Character Collection Box

 Lee

The Cast

Cricket

  Age: 20                              Favorite color: Orange                   Favorite activity: Organizing her collection boxes

Cricket fell in love with the insect world at an early age. When other girls were starting to collect clothes and jewelry in their closets, she was gathering grasshoppers in jars. And while her love of all things entomological has sometimes made her the target of ridicule, Cricket has learned to embrace her passion and feels it’s her mission to show everyone just how wonderful insects can be.

Rose

  Age: 20                              Favorite color: Red                       Favorite activity: Taking an ice-bath after a workout

Rose first met Cricket early on in college. And though she doesn’t always understand her roommate’s fascination with “bugs,” Rose does appreciate Cricket’s honest enthusiasm and will let the occasional insect in the fridge slide. As for herself, Rose has a fierce competitive streak and as a result she has made her mark as one of the top track and field runners in the school… of both women and men.

  

 June

  Age: 18                              Favorite color: Violet                       Favorite activity: Photographing insects

June’s journey into entomology began when her first semester photography professor required students to choose a subject for a photo-series that they haven’t worked with before. She met Cricket when they both tried to catch the same butterfly- only that Cricket was using a net instead of a camera. The two became good friends since then. Despite her love of insects for Art’s sake, June has a lot to learn, with her gaps in knowledge sometimes frustrating Cricket to no end. 

Jon

  Age: 19                              Favorite color: Blue                       Favorite activity: Playing or Watching Baseball                      
Jon loves nothing more than crashing on the couch and turning on the big game, but somewhere along the way, he went from catching fly balls to house flies, which he analyzes under the university's scanning electron microscope. Now a member of the Student Entomological Association (SEA), Jon's laid-back personality balances out some of the other members' more "eccentric" characteristics.

Lee

  Age: 21                              Favorite color: Brown                       Favorite activity: Listening to vinyl records                      

Lee might be the most unlikely member of the SEA. You're more likely to find him spinning a new record than swinging a net, and more likely to catch him catching Z's than bees. In spite of that, he has been in the SEA longer than anyone else and perhaps has a knowledge of entomology to rival's Cricket's own. He just doesn't wear it as openly as she tends to do.

Martin

  Age: 18                              Favorite color: Green                       Favorite activities: (When allowed access to the lab): Playing with chemicals; (When suspended from the lab): Playing video games.                      

There's a lot of things that could be said about Martin. Most of them are not nice. Somehow he made it to adulthood without ever learning to filter what he says, causing most to keep him at arm's length. Falling in with the SEA was almost a blessing, as it provided him a group to discuss his interests in chemical pesticides without seeming out-of-place. While he still has some work to do on learning what "tact" and "self-restraint" are, most of the SEA consider him a welcomed member.

Shaye

  Age: 19                              Favorite color: Yellow                       Favorite activity: Gardening                      

Shaye grew up on a farm and so issues like crop protection are something she follows closely. She is studying entomology so that she can use the knowledge to help with her family's farm, while also providing future job opportunities if the need arises. Typically level-headed, she can be provoked to flashes of anger, especially by comments coming from a certain red-head...

Miles

  Age: 20                             Favorite color: Gray                       Favorite activity: Anything computer-related                      

Miles is Cricket's twin brother, but that's about where the similarities end. Snarky, rude, and just a bit arrogant, Miles is the exact opposite of his sister. In spite of this, he does care about Cricket and will be there for her if she needs him... it just may take him a while to get around to it.

More to come as new characters appear!