Scale insect in amber
A scale insect preserved here in Baltic amber. These insects often secrete a protective, waxy covering. Specimen dates from the Upper Eocene
Picture No
10708787
Media ID
47570965
Size
3776px x 4628px
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Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Photograph from the Natural History Museum Collection
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Amber Arthropoda Baltic Cenozoic Eocene Fossilised Hemiptera Hemipteran Hexapod Hexapoda Insecta Palaeogene Parasitic Phanerozoic Plant Parasitic Plant-parasitic Secrete Sternorrhyncha Tertiary
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