Scientists Discover a 98-Million-Year-Old Mantis With 'Leaves' on Its Abdomen, Trapped in Amber
Science Alert · 14 Nov 2026

Scientists Discover a 98-Million-Year-Old Mantis With 'Leaves' on Its Abdomen, Trapped in Amber

In the mid-Cretaceous, a tropical rainforest in what is now Myanmar was dripping with sticky tree resin that entombed a very peculiar praying mantis.


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