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Wow. That is an impressive variation in leaves! Good picture. I may also congratulate you for the Clematis cirrhosa proife.

Yes, Fl. is the flowering time, and the numbers are the months.

Well it flowers in autumn! Haslam mentions it as flowering from September till November. I saw it in flower in Wied Babu last month. If you are fortunate enough you might find it still flowering in a couple of places!

Yes, it is definitely Smilax.

It is quite a frequent plant, I have seen it in almost every valley I have visited. I think I even saw it at Wied Encita. Usually you notice it when it comes in contact with the skin, just like Rubus!

Exactly, Melitensia is a very good place for books, but you can't borrow. This particular book I bought it from Sapienza, if you wish I can lend it to you no problem

Mela, according to the book Coastal sand dunes under siege of 2002, the species Ambrosia maritima "seems to persist only at Ghadira where it is very rare and localised, although young aromatic plants observed at Comino were probably of this species." Thus, it seems you have found another very rare p...

If it might help, wolf, I have never seen anything like that!

Is it the Mesembryanthemum thing? It looks like a curious flower.
Never seen anything like it.

I wish to thank Wolf for taking us on a tour of Wied Encita. Next time, we will ask you to deliver us a lecture.

Wow! This is going to be a big gathering! Well, I hope we encounter at least one of the plants our friend HC Weber, told us! Well, I hope we get a good Saturday there. Fingers crossed, and charge your camera (or batteries)! Wolf, you are the guide 8) Like you Wolf, I thought Rosa sempervirens was co...

Ok ok! I'll bring my big friend Cisk with us. I hope we do not cross the path of an Euphorbia! lol
Heh, it seems we will remain hooked with the forum tonight.
Btw do you have an email wolf?

Heh, ok will meet you there by the gate. hehe first meeting in front of Mount Carmel. Seems to be a good start.

Well, I work till 2pm next Saturday, so I can't manage at 1pm. But if you arrange the time at 2.30pm I'll be able to make it there in time.
Owen

A public holiday would be a good day for some adventure. Anyway if we travel by car, we might be able to visit 2 or more places. I have never heard of Wied Hoxt let alone visited it Wolf! I still have to visit Wied Incita by the way, if you would mind taking me and Stephen there for a tour, it would...

I can come on any of the 3 dates mentioned. I can also suggest Wied Babu (limits of Zurrieq).

See ya!

The book of Guido Bonnet and Joe Attard - 'The Maltese Countryside Volume 2', has a photograph on page 199 of a very similar (if not the same) species called Eristalinus taeniops. This seems to be a kind of fly that mimics bees. I have never seen such an animal in my life!

Owen

Yesterday, whilst parking my car I found this moth resting on the wall of the garage. It was a large moth of approximately 8cm in size. I think it is Agrius convolvuli but not quite certain of its identification.
Owen

The caterpillar's picture is probably Orgyia trigotephras which is quite common locally. Enclosed please find pic.

I agree with Steve. The butterfly is the Common Blue Polyommatus icarus. Very good photographs Stephen.

I believe that this plant is Solandra grandiflora. However, I have not found much information about this species.