Flies and mosquitos trapped in amber from the Baltic Sea coast off NE Poland. Amber is fossilized tree resin, in this example dating back to the Eocen

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Flies and mosquitos trapped in amber from the Baltic Sea coast off NE Poland. Amber is fossilized tree resin, in this example dating back to the Eocene epoch, about 40 million years ago.

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Keywords: amber, baltic, coast, earth, eocene, flies, fly, fossil, insects, mosquito, palaeontology, paleontology, poland, resin, sciences, trapped