Myriapods
Many feet
With no waxy layer to protect them, they lose water by evaporation and live by night under the stones.
Myriapods are the earliest of the jawed arthropods. They have not developed the waxy layer of arachnids and insects, so they lose water by evaporation: they have to live by night and spend the day under stones. They have numerous pairs of jointed legs, like those of arachnids, for walking along the ground.
Centipede
Escolopendra. The first pair of legs is modified into a venomous claw, in keeping with its predatory habits.
Scutigera coleoptrata
Outdoors it lives in cool, damp places: in cracks in the rocks, under leaf litter and in tree bark. It is also found in houses, where it looks for damp places such as cellars and bathrooms.
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Griffon vulture and peregrine falcon
Several mornings crouched under a camouflage net at the top of the Roca Parda, until they captured the majestic flight of the vultures.
Iberian ibex
Capra pyrenaica
They climb gorges and crags on the edge of the abyss, and when the group is feeding there is always one on watch. At the first sign of danger, they all run.
Butterflies
Papallones, palometes
Wings covered in scales and antennae ending in a club. Five families live in the rambla; the nymphalids are the most abundant.
