Title

40 Million Year Old Mosquitoes in Amber

Caption

40 Million Year Old Mosquitoes in Amber, Dominican Republic, Central America

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Phil Degginger

Reference

BRK23A68_218

Model release

No

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

119.0Mb (7.7Mb) / 26.5in x 17.5in / 7937 x 5241 (300dpi)

Keywords

40 Culicidae Diptera Dominican Republic Finding Flies Fly Fossilisation Insect Insecta Insects Long-horned flies Long-horned fly Nematocera No People Pterygota True fly amber ambers animal animals archaeologic archaeological archaeology archeologic archeological archeology conserved deserted empty find finds flying insect flying insects forty fossil fossilised fossilization fossilized fossils gem gemstone gemstones historic historical million millions mosquito mosquitoes no one nobody old palaeontology paleontology petrification petrified precious stone preserved pterygote insect semi-precious stone uninhabited wildlife photography year years Caribbean country Greater Antilles Latin America Antilles South America West Indies Middle America South American