Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - sand fly (Phlebotominae) and parasitic mite

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - sand fly (Phlebotominae) and parasitic mite, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - sand fly (Phlebotominae) and parasitic mite
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Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - perfect extremely rare iconic Sternorrhyncha, Coccoidea, Matsucoccidae? - 1 mm

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - perfect extremely rare iconic Sternorrhyncha, Coccoidea, Matsucoccidae? - 1 mm, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - perfect extremely rare iconic Sternorrhyncha, Coccoidea, Matsucoccidae? - 1 mm
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Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) rare perfect wasp -1,5 mm

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) rare perfect wasp -1,5 mm, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - rare wasp - 1,5 mm
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The other side: www.flickr.com/photos/amber-inclusions/5638395696/in/phot...
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Baltic amber - rare extinct spider (Anapidae Balticorma sp.)

Baltic amber - rare extinct spider (Anapidae Balticorma sp.), originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Baltic amber - rare extinct spider (Araneae Anapidae Balticorma sp.)
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Baltic amber - rare extinct spider (Anapidae Balticorma sp.)

Baltic amber - rare extinct spider (Anapidae Balticorma sp.), originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Baltic amber - rare extinct spider (Araneae Anapidae Balticorma sp.)
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Baltic amber (50 MYO) - extremely! rare male mosquito (Culicidae, Aedes sp. - body about 6 mm.

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - extremely! rare male mosquito (Culicidae, Aedes sp. - body about 6 mm., originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - extremely rare perfect male mosquito (Culicidae, Aedes ... - body about 6 mm.
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Mosquitoes (Culicidae) in amber is noteworthy extraordinary rare.
There are only two specimen in Cretaceous amber (Burmese amber (99-112 MYO) Burmaculex antiquuns, Borkent Brimaldi, 2004 and Canadian amber (Upper Cretaceous), Paleoculicis minutus, Poinar et al. 2000.

There has been extraordinary 5 different species in Baltic amber (45-50 MYO) - this specimen is just found a couple of days ago and still have to be ID. I will write about this new mosquito, in this box below the image, as soon as I have found an certain determination - so check back in a week's time. Perhaps this is a new species in the extra rare family's evolutionary history ...

In addition there are 2 species in Dominicansk amber (23-33 MYO), Anopheles dominicanus Zavortnik & Poinar, 2000 and Culex malariager, Poinar, 2005 and there is recently also found mosquitoes in Mexican amber.

There are several fossil mosquitoes than listed above - an (more or less) complete list can be found on page 124 in "Paleoculicis minutus (Diptera: Culicidae) n. gene., n. sp.,
from Cretaceous Canadian amber, with a summary of described fossil mosquitoes" - www.raco.cat/index.php/ActaGeologica/article/viewFile/756...

There are theories about mosquito occurrence in amber is linked to the number of mammals (but it is important to note that there is also found mosquitoes which are possible bloodsucker on dinosaurs - source check the above link). If you want to read more about mosquito in amber, I can recommend the following papers:
- www.raco.cat/index.php/ActaGeologica/article/viewFile/756...
- www.mosquitocatalog.org/files/pdfs/129200-0.pdf
- www.mosquitocatalog.org/files/pdfs/MQ0270.pdf

This specimen is perfectly preserved (all areas are perfect and can be seen clearly) - the best I've ever seen in Baltic amber. I will make some detailed close-ups when I get time.

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New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - midge

New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - midge, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - midge - 2 mm
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New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - beetle (possible Elateroidea)

New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - beetle (possible Elateroidea), originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - beetle (possible Elateroidea) - 2,5 mm
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Baltic amber (45-50 MYO) - very unusual beetle - A detailed description of the beetle will be written within the next few days - Is there anyone who can help me find this beetle's ID?

Baltic amber (45-50 MYO) - very unusual beetle - A detailed description of the beetle will be written within the next few days - Is there anyone who can help me find this beetle's ID?, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

"The large eyes remind rather of a predator, however the overall habitus is rather Chrysomelidae"

Is there anyone who can help me find this beetle's ID? I have spent approx. a week now, and tried with various families - but I have does not found the right one yet. It may does not fit that I can not find the ID - so I photographed it and uploaded it on flickr of hope to some of you may be able to ID it?
Hope there is someone who will take up the challenge?

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Burma amber - phlebotomine sandfly

Burma amber - phlebotomine sandfly, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Cretaceous Myanmar (Burmese) amber - 99-112 MYO (Albian) whit sandfly - body 1,5 mm

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Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - very rare extinct wasp (Stigmaphronid)

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - very rare extinct wasp (Stigmaphronid), originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - very rare extinct wasp (Stigmaphronid) - 2 mm
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Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - very rare wingless female of a scale insect (Coccoidea Margarodidae) Possible new species

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - very rare wingless female of a scale insect (Coccoidea Margarodidae) Possible new species, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - very rare wingless female of a scale insect (Coccoidea Margarodidae) - 3 mm

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Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Perfect! rare huge Diptera, Tipulidae

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Perfect! rare huge Diptera, Tipulidae, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Diptera, Tipulidae, ... body about 9 mm.
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A picture of the piece whit the inclusion: www.flickr.com/photos/amber-inclusions/5288639711/in/phot...
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Baltic amber (50 MYO) - very rare flower (Clethraceae?) - about 7,8 mm.

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - very rare flower (Clethraceae?) - about 7,8 mm., originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - very rare flower (Clethraceae?) - about 7,8 mm.
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Closeup of the flower top: www.flickr.com/photos/amber-inclusions/5263468130/
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Baltic amber (50 MYO) - exstremely rare iconic broad-shouldered water strider (Veliidae) - body length 3 mm.

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - exstremely rare iconic broad-shouldered water strider (Veliidae) - body length 3 mm., originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

New Jersey (Crossman Clay Pit, Sayreville) Cretaceous (Turonian 90-94 MYO) layer - collection of amber, soil, pyrite, wood pieces and fossil plant material.

New Jersey (Crossman Clay Pit, Sayreville) Cretaceous (Turonian 90-94 MYO) layer - collection of amber, soil, pyrite, wood pieces and fossil plant material., originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Here are some close-ups of the New Jersey amber variations:
- www.flickr.com/photos/amber-inclusions/5271489846/in/set-...
- www.flickr.com/photos/amber-inclusions/5271485052/in/set-...

These three boxes contains my collection of raw New Jersey amber. I use it to get an overview / study of amber surface, its color, its structure and all the different variations. The pieces are roughly sorted by structure (clear, cloudy and mixed). When I get time I will do a complete sort by color and create a similar image composed by many small pictures of each color. Likewise, this collection is good to confirm the authenticity of other NJ pieces - hope these pictures can give you an idea of the different variations found in this amber.

Furthermore, I have also various things that are found in the same layer as the amber - soil, pyrite, wood pieces, fossil plant material and some very mysterious round light "stones". Since Sayreville is an old river area - I have a suspicion that it might be ear stone from fish (found similar stone at the beach). The stones are built of many small layers, all the same shape and color. I'm not sure but I will make a close up - is there anyone who knows about the small "stones"?

If you are interested in reading more about this layer, I highly recommend this paper "Upper Cretaceous Facies, Fossil Plants, Amber, Insects and Dinosaur Bones, Sayreville, New Jersey" by Bruce Cornet, Ph.D. - www.sunstar-solutions.com/sunstar/Sayreville/Kfacies.htm

Data:
Each box-room is 22 x 35 x 38 mm
There are 435.44 grams of raw New Jersey amber (in all different colors), 38.72 grams of pyrite, 402 gram (38 x 380 x 93 mm) soil, 56 gram plant fossils.
The above collection extends constantly - this picture is already outdated.


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Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - extremely rare iconic wasp/ant transitional - body about 1 mm (curled position)

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - extremely rare iconic wasp/ant transitional - body about 1 mm (curled position), originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - extremely rare iconic wasp/ant transitional - body about 1 mm (curled position). © Anders Leth Damgaard - www.amber-inclusions.dk

This insect lived approx. 29 million years before Tyrannosaurus rex and approx. 93 million years before the first humans.

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Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - Thrips (Thysanoptera) - less than 1 mm.

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - Thrips (Thysanoptera) - less than 1 mm., originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - Thrips (Thysanoptera) - less than 1 mm.
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This one is iconic but is unfortunately not perfect - but I will soon upload some pictures of the more perfect

This insect lived approx. 29 million years before Tyrannosaurus rex and approx. 93 million years before the first humans.

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Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) -rare wasp -1 mm

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) -rare wasp -1 mm, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - rare wasp - 1 mm.
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Two other images of this wasp:
- www.flickr.com/photos/amber-inclusions/5415742691/in/phot...
- www.flickr.com/photos/amber-inclusions/5416362456/in/phot...

This insect lived approx. 29 million years before Tyrannosaurus rex and approx. 93 million years before the first humans.

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Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - perfect rare spider

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - perfect rare spider, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - rare spider (Araneae) - body about 1 mm

This spider lived approx. 29 million years before Tyrannosaurus rex and approx. 93 million years before the first humans.

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Baltic amber (50 MYO) - extremely rare Strepsiptera, Mengeidae, Mengea tertiaria - whole body 2 mm.

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - extremely rare Strepsiptera, Mengeidae, Mengea tertiaria - whole body 2 mm., originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Strepsiptera, Mengeidae, Mengea tertiaria - whole body 2 mm.
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Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Curculionidae, Sitona - body about 5,5 mm.

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Curculionidae, Sitona - body about 5,5 mm., originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Baltic amber - Curculionidae, Sitona - body about 5,5 mm.
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Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Curculionidae - body about 6 mm.

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Curculionidae - body about 6 mm., originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Baltic amber - Curculionidae - body about 6 mm.
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Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Anthribidae - about 2 mm

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Anthribidae - about 2 mm, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Baltic amber - Anthribidae, ...? - about 2 mm.
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Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Coleoptera, Cantharidae - body 4 mm.

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Coleoptera, Cantharidae - body 4 mm., originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Baltic amber - Coleoptera, Cantharidae - body 4 mm. .
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Closeup of this beetle - from a different angle. www.flickr.com/photos/amber-inclusions/5390850746/in/phot...
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Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Coleoptera, Cantharidae - body 3 mm

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Coleoptera, Cantharidae - body 3 mm, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Baltic amber - Coleoptera, Cantharidae - body 3 mm.
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Detailed close-up of the body: www.flickr.com/photos/amber-inclusions/5390252703/in/phot...
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Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Oligochaete worm, ...? - full body length (about) 2 mm.

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Oligochaete worm, ...? - full body length (about) 2 mm., originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Oligochaete worm, ...? - full body length (about) 2 mm.
© Anders Leth Damgaard - www.amber-inclusions.dk

picture of the worm + amber piece: www.flickr.com/photos/amber-inclusions/5263417252/in/phot...
picture of the whole worm: www.flickr.com/photos/amber-inclusions/5262808613/in/phot...
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Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - rare gall mite (Trombidiformes Erythraeidae, ...?) - body about 1,2 mm

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - rare gall mite (Trombidiformes Erythraeidae, ...?) - body about 1,2 mm, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - rare Velvet Mite ? - body about 1,2 mm

This mite lived approx. 29 million years before Tyrannosaurus rex and approx. 93 million years before the first humans.

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Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - rare gall mite (Trombidiformes Erythraeidae, ...?) - body about 1,2 mm

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - rare gall mite (Trombidiformes Erythraeidae, ...?) - body about 1,2 mm, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - rare Velvet Mite ? - body about 1,2 mm

This mite lived approx. 29 million years before Tyrannosaurus rex and approx. 93 million years before the first humans.

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Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - huge wasp - body about 3 mm

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - huge wasp - body about 3 mm, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - huge wasp (But there are some characteristics are most similar to an ant - is there anyone who can help with an ID) - body about 3 mm

This wasp lived approx. 29 million years before Tyrannosaurus rex and approx. 93 million years before the first humans.

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Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - Velvet Mite ? - body about 1,2 mm

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - Velvet Mite ? - body about 1,2 mm, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) - Velvet Mite ? - body about 1,2 mm

This mite lived approx. 29 million years before Tyrannosaurus rex and approx. 93 million years before the first humans.

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Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Scarabaeoidea sensu latissimus

Scarabaeoidea sensu latissimus, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - rare! beetle (Scarabaeoidea sensu latissimus). © Anders Damgaard www.amber-inclusions.dk

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Baltic amber (50 MYO) - rare! Scarabaeoidea sensu latissimus

Scarabaeoidea sensu latissimus, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - rare beetle (Scarabaeoidea sensu latissimus.) © Anders Damgaard www.amber-inclusions.dk


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Baltic amber (50 MYO) - rare ant (Cerapachyinae, Platythyrea primaeva Wheeler)

Cerapachyinae, Platythyrea primaeva Wheeler, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - rare ant (Cerapachyinae, Platythyrea primaeva Wheeler) - body 4,5mm. © Anders Leth Damgaard - www.amber-inclusions.dk


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Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Acarina, Erythraeidae Leptus sp.?

Acarina, Erythraeidae Leptus sp.?, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - ? Acarina, Erythraeidae Leptus sp.? - 1,5 mm. "© Anders Leth Damgaard - www.amber-inclusions.dk"


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Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Velvet mite (Trombidiidae?, ...)

Velvet mite (Trombidiidae?, ...), originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Velvet mite (Trombidiidae?, ...) - 1 mm. "© Anders Leth Damgaard - www.amber-inclusions.dk


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Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Acarina, Erythraeidae Leptus sp.?

Acarina, Erythraeidae Leptus sp.?, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Acarina, Erythraeidae Leptus sp.? - about 1,5 mm.
© Anders Leth Damgaard - www.amber-inclusions.dk


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Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Acarina

Acarina, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - ? Acarina, ... - 1 mm. "© Anders Leth Damgaard - www.amber-inclusions.dk"


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Ptilodactylidae,

Ptilodactylidae,, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Ptilodactylidae, ...? body 7,5 mm. © Anders Damgaard - www.amber-inclusions.dk


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Madagascar copal (2 MYO) - rare Coleoptera, Brenthidae

Madagascar copal (2 MYO) - rare Coleoptera, Brenthidae, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Madagascar copal (2 MYO) - Coleoptera, Brenthidae, ...? - whole body 2 mm.
© Anders Leth Damgaard - www.amber-inclusions.dk

Closeup of the copal, which the beetle is trapped in:
www.flickr.com/photos/amber-inclusions/5264133415/in/phot...
Close-ups of the beetle:
www.flickr.com/photos/amber-inclusions/5264137609/in/phot...
www.flickr.com/photos/amber-inclusions/5264139989/in/phot...

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Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Oligochaete worm

Oligochaete worm, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Oligochaete worm, ...? - about 2 mm. © Anders Leth Damgaard - www.amber-inclusions.dk


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Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Araneae

Araneae, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Araneae, ..., body 2,6 mm. "© Anders Leth Damgaard - www.amber-inclusions.dk


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Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Opilione

Opilione, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Opilione, ...? - body 2 mm. © Anders Leth Damgaard - www.amber-inclusions.dk


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Baltic amber (50 MYO) - rare wingless female of a scale insect (Coccoidea) - 2 mm

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - rare wingless female of a scale insect (Coccoidea) - 2 mm, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Baltic amber - wingless female of a scale insect (Hemiptera Sternorrhyncha Coccoidea, ...?) - about 2 mm. Scale insects sometimes live symbiotically with ants.
© Anders Leth Damgaard - www.amber-inclusions.dk.

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Cretaceous New Jersey amber - Cockroach (Blattodea)/ the amber piece is embedded in epoxy by AMNH - body 3 mm

Cretaceous New Jersey amber - Cockroach (Blattodea)/ the amber piece is embedded in epoxy by AMNH - body 3 mm, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Cretaceous New Jersey amber (90-94 MYO) whit perfect and extremely rare cockroach embedded in epoxy by AMNH - body 3 mm (body+feelers and legs 7mm).

Cockroaches are among the extremely rare inclusions in New Jersey amber. This cockroach is perfectly preserved, and because of its rarity, the AMNH ( research.amnh.org/iz/resources/fossil-insect-laboratory ) studied this inclusion and embed the piece in epoxy. So this is a perfect museum piece of amber with a perfectly preserved cockroach who lived approx. 29 million years before Tyrannosaurus rex and approx. 93 million years before the first humans.
Not something that typically is in private hands ;)

Scarabaeoidea sensu latissimus

Scarabaeoidea sensu latissimus, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Scarabaeoidea sensu latissimus. © Anders Damgaard www.amber-inclusions.dk


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Reduviidae, Emesinae, Emesini

Reduviidae, Emesinae, Emesini, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Reduviidae, Emesinae, Emesini - body about 6,5 mm. © Anders Leth Damgaard - www.amber-inclusions.dk


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Strepsiptera, Mengeidae, Mengea tertiaria

Strepsiptera, Mengeidae, Mengea tertiaria, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Strepsiptera, Mengeidae, Mengea tertiaria - 2 mm. "© Anders Leth Damgaard - www.amber-inclusions.dk


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Strepsiptera, Mengeidae, Mengea tertiaria

Strepsiptera, Mengeidae, Mengea tertiaria, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Baltic amber (50 MYO) - Strepsiptera, Mengeidae, Mengea tertiaria - 2 mm. "© Anders Leth Damgaard - www.amber-inclusions.dk"


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Orthoptera, ...?

Orthoptera, ...?, originally uploaded by leth.damgaard.

Madagascar copal - Orthoptera, ...? - body 3 mm, feelers 10 mm.
© Anders Leth Damgaard - www.amber-inclusions.dk


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