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Help Identifying Large Baltic Amber Insect

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Hi everyone,

This one has me slightly perplexed, but then again I'm by no means an expert!

It's obviously some kind of fly. It's large, the current length being about 8mm, but I'd guess it could have been be up to twice that when whole.

I'm hoping these two images will be enough for someone to at least let me know what kind of insect this is?

Thanks in advance for your help! :)

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Auspex Regular Member

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Maybe a Robber Fly? LINK

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Are you sure it's Baltic amber and not copal?

Pretty colorful inclusion, huh?

"There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant

“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley

>Paleontology is an evolving science.

>May your wonders never cease!

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