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daves64 Senior Member Offline Rockaholic Posts: 456 Location: Ellensburg WA Joined: Jun 27^th, 2018 Gender:	Burmite bug Jun 20^th, 2020 at 3:49pm	Print Post
	Another Cretaceous Burmese bug, this one of the winged variety. Approx. 1 mm long. Holds it's age very well considering it's at least 99 million years old. Any idea's as to what species it is/was ?

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Dennis Senior Member Offline Beryl is good! Posts: 358 Location: Morganton, NC Joined: Oct 2^nd, 2010 Gender:	Re: Burmite bug Reply #1 - Jun 20^th, 2020 at 8:10pm	Print Post
	Great photo, and exceptional preservation. It looks like it only has one pair of wings. If so, it's a fly of some sort in the Order Diptera. Dennis


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JoeM God Member Offline I Love YaBB 2.5 AE! Posts: 4204 Location: Wake County, NC Joined: Sep 30^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Burmite bug Reply #2 - Jun 21^st, 2020 at 4:57pm	Print Post
	Great picture, Dave. Nice find! As Dennis said, great preservation, too. That thing looks like it could really latch on to something with those legs it's got!


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Scott LaBorde RHL Administrator Offline "Rock it" science! Posts: 2971 Location: Wake Forest, NC Joined: Sep 28^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Burmite bug Reply #3 - Aug 7^th, 2020 at 9:43am	Print Post
	Incredible that it's ~ 99 million years old. That's an old bug! Sorry I can't add more information about it, but thanks for sharing.

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