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$329

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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$159
SOLD
2. 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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$32

3. Nice clear piece with about 4 female worker ants (sterile), Hymenoptera, Formicidae.
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$649

4. 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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$95
5. 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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$197
6. 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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$129
7. 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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$189
8. 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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$62

9. 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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$493
10. 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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96
11. 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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$122
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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$18
13. Nice cab shape with good color. This piece of amber has a flat footed beetle, Coleoptera, Playtpodidae.
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$225
14. 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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$86
15. 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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$79
16. 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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$147
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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$565
18. 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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$79
19. Coleoptera, Homoptera, super family Fulgoroidea, planthoppers. It looks like the animal died on one layer and then covered in another.
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$49
20. 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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$27
SOLD
21. 4 female worker ants, Hymenoptera, Formicidae. Nice cab shape with a great price on this piece.
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$64
SOLD
22. 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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$95
23. 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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$486
24. 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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$15
25. 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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$27
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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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$73
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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$38
28. 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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$22
SOLD
29. 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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$34

30. This Elongated cab piece of amber. Has a very nice Splatypodid beetle (sometimes called an ambrosia beetle), Coleoptera, Platypodidae
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$72

31.A 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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$68
SOLD

32. 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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