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Dr Richard Harrington thought he was buying just an interesting curio when he paid £20 for the fossilised insect encased in amber.
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In this undated image made available by Natural History Museum, showing the tiny red-and-black bug which is thought to be a new species of insect, and that has appeared inside London’s Natural History Museum gardens, according to information made...
