{"id":4912,"date":"2025-07-27T12:18:32","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T12:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pawel.stefanoff.pl\/bugs\/?p=4912"},"modified":"2026-08-01T15:57:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T15:57:57","slug":"2025-07-soft-winged-flower-beetles-of-nono-es","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pawel.stefanoff.pl\/bugs\/es\/posts\/2025-07-soft-winged-flower-beetles-of-nono-es\/","title":{"rendered":"Devoradores de polen: Al encuentro de los mel\u00edridos en Nono"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los mel\u00edridos (familia <em>Melyridae<\/em>) son escarabajos de cuerpo blando f\u00e1cilmente reconocibles por su exoesqueleto notablemente flexible y correoso, as\u00ed como por su silueta ligeramente aplanada. Dentro de esta familia, el g\u00e9nero Astylus cuenta con m\u00e1s de 100 especies nativas de Am\u00e9rica Central y del Sur. C\u00e9lebres por sus llamativos colores contrastantes, los adultos son estrictamente flor\u00edvoros; pasan sus d\u00edas desplaz\u00e1ndose de flor en flor para atiborrarse de polen, actuando como polinizadores vitales para el ecosistema. Por el contrario, sus larvas son terrestres, de color marr\u00f3n rojizo y est\u00e1n cubiertas de pelos densos y r\u00edgidos; excavan en el suelo para alimentarse de materia org\u00e1nica en descomposici\u00f3n, brotes j\u00f3venes e incluso de conocidas plagas agr\u00edcolas como los gusanos barrenadores del tallo. 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