Bug Fossil in Amber
Planthopper Nymph
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This photo presents the nymph of a planthopper (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha). These insects are quite common in Dominican amber as well as in Baltic amber. Identification of fossil (based on photograph only) courtesy of...

Jacek Szwedo
Museum and Institute of Zoology
Polish Academy of Sciences

The specimen is presented in a small golden amber nugget Approximately 25 - 35 Million years old from the La Toca mines, Dominican Republic.

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