{"id":5640,"date":"2023-12-16T17:40:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T17:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pawel.stefanoff.pl\/bugs\/?p=5640"},"modified":"2026-06-30T15:22:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:22:49","slug":"2023-12-crimson-male-and-golden-female-stick-insects-es","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pawel.stefanoff.pl\/bugs\/es\/posts\/2023-12-crimson-male-and-golden-female-stick-insects-es\/","title":{"rendered":"El macho carmes\u00ed y la hembra dorada: La historia de una familia de insectos palo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Este hermoso f\u00e1smido (<em>Oreophoetes topoense<\/em>) es una llamativa especie de insecto palo nativa de las exuberantes laderas andinas de Ecuador. Mientras que la mayor\u00eda de los insectos palo conf\u00edan en un sigiloso camuflaje que imita a las ramas, esta especie subvierte por completo las expectativas al utilizar una brillante coloraci\u00f3n aposem\u00e1tica (de advertencia). Curiosamente, muestran un marcado dimorfismo sexual: los machos presentan un vibrante contraste de negro y rojo, mientras que las hembras lucen un llamativo patr\u00f3n de negro y amarillo brillante. Para disuadir a los depredadores, Oreophoetes topoense posee gl\u00e1ndulas protor\u00e1cicas especializadas que, al sentirse amenazado, secretan un l\u00edquido acre, blanquecino y a base de quinolina; una defensa qu\u00edmica que resulta altamente desagradable para aves y ara\u00f1as. Me top\u00e9 con varios ejemplares de ambos sexos durante mis expediciones a Tena y Puyo, en la Amazon\u00eda ecuatoriana. Al principio, estaba convencido de que se trataba de dos especies totalmente diferentes, \u00a1pero mi curiosidad me llev\u00f3 a un art\u00edculo cient\u00edfico que explicaba de forma hermosa esta fascinante divisi\u00f3n de colores!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Este hermoso f\u00e1smido (Oreophoetes topoense) es una llamativa especie de insecto palo nativa de las exuberantes laderas andinas de Ecuador. 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