Colombian amber insect gallery (arranged by common name)
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name |
Formal
name |
Information |
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| Ant | Order: Hymenoptera |  |
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| Flying ant | Order: Hymenoptera |  |
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| Spiky ant | Order: Hymenoptera | The spiky thorax of this ant is reminiscent of the moden-day genus Atta, or Leafcutter Ants. Leafcutters snip pieces of leaves which are brought back to the nest to be chewed up by farmer ants to grow a fungus on which the ants feed. |  |
| Platypodid beetle | Order: Coleoptera; Family: Platypodidae |
Their
spiky butts are a dead giveaway. They use(d) them to plug their galleries to prevent entry by predators |
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| Stingless bee | Order: Hymenoptera Family: Halictidae |
The stingless bees defend themselves through a powerful bite. Also called sweat bees, they get their name from the fact that some of the smaller members are attracted to perspiration |  |
| Caddis fly | Order: Trichoptera Family: Rhyacophilidae |
Caddis flies appear much like a moth, except for palpi, or "feelers" around the mouth. They also have mottled, hairy wings. |  |
| Crane Fly | Order: Diptera Family Tipulidae |
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| Flying termites, or alates | Flying termites, or alates, are the sexual form of termites which swarm from the colony in huge numbers to fly weakly to a new site to form another colony, where they soon shed their wings and set up housekeeping. One of the termites here has already shed its wings. Modern-day termites time the emergence of all colonies in a region to swamp the predators, giving at least a few the opportunity to found new colonies. |  |
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| Termite | Termites are of insect order Isoptera, are ancient in origin and are distant relatives of cockroaches. In aggregate, the flatulent termites are the largest source of methane gas on Earth. |  |
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| Bark Louse | Order Psocoptera | ||
| Leafhopper | Order Homptera, Family Cicadellidae |  |
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| Wasp | Order: Hymenoptera |  |
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| Nasute termite | spray glue from nose |  |
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| Millipede | not an insect |  |
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| Fungus Beetle | Order: Coleoptera Family: Cisidae |
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| Tenebrionid beetle | Distinguished by a "corrugated" exoskeleton. |  |
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| Flies | Order: Diptera | Many many different species |  |
| Robber Fly | Order: Diptera Family: Asilidae |
These flies today occur in a number of habitats, and are highly predaceous, attacking insects much larger than themselves. |  |
| Moth |  |
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| Bark Louse | Order Psocoptera | Note the lacy-wings |  |