Stunning amber deposits hold insects from the time of the dinosaurs

A sand quarry in Ecuador has yielded South America’s first amber with bio-inclusions, including a spider's web and a collection of mosquitoes, beetles, flies, wasps and biting midges that lived 112 million years ago

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Sep 19, 2025 - 00:00
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Stunning amber deposits hold insects from the time of the dinosaurs
A sand quarry in Ecuador has yielded South America’s first amber with bio-inclusions, including a spider's web and a collection of mosquitoes, beetles, flies, wasps and biting midges that lived 112 million years ago

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