Jess W-G
@frogsandgrubs.bsky.social
Middle school science teacher, entomologist, snow lover in NC. Begrudging Swiftie and jazz fan because of my family. Beyoncé lover in my soul. Cornell alum (wtf??) and NC State
Just look at those ripening blorbs
November 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just look at those ripening blorbs
@americanbeetles.bsky.social this is all I can get of it so far
November 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
@americanbeetles.bsky.social this is all I can get of it so far
The Kinglets are back!
October 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The Kinglets are back!
My kid thrifted the boots and skirt and took the skirt in to fit herself. She also cropped and hemmed the shirt that we bought online. She made the chain from soda pop can tabs. Dad helped some with the sewing. Our mission is to style the wig this weekend. I am going to be Bobby.
October 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
My kid thrifted the boots and skirt and took the skirt in to fit herself. She also cropped and hemmed the shirt that we bought online. She made the chain from soda pop can tabs. Dad helped some with the sewing. Our mission is to style the wig this weekend. I am going to be Bobby.
I found my first feral honeybee comb yesterday!! The bees were gone. It is so elegant draped off a tulip tree branch. It is super close to my house but well out of reach. #bees #honeybees
October 25, 2025 at 2:31 AM
I found my first feral honeybee comb yesterday!! The bees were gone. It is so elegant draped off a tulip tree branch. It is super close to my house but well out of reach. #bees #honeybees
Shout out to this little backyard composter. Family of four, vegetarian, almost all home cooked meals. We eat oodles of greens and fresh veggies and fruit. It can actually keep up with it all plus our pizza boxes.
October 23, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Shout out to this little backyard composter. Family of four, vegetarian, almost all home cooked meals. We eat oodles of greens and fresh veggies and fruit. It can actually keep up with it all plus our pizza boxes.
AI idiocy is giving diagrams of animals cells with cell walls on the first page of image search results on both Duck Duck Go and Google searches.
A fun teaching moment today when a 7th grader said “Can I just use this one I found and not the diagram you gave us [as a reference]?”
A fun teaching moment today when a 7th grader said “Can I just use this one I found and not the diagram you gave us [as a reference]?”
October 17, 2025 at 1:30 AM
AI idiocy is giving diagrams of animals cells with cell walls on the first page of image search results on both Duck Duck Go and Google searches.
A fun teaching moment today when a 7th grader said “Can I just use this one I found and not the diagram you gave us [as a reference]?”
A fun teaching moment today when a 7th grader said “Can I just use this one I found and not the diagram you gave us [as a reference]?”
My god that Benjamin Moore Color of the Year palette is mid. As inoffensive as absolutely possible.
October 16, 2025 at 7:41 PM
My god that Benjamin Moore Color of the Year palette is mid. As inoffensive as absolutely possible.
Touching urchins! Anemones! At the Seattle aquarium. Just the experience of it was incredible. She loved how gentle and responsive they all were.
October 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Touching urchins! Anemones! At the Seattle aquarium. Just the experience of it was incredible. She loved how gentle and responsive they all were.
I think this is a beetle!?? There were dozens in a park, wandering. My phone couldn’t handle the detail on the matte black. Maybe an inch long. The antennae have distinct antennomeres and a flat, scleratized head. No idea. Really don’t think it’s a lep or a fly. #Entomology #Larva
October 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I think this is a beetle!?? There were dozens in a park, wandering. My phone couldn’t handle the detail on the matte black. Maybe an inch long. The antennae have distinct antennomeres and a flat, scleratized head. No idea. Really don’t think it’s a lep or a fly. #Entomology #Larva
I make peanuts as a middle school science teacher but this was my commute this morning
October 2, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I make peanuts as a middle school science teacher but this was my commute this morning
I’d like to report a murder
September 28, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I’d like to report a murder
Hey-o Black Swallowtail caterpillar on the Golden Alexander I planted three summers ago
September 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Hey-o Black Swallowtail caterpillar on the Golden Alexander I planted three summers ago
Also. This was the guy who dated her older sister. This was the sweet, handsome neighborhood boy who was always over at their house. He LOVED my great aunt. My grandma absolutely loved Dick Bloch and mused that she wished he’d been her brother in law.
September 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Also. This was the guy who dated her older sister. This was the sweet, handsome neighborhood boy who was always over at their house. He LOVED my great aunt. My grandma absolutely loved Dick Bloch and mused that she wished he’d been her brother in law.
Ooooooooh look at this!!! Solar powered picnic table work area.
Could we get some solar panels on our outdoor classroom and power up some wifi and projectors??
Could we get some solar panels on our outdoor classroom and power up some wifi and projectors??
September 20, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Ooooooooh look at this!!! Solar powered picnic table work area.
Could we get some solar panels on our outdoor classroom and power up some wifi and projectors??
Could we get some solar panels on our outdoor classroom and power up some wifi and projectors??
This photo does not do justice to the scale of this absolute UNIT of a giant water bug. This is a full size long picnic spoon.
September 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
This photo does not do justice to the scale of this absolute UNIT of a giant water bug. This is a full size long picnic spoon.
This little goldfinch fledgling spooked into our yard after a Cooper’s Hawk attacked its family in a tree nearby. I put it in a sheltered spot with ample cover and access to ground forage and a dish of water. Its siblings were in the tree calling. Low hopes for success but maybe a fox got a meal.
September 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This little goldfinch fledgling spooked into our yard after a Cooper’s Hawk attacked its family in a tree nearby. I put it in a sheltered spot with ample cover and access to ground forage and a dish of water. Its siblings were in the tree calling. Low hopes for success but maybe a fox got a meal.
What a Honkin’ big bug!!!! A sphinx caterpillar of a sort on beautyberry. Those irregular black spots looking ominous.
#BugSky #Entomology #Caterpillar #Moth
#BugSky #Entomology #Caterpillar #Moth
September 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
What a Honkin’ big bug!!!! A sphinx caterpillar of a sort on beautyberry. Those irregular black spots looking ominous.
#BugSky #Entomology #Caterpillar #Moth
#BugSky #Entomology #Caterpillar #Moth
Get thee a Bubble Guy neighbor who makes huge bubbles for the kids while blasting Bach cello suites
September 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Get thee a Bubble Guy neighbor who makes huge bubbles for the kids while blasting Bach cello suites
Pro - letting middle schoolers pick the experimental growing conditions for a kidney bean increases their engagement in science class
Con - one group picked raw egg
It smells like you might expect 🤢
#EduSky #ITeachScience
Con - one group picked raw egg
It smells like you might expect 🤢
#EduSky #ITeachScience
September 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Pro - letting middle schoolers pick the experimental growing conditions for a kidney bean increases their engagement in science class
Con - one group picked raw egg
It smells like you might expect 🤢
#EduSky #ITeachScience
Con - one group picked raw egg
It smells like you might expect 🤢
#EduSky #ITeachScience
It’s Monarch migration time in NC! I planted these joe pye weed last year for exactly this reason! It’s a teeny tiny patch with huge value.
#NativePlants #Gardening #Monarch #Butterfly
#NativePlants #Gardening #Monarch #Butterfly
August 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
It’s Monarch migration time in NC! I planted these joe pye weed last year for exactly this reason! It’s a teeny tiny patch with huge value.
#NativePlants #Gardening #Monarch #Butterfly
#NativePlants #Gardening #Monarch #Butterfly
The fabric on this American Girl doll stroller got gross with mold after a couple summers on a NC porch. I do not sew (that’s my husband’s hobby) but I made this little seat during naptime today on a whim.
No pattern and no template!! And basically no sewing skills. Just gumption. I’m proud.
No pattern and no template!! And basically no sewing skills. Just gumption. I’m proud.
August 24, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The fabric on this American Girl doll stroller got gross with mold after a couple summers on a NC porch. I do not sew (that’s my husband’s hobby) but I made this little seat during naptime today on a whim.
No pattern and no template!! And basically no sewing skills. Just gumption. I’m proud.
No pattern and no template!! And basically no sewing skills. Just gumption. I’m proud.
Challenge: Post your last photo taken in Washington, DC to show what a hellhole it is
August 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Challenge: Post your last photo taken in Washington, DC to show what a hellhole it is
My noble commuting chariot.
A 2005 Gary Fisher Tassajara. Bought with the waitressing tips from gross private golf club members who hit on me or treated me like dirt as an 18 year old.
My shoes are from Glenn Swan’s shop in Ithaca. Desperately in need of replacement.
A 2005 Gary Fisher Tassajara. Bought with the waitressing tips from gross private golf club members who hit on me or treated me like dirt as an 18 year old.
My shoes are from Glenn Swan’s shop in Ithaca. Desperately in need of replacement.
August 9, 2025 at 1:42 AM
My noble commuting chariot.
A 2005 Gary Fisher Tassajara. Bought with the waitressing tips from gross private golf club members who hit on me or treated me like dirt as an 18 year old.
My shoes are from Glenn Swan’s shop in Ithaca. Desperately in need of replacement.
A 2005 Gary Fisher Tassajara. Bought with the waitressing tips from gross private golf club members who hit on me or treated me like dirt as an 18 year old.
My shoes are from Glenn Swan’s shop in Ithaca. Desperately in need of replacement.