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1. You will find this piece amazing. It has so much in it. First,
there is a very
nice cricket. Good
detail and fun
to look at, also there is a fungus
gnat, Diptera, Mycetophilidae.
On the other side is a large
roach. Finally going through the middle is part
of a lizard tail. Hard to believe, but it is there. It is
the very tip
of the tail and in excellent shape. You will not see anything
like this soon.
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This is a wonderful
piece of amber.
About 25
scuttle flies, Diptera, Phoridae,
all followed the leader to their death 24 million years ago. This
death assembly
is very nice and a very unusual occurrence. It would make a great
talking point and discussion item in anyone's collection.
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Nice clear piece with about 4
female worker ants (sterile), Hymenoptera, Formicidae.
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If you like beetles, this is the ultimate! And while
it is very expensive, this is VERY unusual. It is the largest
tumbling flower beetle ever discovered. The amber itself is
rather large. It is really as big
as they get. This big guy is almost .5
inches in size! It is just very
impressive. There is some very nice detail on the 'back'
of the beetle. Order Coleoptera, family Mordellidae, tumbling
flower beetles get their name because they tumble in a comical
fashion when they are being pursued. The small ones are uncommon
in Dominican amber, one this size is nothing but a museum piece.
There is also a nice, complete
stem in this amber, and part of another.
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This is a
cool piece. Polished on 4 of six sides - this gives an impressive
feel and look (you can see this on the scanned image below. This
is a nice sized
single wasp, Hymenoptera amid a sea of clear yellow. Just
a real
sharp piece.
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This is a large and clear piece of Dominican amber. There are
a couple dozen female
worker ants, Hymenoptera, Formicidae.
They all
must have been together when the sticky
resin dropped from the wound. They have been immortalized
for 24 million years. This is a superb piece.
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Lovely piece of clear amber with great color. This has a very
unusual fire-colored
beetle, Coleoptera, Pyrochroidae.
This happens to be a female
fire-colored beetle. Definitely a cool
piece. The detail is really
spectacular.
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You are going to like this one.
Nice sized piece of Dominican amber with an adult roach
in it, Orthoptera, Blattidae. There are some amber stress
planes that do not block the roach. This guy is big enough to
see without a microscope. There is some great
detail about this animal! But that is not all. There is a
nice beetle, Coleoptera, and
two types of ants, one with
VERY large mandibles. All in
all, quite a piece of amber.
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Isopods
have seven pairs of legs. When disturbed, their body curls
up into a ball
for protection. This is a good
isopod - while not rare, certainly not common at all.
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I knew this picture would catch someone's eyes! This is a very
rare specimen in Dominican amber - this is an earwig, Dermaptera.
The amber is not particularly large, it is .75 inches long. This
is a female earwig. They tend their eggs until they hatch and
become adult. My guess is that you will never see one for sale
(other than this specimen.)
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Good sized piece, reminds me of a large guitar pick. There is
a lot of organic debris which makes this a blast to look at. Among
the stuff are two
flies, one of which is a long
legged fly, Dolichopodidae and this also contains kin
of the planthoppers, Homoptera, Cicadellidae.
There is good
detail in these animals.
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12. If you like mites, you will love this piece. It contains 2
different types of mites, on of which is in the family Erythraceidae
and the other I am just not sure. There is a small
spider and a fungus gnat or two, Diptera, Mycetophilidae and
a small ant like stone beetle, Coleoptera, Scydmaenidae and even an unknown larvae. This is just a very nice piece of
amber for someone's collection.
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Nice cab shape with good color. This piece of amber has a flat footed
beetle, Coleoptera, Playtpodidae.
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This one is VERY unusual. There are
two planthoppers (Homoptera) here - but it is more than that.
These are shaving brush planthoppers, both with a tail
full of wax filaments to confuse its enemies. The young produce
a tail of long wax filaments from an area near the tip of the
abdomen. Being refractive, they are
very noticeable, causing a
predator to strike the tail The predator ends up with a mouthful
of waxy
filaments wile the now tailess planthopper darts away. The
wax
filaments are not common in amber.
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Each time you look at this, you will find more. Leaf hopper,
Homoptera,
Fulgoridea,
couple of Dipterans, a spider and more. This
will take you a
while to look at
because of the organic mater and various animals in it.
Just plain fun.
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I hate to sound wishy-washy, but I am not
sure. This is probably a Coleoptera,
Colydidae, a large cylindrical
bark beetle. It is difficult
to see, but this is a very unique
specimen - maybe new!
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17. Immature roach, Orthoptera.
Nice piece of amber with an unknown leg going through it. The
amber is good sized and very clear - great price on this one,
it is a beauty!
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If you want big
and impressive, this is it. The piece has many 24 million
year old air bubbles. There is also a lot of organic debris throughout
the piece, looks like part of a leaf, a fly and a wasp. Nice,
nice, nice. This is 113.6 grams (large) - 3.5 x 3 x .75 inches.
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Coleoptera, Homoptera, super family Fulgoroidea, planthoppers.
It looks like the animal died
on one layer and then covered in another.
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This piece of Dominican amber has a small
leaf in it. Upon close observation you can even see some glands
(dark
circles) in the leaf. Very nice. There is also an ant near
the bottom.
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4 female
worker ants, Hymenoptera, Formicidae.
Nice cab
shape with a great
price on this piece.
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Great cab with a stingless
tropical bee, Hymenoptera, Melipodidae,
genus Proplebeia, species
dominica and a spider near one side. This is a good piece.
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Great example of 2 large female worker ants (sterile) Hymenoptera,
Formicidae. Very easy to see and very nice. This is a good piece.
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Here is a very rare
fire colored beetle, Coleoptera, Pyrochroidae.
"pyro" in Greek means "fire". The elytra are
red or
orange. Antennae are comb-like in the male and saw toothed
or rarely threadlike in the female. My guess this is a female.
There
is a large
planthopper, Homoptera, Fulgoridea
along with
a scad (don't ask me
to define a scad) of others
which includes female
ants, beetles
( nice
ones) midges and gnats
and even
a spider. This
is an
impressive piece of
amber.
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Smallish piece, clear with resin flow lines. This has what I believe
to be a
gnat, but which type, I just cannot tell. It is hard
to see him.
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26. A
very clear piece of amber with a
tropical stingless bee off on one side, Hymenoptera,
Formicidae, genus, Proplebeia, species, dominica.
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27. A rather flat piece with a lot of stuff. There are bits of
leaves,
possibly a stem or two, the remains of an immature planthopper,
Homoptera, Fulgoridea, a regular
female worker ant, what I think is a square headed ant (the
head is down and difficult to see), and even a bit of "hair-looking"
wad - I do not know what it is, take a look!
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Interesting piece of amber. It is very
clear with some bits of organic
debris (cool pieces.) There appears to be a single solitary
female ant,
Hymenoptera, Formicidae among this bottom litter.
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If you know your beetles, you may have something special here.
I am listing this as an 'unknown' beetle - great price.
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This Elongated
cab piece of amber. Has a very nice Splatypodid
beetle (sometimes called an ambrosia beetle), Coleoptera,
Platypodidae
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leaf beetle, Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, a couple
of mites
- maybe
three,
a spider and a fly a winged termite and even a thrip, Thysanoptera,- an entire bus load of
animals. Good sized piece of amber.
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A great piece of amber with a very large mite, Acarina, Caeulidae,
probably Caecilus sp. This is a great piece for a collection.
Also looks like a bristletail in the amber.
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