Tuesday, September 4, 2012

FOSSIL MUSEUM - AI0010: Caddisfly



FOSSIL NO:AI0010
AGE:50 million years
TERM:Eocene
LOCATION:Kaliningrad, Russia




LIVING SPECIMENS:


OTHER INFORMATION:
The larvae of the caddisfly are used as fishing bait. Caddisflies have preserved the same structures and characteristics for millions of years, never undergoing any changes. This 50-million-year-old fossil caddis fly is also proof that these living things have never altered.


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