This Cretaceous-era insect trapped in amber has outrageous antennae Bao-Jie Du et al
An insect locked in Cretaceous-era amber has bizarrely wide and long antennae that may have been used to confuse predators or help disguise these insects as they foraged on branches.
“This may be a new type for insect antennae,” says Bao-Jie Du at Nankai University in China. She says she got a shock when she first examined the 99-million-year-old specimen in 2018. Amber collected in northern Myanmar contains a beautifully preserved juvenile Magnusantenna wuae, an insect from the Coreidae family, also known as leaf-footed bugs or…
