Fake amber
A Jewel beetle Hypomeces squamosus, has been inserted into melted copal. The species only lives in Asia and the copal is from East Africa
Picture No
10708707
Media ID
47570105
Size
3780px x 4624px
(17.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Photograph from the Natural History Museum Collection
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