Embedded Wasp...

crocoite · Post by **crocoite** » Fri May 12, 2006 6:01 pm

(I think that it's a wasp)

Embedded in Madagascar copal (resin related to amber) and could be up to about 65,000 years old. Field of view is 4 mm.

Regards
Steve

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Fri May 19, 2006 10:27 pm

Steve... Isn't it just great fun to look at the flawless details of these specimens, while you try to appreciate just how old they are, and wonder what the world they lived in might have looked like?!?

crocoite · Post by **crocoite** » Fri May 19, 2006 10:47 pm

Charles Krebs wrote:Steve... Isn't it just great fun to look at the flawless details of these specimens, while you try to appreciate just how old they are, and wonder what the world they lived in might have looked like?!?

Absolutely Charles. This particular piece also has three beetles embedded in it too. Maybe the wasp was after the beetles and got itself trapped.

Regards
Steve