Diptera chronomidae Oligocene La Toca Mines, Dominican Republic Two blood-sucking midges were caught in flagrante dilecto over 30 million years ago, lovers frozen in time forever. Not only a fascinating conversation piece, this specimen also represents a species that is important to science. The blood sucked by Diptera chronomidae has been searched and studied for genetic material from the animals on which it preyed. This was the scientific basis for the central concept of the film, Jurassic Park. Mating blood-sucking insects are rare. Measures 1 ¼ x 3/4in
Diptera chronomidae Oligocene La Toca Mines, Dominican Republic Two blood-sucking midges were caught in flagrante dilecto over 30 million years ago, lovers frozen in time forever. Not only a fascinating conversation piece, this specimen also represents a species that is important to science. The blood sucked by Diptera chronomidae has been searched and studied for genetic material from the animals on which it preyed. This was the scientific basis for the central concept of the film, Jurassic Park. Mating blood-sucking insects are rare. Measures 1 ¼ x 3/4in
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