Amber Listserv / 'DRUNKARD'

[Tom Buckley]

It looks very much like the stingless bees that I have in Dominican. One other characteristic that this specimen has that is bee-like is the lay of the wings.....flat and horizontal. This feature is tough to see as the wings are up against a fracture.

Tom   

Tom Buckley
Silicone Specialist
Polymer Engineering

Phone: 845-258-4928
Fax: 845-258-4930
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: tamber12 at aol.com 
  To: tbuck22 at optonline.net 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 9:34 AM
  Subject: Re: Amber Listserv / 'DRUNKARD'


  Yes, stingless bees.  I thought I had one in the collection I used to manage.  Never got a definite ID, though.
   
  -----Original Message-----
  From: tbuck22 at optonline.net
  To: tamber12 at aol.com; suzzyq4 at juno.com
  Cc: amber at ambericawest.com
  Sent: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 9:59 AM
  Subject: Re: Amber Listserv / 'DRUNKARD'


  Tammi,

      That's how I feel. The segmentation, stubby antennae, and short legs are definitely bee-like. Have any bees been found in Baltic before?

      In this latest batch of Baltic I've also a piece with a few active enhydros. I haven't heard of enhydros in Baltic before.

  Tom

  Tom Buckley
  Silicone Specialist
  Polymer Engineering

  Phone: 845-258-4928
  Fax: 845-258-4930
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    From: tamber12 at aol.com 
    To: tbuck22 at optonline.net ; suzzyq4 at juno.com 
    Cc: amber at ambericawest.com 
    Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 7:54 AM
    Subject: Re: Amber Listserv / 'DRUNKARD'


    The body segmentation looks "bee-ish".  That's a give away that it's not a fly.  Someone call me on this if I'm wrong.

    Tammi
     
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    From: tbuck22 at optonline.net
    To: suzzyq4 at juno.com
    Cc: amber at ambericawest.com
    Sent: Tue, 3 Apr 2007 8:04 AM
    Subject: Re: Amber Listserv / 'DRUNKARD'


SUZ,

    I assume you're talking about the specimen I called a "bee". Are fruit
flies rare in Baltic amber? I still think with those short, stubby legs and
bib eyes that it looks like a bee.

Tom

Tom Buckley
Silicone Specialist
Polymer Engineering

Phone: 845-258-4928
Fax: 845-258-4930
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <suzzyq4 at juno.com>
To: <tbuck22 at optonline.net>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 6:57 PM
Subject: 'DRUNKARD'


> Laugh, but that is what we call fruit flies.  They suck up all the
> wonderful fermented nectar from the fruit and then buzz around as if they
> were on a bender, ergo drunkards. It does looks ever so much like a
> 'fruit fly'.  But an expert entomologist would know for sure.  The size
> is right.  They are gnat like.  Some call them gnats.   SUZ


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