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Connected on 2009-12-10 09:00:00 from Grayslake, IL, US

7:53am
Bugscope Team Good morning Mrs B!
Bugscope Team We are just now pium
Bugscope Team d'oh
Bugscope Team we are pumping the 'scope down, getting ready to set up
Bugscope Team Cate and Alex will be running the session from 9 to 10, and I plan to be back to help from 11 to noon.
8:15am
Bugscope Team starting presets

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8:45am

Bugscope Team hi librarian, welcome to bugscope, are you from the school for today's session?

8:53am
Bugscope Team presets are done, session unlocked, we are ready!
Bugscope Team hi mrs. bergstrom, welcome to bugscope!
Bugscope Team normally, the teacher logs in as "teacher", but we can go either way
Bugscope Team can you see our chat, mrs. b?
8:59am
Bugscope Team i might try calling mrs. b if she doesn't come back on soon...
Bugscope Team hi, welcome back to bugscope!
Teacher Hello- This is Mrs. Bergstrom. I think I am in as teacher now. Students are loggin in now
Bugscope Team awesome, we are ready anytime
Bugscope Team you should see microscope controls on the right side
Bugscope Team if you have any questions please just ask
Bugscope Team we can give control to any of your students once they are logged in
Teacher We will be ready in a few minutes, students are loggin in now
Bugscope Team hi maddie, welcome to bugscope!
Bugscope Team hi students, this is bugscope. we are currently looking at a roly poly, or a pillbug
Bugscope Team hello!
Student hey dontel
Student hi
Student hiiii
Student hi everyone!
Bugscope Team hi, welcome to bugscope
Student hi???
Guest hey does this bug live in water
Bugscope Team this is a roly poly. This particular insect doesnt, but there are other isopods that do, like the one known as the giant isopod. It lives in the ocean and gets around the size of a cat!
Student Whats happenin?
Guest sup eveyone
Student is this a mite?
Student WUS GOOD
Student hola
Student that looks gross
Student what kind of bug is this?
Student god
Guest where are his eyes
Student wats this
Student does this insect live on land
Student think about it!
Student Hey it's kurt i am a little feller
9:04am
Student what bug is this
Student i love it wen u call me big papa
Student is this a dust mite?
Bugscope Team pillbugs are crustaceans, but they are terrestrial crustaceans, so they are land dwellers
Student what does it eat?
Student what is the name of this bug
Student rolley polleys are cool
Student wow
Student why doe it have like feelers for eyes
Student the size of a cat?!
Bugscope Team yes! I think some people eat them too, like a lobster
Bugscope Team this is the face of a pillbug, those are those little bugs that roll up into balls when you touch them
Student wow
Student cool
Student cool
Student oh thats cool
Student those bugs are fun to mess with
Student where are its eyes?
Bugscope Team you can see them near the edge of the face, on either side, those small bumps, those are the facets of the compound eye
Student what's an isopod?
Guest what is this bug
Student is this a large roley polley?
Bugscope Team this isn't very large. It's a few millimeters big
Guest What do they eat

Student im boredd
Guest do roly-polys have eyes?
Student kool
Student Where's its eyes?

Student i stepped on a rollie pollie today
Bugscope Team ouch, poor little dude got aced...

Student what is that
Student do these live under a rock
Bugscope Team yes you can easily find them if you look under rocks or old tree branches
Student Packers are going to beat the Bears!
Student how many legs it got?

Guest how big can they get
Student this is a very col bug!

Student sorry bout that :(

Student whats that?
Student how many legs does this bug have?

Student are those the legs?
Guest koo kooo
Bugscope Team this is a millipede
Student nasty
Student wat is that
Student what's that
Student ewwww
Student what is that
Student what is this
Student This looks really tripoy
Student its a centipede man!
Student eww lotsa legs
Student How long do these insects live to be
Bugscope Team this is now a millipede
Guest gnar gnars broski
Student cool
Student cool
Student what is this?
Student millipedes are scary!!!!!!
Bugscope Team millipede
Student it has a lot of legs
Bugscope Team yep, lots of legs

Student it looks wierd
Student those are alot of legs
Student lots and lots
Student these things are ickky

Student What does it eat??

Student how many legs does it have?
Bugscope Team Despite their name, millipedes do not have 1,000 legs, although the rare species has up to 750.

Student how does it defend itself?

Student What kind of bug is that?
Student its black
Bugscope Team it is an arthropod, meaning it has a pair of legs per segment
Student do millipedes eat spiders?
Bugscope Team i don't think so, they mostly eat veggies
Bugscope Team sorry, TWO pairs of legs per segment
Student theres nothing there

Student what eats this bug
Student how would it lose those legs? lol
Student i dont see anything
Student what do they eat?
Bugscope Team they feed on plant matter
Student wuts a mult
Student i don't see anything
Guest how long can they survive for
Student i see nothing

Student hi

Student Its
Student whats this?
Guest borrrringg
Student im going to have nightmares
Student wher do they live
Student do millipedes like lettuce
Bugscope Team well, probably yeah

Student what do they drink
Bugscope Team Most are herbivorous, and feed on decomposing vegetation or organic matter mixed with soil.
9:09am
Bugscope Team okay, this is a cricket head
Guest lalaal
Student ewwwwwww
Student whas that
Student AAAAHHHHHHH
Student Are they hairy
Student funny lookin bug
Student COOL!
Student what is that???
Student what is this
Bugscope Team see the large compound eye on the left side of its face?
Student hey urface its littlefeller
Student what's that
Student why is it hairy
Bugscope Team most bugs are hairy. Since they have a hard exoskeleton shell around them, it's hard for them to feel things through it. That's why they have these hairs that are connected to nerved underneath the shell, letting them sense touch, smell, taste, vibrations, air currents
Student i once ate a cricket it wasn't tasty
Teacher Can we give control to one of the students? Our computer is not displaying properly.
Bugscope Team sure just let us know who
Student How many eyes does it have?
Student they have alot of hair
Student are those its eyes
Student yes they are hairy
Student does the cricket have more than 1 eyelid?
Bugscope Team they dont have eyelids, but they have 2 compound eyes
Student this bug is ugly
Bugscope Team we can give control to anyone, just tell us who
Teacher Sierra
Bugscope Team sierra has control
Student wow that eye is messed up!
Bugscope Team the big round part on the side of the face is the eye. The 2 parts near the top of the head are where the antennae broke off, though they often look like eyes
Student what do they eat
Student whats that around it?
Bugscope Team mrs. B must give us the okay to switch control
Student why do they have hair on their backs?
Guest why is one eye so much bigger then the other?
Bugscope Team well, we can only see one eye now, the other compound eye is on the right side, we can only see part of it
Student its small and bi!
Student how does it defend itself??
Student how manylegs does it have
Bugscope Team crickets are insects so they have 6
Student becuase the other eye was cut off

Student what does it eat

Student weeee its white again i love white! and this bug

Student what is that
Student what kind of mircovave do you have

Student does it have a nose
Bugscope Team no, insects don't have noses, they can smell with those hairs, or some of the hairs anyway
Student that looks terrrible
Student is that the eye?
Bugscope Team yes, that big thing is the eye, a compound eye
Guest this is so cool
Student what is it
Bugscope Team a cricket
Student Pretty
Student hey urface what do you think about this
Student how many eyes?
Student The bug looks beat up
Student ]
Student so is it like a lot of eyes?
Bugscope Team the compound eye is made up of hundreds of individual facets, called ommatidia
Student this is exhilerating
Guest ITTS A SEEAA MONNSTERR. OOO MI GOD

Student how big are the compound eyes?
Student ur face say something
Bugscope Team mrs. B, click to center is much easier to control
Guest what is this
Student whattt

Student Its not a monster!!!
Student ZOOM OUT
Student what is that
Bugscope Team this is a mite
Bugscope Team a little mite, on an earwig bug
Student ewww
Student ewwwww a mite
Student im scared
Student thats magnified 800x eww
Student is that a jelly fish
Bugscope Team it's a mite, though it does resemble a jellyfish
Student what are the tubes on its head for?
Student can humans get these?
Bugscope Team yep, this is 800x mag
Student is this a jelly fish?
Guest YOUU CRAZZIEE THAT LOOKS LIKEE A JELLLYY FISHH
Bugscope Team totally, there's a lot of weird things you can see when you magnify things
Student My dog hade mites!!!!
Bugscope Team well this is what they might resemble, though there are many types of mites
Student would this be a mite like you would find on a bed or something?

Student how big are mites?
Bugscope Team mites are very small, smaller than most insects you see
Student aren't there mites that live in the ears of moths
Bugscope Team moths actually don't have ears. They use their antennae for "hearing"
Student what is it
Guest hi

9:14am

Student what is that?
Student its on another bug
Bugscope Team right it was on an earwig, which is like one of those pincher bugs
Student how can you tell the deferent between a male in a female
Bugscope Team not really with mites, but with certain insects we can sometimes tell.
Guest what is this
Student do earwigs have ears?
Bugscope Team heh, no, insects don't have ears either, they can hear though those hairs, called setae
Student is that a grass hopper
Student what bug is this?
Bugscope Team this is the earwig, right?
Bugscope Team right
Student wat is this?
Guest what is it laying on
Bugscope Team the earwig is laying on a piece of carbon tape that we have all the insects lying on
Guest WHHATT THE DUECEE IS THIS????
Bugscope Team this is an earwig
Student what do antenas do
Bugscope Team they sense things in the environment, other bugs, food, wind, etc
Student How do they mate
Student how big are these
Student do they have antennas?
Bugscope Team yep, most insects have antenna
Student how do u tell the difference beteween a male and a female??
Bugscope Team sorry, i'm not sure yellow22, it's hard to tell
Student how would you be able to tell the difference between male and female bugs? do they have anatomy like humans do?
Bugscope Team no, it is usually different things. Like with earwigs, their pinchers will be either curved or straight, and depending on that it is female or male. With flies, if their eyes are close together than it is a female. With spiders, it depends on their mouthpart size
Bugscope Team no, it depends on the bug, but they don't really have anatomy like humans. it varies so greatly from insects to insects, it is hard to tell sometimes

Guest home many legs does it have
Student is this a male or female
Student LADYBUG!
Student wow
Student what is it
Student uhh
Student what is that
Guest hi schneider
Student ewww that looks so nasty
Student what is it in
Bugscope Team this is a ladybug face
Student whats that thing doing is that little buddy
Bugscope Team ladybug's have weird looking heads
Student its ugly
Student i love control!!!
Student will you pass control to cheeselover?
Guest this is a very fascinatinbg creature i think its a big part of our delicate strange wonderous world. OMGGG!
Guest are some ladybugs poisonus
Student Are these bugs asexual
Student that bug is not gonna hav an easy time gettin a date for prom its uglyy
Student That was beutiful
Student why is this face look funny
Student how many different species of ladybugs are there?
Bugscope Team There are over 5000 known species in the world
Bugscope Team cheeselover has control of the scope
Student it doesnt even ook like a bug

Student arent i funsized guess who i am what is that is it money lover
Student hey guys gorge lopez here
Student how big are these bugs
Guest what colors are these

Student what that
Guest U BLOWW MYY MINDD!!!
Student ew whats that
Student What are these?
9:19am
Student this bug is big
Bugscope Team no the ladybug was maybe a centimeter big, maybe smaller
Bugscope Team and some insects don't use the male/female reproduction method either
Student what kind of bug is this
Bugscope Team This is still on the ladybug
Student were do these bugs live?
Student Are some deadly
Bugscope Team this is the body of the ladybug

Student what is this
Student this is cool
Guest WHYYY WAS 6 AFRAID OF 7?
Student is that a back !!!!
Student looks dangerous
Bugscope Team USE "click to center" instead of "click to drive", it is much easier
Student if you eat one will you diez

Guest 789
Student what is that
Student what is this??
Student why wont you answer my questions?
Bugscope Team we are trying, ask again, i promise i'll answer
Student Cause 789!!

Student is it a bug
Student cheese lover, are there any spider pics
Bugscope Team this is tenent setae
Bugscope Team tenent setae are what allow insects to climb walls and such
Student and whats a tenent setae???
Bugscope Team they are small setae that allow bugs to stick to walls for climbing
Student what is a seta
Student how does the microscope work
Bugscope Team it uses electrons to gather the image, not light
Student what is this
Student looks like a rug
Student What is this
Student what is that?
Student hary people in the picture
Student whats that
Student woahhh what are all those things???
Student it looks like velcro
Student what that??/

Guest are these leges
Bugscope Team nope, these are setae
Student what's this
Guest FEEELLL GOOODD DONT ITT?
Guest where do they live?
Student where do these bugs live?
Student what kind of bug is this?
Student still hary people
Student How much do your scopes cost??
Bugscope Team This one cost around $600,000 when we bought it 10 years ago
Student snuggle bunny took my question
Student look at that
Student what kind of bugis this

Bugscope Team this is a house fly
Student Okay
Bugscope Team a normal house fly

Bugscope Team actually we are on the housefly now
Student woow
Bugscope Team i thought we switched to the house fly?
Student what are those tenticles for
Bugscope Team they are mostly for feeling their environment
Student 1
Guest what habitat do these live in
Student keep the picture still
Bugscope Team cheese lover is controlling the scope now
Student que esta?
Student you promised
Bugscope Team i did! ask again
Student whats sete
Guest koool
Student how much do your scopes cost
Bugscope Team this scope cost $750,000 in 1998
Student ugly hair
Student your breaking my heart plz anser my question
Bugscope Team ask again, we are trying
Student this is the most amazing intellegent bug ever watchyaaaaa!
Bugscope Team there's mold spores here
Student I cant see anything!
Bugscope Team click F5, or refresh your screen
Student OMG
Student whats your favorite color
Student they looklike thorns
Student what r wer looking at
Bugscope Team this is a housefly, a closeup
9:24am
Student looks like needles
Student ow much do they cost now
Bugscope Team about the same
Student if you eat a lady bug weill u die
Bugscope Team nope
Student what bug is this?
Guest what is this now

Student is thathair
Bugscope Team that is hair in the background, with the eye in the foreground
Guest do u get money for doing thiss?
Student is that an eye?
Bugscope Team this is a close up of a compound eye
Student why dose it look lilke it has tu,ors
Student awesome
Student what is that?????????
Bugscope Team not hairs, they are called setae
Student my favorite color is blue
Student what is this?
Bugscope Team compound eye on honey bee
Bugscope Team this is a compound eye on a honey bee
Bugscope Team the individual facets are called ommatidia, and they each have a lens in them
Guest these insects are interesting
Bugscope Team yep, especially when in an electron microscope!
Student in need to tell u guys something....
Student it looks like a beehive
Bugscope Team that hexagonal shape helps to allow the surface of the eye to by curved
Student dose it smell like strawberrys
Student Can you die from bees
Bugscope Team you can if you are allergic to the bee venom.
Student can bugs be blind
Student why are they hexigons
Bugscope Team those are the individual facets of the compound eye, called ommatidia
Guest lcan honey bees see in color or just black and white?
Student im ...kindaa...having fun..
Student hmm starwberies
Student what are compound eyes?
Bugscope Team they are complex eyes that insects have
Student ishow big are the compound eyes?
Student mmmmmh bug protein
Teacher How is a compound eye different than a human eye
Bugscope Team a human eye has a single lens, that moves in the socket. a compound eye cannot move the lens's in the socket, however, to make up for that the insect has hundreds, sometimes thousands, of individual facets, called ommatidia
Student there eye looks weird
Student this is awsome blue is awsome
Student do all species of bees see colors that the human eye can not?
Bugscope Team actually they don't see red colors. They are attracted to blues and violets.
Student how many different pictures does it see
Student super domeeeeereeeeeee!!!!@!!!!!!!!!
Student do they see multiple different views of the same thing? like it showws in movies?
Student how good can there eyes see
Student what is that
Student yeasass
Student '
Student how many eyes it got???
Bugscope Team too many to count! Insects like ants, with smaller compound eyes, are easier to count
Student this is fasinating
Student How can you tell if insects are colorblind or not?
Student i a m funsized
Student do bees see ee black light
Student can you see this under a regular microscope?
Bugscope Team no, not some of these things
Student wooo
Student is that hair
Student how do the compound eyes workc
Bugscope Team each bump has a lens in it
Student thank you
Teacher Can you please turn over control back to Bergstrom
Bugscope Team done
Student bye
Student that is cool
Bugscope Team insect compound eyes give them GREAY vision while flying
Student are beehives hexagonal because bees eyes are
Bugscope Team hmm, interesting thought, but i don't know the answer, my guess would be no
Student Amazing
Student hey
9:29am
Student http://bugscope.beckman.illinois.ehttp://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/axis_cache/current_ihellomage.php?expireCacheWith=1260459025229du/axis_cache/current_image.php?expireCacheWith=1260459025229
Student hello.
Student sooo...what am i looking at?
Bugscope Team this is a compound eye on a honey bee
Student no way
Student wat u doin
Bugscope Team hi, welcome to bugscope!
Guest gh
Student so this is an eye of what?
Bugscope Team this is a honey bee
Bugscope Team a close up of its compound eye
Student n o way
Student hello?thabk you for taking your time to teach us about bugs
Bugscope Team no problemo
Teacher We have a new group of students coming in, will be with you in a minute
Bugscope Team way
Student ew
Student what does that mean
Bugscope Team this is how a bug sees things
Student i dont no
Student 19
Student How can you tell if insects are colorblind or not?
Bugscope Team good question, they can set up tests, like give them a reward if they can sense color in something
Student what are the spiky parts in the back
Bugscope Team those are insect hairs that we call setae (see-tee), since they aren't mammals
Student ohhh..thats reaally kool
Student cool
Bugscope Team we can also examine the eyes and see if they have receptors that can sense the frequency of light
Student okay, woyuld we be able to tell if they're poisonous?

Student what is this
Bugscope Team this is a leafhopper head
Student what is that??
Student wat is that
Bugscope Team since color is a product of the frequency of light, without that sense you couldn't see color. that's exactly why this scope can't see color. we are using electrons to get the image, not light
Student what does a leaf hopper do
Student what kind of bug is this?
Guest what is a leaf hopper?
Bugscope Team i'm sure you've seen em, they hang out on plants, and can hop around on leaves and such, they are green in color usually
Student wats da pointy thang
Bugscope Team this is a leafhopper, as cate said
Bugscope Team they are usually small green bugs that you see jumping in the grass
Student ewwwww?what do they bite?
Bugscope Team they have a proboscis they use to puncture plants and drink the sap
Student what part is the eye?
Guest o i think ive seen these
Student where is the eye
Bugscope Team right in the middle
Student do they bite?
Student what are the circle in the back of the picture
Student wat part is dat
Bugscope Team the coimpund eye is on the left
Student Where is its mouth?
Bugscope Team it's mouth is covered right now, but it has a long stick-looking thing called a proboscis
Guest marleni:eww wat iz dat
Student does is actully look like a leaf if you saw it in life?
Bugscope Team well, no, i think it just hangs out on leaves a lot, and jumps, thus the name
Bugscope Team the smaller things to the right of the compound eye, i'm not sure what that is, maybe a broken antenna
Student the huge cicle is the eye
9:34am
Student are they colorblind?
Bugscope Team what colors insects see isn't always known
Student ?
Student what color is it
Bugscope Team they can be green, but other colors too
Bugscope Team they are green
Student what do they eat
Bugscope Team plants

Student do they only have one eye
Student Is that Hair?
Bugscope Team this is a cricket
Guest what is that?
Student can all crikets make that noise they make you hear at night?
Student this look like a fly is it?
Student they need to shave!!
Student Wow that is cool! Are they colorblind too?
Student no
Student how do crickets make there sounds
Guest hi cate
Student what is the tube on their face
Bugscope Team those are broken antenna
Bugscope Team the fuzzy stuff is hair, or rather setae, they help the cricket to sense its environment
Guest THATS A CRICKET?????
Guest hi alex
Student ewww!haha ur so funny unicorn but they r rite
Bugscope Team yes, this is a cricket, for sure
Student what is a bugs perpose on earth
Student what are those little hairy thingys
Bugscope Team those are what they seem- hair, but really we call them setae, since they are on bugs
Bugscope Team those are called setae
Guest hi scot
Student they don
Student where is their mouth?
Bugscope Team between the broken antenna, near the bottom
Student What are those horns between its eyes for?
Bugscope Team that's where the antennae broke off. When insects die, they dry out, making it easy for limbs to fall off
Student what do they do?

Student hi bob'
Guest is it really a cricket?
Bugscope Team yes a small cricket
Student yes
Student wat is this
Guest suo
Guest sup
Student what is the fur on them? w?
Student is his leg broken off on the side?
Student it
Student what is the thing on the side
Bugscope Team setae, those are hairs that help it sense its environment
Student do they only have one eye
Bugscope Team no, there's another eye on the other side of the head
Guest ok thanks
Guest what do they use thier anntenaes for??
Bugscope Team for sensing things, food, wind, people, etc.

Student wats up m2much$
Student what are the things poopin gou ton the head
Student What's in the background is that a leg or somthing?
Guest Wow that totally dont look lik a cricket dat is wicked

Guest it looks like its cut in half
Student yea
Student why are they all hairy
Bugscope Team those hairs are setae, ALL insects have TONS of setae on them. that's what allows them to sense their environment
Student why it is so hairy?
Guest never mind
Student yea
Student theyre feet
Student what do the hairs do?
Student how big are they
Bugscope Team check out the scale bar in the lower left...
Guest oooohhhhh, thanks
Student im awesome
Student can they still move if their legs are broken off?
Student do they have fingers?
Student hes hairy u got a

Student what do flies see?
Bugscope Team we think they see a collection of images
Student What is that???
Student Whats that?
Guest whats that
Student whats the hole in their head
Student Is that a tongue?
Bugscope Team well, it's called a proboscis
Bugscope Team this is a house fly, just a normal house fly
Student wats the tiny hairs
Student is that a eye????????
Bugscope Team the eyes are the skinny lighter area on either side of its head
Student no
Guest what is THAT???????
Guest Wow thats soooooo discusting its so hairyyyyyyy yuk
Student how many eyes does it have?
Student what is the string thing on the side of the head
Bugscope Team looks like a piece of lint or something. It doesn't belong on the fly
Student nono
Student what is that hole
Bugscope Team that is where the proboscis comes out of
Student What is that bug?
Guest vn [
Student Why is its proboscis hairy?
Bugscope Team those setae help the fly taste its meal
Student answer?!
Student where are the eyes?
Student do they see a million of one thing?
Bugscope Team nope, the insect brain will assemble the many images into one
Student why is it so hairy , what is it used for
Student so what is it?
Student does it hurt when flies bite?
Bugscope Team this fly wouldn't hurt because it only has a sponging mouthpart, but there are other flies that have biting or stabbing mouthparts that do hurt

Guest is that hole at the bottom its mouth?
Student what is the big hole in the middle
Bugscope Team that is its mouth

Student no
Student That fly needs to shave
Student wat do you think
Guest is that its tounge or mouth under
Student what are the things at the top ofits head
Bugscope Team compound eyes on either side, then some antenna on top
9:39am
Student y is their hair so long?

Student no a eye is a eye
Student why is there a whole on the top of its head?
Bugscope Team that is where the proboscis comes out of
Student its not
Student How does the fly smell?
Bugscope Team it uses its antennae or some parts by the tongue to taste/smell
Guest why it got a big head like bugeaters
Student Do flies have antennaes?
Student how long is the hair that they havee?
Student are those legs?
Bugscope Team the proboscis is what the fly uses to suck up the juices as it feeds
Guest is that a tounge?
Student whats proboscis??
Student What are the fang thingis in its mouth
Student no
Guest what is the probiscis??
Bugscope Team it is an appendage from the head area
Student do u have ant bug jokes?
Student what is a bug joke
Bugscope Team the fly pukes on its meal, then sucks that puke up with the proboscis
Student do you have any bug jokes?
Student who are u
Student when was the first insect found?
Student bug jokes/
Bugscope Team What is the difference between a fly and a bird? A bird can fly but a fly can't bird!
Student when as the first insect found and what was it
Student what r the probiscis
Bugscope Team it is used for feeding
Student ?
Guest oh
Student Wait that's a fly?
Student do they have an odor
Bugscope Team sure, they can carry bacteria, which can smell
Student we are in 8th grade can you use smaller words??
Guest what kind of bug is that?
Bugscope Team this is a house fly
Student probisic
Guest IT LOOKS LIK A MUSTACHE ITS FUNNY LOKIN HEY WEN WAS DA FIRST INSECT FOUN & HOW MANY ARE THERE APROXIMITLY
Bugscope Team the first insect? long long ago, way before humans
Guest time is money

Student what is this
Student what are bug jokes?
Bugscope Team sorry, too busy to make bug jokes!
Student Does the fly have a seperate head and body or is it together?
Student what isthe first insect discovered
Student does hurt tobe stung by that
Guest is that a claw?
Bugscope Team yes it is a claw at the end of the leg
Student gross what are the claws for
Bugscope Team to grab onto things like food
Student That's its leg?
Student wat does it pick with its claws?
Bugscope Team all kinds of stuff, food, other bugs, clings onto things
Student if a honey bee lands on yo are they sticky?
Bugscope Team they probably wouldn't feel sticky to us
Bugscope Team yep, this is a claw
Student yea
Student bug jokes?
Student ewwwww...i hate bees!haha funny jokes tell more please!
Student do bugs freak you out
Bugscope Team no way man
Student what is this? thxs 4 using smaller words?
Student wat is this
Bugscope Team this is a claw
Student TELL US SOME MORE FUNNY BUG JOKES?!
Student does it hav an odor
Bugscope Team i have never noticed an odor on a honey bee. Ladybugs for sure have an odor though!
Student yae
Student What's that hing in between its pinchers?
Student What are those bubbles in the back?
Student is that all hair
Bugscope Team not hair, setae
Guest IS 5WHAT IS THAT ? IS IT A HAND
Bugscope Team it's like the insect version of a hand
Student they're sooo funny!!!!!!!!!! they crack me crack me up
Student Why are they spiky
Guest time is money
Student bubbles?

Bugscope Team ah, cool, this is a bee stinger
Student wharts that stuff on the inseide?!
Student Wowo thats's what they use to sting u?
Guest what is that? a leg? or what
Guest what is that?
Student Is it dirty or somthing?
Bugscope Team yes it is dirty. Did you know the stinger or sticks in mammals? If the bee stings something like another insect, it won't die, because the stinger doesn't fall out
Student why r they so spikey like spike lee
Student why do they have stingers and why do waspshurt more
Student Is that fluffy stuff the poison?
Student that bee stingerneeds lotion
Student why does it hurt when bees sting u
Bugscope Team yes, if you are allergic it can kill you
Student whats that stuff that looks like dry skin?
Bugscope Team oh, just dust, dirt and stuff: juju
Student wy does it hurt to get stinged
Student why is it so spikey?
Guest what is the little stuff that is stuck to what we are ;ooking at
Bugscope Team the little bits are dirt maybe
Student what lotion do they use?
Guest WAT IS THAT IS THAT A LEG OR WAT IS IT A HAND?LEG?
Bugscope Team this is a bee stinger
Bugscope Team this is a barbed stinger
Student y is it jagged on the sides it look so dirty

9:44am

Student why is it look so scary
Guest how big would that be?
Bugscope Team check out the scale bar in the lower left
Student Why do bee's sting us??
Student What kind of venom i it

Student is*
Student doesnt the bee inject mild poisen when it stings?
Bugscope Team one um = one micron = one millionth of a meter
Student why do some bees die when they sting you
Bugscope Team That's because the stinger and a little muscle the stinger is attached to rips out of the bee body when it stings a mammal. The bee bleeds to death
Student I mean why does it hurt when we get stung?
Bugscope Team well, we can feel it with our nerves, and the bee might inject fluids that humans react to negitively
Bugscope Team so this stinger is 40 millionths of meter
Guest kool
Student wats in the midle of the 2 sticks
Student tuss in da housee
Student Do bees sting each other when they are mad?
Bugscope Team they can, though bees tend to be nonaggressive, unlike its cousins the wasp
Guest DO BEES DIE AFTER THEY STING YOU
Student whats that thing in the middle?
Student yes

Student what is this
Guest uhhhhhhhhhhh
Guest why do bees die when they sting you?
Bugscope Team well, that stinger had hooks on it, so when the bee pulls out it rips out its guts, and it dies... kinda sad...
Student what is that?!?!?!?!
Student why do the die when they sitng u
Student Is this a stinger too?

Student is it true that bees are blind?

Student why is tha probiscuits so hair
Bugscope Team the hairs (setae) are on everything, that's how bugs feel things

Student becaus they don like u

Guest AND WHAT IS THAT IS IT A STINGER

Guest WHAT IS THAT
Student what is thiz?!!?!?!??!!?!??!

Student what is the difference between a honey bee and a bumble bee
Bugscope Team bumble bees are kind of stupid. They are "bumbly" like they can easily bump into you. They can also sting multiple times
Student thats gr oss
Student what is this
Student was the bee movie mocking your research
Guest that is kinda sad
Guest poor bee
Student wat are all the hairs
Bugscope Team setae
Guest uhhhhhh
Student what is this
Student i
Guest awsomne
Student it look like an ape what is it?
Bugscope Team any bee with a stinger is a female, you won't often see drones outside the hive
Guest awsome*
Guest ???
Student i

Bugscope Team this is a mite!
Student why would beessting someone if they know they will die
Student SO BUGS DONT HAVE NERVES?
Guest I can't see the script that is under the picture. Ican only see the picture, the names of who's online, and the your questions part that is on the left side what should I do
Student why would the bee sting you if they would die if hey did
Guest what is setae?
Bugscope Team setae are how bugs feel things, instead of skin with nerves, bugs have these setae
Student Where is it's eye?
Student my sistr is allergic 2 mites why is that?
Student DATS DIRTYYYYY!!!!!
Guest whats that?
Student how do you get a picture like this?
Guest what are we looking at
Student wat is it doing on the bug
Student why does it look like a jelly fish
Student Why don't wasps die when they sting you?
Bugscope Team because their stinger don't have those hooks on them
Student both
Student they look like jelly fish!
Student they got cameras
Student does it bug you?
Guest WOW IS THAT A BROKEN JELLYFISH
Bugscope Team it is actually a mite
Student it looks like a jellyfish
Student how small are they?
Bugscope Team they are around a 100 micrometers big
Bugscope Team 80 millionths of a micron
Student how small r they
Student cause there too big
Guest do all insects have setae
Bugscope Team yep!
Guest ia thatt a bug that bugs bugs?
Student wat is this
Student why do bees even needstingers
Bugscope Team they are used defensively and also they are used for mating. Their stinger is also an ovipositor
9:49am
Student thats small
Student What do they do??
Bugscope Team mites feed on bugs, they are parasites
Student WAT ARE THE PRICKLE THANGS
Guest what are those little tenticle or leg thing
Bugscope Team some kind of feeler or feeding tube
Student are they dangerous?
Student to hyrt u
Student what does it do?
Student what is the mite doing on the bug is it hurting it
Bugscope Team we don't think they hurt the insect. but we don't know too much about them. We think the mites eat the oils that are on top of the insect
Student Are these dustmites
Student earwigs are NASTYY!
Student whats it on?
Guest time is money
Bugscope Team the mite is feeding on this earwig
Student whats a stamata
Student what is amicron
Bugscope Team a micron is one millionth of a meter

Student are any caterpillars dangerous?
Guest whts that?
Guest what are those bumps
Student what are thoes bubbles
Student ewww.....they have pimples
Student wat is this
Student how many eyes do they have?
Guest uhhhhh
Student what are the warts on it
Bugscope Team those are simple eyes!
Bugscope Team this is a woolly bear caterpillar
Guest WHAT ARE THE BUMPS ON IT
Guest ????
Guest what are those little bubbles
Student Ha ha its lke a planet
Student it looks like uranus
Student why is it so bumppy?
Student is that the earth
Bugscope Team ah, this is a caterpillar
Student PROACTIVE!
Student Do they explode
Student maybe they need proacctive (:
Guest what are the bubbles on it>
Bugscope Team those are eyes!
Guest ?*
Bugscope Team those are the eyes of the caterpillar, they aren't pimples or anything haha
Student its eyes
Student Is this the head of the catapillar
Bugscope Team yes, we are looking at the head area
Teacher Can you please turn over control of I'm funsized
Bugscope Team done
Student ??
Guest uhhhhhh
Student ccan thosed bumps explode?
Bugscope Team heh, no silly
Student ewww.....where r the pupils?
Guest why does it have so many eyes?
Student so it has like a million eyess. do they have troube seeing?
Bugscope Team insects with simple eyes often don't see well. Usually they just see light differences with their eyes
Student wat arethe long things
Bugscope Team those are stemmata
Guest uuhhhhh!!
Guest WHAT DO THEY USE THE FUZZY STUFF ON THEM FOR
Bugscope Team the hairs on caterpillars are often a defense mechanism. The hairs make it hard for birds or lizards, or whatever else tries to eat them hard to eat because the hairs get stuck in their throats
Student it can grtow up to 20 ft.
Student kewl

Student what is the thing in the bottom left corner
Guest why cant bugs explode?
Student whats stemmata?
Bugscope Team sorry sorry, the stemmata are the eyes, not the hairs
Student can someone please chNGE THE PICUTRE
Bugscope Team i'm funsized has control of the scope now
Bugscope Team the eyes are called stemmata
Student CHANGE THE PICTUREE (:
Student wat is dat?!!!!?
Guest WAT A STEMMATE AND WAT IT DO
Bugscope Team they are eyes and they help the insect to see things
Student u think u can see

Bugscope Team this is a broken antenna, looks like
Student HOW MUCH FOOD STAMPS CAN I BUY DAT FO?
Student why does that look like a rose
Student OKAY...THANK YOU....
Student who has control
Student what is that
Student is dat a rose
Student Is it dead
Bugscope Team yes all insects in the microscope right now are dead
Guest what is that
Bugscope Team thank you, good work little dudes!
Bugscope Team this is a broken off antenna
Student matt has control!
Student no it isnt
Student ROE THING?WHAT IS THAT
Student Is that an Eye?
Bugscope Team it's something like an antenna

Bugscope Team i'm funsized has control
Student i am not a dude
Bugscope Team sorry, i meant dudes as in boys and girls
Guest yo matt whats up

9:55am
Guest HA HA IT LOOKS FUNNYYY
Student yeah you are!!
Student neither are wee!!

Student WHAT IS THAT ROSE LOOKING THING?
Bugscope Team it is something like an antenna
Guest change the pic
Student its alright
Bugscope Team thanks :)
Guest plz
Bugscope Team i'm funsized has control, ask him/her

Student whats a millipeed (:
Guest uhh
Student wat are those bumps
Student they need a hair cut. why do they have so much hair
Student Its called a razor!!!!!
Guest thats awsome wht are the grass like things?

Student wat are tose hairs
Bugscope Team setae

Bugscope Team think of it as like a porcupine, don't you think porcupines would be hard to eat
Student ewwww
Student those*

Student ohhh.thats really kool......can our hairs do that too?
Bugscope Team some caterpillars have poisonous hairs

Guest WOW IT LOOKS WIERD RYTE PEOPLE

Guest what is a setae in deatail
Bugscope Team insects have an exoskeleton, which can NOT feel things. so, these setae stick through the exoskeleton, to nerves underneath, and the setae transmit information about the environment to the insect. setae can be chemosensory (smell, taste) and also mechanosensory (feel things like wind, other bugs, etc)...
Student to walk
Guest WHAQT DO SATES DO
Bugscope Team setae do different things, on this caterpillar, they help keep the caterpillar from getting eaten. Other setae help the insects feel or taste/smell
Student no i like it
Student wats setae
Student ok :)
Student why are some questioins not answered
Guest detail
Student Whats the cut
Student Are millapedes poisoness
Bugscope Team Millipedes are not poisonous, but many species have repugnatorial glands capable of producing irritating fluids which may produce allergic reactions in individuals sensitive to insects or insect toxins.
Guest WATS BUMP ON FRONT 4
Student can our hairs sense environment?
Student Can this bite people

Student no

Teacher Can you please change control to I'm Bored
Guest how do u get the microscope this small?
Student what is that black thing behind it?
Student does it take like a gigantic microscope to see thiss
Student yes it can
Student we are going to change this picture soon
Student what that

Student Are those legs??
Guest IS THAT THE BOTTO OF THE CATERPILER
Student is it related to a porcupine?
Student ewww......i feel so bad y do u have to kill them before u scope them?
Bugscope Team well, yeah, but if you freeze a bug it dies slowly and painlessly
Student How many legs does a millapede have?
Bugscope Team Despite their name, millipedes do not have 1,000 legs, although they can have up to 750.
Student If this is a milliapede it can bite can't it
Student a bear

Student what or the hair for
Bugscope Team setae is used to sense the environment
Student Are milipedes poisoness?
Bugscope Team some can be, yes

Guest eww what are those hairs?
Guest killer!!!
Student can you please change the pick Im Bored?
Bugscope Team ask i'm funsized, he/she has control!

Student killer of insects
Student ooh... okay but still theyre dead):
Bugscope Team yes, everything in the scope has to be dead. if it moved, we'd not see anything, remember this scope magnifies up to 800,000 times, if anythign is moving, the image would be junk
Student cool
Student why would you kill bugs to look at them? :[
Teacher Having some trouble with certain computers, please change control to firefly145
Bugscope Team done
Student no they can olny kill u
Student a milli
Guest that looks like a teddy bear
Bugscope Team close. It is called a woolly bear caterpillar
10:00am
Student I read an article that said this one guy would mess with a bunch of animals and bugs but he wouldnt even touch a catapillar. why would this be?
Student Where are the eyes?
Student thank you!
Guest CAN THEY KILL U? HOW?
Guest .

Student can i have control???????? please
Bugscope Team ask mrs. B
Guest ????????IM BORED
Student they spray poisn
Bugscope Team Their hairs can have a poison sac at the ends. So if you get their hairs on you you can get an irritated area. The caterpillar we have today is not poisonous
Student wat is 1mm
Student i want control
Student do you know all of them?
Student i love them
Student does this have a nose?
Student wow Is that bug an exoskeloton
Bugscope Team insects have exoskeletons, yes
Student it has like a beardd'
Student why do millipeeds have amillion legs

Bugscope Team fireflas145 has control now
Student can i have conrtl
Student I almost killed one of those things
Guest wow

Guest WAT IS DAT EWWWW

Guest IS THAT THE TOP OF IT

Student wat are the spikes
Bugscope Team those are small setae- or hairs
Student Could you change the control to Bob
Student is that an intenna
Bugscope Team yep!
Student it looks like a strawberry
Bugscope Team that's a pollen grain!
Student no
Student do you have a bug collection?
Student why are there spikes?
Student COOL
Bugscope Team this is a pollen grain
Student eat it
Bugscope Team it is very small
Student Do those little tubes catch the pollen?
Bugscope Team yeah, although we often find pollen and mold on inscts
Bugscope Team about 20 microns
Student Yeah our teacher told us
Student how many bugsdo u have in your lab?
Bugscope Team we have a nice stash 20-30
Student wat are those things sticking out of the bee
Bugscope Team i'm not sure, cate do you remember, they aren't setae, but something else
Guest HEY DAT SO HAIRY
Bugscope Team those little round areas on the antenna are for getting special sensory data back to the insect

Student why are some holes empty?
Bugscope Team well, some of the small sticks can fall out of the holes
Student haha kool......whats your favorite bug?
Student what is the spikes
Student What is th line on the antenna?
Bugscope Team this is a segmented antenna, that line is where one segment ends and another begins
Student what are those things in the background that look like sticks?

Student why do milapeds need so may legs
Student happens*
Student wat is that
Student WHATS YOUR FAVORITE BUG!?
Bugscope Team i like mites
Guest HEY WATS AL ROND ITS ANTTENA
Student whats those things in the back?
Guest is that the antena
Guest ?
Guest why does it look like it separating
Student a spider
Student What happens if the anenie are riped off
Student WHY DO YOU LIKE MITES?
Bugscope Team well, they are bugs that bug other bugs!!!
10:05am
Student anteni*
Student Do mites hav eyes?
Bugscope Team i think they do, not sure though
Student why do they need a segmented antenneae?
Bugscope Team well, those segments allow the antenna to have some felxibility
Student why r they seperated
Guest whts your favorite insect?
Guest WHY DONT U ANWER ME? IM GOING TO START CRYING NOW
Student is that like da elbow
Student what are the dots on it
Student HAHA...THATS SO TRUE AND FUNNY...CAN YOU TELL ME A JOKE?
Student cool
Student Mites are cool only they freak me out
Bugscope Team yeah, well, i like mites on OTHER bugs, no on me :)
Student yea every thing deos
Guest OK SORRY JUST KIDDIN

Student can i learn a joke
Bugscope Team Who is the bees favorite singer? Sting!
Teacher Can you please give control to Bob
Bugscope Team done
Student why do bugs bug other bugs
Bugscope Team well, mites feed on other bugs. it's all about feeding and perpetuating the species...
Student do bugs feel pain?????????
Bugscope Team yes they do -- they need to have a response like that to survive as a species
Bugscope Team the dots are placoid sensilla, which are not in all antennae, and not in all segments

Student alex,why do u like mights
Bugscope Team cause they are cool little dudes, they bug other bugs that bug me, so i kinda root for them
Student is this abee
Student how do you know so much bout bugs
Student whats the ball in the middle?
Bugscope Team that was a pollen grain
Guest WAT I PLACOID SENSILLA
Student what are the layers 4?
Student y do the bugs need attennas
Bugscope Team they use their antennae as much or more than we use our eyes, to collect information
Bugscope Team here we can see the placoid sensilla

Bugscope Team now we're gone..
Student Whats that?
Student whats thiss???
Student what is that little circle puff ball thing on the picture?
Student Are cenitpedes poisoness?
Student WHAT HAPPENS IF AN ANENNA ARE RIPPED OFF
Bugscope Team well, it wouldn't kill the insect
Student when bugs fall from a high place why dont they die or get hurt
Student can i hear a bug jokeee
Bugscope Team What did the bee say to the flower? Hello honey!
Guest how long do cockrockes live for?
Bugscope Team That depends on the roach. American cockroaches can can live anywhere from 1 to 2 years.
Student ANTENAI*
Student do bugs mate
Bugscope Team yes they do, various ways
Student centipedemouth
Student is this bug playing hide and go seek? :)
Bugscope Team that is the mouth, those are the jaws, so it is not really hiding
Bugscope Team ha! it is!!!
Student We changed it to a centipede mouth.
Student THAT STINKS
Student the bug is playing peek-a-boo not hide and seek
Bugscope Team yeah, cool
Student no
Student IS AN ANTENNALS BUG GLIND
Student alex i lady bugs giggity
Bugscope Team lady bugs are cool too, yeah, they keep my cats interested for hours on end!
Student BLIND*
Guest HA HA THATS FUNNY ITS PLAYIN HIDE IN SEEK
Guest good bye time for our next class!!!!!!!!
Student alex, can you feel the mite if they are on you?
Bugscope Team yes, you can feel mites, not all the time, but sometimes
Student by by
Student by alexx
Teacher Can you please give control back to bergstrom
Bugscope Team done
Guest THATS FUNNY
Student I see
Guest what is the scienticic name for the mouth on the bug
Student by by
Student do you like bees
Bugscope Team sure!
Bugscope Team an insect with antennae is not necessarily also blind
Student ohhh...nooo..i have to goo...i will come back later to chat with you.bye it was niv=cetalking to you thanks....
Bugscope Team you guys rocked and or rolled, thank you!!!
Student bye alex
Bugscope Team laterez
Guest BYE
Bugscope Team bees are helpful to us in ways we are not always aware
10:10am
Student why do they have so many legs
Bugscope Team it supports the length of the body
Teacher Our students are leaving now so we will be idle for about 45 minutes. We will be back from 11-12 with a new group of students
Bugscope Team okay, going well so far!
Bugscope Team we are trying to answer every question, but it is difficult to keep up
Teacher Thank you, you are doing a great job, the kids love it.
Bugscope Team aditi, how are you doing? where have you been?
Teacher See you at 11
Bugscope Team okay
Bugscope Team Mrs B aditi often logs on to help but has not been around for awhile
Guest my computer won't let me see the script that is under the picturES.I can see the "Your questions " section and the who's online .what do I do
Bugscope Team you need to change your screen resolution. are you on a windows machine or a mac?
Bugscope Team I think that is a screen resolution problem Alex can help you with.
10:15am
Bugscope Team aditi, are you on windows?
Bugscope Team bugscope must be run with minimum 1024x768 screen resolution
Bugscope Team aditi, screen res must be set to minimum of 1024x768
Bugscope Team if you have windows, right click on the desktop, select properties, and click on the screen resolution tab, then change it to 1024x768
Bugscope Team if your resolution is smaller than that, you won't see everything in the window
Bugscope Team i wonder if aditi can even see my chat?
Bugscope Team I think she can see your chat.
Bugscope Team there, that should now be on the left side questions, aditi should be able to see that
Guest whta are we lookinga t
Bugscope Team aditi this is a centipede head. can you see the chat now or do we need to help you? we can see your chat, of course
Bugscope Team this is a centipede head, from underneath
Bugscope Team aditi, can you see everything now?
Bugscope Team aditi, let me know if you need more help with your screen resolution
10:25am
Bugscope Team mrs. B, keep in mind, all the chat and images from this session are saved to your member page, it's a great way to review all the stuff with your students: http://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2009-115

10:32am

10:39am

10:52am

11:02am
Teacher I am back, kids are logging in right now
Bugscope Team Cool!
Bugscope Team Not sure if this is technically a leafhopper or a planthopper.
Bugscope Team hello!
Student HELLO
Student ewww
Bugscope Team They are pretty much the same thing, so it's ok
Bugscope Team Hello!
Student hello
Student creepy
Bugscope Team it'
Student what is that?
Student ur face
Student what type of bug is this
Bugscope Team it is a true bug. Which is just a type of insect that has a long proboscis that it uses to stab into either other insects or plants
Bugscope Team this one has wings as well
Student cool
Student oh
Student what is this
Teacher We are ready, do I have control
Bugscope Team yes you do
Student What part of a bug is this from??
Bugscope Team this is the head
Bugscope Team that should be the base of an antenna there as well, in front of the eye
Student what is this
Student is this a leafbug?
Student this looks cool, what bug species is this?
Student how big ius this
Bugscope Team you can get an idea from looking at the scalebar, in any of the screens, on the lower left
Bugscope Team this is a planthopper
Student *is

Student ur face
Student this thing is ugly
Student interesante
Student where does it get its name from?
Bugscope Team they are small green bugs that are often seen hopping on grass or plants
Student thats a bug
Bugscope Team this is a little mite on an insect
Student this is cool and wierd
Student whats you favorite bug
Student what IS that now?
Bugscope Team that is a mite we found on the centipede
Student Is that a tick or a mite?
Bugscope Team it's a mite

Student Dose this bug have eny wings
Bugscope Team this mite doesn't, but the leafhopper does
Student wow
Student it looks funny
Student Thhanks
Student This looks gross!!!
11:07am
Student what kind of bug are we looking at?????????
Bugscope Team this is a mite living on a centipede
Student are mites normally on centipedes?
Bugscope Team usually we will find mites on earwigs, but we have found them on bees and millipedes before
Student what is all of those thing in the backround is that th bug its on?
Student does it have spikes
Student what is this??
Student what type of bug is this?
Student .
Student its a mite?
Student what type of bug is this
Student this looks like a peice of grass
Student Whats the differece between a mite and a parasite

Student weirddd
Student
Student ahhh!
Student why is it hairy?
Bugscope Team the hairs are called setae, usually, and they are sensory
Bugscope Team this, now, is a cricket
Student thats craazyyy
Student what is the tube on its head
Bugscope Team that is where an antenna broke off the head. A compound eye is just to the left of it
Student ewww
Student why is it hairy?
Student is that hair folacles
Student ewwww sick what is that is it sleeping?
Student mites r on evrything
Student ewww!
Student is it sleeping
Bugscope Team permanently
Student its eyes look weird
Student where is its entenas
Bugscope Team on top of its head but busted off
Student does bug have hairs on its eyes or are those diffrent species?
Bugscope Team some insects have hairs on their eyes. We often see lots of hairs on compound eyes with fruit flies
Student that is so cool
Student this*
Guest what is this

Student no its not sleeping lol
Student does it have some kind shell on its back
Student ohh i get it its dead!
Student does it have some kind shell on its back
Bugscope Team that is sometimes called the pronotum, protection for the head
Student noo
Student maybe lets find out
Student it looks like it has ony one eye...does it have only one eye????
Bugscope Team other eye is on our right
Student is this his mouth
Student is that really hair
Student someone killed it when they captured it?
Bugscope Team we received this insect from your school. I don't know if it was found dead or someone froze it...
Student Where is it's wings?
Student o thats sad
Student no u freeze it duh!
Student Why is it so hairy?
Bugscope Team the setae help the insect sense its environment: touch, taste, hot/cold..., smell
Student

Student what is this?
Bugscope Team this is on a honey bee head. The bumpy part is the compound eye. The "forest" in the background are hairs on the bee's head
Student what the
Student cool!!!
Student whats that?
Student it looks like a forest
Student what is that??
Student huh??
Student do all bugs have so many hairs?
Guest is it an eye?
Student they look like honey comb
Student is that hair
Student yeah
Student how many "eyes" are on that?
Student are those scales
Bugscope Team not here
Student what is the unit of measurment?
Bugscope Team um that you see in the scalebar stands are micrometers. The u is a mu.
Student measurment of what?!
Student what are all the hexagons for?
Student do they see like a million pictures of the same thing
Bugscope Team they process them into one coherent image, we think
Student dose it has eye nvm
Student what is a compound eye?
Bugscope Team a compound eye just means that is has lots of lenses on it, each part called an ommatidia. Bees don't see reds. They see blues and violets.
Student why do bugs have eyes like that? to see better or something??
Student why does it need so many eyes
Student how do they see
Student How many lenses are on the eye?
Bugscope Team a few thousand, probably
Student it looks like honey comb
Bugscope Team yes, the hexagon shape is the best shape to fit the curvature of the eye. Honeycombs have the same shape for that same reason
Guest how do they see
Student whats the diffrence beetween a bug eye and a human eye?
Bugscope Team lots of differences: they have better peripheral vision, see different colors, sometimes, and also register motion more quickly
Student is its eye smoth to the tutch?
Bugscope Team pretty much
Student who is cheeselove
Guest idk
11:13am
Student i dont know
Student Thats alot...
Student nicce
Student what is the ration to one micrometer to one millimeter?
Bugscope Team there are 1000 micrometers in a millimeter
Student what is the other stuff on the eye?
Student are the hairs soft or hard
Guest is the eye sticky?
Student Do they have hexagons across their vision
Bugscope Team we think they see a bunch of different images that are collected and assembled in the brain to form an image

Student whats that
Student what is that
Bugscope Team that is a set of ducts that the centipede has on its final few joints that release poison to deter ants
Student what is that ewwww
Student ew
Student what is aum
Student what is duct work?
Student does the bug breath through the holes?
Student what are the holes for
Student wats that thingg??
Student what do the holes do
Guest what is this
Student breathing?
Student how do they transport venom/
Student is that hair
Student is it like a nose
Student Does the venom come out of the oval things?
Bugscope Team yes
Student who is chesse lover
Student what are they used for
Bugscope Team many insects and similar arthropods like this need to discourage ants from attacking them
Guest are those lungs?
Student prolly yeah
Student ok thanks for the answer :)
Student What does the venom do to the ants?
Student how small is this/
Student whats with the holes
Student what does duct mean
Bugscope Team it's a long tube, usually, or some sort
Student what are the holes for
Student are those lungs
Student are those holes how they breath?
Student where is this located on the bug
Bugscope Team on the last few segments
Student Is that where the poison comes out of?
Guest no one ever answers my questions
Student wat does it do?
Bugscope Team relaeases venom

Student O.o whoah!
Student i dont like that!!
Student whats that
Student ewww whats that
Student what is this??
Student wut is that
Student are they suction cups?
Student what is the satae do?
Student i cant see anything nvm
Guest trumpets?
Student ehats the goop stuff
Student what is this?? it looks gross!!
Student it looks like mushrooms
Bugscope Team these are tenent setae on the pulvillus, on a ladybugm tarsus
Student 6
Student whats the goop stuff sorry
Student Thats raelly cool do they camunacatee from this?
Bugscope Team they help the ladybug stick to surfaces
Student 6 what?
Student where is this located on the bug??
Student that look like tissue
Student tubas
Student ohhh
Bugscope Team they are sticky, like little suction cups
Student how many of these does a lady bug have on its body?
Bugscope Team they have a whole pad of them for just next to each of their claws on their legs
Student are those antennas
Student Where is it located?
Guest do they e\stick on things?
Student do they move when the bugis alive??
Student what the things under the suction cups?
Student WAT IS THAT??
Bugscope Team if you take the mag down you can see where we are
11:18am
Student is that the inside
Bugscope Team it is the surface
Teacher Can you please turn over control to Morgan & Kendall
Bugscope Team got it
Student so these are on their feet?
Bugscope Team yes
Student ohhh

Student do they help them walk?
Bugscope Team the tenent setae- the suction cups- help the ladybugs walk on walls
Student woah

Student it looks funny
Student what is the little srtuff around it??
Student how many of these do thay have on their feet????
Bugscope Team thousands
Student what is the goopy stuff in between
Bugscope Team that was probably dirt or oils

Guest taco
Student What is that?
Student what is that??
Bugscope Team this is the woolly bear antenna
Student what that supposed to be
Bugscope Team that is an antenna on the face of a caterpillar
Student What are the bumbs?
Student can the antenna fall out?
Bugscope Team no. it is attached to the head

Student what are we looking at
Bugscope Team a woolly bear is a type of caterpillar
Student it looks cool
Student what is the little bumps
Student what are the dots around the antena
Student What are the bumps?
Student coll
Student What is a woolly bear?
Bugscope Team that is a type of caterpillar, they are orange-reddish and black. Very hairy
Student cool
Guest what is that stuff in it
Student it looks gross...where is located on the bug?/
Bugscope Team this is on the caterpillar's head
Student what would they do without it?
Bugscope Team you have the ability to change the mag when you drive the microscope
Student cool
Student does ir spray venom
Bugscope Team this. no.
Student t

Student How does the antennae do to help the bug?
Bugscope Team it helps it communicate and sense its environment at a distance and up close
Student kool
Student why do the cattapillars have holes where the antenna start (like an opening)
Student What are those little bumps that look like goosebumps?
Student what are those bumpy things?
Student it looks like it woulkd
Student what r the dots around the thing we r looking at
Student whats with the bumps
Bugscope Team not really sure, it just looks like an area that could help protect the antenna while still allowing the antenna to have mobility
Student What are the bumps?
Student was this catapillar suposed to become a monarch then?
Student whats those bumps on there
Student what with the bumps
Student what do the bumps do
Bugscope Team we don't know just what the bumps do; they may be responsible for color, or a pattern
Student what is that??
Student what r the bumps

Student whats it doing?!
Student l
Student are those pinchers
Student is that it's mouth?
Student what do the hairs do
11:23am
Student What is the thing that looks like a broken heart?
Bugscope Team that looks like the entrance to the mouth
Student do cattapillars have a sense of smell, sight, feel, smell or hearing?
Bugscope Team yes, all of those
Student mmmm sickk
Student omg is that the moutyh??
Student are those teeth
Student Whare is its toungue?
Bugscope Team not all insects have a tongue, and the insects that have something like a tongue, it's not really called a tongue. Like here the fly has a mouthpart that is like a tongue, but we call it a proboscis
Student eww i hate thiese bugs
Student mouth??
Student do they have claws?
Bugscope Team this insect has a single claw for each of its legs
Bugscope Team this is now a centipede
Student does it have protection for its chest?
Bugscope Team it has a shell -- an exoskeleton
Student where do these catapillars live
Student thats weird
Student r those claw things
Student do the hairs help them feel

Student i call control next
Student so can it bite us with its jaw?
Bugscope Team yes, and it can hurt
Student what are those sharp things under its teeth
Student does it have a tongue
Bugscope Team not really
Student are there really 100 legs on a centipede
Bugscope Team usually not that many
Student wheres the tongue?
Student hmm
Student Cool
Student whats the stuff in the middle
Student ewww

Student Is that saliva?
Student What are those pointy things at the bottom of the picture?
Student more hair
Student ewwwwwwwwwwwwww'
Student is that rh4e toungue
Student Ewwwwww
Student does it get its heat from endothermic reactions and do they have any chemicals on their body?

Student why is the tongue hiry?!
Student is that the toung
Student hairy
Student is that the tomgue in the mouth
Bugscope Team it's like a tongue, but we call it a proboscis
Student umm can we switch controls!!
Student ?*
Student eww...what is that??
Bugscope Team it has a sponging mouthpart
Bugscope Team notice that these are live images -- you are controlling a scanning electron microscope from your classroom
Student i call controls next naw sayin
Student no i meant !!
Bugscope Team this is a female fly
Bugscope Team this is a female housefly
Student why is it furry?
Bugscope Team they are very hairy- with hairs that have many jobs. The ones on its face allow for sense of touch, while special ones in its antennae allow for maybe smell or sensing other chemicals
Student Can they taste?
Student Why is is the ttoungue on the head?
Student what is this bugg's defense system?
Guest are those it's fangs
Student Proboscis does it do the same thing as our tounge
Student :)
Student ?
Bugscope Team jesilucy have control now
Student why is the tongue hairy??????
Student does female and male flies have different parts?
Student why are the eyes on the sides of his head
Teacher Can you please swithc control to Rachel and ally
Bugscope Team got it

Student Is the tong have her on it
Student how many eye does this fly have
Bugscope Team it has 2 big compound eyes and 3 simple eyes we can't see called ocelli. So it has 5 eyes total
Guest are those it hair on the tounge
Student what is that bushel looking thing?

Student hmmm
Student Does it have a brain?
Student i call controls next
Student gross
Student why is the microsocpe in black and white?
Bugscope Team the electrons that come out of the sample are giving us the images, which are just signal, no color
Bugscope Team this is the 'tongue,' with setae on that are likely mechanosensory
Student Does a fly have a compound eye?
Bugscope Team Yes flies have 2 big compound eyes
Student why is the tounge fuzzy?

Student is that hair
Bugscope Team yes these are tenent setae again, allowing the fly to walk on walls
Student what is that??
Student is it fur
Student ewwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!! :p
Student why is it funny
Student O.o
Student whats that oval thing
Bugscope Team that might be a mold spore
Student wow
11:28am
Student house fly buzzz

Student what are those random things..
Student oh
Student what is the satae used forr/
Bugscope Team these are special setae used to help the fly walk on vertical surfaces
Student why is it fuzzy

Student If you had to estimate, how many little hair things are there?
Bugscope Team that all depends on the insect. There are some insects like roaches that have very few. But a fly will have hundreds, probably thousands of hairs
Student its u
Student is it prickley

Student why does the satae do that?
Student That looks like a sword
Student wooooow
Guest what is this the inside

Student What is the oval stuff?
Bugscope Team some of its dirt, some is mold
Student are these sopouset to help the flyclime beter?
Bugscope Team not this part

Student holy cow

Student are they fuzzy
Student Is this like a mini version of what geckos have on their feet?
Bugscope Team yes! that's it exactly
Student what is that stuff
Bugscope Team now we see the setae that help the fly climb
Student Ewwww...
Student what is the stuff on the line things r they fungi

Student WOOOOOOOW WHAT IS THAT
Student why do flys wing make buzzing nises?
Bugscope Team The buzzing of a fly is the sound of its wings beating. A house fly's wings beat about 200 times a second, and some midges move their wings 1,000 times a second.
Student noises*
Bugscope Team in geckos the setae are even smaller
Student is it true that they leave poo droppings
Bugscope Team they're called flyspecks
Student wut is this

Student is it fuzzy
Student What is it?
Student umm guh-ross!
Student ewww
Student ewwwwwwww thats creepy
Student what r flyspecks?
Bugscope Team also called frass, insect poop
Bugscope Team see the millipede legs to the lower left?
Student I HATE FLIES
Student legs look like a star
Student How big are the wings of a fly compared to the fly itself?
Student whAT IS THIS A PICTURE OF
Student is it true that when a fly rubbs its head, it pukes and then "cleans" is head with the vomit that he up chunked?
Bugscope Team pretty sure that'snot true. It doesn't puke everytime it lands either. When it rubs its head, usually they are clean their antennae
Student are those the clause?

Student umm eww
Student ?
Student ??
Student is it fuzzy
Bugscope Team this is the stinger of a honeybee
Student ??
Student aare those hairs? or venom?
Student does it hurt if you get stumg
Student it looks like it need some lotion!
Bugscope Team that's most likely dirt
Student *stung
Student why does it have cuts in it?/
Student CAN U EAT IT?? LOL
Student yes
Student is that part of scine?
11:33am
Guest whats with the bumps
Bugscope Team dirt, mostly
Bugscope Team this is why honeybees die when they sting you -- they cannot retract the stinger

Student when the bee stingo into u

Student WHats with the bumps?
Student O COOL
Student oh that is very interesting
Student why is it all fussy
Student niceee
Student WOAH
Bugscope Team stingers are derived from ovipositors, and sometimes they are the same thing
Student What kind of bug does this belong to?
Bugscope Team bee
Student what are the bumps?

Student why is it all fuzzy
Student whats the little stuff around it?/
Student yay
Student ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
Student awe cute
Student thts cool
Bugscope Team this is a rolypoly -- see the eyes?
Student i do not enjoy this image
Bugscope Team and the antennae?
Student why would they sting us in the first place
Student Awwww
Student it looks like a halloween mask

Student Where is its eyes?
Student are those intenas?

Student Could a bee live without it's stingeror would it die? How long can it live without a stinger?
Bugscope Team they seem to die fairly soon, because they have a big hole in their body once the stinger is gone

Student where r the eyes
Student were are its eyes?
Student can they see??
Student donde esta el ojos?
Student i dnt se the eyes
Bugscope Team the bumps
Teacher Can you please turn over control back to Bergstrom
Bugscope Team got it
Student *los
Student see*
Guest that the eye
Student awe
Student How much could it see at a time?
Bugscope Team the rolypoly likely cannot see well at al
Student how can they see out of there eyes
Student do they only see the ground
Bugscope Team it looks forward, when it is unfolded
Student Is its body hollow? It looks like its legs are folded inside of it
Bugscope Team not really hollow, but it can roll up for protection
Student yes
Student very interesting
Student why is that
Student Why?
Student why does it go into a ball
Bugscope Team it's a defense measure against anything that wants to eat it
Student i cant see anything

Student then why do they roll up when someting comes close to thme?
Student is it fuzzy
Student why cant they see good
Bugscope Team their eyes are not very sophisticated, and they likely do not need them as much as they need their antennae
Student does it hurt
Student would that hurt
Bugscope Team no they are very small spikes, you would barely feel it
Student when it touches u
Student why cant they see very well?
Bugscope Team they live in the dirt, so they don't need very good eyesight
Student i no longer ejoy rollypolllies!
Student why do they need claws
Student what is the rolypoly defense
Student what do u like most about bugs??
Bugscope Team they are interesting, have fine details, and are different lifeforms compared to us, with distinctly different ways of doing things
Student o so it is not like a bee sting
Bugscope Team the part we feel most from a bee sting is not the stinger but the venom.
Student do the rolypolys have strong teeth because it once bit me and it wouldnt let go. it held strong until i ripped it off and the head just stuck in it.?.?
Student do the claws actually protect them
Student DOES IT HAVE A TOE NAIL ?????? :P
Bugscope Team kind of, yes. a single toe on each foot, and they match, which is why they're called isopods

Student What are the claws for?
11:38am

Student is it sharp?

Student CAUSE YTHERE FAT
Student who is the predator of rolypoly

Student how many legs do theyu have
Student o can you feel the stinger
Bugscope Team it would probably feel like a splinter, especially if it was left in you like the honey bee's
Student CUZ THEY R COOOL
Student werid
Student is there any predators in the dirt?
Bugscope Team there are often mites in the dirt, as well as spiders, and sometimes antlions

Student is that all you study??
Bugscope Team no we do not work with insects unless an entomologist brings some in, or we are doing Bugscope
Student whats a tarsi?
Bugscope Team the tarsi are the last few segments of an arm/leg
Student no there not
Student OMG COOLOIS WHAT IS THAT
Student Wis it located?
Student bye
Student is that poisinous
Student BYEE'
Student byebye love you (:
Bugscope Team There is a schmidt sting pain index used to rate the pain of a sting from things with stingers like ants, bees and wasps
Bugscope Team I wonder if they use a visual analog scale (VAS)
Teacher new group coming in, be with you in a second
Bugscope Team a Bullet ant sting is described as "Pure, intense, brilliant pain. Like fire-walking over flaming charcoal with a 3-inch rusty nail in your heel"
Bugscope Team ha that is pretty funny
Student what is a parcy
Student do insects shed skin
Bugscope Team they don't have skin -- they have an exoskeleton, like a shell. and they do sometimes shed that. it's called molting
Student what r we looking at?
Bugscope Team this is a roly poly
Student hey
Student Hey Hey!
11:43am

Student Ummm What is this?
Student hey whats up
Student do theymouths?
Student were are the eyes
Bugscope Team the eyes are the small bumpy parts on either end of the small semicircle
Student have*
Student wheres its face
Bugscope Team that is its face
Student ewwww
Student yucky!
Bugscope Team the eyes are at the edges of the oval part in the center now
Student cool
Student r those legs under the bug?
Bugscope Team yes those are legs, why it is called an 'isopod'
Student Hi Scott
Student where are the eyes???
Bugscope Team the eyes are at the top of its shell. They are small bumpy patches that you can just see by the corners of both antennae
Student do they see really good
Bugscope Team no not really. But that's ok since they live in the dirt or under rocks
Student how big can they grow?
Bugscope Team maybe 2 cm long in some species, unless they live in the ocean
Student what is the name of this bug?
Bugscope Team roly poly or pillbug
Student does it have teeth?
Bugscope Team insects and other arthropods like this crustacean do not have teeth, but sometimes the jaws are hardened
Student What do they eat
Student do they have a mouth if so were
Student is this a girl or boy bug
Student do they have brians???
Student how many legs does it havw
Bugscope Team I think fourteen.
Student how many legs does it have?
Bugscope Team they have 7 pairs of legs- 14 total
Student its got cool stuff knaw sayin
Bugscope Team yeah
Student what does it eat
Bugscope Team decaying plant material
Student what do they feed on
Bugscope Team it eats decomposing matter
Student Can the bug see?
Bugscope Team yes but not well, not like this fly

Student ewww
Student sick
Student what is this
Student nicceeeeeeeee im feelin it!!!!
Student what do they eat and do they have a mouth
Student what are those hairs?
Student What are the little hair things?
Bugscope Team they're called setae, and they help the insect sense its environs
Student thats nasty knaw what im sayn
Student do flys have hair?
Bugscope Team they have TONS of hair- called setae
Student is it true that flies throw up everytime they land
Bugscope Team no it's not true. They do "throw up" a little when they eat to help liquify their food though
Student what are the hairs on its head?
Student What do all the hairs on the body do
Bugscope Team they taste, register hot/cold, smell, sense touch and wind...
Student WAT IS THIS?

Student do they have bones
Student what allows I roly poly to roll into a ball
Bugscope Team their shell is segmented on their back so it can bend into a ball
Student awwwwww aighttttttt new angle!
Student does he only have 2 eyes?
Bugscope Team two compound eyes
Student 630
Student how many eyes dose the fly have?
Student outer bones knaw what im sayin/!

Student So howsa liffe?
Student why are flies so haqrd to kill?
Bugscope Team all their hairs and their excellent vision allows them to see your movements in slow motion pretty much
Student o o
Student why is it so hairy

Student is this bug smart
Bugscope Team not really
Student why does it have hair on its toung
Student does it have emotions?
Bugscope Team no, not like us. emo
Student WHAT IS THAT THING IN THE MIDDLE
11:48am
Student do flies have a brain andif so how big
Bugscope Team insects do have brains, but they are very small
Student How long do flies live?
Bugscope Team often just a few weeks
Student thats in my house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!|
Student does it have a big stomach
Student do they have necks??
Bugscope Team very short necks
Student oio
Student how long can it live
Student how much food can it hold in its tummy
Bugscope Team depends on its size; this is very small
Student what do they eat
Bugscope Team flies like sweet foods. Fruit flies will eat enzymes from rotting fruit
Student are there animals that eat these or just other insects
Student how do they have babies
Bugscope Team they lay eggs that become maggots and then flies again
Student hey chessy j knaw what im sayin what do the hairs do knaw what im sayin/
Student why do they bug people
Student how many eggs do they lay
Student yaa

Bugscope Team mite!
Student how many babies do they have? =]
Student how long can they live??
Student gig
Bugscope Team so cool!
Student what does it eat
Student ity
Student how long does it live
Student what do mites eat?
Bugscope Team they are thought to eat the oils exuded from its host, but there is not much known about mites
Student Is this bug asexual?
Student are they poisonous?
Student is that in my carpet?
Bugscope Team carpet mites are usually the soft bodied variety.
Student does this bug kill its host/
Bugscope Team I think these do not
Student how big does it get?
Student alex what is your favorite bug
Student how long can it live
Student r they like parasites that have to live off of other organisms
Bugscope Team sometimes. Not all do though
Student how long does it live
Student does it fly
Student what is the mite standing/laying on?
Bugscope Team it is on an earwig, if you take the mag down you can see
Student HOW BIG IS THIS
Student i am the schneidenator!
Student what is the slot on the side of it?
Student How much harm can they cause?
Student how many eyes do mites have if any at all?
Bugscope Team some have eyes and some do not
Student can they be harmful?
Bugscope Team yes, mites on honey bees, called varroa mites, are harmful to the honey bee populations
Student how long can this bug live
Bugscope Team they seem to live as long as their host, but we don't know for sure
Student haha!

Student gross
Student do they see well
Student whats the hai?
Student u better b naw what im sayin/
Student what are all those circles??
Bugscope Team those are the individual parts of the compound eye called ommatidia
Student cate how well do they see
Bugscope Team mites don't see well at all. Most don't have eyes. Now honey bees see VERY well
Student why does it look like a quilt?
Bugscope Team the ommatidia are in the shape of hexagons, much like honeycombs, to best fit the curvature
Student do the beees make their honey combs oxagons because their eyes are that shape?
Bugscope Team I think the reason they are both hexagonal is because that is a good way to close pack things that are generally circular
11:53am
Student what r those hair things/
Student why are the eye particles octagon
Student do these see a lot of seprate images through their eye?
Bugscope Team it is thought they do
Student why are honeybees called honeybees
Bugscope Team because they make honey. Honey is basically regurgitated nectar with some added enzymes.
Student Are its eyes sensitive?
Student WHAT IS THAT RUBBER STUFF, ON THE BOTTOM?
Student I have herd that bees can see colors but they see blurd and different colors
Student cate how well do they see
Student are they color blind
Bugscope Team they see some colors well, and not other colors
Student how far can they see
Teacher Can you please give control to Caleb
Student oh right hexagons
Student how many tiny eyes does it have
Bugscope Team a few thousand per eye
Student can the ommitidia be ruptered
Student how do bees sleep
Student can a bug be blind
Student scot what are the hairs for
Bugscope Team the hairs are to help the insect get lift in the air, to sense the wind, to aid in recognition by other bees. sometimes they are also smell/taste and hot/cold sensors.
Student do they see in black in white
Student which colors do they see then?
Bugscope Team they see blues and violets really well. They can't see reds at all. So if you want bees to leave you alone, wear red!
Student can bees drown in their own honey?
Student bees sting me
Student thats gross!!
Student yes
Student WHat are the littlee hair thingss?
Student how do trhe stigers hurt u???
Bugscope Team Part of the component of the venom from the sting is what hurts. Also if you are allergic to the histamines in the venom you could die
Student no
Student Wheres Alex?
Bugscope Team getting his hair cut, sorry

Student can a bug become blind?
Bugscope Team I suppose their eyes could get really scratched up from a fight with another bug, but they would still have their antennae. If they lost their antennae, they would most likely die fast
Student right herrrrr
Student What do mit3es eat?
Student Alex do they see really well
Student how many different kinds of mites are there?
Student it looks like rice
Student what do they feed on????????????
Bugscope Team they may feed on debris on the surface of the arthropod. like a remora on a shark
Student why do bees die after they sting so
Student 99um

Student can you see these without a microscope?
Bugscope Team barely
Student what do they mostly eat scot
Bugscope Team they seem to exist by eating whatever is on the surface of the exoskeleton
Student why does this mite look different
Student what do mites do to hurt people

Student is this a parasite too? if so, does it kill its hosts?
Student What does the mite feed on
Student what does upside down h then m stand for??
Bugscope Team that stands for micrometers. the upside down h is a greek letter mu. There are a million micrometers in a meter
Student go to cricket head
Student how many legs does this bug have?
Bugscope Team this is an earwig, an insect, so it has six legs
Student is this mite harmful to the host?
Student they fight??????
Student do they eat blood
Student how did it get is shape
Student what do they eat?
Student how many different mites are thee??????????
Bugscope Team There are over 45,000 described species of mites.
11:58am
Bugscope Team oh no! this is a centipede!

Student 99 upside down h m'
Student what part of the body is this on??
Student cate how many eggs can these things lay
Bugscope Team I'm not sure, I've never seen baby mites before
Student WHAT IS THAT TO THE LEFT OF THE MITE
Student TELL ALEX TO HURRY UP SCOTT!!
Student (:
Student how big can they grow
Bugscope Team I usually see mites get around 100 micrometers big. Give or take about 50 micrometers
Student thats really jffy knaw sayin
Student wow thats a lot!!!
Bugscope Team be right back have to help someone on the TEM
Student do they react to light and dark?
Bugscope Team I'm not sure. There really isn't much known about mites
Student sorry
Student hi cate!
Student cate how long do they live
Bugscope Team Not sure about that either, but I do know that they for some reason die with their host
Student ms schneider
Student how big is a micrometer
Bugscope Team one thousandth of a millimeter
Student do mites only stay on the outside of there host
Bugscope Team we think so
Student !!!
Student do mites only stay on certain animals or bugs?
Bugscope Team yes, like we have never seen them on flies, probably because they can keep themselves clean
Teacher Can you please give control back to Bergstrom
Bugscope Team got it
Student how long do mites live??
Bugscope Team often, it seems, just as long as the host
Student sorry..

Student mies keep themselves clean, or the flys????
Bugscope Team the flies
Student cate how many legs do they have
Student Scot are yo back?
Bugscope Team yes thanks
Bugscope Team mites have eight legs, I think
Student ????
Student oh so mites dont like to be on clean bugs?
Bugscope Team it is that they may get cleaned off themselves
Student how does the bugscope allow you to see something so small up close
Bugscope Team we use electrons rather than light, and electrons are very small, smaller than the wavelengths of visible light, so they are super fine probes.
Student do mites fly
Bugscope Team no they don't fly, they are arachnids
Student you*
Student would they eat other mites
Student new pic por flavor??????
Student yay!
Student oh i see
12:03pm
Student how old is this mite
Student can they harm the centipede scot
Bugscope Team probably not
Student what are arachanids
Bugscope Team arachnids are the family spiders and ticks and mites belong to
Student can mites kill their host
Bugscope Team there are mites that destroy honeybee populations
Student no
Student you need to brush up on your spanish

Teacher I am trying to change presets, but it seems to be locked. Can you change from your end #22
Bugscope Team there, they should work now
Student and ur english too
Student Can you eat mites?(:
Student settle down
Student WHAT COLOR IS THIS BUG
Bugscope Team the centipede was brownish
Student that mean they jump or something
Student ya chessy j
Student ??
Student how long have these bugs been around?
Student what about the mite?
Student do mites colonies
Student Does this bug fly??
Student new pic por flavor?????
Student do mites live in colonies
Bugscope Team yes we find they live in little colonies on insects

Student yeah do they/
Student can they kill people

Student no
Student its not flavor!
Student WHAT IS THAT?
Student What are the hair things? Answer(:
Student What does it do cate
Bugscope Team these are special pores on the back legs on centipedes. Scot thinks they exude poison
Student thats nasty
Student wh
Student why is it the shape that it is?
Student what is this
Student it looks like a sewer drain knaw sayin
Student what are those openings?
Student what does this venom do to something or some one?
Student cool
Bugscope Team network seems to be slow
Student how potent is the venom?
Student why does it look like this
Student Cate why are there holes
Student alex tell some jokes
Student ALEX%
Student did you get a good haircut alex??
Bugscope Team he is still gone; I just logged him out, sorry
Student where do mites come from and how are they transmitted

Student alex is ur mom??
Student do all centapeds have venom ducts
Bugscope Team probably not; those are for defense against atns
Student that is one ugly creature!!!!
Bugscope Team that is a woolly bear caterpillar head
Student IS THE VENOM POISONOUS?
Bugscope Team it is irritating to ants
Student why do they have so much hai?????
Bugscope Team ants
Student its got an afro....y???
Student hair!
Student it looks like lettuce
12:08pm
Student Cate Were are their eyes and does it see well
Bugscope Team their eyes are the group of bumps on either side of its head. It has simple eyes as a caterpillar, which don't see very well
Student aww
Student do u use these to make duct tape???????
Bugscope Team yes
Student what is this?
Bugscope Team caterpillar
Student he is wooly alright
Student it looks adroabe!!! +=)
Bugscope Team yes adorable
Bugscope Team see the stemmata (eyes) on either side of the head?
Student do they have eyes scott
Bugscope Team yes, they are fairly primitive, especially compared to what they will be when the caterpillar becomes a butterfly or moth
Student yes?
Student Scott how many eggs do they lay
Student what are the bumps on there face 0
Bugscope Team those are the eyes!
Student can it smell or taste
Student Scott does it smell well
Student on any of them?
Student Mrs. Schnider says Alex is funny!!!(:
Student how many hairs do they have?
Student Where are the eyes??
Bugscope Team they are the little dome-like bumps on either side of the head
Student do they have eyes and how do they work
Bugscope Team they don't do much more than register light a shadow, we think
Student Cate How many eggs can it lay

Student what is sate?
Student are these hairs?
Student are those suction cups
Bugscope Team they act similar to suction cups
Student im guessing the nose is in the middle?
Student satae*
Student what are seatae
Bugscope Team they are insect hairs used to help the insect get information what is going on around it or to help protect the insect, like in the case of the woolly bear caterpillar
Student what is it? and what do they do?
Bugscope Team these help the insect to walk on vertical surfaces
Student they look like an alien brass section
Bugscope Team light and shadow
Student OKAY OKAY MRS SCHNIDER SAYS SCOTT IS FUNNY TOOO!!!(:
Student what r they and what do they do???
Student what is that on the lady bug and what does it do?
Bugscope Team those little suction cups help the lady bug climb
Student if they use it to make duct tape then how do they??? (my teacher wants to know ;))
Student where are these located on the ladybug?
Bugscope Team they are located just next to where the claws are on the legs
Student Cate is a setae like hairs for them
Bugscope Team yes exactly
Student like suctioncups
Student where is it on the lady bug
Bugscope Team they are on the ends of the limbs

Bugscope Team we can't technically call them hairs because these are mammals
Student icky
Student what is that sticky stuff
Student what are cochese
Student ?
Student why does it have stuff on it
Bugscope Team insects get dirty, especially when they crawl on it all day
Bugscope Team it seems like they always have some kind of stuff on them
Bugscope Team these are little claws on the caterpillar prolegs called crochets
Student thanks!
Student it looks like a rib cage
Bugscope Team these hooks are used to help the caterpillar anchor itself on leaves
Student How many legs does this insect have?
Bugscope Team six real legs
Student why do they look like claws?
12:14pm
Student Scott What do they used for
Bugscope Team helps them attach to leaves and branches
Student looks like ribs
Student i knew they were claws
Student howmany legs does a catipilard have
Student what is the stuff on the backround
Bugscope Team that is the rest of the prolegs
Student Scott what are they used for
Student what do you mean real?
Student what insect is this
Student r these feet or claws
Student so it has fake legs too?
Bugscope Team yes! we are not supposed to call them legs if there are more than six!
Student so what are the other legs called?
Student What do u mean by really legs
Student what do you mean real legs?

Bugscope Team The amount of black in this caterpillar's setae changes as the insect matures; the width of the red band in the mid-section of the caterpillar decreases with time. Some people use the amount of red in the Woolly Bear coat to predict the upcoming winter weather.
Student whats the hole
Bugscope Team it is a spiracle, which is a breathing hole attached to the trachea. A trachea runs through the entire body, supplying oxygen to the insect
Student what is that hole?
Bugscope Team that is a spiracle
Student what is that balck thing Cate
Student gig
Student Whats the hole
Teacher Can you please give control to Kendall & Morgan
Bugscope Team got it
Student whats that
Student so then how many "lrgs" does it have?
Bugscope Team insects control the amount of air entering and leaving the body using the spiracles
Student legs*
Bugscope Team in honeybees, there are mites that live in the trachea sometimes
Bugscope Team so now we know that some mites live inside
Student thankjs
Student thanks
Student looks like spaghetti.
Student whats a spirical??
Student what do the hairs do?
Bugscope Team these hairs on the honeybee allow the bee to sense what is around it as well as to help catch pollen grains for pollination
Student it looks like hair
Student Cate What do all bugs have in comman
Bugscope Team all insects have a hard exoskeleton, 6 legs, 2 compound eyes as an adult, with a claw at the end of each of their legs
Student what is thline in the back
Student what do those hair things feel like?
Bugscope Team to us they would feel like nothing, or smooth
Student whats the wooden looking in the back
Student what kind of bug is this?
Bugscope Team this is a honeybee

Student whats it going in to
Bugscope Team the inside of the insect -- tubes called tracheae
Student eww
Student gross
Student thats nasty
Student 6789
Student how many antennas do caterpillars have?
Bugscope Team just two
Student why does it look like a cave
Bugscope Team it is a little shrunken so it looks like that
Student thanks scott :)
Student are insects anything like us
Student arent there parasites that can control the body of its host?
Bugscope Team yes, and in carterpillars especially
Student gig
Student What is a Tracheae
Bugscope Team it's a tube that runs through the insect body that supplies oxygen to the body. They dont have lungs like us, so the size of their bodies is dependent on the oxygen content of the air. In prehistoric times there was a richer oxygen content- that's why there were huge insects everywhere

Student e?
Student WHAT IS THAT LITTLE THING IN THE MIDDLE
Bugscope Team the antenna, and one of the stemmata -- the simple eyes
12:19pm
Bugscope Team parasitic wasps can lay their eggs in caterpillars, and the eggs hatch into larvae that eat their way out
Student WHAT IS WITH THE BUMPES
Bugscope Team those are the eyes on the caterpillar
Student does it have tumors?
Bugscope Team no those are the ocelli, or stemmata -- the eyes
Student gigity
Student what do they feel like
Bugscope Team they are so small, we would probably not even be able to really feel anything but a smoothness of their head
Student i heard they are in ants and go to rabbits which go to snails which in turn go back to ants.
Bugscope Team sounds like a parasite lifecycle
Student goo
Student whats that thing
Student
Student how many eyes do they have
Bugscope Team i think they either have 5 or 6 eyes on either side of their head so 10-12 eyes total

Student What are the bumps
Student wow
Student what is the the biggest caterpiller
Bugscope Team one of the largest is the elephant hawk moth- 8 centimeters big
Student whats that
Student thats gross
Student yup
Student Do they see well
Bugscope Team they do not see well until they become moths or butterflies
Student how many eyes do leafhoppers have?
Student what is this?
Bugscope Team this is a planthopper or leafhopper
Student They*
Student do they see will
Student well
Student WHERES THE MOUTH
Bugscope Team to the right, but we cannot really see it
Student does it have a noes
Student leafhoppers become moths and butterflies?how?
Bugscope Team no sorry I was talking about the eyes of caterpillars
Student Does it have ears
Bugscope Team not really
Student canthey smell
Student ing
Student i sent in a really big grass hopper... did u get it
Student how did leafhoppers get their name?
Student k
Student bbye
Student whats in back of it
Teacher It is just about time for us to end our session. Thank you so much for everything and goodbye
Student Bye Bye thats for all the info very helpful
Student word
Bugscope Team Thank You!
Student thank you!!!
Student g2g
Student Thanx*
Student bye peoples thnx 4 answering our questions!
Bugscope Team That was fun, for us.
Student you
Student ve
Student thank you
Student KTHXBAI
Student scott you rock!
Bugscope Team Thank You!

Student GTG LOVES YOU!!
12:24pm

Bugscope Team see you next time

School Name	Grayslake Middle School
School Homepage	www.d46.org
Location	Grayslake IL, US
Community	Suburban
Type	Public

Subjects Taught	Science
Grades Taught	8th Grade
Number of Students	132

Project Title	Insect Anatomy
Insects To Study	Specimens that students bring in
Project Description	We study animals in 8th grade, including insects. I would like to have students gain a better understanding of insect anatomy to supplement our classroom studies.

Session 2009-115 with Grayslake Middle School

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Connected on 2009-12-10 09:00:00 from Grayslake, IL, US