Size of the body 3mm.
Estimated age 90/100m years old.
Praying mantis nymph in Burmese amber
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Praying mantis nymph in Burmese amber
Last edited by OioMik on Wed Aug 18, 2021 5:42 am, edited 3 times in total.
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Re: Praying mantis nymph in Burmese amber
It's amazinghow much more roachlike these old mantises look. Great job!
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Re: Praying mantis nymph in Burmese amber
At the moment the link is broken for me, so no image.
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Re: Praying mantis nymph in Burmese amber
Now should work again, the image is also bigger than before.
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Re: Praying mantis nymph in Burmese amber
Wow, that is cool! And yes, they look like roaches. Of course they are related insect orders.
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Re: Praying mantis nymph in Burmese amber
So many insects look almost identical to modern species in amber (at least to thr untrained eye) that seeing one which practically looks like a photoshop morph (or maybe an Animorphs cover) between two familiar, related and very different insects is just really cool to me.
Re: Praying mantis nymph in Burmese amber
A keeper forever, lovely example, lighting superb and detail whoo.
did you oil the amber?.
did you oil the amber?.
used to do astronomy.
and photography.
Zeiss Universal Phase contrast.
Zeiss PMII
B&L stereo zoom.
and photography.
Zeiss Universal Phase contrast.
Zeiss PMII
B&L stereo zoom.
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Re: Praying mantis nymph in Burmese amber
Strange idea, maybe, which is can you do focus stacking from amber?
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Re: Praying mantis nymph in Burmese amber
Actually i can only make horizontal photos,
so I didn't used oils or other techniques.
I am buying an automated rail and a vertical stand, so I can make vertical photos. I will try the technique of putting the amber in glycerin, it should be better in many aspects: you should lose the impurity of the surface of the amber, and get a better overall quality.