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De adultos, son voraces cazadores de pulgones y orugas, pero tambi\u00e9n visitan con frecuencia flores umbel\u00edferas para alimentarse de polen y n\u00e9ctar, actuando indirectamente como eficaces polinizadores. Sus larvas subterr\u00e1neas no se quedan atr\u00e1s: patrullan la hojarasca en busca de babosas y lombrices. Estas larvas son extremadamente resistentes al fr\u00edo, manteni\u00e9ndose activas en pleno invierno e incluso llegando a caminar directamente sobre la nieve. Para protegerse mientras forrajean al descubierto, los adultos conf\u00edan en su coloraci\u00f3n aposem\u00e1tica: una viva paleta de advertencia que avisa a los depredadores de su p\u00e9simo sabor. Si se les manipula con brusquedad, pueden liberar un c\u00f3ctel qu\u00edmico defensivo de olor ligeramente penetrante. 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