Baltic amber

Description

Fossil oak bract (Quercus), scale insect (Coccoidea), two parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Parasitica), two fungus gnats (Sciaridae) and mites (Acariformes) in an amber-coloured piece of Baltic amber, of Priabonian age, from the Baltic region

Museum reference

G.2011.13.10

Collection

Fossils

Object name

Baltic amber

Scientific name(s)

species: Quercus sp. - Oak Bract
superfamily: Coccoidea - Scale insect
species: Hymenoptera indet. - Insect
species: Sciaridae indet.
species: Acariformes indet.

Specimen details

Specimen form: Fossil

Collection place(s)

Baltic Region, EUROPE

Exhibitions

• Amazing Amber (10 May 2013 - 08 Sep 2013)
  National Museum of Scotland