Session 2009-141 with Winchester Thurston School

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Live Session Transcript

Connected on 2010-01-15 07:30:00 from Pittsburgh, PA, US

• 7:12am
• Bugscope Team setting up presets

• 7:17am

• 7:22am

• Teacher Good morning!
• Bugscope Team Good Morning!
• Bugscope Team Welcome back!
• Bugscope Team Mrs. V I am sorry I didn't see your samples on the counter in the lab until I had made this stub. So these are other critters today.
• Bugscope Team let us know if you have any questions, or when you are ready to start
• Teacher No problem! These are very different than what we looked at in my other classes. It will be good to have a variety. Maybe you can use them for another class. (If you do would you let me know?) :-)
• 7:28am
• Bugscope Team hi michael, welcome to bugscope
• Student hI
• Student whats up
• Bugscope Team It is likely we will use them for a few other sessions, Mrs V. We can let you know for sure.
• Bugscope Team hi jake, welcome to bugscope
• Bugscope Team we are done with presets
• Student hahah i meased up on my name
• Student Cool
• Bugscope Team session is unlocked mrs. v, you shoul have control of the scope now
• Bugscope Team hi wells
• Bugscope Team Dude you can log out and in again, get a new name.
• Student kk
• Teacher We are ready to start. I ahve a mixed bunch today for a few different classes. If you could give priority to kids with names in caps, I would appreciate it since it is their first time doing this. THanks.
• Teacher Michael to drive, please.
• Student hi

• Student much better
• Bugscope Team ok, will do, michael you have control
• Student HI

• Bugscope Team these are scales on one of the limbs of this true bug (Hemiptera).
• Student do bugs live in artic
  Bugscope Team I think they do, but they have shorter lifespans -- their lifecycle has to be accelerated a bit.
• Bugscope Team the scales came from another insect

• Student what is this

• Bugscope Team nice job michael!
• Student tHANKS
• Student thats awsome

• Student woa what is that

• Student Isnt to cold for bugs to live in the artic scot
  Bugscope Team they live there regardless, but there are not as many, and they have adaptations to enable them to survive the cold
• Student cool
• Student cool
• Student oh coolio! :D
• Bugscope Team now we are imaging the surface of the antenna

• Bugscope Team this is the close up of an antenna
• Student cool
• Student looks llike hair
  Bugscope Team not hair really, it's called setae (pronounced see-tee), they help insects to sense their environment
• Student cool
• Student wow
• Student wow
• Student THERE ARE LINES ON THE ANTENNA
• 7:33am
• Student wow
• Student ewww
• Student what is that
• Bugscope Team i'm not sure how many species of bugs in the entire world, lots for sure, you also need to define bugs. if you mean "true bugs" there are about 40,000 species
• Student yeah ik
• Student how big can bugs get?
  Bugscope Team about as big as your hand, or your palm
• Student come on, it's cool

• Student WHAT ARE TRUE BUGS
  Bugscope Team they are an order of insects called hemiptera, they have common mouth parts that help them to suck plants juices
• Student they cant get too big.

• Student thats cool
• Student what is a damselfly
• Student what is that
• Student what are those pointy thing ?
  Bugscope Team those are setae, bristles, sometimes called hairs as well
• Student nice q wells
• Student thanks
• Student welcome
• Student wats the longest a bug can live
  Bugscope Team i think some queen bees can live a long time, years and years

• Student ewwww
• Student what is that?
• Student cool
• Student what is this

• Student what is that
• Bugscope Team this is wicked, here, super powerful jaws

• Student what is this
• Bugscope Team mandibles of the damselfly
• Student i think thats the head right?
  Bugscope Team yep, that's the head, with the huge compound eyes
• Student wow
• Student cool
• Student i cant look
• Bugscope Team this is the head, and you can see where those jaws are
• Student zooom in on the eye mike

• Student wow
• Student What is a damselfly sj
• Student this is awesome
• Bugscope Team the eye is a little desiccated

• Student wats the biggest a bug can get?
  Bugscope Team hmmm, some praying mantis can get huge, bigger than the size of your hand. also some beetles are very big too
• Student those eys are huge
• Student michaels zooming in on the eye
• Student wow
• Student cool

• Student looks like scales
• Student cool

• Student get closer!!!
• Student are these sxcales

• Student what are the round things ?
  Bugscope Team those are the ommatidia -- the individual facets of the eye
• Student awsome
• Student The eyes
• Bugscope Team some insects live for many years -- think about 17 year locusts (cicadas)

• Student what is the stuff between those bubble things
• Student is that hair sj
  Bugscope Team it's not really hair, but tiny sensory bristles called setae; of course we do call them hair. (I am sj on the other computer.)
• Bugscope Team those bumps on the eyes are the individual facets of the compound eye, each one contains a lens, they are called ommatidia
• Student what is the pointy thing in the middle
  Bugscope Team that's called a setae, it helps the insect to sense wind when it's flying

• Student cool
• Student are those germs
• Student cool
• Student i ike this
• Student what were the hairs on the eye?
  Bugscope Team they help it to sense wind when flying
• Student like this srry
• Student what is that?
  Bugscope Team i think that's just juju = junk, dirt, grime, stuff we aren't sure what it is
• Student whats ommatidia
• Student do bugs eyes have eye prints like humans?
  Bugscope Team they could, in a way.
• Student this is sooooooo cool

• Student nice job dober
• 7:38am
• Student wats ur faveorite type of bug
  Bugscope Team i like mites
• Teacher Jordan Renee to drive, please. Good job, Michael.
• Student cool
• Student wow thats cool

• Student welcome jordan
• Student yah
• Student What r we looking at?
• Bugscope Team good work michael, you did a nice job driving the scope

• Student wow
• Student lots of hair

• Student wow

• Student yeah

• Student look at the proboscus
• Student what is this scot
• Student cool

• Student JOAN AND BERT ARE ON!!!!!!! cool
• Student wow thats an antenna
• Student awesome

• Student yeah!
• Bugscope Team the setae we see -- the 'hairs' -- are sensory: heat, chemicals (smell), and touch.
• Student oh cool

• Student Why does it have hairs on the eye?
• Student cool

• Student awsome
• Student what is this alex
• Student going to the spircle
• Bugscope Team MaYzIe is back today.
• Student wats the defanition of a bug?
  Bugscope Team a true bug is in the order Hemiptera, and true bugs have piercing mouthparts as well as a particular orientation of the elytra and wings that I am not clear on

• Student cooio
• Student BTW thanks mayzie
• Student can we go to a different spot nash
• Student what is that
• Student this is the spircele guys
• Student hellow scot it is will

• Bugscope Team ah coo, this is a spiracle, this is a breathing hole!

• Student ok

• Student what kind of bug is this
• Student cool
• Student yep and i will be for the next period scot!

• Student how many spiracles are there on a true bug
  Bugscope Team i think there are two spiracles per body segment, usually, but you can also see them on legs too
• Student wow thats amaizing
• Bugscope Team bugs don't breathe through their mouths like we do, they holes in their sides that air goes into
• Student What is the smallest bug that you have looked at?
  Bugscope Team well, mites are small, aphids are small, aphids are also a "true bug", but brochosomes are very very small, those are an excrement from a leafhopper

• Student what is this
• Student what is this alex
• Student moth!
• Student oh its da true bug
• Student what are those dots ?
  Bugscope Team those are where the setae broke off

• Student Do you put gold on the samples?
  Bugscope Team gold palladium, yes
• Bugscope Team so we call lots of things bugs. true bugs are insects but not all insects are true bugs

• Student JUJUJUJUJUJU!!!
  Bugscope Team that's right!

• Student wow
• 7:43am

• Student What are those dots ?
  Bugscope Team where the setae (hairs) broke off
• Student how many bugs have you looked at
  Bugscope Team thousands

• Student how much would you have to zoom to see the eye of a laf hopper
  Bugscope Team oh, 40x and on you can see the eye. but to see the brochosomes, you'd need to go up to 1000x or more
• Student What is this?
• Student what is that
  Bugscope Team this is the opening where the thorax is broken, right now
• Student o so bugs do hav hair
  Bugscope Team well, yes, but it's not hair really. they are sensory spikes that help them sense things in their environment
• Teacher Great questions, kids!
• Student thanks Mrs.V
• Student Can you go to a different spot
• Student thanks

• Student well yes they do noah antennae
• Student Thx mrs. V
• Student r all of these bugs ones that u have found or ones that people send in?

• Teacher What is the most unusual or interesting bug that you have looked at?
  Bugscope Team I like specialized insects/arthropods: mites, weevils, ticks

• Student How many bugs do you study in a year scot?
• Student cool
• Student what are brochosomes
  Bugscope Team they are produced only by the leafhopper, they help to lube their eggs i think?
• Student cool

• Student cool
• Student thanjks
• Student YEA JOAN! HUZZAH HUZZAH!
• Student cool

• Student what is this
• Student hi everyone. this is awesome!!!!!!!
• Student aww scot left
• Student back
• Student WILLL GETTING CRANKEY RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!
• Bugscope Team this is the thorax of a moth i think
• Student this is really cool
• Student "what is this"
• Student What r the scale things on the back?
  Bugscope Team well, a moth has tons of scales, so those are just moth scales
• Bugscope Team you are all doing great, we are trying to keep up with the questions, keep em coming!
• Student What is the most interesting bug that you have looked at
• Teacher Joan to drive, please. Good driving, Jordan!
• Student scot i thought you left i would be cranky if you did
  Bugscope Team I hit the perfect combination of keys to kill Safari, not sure how

• Student Do bugs have scales and hairs on all bugs
  Bugscope Team not all have scales, only mosquitos, moths, butterflies, silverfish, and very few beetles/weevils
• Student can you put on biger animals like squirells
  Bugscope Team well, no, i don't think you can fit a squirrel into the scope, the scope is for looking at small things
• Bugscope Team a moth can shed it's scales if it's caught in a spiders web, and it will escape
• Bugscope Team joan, you now have control!
• Bugscope Team thanks, Will.

• Student this is awesome
• Teacher Sorry, my 6-1 section has a squirrel obsession.

• Student WOW
• Student r all of these bugs 1's that people send in or 1's that u've found?
• Student wats that

• Student yes we doo
• Student THAT LOOKS LIKE A MUSHROOM TOP
  Bugscope Team heh, yeah

• Student How big is a bug head

• Student groos hey t

• Student Dp you have squirrel hairs?
  Bugscope Team not personally. if someone would send them we could put them in the 'scope
• Student What is the tube thing above the eyes
• Student what is that thing at the top
• Student what are those

• Student sj what are those
• 7:48am
• Student wats the most dangerous type of bug 2 humans?
  Bugscope Team probably overall it would be the mosquito
• Student are those antennas
  Bugscope Team yep, good!
• Teacher Great picture, Joan!
• Student can you put down human hairs on it?
  Bugscope Team sure, people have looked at human hair in electron microscopes, i think they do that in police forensics.
• Student How many bugs do you study in a year alex?

• Student is that some sort of metting
  Bugscope Team it's the surface of one of the scales, which have that latticework pattern that keeps them light
• Student really
• Student what is that it is very interesting

• Student y?

• Student what is the most dangerous and deadly bug scot
  Bugscope Team mosquito, overall
• Student What is the pattern to the left of the eye?
• Student How many bugs do you study in a year alex?
  Bugscope Team we look at 100's of bugs for bugscope each year, a few hundred at least

• Student What's the most vemimous bugs

• Student what is that ?

• Student so they are weight less?
  Bugscope Team yes having that open pattern cuts the weight down; it also forms shapes that reflect light in different wavelengths and produces structural colors, which are not pigments but colors that come from the shape of the closely aligned ribs.
• Student so cool

• Student seriously
• Student How big can a bugs head be
• Student sj, r any of these poisiness?
• Student how would something on its eyes help it fly alex
• Bugscope Team yeah, mosquitos carry disease, big time, they are nasty
  Bugscope Team when it is flying, the hair senses wind movement, so the fly will be able to detect wind patters, and thus can adjust it's wings or body. if a plane had that kind of control, we could fly planes all over the place all the time!!!

• Student how r mosquitos the most dangerous type of bug?

• Student Thats alot of bugs!!!!
• Student it looks like a tree
• Student o
• Student like west nil
• Student hello this is will i get cranky if you dont answer my questions!!!!
  Bugscope Team cool man, no problemo. ask away
• Student are all moth antennas like this one

• Student have you ever seen a human bot fly
• Student like west nile

• Student JUJUJUJUJUJUJUJUJJUJUJUJUJUJU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Student wats the most posionous type of bug?

• Student what bug do you know of with the most eyes
  Bugscope Team well, spiders have lots of simple eyes too
• Student wats the most posionous type of bug?
  Bugscope Team i'm not sure noah, sorry
• Teacher Bert to drive, please. Great driving, Joan!
• Student are any of the bugs poisiness?!
  Bugscope Team oh yeah, some are, yes
• Student thanks
• Student o
• Bugscope Team bert, you've got control my man, have fun!
• Student wats ur guess

• Student What's the most harmless bug
  Bugscope Team ha, good question, i really don't know. some bugs are very beneficial to plant species, like bees, they help pollinate plants and help the world, for sure.
• Teacher Noah we can look that up. Souds like a good extra credit opportunity.
• Bugscope Team like spiders can be poisonous, but many others can be too
• Student Could we look at a spider under this?

• Student i want to see a spider

• Student could we see a spider
• Student what is this?

• Student brb

• Student i thought you did not like spiders nash
• Student how big was the biggest dino-time bug????????????????????????????????????????
  Bugscope Team i don't know sorry dude
• 7:53am
• Student are bees posions
  Bugscope Team yes, some bees have poisons in their stings
• Student BRB
• Bugscope Team the most venomous insect is said to be the harvester ant. ants rank high in venom toxicity

• Teacher We had a spider on Monday. I can show you the pics in class next week.

• Student yo alex what is this !!!!!!!!!!
  Bugscope Team this is a spiracle, i think

• Bugscope Team in dino times you could have insects with 15-in wingspans

• Student How many bees does it take to poison someone
  Bugscope Team it depends on how sensitive the person is to the sting. sorry about the copout answer

• Bugscope Team like very large dragonflies
• Student is this another sppiracle?
• Teacher Again, we can do research on dino-era bugs for extra credit. I know that some species of dragonflies were really big (1 foot wingspan?).
• Student wer dino-time centipedes really 6-feet long
• Student The Asian Killer beee I think

• Student where is sj
• Student i wish we could see inside the bug
• Student scot tell alex to answer my question
  Bugscope Team Will what was it?
• Student SJ IS SCOT

• Student what is this

• Teacher Good question, Aleks. Anyone who wants to do some research for extra credit should let me know in class (not on this).

• Teacher Calm down, Will.

• Student Can dragon flies harm a person
  Bugscope Team not really, more likely to scare you
• Student sj are you still here
  Bugscope Team yes!
• Student i will do something for extra credit!!!

• Student Will stop being cranky
• Student what is that thing in the spiricle?

• Student oh
• Student no! >:(
• Student Mrs. V: Calm down, Will.Mrs. V: Good question, Aleks. Anyone who wants to do some research for extra credit should let me know in class (not on this).will asked 'scot tell alex to answer my question'Scot answers 'Will what was it?'will asked 'yo alex what is this !!!!!!!!!!'alex answers 'this is a spiracle, i think'JORDAN RENEE: what is thistrese; ) asked 'How many bees does it take to poison someone'Scot answers 'it depends on how sensitive the person is to the sting. sorry about the copout answer'JAKE: s

• Bugscope Team scot is sj!
• Student how many species of bugs can harm you
  Bugscope Team probably a few hundred bad ones
• Teacher Alex did answer Will's question. Back off, canky Will.

• Teacher I meant cranky Will.
• Student mayzie why did u do that?
• Bugscope Team it's okay
• Student Canky Will

• Student wer dino-time centipedes really 6-feet long? dats huuuuuuuuuge
• Student How much magnification is this?
  Bugscope Team 40,000x or so
• Student just felt like it
• Student I dont want to drive any more
• Student Can fireflies harm you
  Bugscope Team not really, unless there were millions of them and they all fell on you at once

• Teacher There are MANY more harmless or even beneficial insects than nasty ones.

• Student do we have bettles
• Teacher SCott to drive, please. Nice driving Bert.
• Student wes whay havent you spoken the whole time!!!!!!!!
• Student No Firelflies can'tt harm you
• Student are you alive or are you dead?
  Bugscope Team at the moment alive I think
• 7:58am
• Student what is that
• Student uh oph SCOTT the student is driving
• Student ok

• Student cool

• Student what is up with the question mayzie

• Student what is that ?!?!?!

• Student will, r u getin crrankyyyyyy?
• Bugscope Team this is one of the spiracles on the abdomen of the true bug
• Student Mayzie??????????????????????
• Student What is that wierd stuff inside the spiraacle
• Student BLAHBLAHBALH

• Student what is that
• Bugscope Team spiracles are the openings through which insects breathe
• Student What is that?
• Student cool antenna
• Student ewwwwwwwwwwwww
• Student Doesn't look like a squirrel

• Student Nice what is that
• Student looks like a catus
  Bugscope Team yes with all of the spiny setae radiating out

• Student omg what is this sjk
  Bugscope Team we are looking down the opening, oops not now

• Student tis amaizing how much hair they have
• Student this antenea is holo is that soposed to happeen
• Student EW! IT IS ALL HAIRY! :P
• Student is that mold

• Student how many setees do bugs have
  Bugscope Team many many thousands, all over their bodies

• Student thats a proboscus
• Student EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
• Student What is that tube thing there?
• Student EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWYYYYYYYY
• Student is that a leg
• Student Looks like it's staring at you

• Bugscope Team it is partially coiled/partially uncoiled
• Student what is on the proboscus
• Student PROBOSCESS!
• Student MRs valenty is not ono bugscope she opened a tab!!!!!!!!
• Student IK....I SPELLED IT WRONG :(

• Student What r the hairs?
• Student wow jamie james
• Student mayzie did
• Student Blister Beetle,Most Venomous Spider Brazilian Wandering Spider are supposedly the most posionous bugs
  Bugscope Team good job Noah. we were avoiding counting spiders as bugs in our answer. I read that the most poisonous, or venomous insect was the harvester ant, but that is by volume of venom.
• Student WHAT??

• Student do you think diino-time bugs are cool sj and aleks
• Student i thought that the black widow was the most poisonesss spider

• 8:03am
• Student are there really two aleks'?
• Student that is in north america
  Bugscope Team yeah
• Student brb
• Student mayzie
• Student could you tell me about human bot flies
  Bugscope Team well, their larvae are parasites so they live off other insects
• Student KK
• Student yesh
• Student what are the chunks ont this thing
  Bugscope Team juju that got stuck on the antenna
• Student WOW
• Student WHAT IS THE MOST VENOMOUS SPIDER
• Student 'yesh wells
• Student The hairs make it look like a pine tree. Is that juju on it?
• Student Im allergic to spiders so if i get bit by a spider that isn't posionous will anything happen
  Bugscope Team it depends on what chemical in the poison gets to you. all spiders have venom.
• Student o cool
• Student Hooded Pitohui is most posinus bird
• Student lol
• Student yesh treses your brilliant... JUJUJUJUJUJUJUJUJUJUJUJUJU!
• Student what is juju

• Student WHAT IS JUJU
  Bugscope Team it's like dirt and grime and jumk

• Student the most venemous bug in the world is the harvester ant
  Bugscope Team yeah that is what I had read

• Student cool salt
• Teacher Derik to drive,please. Good driving, Scott!
  Bugscope Team Derik is the Supreme Commander
• Bugscope Team derik you've got control!
• Student do all spiders have venom
• Student huingry for saaaaaaalt!
  Bugscope Team you got it Mademoiselle

• Student cant the harvester ant send someone into shock
  Bugscope Team probably if a number of them bit you at once

• Student nice job, SCOTT

• Student are ther really ants that just eat everything around them like in india jones?

• Student what is thisand what are the dots on it

• Student wait, what does salt on bugs taste like? i wonder
• Student most poisoness bug is the fire ant, right?
• Student derik realy is the supreme comander

• Student can 1 bug kill you alone or do they travel in groups

• Student Is this a lace wing claw?
  Bugscope Team yes
• Student hi
• Student my mom once had fireants crawl into her pants while she was waiting for the bus

• Student what is this
• Student why
• Student nvm

• Student arent the most poisonous
• Student me and aleks wonjerouski are scared of derik being supreme ruler
• Student are ther really ants that jsut eat everything around them like in indiana jones?
  Bugscope Team yes there are -- they eat whatever is in their way. many insects have variations of defenses against ants

• Student can that claw hurt someone
• Student R we zooming out?

• Student are sj and scot the same
  Bugscope Team yes
• 8:08am
• Student my mom once had fireants crawl into her pants while she was waiting for the bus. she said it hurt because they bit her
  Bugscope Team youch
• Student what does the harverster ant look like
• Student me and aleks wonjerouski are scared of derik being supreme ruler
  Bugscope Team the tide will change, you know
• Student arnt there ants in australia that can send a person into shock

• Student how come you have two names sj
  Bugscope Team I was on the SEM computer when I was sj

• Student The most poison insect is the Sydney Funnel Web Spider

• Teacher Michael, a spider is NOT an insect.
• Student oh that makes sense
• Student My dad was in arizona and we were on a neglected hiking trail, when he stepped on a fireant nest.
  Bugscope Team ooh that is bd

• Student I was little and a bunch of ants crawled in my shoes and on my legs
• Student is the common housefly dangourous?

• Student is a spider a bug?
  Bugscope Team spiders are arachnids, like ticks

• Bugscope Team bad
• Student ou=ouch!!!
• Student how big is the electron microscope
  Bugscope Team about like a large desk, with a part on the side that is about 6 feet tall -- and that is a normal scanning electron microscope
• Student is sj ur initials? wait! i am still confused! is scot annd sj the same person?!

• Student are there really bugs like the ants in indiana jones

• Student are there bugs so small that you can't see them
• Student What's a Brochosomes
• Teacher Jamie, let it go.
• Student arnt there ants in australia that can send a person into shock?
• Student I remember when I was little I had Fire ants in my pants and they were biting, It hurt

• Student do you only look at bugs with the electron microscope
• Student a dog in m,y camp once had a tick and the owner had to burn it off and my uncle once had ticks
• Teacher Jake to drive, please. Good driving, Derik.

• Student my turn muahahaha
• Student do they get any bigger or smaller
• Bugscope Team ok, jake has control
• Student Thanks

• Student oh no....LOL

• Student

• Student ok derik was scary, but jake is frightening what do we do!!! he is supreme ruler! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

• Student cool

• Student aw but he was coll

• Student Why did scot have two
• Student d i n g

• Student aka cool
• Student where are the eyes
  Bugscope Team now you can see it above here
• Bugscope Team yes it is the true bug
• Student ok derik was scary, but jake is frightening what do we do!!! he is supreme ruler! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

• Student C o o l
• 8:13am

• Student why are the pictures in black white and gray

• Teacher Seriously, kids. No more on the sj/Scot thing. They have enought to do just answering legit questions.
• Student is the African Cicada really almost as loud as a road drill?
  Bugscope Team have never heard one; it sounds like an exaggeration to me

• Student why are the pics not in color
  Bugscope Team well, the microscope uses electrons to gather the image, not light, since color is a product of light frequency, and since we aren't using light, we don't have color

• Student WHAT COLORS DO THOSE NETTING SHOW?
• Student what is the biggest bud you have ever seen

• Student What is the texture there?

• Student then the internet lies

• Student oh
• Student what si that

• Student what is that is what i mean
• Teacher Richard to drive, please. Good driving, Jake!
• Bugscope Team that was 74,000x

• Student good job ja
• Student ickey!!!
• Student whoa wat is that

• Bugscope Team i dont' see a richard?

• Student juju!
• Student so cool
• Student its wells
• Student thanks you!
• Student not richard
• Student thanks you bugscope peace out
• Student Thanks
• Student gtg thx bye bye
• Student thank you bug scpe peeps
• Student bye by! adios!
• Bugscope Team one of the tough things about Bugscope is that we do not have optimal conditions for super high magnification; we sacrifice high resolution capability for the ability to see whole insects, or at least more the insect at one time.
• Bugscope Team you are totally welcome, you all did GREAT!
• Bugscope Team Oh no!
• Bugscope Team Thank You!
• Student ok 6-3 is storming ing it will take a few minuets
• Student +
• Bugscope Team mrs. v, i gave you control again
• Student remember me scot
• Teacher Wells to drive, please. Thanks.
• Student almost my turn to drive
• Bugscope Team ok, wells has control
• Student hi cate
• Student hi cate

• 8:18am
• Student hi cate!
• Bugscope Team hi mayzie
• Bugscope Team hi everyone
• Student i changed my name from alexis to lexi

• Student cate is so cool
• Student who's driving

• Student tehee meow1

• Student mrs valenty is mr. V so ya know
• Bugscope Team oh cool
• Student wow that is weird

• Student cate nico loves u

• Student wow i just got on and there are a million kajillion "say its" you guys stink.
• Student they arent married

• Student ya they arent
• Student mrs valenty and mr. V

• Student yet
• Student meow!!

• Student gabe is right
• Student oh ye

• Student dont push it lexi
• Bugscope Team so yeah, true bugs have these very complex mouth parts, that help them suck juices out of plants
• Student grrr meow

• Student grawl
• Student lexi no

• Student meow
• Student hi alex
• Student o cool

• Student cool
• Student Im back
• Student what is thatt

• Student Hi
• Student i think i spelled thatttt wrong

• Student Hi
• Student HI CATE!

• Student wat r the tubes
• Student hey todays the big day
• Student hi andrew
• Student hi wellington

• Student andrew is on! say hi everyone
• Teacher Gabe to drive. Good job Wells. SOrry you did not get much time!
• Student yo

• Student i love you cake
• 8:23am
• Student cool
• Student thank you for answering me wellington
• Bugscope Team gabe has control of the driving... look out! ;)
• Bugscope Team this is a claw of some kind
• Student You guys should change mrs v to mr v
• Student what is that

• Student how can they sense what plant is good and what plant is bad
  Bugscope Team good question, they have setae that can smell and taste things, and they have instincts that help them to avoid things that are bad and eat things that are good. but it's not 100%, sometimes bugs eat bad things and croke
• Student Are those hairs
  Bugscope Team yes. insects are a lot hairier than they seem

• Bugscope Team this is the true bug face
• Student Thanks you for bug scop bye

• Student IS A TRUE BUG A REAL NAME FOR A TYPE OF BUG?
  Bugscope Team true bugs are in the order Hemiptera
• Bugscope Team here you can see part of the hydraulic system it uses to be able to suck juices up using its proboscis
• Student I thought some of it was setae
  Bugscope Team yeah, loits of setae all over the place
• Student those look like claws

• Student what is thattt
• Student Hi Kate
• Student This is cool

• Student its a blur
• Student wow zoom in plz
• Student How does setae brake off
  Bugscope Team they can be pretty stiff sometimes. Our hair are pretty flexible compared to theirs.
• Student these salt crystals are cool

• Student those look like sugar cubes
  Bugscope Team sugar cubes are cubic, but the individual sugar crystals are not cubic like that

• Student SUGAR CUBE
• Student yes patricia
• Bugscope Team Hemiptera have piercing/sucking mouthparts and something about their elytra/wings that is specific to their order

• Student can juju get on salt?
• Student can all bugs sense things that are good and things that are bad

• Student asamazing!

• Student is that an eye
• Student big eyeball
• Student scot were did sj go
  Bugscope Team I'm here, just logged off of the SEM computer
• Student Oh so does it have to dry up or something to break
  Bugscope Team well, it becomes more fragile when it dries up, and when things die they dry up
• Student he has a really nice beard

• Student whos swish$$

• Student What happened/
• Student wat is that
• Student answer swish $$$ is wes
• Student o
• Student :o
• Student WOULD A BUG DIE IF SOMETHING STABBED INTO ITS SPIRACLE?
  Bugscope Team well, depends on how big it was, but yeah, it wouldn't be good for it
• Student So how do they get stiff in the first place
  Bugscope Team they have an exoskeleton, like a coat of armore
• Bugscope Team this is one of the spiracles on the abdomen of the true bug
• 8:29am
• Student EAR
  Bugscope Team nope, bugs don't have ears, they hear through the sensory setae (hair) on their body. those setae sense vibration, which is sound
• Student thanks for answering. I didnt have to get cranky
• Bugscope Team armor, sorry
• Student If a bug rolled in mud and blocked his spericals would it die
  Bugscope Team hmm, good question, i think eventually, with no air, yes, that would hurt the bug and it woudl die. i'm not sure mud would do that though
• Student wow wanyan what a violent question.
• Student does any type of bug not have setae
  Bugscope Team I think all insects have setae, but some more than others

• Student so the setae is apart of the exoskelton
  Bugscope Team well, not really. it sticks through the exoskeleton, to nerves underneath. great question trese, you rock!
• Student whats inside
  Bugscope Team spiracles are connected to trachea. The trachea is a tube that runs through the body supplying oxygen

• Student this lookes like a cave
• Student gabe please zoom out

• Student ARE ANTENNAE HOLLOW?
  Bugscope Team some are yes
• Student wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwoooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwww
• Student okey dokey
• Student eh eh eh eh eh e eh ehe eh eh its a party in the usa. my hands up im playin my song the butterflyies fly away eh
• Student who do you tell if seate is setae?
  Bugscope Team it's not that easy because even entomologists use many words interchangeably: setae, bristles, hairs, trichae, spines....
• Student Thanks i rock
• Student PORCUPINE
• Bugscope Team some setae -- microsetae -- do not stick all the way through the exoskeleton and thus do not have that sensory function
• Teacher Ali to drive. Well done Gabe
• Student TRESE DOESNT ROCK AT ALL
• Student o cool
• Student LOL

• Student PARTY IN THE USA

• Student long
• Student my picture is not changing
  Bugscope Team try hitting refresh, F5

• Student uh oh

• Student can all setae sense things
  Bugscope Team we think that what we call setae -- the ones that stick through the exoskeleton to the nerves beneath, are all sensory.
• Student HOW BIG IS THIS BUG?
• Bugscope Team if you video is not change, or black, try to refresh your browser, F5
• Bugscope Team or reload you web page
• Student meow

• Student WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TEH BUGS SETAE BREAK OFF DO THEY GROW BACK
  Bugscope Team i don't think so, but there are thousands of other setae, so the others can compensate for the lost ones
• Student this is really cool
• Student If i find a dead bug and lock really closely at the exoskeleton will i be able to see the setae
  Bugscope Team yes, if you can look closely enough
• Student meow hiiss
• Student v

• 8:34am
• Bugscope Team ah, see, here is a hollow antenna
• Student do bugs have hair that's not setae
  Bugscope Team they have microsetae, microtrichae, spines, etc., and to sort of contradict what I said earlier, some entomologists do have strict definitions for some of those features.
• Student WOULD A BUG DIE IF IT ANTENNEA BROKE
  Bugscope Team i don't think so, but it would be less able to do it's thang
• Student o thats cool
• Student it just looks like a cave
• Student looks like my friends face
  Bugscope Team you must have cool looking friends then
• Student what is a proboscis?
  Bugscope Team it's an appendage from the head area, that usually helps manipulate food in some way
• Student who is me
• Student cool
• Student cool
• Student cool

• Student cool
• Student Swish$$ wasn't here but they showed us a picture of a bug with the setae broken off and there were holes where the setae used to be
• Student it would be less able to do it's thang'
  Bugscope Team it would be less able to sense its environment, and to get signals that would help it survive

• Student actually no i do not
• Bugscope Team some spines, for example, are there to help protect the insect from being bitten, and they are not sensory.
• Student COOOOLLLLIIIOOOO
• Student cool

• Student whos me?
• Student WHATS A LACEWING?
  Bugscope Team it's a cool insect from the neuropteran order, it usually has very big wings, very cool looking, you've seen them before i'm sure
• Student Why do bugs jaws look so weird
  Bugscope Team for one, they are sideways compared to ours
• Student a wing
• Student BIG BIG CLAWS
• Student mr, hahahhahahahhah

• Student meow

• Student are those compound eyes
  Bugscope Team totally, right on gabe

• Student BUBBLE RAP
  Bugscope Team heh, no doubt it looks like that, these are ommatidia from a compound eye
• Student wow cool lokking legs
• Student bubbles
• Student buble poping stuff
• Student on the eggs they look like their are finger prints
  Bugscope Team these are eyes, no eggs, but yeah, looks like finger prints, doesn't it
• Student this is a fly head?!
  Bugscope Team i think so, yes, a close-up of the compound eye on a fly head
• Student what is the longest living bug
  Bugscope Team I think probably the 17-year locust, if you count all of that larva time underground
• Student ramdoot
• Student How would you be able to show us the color of different bugs
  Bugscope Team well, we don't get color in an electron microscope, but one can add color later, based on elemental analysis of the image, we've done that in the past before
• Student THANKS ALEXSXS AND WHERE IS CATE
• Student is cate back on
• Bugscope Team yeah im here

• 8:39am

• Student wow 17 year old bug

• Teacher Trese to drive
• Student where do they live
• Student good job!
• Bugscope Team these are the cutting portions of the piercing mouthparts, very similar to those of a mosquito
• Bugscope Team ok, trese has control of the scope
• Student mr v never talks
  Bugscope Team mr v is an awesome teacher, you all are lucky
• Student TRESE IS GONNA KILL US BY CRASHING
  Bugscope Team i think trese is smarter than that

• Student i k
• Student TUNNELS
• Student whats i k
• Student hehhe meow!

• Student ANDREW IS ABOUT TO SLANG TALK
• Student i know

• Student dont

• Bugscope Team good gob driving trese
• Student wowossie! cool clawws
• Student wats that cord?
• Student does a bug have to be dead to have setae fall off
  Bugscope Team no they can bust off in real life
• Bugscope Team this is probably a plant fiber
• Student See Swish$$ heres where the setae broke off

• Student LOOKS LIKE THE BREAST CANCER SIGN
  Bugscope Team very astute observation there, swish
• 8:44am
• Student cool
• Bugscope Team here they may have been scraped off by the person who mounted the moth
• Student wow this moth lost alot of setae!
  Bugscope Team yeah total devastation here

• Student scot... i think you are some how vrery distant byt still related to me. are you related to allswedee or have you passed through allswedeshire
  Bugscope Team I'll have to ask my mom; she does all the genealogy stuff
• Student wat r those holes
  Bugscope Team where the setae broke off
• Student how long do you guys sit here and do bug scope a day, alex and cate?
  Bugscope Team no no, we do 3 bugscope sessions a week, and the other times we are working at our normal jobs
• Student ALEX UR MY HOMEBOY
  Bugscope Team thanks my man
• Student how many holes r there
  Bugscope Team TNTC in a short time
• Student hehehe meow!!!!!!
• Student ahhh i thought that you guys did shifts all day
  Bugscope Team this is the part of the day that is the most fun, often, for us. but we get to see some pretty cool stuff
• Student scot you seem like an allswede... are you german?

• Student how many hours do u spend on the computer a day
  Bugscope Team well, a lot, probably 4-5 hours per day at least
• Student i am getting cranky
  Bugscope Team i hear you... just try to stay cool

• Student is patrick on

• Student wow thats cool
• Student will... I DONT T CAAARE!

• Student don't listen to will
• Teacher Wanyan to drive
  Bugscope Team wanyan has control!
• Student Fail
• Student That was so hard to do i didn't know what to do
  Bugscope Team you did good trese
• Student SWISH YOU MADE ME HUNGRY'
• Bugscope Team the palp has a pore in it that looks like a spiracle
• Student did patrick type anyting

• Student thanks alex is the nice one
  Bugscope Team yeah Alex is a good dude
• Student how does this microscope of yours work?
  Bugscope Team we have the samples in a vacuum chamber, and they have been coated with gold-palladium to make them conductive. then we beam electrons at them, and secondary electrons come back from the conductive coating and hit that detector we see top right in the image.
• Student cool I'm almost ready to drive
• 8:49am

• Student meow! tehhe
• Student WYAN DON'T CRASH AND KILLS US ALL
• Student tehe meow!
• Student scot is my homie!
• Student there are a a ton of hairs
• Student Whats that
• Student is cate talking
• Student Well scot and cate havn't really been talking
• Student do you need more than 1 microscope
• Student hi
• Student wyan has a high percent of crashing and killing us all
• Bugscope Team i have been talking :)
• Student That looks expenseive
• Bugscope Team we switched it to the internal CCD camera, now you can see the stub with the bugs on it
• Student wave to us
• Student hi
• Student scot reply to me please
  Bugscope Team sorry Gabe I was writing and missed your question...
• Student wave to us!!
• Student alex is doing all the talking
• Student how could u get a pic of micopcope with microscope
• Bugscope Team well, we are NOT inside the scope, so we can't wave to you now
• Bugscope Team you are looking inside our microscope chamber that is under vacuum
• Student WOW
• Student Nice how did you get that on there
  Bugscope Team well, the bugs are taped to the stub
• Student WAVE TO US!
• Bugscope Team the electron beam comes from the top there
• Student sweet
• Bugscope Team you could see all of the insects there
• Student mvuscience hi
• Student MVUSCIENCE HAHAHAHA
• Student WHO IS MVSIENCE
• Student how much does a microscope cost$$$
  Bugscope Team this was about $600,000 11 years ago. we signed off on it 11 years ago yesterday.
  Bugscope Team it cost about $750,000 in 1998
• Bugscope Team back to the secondary electron detector now
• Student hi mvuscience!

• Guest a guest from vermont
  Bugscope Team welcome
• Student cool
• Student cool
• Student meow!
• Student i miss ramdoot
  Bugscope Team ramdoot was staying up late...
• Guest just checking it out for our visit at the end of the month
  Bugscope Team excellent, please feel free to ask any question you might have
• Student OMG
• Student Whats that
• Student o cool

• Student r those hairs
  Bugscope Team these are scales, they are a little different than hairs. They doN'T REALLY FEEL ANYTHING
• Student andrew is starting to lose his mind
  Bugscope Team sorry to hear that andres
• Student I have a question for alex scot and cate. How do you get the picture of the inside of the microscope
  Bugscope Team we switch to the CCD detector -- an infrared camera inside the microscope chamber.
• Guest will do
• Bugscope Team mvu science, if you wait until this session is done, we can also let you control the scope for practice
• Student is that a catapillar leg

• Student finally patrick talkeed
• 8:54am
• Bugscope Team sorry for caps lock
• Guest sounds good!
• Teacher troy to drive please
• Student cool

• Student I AM NOT LOSING MY MIND!!!!!

• Student meow!
• Bugscope Team i think someone needs to click on the image to STOP moving

• Student meow

• Student meow meow mewo meow meow meow

• Bugscope Team ok, hold on a sec
• Bugscope Team ok, now we are good

• Student wow
• Student cool
• Bugscope Team i've lock the controls for a sec so i can fix the scope
• Student Paper\\\Gagse
• Bugscope Team ok, now we are good
• Student what is that
• Student bandage stuff
• Student scales
• Student WAT IZ DAT
• Bugscope Team that is a scale on the eye
• Bugscope Team ok, it's unlocked now, wanyan, you have control
• Student is that a wing and compound eyes
• Bugscope Team the holey thing is the scale
• Student JUJUJUJUJUJUJUJUJUJUJUUJUJUJJUJU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  Bugscope Team heh
• Student cool
• Student so wat do i gio to
• Bugscope Team troy has control now
• Student IS IT COLD AT VERMONT MVUSCIENCE?

• Guest not bad about 30

• Student narly!

• Bugscope Team gnarly
• Bugscope Team :)
• Bugscope Team you can see two scales, and you can see the individual ommatidia, which are all hexagonal, very nice here.

• Bugscope Team yeah, this is a nice compound eye
• Student Alex is cool no one else talks
• Student o my bad :o
• Student why "gnarly"?
• Student GNARLY DUDE GNARLY
• Student :(

• Student JKJKO
• Student Leaf
• Student that looks like honeycomb
  Bugscope Team it looks like a honeycomb because that is the best way to close-pack objects that are essentially circular into a 3D shape
  Bugscope Team totally, doesn't it? that's a compound eye though. pretty wild looking huh?
• Student leaf?!
• Student FANKS
• Student scot ur my homie
  Bugscope Team that's right!
• Student ya
• Student they look like duck feet
• 8:59am
• Student yes very wierd lookn
• Bugscope Team each hexagon has a lens in it
• Student they do
• Bugscope Team the hexagons are called ommatidia
• Student HEY IM NICO, "I LUV CAKE"
• Student HONEYCOMBS CERAEL Y DOES
• Student PATRICK
• Student *
• Bugscope Team the lens is stationary, unlike human lens that can move in the socket
• Student scot wanna be bffl's
  Bugscope Team Sure, max5.
• Bugscope Team Cake is not feeling so well this morning.
• Student Awee cate feel better
• Student welcome anoel.
• Bugscope Team aw thanks
• Student = - )
• Student wat about me scot
• Student im affended
  Bugscope Team 'offended'
• Student feel better! meow :)
• Student *yawn* food hungry *grumble* tummy affected
• Teacher andrew to drive
• Student Are those broken wings
  Bugscope Team those are the subcomponents of wings, like feathers
• Student i thought we were homies
  Bugscope Team we cool
• Bugscope Team andrew has control now

• Bugscope Team click again to stop andrew
• Student BRACE YOURSELVES ANDREW IS SUPREME RULER!!!!!!!!!
• Bugscope Team click again to stop andrew
• Student meow1!

• Student thank you!
• Bugscope Team when you click to drive, you click once. then you click once to stop
• Student BRACE YOURSELVES ANDREW IS SUPREME RULER!!!!!!!!!

• Student cool
• Bugscope Team tbh
• Bugscope Team andrew, you are stuck in click to drive mode, you need to click in the images again to stop moving
• Bugscope Team true bug head
• Student no more.....! :(

• Student what bug is that

• Student Is there a bug that can change colors to camoflauge
  Bugscope Team that is a good question -- I am not sure

• Bugscope Team ok, we are good now
• Bugscope Team go ahead andrew, keep on truckin!
• Student ANDREWS GONNA KILL US ALL!!!!!!!! ITS OUTTA CONTROL!!
• Student are those setae on its leg?
  Bugscope Team yes!!!! right on ali, you are learning, the cornerstone of all humans
• Bugscope Team heh, no andrew is doing just fine
• 9:04am

• Student bye bye!
• Student thank you!
• Student Bye bBye thanks
• Student seeya peeps, thankya
• Student thank you! = -))
• Student THANKYOU VERY MUCH
• Bugscope Team Oh no. Bye!
• Student feel better cate!
• Student Thanks scot cate and my bff Alex and feel better cate
• Bugscope Team you all are welcome, you all rocked and or rolled
• Student FANAAAAAANKS!
• Bugscope Team thank you
• Bugscope Team Thank you for connecting with us today.
• Bugscope Team looks like everyone logged off?
• Bugscope Team yeah, mrs. v logged out it looks like
• Bugscope Team okabye
• Bugscope Team i thought the session was till 9:30AM?
• Bugscope Team guess we are free
• Bugscope Team okay, nice session everyone, good job mr. v
• Bugscope Team all the chat and images are at your member page: http://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2009-141