Name: Plant
Bug in Dominican Fossil Amber
Class
Insecta, Insect
Order Hemiptera, Family Miridae
Geological
Time: Oligocene - Miocene
Size: (25.4
mm = 1 inch): Amber: 15 mm long, 10 mm across , 0.7 grams
Fossil Site:
Region near Santiago, Dominican Republic
|  Description:
This Dominican amber piece displays a fine example of a plant bug
with exceptional preservation. Plant bugs, along with a few near
relatives, have the ability to walk on spider webs, allowing them
to feed on the spider’s leavings. Notice the piercing mouthparts
that allow these insects to suck the juices of both plants and insects.
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