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Fossil Arctiidae 01
Copyright © 2008 Karl Volkman

Fossil Arctiidae 01
Klondike Mountain Formation, 49 milliion years old, Ferry County, Washington, USA
Size: ~3cm
With only one specimen in over 20 years of digging at the fossil site this is one of the rarest insects found, Family Arctiidae. This is also one of the oldest fossils for the Tiger-moth family in North America

The environment which this specimen lived in was upland subtropical/temperate, think SE Asia and SE USA combined, subtropical mixed broadleaf forest with a strong coniferous segment.
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Contributed by Karl Volkman on 15 January, 2008 - 9:22pm
Last updated 1 February, 2008 - 8:48pm

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