Lepidopteran Caterpillars in Ambers from Lebanon, Myanmar, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic Indicate Diversification of Defensive Structures and Increasing Abundance over Time

Caterpillars are still rare as fossils, but most commonly preserved in ambers. We report here twelve additional specimens from four different types of ambers plus one caterpillar in Tanzanian Holocene copal. Most of these prove to be challenging to be dealt with from a taxonomic point of view. Despi