.28" Detailed Fossil Fly (Diptera) - Bois d’Asson, France

This is a fossil fly (order Diptera), collected from the Oligocene-aged deposits of Bois d'Asson, France. The fly measures .28" wide and is beautifully detailed. Both halves of the split are present on this specimen, with one half glued to the largest slab of shale.

This is part of an old collection that we recently acquired. The collection includes a variety of insect fossils from around Southern France, collected over a span of 50 years by a woman with PhDs in paleontology and pharmacology.