Insects and Bird
Prehistoric insects are various groups of insects that lived before recorded history and formed a very important part of the food chain, as they do today. Insects have inhabited the Earth since before the time of the dinosaurs, with the earliest identifiable insect fossil being the Devonian Rhyniognatha hirsti, a Springtail, estimated to have lived 407 to 396 million years ago! One of the main differences between modern insects and prehistoric insects, like many other creatures of prehistory, was their size. Prehistoric varieties tended to be much larger than their modern-day equivalents. This size difference is thought to be due to higher atmospheric oxygen levels, higher temperatures and the absence of birds as key predators of insect life.
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Weevil Bug Cocoon (Leptopius duponti) – Australia
(Similar to seen) £9.60SIZE: 40-60mm (Range)
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Weevil Bug Cocoon (Leptopius duponti) – Australia
(Actual as seen) £12.00SIZE: 53 x 33 x 33mm
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Fly (Love Bug), Plecia pealei, Eocene, USA
(Similar to seen) £13.14SIZE: 40-45mm (Range)
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Aepyornis, Elephant Bird, Eggshell, Madagascar
(Similar to seen) £14.40SIZE: 35-55mm (Range)
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Brazilian Insects, Crato Formation
(Similar to seen) £15.54SIZE: 70-120mm (Range)
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Fly [Plecia pealei] (Love Bug), Eocene, USA
(Actual as seen) £15.54SIZE: 66 x 62 x 5mm
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Brazilian Insects, Crato Formation
(Actual as seen) £15.54SIZE: 84 x 76 x 12mm
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Fly [Plecia pealei] (Love Bug), Eocene, USA
(Actual as seen) £15.54SIZE: 69 x 63 x 9mm
(2.72 x 2.48 x 0.35 inches) -
Brazilian Insects, Crato Formation
(Actual as seen) £16.80SIZE: 78 x 76 x 12mm
(3.07 x 2.99 x 0.47 inches) -
Aepyornis, Elephant Bird, Eggshell, Madagascar
(Actual as seen) £16.80SIZE: 47 x 36 x 5mm
(1.85 x 1.42 x 0.2 inches) -
Brazilian Insects, Crato Formation
(Actual as seen) £18.00SIZE: 85 x 71 x 13mm
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Insect Larvae Block, Eocene, USA
(Actual as seen) £90.00SIZE: 205 x 93 x 10mm
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Insect Larvae Block, Eocene, USA
(Actual as seen) £150.00SIZE: 179 x 178 x 10mm
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Moth (Lepidoptera) and Leaf (Eugenia sp), Eocene, USA
(Actual as seen) £198.00SIZE: 221 x 171 x 11mm
(8.7 x 6.73 x 0.43 inches) -
Flower and Insect, Oligocene, Provence, France
(Actual as seen) £198.00SIZE: 171 x 120 x 12mm
(6.73 x 4.72 x 0.47 inches) -
Bird Eggshell (Palaeolodus ambiguus), Miocene, France
(Actual as seen) £210.00SIZE: 141 x 97 x 46mm
(5.55 x 3.82 x 1.81 inches)
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