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1. At fist glance this looks like
just a piece of
amber with a
small worker ant in it. Further investigation reveals another
world. There are at least
3 female worker ants - one of which appears to be
carrying something. Might it be a larvae as it was trying
to save it's world as the resin flowed around it? There is also
a
single head of an ant (kinda cool). Upon further investigation,
there is an air
bubble within an air bubble (enhydro), which we took a movie
of, take a look. This did not cost us a lot so, we are really
giving this a price break.
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This is something you do not see every day. There are a pair of mating midges that have been locked in a copulatory position for 24 million years - enough said on that! Very rare piece and potentially an interesting pendant. This also has a gall gnat, Cecidomyiidae as the voyeur.
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Hazy piece with a multitude of what looks like termite wings and in the middle is a difficult to see cricket. Interesting piece with a good price.
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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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Cab shaped, clear and very interesting. This has a large fungus gnat, Diptera, Mycetophilidae. Good details on this guy.
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2 or 3 ambrosia beetles in a 'hazy' piece of amber. The beetles are in the family Platypodidae. This is a very good price on this 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.) The amber is not large, but it is very clear.
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Here is a nice sized, clear piece of Dominican amber that has a lovely bristletail, Thysanura in it. These are very unusual in Dominican amber.
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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 tailless 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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I am not sure on this piece. I think it may be a crab-like rove beetle, Coleoptera, Tachyporinae.
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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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Large chunk of Dominican amber that has numerous surface stress
cracks. These are only on the very surface, not deep in the amber.
They are easy to buff out. Now hang on with what is here - about
25 mites scattered throughout the amber. I have never seen this
many mites in one place........... this has 25!!!!
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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 You are going to love this piece. There is a bubble within a bubble. Assuming it is water (enhydro) - this is the water than has been trapped for many, many millions of years. Just think about what things that might be in the water - a deadly virus, bacteria? What would happen if it became exposed to the atmosphere.............would life as we know it, stop? Just stuff to think about. Enjoy the video - the video is large, 68 megs.
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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 Platypodid
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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