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Auction archive: Lot number 430

Rare Insect in Amber

Natural History
22 May 2019
Estimate
US$1,500 - US$1,800
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 430

Rare Insect in Amber

Natural History
22 May 2019
Estimate
US$1,500 - US$1,800
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Burmacoccus sp. Cretaceous Myanmar Scale insects are strange looking sap-sucking insects which appear to have many legs; however, the extra legs are, in fact, waxy fingers secreted by special glands in the female which also coat the body of the insect. The waxy secretions resemble the scales of a reptile, hence their popular name. Scale insects are one of the few types of insects that are hermaphrodites. Insect is 4.5mm long in amber measuring 18 x 12 x 7mm

Auction archive: Lot number 430
Auction:
Datum:
22 May 2019
Auction house:
Bonhams London
Los Angeles 7601 W. Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles CA 90046 Tel: +1 323 850 7500 Fax : +1 323 850 6090 info.us@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

Burmacoccus sp. Cretaceous Myanmar Scale insects are strange looking sap-sucking insects which appear to have many legs; however, the extra legs are, in fact, waxy fingers secreted by special glands in the female which also coat the body of the insect. The waxy secretions resemble the scales of a reptile, hence their popular name. Scale insects are one of the few types of insects that are hermaphrodites. Insect is 4.5mm long in amber measuring 18 x 12 x 7mm

Auction archive: Lot number 430
Auction:
Datum:
22 May 2019
Auction house:
Bonhams London
Los Angeles 7601 W. Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles CA 90046 Tel: +1 323 850 7500 Fax : +1 323 850 6090 info.us@bonhams.com
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