Dr. Megsquito
@megsquitophd.bsky.social
Medical Entomologist. Public Health Professional. Urban Mosquito Ecologist. Biting Arthropod Hunter. Dog & Cat mom. Food Fiend. T1D. Views: My Own. I am #MedEntoAF.
Mammograms save lives.
If you’re at risk and/or over 40 - do the boob smash. Get it done.
#BoobSmashDay
If you’re at risk and/or over 40 - do the boob smash. Get it done.
#BoobSmashDay
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Mammograms save lives.
If you’re at risk and/or over 40 - do the boob smash. Get it done.
#BoobSmashDay
If you’re at risk and/or over 40 - do the boob smash. Get it done.
#BoobSmashDay
August 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Nerdy worlds collide! Built the Lego Deer Tick today and I’m squealing with excitement!
#COES #MedEntoAF #VampiresIRL #TickTalk #BuildIt
#COES #MedEntoAF #VampiresIRL #TickTalk #BuildIt
August 8, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Nerdy worlds collide! Built the Lego Deer Tick today and I’m squealing with excitement!
#COES #MedEntoAF #VampiresIRL #TickTalk #BuildIt
#COES #MedEntoAF #VampiresIRL #TickTalk #BuildIt
Routine Plague Surveillance in Yosemite National Park today!
Normally I’d also be TyVeked up - but we caught a manageable number of animals and I pulled note-taking and animal release duty!
#ProtectPublicHealth #PublicHealthMatters
#CAStateScientistsAtWrk
Normally I’d also be TyVeked up - but we caught a manageable number of animals and I pulled note-taking and animal release duty!
#ProtectPublicHealth #PublicHealthMatters
#CAStateScientistsAtWrk
July 24, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Routine Plague Surveillance in Yosemite National Park today!
Normally I’d also be TyVeked up - but we caught a manageable number of animals and I pulled note-taking and animal release duty!
#ProtectPublicHealth #PublicHealthMatters
#CAStateScientistsAtWrk
Normally I’d also be TyVeked up - but we caught a manageable number of animals and I pulled note-taking and animal release duty!
#ProtectPublicHealth #PublicHealthMatters
#CAStateScientistsAtWrk
Still picking up Ixodes pacificus nymphs in California’s North Coastal counties. 39 of these #vampiresIRL at Jack London State Park yesterday.
#medentoAF #dothedamntickcheck
#medentoAF #dothedamntickcheck
July 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Still picking up Ixodes pacificus nymphs in California’s North Coastal counties. 39 of these #vampiresIRL at Jack London State Park yesterday.
#medentoAF #dothedamntickcheck
#medentoAF #dothedamntickcheck
I really hate this timeline…
June 29, 2025 at 6:19 AM
I really hate this timeline…
June 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Just saying as a person who works in public health- I am terrified right now.
June 12, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Just saying as a person who works in public health- I am terrified right now.
Pacific Coast Ticks (Dermacentor occidentalis) are peaking here in CA! #DotheDamnTickCheck
June 12, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Pacific Coast Ticks (Dermacentor occidentalis) are peaking here in CA! #DotheDamnTickCheck
Engorged Ixodes pacificus nymph, flat I. pacificus nymph, and I. pacificus larva collected 5/29 in Napa County.
Tiny vampires - pinky nail for scale.
Do your tick checks CA!
#medentoAF #vampiresIRL #dothedamntickcheck
Tiny vampires - pinky nail for scale.
Do your tick checks CA!
#medentoAF #vampiresIRL #dothedamntickcheck
June 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Engorged Ixodes pacificus nymph, flat I. pacificus nymph, and I. pacificus larva collected 5/29 in Napa County.
Tiny vampires - pinky nail for scale.
Do your tick checks CA!
#medentoAF #vampiresIRL #dothedamntickcheck
Tiny vampires - pinky nail for scale.
Do your tick checks CA!
#medentoAF #vampiresIRL #dothedamntickcheck
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*me, lying facedown on the bed, yelling into the mattress:
"WHY DO THOSE OF US WHO DIDN'T FUCK AROUND ALSO HAVE TO FIND OUT"
"WHY DO THOSE OF US WHO DIDN'T FUCK AROUND ALSO HAVE TO FIND OUT"
May 5, 2025 at 5:13 AM
*me, lying facedown on the bed, yelling into the mattress:
"WHY DO THOSE OF US WHO DIDN'T FUCK AROUND ALSO HAVE TO FIND OUT"
"WHY DO THOSE OF US WHO DIDN'T FUCK AROUND ALSO HAVE TO FIND OUT"
Little Boop is all grown up! #OpossumLove
April 22, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Little Boop is all grown up! #OpossumLove
Dealing with an aphid problem on my roses so I went to a little weedy patch I know and grabbed a dead leaf covered with lady beetle pupae. Hooray for biocontrol! #ladybeetles
April 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Dealing with an aphid problem on my roses so I went to a little weedy patch I know and grabbed a dead leaf covered with lady beetle pupae. Hooray for biocontrol! #ladybeetles
Tired of the current Oregon Trail vibes…
No, I DO NOT want to die while forging a flooding river OR from the measles OR from dysentery. Also don’t want to be associated with colonial imperialistic values.
(And for reference my family took a wagon train to Oregon back in the day)
No, I DO NOT want to die while forging a flooding river OR from the measles OR from dysentery. Also don’t want to be associated with colonial imperialistic values.
(And for reference my family took a wagon train to Oregon back in the day)
April 8, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Tired of the current Oregon Trail vibes…
No, I DO NOT want to die while forging a flooding river OR from the measles OR from dysentery. Also don’t want to be associated with colonial imperialistic values.
(And for reference my family took a wagon train to Oregon back in the day)
No, I DO NOT want to die while forging a flooding river OR from the measles OR from dysentery. Also don’t want to be associated with colonial imperialistic values.
(And for reference my family took a wagon train to Oregon back in the day)
Backyard Naturalist - California Darner (Rhionaeschna californica) on my roses.
#naturenerd
#naturenerd
April 8, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Backyard Naturalist - California Darner (Rhionaeschna californica) on my roses.
#naturenerd
#naturenerd
Took a little adventure to North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve for waterfalls and wildflowers. Worth it! #naturenerd #HikeCA
April 7, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Took a little adventure to North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve for waterfalls and wildflowers. Worth it! #naturenerd #HikeCA
A volunteer program that has bipartisan support for 400m a year is in the crosshairs?
As an RPCV I can say that this would be a DEVASTATING blow for our foreign relations. Stop killing what makes us great.
As an RPCV I can say that this would be a DEVASTATING blow for our foreign relations. Stop killing what makes us great.
April 5, 2025 at 5:16 AM
A volunteer program that has bipartisan support for 400m a year is in the crosshairs?
As an RPCV I can say that this would be a DEVASTATING blow for our foreign relations. Stop killing what makes us great.
As an RPCV I can say that this would be a DEVASTATING blow for our foreign relations. Stop killing what makes us great.
Sometimes you just need a happy pic… #RoyGuillermoLeFloof celebrated his 14th birthday yesterday!
#dogsofbluesky #bestboy
#dogsofbluesky #bestboy
April 3, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Sometimes you just need a happy pic… #RoyGuillermoLeFloof celebrated his 14th birthday yesterday!
#dogsofbluesky #bestboy
#dogsofbluesky #bestboy
Did my first #SkypeAScientist today and had a blast talking to students at a virtual HS about my job and #ticks!
I should do this more often to boost my ego bc among the comments was the feedback “You are an absolute queen and your job is so cool sounding.” 😁
I should do this more often to boost my ego bc among the comments was the feedback “You are an absolute queen and your job is so cool sounding.” 😁
March 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Did my first #SkypeAScientist today and had a blast talking to students at a virtual HS about my job and #ticks!
I should do this more often to boost my ego bc among the comments was the feedback “You are an absolute queen and your job is so cool sounding.” 😁
I should do this more often to boost my ego bc among the comments was the feedback “You are an absolute queen and your job is so cool sounding.” 😁
Apparently my 16 yo cat is exhibiting signs of dementia…
I just thought she was old and deaf…
She’s still sassy though.
And has excellent visual acuity.
#CatMom
I just thought she was old and deaf…
She’s still sassy though.
And has excellent visual acuity.
#CatMom
March 21, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Apparently my 16 yo cat is exhibiting signs of dementia…
I just thought she was old and deaf…
She’s still sassy though.
And has excellent visual acuity.
#CatMom
I just thought she was old and deaf…
She’s still sassy though.
And has excellent visual acuity.
#CatMom
Just want to share a snoozy shot of my best buddy #RoyGuillermoLeFloof! 🐕
He’s turning 14 in 2 weeks!
😭😍😭
He’s turning 14 in 2 weeks!
😭😍😭
March 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Just want to share a snoozy shot of my best buddy #RoyGuillermoLeFloof! 🐕
He’s turning 14 in 2 weeks!
😭😍😭
He’s turning 14 in 2 weeks!
😭😍😭
I have a spider that lives above my ring doorbell.
At certain times of the year it consistently sets it off resulting in me checking my security settings.
It’s looking out for me.
At certain times of the year it consistently sets it off resulting in me checking my security settings.
It’s looking out for me.
March 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I have a spider that lives above my ring doorbell.
At certain times of the year it consistently sets it off resulting in me checking my security settings.
It’s looking out for me.
At certain times of the year it consistently sets it off resulting in me checking my security settings.
It’s looking out for me.
A bit of brightness on the Monday following Daylight Savings…
A Western Fairy Slipper - Calypso bulbosa occidentalis.
#nativeorchids
A Western Fairy Slipper - Calypso bulbosa occidentalis.
#nativeorchids
March 11, 2025 at 2:06 AM
A bit of brightness on the Monday following Daylight Savings…
A Western Fairy Slipper - Calypso bulbosa occidentalis.
#nativeorchids
A Western Fairy Slipper - Calypso bulbosa occidentalis.
#nativeorchids