Copal with insects close-up, by Brocken Inaglory, 2008
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Copal with insects close-up

Brocken Inaglory

2008

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CC BY-SA 4.0, as the museum states it.
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About this work

A copal with a few bugs inside. The piece of copal measures around four centimeters deep. The insects are trapped from 0.5 to 2 centimeters deep inside the copal. The bubbles around some of the insects indicate that they were alive and breathing when they were trapped inside.