Amber

This section is dedicated to amber, a fossil resin, which like a treasure chest contains small, invisible treasures. In the sections, organized generally by Order I will share some (not all! 🙂 ) photographs obtained using extreme macro techniques.

Click on the desired name below or freely scroll to visualize (and I hope to appreciate) the images:

Araneae – Cobweb – Opiliones – Acari – Ixodida – Ricinulei – Pseudoscorpiones – Scorpiones – Archaeognatha – Chilopoda – Coleoptera – Collembola – Dermaptera – Alienoptera – Blattodea – Mantodea – Zoraptera – Diplopoda – Diptera – Embioptera – Ephemeroptera – Fecal pellets – Hemiptera – Hymenoptera – Isopoda – Mecoptera – Nematoda – Neuroptera – Orthoptera – Phasmatodea – Plecoptera – Psocodea – Strepsiptera – Thysanoptera – Zygentoma – Fecal pellets – Fungi – Plants – Vertebrates

Arachnida

Chimerarachne yingi
Chimerarachne yingi – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
cf. Crustulina (Theridiidae) – Baltic area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo
Afrarchaea grimaldii – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo (Hanoi Fossil Museum)
Salticidae and ant – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo

Arachnida / Cobweb

Keroplatidae and cobweb with trichomes – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo
Biting midge trapped in cobweb – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Cobweb – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo

Arachnida / Opiliones

Opiliones – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo

Arachnida / Acari

Trombidiformes – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo
Parasitiformes – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo
Neoliodidae – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo
Erythracaridae (Trombidiformes) – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo
A couple of small Acari - Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) - Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) - ~98.7 Myo
A couple of small Acari – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo

Arachnida / Ixodida

Hard tick (Parasitiformes) – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Amblyomma sp., Hard tick (Parasitiformes) – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo

Arachnida / Ricinulei

Hirsutisoma cf. grimaldii (Ricinulei, Hirsutisomidae) -Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7Myo

Arachnida / Pseudoscorpiones

Geogarypidae – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Cheiridiidae – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo
Cheliferidae – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo

Arachnida / Scorpiones

Betaburmesebuthus sp. (Archaeobuthidae) – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo

Archaeognatha

Bristletail (Machilidae) – Dominican Republic – Early Miocene to early Middle Miocene – 20 to 16 Myo
Bristletail (Machilidae) – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo

Chilopoda

Lithobiidae (Lithobiomorpha), trapped in cobweb – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo
Cryptopidae – Dominican Republic – Early Miocene to early Middle Miocene – 20 to 16 Myo
Geophilidae (Geophilomorpha) and Sciaridae (Diptera) – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo
Chilopoda : Lithobiomorpha – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo

Coleoptera

Crysomelidae – Dominican Republic – Early Miocene to early Middle Miocene – 20 to 16 Myo
Lathriidae – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo
Platypodinae (Curculionida) – Dominican Republic – Early Miocene to early Middle Miocene – 20 to 16 Myo
Silis boninoi – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo
Endomichidae – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo
Bostrichidae – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Aderidae – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo

Collembola

Sminthuridae (Symphypleona) – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo
Arthropleona- Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo

Dermaptera

Anisolabididae (Dermaptera, Epidermaptera) – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
cf. Tytthodiplatys sp. – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo

Dictyoptera / Alienopteridae

Alienoptera nymph – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo

Dictyoptera / Blattodea

Cockroach – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Cockroach – Dominican Republic – Early Miocene to early Middle Miocene – 20 to 16 Myo

Dictyoptera / Mantodea

Praying Mantis – Dominican Rep. – Early Miocene to early Middle Miocene – 20 to 16 Myo
Mantis larva – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Mantis – Dominican Republic – Early Miocene to early Middle Miocene – 20 to 16 Myo
Mantis in Copal (Madagascar) – Anthropocene

Dictyoptera / Zoraptera

Zorotypus nascimbenei – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo

Diplopoda

Polyxenida – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo
Andrognathidae (Platydesmida) – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Polizoniida – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Docodesmus sp. (Polydesmida, Pyrgodesmidae) – Dominican Republic – Early Miocene to early Middle Miocene – 20 to 16 Myo
  • Monstrodesmus grimaldii SU et al. 2022 – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo

Diptera

Drosophilidae and enhydro – Dominican Republic – Early Miocene to early Middle Miocene – 20 to 16 Myo
Electra formosa – Rovno (Ukraina) – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo
Chironomidae – Dominican Republic – Early Miocene to early Middle Miocene – 20 to 16 Myo
Mycetophilidae – The Netherlands – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo

Embioptera

Embiopteran retaining the three ocelli (absents in the modern group) – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo

Ephemeroptera

Palaeocloeoninae, (Baetidae, Ephemeroptera) – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Ephemeroptera – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo

Fecal pellets

Fecal pellets – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Fecal pellets – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo
Fecal pellets and Trichomes – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Fecal pellets, an Oribatida (Acari, upper left), a Collembola (upper right) and two undefined seeds (centre) – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo

Hemiptera

Leptopharsa sp. – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Lace bug (Tingidae) – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Yobuenahuaboshka rectangialatus (Fulgoroidea, Colpopterinae, Nogodinidae) – Dominican Republic – Early Miocene to early Middle Miocene – 20 to 16 Myo
Leafhopper, Xestocephalus sp. (Cicadellidae) – Dominican Republic – Early Miocene to early Middle Miocene – 20 to 16 Myo
Planthopper, Fulgoroidea – Dominican Republic – Early Miocene to early Middle Miocene – 20 to 16 Myo
Miridae, Deraeocorinae, Deraeocorini, Tribe Surinamellini) – Dominican Republic – Early Miocene to early Middle Miocene – 20 to 16 Myo

Hymenoptera

Braconidae – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Mesoserphites sp. parasitic wasp (Serphitidae) – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Colmepsiterona sp. (Apoidea, Crabronidae) – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Rhopalosomatidae (Vespoidea) – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Parasitoid wasp (Ichneumonidae) with long ovipositor – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo
Formicidae – Dominican Republic – Early Miocene to early Middle Miocene – 20 to 16 Myo
Carebara sp. (Formicidae, Myrmicinae) – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo
Myrmicinae (Formicidae) – Dominican Republic – Early Miocene to early Middle Miocene – 20 to 16 Myo
Bethylidae wasp (Chrysidoidea) – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo
Haidomyrmex scimitarus – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Cretaceous sup. (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo

Isopoda

Pseudarmadillo sp. (Oniscidae) – Dominican Republic – Early Miocene to early Middle Miocene – 20 to 16 Myo
Sphaeroniscidae dorsally covered with mycelium – Dominican Republic – Early Miocene to early Middle Miocene – 20 to 16 Myo

Mecoptera

Pseudopolycentropodidae – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo

Nematoda

Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo

Neuroptera

Myrmeleontiformia (Ascalaphidae-like) (Neuroptera) with open jaws. Hukawng Valley of Northern Myanmar, Kachin State Myanmar (early Cenomanian, Cretaceous).
Micromantispa spicata NAKAMINE et al. 2020 (Neuroptera : Mantispoidea : Rachiberothidae)
Hukawng Valley of Northern Myanmar, Kachin State, Myanmar (early Cenomanian, Cretaceous)
Berothidae larva – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Psychopsidae (Neuroptera) and Pseudoscorpion (Arachnida) – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Chrysopodea larva- Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Chrysopodea larva – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Macleodiella electrina – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Rophalis relicta – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo

Orthoptera

Scaly Cricket (Mogoplistidae) – Dominican Republic – Early Miocene to early Middle Miocene – 20 to 16 Myo
Gryllinae – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo

Phasmatodea

Stick insect (Timematidae) – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Stick insect – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo

Plecoptera

Nemoura sp., (Nemouridae) – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo

Psocodea

Psocodea – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Psocodea – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Trogiidae – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo
Cormopsocidae (Psocodae, Trogiomorpha) – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo

Strepstiptera

Nearly completely pyritized Strepsiptera (male) – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo

Thysanoptera

Archaeothrips latipennis (Panchaetothripinae) – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo
Stenurothrips sp., (Stenurothripidae) – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo

Trichoptera

Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
The Netherlands – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo
Trichoptera and a Cerophytidae(Coleoptera) – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo

Zygentoma

Lepismatidae – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo
Zygentoma – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo

Fecal pellets

Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo

Fungi

Agaricomycetes – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Hemiptera covered by white mycelium – Dominican Republic – Early Miocene to early Middle Miocene – 20 to 16 Myo

Plants

Hairy moss and trichomes (or “stellate hairs”), Angiosperms – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo
Flower (anthers and sepals) – Dominican Republic – Early Miocene to early Middle Miocene – 20 to 16 Myo
Acacia flowers – Dominican Republic – Early Miocene to early Middle Miocene – 20 to 16 Myo
Oak flower with pollen grains – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo
Pollen grains – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo
Anther and pollen grains – Baltic Area – Upper Eocene – 47.8 to 33.9 Myo

Vertebrates

Lacertidae (Vertebrata, Reptilia) – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Lacertidae (Vertebrata, Reptilia) – Dominican Republic – Early Miocene to early Middle Miocene – 20 to 16 Myo
Lacertidae (Vertebrata, Reptilia) – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Feather with residual color pattern – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo
Feather – Hukawng Valley, Kachin State (Myanmar) – Upper Cretaceous (early Cenomanian) – ~98.7 Myo