Dominican Amber Cricket and Beetle Association

Fossil Amber Insects

Beetle - Insect Order Coleoptera, indet

Cricket - Insect Order Orthoptera (Grylloptera), Family Trigonidiidae

Geological Time: Oligocene-Miocene

Size (25.4mm = 1 inch): Amber: 16 mm long, 12 mm across, Inclusions: 2 to 3 mm

Fossil Site: Region near Santiago, Dominican Republic

Code: DA3023

Price: $35.00 - sold

Description: This amber piece displays a fine example of a bush cricket in association with a beetle. The bush crickets spent most of the time on the bark of trees. While most were nocturnal, the speckled coloration of some show they were camouflaged for daytime activity as well.

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