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Dr. Kara M. Million

@darterdancer.bsky.social
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Regular Human Biologist. Assistant Professor in Biology at UNA. Darters, parasites, and behavior. Owned by 2 cats, 2 snakes, and 2 many parrots. Opinions owned by me alone.

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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 37m
#Inktober2026 Day 7: Panic I played Psychonauts 2 recently. #Inktober
Panic attack from Psychonauts 2
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 59m
#Inktober2026 Day 6: Ogre #Inktober
Sketch of Shrek
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
#Inktober2026 Day 5: Smack Murdoch was angry that Phryne failed to join him in the sacred Shunning of the Humans after we had been away. She did not get the memo. #Inktober
Black cat smacks a calico cat
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#Inktober2026 Day 4: Cactus Hee hee... it's a moon cactus.
Cactus with a sassy little butt
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
#Inktober2026 Day 3: Miniature Someone randomly mailed me 100 tiny toy duckies. ... No, I don't actually know why. #Inktober
Approximately 100 tiny toy duckies
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Another one out the door. Have a safe journey!
Newly emerged monarch butterfly perched on a coneflower, preparing for first flight.
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It's a girl!!
Newly emerged monarch butterfly drying wings
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Inktober2026 Day 2: Relic #Inktober
NES
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#Inktober2026 Day 1: Apple. Clementine would like a word. "For the billionth time, it wasn't an apple!!!!" #Inktober
Ball python glares at an apple and flicks her tongue indignantly.
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You were right!
Monarch butterfly perched on a purple coneflower
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
They found it!!
Monarch caterpillar feeding on milkweedTiny monarch caterpillar perched on milkweed leafMonarch chrysalis with butterfly partially visible inside Adult monarch perched on a purple coneflower
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Goodbye and good luck out there!
Full grown monarch perched on a coneflower
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
*tap tap* *flap flap* "It's time to go."
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Hello world!
Monarch newly emerged
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Very very soon ...
Chrysalis with monarch wings showing through
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Soon...
Chrysalis turning transparent. A butterfly wing can be seen inside
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
C'mon little buddy, you're almost done! Everything about being a monarch caterpillar looks so stressful. 😓
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Work from home". Hah!!
African grey parrot plotting his next laptop key theft.
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The size difference!! 😂 Don't let that baby fool you, though. It keeps up with big brother just fine!
A 5th instar monarch caterpillar feeding alongside a 1st or 2nd instar who is much smaller
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
American beautyberry is looking good! Come and get it, critters!!
American beautyberryAmerican beautyberry
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Show-off.
Cardinal flower in bloom
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Night-night!
Monarch chrysalis
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Wait, it's already time?! It went by so quickly! Good luck, little buddy!!
Monarch caterpillar about to form a chrysalis.
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This day-old monarch caterpillar baby is smaller than a grain of rice (provided for scale). Oh my heart. 6-year-old me would be losing her tiny little mind.
Day-old monarch caterpillar with a grain of rice for scaleDay-old monarch caterpillar
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Somebody is very pleased with herself. #girldinner
Leafhopper assassin bug enjoying a captured insect.
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Creek Critter Challenge Complete! UNA partnered with Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area to host a community stream macroinvertebrate survey in Cypress Creek! The habitat looks great, and we saw lots of cool critters! Another good day for community science!
Spiny softshell turtle Mayfly larva and water penny (beetle larva)HellgrammiteCommon water snake
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I think I need to foster a few of them this year though. The tachinid parasites were brutal last year. But between the baby monarchs and the baby milkweed beetles I'm dying of cuteness. 😭
Milkweed beetle larva
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
YEEEEEEEEEEES THEY'RE HERE THEY'RE HERE THE BABY MONARCHS ARE FINALLY HERE
Monarch caterpillar snacking on milkweed
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Really? I planted you two years ago and you didn't do squat, and now you're popping up out of nowhere like it's no big deal??? EXCUSE ME (cardinal flower)
Cardinal flower about to bloom
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
So uh...
Bluesky feed that features a photo of mushrooms that resemble bazoombas followed immediately by someone else's completely separate post singing the praises of bazoombas
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
These have mysteriously appeared on my office door. There are others randomly placed in nooks and crannies around the biology building, but only my door has been marked like this. I think Gen Z is trying to communicate with me. 😶
Tiny resin figurines on an office door: left to right: a yellow chicken, a green dumpster on fire, and a pink flamingo.
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
And here is a cat and another dog! Hee hee! 💀
Halloween decorations of a cat and dog skeleton (inaccurate).
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I have finally started my collection of comically inaccurate Halloween skeleton decorations. I think I'm off to a strong start with these yard sale finds. 😆🎃💀
Halloween decoration of a vulture skeleton (inaccurate). Tail feathers and wing feathers are depicted as bones.Halloween decoration of a dog skeleton (inaccurate). Ears are depicted as bones instead of cartilage.
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Lunar eclipse
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
😶😶😶😶🫥
A lunar eclipse
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Stardew Valley Cookbook page 161: Eggplant Parmesan. This one's definitely a winner. The eggplant was fresh out of our raised beds, too.
Eggplant Parmesan on a plate.
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Aww, a cute little milkweed beetle. That's a new one for me.
Milkweed beetle with shiny black and orange carapace perched on a milkweed plant.
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Out here looking like a snacc, while she's looking for a snack. Steel blue cricket hunter wasp. Good to see you, queen.
Steel blue cricket hunter wasp searching for prey.
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Somebirdy loves carrots 😂
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
CW: snake Big sleepy yawn!! Clementine must be dreaming of tasty mice.
Ball python in the middle of a huge gaping yawn.
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I was supposed to be collecting these tiny squid. My hand was resting against the side of the bucket and I felt something cold slapping my hand! I looked down and a tiny little guy had clambered up the side of the bucket, maneuvered over to my hand, and was using his fins to smack it. Bap-bap-bap!🦑♥️
Tiny mischievous squid is convinced he really showed me what for. Bap-bap-bap!!
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
May I offer you a crab in these trying times? (Purse crab and decorator crab)
Purse crab and decorator crab perched in hand.
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Dolphins: oh cool. Ctenophores: COMB JELLIES!
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Sometimes even freshwater biologists gotta go to the sea lab and get on a boat. Dauphin Island is great!
View of the Dauphin Island sea lab from a boatView of a boat pulling away from the mainland Swamp in the Audubon sanctuary
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Snack time 😋
Great blue heron gulps down a bluegill
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I've been trying to get Gabe to learn chicken noises for two years, and the ONLY way he will do it is to the tune of the Robot Chicken end credits song (a show he is NOT allowed to watch, btw)😑🐔
African grey parrot on a perch.
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The Mississippi kites are back this year! I wonder where they decided to nest this time? They love my neighborhood; guess they think it's a great place to raise kids.
Mississippi kite soaring in the air
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Watch out, baby bun. I saw the whole parliament on the hunt tonight, and they're hungry. Be cunning and full of tricks.
Baby cottontail rabbit in a patch of grass
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Dr. Kara M. Million @darterdancer.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Apparently my husband heard me talk about a children's book I read growing up about a frog who forgot his underwear, and he tried to track down the book to surprise me and somehow accidentally ended up getting ANOTHER, DIFFERENT BOOK about a frog who loses his underwear and 😂😂😂
Children's book titled "The Frog Who Lost His Underpants" by Juliette MacIver
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