Baltic Amber Predator and Prey

Fossil Amber

Spider: Arachnida, Liocranidae
Midges: Diptera Family Chironomidae

Geological Time: Late Eocene – Early Oligocene

Size (25.4mm = 1 inch): Amber: 11 mm long, 8 mm across, Spider: 2 mm
Midges: 1-2 mm

Fossil Site: Kaliningrad District, Russia

Code: BA3014

Price: $45.00 - sold

Description: This amber piece displays a Liocranid spider. There are 43 Families of Spiders represented in Baltic amber, of which some 75% are extinct genera. This one is well-displayed within this finely-polished amber piece. It is associated with a pair of would be prey items: midges of the family Chironomidae.

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