{"id":8247,"date":"2026-06-19T15:50:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pawel.stefanoff.pl\/bugs\/?p=8247"},"modified":"2026-07-24T19:54:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T19:54:25","slug":"2026-06-surviving-attacks-of-the-swedish-horsefly-es","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pawel.stefanoff.pl\/bugs\/es\/posts\/2026-06-surviving-attacks-of-the-swedish-horsefly-es\/","title":{"rendered":"Ojos psicod\u00e9licos y mand\u00edbulas de sierra: Sobreviviendo a los t\u00e1banos de Suecia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Les presento a los t\u00e1banos del g\u00e9nero <em>Hybomitra<\/em>: potentes, agresivos acr\u00f3batas del aire que representan la prueba de resistencia definitiva para cualquier aventurero. Solo las hembras pican, ya que necesitan las prote\u00ednas de la sangre para desarrollar sus huevos, mientras que los machos son completamente inofensivos y se alimentan \u00fanicamente de n\u00e9ctar. En lugar de picar con un aguij\u00f3n, las hembras utilizan piezas bucales microsc\u00f3picas en forma de sierra para cortar la piel, inyectando una saliva anticoagulante que hace que la sangre se acumule para poder lamerla f\u00e1cilmente. Pese a sus implacables h\u00e1bitos, sus ojos son aut\u00e9nticas obras de arte naturales: globos enormes y centelleantes de color verde brillante y p\u00farpura, cruzados por llamativas franjas horizontales. Guiados principalmente por la vista y fuertemente atra\u00eddos por el movimiento, los colores oscuros y el di\u00f3xido de carbono, estos insectos se encuentran entre los m\u00e1s veloces del planeta; los machos de la especie cercana Hybomitra hinei pueden alcanzar los 145 km\/h para atrapar a sus parejas. Mientras viajaba en bicicleta por el norte de Suecia en d\u00edas soleados, oleadas de estos implacables perseguidores me rodeaban constantemente, y solo evit\u00e9 sus mordeduras usando mangas largas y cubriendo mi piel expuesta con una gruesa capa de protector solar. En algunas ocasiones, cuando un ejemplar especialmente atrevido se posaba sobre m\u00ed, lograba aturdirlo de un golpe. Frenaba de inmediato y, mientras el t\u00e1bano se recuperaba del impacto, aprovechaba para tomar bonitas fotos macro de sus asombrosos ojos. Procur\u00e9 no matarlos, \u00a1aunque debo admitir que los t\u00e1banos son de los pocos organismos en el mundo cuya eutanasia no me importar\u00eda!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Les presento a los t\u00e1banos del g\u00e9nero Hybomitra: potentes, agresivos acr\u00f3batas del aire que representan la prueba de resistencia definitiva 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