Trapped Ant
by David Hay Jones/science Photo Library
Title
Trapped Ant
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David Hay Jones/science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
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Trapped ant. Unidentified ant trapped in tree resin. Resin is produced in large quantities on warm days, trapping insects like ants before encasing them as the resin hardens during the colder nights. This is the process by which animals became trapped in amber, the fossilised resin produced millions of years ago by now- extinct coniferous trees.
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September 17th, 2018
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