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A 30 Million-Year-Old Praying Mantis Has Been Preserved In A Pristine Piece Of Amber

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Embedded within a clear piece of amber, a small praying mantis sits at attention, frozen forever in time. The object, which is just over one inch tall, sold for $6,000 in 2016 through Heritage Auctions. The pristine piece of Dominican Republic amber provides a unique glimpse at this amazing mantis.

Picture courtesy of Heritage Auctions, www.HA.com

The amber itself derives from the extinct Hymenaea protera, a prehistoric leguminous tree. Most amber found in Central and South America comes from its resin. Amber from the Dominican Republic is known as Dominican resin, which is noted for its clarity and a high number of inclusions.

Heritage Auctions dates the piece in question to the Oligocene period, placing it anywhere from about 23 million  to 33.9 million years old. It’s an important period of time where the archaic Eocene transitions into more modern ecosystems of the Miocene period, which lasted until 5 million years ago. Incredibly, the mantis itself doesn’t appear so different from what we see today.

There are over 2,400 species of mantises today, mainly living in tropical climates. But the earliest mantis fossils, which date back 135 million years, come from a place that is, today, much colder—Siberia. Some early fossils even show mantises with spines on their front legs, just like modern mantises. Whoever bought this piece of amber took home an interesting piece of evolutionary history, one that can be gazed at each day.

Take a look at this 30 million-year-old praying mantis, encased in amber and forever frozen in time.

Picture courtesy of Heritage Auctions, www.HA.com
Picture courtesy of Heritage Auctions, www.HA.com
Picture courtesy of Heritage Auctions, www.HA.com

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