Today for #ArtAdventCalendar I have some ancient insects that we only know of from fossils and amber. I based the coloring on modern insects.
Angimorella burmitina is a beetle found trapped in amber and covered in pollen grains, pushing back our understanding of insect pollination by nearly 50 million years!
Palaeovespa florissantia is one of the earliest known wasps, from an absolutely gorgeous fossil found in my home state of Colorado.
The last one is an extinct frog legged beetle called Pulchritudo attenboroughi, or Attenborough's Beauty. It also comes from a gorgeous fossil found in Colorado, not far from where I used to live!
#SciArt #InsectArt #FossilArt #watercolor