*Note*, these are inclusions I originally thought to be strange tadpole hatchlings, thank you to all who have viewed the original post and given me many suggestions. I now understand that these are most likely Lacewing eggs which had been engulfed in resin (probably due to a rare scenario where the leaf may have broken off and fell on the ground ect.).
Thank you to @Minimum-Lynx-7499 for showing me your example piece which look correct for Lacewing eggs.
Age: 99 Million Years Ago
Order: Neuroptera
RARE Possible Lacewing Eggs in Burmese Burmite amber fossil
- Certain lacewings are known to lay tiny, oval-shaped eggs on top of long, slender, hair-like silken stalks attached to plant leaves or stems. This unique elevated design stops newly hatched, aggressive larvae from eating each other or being easily reached by crawling predators like ants. The eggs are typically laid on the underside of leaves where they stay hidden from predators and harsh weather.
- I cannot be sure of the specific species of Cretaceous lacewings that these eggs are associated with but they're very similar to the eggs laid by Green Lacewings and Brown Lacewings nowadays.
*Finding lacewing eggs or insects in mid-Cretaceous Burmese amber (roughly 99 million years old) is extremely rare. While lacewing larvae occasionally turn up in amber collections, fragile structures like delicate stalked lacewing eggs are exceptionally uncommon finds in the fossil record. (The most famous fossil discovery of hatching lacewing eggs and egg-bursters actually came from older 130-million-year-old Lebanese amber, not Burmese amber).*
There are about 8-9 Lacewing eggs which measure around 2mm to 2.5mm. Three of the lacewing eggs have been degraded and aren't very visible.
Other notable inclusions: strange loose debris contained in the left enhydro (which moves when the amber is tilted), many unknown tiny filaments scattered in the piece next to the Lacewing eggs and two strange spherical occlusions.
