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Ant Bug
Before you even start reading the description of this piece of Dominican amber, I must tell you, it is one of the most unusual and fantastic pieces that I have ever seen. Every time I look at it, I see something new. There is so much in this piece - from the common to the rare, that I am astonished every time I hold it. This is an amazing piece. Possibly
the rarest animal
in this amber is the Ant Bug, order Hemiptera, family Reduviidae,
Genus/species, Praecoris dominicana. Ant bugs like this one
lie in wait on tree bark near
foraging ants. When hungry, they rear up and expose
their undersides, which release a secretion attractive to ants.
As the ants
There
seem to be a number
of mites
scattered throughout. Now before I say it, I want everyone to know that I always have a tough time distinguishing between mites and ticks. Here is a nice mite. I think that there are 2 specimens of ticks.  Ticks are VERY rare in amber. I have only ran across a few in my lifetime. There is a large ant, Hymenoptera, Formicidae. It seems like this piece has the corner for unusual.... the fly. Even the fly in this piece of 24 milliion year old fossilized resin has a strange posterior end.
There
are some very nice fungus
gnats, Diptera Mycetophilidae. There is an immature
leafhopper, Homoptera, Fulgoridae.
has
a very small beetle coming off one side. Even with all this, I must
tell you that this is not a very large piece of amber. There are even unknown things here. For instance, this may be a seed. And this piece, I do not even have the slightest idea, but is is cool.
There is a couple of black scavenger flies, Diptera, Scatopsidae. Also a couple different types of midges, Diptera, Ceratoponginida. Man, I can go on forever with this: there are 2 winged termites, Isoptera. I can see a number of wasps, Hymenoptera that are different genera. Again, this is just an amazing piece of amber. By the way, it is also the first time I have ever seen a real ant bug. If this specimen is the one for you then just click on this price
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start
feeding on the substance, they become lethargic from a 
The
leafhopper
