Tag: insect
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Fossil Friday #296: Roachoid Wing from the Creek
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #296. Expect this to be a regular feature of the website. We will post fossil pictures you send in to esconi.info@gmail.com. Please include a short description or story. Check the #FossilFriday Bluesky/Twitter hash tag for contributions from around the world! This beautiful roachoid wing was collected from the Mazon…
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Fossil Friday #288: Danville Roachoid Wing
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #288. Expect this to be a regular feature of the website. We will post fossil pictures you send in to esconi.info@gmail.com. Please include a short description or story. Check the #FossilFriday Bluesky/Twitter hash tag for contributions from around the world! Andrew Young sent us photos of a beautiful Roachoid wing…
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Fossil Friday #281: Dasyleptus sp.
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #281. Expect this to be a somewhat regular feature of the website. We will post any fossil pictures you send in to esconi.info@gmail.com. Please include a short description or story. Check the #FossilFriday Bluesky/Twitter hash tag for contributions from around the world! Dasyleptus is an extinct genus of monurian insect.…
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2025 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show – Preview #16: Protorthoptera
This is the preview post #16 for the 2025 ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show Live Auction. The ESCONI Gem, Mineral, and Fossil Show for 2025 will be held on March 15th and 16th at the DuPage Fairgrounds in Wheaton, IL, which is the same location as last year. All details can be found here.…
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Fossil Friday #242: Mazon Creek Roachoid
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #242. Expect this to be a somewhat regular feature of the website. We will post any fossil pictures you send in to esconi.info@gmail.com. Please include a short description or story. Check the #FossilFriday Twitter hash tag for contributions from around the world! This week’s Fossil Friday is another Mazon…
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Courtship cut short for termites trapped in 38 million-year-old amber fossil
LiveScience has a story about insect fossils in amber. Discovered in a Russian mine, two mating termites in amber preserves behavior that is rarely seen in the fossil record. The amber dates to the Eocene about 38 million years ago. The fossil was purchased by A Czech scientist in an online fossil shop. The specimen…
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Fossil Friday #104: Dasyleptis brongniarti
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #104. Expect this to be a somewhat regular feature of the website. We will post any fossil pictures you send in to esconi.info@gmail.com. Please include a short description or story. Check the #FossilFriday Twitter hash tag for contributions from around the world! This week, we have a Mazon Creek…