Insects in copal

Credit: NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Caption: Insects in copal. Two flies trapped in copal (fossil resin similar to amber) from East Africa. The species are Rhagio and Chrysopilus. The specimens from this location date from the modern era to the Pleistocene (2 million years ago).

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