Amber: Window to the PastThis is a comprehensive study of the various roles and uses of amber, in nature as well as art. The fossilized tree resin has not only inspired elaborate workmanship and long been used in jewelry and other decorative objects, but is also highly valued by natural scientists because it frequently encapsulates flora and fauna from other periods of evolution. |
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... beetles . We know today that some pseudo- scorpions live in the galleries made by wood - boring beetles . When the pseudoscorpions disperse , they latch onto the first beetle that comes along , which may take them to another tree like ...
... beetles . We know today that some pseudo- scorpions live in the galleries made by wood - boring beetles . When the pseudoscorpions disperse , they latch onto the first beetle that comes along , which may take them to another tree like ...
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... beetles , also called ambrosia beetles . Numerous species in the families Platypodidae and Scolytidae occur in Dominican amber . The beetles today excavate tunnels and galleries throughout heartwood , or into the surface of the ...
... beetles , also called ambrosia beetles . Numerous species in the families Platypodidae and Scolytidae occur in Dominican amber . The beetles today excavate tunnels and galleries throughout heartwood , or into the surface of the ...
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... beetles are also called ambrosia beetles because they inoculate into their wooden galleries a fungus that they feed upon . The fungus is found nowhere else except in these galleries and in specialized pockets in the body of the beetle ...
... beetles are also called ambrosia beetles because they inoculate into their wooden galleries a fungus that they feed upon . The fungus is found nowhere else except in these galleries and in specialized pockets in the body of the beetle ...
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments | 8 |
Deposits of the World | 21 |
Frozen in the Act | 79 |
Copyright | |
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