Fossil Amber Pylon with Diverse Flying Insects

Name: Insects in fossil amber; Orders Diptera, Dictyoptera, Hymenoptera

Age: Pliocene to Pleistocene

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): 70 mm high on a 20 mm by 14 mm base, 15.6 grams

Location: Andean Uplift Region, Andes Mountains, Colombia

Code: a095

Price: $85.00 - sold

Description: This clear pylon of amber self-displays a number of diverse insect inclusions:
- Hymenoptera: 3 different species of flying ants and wasps
- Dictyoptera: Fine Cockroach
- Diptera: Several Flies and midges.
All of these help to give you an idea of the broad diversity of an ancient Amber Forest of the dim past in a compact specimen.
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