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You are right - they vary A LOT -

see for instance www.leps.it look for jurtina in latin index or meadow in common index.

Haas

Hi,
both pictures are Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina

Based on the shapes of the forewing #1 is probably a female and #2 is probably a male

And yes, open wings would have determined the sex, but there is no question of the species

Haas

Based on the white-colored ribs/weines on the wings, I would say Spurge Hawk Moth (Hyles livornica)

Haas

The two last uploads are Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) and I am pretty sure, that are way smaller than then others.
Aprox. the size of Long-tailed Blue.

Haas

Mediteranian moths are not my speciality

BUT I can inform you, that the "interesting" brown look at the thorax is due to the fact that it has bumped into many things so that it has worn off all the hairs on the thorax, so in fact it is now bald.

Haas

A and B are the same, Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina)
C is a Red Admiral (Vanessa atlanta)
Haas

Yes, you are right, a photo of the upperside would have been nice. I am pretty sure that it is a Small White (Pieris rapae). The only other possibility on Malta is Large White (Pieris brassicae) which is roughly the size of Painted Lady. Judged in comparison to the flower it does not look that big ...

I agree with Stephen - very good photos.

But actually the last one is not a Geranium Bronze.

It is an excelent photo of a Long-tailed blue (Lampides boeticus).

Bjarne Haas

I also have seen one skipper recorded from Malta. BUT I found this link, which shows a skipper, that is NOT a Gegenes: http://www.searchmalta.com/cgi-local/photos/main.cgi?id=14334&type=3&brand=0 In fact, I am pretty sure that the picture shows a Large Skipper Ochlodes faunus. Of Course, I have no ...

It is a Pygmy Skipper - Gegenes pumilio or a Mediterranean Skipper - Genenes nostradamus (very difficult to see on a picture).

Probably a Pygmy based on this: http://www.mepa.org.mt/environment/inde ... base.asp&1 (choose 'insects' and then find 'pygmy')

haas

It is a Pygmy Skipper - Gegenes pumilio or a Mediterranean Skipper - Genenes nostradamus (very difficult to see on a picture).

Probably a Pygmy based on this: http://www.mepa.org.mt/environment/inde ... base.asp&1 (choose 'insects' and then find 'pygmy')

haas

It is a Meadow brown - Maniola jurtina

see http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk/specie ... /ukm13.htm
or http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/in ... ml#jurtina

haas

Oh yes - it is the same

Bjarne Haas

No, this one is a Pararge aegeria, Speckled Wood

And yes, Gozo was fun and interesting

Bjarne Haas

I spent the past week on vacation in Sliema, and on the last day (saturday May 24th), after I had packed and stored my luggage, I had 2 hours to spend before going to the airport. So I vent for a walk down to the harbor. And there – right by the central busstops and ferries, I discovered a small c ...

To me it looks rather like a Small Heath Coenonympha pamphilus . Usually the size is good indicator, pamphilus is aprox the size of a Common Blue, while jurtina is rather the size of o Small White. Plus, once you have seen both of them together, they do not look that much alike. As far as I can see ...