🪲 Dr Racheal 🪲
@drracheal.bsky.social
I 🖤 entomology (I rear beetles; especially stag and flower beetles), Border Morris dancing, hiking, sewing, crafting, folklore and horror.
I have a PhD in Molecular Biology that focussed on plant and insect semiochemicals. She/her.
Goth, innit
I have a PhD in Molecular Biology that focussed on plant and insect semiochemicals. She/her.
Goth, innit
Spooky Morris is the best Morris...
October 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Spooky Morris is the best Morris...
It was Exeter Comic Con and Gaming Festival this weekend.
We decided to go today and have a look.
There was one - count it - one actual comic stall. 😒
There was way too much 3D printed junk and Cricut made bits. Which totally has its place but shouldn't take up the majority of the Festival.
We decided to go today and have a look.
There was one - count it - one actual comic stall. 😒
There was way too much 3D printed junk and Cricut made bits. Which totally has its place but shouldn't take up the majority of the Festival.
October 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
It was Exeter Comic Con and Gaming Festival this weekend.
We decided to go today and have a look.
There was one - count it - one actual comic stall. 😒
There was way too much 3D printed junk and Cricut made bits. Which totally has its place but shouldn't take up the majority of the Festival.
We decided to go today and have a look.
There was one - count it - one actual comic stall. 😒
There was way too much 3D printed junk and Cricut made bits. Which totally has its place but shouldn't take up the majority of the Festival.
My ears pop over Haldon, too (Mamhead side more than the Haldon side).
Have you visited the Pet Cemetery yet?
Have you visited the Pet Cemetery yet?
October 10, 2025 at 5:17 PM
My ears pop over Haldon, too (Mamhead side more than the Haldon side).
Have you visited the Pet Cemetery yet?
Have you visited the Pet Cemetery yet?
Oh yes!!! Wonderful.
I finally found an old church ruins near me in the summer.
I live for this stuff 🖤
I finally found an old church ruins near me in the summer.
I live for this stuff 🖤
October 3, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Oh yes!!! Wonderful.
I finally found an old church ruins near me in the summer.
I live for this stuff 🖤
I finally found an old church ruins near me in the summer.
I live for this stuff 🖤
Welcome home committee
#catsofbluesky
#catsofbluesky
September 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Welcome home committee
#catsofbluesky
#catsofbluesky
September 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This morning I caught sight of the Atlas beetle.
As she's the first of my larvae to successfully eclose, I shall call her Lilith.
I've never bred Atlas beetles before and so I'm really chuffed!
#beetle #beetles #ChalcosomaAtlas #entomology #entosky #coleoptera
As she's the first of my larvae to successfully eclose, I shall call her Lilith.
I've never bred Atlas beetles before and so I'm really chuffed!
#beetle #beetles #ChalcosomaAtlas #entomology #entosky #coleoptera
September 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This morning I caught sight of the Atlas beetle.
As she's the first of my larvae to successfully eclose, I shall call her Lilith.
I've never bred Atlas beetles before and so I'm really chuffed!
#beetle #beetles #ChalcosomaAtlas #entomology #entosky #coleoptera
As she's the first of my larvae to successfully eclose, I shall call her Lilith.
I've never bred Atlas beetles before and so I'm really chuffed!
#beetle #beetles #ChalcosomaAtlas #entomology #entosky #coleoptera
Totally adorable outfit!
I swiped a cute trick or treat bag from TK Maxx the other day, boxed out the corners and turned it into my lunch bag.
😁👻
I swiped a cute trick or treat bag from TK Maxx the other day, boxed out the corners and turned it into my lunch bag.
😁👻
September 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Totally adorable outfit!
I swiped a cute trick or treat bag from TK Maxx the other day, boxed out the corners and turned it into my lunch bag.
😁👻
I swiped a cute trick or treat bag from TK Maxx the other day, boxed out the corners and turned it into my lunch bag.
😁👻
English Riviera at its finest
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August 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
English Riviera at its finest
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There's a longer list 😜
August 23, 2025 at 6:38 AM
There's a longer list 😜
It looks like part of a silverfish to me...where and when did she find it?
August 23, 2025 at 6:26 AM
It looks like part of a silverfish to me...where and when did she find it?
August 15, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Spent the afternoon at a local (and I suspect poorly advertised) outdoor bushcraft show. Hardly any people were there but it meant that we were able to attend talks and see demonstrations without crowds of people about.
August 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Spent the afternoon at a local (and I suspect poorly advertised) outdoor bushcraft show. Hardly any people were there but it meant that we were able to attend talks and see demonstrations without crowds of people about.
Quote with a picture of you from the 80s.
July 14, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Quote with a picture of you from the 80s.
OK.
How do I get hold of one of those enormous #beetles on the top of the Other Stage at #Glastonbury?
It would AMAZING in my garden.
Big lust.
How do I get hold of one of those enormous #beetles on the top of the Other Stage at #Glastonbury?
It would AMAZING in my garden.
Big lust.
June 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
OK.
How do I get hold of one of those enormous #beetles on the top of the Other Stage at #Glastonbury?
It would AMAZING in my garden.
Big lust.
How do I get hold of one of those enormous #beetles on the top of the Other Stage at #Glastonbury?
It would AMAZING in my garden.
Big lust.
Doubletake ad just popped up on Reddit.
Kinda impressed that they were brave enough to leave the comments on 😂
Kinda impressed that they were brave enough to leave the comments on 😂
June 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Doubletake ad just popped up on Reddit.
Kinda impressed that they were brave enough to leave the comments on 😂
Kinda impressed that they were brave enough to leave the comments on 😂
Hello gorgeous.
The gothest of moths - 6 spot burnet
The gothest of moths - 6 spot burnet
June 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Hello gorgeous.
The gothest of moths - 6 spot burnet
The gothest of moths - 6 spot burnet
Ahh finally caught some goldfinch action at work in my pollinator patch.
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June 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Ahh finally caught some goldfinch action at work in my pollinator patch.
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June 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Chips by the sea 🖤
June 15, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Chips by the sea 🖤
How can this not make you happy?
I commandeered a wee plot of land at work last year and this is the result.
Ox-eye daisies, ragged robin, buttercups, vetch, thistles, brown knapweed and cuckoo flowers so far.
Oodles of pollinators. And tonight I saw goldfinches feeding on the knapweed 😍😍
I commandeered a wee plot of land at work last year and this is the result.
Ox-eye daisies, ragged robin, buttercups, vetch, thistles, brown knapweed and cuckoo flowers so far.
Oodles of pollinators. And tonight I saw goldfinches feeding on the knapweed 😍😍
June 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
How can this not make you happy?
I commandeered a wee plot of land at work last year and this is the result.
Ox-eye daisies, ragged robin, buttercups, vetch, thistles, brown knapweed and cuckoo flowers so far.
Oodles of pollinators. And tonight I saw goldfinches feeding on the knapweed 😍😍
I commandeered a wee plot of land at work last year and this is the result.
Ox-eye daisies, ragged robin, buttercups, vetch, thistles, brown knapweed and cuckoo flowers so far.
Oodles of pollinators. And tonight I saw goldfinches feeding on the knapweed 😍😍
Today I had the delight of showing my husband a Green Tiger beetle. He'd never seen one before. This little dude posed for me a little before I let him go on his way.
#GreenTigerBeetle #CicindelaCampestris #BeetleSunday
#GreenTigerBeetle #CicindelaCampestris #BeetleSunday
June 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Today I had the delight of showing my husband a Green Tiger beetle. He'd never seen one before. This little dude posed for me a little before I let him go on his way.
#GreenTigerBeetle #CicindelaCampestris #BeetleSunday
#GreenTigerBeetle #CicindelaCampestris #BeetleSunday
Made another Frankenskirt this week. It's been cobbled together from various tops, skirts and leggings that were old, broken or didn't fit.
#recycle #frankenskirt
#recycle #frankenskirt
May 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Made another Frankenskirt this week. It's been cobbled together from various tops, skirts and leggings that were old, broken or didn't fit.
#recycle #frankenskirt
#recycle #frankenskirt