Pop! A very tiny (and, to be honest, very odd-looking) creature crawled from an equally tiny – almost invisible to the human eye – egg. On a leaf-bud, on a small twig, on a bush, the very tiny creature looked around and attempted to take in her new surroundings.
Finding your place in the world is difficult at the best of times, but when you’re a very, very small insect in a strange land filled with a multitude of threats and uncertainty, it can be extra tough. Determined to find a place to call home, Aroha the Pittosporum Psyllid soon discovers that home isn’t always where you think it should be.
Professor Penny Stories are a series of children’s books written by staff and students of the University of Exeter’s College of Life and Environmental Sciences based in Penryn, Cornwall. These stories bring scientific research and natural history to life. See the whole series here: https://issuu.com/universityofexeter/stacks/e963a74db6a24079a2d1e6bf0875cf1b
