Is this stag beetle amber?

[Ginger0412]

Is this stag beetle amber? barmite Myanmar product If anyone knows, please let me know. Thank you so much to everyone on the forums. Thank you.

[Ginger0412]

I'm using Google Translate, so there may be some translation errors. sorry.

[Randyw]

It is a variety of stag beetle. And looks good to be amber. But the only way to tell if its really amber is to test it. Best test is with a black light. There are also a hot needle test, salt water test, etc. stag beetles have been found in bermese amber.

[Rodney]

From the amber I have , looks to be amber. Looks to be beetle and looks similar to the bess beetle we have as adults of 1.25 cm, but just a guess of genus.

[Ginger0412]

Thank you both for your reply. What I want to ask is whether the insect in this amber is a stag beetle. It seems that the translation was a little strange. I'm really sorry for the inconvenience.

[Mahnmut]

Hello Ginger0412,

English is not my first language either, so at first when reading "stag beetle" I thought of the ones with huge mandibles.

But looking up the term, your fossil could well be a female or a closely related species with smaller mandibles. With the incredible diversity of beetles, I cannot say for sure though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stag_beetle

 

Best regards,

J

Edited December 25, 2022 by Mahnmut
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[Meganeura]

This is something you'd probably want to ask an entomologist over a paleontologist, I think.

[holdinghistory]

On 12/25/2022 at 8:00 AM, Meganeura said:

This is something you'd probably want to ask an entomologist over a paleontologist, I think.

I would agree there. The amount of diversity in amber species makes it very difficult to pin down specifically. 

 

And definitely good amber there - I think you got that one from me ;-).