Termite pair in amber (IMAGE)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

Termite pair in amber

Caption

This pair of E. affinis termites was trapped in tree resin almost 40 million years ago and preserved until today in a Baltic amber fossil. 

Credit

Aleš Buček (OIST/The Czech Academy of Sciences)

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