Deep Look
Tar Pits Are a Death Trap. Except for This Fly.
2024 • E10 Jul 30, 2024 5m
In the sticky oil seeps known as the La Brea Tar Pits, the tiny petroleum fly and their larvae thrive in the natural asphalt that oozes up to the surface. The larvae hunt among the fossilized bones of dire wolves, mammoths and saber-toothed cats.