Biologist and Ms in Zoology + Applied Ethology 🎓 | Curator assistant in the Entomoly Coll. at MNCN-CSIC 🏛️
Etho-eco-evo 🍃, digitalisation 🖥️, bio-art 🎨 & biodiversity conservation 🤲🏻
Co-comm leader of @incstep.bsky.social. He/him
Between error and discovery ⚖️
#NHMs house lots of labelled specimens; some representing occurrences outside spp known distributions! 🗺️🪲
But, how do we know we are seeing an actual collection event rather than a mislabelling error?
Today we talk about an unresolved case! ⤵️
doi.org/10.7717/peer...
🌿 ¡Ya está disponible el programa del I Simposio JxBE!
Los días 9 y 10 de noviembre nos esperan dos jornadas de charlas, pósteres y plenarias sobre ecología, evolución, taxonomía, conservación y muchas otras ramas de la botánica.
👇
jxbe.weebly.com/programa.html@iicg-urjc.bsky.social
La segunda versión de la base de datos
#AFLIBER 🍀🌲🗺️ está ya publicada, incorporando nuevos registros de publicaciones y herbarios
Muchas gracias a todos los colaboradores del GT Corología de SEBOT por el trabajo!
Écha un ojo al artículo aquí! 👀 revistas.ucm.es/index.php/MB...
With all the news of museums being closed and/or defunded, I feel the message of our paper on the importance of natural history research (and the collections housing those specimens) is just as relevant (or more) today as it was when it was published.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
"The argument that a species is in no danger because it is very common, is a complete fallacy;
but is very often brought forward...by people who have a financial interest in destroying the animals."
- Charles Elton, Animal Ecology (1927)
Each of these species was very common 1-2 centuries ago.
"La adaptación basada en la naturaleza sigue siendo insuficiente en el entramado urbano español. La recomendación de las Naciones Unidas de alcanzar al menos un 30% de cobertura de arbolado urbano solo la cumple el 12% de las ciudades" climatica.coop/mas-arboles-...
Un camaleón menos en Zahora (Barbate, Cádiz)
Bicho a bicho, los gatos que salen a la calle o viven en ella acaban matando cientos de millones de animales al año en España
Los gatos, en casa
Fuente: www.facebook.com/100064878302...
Igual que a las borrascas y danas, se les podría dar nombre propio a las olas de calor. Y, ya puestos, bautizarlas con los nombres de sus principales responsables.
Esta nueva ola de calor en septiembre la podríamos llamar "Repsol".
elpais.com/el-tiempo/20...
On 12 August, during the solar eclipse, we set up several UV light traps along its trajectory. 🗺️🌑
Why? To study how flying insects respond to this unique natural phenomenon! 🪲🪰🐝
www.ebd.csic.es/en/outreach/...
On 12 August, during the solar eclipse, we set up several UV light traps along its trajectory. 🗺️🌑
Why? To study how flying insects respond to this unique natural phenomenon! 🪲🪰🐝
www.ebd.csic.es/en/outreach/...
After darkness, light! 🙇🏻
Processing our samples and analysing diversity and abundances will reveal all! 📊
📻 Stay tuned to find out more about the results of our experiment!
On 12 August, during the solar eclipse, we set up several UV light traps along its trajectory. 🗺️🌑
Why? To study how flying insects respond to this unique natural phenomenon! 🪲🪰🐝
www.ebd.csic.es/en/outreach/...
The sampling included:
🪤 Handmade traps deployed at 10 sampling points
🥼 12 collaborators from different institutions, led by @bughuntertom.bsky.social.
🧪 Reference surveys to test the effects of the eclipse within each site
One of our main hypotheses is that an earlier response is triggered! 💭
Hola a tothom!
Feia molt de temps que no passava per aquí (opos, molta feina...), però avui us vull regalar aquesta foto que vaig fer d'un exemplar de Syritta pipiens, una mosca de les flors de la subfamília Eristalinae (Syrphidae) 🌼🪰.
Voleu conèixer-la una mica més? 👀👇
🌿 ¡Ya está abierta la inscripción para el I Simposio de JxBE!
📅 9–10 noviembre 2026
📍 URJC (Móstoles)
💚 ¡La inscripción es completamente gratuita!
Un encuentro para estudiantes e investigadores con interés en la botánica para compartir ciencia, ideas y colaboraciones.
Do you work with insect collections? Yes?! Then we hope to see you at #ECN2026! 🪲
When: November Friday 6 - Saturday 7, 2026
Where: Columbus Hilton Downtown hotel, Ohio
That’s right folks, we’re trialling something new and starting a day earlier than usual. We really hope you can join us!
🔥 Estamos a las puertas de una ola de calor y el peligro de incendios forestales es muy alto o extremo en la mayor parte de la Península y Baleares. Además, se incrementará en los próximos días.
¡Precaución!
Predicción actualizada hasta a 7 días 👉🏻
www.aemet.es/es/eltiempo/...
Se cumplen 90 años del golpe de estado fascista que acabó con la República española y con la democracia por más de 40 años.
Entre los muchos horrores que causó, y que seguimos pagando, acabó también con el sistema de Ciencia y Educación Superior.
www.science.org/content/arti...
EU's Nature Restoration Regulation sets a binding target to reverse pollinator decline by 2030
Member States must submit draft national restoration plans by Sept 1, 2026
54 days left...
Bring the White Paper on Pollinator Restoration to the attention of your government!
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
The White Paper (doi.org/10.5281/zeno...) synthesises evidence from 8 EU projects argues that pollinator stewardship must be built into agriculture, chemicals, trade, planning, finance, research and education rather than left to environmental policy alone
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe...
An important paper about protecting science from political interference. Europe needs to defend its science against the kind of attacks unfurling in the US.
By Martin McKee, Christina Pagel & Tiago Correia in the European Journal of Public Health:
academic.oup.com/eurpub/artic...
Is science self-correcting? Not in this Elsevier journal.
Two 'five-second-retractions' were never retracted, even though I reported them to the journal in 2015.
Eleven years later.... nothing.
My latest blog post: scienceintegritydigest.com/2026/06/24/i...
Between error and discovery ⚖️
#NHMs house lots of labelled specimens; some representing occurrences outside spp known distributions! 🗺️🪲
But, how do we know we are seeing an actual collection event rather than a mislabelling error?
Today we talk about an unresolved case! ⤵️
doi.org/10.7717/peer...
So what? Are we dealing with a simple mislabelling error, or an intriguing case of failed biological introduction?
What do you think? 🫵🏻❓
If you want to find out more, check out the article! 📃
Between error and discovery ⚖️
#NHMs house lots of labelled specimens; some representing occurrences outside spp known distributions! 🗺️🪲
But, how do we know we are seeing an actual collection event rather than a mislabelling error?
Today we talk about an unresolved case! ⤵️
doi.org/10.7717/peer...
Firstly, we checked wether the collection event had taken place:
✅ A note and a picture revealed that he was in the indicated locality in that date
Secondly, we took a look at the cuticular particle profile using SEM microscopy:
✅ Particles were congruent with the specimen's presence in Spain
Dr Modolell was extremely meticulous and professional, but labelling specimens 'a posteriori' can come at a cost ⚠️
Also, we cannot rule out cross-contamination between specimens during storage. Although this is unlikely! 🌻
Anyway, Dr Modolell's legacy continues to advance science! 🧪
Between error and discovery ⚖️
#NHMs house lots of labelled specimens; some representing occurrences outside spp known distributions! 🗺️🪲
But, how do we know we are seeing an actual collection event rather than a mislabelling error?
Today we talk about an unresolved case! ⤵️
doi.org/10.7717/peer...
While processing the entomology collection of Dr J. Modolell, we found a Neotropical #Acentroptera leaf beetle! 🔍🪲
The weirdest thing about it, though, was its label, which stated that the collection site was in central Spain. 🏷️🇪🇸
Impossible! Unless...
El código postal determina el acceso a la naturaleza en España, según un informe de @amigasdelatierra.bsky.social. La ONG advierte de que el 60% de la ciudadanía urbana no cumple los estándares de la OMS y propone soluciones.
Niñas y niños que crecen cerca de entornos más verdes tienen un 55% menos de riesgo de sufrir futuros problemas de salud mental. Los investigadores instan a los planificadores a diseñar y construir más áreas verdes urbanas. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
📄Out now 📄:
90-year trends in Switzerland show declines in butterfly and saproxylic beetle richness around the mid-20th century, linked to agricultural mechanisation. Some groups have recovered in recent decades, especially warm-adapted species. Specialised and cold-adapted species remained low.🦋🪲
🐜 The XX Iberian Myrmecology Congress – TAXOMARA 2026 is fast approaching in Móstoles!
🏛️ Organised by the AIM and Rey Juan Carlos University.
📝 Make a note of these IMPORTANT DATES so you don't miss a thing:
🦋🌿High-quality genomes begin with quality biological material.
🐝 Before sequencing, each species is identified, documented, collected, and preserved to ensure integrity. For insects, this requires field expertise, taxonomy, and preservation workflows.
Biodiversity genomics starts with the specimen🐞
Así funciona el lobby de la #caza: busca objetivos incómodos, los señala y desprestigia. A continuación impone su voluntad mediante estudios realizados por personas que trabajan para el sector cinegéticos y que asumen administraciones doblegadas.
www.eldiario.es/sociedad/caz...
Russian bombs destroyed last nigh the #Chornobyl National Museum in Kyiv, aimed at collecting and preserving evidence of the 1986 accident.
Info from: www.facebook.com/ChornobylNPP...
La crisis climática y de vivienda: dos problemas generacionales con soluciones conjuntas
ONU Medio Ambiente insta a alinear las políticas de eficiencia energética con el derecho a un hogar asequible y seguro.
En @climatica.coop
This is fucking mental. Protesters in the UK can now be convicted of criminal damage but be sentenced as terrorists despite never having been convicted of a terror offence and without the jury knowing anything about it. Just a un unbelievable abuse of power by Justice Johnson.
Israel mantiene en prisión preventiva a los dos portavoces de la Global Sumud Flotilla secuestrados en aguas internacionales.
www.lamarea.com/2026/05/03/i...
Good evening, Brussels! 🤗
About to start the TETTRIs Final Meeting! Organized by CETAF and @naturalsciences-be.bsky.social at RBINS 🦕🦋🐝🌿.
A real honor to attend this event with all the TETTRIs community to share the outcomes of our project!
"Directamente relacionada con el diseño del espacio urbano la gran acumulación de calor viene determinada por factores como la ausencia de sombra, la escasez de espacios verdes y la abundancia de hormigón, asfalto o acero" www.madridiario.es/madrid-mayor...
¡Nuevo estreno! ¿Quieres ayudar a las abejas? Planta flores silvestres: aportan alimento a las abejas silvestres y otros polinizadores, y mejoran el suelo y el clima. Valen balcones, jardines o campos. Pero… ¿qué plantas elegir? Os ayudamos con esta lista.
👉 www.abejassilvestres.es/resources/pl...
🦋 Counting butterflies in Doñana 🧵 1/4
👩🔬 Rocío Fernández Zamudio and @jmvidalcordero.bsky.social took part in the outreach talk “Discover ICTS-Doñana: Counting butterflies in Doñana”, part of the activity program of the @csicandalextrem.bsky.social.
Únicamente 17 de los 412 entornos analizados en 66 núcleos urbanos cumplen con las recomendaciones de calidad del aire la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), según un informe de @ecologistasenaccion.org.