{"id":6277,"date":"2025-07-31T12:30:39","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T12:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pawel.stefanoff.pl\/bugs\/?p=6277"},"modified":"2026-07-07T19:31:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T19:31:43","slug":"2025-07-the-spheric-lamprosoma-of-ecuador-es","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pawel.stefanoff.pl\/bugs\/es\/posts\/2025-07-the-spheric-lamprosoma-of-ecuador-es\/","title":{"rendered":"Desde adornos navide\u00f1os hasta desaf\u00edos macro: fotografiando los escarabajos esf\u00e9ricos de Ecuador"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Lamprosoma<\/em> es un g\u00e9nero de diminutos escarabajos de las hojas (familia: <em>Chrysomelidae<\/em>) con forma de domo, que miden bastante menos de un cent\u00edmetro de longitud. A menudo llamados &#8220;adornos navide\u00f1os vivientes&#8221; debido a su llamativa coloraci\u00f3n met\u00e1lica, estos escarabajos poseen un mecanismo de defensa brillante. Cuando se siente amenazado, el escarabajo pliega sus patas rechonchas y esconde la cabeza, transform\u00e1ndose en una esfera brillante, dura e impenetrable. En esta forma, puede pasar f\u00e1cilmente por una desagradable deposici\u00f3n animal o simplemente rodar si se le toca. Una vez que el peligro pasa, se despliega y camina. Curiosamente, los escarabajos de la subfamilia <em>Lamprosomatinae<\/em> tambi\u00e9n protegen a sus cr\u00edas utilizando &#8220;estuches&#8221; fecales muy particulares: la hembra cubre cada huevo con una capa de excremento, la cual las larvas conservan y van ampliando como camuflaje durante toda su vida larvaria. Tuve la gran suerte de avistar a este escarabajo iridiscente en dos ocasiones distintas en la selva ecuatoriana en diciembre de 2023 y en julio 2025. 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