The Living World in Amber (1)

 Images from Millions of Years Past

by Volker Arnold

New: Images and animations of amber inclusions made with a laser-scan-microscope: amazing sharpness in a 3D-space!

These images are from my collection with the exception of the flower, leaf, and male flower tap.

Sciarid midge in Baltic amber
Sciarid midge in Baltic amber		 Tiny mites in Baltic amber
Two tiny horn mites in Baltic amber
Empidid fly in Baltic amber
Small empidid fly in Baltic amber		 Detail from head of a tiny wasp
Detail of the head of a tiny wasp with parts of the net eye and one of the three point eyes. The picture covers only 1/10 mm!
Spider in Baltic amber
Spider in Baltic amber		 Book scorpio in Baltic amber
Pseudoscorpion ("book scorpio") with well recognizable shears in Baltic amber
Flower in Baltic amber
Small withered angiosperm flower with long stylus in Baltic amber		 Stamen of flower in Baltic amber
Stamen of a angiosperm flower in Baltic amber. All pollen grains flew away!
Male flower tap from a pine
Male flower "tap", probably of the pine from which the amber resin bled out, with only a few pollen grains		 Leaflet of a gymnosperm plant
Leaflet of a gymnosperm plant. Enlarged, the individual cells are recognizable
Mammalian hairs in Bitterfeld amber
In a piece of Bitterfeld amber I found these mammal hairs (from a time, in which the mammal development was still not so advanced). They are much finer than human hair and clearly scaled. A determination is still pending for this piece and approximately 15 others with mammal hair. I need help from a specialist! E-mail is desired!

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