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Insects Division
Insects (Class Insecta) are a major group of arthropods and the most diverse
group of animals on the Earth, with over a million described species —more than
half of all known living organisms— with estimates of undescribed species as
high as 30 million, thus potentially representing over 90% of the differing life
forms on the planet. Insects may be found in nearly all environments on the
planet, although only a small number of species occur in the oceans, a habitat
dominated by another arthropod group, the crustaceans.
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Insects Categories
General Ants
Order:
Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Superfamily: Vespoidea
Family: Formicidae
Image Code F3880 |
Catalogue No.: F3880
Description: Fossilized Ant.
Size: 60 X 25mm. |
Image Code F3905 |
Catalogue No.: F3905
Description: Fossil Ant. Eocene Epoch. 50 MYA.
Size: 69 X 42mm. |
Image Code F3906 |
Catalogue No.: F3906
Description: Fossil Ants. Hymenoptera. Formicidae. Eocene
Epoch. 50 MYO. Green River Formation. Parachute Creek Member Colorado, USA.
Size: 50 X 35mm. |
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Beetles
Genus Listed Beetles
Order:
Coleoptera
Family: Dytiscidae
Subfamily Dytiscinae
Image Code F3699 |
Catalogue No.: F3699
Description:
Fossil
water beetles,
Cybister sp. Rancho La Brea
Formation. (like La Brea Tar Pits). Kern Co., California, USA. Pleistocene
Epoch. Up to 1.8 MYA. 20 pieces.
Size: 137 X 81mm. |
General Beetles
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Superfamily: Curculionoidea
Image Code F3872 |
Catalogue No.: F3872
Description:
Fossilized Snout Beetle (weevil).
Size: 72 X 61mm. |
Image Code F3873 |
Catalogue No.: F3873
Description:
Fossilized Snout Beetle (weevil).
Size: 65 X 58mm. |
Image Code F3874 |
Catalogue No.: F3874
Description: Fossilized Ground Beetle.
Size: 80 X 52mm. |
Image Code F3878 |
Catalogue No.: F3878
Description: Fossilized Ground Beetle.
Size: 71 X 62mm. |
Image Code F3881 |
Catalogue No.: F3881
Description: Fossilized Water Beetle. Oligocene. Idaho.
Size: 50 X 47mm. |
Image Code F3882 |
Catalogue No.: F3882
Description: Fossilized Ground Beetle. 2 pieces.
Size: 37 X 31mm. |
Image Code F3885 |
Catalogue No.: F3885
Description: Fossilized Snout Beetle (weevil).
Size: 76 X 73mm. |
Image Code F3892 |
Catalogue No.: F3892
Description: Fossil Weevil.
Size: 113 X 58mm. |
Image Code F3893 |
Catalogue No.: F3893
Description: Fossil Weevil.
Size: 95 X 80mm. |
Image Code F3898 |
Catalogue No.: F3898
Description: Fossil Weevil.
Size: 70 X 54mm. |
Image Code F3894 |
Catalogue No.: F3894
Description:
Fossil Aquatic Beetle larva.
Size: 84 X 60mm.
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Image Code F4288 |
Catalogue No.: F4288
Description: Fossilized
Ground Beetle.
Size: 44 X 48mm. |
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General Cockroach
Subclass:
Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Dictyoptera
Order: Blattaria
Image Code F607 |
Catalogue No.: F607
Description:
Cockroach Fossil.
Size: 110 x 120mm. |
Image Code F3908 |
Catalogue No.: F3908
Description: Orthoptera. Blattidae (cockroach).
Eocene Epoch. 50 MYO. Green River Formation. Rio Blanco County, Colorado,
USA.
Size: 45 X 43mm. |
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Crickets
Genus Listed Crickets
Order:
Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Superfamily: Grylloidea
Family: Gryllidae
Image Code F3870 |
Catalogue No.: F3870
Description:
Fossilized Cricket,
Pronemobius smithii.
The Green River
Formation deposits of Wyoming.
Size: 70 X 65mm. |
Image Code F3876 |
Catalogue No.: F3876
Description:
Fossilized Cricket,
Pronemobius smithii
and
Fossilized Mosquitos.
The Green River
Formation deposits of Wyoming.
Size: 72 X 50mm. |
Image Code F3887 |
Catalogue No.: F3887
Description:
Fossilized Cricket,
Pronemobius smithii
and
Fossilized Mosquitos.
The Green River
Formation deposits of Wyoming.
Size: 68 X 48mm. |
General Crickets
Order: Orthoptera
Suborder: Ensifera
Superfamily: Grylloidea
Family: Gryllidae
Image Code F3895 |
Catalogue No.: F3895
Description: Fossil Cricket. Eocene Epoch. 50 MYA.
Size: 34 X 32mm. |
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Dragonflies
Genus Listed
Dragonflies
Order:
Odonata
Suborder: Epiprocta
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Image Code FR244 |
Catalogue No.: FR244
Description: Libellulium longilatum. Formerly known as Cymatophelbia
is a 150 million year old dragonfly known from the Solnhofen fossil beds of
Germany. Libellulium is recongizable by its large, powerful wings.
Dragonflies first appeared about 250 million years ago during the Early
Permian Period. Since then, they have changed little, making them one of the
oldest and most successful living groups of insects. Along with damselflies,
dragonflies are insects that belong to the Order Odonata. Odonatans have
small antennae, long, slender abdomens and large membranous wings. Unlike
most other types of insects, drangonflies cannot fold their wings against
their bodies. The large compound eyes are the main sensory organ of
dragonflies. Each eye is made up of nearly 28,000 individual elements. The
six legs, while not useful for walking, are very effective for capturing
prey and perching. Adult dragonflies are apt fliers, preying on a variety of
insects. Dragonflies spend the larval portion of their lives in freshwater.
The original fossil specimen was found in the Solnhofen Plattenkalk of
southern Germany. The Solnhofen beds have long been mined for their fine
grained limestone which is perfect for lithographic printing. These Late
Jurassic beds are also renowned for producing marine and terrestrial animal
and plant fossils of exceptional preservation. During the Late Jurassic, the
Bavarian region of Germany was a series of islands and coastal lagoons. Any
creature's remains that were washed into one of these lagoons would lay
undisturbed and unscavenged. Layers of fine marine sediments would cover the
remains, leading to nearly flawless preservation. Paleoimages.
Size: H320 X W190mm. |
General Dragonflies
Order: Odonata
Suborder: Epiprocta
Infraorder: Anisoptera
Image Code F602 |
Catalogue No.: F602
Description:
Fossil Dragonfly.
Size: 95 x 106mm. |
Image Code F606 |
Catalogue No.: F606
Description:
Fossil Dragonfly.
Size: 120 x 180mm. |
Image Code F609 |
Catalogue No.: F609
Description:
Fossil Dragonfly.
Size: 106 x 140mm. |
Image Code F4268 |
Catalogue No.: F4268
Description:
Fossil Dragonfly
Larvae.
Libellula doris. Late Miocene.
San Vittorio d'Alba, Italy.
Size: 260 X 165mm. |
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General Flies
Subclass:
Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Endopterygota
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Nematocera
Infraorder: Culicomorpha
Superfamily: Culicoidea
Family: Culicidae
Image Code F3871 |
Catalogue No.: F3871
Description: Fossilized mosquito.
Size: 68 X 62mm. |
Image Code F3875 |
Catalogue No.: F3875
Description: Fossilized mosquito.
Size: 78 X 60mm. |
Image Code F3877 |
Catalogue No.: F3877
Description: Fossilized mosquito.
Size: 74 X 44mm. |
Image Code F3879 |
Catalogue No.: F3879
Description: Fossilized Mosquito.
Size: 70 X 61mm. |
Image Code F3889 |
Catalogue No.: F3889
Description: Fossilized Mosquito.
Size: 83 X 51mm. |
Image Code F3899 |
Catalogue No.: F3899
Description: Mosquito. Eocene Epoch. Green River
Formation. Utah, USA. 50 MYA.
Size: 60 X 55mm. |
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Endopterygota
Order: Diptera
Suborder: Nematocera
Infraorder: Tipulomorpha
Family: Tipulidae
Image Code F3888 |
Catalogue No.: F3888
Description: Fossilized Crane Fly.
Size: 68 X 67mm. |
Subclass:
Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
Superorder: Endopterygota
Order: Diptera
Image Code F3907 |
Catalogue No.: F3907
Description: Fossil Flies. Eocene Period. 50 MYA.
Size: 48 X 43mm. |
Image Code F3910 |
Catalogue No.: F3910
Description: Fossil Flies. Eocene Period. 50 MYA.
Size: 56 X 44mm. |
Image Code F3883 |
Catalogue No.: F3883
Description: Fossil fly.
Size: 88Ømm. |
Image Code F3886 |
Catalogue No.: F3886
Description: Unclassified. Fossilized insect.
Eocene Epoch. 50 MYA. 2 pieces.
Size: 81 X 28mm. |
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General
Orthoptera
Subclass: Pterygota
Infraclass: Neoptera
(unranked) Exopterygota
Superorder: Orthopteroidea
Order: Orthoptera
Image Code F600 |
Catalogue No.: F600
Description:
Fossil Cricket-like insect.
Order:
Orthoptera.
Size: 100 x 105mm.
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Image Code F601 |
Catalogue No.: F601
Description:
Fossil Katydid-like insect. Order: Orthoptera.
Suborder: Ensifera.
Size: 110 x 140mm. |
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Lepidoptera
Subphylum:
Hexapoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Image Code F633 |
Catalogue No.: F633
Description: Fossil Moth.
Size: 105 x 168mm. |
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Trichoptera
Class:
Insecta
Superorder:
Amphiesmenoptera
Order: Trichoptera
Image Code F3900 |
Catalogue No.: F3900
Description: Fosssil Caddisfly.
Size: 91 X 57mm. |
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General "True Bugs"
Order:
Hemiptera
Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily: Pentatomoidea
Image Code F3896 |
Catalogue No.: F3896
Description:
Fossil
Shield Bug. Hemiptera.
Superfamily:
Pentatomoidea.
Jurassic Period.
181-135 MYA. Shandong Province, China.
Size: 63 X 54mm. |
Image Code F3897 |
Catalogue No.: F3897
Description:
Fossil
Shield Bug. Hemiptera.
Superfamily:
Pentatomoidea.
Jurassic Period. Shandong Province, China.
Size: 37 X 41mm. |
Image Code F3901 |
Catalogue No.: F3901
Description:
Fossil
Shield Bug. Hemiptera.
Superfamily:
Pentatomoidea.
Jurassic Period.
181-135 MYO. Shandong Province, China.
Size: 51 X 29mm. |
Image Code F3902 |
Catalogue No.: F3902
Description:
Fossil
Shield Bug. Superfamily:
Pentatomoidea.
Jurassic Period.
181-135 MYO. Shandong Province, Asia and Fossilized Cricket, Eocene Period.
50 MYA. 2 pieces.
Size: 38 X 39mm. |
Image Code F3903 |
Catalogue No.: F3903
Description:
Fossil
Shield Bug. Hemiptera.
Superfamily:
Pentatomoidea.
Jurassic Period.
181-135 MYO. Shandong Province, China.
Size: 47 X 38mm. |
Image Code F3904 |
Catalogue No.: F3904
Description:
Fossil
Shield Bug. Hemiptera.
Superfamily:
Pentatomoidea.
Jurassic Period.
181-135 MYO. Shandong Province, China.
Size: 48 X 42mm. |
Image Code F3909 |
Catalogue No.: F3909
Description:
Fossil
Shield Bug. Hemiptera.
Superfamily:
Pentatomoidea.
Jurassic Period. Shandong Province, China.
Size: 50 X 63mm. |
Image Code F3911 |
Catalogue No.: F3911
Description:
Fossil
Shield Bug. Hemiptera.
Superfamily:
Pentatomoidea.
Jurassic Period. Shandong Province, China.
Size: 56 X 51mm. |
Suborder:
Heteroptera
Superfamily:
Cimicomorpha
Family: Reduviidae
Image Code F4289 |
Catalogue No.: F4289
Description:
Assassin bug.
Size: 31 X 36mm. |
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Wasps
Genus Listed Wasps
Order:
Hymenoptera
Sub Order: Apocrita
Image Code F3747 |
Catalogue No.: F3747
Description: Fossilized wasp larvae. Cocoon. Leptsosis
duponte. 15 MYA. Port Lincoln, South Australia. 2 pieces.
Size: 58 X 38mm. |
General Wasps
Order:
Hymenoptera
Sub Order: Apocrita
Image Code F3742 |
Catalogue No.: F3742
Description: Wasp nest.
Size: 136 X 84mm. |
Image Code F3743 |
Catalogue No.: F3743
Description: Wasp nest. Queensland, Australia.
Size: 62 X 39mm. |
Image Code F3744 |
Catalogue No.: F3744
Description: Petrified wasp nest. Queensland,
Australia.
Size: 34 X 56mm. |
Image Code F3745 |
Catalogue No.: F3745
Description: Wasp nest.
Size: 119 X 58mm. |
Image Code F3746 |
Catalogue No.: F3746
Description: U/wasp Nest.
Size: 136 X 86mm. |
Image Code F3748 |
Catalogue No.: F3748
Description: Fossil hornets nest. Unidentified
species. Beacon, Western Australia. 59 pieces.
Size: 51 X 42mm. |
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