Sticky Amber Preserved Dinosaur-Age Insects for Millions of Years
Laura Geggel
The Cretaceous-age mantis Burmantis zherikhini, found in Myanmar, is about 97 million years old. The three specimens were found in modern-day Lebanon, Myanmar and Spain. (Image credit: Group AMBARES) The mantis discovered in Myanmar (Burmantis zherikhini), one of the newly discovered species, is an adult. A close-up of the 128-million-year old mantis Burmantis libanica, the oldest known mantis species preserved in amber. Follow Live Science @livescience, Facebook & Google+.