Dominican Amber Rainforest Fossil Association

Description: This piece preserves a fine spider, along with two other examples of the fauna of the rainforest. The next is a member of the thrips, Order Thysanoptera. Many types feed on commercial plants by sucking the juices, while others are beneficial, preying on mites and other insects. The last inclusion is a gall midge of the Family Cecidomyidae. Gall midges spend their larval development within plant tissues, causing abnormal growths known as galls. This compact specimen offers three diverse members of the life of the rainforest of millions of years ago.