Insect found in opalized amber

[Halichoeres]

Here's a weird one: an insect (I can't tell what kind and the article doesn't specify) trapped in amber that then went on to be opalized. Compounding improbability!



Short write-up:
https://entomologytoday.org/2019/01/18/fossilized-insect-discovered-amber-opal/?fbclid=IwAR1R8FMbr6a2Oe9HtqaViBilmIwR4nP3A0Op3SRy5CTSAp9h5wKRnjHRUs4

[Faelrin]

I've heard (and seen) of ammonites ending up like that, but never amber. Wow, it's so fascinating and colorful.

[Ravonium]

Wow, what a find!

(I can't tell what kind and the article doesn't specify)

I decided to read the comments to answer this exact question, and while most of them are discussions about whether this is opal or opalized amber, I did manage to find someone suggesting that this insect is some sort of hymenopteran (they more specifically said it's an ant).

[Halichoeres]

Wow, what a find!

(I can't tell what kind and the article doesn't specify)

I decided to read the comments to answer this exact question, and while most of them are discussions about whether this is opal or opalized amber, I did manage to find someone suggesting that this insect is some sort of hymenopteran (they more specifically said it's an ant).

That seems plausible! Thanks for wading through all the comments to glean that.