Jan 14, 2021 04:28 AM EST A strange or rather bizarre-looking beetle has been discovered by researchers from a one hundred million years old Burmese amber, collected in the Hukawng Valley in Myanmar. (Photo : Egor Kamelev) The strange beetle bears an uncanny resemblance to a combination of fungi, moss, and lichens which make for excellent cover and protection from predators. The cylindrical bark beetle is now a new genus and specie described by George Poinar Jr., a study co-author, entomologist and a paleobiologist at Oregon State University. The outlandish creature is a master of disguise as it uses moss, lichens, and fungi to hide since it can't run away or beat its enemies. This makes a lot of sense to Poinar, a global expert in using animal and plant life forms heavily preserved in amber, to learn more about the ecology and biology of the distant past.