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Who said botany is for cissies! But Stephen take care! When I was young (i.e. a very long time ago!:) ) I used to take similar risks and now when I think back I shudder. I once went down (not alone) a deep cave in Dingli Cliffs with bits of rock falling off the sides when I knocked into them. It ...

Your specimen was probably immature as the adult body-length of P. paykulli is 9 - 12 mm, while that of Aelurillus schembrii is about 4mm.

Davdand

Hi, Just came across this topic as I haven't visited the site for some time. The spider in Daniel Farrugia's photo is not Aelurillus schembrii ( which by the way has also been recorded from Sicily after it was first described from Malta) but Plexippus paykulli . It is quite common and one of our ...

You're right it should be Utetheisa.

Hi, I just joined the forum which I find most interesting. The first moth is Uthetheisa pulchella , Fam.Arctiidae. It was previously very common but is now quite scarce. The plant it is on is Heliotropum europaeum , the Common Heliotrope, M. Ghobbejra. This is the foodplant of this moth's ...