A 140-million-year-old stinging insect discovered in Jordanian amber

Scientist Abbas Haddadin discovered a Ceratopogonidae insect in Jordanian amber dating back 140 million years. This stinging insect sucks the blood of dinosaurs and birds at the time, especially females, to extract proteins from the blood to produce eggs. Males live on pollen and flower nectar. Females transmit viruses that cause diseases, which some scientists say contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs. اضافة اعلان

This insect lives in humid or aquatic places, among algae, and in moist soil, including sandy soil. The oldest record of this insect is in Jordanian amber, dating back 140 million years. Pictured is the stinging Ceratopogonidae insect in Jordanian amber.

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