4 quizzies

jackpot · Post by **jackpot** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:23 pm

The first correct answer for each pic until this thursday evening is good for a beer next week- I promise

RB · Post by RB » Tue Feb 19, 2008 1:15 pm

Your beer is very "expensive" JP, what are those??

My (wild) guesses:

a) Australian pine, Casuarina equisetifolia
c) Cactus, but species - impossible?

I think I will be buying my own beer!!

RB

jackpot · Post by **jackpot** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 4:12 pm

Very very wrong (both)!
Ohhhh- I forgot to say that I get a beer for each wrong answer!!!!

RB · Post by RB » Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:20 pm

Are those plants or animals??

If not cactus then caterpillar!

RB

jackpot · Post by **jackpot** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:13 am

good question

and as you can see- 2222c is correct!

D. Cilia · Post by **D. Cilia** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 12:46 pm

Didn't know animals were possible as well!

#1 looks like reptile skin (gecko tail??)
#2 is some bony appendage like a cassowary's crest
#4: Cladonia sp.? no idea otherwise

jackpot · Post by **jackpot** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:24 pm

#1 looks like reptile skin (gecko tail??)
very good, it is a chamaeleon $\:D/$
#2 is some bony appendage like a cassowary's crest
no, not any appendage
#4: Cladonia sp.? no idea otherwise
no, not a lichen!

RB · Post by RB » Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:27 pm

Another vote for reptile skin on a) - looks like the colouring is correct for that lizard-like thing probably native to Australia whose name escapes me, it has a fat tail, and if not mistaken, venomous saliva. Ah yes! remembered - Gila Monster! Another wild guess of course! I think the beer is already taking effect, in advance!

RB

D. Cilia · Post by **D. Cilia** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:53 pm

are these all 'native' Maltese organisms? (the chameleon is not native but still...). I'd also like to know the name of that lepidoptera please.

jackpot · Post by **jackpot** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:33 am

2222b is called in german language Kuckucksspucke- larvae of e.g. Philaenus spumarius- in Malta it might be another species or genus, and the Kuckucksspucke was found at the leaves commonly of Daucus carota

jackpot · Post by **jackpot** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:36 am

2222d is Scleroderma verrucosum, the Earthball, found by Bernd.

jackpot · Post by **jackpot** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 9:45 am

sorry- here is the pic

jackpot · Post by **jackpot** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:37 am

2222b is called in german language Kuckucksspucke- how is it named in English and in Maltese?

Glimbo · Post by **Glimbo** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:30 am

In English - 'cuckoo spit' - g

jackpot · Post by **jackpot** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:09 pm

hello- thanks a lot!

D. Cilia · Post by **D. Cilia** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 5:44 pm

beżqa ta’ daqquqa kaħla?

Post by **MWP admin** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:37 pm

http://www.hiddenforest.co.nz/fungi/fam ... cler05.htm

The Scleroderma is an great find! Congratulations.

Post by **MWP admin** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:42 pm

JP, regards more info on 2222b - have a look here

http://www.maltawildplants.com/!gfx/Nat ... 0spumarius

RB · Post by RB » Wed Mar 19, 2008 10:57 pm

JP,. 2222b was something that crossed my mind, but putting it upside down made it impossible!

RB

jackpot · Post by **jackpot** » Thu Mar 20, 2008 9:41 am

yes RB, I know, I am extremely miscreant, like a jackpot in Las Vegas

Post by **MWP admin** » Fri Mar 21, 2008 8:51 pm

Here is the responsible of the bubble spitter.

D. Cilia · Post by **D. Cilia** » Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:46 am

what a cute little critter

probably Philaenus sp., difficult to identify though!

RB · Post by RB » Sat Mar 22, 2008 1:36 pm

Yup almost cartoon like!

RB