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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 – Green Lacewing Larva with Prey (Florfliegenlarve mit Beute)
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Collection Number:
KA31/CAB
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Inclusion Size:
Larva of a green lasewing: 1.6 mm
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Amber Size:
14 x 8 x 2 mm
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Age:
Around 100 million years (Cretaceous period)
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Location:
Myanmar
Remarks:
Larva of a green lacewing together with the remains of its prey, probably a beetle. The position of both and the partly collapsed body of the prey suggest that the lacewing larva had already begun feeding when it became trapped in resin.
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