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The Bug Smoocher
@bugsmoocher.bsky.social
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I like bugs and working with animals. Sometimes I remember that I can draw and paint.
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I wanted to get this bumper sticker, but my husband convinced me not to.
A hand holding a bumper sticker that reads “do NOT honk at me! my life is WORTHLESS. I will KILL US both.”
October 29, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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Instead of making phone calls at work I made this in 2021 and it’s just been an evergreen meme.
A comic depicting two wojaks. On the top, a tired-looking male labeled “18-35 yo wht men” says, “I have no direction in life and am looking for a guru.” On the bottom, a diseased-looking scraggly male labeled “Jordan B Petersen” says “I can help you.”
October 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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Oh, to be an elderly arthropod, given nectar and ambrosia by a benevolent god in the waning hours of your life.
A Deroplatys dessicata (dead leaf) mantis sips a sugary concoction from an eyedropper. Although these insects are normally carnivorous, this aging, convalescent individual is being given this syrup in the hopes of reviving it. An Eastern Lubber grasshopper, darkened by age, takes a big, grateful bite out of a piece of Romaine lettuce. These guys love leafy greens and lettuces the most, so I always offer them some if I see that they’re out, even on days that they’re not on my list.
October 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Edit of an XKCD comic. Girl Stick Figure: Knowing human flesh tastes like pork is second nature to us Freaks, so it’s easy to forget that the average person probably only knows Americans taste weird and one or two practicing cannibal cultures. Guy Stick Figure: And long pig, of course. Girl Stick Figure: Of course.
October 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Kipper was born under a shed to a mother of hundreds right before she was finally captured and spayed. He acts like he thinks he’s speaking to humans via constant garbled yowls, lets me pick him up from any direction, and loves belly rubs. He’s so strange, and I love him.
A grey tabby cat looking directly at you from near a pile of discarded clothing.
October 1, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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Spud came out of a barn full of extremely inbred seal-point cats, which the local shelter had been trying to sterilize for years but the owner kept chasing them away with a shotgun (lol Montana.) She brings them a box full of kittens twice a year or so. He’s rad as hell.
A seal point cat zonked out on a green velvet couch.
October 1, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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I showed him this post:
A screenshot of a text post by Tumblr user diseasehaver, reading: "as important as the series was to me as a kid, jk rowling's actions are indefensible and it's time to cover up my tattoo" (nuck tats that read WOLF AIDS)
September 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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Pope’s at the Ren Faire, ‘bout damn time
A dirt arena/stadium filled with people dressed in period costumes. In the bottom left corner, you can see His Holiness, The Pope
September 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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His ass got Ozempic’d
A small sculpture of a carnotaurus in grey polymer clay A small sculpture of a carnotaurus in grey polymer clay
September 19, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Gritting my teeth and forcing myself to revel in the joy of creating little plastic dino guys, using the one force that has ever motivated my flaccid personality to activate: Pure Spite.
Side view of a gray polymer clay carnotaurus Front view of a gray polymer clay carnotaurus. My phone tried to autocorrect this to carnitas so I’m leaving that word in here. Fuck your algorithm. Hello Chipotle bowl enjoyers.
September 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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It’s develveting time
A whitetail deer buck standing next to the side of a house. The buck’s antlers are still pink and raw with blood, having only just shredded away the velvet from them.
August 31, 2025 at 3:45 AM
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At the Market waiting for a bao and watching my purse, flowers, and the quail I brought to trade with a friend I’m meeting. Regular Saturday river walk in #Missoula.
A bouquet of flowers on top of a rose-colored suede purse, next to an animal carrier containing one quail.
August 2, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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No more politics for now. Look at this snake fly that landed on my car insurance.
A snake fly sitting on a white envelope with blue font visible at the edges of the image.
July 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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I moved my jumping spider, Scribble, to a different terrarium, and he’s been busy spinning a new hammock in the corner. It’s amazing to watch him stop, calculate, and perfect it as he goes.
July 28, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Anybody want some eggs
A red and white ceramic bowl filled to overflowing with quail eggs. Most of the eggs are ivory colored with brown speckles, but a few blue eggs can be seen in the mix.
July 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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Sometimes I manage to make real food. Not complicated food, but it’s real.
A fresh loaf of tomato, basil, and rosemary decorated focaccia bread.
July 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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This is just what it looks like when women support each other.
A meme template of a knight offering up a sword to an evil wizard type fella. Captions are: WIZARD: Friend whose ex-husband hired a hitman but didn’t get a legit one so was caught immediately SWORD: The husband’s workplace HR email, family member phone numbers and socials, and my own diligent posting KNIGHT: ME
July 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Realized Hoagie is officially over two years old now.
A pale yellow rat in a cage, taking a small treat from human hands.
July 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Closer look at his face, which was a little shadowed in the final picture previously.
A felted figure of a black and white malamute dog in a reclining position. The dog has an approachable expression and visible paw pads. View of the left side of the face of a felted dog figure.
July 13, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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I can finally post this now: I felted a memorial figure for my friend’s dog Akira, who was a beloved attendee of our bimonthly game nights. My husband brushed him out at our house a couple of weeks before he passed, so all of the black detailing is done with the actual hair of the dog.
A bunch of felted white wool, vaguely in the shape of a legless reclining dog. An in-progress felted dog, with black markings detailing most of the body excepting the tail. More dogress: Facial details are more refined, and tail is mostly black. It now has yellow eyes. Finished dog, seated before the array of tools and resources used to make it: a pile of white wool, a bag of black dog hair, a felt pad, small pair of scissors, and a variety of barbed needles. The dog is a black malamute mix with white markings and yellow eyes.
July 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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A brief look at a parting gift.

This year has been so full of goodbyes. I’m trying to accept them all with grace.
A polymer clay statuette of three foxes on a round black pedestal. Two are red foxes, one sitting facing away from the viewer, the other mouth open in a silly expression. The third is an Arctic fox, and is sitting primly with a serene expression.
July 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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Bonus oversized trilobite included.
Two trilobite stud earrings attached to a card. One is smaller and has a more yellow hue, the other is slightly bigger and is a uniform dark brown.
June 30, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Turned out good, but needs to be smaller after trying it on. Back to sculpting!
Two polymer clay trilobite stud earrings - one a complete, painted brown example resembling a fossil, the other in progress and still grey and unbaked.
June 29, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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I’m feeling good about this one. As much as I love bugs, arthropod features have always been a challenge for me in any medium.
A tiny trilobite eating stud rests on two fingertips. It is a matte black.
June 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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“A single stud earring should be way easier than two matching dangles right” you fool. you complete and utter rube.
A tiny polymer clay trilobite, gray and only barely defined by the relief carvings of detail on the back lobes.
June 28, 2025 at 4:48 AM