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Daniel Parejo Pulido @dapapu96.bsky.social · 8d

Calliptamus sp.

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Daniel Parejo Pulido @dapapu96.bsky.social · 10d

Praying mantis / Mantis religiosa

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Daniel Parejo Pulido @dapapu96.bsky.social · Sep 8

Scaurus sp. (Tenebrionidae)

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Daniel Parejo Pulido @dapapu96.bsky.social · Aug 29

Red-veined Darter / Alguacil común (Sympetrum fonscolombii)

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Daniel Parejo Pulido @dapapu96.bsky.social · Aug 27

Perfect camouflage (Sphingonotus azurescens)

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Daniel Parejo Pulido @dapapu96.bsky.social · Aug 22

Acrotylus patruelis

Ginés Rodríguez det.

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Daniel Parejo Pulido @dapapu96.bsky.social · Aug 20

Centinela Esbelta / Epaulet Skimmer (Orthetrum chrysostigma)

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Daniel Parejo Pulido @dapapu96.bsky.social · Aug 18

Villa sp. (Bombyliidae)

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Daniel Parejo Pulido @dapapu96.bsky.social · Aug 13

Western Dappled White / Blanquiverdosa común (Euchloe crameri)

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Daniel Parejo Pulido @dapapu96.bsky.social · Aug 11

Sawfly (Megalodontes sp. - Symphyta)

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Daniel Parejo Pulido @dapapu96.bsky.social · Aug 8

♀️ Langosta egipcia / Egyptian locust (Anacridium aegyptium) ovipositando

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Daniel Parejo Pulido @dapapu96.bsky.social · Aug 6

Sátiro moreno / Tree Grayling (Hipparchia statilinus)

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Daniel Parejo Pulido @dapapu96.bsky.social · Aug 4

♀️♂️ Oak Leaf Orb-Weaver / Araña de hoja de roble o Araña Orbitela (Aculepeira armida)

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Daniel Parejo Pulido @dapapu96.bsky.social · Jul 28

Cópula de Agapanthia (Cerambycidae)

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Daniel Parejo Pulido @dapapu96.bsky.social · Jul 25

Gynecaptera bimaculata (Bradynobaenidae)

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Daniel Parejo Pulido @dapapu96.bsky.social · Jul 23

Black arion or Black slug / Babosa común (Arion ater)

ID: @biojairo.bsky.social

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Daniel Parejo Pulido @dapapu96.bsky.social · Jul 22

It’s time to reclaim space for natural history and basic science.
It’s time to invest money, resources, and attention in them

🧡 Our thanks go to the field naturalists, collectors, taxonomists, and behind-the-scenes experts who make this work possible — often with little recognition

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Daniel Parejo Pulido @dapapu96.bsky.social · Jul 22

These studies show what we’re missing.

🕷️ Spiders shape invertebrate communities as top predators.
🦟 Flies act as vectors, ectoparasites, prey, or pollinators.

Without knowing what’s there, where it lives, or how common it is, our ecological understanding has major blind spots.

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Daniel Parejo Pulido @dapapu96.bsky.social · Jul 22

In a world of global change, biodiversity loss, and shifting ecosystems, ecological and natural history studies are essential.

Take conservation, for example:
🛑 You can’t protect what you don’t know exists.

Science has advanced enormously, yet gaps in some taxa and regions remain astonishing.

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Daniel Parejo Pulido @dapapu96.bsky.social · Jul 22

One major problem in today’s scientific system is that it increasingly rewards highly elaborate experimental studies — especially those with immediate applications.

This trend sidelines basic science, especially natural history.

👉 But we need basic science as the foundation for it all.

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Daniel Parejo Pulido @dapapu96.bsky.social · Jul 22

➡️ Do we really know what we have?

In two recent studies, we reported over 50 new faunistic records for Badajoz province (SW Spain).

🕷️ 33 spider species and 🦟 28 dipteran species.

⁉️So how could they go undetected until now⁉️

It’s not because they’re rare.
It’s because no one had looked🔎

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/393876008_Nuevas_aportaciones_al_conocimiento_de_las_aranas_Arachnida_Araneae_de_la_provincia_de_Badajoz_Extremadura_Espana?_sg%5B0%5D=GvIOcZs3BMe67iXBy3y0nAf05Xp-aJEU093glW3DltxSkl9J65ZjIvh_gafl1pQltTNmPeJTQ6J9H-6KYL56igE6x8RwHuQ6l06xQqlB.ztAYiPfOkSJN3Vp_EGLqnMop5N-1cP9mn4e-SI-i_Mqak0ifGY2ltGZs8s__FhT-zIwMmrTtMPe2fB5YxHoEew&_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6ImxvZ2luIiwicGFnZSI6InByb2ZpbGUiLCJwcmV2aW91c1BhZ2UiOiJwcm9maWxlIiwicG9zaXRpb24iOiJwYWdlQ29udGVudCJ9fQ

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/393870933_Novedades_faunisticas_de_dipteros_para_Extremadura_y_Castilla-La_Mancha_Espana_Insecta_Diptera?_sg%5B0%5D=GvIOcZs3BMe67iXBy3y0nAf05Xp-aJEU093glW3DltxSkl9J65ZjIvh_gafl1pQltTNmPeJTQ6J9H-6KYL56igE6x8RwHuQ6l06xQqlB.ztAYiPfOkSJN3Vp_EGLqnMop5N-1cP9mn4e-SI-i_Mqak0ifGY2ltGZs8s__FhT-zIwMmrTtMPe2fB5YxHoEew&_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6ImxvZ2luIiwicGFnZSI6InByb2ZpbGUiLCJwcmV2aW91c1BhZ2UiOiJwcm9maWxlIiwicG9zaXRpb24iOiJwYWdlQ29udGVudCJ9fQ

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Daniel Parejo Pulido @dapapu96.bsky.social · Jul 21

♀️ Lesser Stag Beetle / Escarabajo ciervo volante menor (Dorcus parallelipipedus)

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Daniel Parejo Pulido @dapapu96.bsky.social · Jul 18

🔍 Can you see them?

In both photos, there's a crab spider (Thomisus onustus) perfectly camouflaged on the flowers.

A deadly strategy for unsuspecting pollinators.

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Daniel Parejo Pulido @dapapu96.bsky.social · Jul 17

Our study highlights:

🔹 The physiological (growth and oxidative stress) costs of immunity

🔹 The importance of individual condition (nestling body mass within brood)

🔹 The need to track growth dynamics, not just end points

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Daniel Parejo Pulido @dapapu96.bsky.social · Jul 17

💥 Results:

➡️ LPS chicks showed no growth in the first 6h

➡️ Then showed rapid catch-up growth between 6–24h

➡️ LPS increased oxidative damage (ROMs) and antioxidant activity (OXY) 48h after.

➡️ However, by day 14, only smaller, LPS chicks had lower body mass and survival proabilities.

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