Tuesday, September 4, 2012

FOSSIL MUSEUM - AI0030: Scelionid Wasp


FOSSIL NO:AI0030
AGE:25 million years
TERM:Oligocene
LOCATION:Santiago, Dominican Republic




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OTHER INFORMATION:
Scelionid wasps generally live under fallen leaves. These wasps are known to parasitize a great many insect species, and especially their eggs. The scelionid wasp pictured was fossilized while flying, and is no different from present-day specimens. This 25-million-year scelionid wasp preserved in amber shows that these insects, like all other creatures, did not evolve.

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