Rare fossil of blood-engorged mosquito found in Montana
Monday, October 14, 2013 - 15:50
in Paleontology & Archaeology
About 46 million years ago, a mosquito sunk its proboscis into some animal, perhaps a bird or a mammal, and filled up on a meal of blood. Then its luck turned for the worse, as it fell into a lake and sunk to the bottom.