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   Albert Cardona (albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 17:29:43 JST Albert Cardona

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   Unfortunately the really well-preserved mantis encased in amber are stashed away in private collections where nobody can study them. I can't even track where this image is from except that the specimen was sold in an auction.

   #Mantodea #mantis

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     Albert Cardona (albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 22-Sep-2024 17:29:44 JST Albert Cardona

     A 110-million year old mantis [1], a ~20/5-million year old mantis [2], and a mantis from our garden [3].

     [1] "An exceptionally preserved 110 million years old praying mantis provides new insights into the predatory behaviour of early mantodeans", Hörnig et al. 2017 https://peerj.com/articles/3605/
     [2] "A new species of mantis (Insecta: Mantodea: Amelidae) from the Miocene Amber-Lagerstätte in Mexico", Terríquez-Beltrán et al. 2022 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/08912963.2022.2134782
     [3] https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/179582544

     #iNaturalist #Mantodea #entomology #insects #mantis

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