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This is a small piece of amber that contains a very nice leafhopper,
Homoptera, Cicadellidae. This is for the collector, not the
casual buyer.
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2. Irregular size, longest spot being 2.1 inches
by 1.25 inches by 1/2 inch.
This has a very nice winged termite
(Isoptera) along with what
may be a caddis fly (not sure), beetle
larvae, an unknown beetle,
spider (Araneida),
fly and a 4
midges (Chironomidae).
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3. Orthoptera - this has an immature cricket.
He is in perfect shape, the amber is not large, but is perfectly
clear. This is a good piece.
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Here is the perfect
ant, Hymenoptera, Formicidae.
Off center in nice cab shape piece of Dominican amber, this
is an ideal specimen for a collection, easy
to see and obvious. It is a female worker ant, sterile.
Great price also.
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Contains a cricket, Orthoptera, a large curled female worker
ant, Hymenoptera, Formicidae and a Psyllid. The amber is
a good shape with a nice color to it. Although the cricket
is not real easy to see, this is a good piece. It even has
a mass of stamens and a ball of fungus.
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Homoptera, super family Fulgoroidea,
an adult planthopper and also
a leaf beetle, Chrysomelidae,
Eumolpinae. Flattish piece
of good yellow amber.
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Oblong, cab shape with lots of organic debris. This has
a worker
termite and a gall midge, Diptera, Cecidomyiidae.
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8. If you like
spiders, you will like this one. I looked and thought
maybe it is not a spider, but it is. Nice
cab shape. What a price.
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1
fly, Diptera
and a sterile, female worker
ant, Hymenoptera,
Formicidae among a sea of very old
bubbles (25 million years old).
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10. I feel sorry for you if you are into mites.
When you view this one, you will buy it. Just try not to!
This is a wonderful mite with depth and beauty that is seldom
seen. While I am no expert on mites, I feel that it is a beetle
mite, Brachyplina (family
Oribatidae). As you may know beetle mites are the ones
that carry on their backs and legs bits of shreds of a former
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11. Square headed
ant, Hymenoptera family
Formicidae (Zacryptocerus). This is a sterile
female. This
"caste" of ant blocks with her head the entrance
to the colony and allows to enter only those who give the
proper password (sent, response?). Also in this specimen
is an immature cricket
- harder to see though. There are numerous small air bubbles
in this specimen.
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12. Fairly large, kid of pyramidal piece of
very clear yellow amber that contains a fly,
Diptera and an antlike stone
beetle, Scydmaehidae. This is a nice piece of amber! The
scan shows the amber the best
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13. Fly - Order, Diptera, Brachycera along with
a small gnat.
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Long and thin piece of amber
that has a long-legged fly,
Diptera, Dolichopodidae and a small
thrips. Best of all though is this contains a large
mite. In fact it looks like he is carrying
something (although we all know mites do not carry objects.)
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15. Tear drop shaped piece of amber, clear,
containing a caddis fly, Trichoptera and a small midge.
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 16. A beautiful leaf and 2 flies. One of the
flies is
large (I am hesitant to say that this is a horse
fly but there is a good
chance) and the
other just medium
in size. The leaf
is half a leave because this piece broke in half. This
also means
that there is a part
of the amber that is not polished. Because of all this
you get an excellent deal (leaves
are difficult to come by)!
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17. Good sized, .8 inches by 1 inch by .25
inches. Contains one obvious and fairly large beetle, Order
Coleoptera and a few black scavenger flies, Diptera, Scatopsidae.
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18. Large disk shape about 1 inch around by
1/4 inch deep. Very clear and yellow. Contains a large (1/16
inch) adult planthopper (Order; Homoptera, Superfamily; Fulgoroidea)
and a small true midge (Chironomidae).
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19. I like this piece. There is a lot of organic
debris throughout the piece. The highlight of this is that
there is a worker
termite, Isoptera, that has a large gas
bubble emanating from it's abdomen.
You can see the tear in the abdomen with the gas coming out
- just cool.
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20. Small piece of Dominican amber with at least
4 winged ants, Hymenoptera,
Formicidae and a
biting midge to boot, Diptera, Certaopogonidae
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Largish piece of amber containing 2 leaves that are connected
at the petiole. Very nice, so easy to see, just an impressive
piece for anyone.
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22. A lot of stuff is here. There is a great
fly, pretty good
sized where you can
see hairs. There is a gnat, and some other small midges
also an ant. The big thing here
is a millipede. A large
millipede. Now it is hazed by some air bubbles and 1/4
of the animal is cut off, but this is a very good specimen
- rare. You do not normally find millipedes in amber. The
very corner of the piece is not polished.
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Couple parts to this piece. First there is a beautiful planthopper,
Homoptera, Fulgoroidea, part of what appears to be a rolled
leaf and finally this even has a caddis fly, Trichoptera.
Good piece for a collection.
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A large very clear piece of 24 million year old Dominican
amber that has some organic debris and a
single beetle, probably a
bark-gnawing beetle, Coleoptera,
Osdtomatidae. This is a
nice piece of amber.
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Click beetle, Coleoptera,
Elateridae. When it finds itself upside down, it propels
itself into the air with an
audible click.
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26. Tear drop shape to this unusual piece. It actually has
a square headed ant. These
are the ants that use their
heads to block intruders from the colony (what a job!). The
ant is large. Of course there is the obligatory missing leg
(with what looks like hemolymph
coming out). There is also part of another regular
ant
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27. Black scavenger fly,
Diptera Scatopsidae. The piece of
amber is shaped like a thick coin.
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Wonderful piece - good size, great color and what an animal!
There is a square headed ant. These are workers who used their
heads to block entrance to the mound. If the outside ant wanted
in, it had to have the correct "smell", otherwise
the entrance was blocked with their head.
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Interesting piece of amber, contains a lot - has a immature
planthopper, Homoptera, Fulgoroidea, a true
midge, Diptera Chironomid, a couple black
scavenger flies Diptera, Scatopsidae and a very long unknown
leg from an
insect.
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Talk about large, this weighs 30
grams. Inside the amber
are a number of winged
termites. I would say that this is big enough to be considered
a swarm
of termites. There are lots of wings
all over. At the edge of the piece is
a cricket. It was difficult to photograph.
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