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Amber Inclusions from Myanmar – Windows into an Ancient World
For nearly 100 million years, Kachin amber has preserved extraordinary traces of a vanished ecosystem.
Inclusion(s):
Chrysopidae †Hallucinochrysa – Extinct Lacewing Larva (ausgestorbene Netzflüglerlarve)
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Collection Number:
KA35/CAB
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Inclusion Size:
1.1 mm
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Amber Size:
17 x 11 x 3 mm
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Age:
Around 100 million years (Cretaceous period)
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Location:
Myanmar
Remarks:
†Hallucinochrysa is an extinct Cretaceous lacewing genus with extremely long tubular body projections used to carry camouflage material. No living lacewing larvae have such long body projections.
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