Wasps in amber
Updated: Sep 14
Wasps are beautiful in amber and quite common as well. This collection highlights the best wasps we have found in amber.
7) Clear parasitic wasp.
Origin: Dominican Republic
Age: ~15–20 million years
Geologic Period: Miocene
Note the long strands coming out of the wasps abdomen. These are the ovipositors it uses to lay eggs. [Shop Wasps in Amber Here]
6) Swarm of clear wasps.
Provenance: Dominican Amber, Palo Quemado
Origin: Dominican Republic
Age: ~15–20 million years
Geologic Period: Miocene
There are four or more wasps in this piece, some of which display great wings and eyes. [Shop Eyes in Amber Here]
5) Clear wasp in amber cabochon.
Origin: Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar
Age: ~98–100 million years
Geologic Period: Mid-Cretaceous
Museum-Grade preservation, all body parts clear and visible.
4) Wasp with clear compound eyes.
Provenance: Burmese Amber (Myanmar)
Origin: Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar
Age: ~98–100 million years
Geologic Period: Mid-Cretaceous
This specimen preserved excellently and shows many body parts clearly
3) Two Clear wasps set in woven bracelet.
Provenance: Dominican Amber, Palo Quemado
Origin: Dominican Republic
Age: ~15–20 million years
Geologic Period: Miocene
Two clear wasps showing long antennae and wings. Set in a woven bracelet.
2) Wasp caught in spiderwebs.
Provenance: Burmese Amber (Myanmar)
Origin: Hukawng Valley, Kachin State, Myanmar
Age: ~98–100 million years
Geologic Period: Mid-Cretaceous
This wasp has it's stinger extended in self defense, but alas, it was not enough to escape neither the spiderwebs nor the amber.
1) Clear wasp in amber.
Provenance: Dominican Amber, Palo Quemado
Origin: Dominican Republic
Age: ~15–20 million years
Geologic Period: Miocene
Wasp displaying clear eyes, mandibles, antennae and wings.
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