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Nativa de Australia y Ocean\u00eda, se gan\u00f3 el apodo de &#8220;variable&#8221; porque las manchas negras y los llamativos patrones de sus \u00e9litros anaranjados cambian dr\u00e1sticamente de un individuo a otro: algunas lucen puntos limpios, mientras que otras muestran gruesas barras negras interconectadas. Que no les enga\u00f1e su tama\u00f1o: \u00a1una sola mariquita puede devorar hasta 5,000 pulgones a lo largo de su vida! A los agricultores de plantaciones de algod\u00f3n y c\u00edtricos les encanta este control de plagas gratuito, ya que su introducci\u00f3n puede reducir las poblaciones de pulgones en un asombroso 80% en cuesti\u00f3n de pocas semanas. Son tan rid\u00edculamente efectivas que han sido introducidas intencionadamente en nuevas regiones, como Florida. Pero bajo ese aspecto rudo se esconde un gran secreto: estos escarabajos albergan una antigua y esencial bacteria simbi\u00f3tica. Este diminuto microbio le proporciona a la mariquita amino\u00e1cidos vitales que no puede producir por s\u00ed misma y, sin \u00e9l, el insecto literalmente no puede reproducirse. 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