Dominican Amber Deadly Sand Fly Multiple

Fossil Amber

Insect Order Diptera, Family Psychodidae Subfamily Plebotominae

Geological Time: Oligocene-Miocene

Size (25.4mm = 1 inch): Amber: 14 mm long, 10 mm across, Inclusions: 1mm- 2 mm

Fossil Site: Region near Santiago, Dominican Republic

Code: DA3024

Price: $35.00 - sold


Description: This amber piece displays examples of sand flies. The modern day sand flies are vectors for various tropical diseases including Leishmaniasis. Like mosquitoes the females need a blood meal in order to lay their eggs. It is presumed that these ancient examples fed in the same way.

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