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Spider in Baltic amber


daves64

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Maybe the title should be "What's left of a spider in Baltic amber". Just got a small 50g package of Baltic amber & when I went to rinse it off (usually a little dirty) I found one rippled piece that was fairly clear so I checked it with my loupe. Found this tiny spider (about 2 mm in size) just below the surface in a lower  part of a ripple. I added a small amount of sunflower oil to aid in taking the pic due to the slight distortion caused by the ripple. Not a whole lot left of the thing. I'm thinking it was dead prior to getting "resonated", but it had some hairy legs. Not really holding out any hope that it can be identified as anything other than a dead spider, but I thought I'd share it anyway. Taken with my Dino-lite at 185x.

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Not bad! Is that a single take shot or a photo stack?

 

I would agree - either dead prior to getting trapped, or was maybe sitting a while on top of the amber before it got covered with another resin layer.

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