Baltic Amber Bethylidae Wasp

Small piece of yellow color amber with Bethylidae Wasp.
REGION: Baltic
LOCATION: UNK
FOSSIL TYPE: Bethylidae Wasp
Quantity: 1
SCIENTIFIC NAME: UNK
FOSSIL SIZE: 6mm
AMBER SIZE: 15 x 10 x 5.6mm
AMBER WEIGHT: .06 GRAMS

Amber is fossilized tree resin, which has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times. Much valued from antiquity to the present as a gemstone, amber is made into a variety of decorative objects. Amber is used in jewelry
Collectors and scientists have found not just bugs entombed in tree resin, but even animals as large as lizards, frogs and salamanders can be preserved in impressive detail. Skin, scales, fur and feathers are just some of the incredibly detailed features found in amber. Insects may be caught having sex.
The Baltic region is home to the largest known deposit of amber, called Baltic amber or succinite. It dates from 44 million years ago (during the Eocene epoch).[1] It has been estimated that these forests created more than 100,000 tons of amber.[2] Today, more than 90% of the world’s amber comes from Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.