Coleoptera Curculionidae Scolytinae - Bark Beetle AF01-261

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Dominican Amber FossilCurculionidae Scolytinae (Bark Beetle)Bark beetles are small insects with a body cylindrical, brownish or black; they have characteristic short geniculate antennae, ending in a large club. Scolytinae live in galleries under bark of dying trees and feed on phloem tissue; some sp ...Read more
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Dominican Amber Fossil
Curculionidae Scolytinae (Bark Beetle)
Bark beetles are small insects with a body cylindrical, brownish or black; they have characteristic short geniculate antennae, ending in a large club. Scolytinae live in galleries under bark of dying trees and feed on phloem tissue; some species may infest living trees and kill them. Each species of bark beetles has a characteristic pattern of galleries and a rigid preference for a particular tree species.
Quite Rare Specimen - Complete - Totally Covered by the Amber
Clear & Solid Amber Piece
22.4 x 14.9 x 7.5mm - 1.24g

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