{"id":4839,"date":"2024-08-24T10:26:30","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T10:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pawel.stefanoff.pl\/bugs\/?p=4839"},"modified":"2026-06-28T10:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T10:30:09","slug":"2024-08-tiny-pill-beetle-on-a-portuguese-beach-es","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pawel.stefanoff.pl\/bugs\/es\/posts\/2024-08-tiny-pill-beetle-on-a-portuguese-beach-es\/","title":{"rendered":"El peque\u00f1o ilusionista de la naturaleza: El escarabajo p\u00edldora de Ilha Deserta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El birro pilular (<em>Byrrhus pilula<\/em>) es un insecto robusto y de movimientos lentos que cuenta con una l\u00ednea de defensa verdaderamente notable. Cuando se siente amenazado, conf\u00eda en un astuto truco de comportamiento conocido como tanatosis: repliega firmemente sus patas y antenas en unos surcos especializados de su parte inferior y se hace el muerto. En este estado, su cuerpo compacto y convexo imita a la perfecci\u00f3n el excremento de un conejo o una peque\u00f1a piedra, lo que lo vuelve pr\u00e1cticamente invisible para los depredadores. Tanto los adultos como sus larvas subterr\u00e1neas son herb\u00edvoros especializados que se alimentan principalmente de musgos, algas, hep\u00e1ticas y, ocasionalmente, de ra\u00edces de plantas gram\u00edneas. Me top\u00e9 con este peque\u00f1o escarabajo p\u00edldora, magistralmente camuflado, mientras exploraba Ilha Deserta en Faro, Portugal. 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