Hi, this is a very cool lacebug in amber from the Dominican Republic, an island country in the Caribbean. Believe it or not, this amber is believed to be between 25-40 million years old! From the order Hemiptera and family Tingidae. Lacebugs fed on plants of the Eocene and Oligocene epochs.
Photograph courtesy of Dr. George Poinar, from The Quest for Life in Amber
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