Copal with insects
at-auction$ 600
- Locality
- Nosy Varika, Vatovavy-Fitovinany Region, Madagascar
- Dimensions
- 2.2 x 1.4 x 0.4 cm
- Size class
- Thumbnail
- SID
- J173
Fossil tree sap containing a well preserved flying insect. The insect and long wings are 1.4cm. Like amber, copal is fossilzed tree sap, though younger in age.
This copal is from the tree species Hymenaea verrucosa and believed to be from the Quaternary Period.