Large Cockroach and Exotic Beetle in Fossil Amber

Name: Amber Fossil Insects (Blattodea; Diptera; Coleoptera); Arachnida: Araneae

Age: Pleistocene to Pliocene

Size: mm (25.4mm=1 inch): 42 by 27 mm; 11.0 grams

Location: Andes mountains in Colombia

Code: a364

Price: $85.00 - Sold

16 mm cockroach in fossil amberThis amazing 16 mm-long cockroach is the trophy insect inclusion; very few roaches or other insects of this size are captured in amber. There is also an exotic beetle (see pictures) from family Staphylinidae - the Rove Bbeetle.. Finally, 3 Dipterans and a spider share this fossil resin tomb.


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