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Amber Inclusions from Myanmar – Windows into an Ancient World
For nearly 100 million years, Kachin amber has preserved extraordinary traces of a vanished ecosystem.
Inclusion(s):
Myrmeleontidae Xiaoleon + 2 x Berothidae Jersiberotha tauberorum
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Collection Number:
KA124/CAB
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Inclusion Size:
Antlion: Body length: 6 mm, including wings: 9.8 mm
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Amber Size:
19 x 8 x 7 mm
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Age:
Around 100 million years (Cretaceous period)
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Location:
Myanmar
Remarks:
A very rare adult antlion preserved together with two beaded lacewings of the species Jersiberotha tauberorum. The preservation of three lacewings from two different families together in the same piece of Kachin amber is highly unusual, especially as there is no apparent interaction between them.
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