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Wymsical Parasite (ID: xmxt)

Female Orange Scale Mimic
Creature Info
Owner: Keileon
Species: Scale Mimic
Sex: Female
Personality: Valiant
Origin: Captive Bred (G2)
Born: November 17th, 2023, 10:38 AM
Stage: Adult
Rarity: Common
Chroma: OrangeOrange

Species Notes

Grouping: Elemental, Arthropod

The Scale Mimic is, as its name suggests, a tiny parasitic arthropod that mimics the scales of a Fulminifer. Though these creatures are herbivores as larvae, once they reach adulthood they exclusively parasitize the dragons whose scales they mimic, feeding off the same metals which would otherwise reach the Fulminifer's outer armor. Because of this, the adult Scale Mimic takes on the colour scheme of the host, to better blend in with its surrounding neighbors and avoid notice by the dragon.

Scale Mimics are able to fly long distances in search of a suitable host. When it finds one, it nestles in between the Fulminifer's scales and works away at the root of one scale in particular, trying to loosen it. When the scale is finally shed and falls away, the parasite takes position at the follicle, burying its proboscis in the empty space to feed on the oil that coats the Fulminifer's scales with metal and pigment. The dragon may experience minor irritation in the area for a time, but as the Mimic settles in, this fades. Most wild adult Fulminifers carry at least a few Scale Mimics, which are naturally weaker than real scales but otherwise almost indistinguishable.

Artwork: Keileon


Ancestry

Unnamed
Female Orange Scale Mimic
Wild Caught
Haughty
Female icon Orange Chroma
Unnamed
Female Orange Scale Mimic
WC (Wild Caught)
Female icon
Orange Chroma
Unnamed
Male Purple Scale Mimic
Wild Caught
Haughty
Male icon Purple Chroma
Unnamed
Male Purple Scale Mimic
WC (Wild Caught)
Male icon
Purple Chroma

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Offspring

This creature has no recorded offspring.

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