{"id":7864,"date":"2026-06-26T09:40:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T09:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pawel.stefanoff.pl\/bugs\/?p=7864"},"modified":"2026-07-23T17:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T17:57:11","slug":"2026-06-aerial-ballets-of-the-dagger-fly-es","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pawel.stefanoff.pl\/bugs\/es\/posts\/2026-06-aerial-ballets-of-the-dagger-fly-es\/","title":{"rendered":"Sin regalo no hay cita: Los elaborados ballets a\u00e9reos y sobornos nupciales de la mosca pu\u00f1al"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les presento al <em>Empis tessellata<\/em>, una mosca pu\u00f1al (familia: <em>Empididae<\/em>). Estos fascinantes insectos tambi\u00e9n son conocidos deliciosamente como &#8220;moscas bailarinas&#8221; debido a los elaborados y ondulantes enjambres a\u00e9reos que los machos realizan para llamar la atenci\u00f3n de las hembras. Sin embargo, el cortejo tiene un precio estricto: la hembra se negar\u00e1 rotundamente a aparearse a menos que el macho le entregue un &#8220;regalo nupcial&#8221;, que por lo general consiste en un insecto muerto reci\u00e9n capturado. Ella se da un fest\u00edn con esta presa durante la c\u00f3pula, obteniendo nutrientes vitales para la producci\u00f3n de sus huevos. Tras depositar los huevos en el suelo h\u00famedo, las larvas pasan el invierno actuando como voraces depredadoras subterr\u00e1neas. Al llegar a la edad adulta, siguen siendo igual de formidables, equipadas con una prob\u00f3scide larga, r\u00edgida y afilada como una aguja, dise\u00f1ada para perforar el cuerpo de otras mofetas e insectos. Pese a todo, tienen un lado m\u00e1s dulce y visitan a menudo las flores para alimentarse de n\u00e9ctar. Muy extendida por toda Europa, esta especie es una aut\u00e9ntica superviviente del norte. 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