think about...

10x Steve

Everywhere on our Islands is covered with Oxalis pes-caprae.
St. Pauls is surely not an exception!

We got there with a very small dinghy :P ...... It was fine in the morning as the current favoured us, but the sea got rougher in the afternoon so we found it very difficult to paddle back. Fortunately enough, a small motor boat passed by and towed us to mistra half way through :roll: The vegetation...

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10x Jack

Both of you are right, but as we got to Mistra I saw one sunbathing on a rock!

We are supposed to visit the Island in March, and I will then post the records.
Hope it turns out better

Well, on a hot winter day lizards do go out to absorb the suns radiation. They do not usually hibernate in our islands, as the temp. is not so cold, although you are right when saying that their activity decreases during the cold months. When compared to results of the no. of lizards spotted in wint...

Thanks for the photos Steve

Last Wednesday was a beautiful sunny and warm winter day, so my friend and I decided to go to Saint Pauls Island. Our intention was to record and observe the kieselbachi sub-species of the Maltese wall Lizard. We arrived there at mid-morning, but to our disappointment we could not even spot one sing...

Well it is either a close up photo of a moss from abowe, or a photo of a hedge.
( some parts seem to have cut branches if thinking of it as a hedge, but it might just be some debris tying on the moss )

post another photo jack

Well, I'm sure it is Esparto Grass!

Am I still entitled for a beer?

(please please please please please)

maybe Esparto Grass ?

Steve, tkomplix tikomplikali l hajja pls!

The plants are of Globe Artichokes.
They may have been planted in that field years ago, but they continued to regenerate naturally by their seeds.

The plants are of Globe Artichokes.
They may have been planted in that field years ago, but they continued to regenerate naturally by their seeds.

Hi Stephen, according to the Wildlife of the Maltese Islands , the Bracket Funghus is botanically named as Phellinus rimosus , while in The Maltese Countryside , it is listed as Ganoderma sp. I then searched through Google, and found that the Ganoderma sp, is the one that mostly resembles the one in...

Hi people, it beeen quite a long time since I last wrote something on the forum! My Bsc Agric is taking up quite some time for me, especially in the evenings. I am now seeing this topic and would be pleased to join you next saturday, espesially because Wied Incita brings me memories! Dont get me wro...