Fossil Amber for Sale



Fossil Amber Ecosystem with Rare Ship Timber Beetle Geological Time: Miocene Size: 95 mm x 33 mm; 12.5 grams Fossil Site: Andes Mountains, Colombia Item: SA101 Price: $250.00 Remarks: This large piece of fossil amber contains some two dozen diverse insects, including a rare Ship Timber Beetle (labeled in a picture), Melittoma sp. from Coleopteran family Lymexylonidae. The amber is essentially a portion of an ancient rain forest ecosystem, with members exquisitely preserved in a resin grave. There are also nine red Ambrosia beetles that earn a living in nutritional symbiosis with ambrosia fungi, and are members of Coleoptera family Curculionidae. There are two Alates, the winged, sexual forms of the termite, three flies (Diptera), and two Hymenopterans (a wasp and an ant).