English: Giant Crab Spider Spanish: Araña cangrejo gigante Scientific: Eusparassus dufouri Distribution: Iberian Peninsular, Italy and Greece. Size: Males up to up to 8 cm with a body length of up to 2 cm. Females up to 9 cm with a body length up to 3 cm Description The giant crab spider, also referred to … Read more
The Vulture Conservation Foundation (VCF) have announced a very successful release season for bearded vultures in Andalucia this year with 8 individuals hacked back to the wild. Two of the birds were released in the Sierra de Castril Natural Park in Granada and the remaining six in the Sierras de Cazorla, Segura y Las Villas … Read more
Great to hear that many of the sea turtle eggs that made the news earlier this year for being the first recorded nest of the season in the entire Western Mediterranean have hatched and entered the sea. Since the discovery of the nest the site has had a 24 hour volunteer network taking care of … Read more
At up to an inch and a half in length, this beautiful wasp (Great Potter Wasp – Delta unguiculatum – Avispa Alfarera) is the largest European species of the Eumeninae subfamily. The head is black with a yellow face and a yellow line behind the large eyes. The jaws are reddish brown. The antennae are … Read more