The mind-blowing Diogenes lacewing: How to store remains to survival 110 million years ago
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 - 18:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
An insect larva covered by plant remains that lived in the Early Cretaceous, about 110 million years ago, evidences the most ancient known insect camouflage, according to a paper published in the last edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The paper is based on the study of an amber piece found in 2008 in El Soplao outcrop (Cantabria, Northern Spain), the Mesozoic's richest and largest amber site in Europe.