By Stephen Beech

A 99-million-year-old creepy-crawly shows that bugs once played a key role in plant pollination .

Scientists say the bug, preserved for tens of millions of years in amber, has revealed new information about how flowers and other flora were pollinated when dinosaurs roamed the Earth.

They explained that when we think of pollinating insects today, bees, butterflies, or flies usually come to mind - but rarely true bugs.

The Hungarian research team has now confirmed, based on the ancient bug preserved in Burmese amber, that the behavior may have been "more widespread" among bugs in earlier stages of Earth’s history.

Burmese amber, also known as Burmite, is a rare fossilized tree resin from Myanmar - previously known as Burma - dating back to the Cretaceous period.

It

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