Creatures about the size of a grain of salt could apparently
ride winged insects by using prehensile antennas, researchers say.
This discovery, based on fossils trapped in amber, suggest
the descendants of these microscopic
beasts might still hitchhike flights today to spread around the globe,
scientists added.
Investigators analyzed 16-million-year-old chunks of amber
unearthed by amber miners in the Dominican Republic in 2008. Amber is
fossilized tree resin, and before it hardened, this ooze often dripped over
bugs and other wildlife perched on its tree's bark, entombing them for up
to more
than 200 million years.
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