BEIJING, April 7 (Xinhua) The discovery of a group of water striders trapped in amber, engaged in copulation millions of years ago, has sparked excitement among scientists, providing a unique opportunity for researchers to gain insights into the behaviors of ancient insects.
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A research team of the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, have found a 130-million-year-old mosquito trapped in a Lebanese amber.
For those in the know, the female mosquitoes are the leeching insects. However, this discovery indicates that the male mosquitoes were also once the leeching insects during the early stages in the evolution of the Culicidae family.