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Trees in the city are homes for hidden animals.

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Whoare

you?

They are worlds with tiny creatures that few people notice.

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Almost invisible, these creatures spend their whole lives on trees.

Whoam I?

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Some spend their whole lives on one leaf in just one tree.

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Small and not very pretty, some call them little monsters.

We are scale

insects!

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Starting life on a twig

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Looking for lunch

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Blowing in the wind

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Feeling the seasons change

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The second stage reveals a new look.

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Uninvited guests arrive in the spring!

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Hyper-parasitoid

Scale insect

Parasitoid

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The parasitoids attack the scales and live inside them. And then hyper-parasitoids attack the parasitoids and live inside them!

A bug in a bug in a bug!

hyper-parasitoid

scale insect

parasitoid

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What about Dad?

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Mom meets Dad and…

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The cycle begins again!

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There are small worlds all around us.

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Presented by

Emily MeinekeGraduate Student NCSU

Elsa YoungsteadtResearch Associate NCSU

Holly MenningerDirector of Public Science NCSUYourWildLife.org

Rob R. DunnAssociate Professor NCSUYourWildLife.org

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Based on research by

Elsa YoungsteadtResearch Associate NCSU

Emily MeinekeGraduate Student NCSU

Lynn FellmanMultimedia artistFellmanStudio.com

Design and illustration

Concept and storyRob R. DunnAssociate Professor NCSUYourWildLife.org