Connected on 2012-03-16 15:15:00 from Los Angeles, California, United States
- 2:10pm
- Bugscope Team Hello Deb!
- Bugscope Team 'scope is pumping down
- Bugscope Team with sample in it...
- Bugscope Team so we're just waiting for the vacuum to get better
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- Bugscope Team Hi Sarah!
- Bugscope Team welcome to Bugscope!
- Guest Hello! And thank you! I'm in the teacher prep program at WSU Tri-Cities
- Guest My technology professor told us about this - pretty neat!
- Bugscope Team Cool. We are setting up for a session with a school in California that starts at 3:15 our time.
- Guest Sounds great!
- Bugscope Team who's your teacher? or should I say did (she?) come from here?
- 3:03pm
- Guest Her name is Lisa Page, and she's done sessions on here before.
Bugscope Team Aha! Yeah totally cool. Please say Hi to her!
- Bugscope Team (Scott Robinson)
- Guest I definately will!
- Bugscope Team Sarah you can see what we're doing -- we're choosing cool stuff on the stub and saving it as "Presets"
- Bugscope Team when the teacher and her students log in they will be able to select from them on the lefthand screen
- 3:08pm
- Guest that's a good idea - how long does it take to prepare something like this?
- Bugscope Team we start out with insects/arthropods that are dry, and we mount them on a stub that's 1.75 inches in diameter. then we coat them with gold-palladium. it takes about 25 minutes to make the stub, 10 or so minutes to coat it, and 30 to 40 minutes to do what we're doing now.
- Guest very cool. this is definately something I'd like to incorporate in my future classroom.
- 3:15pm
- Bugscope Team Sarah be sure to apply for a session far in advance; once the time gets closer and you've already been accepted, you can work with us to modify the time/day.
- Bugscope Team it's 'cause we've suddenly become so 'popular' that we are booking months ahead of time.
- Guest I will make note of that.
- Bugscope Team totally cool
- Bugscope Team we can hold only an average of two sessions/week
- Guest how long do the sessions usually last?
- Bugscope Team 45 minutes to an hour, usually
- Bugscope Team Deb!
- Bugscope Team Welcome to Bugscope!
- Teacher Hi ! This is Debbie. Im waiting for the kids to get their computers and then we are ready. Is there anything I need to do now?
- 3:20pm
- Bugscope Team please feel free to tryin driving, if you'd like
- Bugscope Team oops
- Bugscope Team please feel free to try driving...
- Teacher k
- Bugscope Team cool you are a natural
- Bugscope Team these are moth ommatidia -- the individual eye facets
- Bugscope Team moths can see in the ultraviolet wavelengths of color, whereas we cannot
- Bugscope Team the images we see come live from the electron microscope
- Bugscope Team you're driving a $600,000 microscope from your classroom
- Bugscope Team if you ever see scanning electron micrographs in color, it's because they've been colorized
- 3:25pm
- Bugscope Team because we're imaging using electrons, what we see comes to us as signal, in grayscale
- Bugscope Team this is one of those super nasty caterpillars that has a very bad sting if you touch it
- Bugscope Team this is one of the antennae of a springtail, which is very tiny
- Bugscope Team and this is a larger moth; its proboscis is normally coiled
- Bugscope Team hi students!
- Bugscope Team Welcome to Bugscope!
- Bugscope Team Please let us know when you have questions.
- 3:31pm
- Student hello
Bugscope Team Hello Disc!
- Student cookies
Bugscope Team Hello Cookies!
- Bugscope Team hi disc
- Student Elkayam :)
- Student hello?
Bugscope Team Can you see the moth head, Disc?
- Student heyo
- Student hi
- Student hey
- Student hi
- Student hey What is this
- Student what is that
- Student wazz up hhhhhoooommmmes
Bugscope Team nice screen name
- Teacher hi
- Student what is that
- Student yes
- Student yes i could
- Student what is that
Bugscope Team it's a moth
- Student what is that
- Student hi
- Student Hey!!!!!!
- Student hi
- Student what uppppppppppp
- Student what uppppppppppp
- Student WAZZU
- Student was up
- Student sup
- Student hi this is awsome
- Student hi
- Student what is that
- Student thanks
- Student is it zoomed in?
- Student what is that
- Student hey jojo
- Student hey
- Student hi
- Student hi
- Student thanks
- Student thanks
- Student thanks
- Student hey helloooooooooooooooooooooooooo good by
- Student hey matthew hows it goin disc
- Student what is that
Bugscope Team we are looking at a moth head right now
- Student hi
- Student its disgusting
- Student its disgusting
- Bugscope Team the proboscis is coming out from the middle of the 2 bulging compound eyes
- Student hey massoma
- Student ohh i didnt know that
- Student wazzzuuupppp!!!!!!!!
- Bugscope Team the setae -- the hair -- helps them sense their environment since they don't have skin with nerve endings in it
- Student hahaha
- Student i dont no
- Student TEA CAN YOU SEE ME
- Student it freaky im scared
- Student do you know all the different kinds of bugs
Bugscope Team not all of them, no
- Student whats that thing coming out of his face
- Teacher what are the hairs
- Student ok
- Student HEYO
- Student what is that hair
- Guest ?
- Guest ?
- Student hey vincent
- Student he joanna
- Student it looks like eyeballs of a fly
- Student i don't kow
- Student Hi
- Student so what is the¨unidentifed bug thing
- Student oh ok
- Student hey ar
- Student i mean hi joanna
- Student i don't know
- Student hi
- Student hi
- Guest hello why does a fly only live for one day
Bugscope Team some of them do -- they become adjults, breed, and die
- Student I THINK
- Guest ?
- Student what up viny
- Bugscope Team oops 'adults'
- Student yea
- Student yea
- Student hello
- Student Do you study these bugs?
- Student Hello my name is Jesse. I know your in Winsconsin
- Student hello scientist
- Student WHAT IS THAT
- Student whats that tube thing coming out
- Student WHAT IS THAT
- Student so what is the¨unidentifed bug thing
Bugscope Team I think it's a damselfly, a predatory fly like a dragonfly
- Student What is the furry thing
- Student what's behind the moth head???????
- 3:36pm
- Student why are bugs so weird
- Student Do you study these bugs?
- Student what is this fluffy thing on the moth
Bugscope Team moths are covered in fur
Bugscope Team er sorry
Bugscope Team scales!
- Student it is really freaky for a sec i thought it was a fly
- Student Do you study these bugs?
- Student what type of moth is that
- Guest what is the biggest insect
- Student can maggots be parisites
- Student What is a proboscis?
- Student hi
- Student do you have to zoom closely to see the bugs/insects
- Student the moth cacoon looks weird
- Student how many bugs can fly?
- Student head
- Student head
- Student is there color blindness
- Student How long does it take a ladybug to fully grow? please answer we have found many in our school
- Student is it still alive?
- Teacher hi scott
- Student Do you study these bugs?
- Student how many parts are on a moth
- Student what is the smallest insect?
- Student what is the smallest insect?
- Student why do moths need claws
- Student how long is that tongue
- Teacher is the
- Teacher is the
- Student hi scot
- Student i am not smart but what is the thing sticking out of its haed
Bugscope Team in the front is its tongue, called a proboscis
- Student what is the fastest bug
- Student what is the fastest bug
- Student what is the smallest insect?
Bugscope Team there's a fly called the fairy fly that is said to be about 1/4 mm long
- Student what is that
- Student what other bugs do you study?
- Student why is the bug hairy
- Student at is the slowest bug
- Student is it possible for beetles not to fly
- Student What type of bug is that?
- Student Hello
- Student what is that called
- Student what other bugs do you study?
Bugscope Team whatever someone sends is what we look at earwigs, spiders, leafhoppers, ticks...
- Student I stat an egg
- Student nothing
- Student hiiiiiii scott and katy
- Student how old is this bug??????
- Student what are fly eyes
Bugscope Team often they are compound eyes -- eyes that are bulbous and have many lenses
- Student *cate
- Student wow that is cool
- Student hey scot is this a fly.
Bugscope Team no this is a moth
- Student hey scott why do ants need a stinger
- Student how many kinds of are there?
- Student how big is a beetle
Bugscope Team a goliath beetle can be a big as your fist
- Student i said eyes silly
- Student Do you study every insect in the U.S.?
- Student what is the smallest insect in the whole wide world
Bugscope Team it's supposed to be the fairy fly
- Student how big is that moth
- Student Is it true that flies vomit their food?
Bugscope Team some flies spit saliva onto their food to dissolve it so they can sponge it up with the mouthparts
- Student why is the tongue curly
- Student do you know what the fastest bug is?
- Student why is the tongue curly
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- Student why is the tongue curly
Bugscope Team it coils up so that when the moth is flying it is out of the way
- Student hey scot
- Teacher How many eyes do flies have
- Student how long does it take for a ladybug to fully grow?
- Student what is the fastest bug
Bugscope Team dragonflies can move 36 mph
Bugscope Team the giant hunting wasp can fly up to 48 mph
- Student what are the hairs on the bitting mouth part
- Student how many bugs do you study?
Bugscope Team we don't actually study bugs, except when we do this and when we help entomologists
- Student Where did you guys learn this info
- Student what is the name of that insect
Bugscope Team this is a moth
- Student Is it hard to study the fairy fly
- Student sup
- Student Do you guys study the fairy flies
Bugscope Team we don't study just one type of insect, though most entymologists do pick one type, like long horned beetles
- Student discusting
- Student how big is the insect scot
Bugscope Team this one is more than a centimeter long
- Student whats the fastest insect that can fly??
- Student why are bugs weird
- Student where did you learn all of this info
Bugscope Team we learn it by working with entymologists and also by researching on our own
- Student Scot, how long does it take for a ladybug to fully grow?
Bugscope Team I think about 6 weeks
- Student tounge looks like a death rope
- Student why are bugs weird
- Student what bug is this first one
- Student what is the smallest bug
- Student what other types of insects look like that
Bugscope Team butterflies are sort of like this
- Student have you ever caught a live firefly?
Bugscope Team yes
- Student what is most dangerous insect in the world?
Bugscope Team the mosquito is the deadliest. It carries many deadly diseases
- Student hello sctt
Bugscope Team Hello!
- Student how is this possible Mr scott?
- Student WOW!
- Student do there eyes have hair on them
Bugscope Team sometimes, so they can feel if something is touching them, or to sense wind or windspeed.
- Student What is the name of the biggest kind of bug?
- Student Is this a dangerous bug scot?
- Student Why is it harry
- Student scot
- Student what kind of bug bites the hardest
- Student how many eyes does a tranchila have
- Student how many eyes does a tranchila have
- Student hey Scot what is the largest bug
- Student *change
- Student what's your favorite bug
- Student they eat
- Student why is there hair in some bugs mouth
Bugscope Team the hairs on insects are there to help insects sense what is going on around it. If insects have them in their mouth, they are probably there to help taste/smell food or maybe to help tell it that it has something touching its mouth. Their exoskeleton isn't sensitive like our skin is
- Student helllllo
- Student scot do you know why the moths tounge curly?
Bugscope Team so it can roll up when it is not being extended into a flower
- Student do thee bugs have saliva in the mouth
Bugscope Team some do, like mosquitoes
- Student How do you know all these answers i want to be like you
- Student do undentified biting flies bite really badly or what does it leave you?
Bugscope Team it would hurt, and they don't just leave you alone. They would be similar to a horse fly
- Student cool
- Student what about a moth???
- Student how long is the ant stinger
- Student so what kind of bug is this one
- Student how much lives does a cocarouch
- Student hi
- Student hi
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- Student have
- Student thanks scot
- Student why is it black and white
Bugscope Team we are beaming electrons at the samples and getting 2ndary electrons back, as signal -- electrons are smaller than the wavelengths of colored light
- Student how many different bugs are there in the world?
- Student HI scot, this is Debbie... some of the kids are having a problem changing their slides. Can u help?
- Student how long have u been studying bugs??????
- Student What are the 2 twisted things
- Student whats a horse fly cate ?
- Student how do [people
- Student what is your favorite bug
- Student what is the biggest bug in the world
- Student what is the biggest insect on earth
- Student hey Scot are all the bugs alike
Bugscope Team only in certain ways
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- Student hello scott and Cate
Bugscope Team hi!
- Student oh
- Student six week
- Student oh so thats why it is curly do you know why bee stings
Bugscope Team they are trying to protect their nest
- Guest how many eyes does a fly have , why do flies have them
Bugscope Team flies have 2 compound eyes and usually 3 smaller simple eyes called ocelli. The compound eyes are for seeing things and the ocelli are used to help navigate, like a built in gps
- Teacher deb
- Teacher deb
- Student Why do flies like to eat from the trash?
Bugscope Team there is lots of sugary stuff in there that they like
- Student What is the biggest insect in the world/
- Student how big are flys
- Student do there eyes have hair on them
Bugscope Team some have hairs on their eyes to help tell it when things are touching the eye, or to help tell the insect where the wind is blowing.
- Student why do bugs look so discusting
Bugscope Team after a while it sort of makes sense, and they don't look so bad
- Student Scot do you know why a bee stings
- Student *caterpillar
- Student how long do butterflies live?
- Student can you die from a moth bite
Bugscope Team no, at least none in the US can kill you
- Student what is this bug
- Student how long does it take for a caterpiller to go in to its cocoon ?
Bugscope Team often 4 to 6 weeks, but it varies
- Student how come we cant chane the image?
Bugscope Team the user that has control of the microscope should be able to change the image
- Student Scot I know that this bug is small but I think that there are smaller bugs aren't there
Bugscope Team yes there are
- Student no not the wasp what i mean is you!!
- Student were are ant stingers located
- Student were do they live
- Student scot how does moth fly
Bugscope Team it catches the air with its wings, like a bird
- Student h
- Teacher how big is a fly
Bugscope Team that depends on the fly. Horse flies are pretty big. But fruit flies are very small. Around a few millimeters big
- Student what is this
- Student scott, what is a horse fly we want to know
Bugscope Team they are flies with slashing/cutting mouthparts that like to drink blood
- Student what is this
- Student what is fast insect/
- Student what is fast insect/
- Student is this a catlepillar cut in half
- Student Do u like ur job
- Student i thought only bees and scorpions had stingers how come ants have them
- Student why do insects eat other insects
Bugscope Team they are convenient sources of protein
- Student what is the biofilm
- Student What is the biggest kind of bug in the world
Bugscope Team walking stick is one of them
- Bugscope Team these are all live images that the microscope is acquiring. The electron microscope cost $600,000 when we purchased it over 10 years ago
- Student cool
- Student what is a spiracle?
Bugscope Team insects breathe using their spiracles, which are kind of like pores they can open and close
- Student hey cate do flies eat other insects?
Bugscope Team there are some flies that do. The robber fly is a predator of other insects. It has some serious biting mouthparts!
- Student what is this dug
- Student is it true that in mexico there are moths that have wingspan of over a foot
Bugscope Team pretty close
- Student what is that thing?
- Student how many bugs do you see every year?
- Student i meant bug
- Student how big does bug grow
- Student how small is an ant
Bugscope Team the ones we have in the microscope today are super small. Only a few millimeters big
- Student are some bugs poisonous
Bugscope Team yes they are!
- Student How long do flys live
- 3:52pm
- Guest why aren't spiders insects?
Bugscope Team they have eight legs, no antennae, and they don't have a head, thorax and abdomen
- Student How do you know so much?
Bugscope Team we have been doing this for a while and look things up when we don't know
- Student do preying mantis bite you or can you even feel when they do
Bugscope Team you can feel it
- Student are vampire moths real
Bugscope Team they are real. They drink blood from animals, sometimes even humans.
- Student Thank you Scot
- Student What is the zig-zag things surrounding it?
- Student Scot, how long do butterflies live?
Bugscope Team probably some live for almost a year
- Student how long does a catlepilar live?
- Student thanks cate
- Student is this a meat eating bug?
- Student how long does a catlepilar live?
- Student what a is walking stick
Bugscope Team it looks like a stick with stick-like legs
- Student is it bigger than a normal type of caterpillar?
- Student do you study spore like parisites
Bugscope Team some people do, and we help them
- Student how does caterpillers change into butterflies?
- Student what is the most common bug?
- Student what part of the bug is this
- Student What part of the caterpillar is this and what does it do?
Bugscope Team it is an asp caterpillar that has stinging spines. They are a little dangerous to come in contact with
- Student how many bugs are in the world
- Student how painful is a black widow bite?
- Student how long do bugs live up 2
- Student do termites eat wood
Bugscope Team yes. carpenter ants do as well.
- Student Why is this program called bug scope?
- Student What are caterpillars job? What do they do?
Bugscope Team they eat quite a lot and then turn into moths and butterflies, after going through a stage in which they metamorphose.
- Student do all bugs have legs?
Bugscope Team yes. All adult insects have 6 legs. SOmetimes the larvae don't though
- Student how many moth have you studyed
- Student what part of the bug is this?
- Student how long does a bug live
- Student whats the longest a bug has lived before
Bugscope Team cicadas can live for 17 years as grubs, underground
- Student Scot do you know if a bug eats in the tarsh
Bugscope Team some do. Some wasps eat nothing but garbage. You often see them flying around picnic tables in the park. Also some flies like to eat garbage
- Student What are salt crystals?
Bugscope Team it's the kind of salt you get at a Wendy's restaurant.
- Student is it bigger than a normal type of caterpillar?
Bugscope Team they are definitely furrier. But are maybe about the same length as most other caterpillars I've seen
- Student Cate do you like your job working on bugs?
- Student what are those spike things inside of it (:
Bugscope Team those serve as filters to keep dust out of the tracheae
- Student Are vampire bats the only bats that drink blood?
- Student cool
- Student hey
- Student why are bugs attracted to dung
Bugscope Team in part it is the smell, and some dung still has nutrients in it that they can eat
- Student do they live in water
- Student is it possible for a bug to bite you and you don't feel it besides moquitos
Bugscope Team I am not sure. If it has happened, I wouldn't know because I didn't feel it :)
Bugscope Team bedbugs can bite without you feeling it
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- Student how do rolly pollys get under rocks i understand ants
- Student How long can a bug live?
Bugscope Team cicadas can live for over 17 years, and fleas can remain in the egg stage for years
- Student do you get sick in your stomach when you look at bugs?
- Student hi scot
- Student why do insect eat each other
- Student what is the most common bug?
Bugscope Team probably ants
- Student scot, how long does it take for a caterpillar to be fully grown?????????
Bugscope Team it depends on the caterpillar but likely about 6 weeks, average
- Student cate do u know how old it is
Bugscope Team no I'm sorry. We received it from another school
- Student What is dung?
Bugscope Team poop, or excreta; in insects it is called frass
- Student hi scot
- Student scot or kate are you there
- Student why are some bugs nice and some are mean
- Student hi scot
- Student scot or kate are you there
Bugscope Team yes sorry we are just busy
- Student whats that?
- Student Do you know everything about every animal?
- Student whats that?
- Student do you like your job
Bugscope Team I like my job a lot. It never gets boring and we are always seeing interesting samples. Not just insects.
- Student scott is there a bigger insect like that or diffrent
- Student when you put salt on a snail why does it sizzle
- Student whats a spiracle
Bugscope Team it's a breathing hole for an insect.
- Student why do moths like light
Bugscope Team light confuses them
- Student how big is an insects heart??
- Student How many babies could a ladybug have?
- Student What is a spiracle???
Bugscope Team it's a pore through which insects breathe
- Student is this a ice cube?
- Student what are a microns.
Bugscope Team one thousandth of a millimeter is a micrometer, or micron
- Student does the salt crystal live in the water!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Student what does that crystal do
- Student is it possible we can make a spicies of bugs ecticnt
Bugscope Team find a predator that likes to eat that kind of bug and introduce more of that predator is an easy way to make a species go extinct
- Student Is this what salt really looks like
- Student it depens
- Student Is it fun experimenting insects and bugs in life science????
- Student is it true you can die when a black widow bites you
- Student what is a salt crystal
- Student scot what is your favorite insect
- Student what is a salt crystal
- Student how do insects eat
- Student do study the trillions of bugs
- Student what is the bug that leaves the biggest bump when it bites you ?
Bugscope Team some spiders make a big dome on you when they bite
- Student sj what is your favorite insect
- Student scot are u there
- Student is a tranchlla very strong
Bugscope Team goliath birdeater tarantulas are pretty strong. They can capture and eat birds
- Student hi nener
- Student oh thats ok
- Student oh thats ok
- Student it looks like a dice hitting a window
- Student hello
- Student why do some insects have wings while others don't have wings?
- Student What do you do with the insects that you experiment?
- Student what bug lives the longest?
Bugscope Team termite queens can live up to 50 years, some say even 100 years
- Student are bed bugs killable
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- Student Is studying bugs fun?
Bugscope Team yes it is enormously interesting
- Student how many bugs do you guys have
- Student what does a fly do went it poops
Bugscope Team much like a dog but maybe more discreet
- Student why bugs eat other bugs
- Student why bugs eat other bugs
- Student when you put salt on a snail why does it sizzle?
- Student Is this a pillow?
- Student Is this what salt really look like from close up?
Bugscope Team just this kind of salt -- usually it does not have that incised shape
- Student about how big is the heart of a ladybug
- Student What is the biggest insect in the world?
- Student Are vampire bats the only bats that drink blood?
Bugscope Team i think so
- Student how long is the biggest spider, scot?
Bugscope Team bigger than your hand; some spiders can eat birds
- Student are bugs edible?
- Student are bugs edible?
- Student are bugs edible?
Bugscope Team yes they often are
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- Student what type of bugs are harry
Bugscope Team all insects have hair, but some are hairier than others. Bumblebees are very hairy. They use all that hair to help capture pollen to pollenate plants
- Student about how many bug to you study
Bugscope Team we don't study them specifically, like entomologists, but we've seen hundreds of species
- Student what insects type of eye is that
- Student how many times can the flies see
- Student are ant stingers bad because some ants don't sting
Bugscope Team yes some ants don't sting
- Student scott are u there
- Student How long does a caterpillar live?
Bugscope Team caterpillars are just adolescents of butterflies. They can stay caterpillars sometimes many months
- Student how does the mold get on the moths wings
- Student do all bugs shed skin?
Bugscope Team no. and they have more like a shell, not really skin
- Student how many eyes do they gave scot?
- Student how many eyes do they gave scot?
- Student is this really salt?
- Student Deb have you ever learned about bugs when you were a student?
- Student Are u even there
- Student what is the biggest insect
Bugscope Team walking stick can be 18 or 20 inches long
- Student hey scot why do bugs bite us
Bugscope Team sometimes as a defensive measure, other times to drink our blood
- Student cate what is your favorite insect?
Bugscope Team probably some type of bee, like a honeybee
- Student can one bug kill you
- Student I am sorry we are bothering you.
- Student have you ever eaten a bug?
- Student do most bugs have teeth or do they just suck blood or whatever they drink through tubes
- Student is this a baby flea
- Student can you eat food that a fly has landed on or will it make yousick :(
Bugscope Team 5 second rule! Most times it won't make you sick, unless you let the fly stay there a while.
- Student is there a type of mineral or food that is to rough for catterpillars
- Student how long does it take for a moth to make its cacoon
- Student how many eyes do they have?
Bugscope Team some flying insects have two compound eyes and three simple eyes, called ocelli
- Student Is this really salt?
- 4:07pm
- Student is there a type of mineral or food that is to rough for catterpillars
Bugscope Team some insects cannot eat borax
- Student are stinkbugs dangerous
- Student why do people kill bugs and puts it in lollipops
- Student Does a caterpillar have teeth?
- Student how long do ants live
- Student why do bugs like stinky stuff
- Student what else have you studied
Bugscope Team we work with bacteria people, rotifer people, planaria people, on and on
- Student arent edible bugs crickets i see them at stores
- Student that looks like a crab
- Student j
- Student why does the moth's body looks like a tree bark//
Bugscope Team the scales probably make it looks like bark
- Student do caterpillars enter cocoons based on their size or their age (amount of time)?
- Student is this really salt?
Bugscope Team it is the kind of salt you get from a Wendy's restaurant
- Student COOL!
- Student oh so like you guys find spiders and bugs?\
- Student how many legs do centipedes have, Scot?
Bugscope Team often it is fewer than 100
- Student what type of caterpillar is that?
- Student why are they airy scott
- Student o do spiders
- Student are bed bugs killable
Bugscope Team yes, the best way is to suffocate them by covering the mattress/bedding in a bag
- Student how small is a bug
- Student do ants have stingers
Bugscope Team yes, they use their stingers to defend themselves from their many predators
- Student Do you like answering us kids questions?
- Guest why do they call it an UNIDENTIFIED BITING FLY?
Bugscope Team we don't know what kind of fly it is. It looks similar to a crane fly
- Student Have You Ever Eaten A Bug????
- Student Soooooo have you seen some flies that have different colors? ~ Agent Shimmy
Bugscope Team yes we have seen flies in many different colors. Like iridescent blue or green, or just plain black
- Student i have the same question as Bug Kid do bugs have teeth
- Student whats borax
- Student could a black widow kill you
Bugscope Team they wouldn't easily kill an adult, but they could kill a baby
- Student what was the biggest insect u guys ever found
- Student do moths really eat cloths?
Bugscope Team their larvae do
- Student have u seen a insect like that before
- Student :(
- Student are bugs edible?
Bugscope Team yes, but I'm sure they arent very tasty
- Student why do butterflies like water and sugar?
Bugscope Team they can digest the sugar and thus make use of it that way
- Student Do all bugs shed their skin?
Bugscope Team they do when they are ready to grow. Their exoskeletons don't grow with them like our skin does
- Student why does a bug like trash
- Student yhuirgurgurgu
- Student yhuirgurgurgu
- Student abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
- Student how of ten do you guys find unfamiliar species
- Student do ladybugs bite?
Bugscope Team the current crop of Asian ladybugs can
- Student how big can a caterpillar be?
- Student so how does that work one for protection and the other to for their pry??
- Student can a bite from the brown spider be fatal?
- Student what is the fattest bug
- Student why do horse flies like blood and can they kill you
Bugscope Team they can't kill you. They drink blood, just like mosquitos do. The females need a bloodmeal to reproduce
- Student what bug lives the longest
Bugscope Team maybe the cicada
Bugscope Team termite queen
- Student do bugs eat other bugs
Bugscope Team yes they do
- Student why does this bug have nails
Bugscope Team those are the tips of the feet, much like fingernails
- Student do bugs have teeth
Bugscope Team they have a pair of hinged jaws they use to chew their food, but they have no teeth
- 4:12pm
- Student Why do we itch after fleas bite us?
Bugscope Team sometimes the saliva has chemicals in it that we react to
- Student Deb, did you ever learn about bugs when you where a student?
- Student can you see atoms with your microscope? please reply:)
Bugscope Team no but with a different kind of microscope we can resolve individual atoms. The atomic force microscope
- Student so what is in the salt crystal and do we eat those
- Student :)
- Student Do you like telescopes
- Student what do bed bugs do to you all i know is that they go in your bed
- Student hey scot can you die from a vampire moth bite
Bugscope Team I don't think so, but you could get a bacterial infection from one that could kill you
- Student what color is this inset
- Student What Is The Biggest Butterfly In The World?
- Student why are they called : Salt Crystals?
Bugscope Team they are sodium chloride crystals
- Student how do they get the mold in the wings
Bugscope Team it got there after the moth died. It must have been stored in a container that had a little moisture in it
- Student what are the most deadly spiders in the world?
- Student what kind of food do bugs eat?
- Student can a bug crawl into your ear?
Bugscope Team yes they can
- Student what is the deadliest bug in the world
- Student Whats your favorite bug
- Student where do bed bugs usually come through
- Student is it true that if you just touch a butterfly it will die???
Bugscope Team no. If you ripped off their wings they will die because they can't fly to get food anymore
- Student peace
- Student BYE!
- Student what are the most deadly spiders in the world?
Bugscope Team I think some of the Australian ones are the worst
- Student What are mandibles
- Student bye everyone and have a nice day
- Student are some bugs pretty?
- Student ADIOS we have to go now
- Student oh and is it fun working with bugs
- Student is it true that i a prymantis jumps over your thi will you stay short
Bugscope Team I don't think there is a reason to believe that.
- Guest Are spider insects or aracnids?
Bugscope Team arachnids
- Student how long does it take to kill a adult
- Student we have to go hope we see u again soon
- Student does a fly poop when it lands?
Bugscope Team not always, but it does often lick where it lands
- Student we are going to leave soon bye!!!
Bugscope Team Bye!
- Student why are bugs kinda hairy
- Student What type of bugs bite people or any insects? ~Agent Shimmy/Dooshbag
- Student later scot esem sj and cate
- Student thank you this was awesome
- Student nice meet you
- Student why do bed bugs stay in your bed do they like it ?
Bugscope Team they like to feed off humans that lay in the bed
- Student thankyou i realy learned alot
- Student thanks soooooooo much apreciate the lesson
- Student THANK YOU VERY MUCH CATE AND SCOTT!:)
- Student how long does a catipiller live
Bugscope Team usually 4 to 6 weeks before they form a coccoon and change
- Bugscope Team bye!
- Student see yah later alligata!
Bugscope Team later!
- Student Thank you so much for answering our questions
- Student bye scot and cate
Bugscope Team Bye!
- Student bye we have to go thank you for answering our questions!
Bugscope Team Thank You!
- Student Bye
- Student thank u i see later
Bugscope Team Thank You!
- Student thankyou i realy learned alot
Bugscope Team Thank you Aaron!
- Student Thank you so much for answering our questions we learned a lot today!
Bugscope Team Thank you Katnbu!
- Student We loved talking to you guys
Bugscope Team it was fun for us
- Student Thank you so for your support!!!!!!
- Student do you research specific bugs or all bugs
Bugscope Team we like the kind that specialize, as opposed to generalists like roaches
- 4:18pm
- Teacher Thank you so much for this oportunity.
- Guest Hi! We are here for the mock session. -- South West York Homeschoolers )Audrey & Mark)
Bugscope Team Hi Audrey and Mark!
- Student BYE BYE SCOT !!! see you next time.
Bugscope Team see you!
- Student anyway thank you we had fun with you . by the way are names are shelby and elizabeth bye
Bugscope Team cool! Thank You! Bye!
- Teacher Thanks again. The kids loved it. Very cool!! have an awesome weekend!!
- Bugscope Team https://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2011-158
- Bugscope Team Debbie this is your member page, below.
- Bugscope Team Thank You!
- Teacher K THANKS
- Teacher Hope to do this next year as well!
Bugscope Team apply soon!
- Bugscope Team SWYH are you here?
- Guest Yes.
- Guest What should we do for the mock session?
Bugscope Team I set things up so you can control the 'scope now
- Bugscope Team so you can drive, if you'd like, and you can also select from the presets on the lefthand screen
- 4:23pm
- Bugscope Team SWYH can you see that you have controls, over the top of the viewing screen?
- Bugscope Team and can you see the lefthand arrow?
- Guest What keys do I use to drive?
Bugscope Team use your mouse to control the magnification, focus, etc. at the top of the viewing screen
- Bugscope Team if you click within the image you see now, you can get the microscope to center on the place you click upon
- Guest I see that we click on the controls at the top
Bugscope Team yes!
- Bugscope Team I just clicked the minus on the magnification
- Guest how do you pan
Bugscope Team to move the sample, click once within the image and it will center on that point
- Bugscope Team we used to have click to drive, but it was too hard to know when to click to stop driving...
- Bugscope Team can you see the presets on the lefthand screen?
- Bugscope Team please let me know when you have questions
- 4:29pm
- Guest I think I am missing some controls, I have a + & - after Focus, but nothing after Mag
Bugscope Team first, try refreshing your browser, which is usually f5
- Guest by presets do you mean the pictures on the left
Bugscope Team exactly. if you click on one, the 'scope will drive to that place
- Bugscope Team it may be that your screen resolution needs to be changed so that you can see all of the controls
- Bugscope Team are you using a Windows machine?
- Bugscope Team you can right click on the 'desktop,' which will allow you to access 'Properties,' and you can then go to 'Settings' to change the screen size.
- 4:34pm
- Bugscope Team how are you doing?
- Bugscope Team 217 265 8164...
- Guest was atmax res, tried three lower resolutions but still looks the same
- Guest should we try a different laptop?
- Bugscope Team yes that might do it
- Bugscope Team is it possible there is some kind of firewall on your end?
- Guest possibly
- Bugscope Team also of course be sure refresh (F5) if you haven't already.
- Guest we will log out and try less secure computer
Bugscope Team hey cool I will be here
- 4:43pm
- Bugscope Team hello Evil Monkey!
- Bugscope Team SWYH how are things looking now?
- Bugscope Team I just gave SWYH control...
- Guest We're back. And we see our controls now.
Bugscope Team sweet
- Bugscope Team awesome!
- Bugscope Team you can see the ant mandible more closely now
- Guest i forgot how u said to move to the side
- Bugscope Team click on the white arrow in the blue circle
- Guest oh just got it!
- Bugscope Team ant doing a cannonball
- Bugscope Team if you click on one of the presets, on the lefthand screen, the 'scope will drive to that place on the stub
- 4:48pm
- Bugscope Team now you can see the antenna, and where it rests above the head
- Bugscope Team those are microsetae
- Bugscope Team you can see the base of one of the microsetae
- Bugscope Team good job focussing
- Bugscope Team you can see that focus is basically up or down
- Bugscope Team once you get up to a super high mag like this, the electron beam can move the sample around
- Bugscope Team and you can see distortion from where the electrons are charging up this specific area
- Bugscope Team a rod-shaped bacterium -- bacillus -- is 2 microns long, usually
- Bugscope Team this is salt from a Wendy's
- Bugscope Team it has that cool incised appearance, unlike normal salt
- Guest so Wendy's doesn't usenormal salt?
Bugscope Team we really do not know, but we think that an anticaking agent has been added
- 4:53pm
- Bugscope Team the sodium chloride still makes cubic crystals, but they are affected by some other chemical or phenomenon that occurs when the salt is made
- Guest mysterious, eh?
Bugscope Team yeah. it's the only salt we know of that does this, but it's not like we've tried all of them
- Bugscope Team I am so happy that things are working now.
- Bugscope Team this is Scott, on another computer -- the one in my office
- Guest Is there anything else we need to know?
- Bugscope Team No, really this is it. When you have students with you, be sure to let us know when you have questions are the insects or the 'scope or anything like that.
- Bugscope Team about, not are
- Guest Ok. It is lookihng relly good from here. So excited to share it with the kids! THanks for the mock session!
- Bugscope Team sweet
- Bugscope Team Thank You!
- Guest Yes, very sweet. Thanks so much! Signing out until APril 2nd!
- Bugscope Team see you then!
- 4:58pm
- Bugscope Team Thank You! Bye!
- Bugscope Team Bye Evil Monkey!
