🪲 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
Posted without comment...unless you're reading the alt text, I guess...
November 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Posted without comment...unless you're reading the alt text, I guess...
November 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Spooky Morris is the best Morris...
October 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Spooky Morris is the best Morris...
Reposted by 🪲 Dr Racheal 🪲
Sometimes a walk on Dartmoor is a bit like passing through a curtain in reality that leads directly into a fairy tale.
October 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Sometimes a walk on Dartmoor is a bit like passing through a curtain in reality that leads directly into a fairy tale.
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.
This thread is everything!!
British folk horror and occult characters to be on Halloween, a thread.
1. Mr Fisher from Robin Redbreast (1970).
Catchphrase: “The study of religions is one of my many interests.”
You’ll need:
- Tweed trilby
- Mutton chops
- Cracked spectacles
- A copy of The Golden Bough
1. Mr Fisher from Robin Redbreast (1970).
Catchphrase: “The study of religions is one of my many interests.”
You’ll need:
- Tweed trilby
- Mutton chops
- Cracked spectacles
- A copy of The Golden Bough
October 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This thread is everything!!
I have just spent the most delightful afternoon in the company of Martin Luff (Devon county recorder of beetles). I had the pleasure of seeing his beetle collection and talking all things entomology.
I am a very happy girl.
#coleoptera #beetles
I am a very happy girl.
#coleoptera #beetles
October 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I have just spent the most delightful afternoon in the company of Martin Luff (Devon county recorder of beetles). I had the pleasure of seeing his beetle collection and talking all things entomology.
I am a very happy girl.
#coleoptera #beetles
I am a very happy girl.
#coleoptera #beetles
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
I am SO EXCITED that I'm going to shout at the Internet.
I was just checking on my Atlas beetle larvae, making sure they had enough rotting leaves etc and in one of the tubs I noticed a cocoon 🤩
I am so excited about this 😁
I was just checking on my Atlas beetle larvae, making sure they had enough rotting leaves etc and in one of the tubs I noticed a cocoon 🤩
I am so excited about this 😁
August 31, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I am SO EXCITED that I'm going to shout at the Internet.
I was just checking on my Atlas beetle larvae, making sure they had enough rotting leaves etc and in one of the tubs I noticed a cocoon 🤩
I am so excited about this 😁
I was just checking on my Atlas beetle larvae, making sure they had enough rotting leaves etc and in one of the tubs I noticed a cocoon 🤩
I am so excited about this 😁
Nigel Kneale - Murrain, - Against The Crowd ITV 1975 - UK - Witchcraft
YouTube video by Random Text
youtu.be
August 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
English Riviera at its finest
🖤
🖤
August 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
English Riviera at its finest
🖤
🖤
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.
Me (grocery shopping online): oat cream.
Supermarket website: Out of stock. Would you like a bread bin instead?
Me:...
Supermarket website: Out of stock. Would you like a bread bin instead?
Me:...
August 6, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Me (grocery shopping online): oat cream.
Supermarket website: Out of stock. Would you like a bread bin instead?
Me:...
Supermarket website: Out of stock. Would you like a bread bin instead?
Me:...
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne dies aged 76, his family announces - BBC News
😥
Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne dies aged 76, his family announces - BBC News
😥
Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne dies aged 76, his family announces
A statement from his family says Osbourne was with his family and
www.bbc.co.uk
July 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne dies aged 76, his family announces - BBC News
😥
Black Sabbath's Ozzy Osbourne dies aged 76, his family announces - BBC News
😥
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.
Reposted by 🪲 Dr Racheal 🪲
Sure, Frank Herbert's Dune series is a work of diminishing returns but what if we appropriated his titles for a series of heavy dub albums?
Results: Amazing.
Dub World
The Prophet of Dub
Dub Messiah
Children of Dub
God Emperor of Dub
Heretics of Dub
Chapterhouse: Dub
The Road To Dub
Results: Amazing.
Dub World
The Prophet of Dub
Dub Messiah
Children of Dub
God Emperor of Dub
Heretics of Dub
Chapterhouse: Dub
The Road To Dub
July 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Sure, Frank Herbert's Dune series is a work of diminishing returns but what if we appropriated his titles for a series of heavy dub albums?
Results: Amazing.
Dub World
The Prophet of Dub
Dub Messiah
Children of Dub
God Emperor of Dub
Heretics of Dub
Chapterhouse: Dub
The Road To Dub
Results: Amazing.
Dub World
The Prophet of Dub
Dub Messiah
Children of Dub
God Emperor of Dub
Heretics of Dub
Chapterhouse: Dub
The Road To Dub
Reposted by 🪲 Dr Racheal 🪲
They could use his photo from the front of the Waitrose paper.
July 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
They could use his photo from the front of the Waitrose paper.
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 😂