30-million-year-old Balticamber reveals a lacewing that looks like a mantis pensoft
Mantis lacewings are among the most charismatic true lacewings. They are 5–47 mm long and have prominent grasping legs that act as snap traps for unsuspecting prey. These legs, also called raptorial, give them the mantis-like look. The resemblance is due to—a process where different organisms acquire similar traits as they adapt to similar conditions.
This changed last year, when a research team led by Viktor Baranov of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München came across a beautiful specimen from the Yantarny mine in Kaliningrad oblast, Russia. Jonas Damzen, a private amber collector and supporter of palaeoentomology research, brought the specimen to the researchers' attention.
The researchers were still baffled as to why more individuals of mantis lacewings haven't been found from Baltic amber.
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