Beetle in Baltic amber |
Beetle larva in Baltic amber,
swollen by decaying gases, from a chain bead |
Two weevils in Baltic amber |
Bee in Baltic amber. Pollen
grains of the visited flowers (not visible here) remained at the wing roots
and on the antennae. This specimen was found in a heap of cheap inclusions! |
Ant worker in a small piece
of Baltic amber |
The head of a common dolichopod
fly showed a green glossy color in the net eyes until quite recently. (Now
the beautiful color is no longer visible, as the preservation of inclusions
in amber is very delicate!) |
Large mycetophilid gnat |
Pair of sciarid midges during
copulation |
Winged male of a scale insect
(plant sucking),
a rare find, still an indefinite
type. |
Aleuroide ("white fly")
is a plant sucking insect, which is feared today (e.g. in greenhouses or
in potted plants). |
Psychodid midges, which
got stuck to a hairy part of a plant. |
Rare: male strepsiptera,
which are parasitic within other insects. Only about 20 of these are known
from Baltic amber. |
Tiny
scales of a butterfly (3/4 mm). |
A click beetle, seen from
its downside. |