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Cassie
@mosquitochaser.bsky.social
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Queer entomologist. Life is strange and long. (she/her)
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The Boy has things to say.
Two tabbies on a cat tower, one is making a silly meowing face, almost looks mad
October 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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You can tell she’s not feeling well because she hasn’t followed me to the kitchen once :(

(don’t worry, she’s empty)
A blonde dog lying half on a colorful knit blanket and half on a purple pillow on a grey couch looking a little pathetic
September 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Hedy is home.
A medium sized blonde dog with half drooped ears lounging on the inside of a coffee table looking out a dirty window with crooked blinds.
August 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Giant Mayfly! It’s so neat! I’ve never seen one.
Giant Mayfly, Hexagenia on the windowsill of a fast food drive through
August 15, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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In happier news, here’s a semi slug recently rescued from a tent. I don’t often see them looking around like this, so that was a treat. They are kinda precious, honestly.
A little green semi slug (Gaeotis flavolineata) looking around and crawling on the pale thumb of a woman who promises to cut her nails very soon. There is a red, collapsible tent in the background. A little green semi slug (Gaeotis flavolineata) looking around and crawling on someone’s thumb.
August 4, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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Chill snail from the other day
Caracolus caracolla, a chill snail snail hanging out on some Heliconia caribaea, looking slightly away from the camera Caracolus caracolla, a chill snail snail hanging out on some Heliconia caribaea, looking slightly toward the camera
July 31, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Volunteered with a rescue this morning and had an amazing time taking some dogs for a beach and coffee shop walk.
Brindle and white dog sitting behind a chair looking at the camera, she’s wearing a bright pink scarf Black dog with a little white on his face sniffing a tree, brindle and white pup looking curious behind him Black dog with some white on him standing at the end of a leash on the sidewalk Brown and white pup walking away from a water bowl toward the camera
July 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Small Puerto Rican Semi-slug (Gaeotis flavolineata) seen in the forest, today. Very cool little snails with a technical tiny little vestigial shell under the mantle. Very cool, pretty little things. Goal for next year is a better camera for sure.
Small green, rounded semi-slug on the edge of a leaf.
July 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Found a little friend this afternoon.
A small hermit crab hiding in a shell Small hermit crab considering coming out of a little shell Small hermit crab sticking its face partly out of a little shell
July 3, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Better picture of just one of the plants
Tall green plant with yellow raceme made up of multiple bracts
July 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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Pics from the field, yesterday! That plant is Heliconia caribaea and it provides a small aquatic environment for multiple invert species, including some mosquito larvae (my invert of interest ofc).
Pic of me reaching up with a “turkey baster” to collect the contents of a section of a tall green plant with a yellow thing that looks like a flower but is called a raceme and is made up of smaller sections called bracts that hold water. My shirt is yellow plaid. Me in jeans and a yellow plaid shirt sitting on a step stool pulling a pencil and notebook out of a grey backpack in the forest. There’s a water bottle, scissors, a funnel, and a couple plastic bags full of other bags next to me.
July 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
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Found some very tiny pseudoscorpions while processing leaf litter samples, today. “Big” ones for scale, although I wish I still had my barbie doll fruit basket…
Four pseudoscorpions under a dissecting scope, the two on the top are much smaller than the two on the bottom.
June 28, 2025 at 3:12 AM
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Have some cute field work friends.
Tiny white-lipped frog on a hand with some dirt, a blurry boot, and some leaves unfocused in the background A very small green and red stick insect on a finger with the ground and some bright green and yellow Heliconia plants in the background
June 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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I found a scorpion during our night hike and someone else had a black light! Always a fun time.
Small scorpion on the ground near some leaf litter, the background is a dark purple and the scorpion itself is glowing almost bright white
June 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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View of mountains, mixed and palm tropical forests, clouds, and some distant buildings and water from a view point at El Yunque National Park.
June 7, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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A little blonde dog standing on a wooden deck looking up at the camera, the deck has wet paw prints all over it
May 21, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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We keep getting updates about Hedy and I’m just ever so slightly afraid she won’t want to come home after the summer…
A little blonde dog sleeping on a fluffy bed
May 21, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Making our way to Washington by way of Wyoming. @valorievandieman.bsky.social and I stopped to let the dog out and enjoy the scenery AND we saw a bunch of prairie dogs.
Val and our little cream colored dog, Hedy, standing in front of some trucks and scenery in Wyoming.
May 11, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Found a click beetle in the waiting room before my drs appointment.
click beetle on hand inside a room with a white and brown carpet
May 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Siblings
One cat sitting calmly on a window sill with his tail hanging down in front of another cat who’s actively swatting and biting at the tail
April 27, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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@valorievandieman.bsky.social fell over laughing
sexual identity generator says i’m an irritating switch
April 15, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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Waiting for lunch to start now
Me with a red blazer in a conference hall
March 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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New hair, just in time for giving presentations!
Me with short hair, outdoor selfie Me with short hair, outdoor selfie
March 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Recovering pup. She’s doing her best.
A dog looking up with a plastic clear cone on her head. A dog standing in some leaves with a plastic clear cone on her head and a leash.
February 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Snow! Technically campus is closed but mosquitoes can’t count themselves so here we are.
Snow on a campus including some buildings and a field Snow on campus
January 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM