Connected on 2013-11-07 12:00:00 from Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
- 11:02am
- Bugscope Team sample is pumping down
- 11:21am






- 11:26am




- 11:32am

- Bugscope Team now we're making presets for today's session

- 11:37am



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- 11:47am



- Teacher Hello Scott! Kids will log on momentarily.
- Bugscope Team cool! I'm redoing presets; the stage slipped and they all changed position...



- 11:53am





- Student the spider head has big tallons
Bugscope Team I think --- on the front, right? I think those are palps
- Student the grasshopper head is so cool!
- Student it looks hairy
- Student he is harey
- Student what is this?
Bugscope Team this is an ant
- Student thats freaky
- Student this is cool!
- Bugscope Team they're hairy because the hairs are used to help sense the environment
- Student wow
- Student What is that?
Bugscope Team this is an ant
- Student thanks scot
- Student i think he is cute
- Student sooo muchhh hair
- Student that is so awesomely awesome
- Student Cool

- Student That scares me a littll
- 11:58am
- Student ewwwwwwwww that is disguisting!
- Student This is fun
- Student that scares me a little

- Student the legs are tangled
- Student is that a cocroach?
- Student is it on its back
- Student what is this bug?
- Student Wow,that's scary
- Student y it in b/w
- Student zoey mrs. valenty said no nicknames
- Student dont know
- Bugscope Team so do you recognize this?
- Student yep
- Student what is this bug?
- Student no
- Student no
- Student it s a potatobug
- Student wait for it..............
- Student pillbug
- Student the ant head is so cool
- Student is it a beatle
- Student is this a cocroach?
- Student what is it?
- Student is it a cockroach?
- Student wait for what karina
- Student bed bug!!!!!! :D
- Student i re logged in
- Student I think?
- Student pill bug?
- Student is
- Student good zoe
- Student izzy the head is wierd
- Student cockroach?
- Student bed bug
- Student Is it an arachnid?
- Student the antenna is broken
- Student Is that a pill bug
- Student thats weird
- Student its head is protected
- Student these are amazing photo's
- Student I think
- Student I think that hise eyes are also anntenaes
- Student it a pill bug ppls]
- Student this looks like a pillbug
- Student we dont know brock
- Student This must be a head!
- Student no its a mite thighy
- Student is it a pill bug
Bugscope Team ding ding ding!!!
- Student it has white hairs
- Student is it a pill bug
Bugscope Team yes it is!
- Student awesome
- Student yay!
- Student are you sure?
Bugscope Team I'm sure...
- Student its so cool
- Student what am i looking at this is so gross
- Student that is cool
- Student It's a pill bug? What's that?
- Student what happened to it's antenna
- Student it looks hurt
- Student I will never look at pill bugs the same way again...
- Student no
- Student this is so cool!!!!
- Student The legs are cool
- Student it a scientist
- Student J. Oliver it is like that on most bugs
- Student thats awesome
- Student we dont know maybe it got into a fight over a girl!!!
- Student does it have C.T.
- Student scot that is awesome
- Student ohhhhh
- Student this is so cool
- Student is it a pill bug or ant
- Student mrs v v wants you done with the presets
- Student mrs v is curious if your done with presets
- Student where are it's eyes
- Student the pillbug is really cute!!!!!!!!!!
- Student the two legs on top are probably antennae
- Student is it a valgure pill bug
- Student ohhh
- Student why is its things on the bottom broken
- Student what is c.t
- Student it is broken
- Student mrs v is curious if your done with presets
Bugscope Team I have a couple more I'd like to get to...
- Student lol sophia
- Student it has armor
- Student it lost its butt
- Student IT'S BUTT IS BROKEN
- Student Is it a pill bug!!!!!!!!!????????
- Student part of its butt is broken off
Bugscope Team those are cerci
- Student At the end it looks like a piece fell off
- Student I think so Katie
- Student its skin looks layered
- Student It is a pill bug
- Student sure
- Student what are cerci
- Student what exactly are cerci?
- Student whoa what is that?
- Student Hi Scot
- Student what is that
- Student WUT IS THAT
- Student I did my science project on pillbugs, they turn bright blue when the are ill
- Teacher Great! The more presets, the easier it is to navigate and see cool things. Thanks, Scott. Just let us know when you're ready.
- Student is that wear the eggs cum out of
- 12:03pm
- Student akhu
- Student who is joseph
Bugscope Team I work at the same school as scot in the entomology dept
- Student what part are we looking at
- Student what is that
- Student What is this?
- Student so many ballls
- Student hi joeseph are you a different entomoligist
Bugscope Team hi! yup.
- Student what part of it are we looing at!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????????
- Student did it just have an ofspring
- Student WAT!!!????!!!!!

- Student wow
- Student Where are we looking
- Student is that the inside
- Student what is this that we are looking at?
- Student Are these cells?

- Student what is this thing?
- Student omg this looks like its coverd in dust
- Student is that its hair?
- Student it is the width of a hair that is crazy
- Student this i gross!!!!!!!!
- Student whos A.rod
- Student those are legs?
- Student they look like cells
- Student it looks like spaghetti
- Student what is this?
- Student EWWWW
- Student By chance are those legs??
- Student those are like humps with legs

- Student is looks like a brain
- Student what are these things?
- Student it looks kinda gross
- Student it looks like it is covered in dust
- Student are those insides
- Student what's the stringy stuff
- Student It says it is mite dorsum. What is that?
- Student NO THEY AIN'T LEGS IT'S GIANT FRENCH FRIES
- Student What part are we looking at
- Student braiz braiz
- Student spider web
- Student it looks like pasta, yes
- Student ewww
- Student what's the stringy stuff
- Student i will never look at pasta the same way again
- Student are those its guts
- Student max their strigs
- Student Are those part of the mite
- Student it looks like spegitye
- Student its so grim
- Student it looks like it's tangled in something
- Student this is interesting...
- Student what is covering them?
- Student flying spaghetti moster
- Student I told u Mcdonalds was nasty
- Student what are the weird strings
Bugscope Team they're web, from mites
- Student When is this going to go on to the next pictures?
- Student eeeeewwwww
- Student the picture is scary!!!!
- Student lol
- Bugscope Team Mrs V please go ahead and take control as you wish
- Student htat is weirg
- Student thats very cool
- Student I want to know what bug this is
- Student I'm pretty sure I'm not going to be eating pasta any time soon!
- Student holy cow that freaks me out a bit
- Student that's weird
- Student what?
- Student nashty
- Student oh
- Student those webs... ok
- Student NASTY

- Student so many ballls again
- Student WHAT IS THAT?
- Student mite webs
- Student are they cells
- Student thats mold
- Student are these all pictures people have taken, Scot?
- Student scary
- Student is that the actual mite
- Student ewwwwwww

- Student um im scawed
- Student is that the head
- Student Is that a spider?
- Student thats scary
- Student wow.
- Student how many eyes does it have?
- Student MOMMY!!!!
- Student esfdsgsgdsags
- Student are those round things eyes?
- Student hello spidewr pinchers
- Student Is that a spider head?
- Student it looks like something from one of those cheesy old horror movies
- Student im flabbergasted
- Teacher Talia to drive, please.
- Student thats soo creepy
- Student they make webs?
- Student You can clearly see the eight eyes
- Student HI SARAH
- Student fuuzzyyyyyy
- Teacher Talia, make sure to only click ONCE, then wait to click again.
- Student yikes
- Student Go talia!
- Student this is vreepty
- Student it has 8 eyes
- Bugscope Team Talia has control!
- Student back up talia
- Student talia
- Student thats sooooo hairy
- Student hi rin rin
- Student Joseph are those eyes on the top of its head
Bugscope Team yea, those eight round bulges there are the eyes
- Student ???????

- Student what is that?
- Student why are the pincers hairy?!
- Student is that a spider head
- Student hi
- Student what is that"?
- Student creepy
- Student so cool
- Student oh ok
- Student what is that1
- Student its covered in spikes

- Student IT LOOKS LIKE A CACTUS
- Student is that a sea urchin
- 12:08pm
- Student spikey ball
- Student Joseph, what is that???!!!
- Student a parasite?
- Student it looks like a gull
- Student its coverd in spikes
- Student WAT IS TAT
- Student spikey ball of death?
- Student ITS REALLY CREEPY
- Student Is that the mold spore?
- Student spiky

- Student mold!
- Student SPIKY BALL!!!!!!!!!!!
- Bugscope Team this is a mold spore, super small and cute
- Student cricket head

- Student What is this?
- Student Are these all pictures people have taken, Joseph?
- Student what are the spikes
- Student its so tiny
- Student I think its the mold spore
- Bugscope Team it's on the cricket's head
- Student look at the top title
- Student its really cool
- Student it looks like a gall
- Student WHAT IS THAT???
- Student Hi Sem!
- Student hi scot
- Student WHAT IS THAT?????
- Student Hi sem!

- Bugscope Team pollen looks similar; we have not found any yet, maybe you can help
- Student a mace mold spore
- Student EEWW
- Student talia stop changing it so fast
- Teacher Mold and cute in the same sentence....never thought I'd see that, much less agree.
Bugscope Team haha
- Student WHAT IS THAT?????!!!!!
- Student It looks fuzzy
- Student Bugscope team, how do you get such up close pictures?
- Student what is what
- Student WHERE IS THAT
- Student :'(
- Student the background looks like a waterfall
- Student Sem, are these all pictures people have taken, or did Bugscope take them?
- Student why are mold spores on a dead bug
- Student sem is scot
- Student what is a spore
- Student this bug needs to take a bath
- Teacher Keep the scope moving, Talia. You are doing a good job! :-)
- Student like a mace abbey?
- Student Hi sem
Bugscope Team I logged onto the SEM computer as SEM but for some reason cannot type to you from there
- Student lol sophie
- Student yeah, like a mace
- Student what are the hair strands
- Student ha Sophia thinking the same thing
- Student where is the mold spore
- Student sophia, you are incorrect
- Student okk scott or sem
- Student whare is that located
- Student what is that
- Student is it eating it?
Bugscope Team no it is just hanging out, waiting to start rotting the cricket
- Student bugscop
- Student cool picture
- Student WOW!
- Student what is that on

- Student no brock
- Student wow
- Student ok...
- Student yes morgan'

- Student A JUJU
- Student weird
- Student what is that?
- Student Mrs. V who's is annie B.?
- Student abstract!!!!
- Student same thing]
- Student what happened?
- Bugscope Team to the left we see other mold spores, not so happt
- Student what is a juju
Bugscope Team junk, dirt
- Student How did you get such amazing pictures
- Student Where is that?
- Student juju is grump
- Student Annie B. is Annabelle

- Student who are u annnie b\
- Student what are the bread looking things on the left
- Student ANNIE B is anabelle
- Student y7ea

- Student what a cawinkedink
- Student Scot, are these all pictures that have been taken by people not working at bugscope?
Bugscope Team These are live images from the scanning electron microscope.

- Teacher Talia, you have about 5 minutes left to drive
- Bugscope Team So Zoe these are in the 'scope now.
- Student some one where is that
- Student scott you know everything
- Student this bug needs to shave
- Student where on the head is it?
Bugscope Team to the left on its face
- Student is that another mushroom spore?
- Student ok
- Student don't change it so fast sem!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Student ok talia
- Student why do we keep looking at the same mold spore
- Student talia can you move the slide
- Student talia stop lookin at mold
- Student probably
- Student i hope other people don't see that when they look at my face
- Student cool...

- Student dont move so fast pleas
- Student what are these???
- Student pasta again
- Student the nasty picture is here again

- Student thats a hiar?!?!
- 12:13pm
- Student why the crusty french fries
- Student what is that?
- Bugscope Team this is so cool
- Student AAHHH A MITE
- Student what is that
- Student is that a mite
- Student its biggish
- Student is it a mite
- Student NICE MITE!
- Student What is this
- Student Its more like this one has to shave
- Student its sssooo fat, haha
- Bugscope Team this is one of the mites you sent
- Student eww i hate mites
- Student is it a mite?
Bugscope Team yup
- Student yeah it is
- Student what is that? is it a mite? it is soooo fat
- Student it is hairy
- Student sophie is driving now
- Student cool]
- Student Is this a Mite on a cockroach?
- Student it is cute and fat.
- Student this mite is really cool!!!
- Student are those spiricals?
- Student yeah its a mite
- Student it looks like a pillow with legs
- Student I think it lost a leg
- Student what bug is it on
Bugscope Team from the hissing roach
- Student what type of bug are we looking at?
- Student in 2 and a half minuets
- Student it gots hair
- Student :-)
- Student yes it does
- Student it does abbey
- Student EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!
- Student Scot, did we catch any of these arthropods?
- Student its not
- Student mrs v. is it a cockroach or a mite
- Bugscope Team not sure if we can see any spiracles yet
- Student will it bite me!?
- Student does it have a symbiotic conection
- Student Joseph, what surface was this picture taken on?
- Teacher I think this might be a mite from the hissing cockroaches we have in the classroom.
Bugscope Team yes it is!
- Student it is a mite. i am sitting next to talia
- Student ok mrs. v will it bite us
- Student Cool!
- Student don't do that sydney
- Student Is talia still driving?
- Student Are the small needles used for feeling and sensing things, Scot
- Student it's a cute mite
- Student it looks like a tear drop with legs
- Student ew a mite
- Student yes
- Student chubby bug!!!!!!
- Student what is it sitting on
- Student what are those hols
- Student what makes it so fat? someone anwser me!!!!!
- Student yes Pryce she is
- Student Why is it so fat?
Bugscope Team it is well fed
- Teacher Talia, feel free to zoom in. If you need help figuring out how to drive, let me know and I'll come over.
- Student chubby bug
- Student what are all the crater like things on the side?
Bugscope Team those are bubbles in the carbon tape
- Student what is it on scot?

- Student the background looks like wallpaper
- Student are those palps
- Student what does it eat?
- Student good job talia
- Student good job
- Student it looks like bert from sesame streets nose
- Teacher Good job, Talia!

- Student ???
- Student Do mites have spiricals
- Student even chubbier bug
- Student Spiracle Time!
- Student ew its hairy
- Student what are those hols
- Student is that a zoom in of the mite?! If it is a mite in shining aurmor
- Student is it on a cockroack?
- Teacher mouthparts?
- Student fuzzy!!!!!!!!!!
- Student cockroach.
- Student it is a chubby bug
- Student i can see the spiricals
- Student it got hair on it mouth thig

- Student are those spiracles
- Teacher Chiara, I didn't send a roach in. They are too big.
- Student ok scot see you in a sec
- Student good for you max
- Student hahaha talia
- Student does it have two eyes
- Student look at its little nub of a head! ADORABLE!!!!
- Teacher Awesome!
- Student it has stripes!
- Student what
- Student hairs
- Student chhhhhuuuuuuubbbbbbbbbbyyyyyyyy
- Student tat nashty
- Student why is it harry?
- Student eeew it has hairs and chunky legs
- Student what is a thig
- Student are the holes spiracles?
- Student what are those holes
- Student what is that?
- Student are those hair or spikes?
- Student whats a mite dorsum?
- Student its really cool
- Student it has a tiny head
- Student it got some holes
- Student it needs to shave
- Student it is still cute, but it looks spiky now.
- Student I see a frowny face on it's body.
- Student spiricales
- Student i think they are spiracles
- Student nub

- Student it is a mite!!!!!!!!
- Student aren't spiracles what they breathe by?
Bugscope Team yup
Bugscope Team spiracles are gated holes in the body that allows for gas exchange. the air the travels to each cell in the arthropod through tracheal tubes
- Student ;,kjnyh
- Student what is the cresent thing
- Student good job talia
- Student what are the spikes?
- Student where are the eyes
- Student why is it so bumpy?
- Student it is a fat mite! it needs a diet
- Student Scot, can you tell me what are setae?
- Student looks like a spiricle
- Student the dark figure in the center remains unknown.
- Student nashty
- Student are they antennae?
- Student that is wat i mean
- Student i think that is the mouth
- Student HAHA katie
- Student why can't you have the microscope images in color?
Bugscope Team the images come to us as signal from electrons, and electrons are smaller than the wavelengths of light that produce color, so we see only greyscale
- Student 1+1 is how many eyes it has
- 12:18pm
- Student its has grandpa wrinkles

- Student then it is a old mite izzy
- Student is a mite an insect?
- Student is this a insect?
Bugscope Team mites are not insects, they are small arthropods that are more related to ticks and spiders
- Student it is an arachnid
- Student setae are hares, right?
- Student It has moved since our last encounter.
- Student *setae are?
Bugscope Team they are tiny sensory hairs that insects and other arthropods use to help sense their surroundings
- Student das cool
- Student yep your right
- Student #mitesareawsome
- Bugscope Team Sophia is the supreme ruler now
- Student hairs all ove
- Student r
- Student dat be scrumpdiddlyumpsious
- Student the legs look very strange
- Teacher Katie, how many legs does the mite have?
- Student lol, scot
- Student it has a ball on its hair
Bugscope Team like a tiny rock or something
- Student it has chunky hairs
- Student good observation max

- Student it looks so weird up close
- Student go for the eyes.
- Student what is the hole behind the mite Scot?
Bugscope Team a crater in the carbon tape
- Student what is that?
- Student thats awesome
- Student ewww
- Student what is that
- Student wow
- Student what is that
- Student sophia, that looks gross

- Student Underside of a mite
- Student i believe the mite is dead
- Student wat dat be
- Student its a mite
- Student i don't think anybody wants to eat that
- Student EWWWWW is it upside down!
- Student what are those bubbles
- Student all these bugs are hairy
- Student what is that tumor thing on the belly?

- Student the belly is scary
- Student Is that a mite to?
- Student what is that?

- Student sof zoom in more
- Student fuzzy legs
- Student what is that?
- Student GOOD GOSH SOPHIE
- Student it looks cute on it's back
- Student bring on the moth!!!!!!!!
- Student is that the but or head?
- Student can you put the silver fish on
- Student fuzzy wuzzy wegs
- Student it looks like a small fat non sucking tick! is that what it is
- Student whos scotj
Bugscope Team Scot on another computer. The keyboard on the first one was driving me nuts.
- Student this is very cool
- Student Scott, did you put the Silverfish in the microscope?

- Student wuts a mite ventrum
- Student EEWW
- Student SOPHIA!!!!!!!!!!!
- Student can you put the silver fidh on
Bugscope Team ask Sophia
- Student wow
- Student what is that?
- Student cool
- Student eeew what are those????
- Student WHAT ARE THOSE????!!!!!!!!!!!
- Student moth,moth,moth,moth
- Student what is that it looks like honey comes\
- Student What is that?
- Student moth scales

- Student scaly wings
- Student daere lot of dem scales
- Student woww!
- Student they are sooooooooooo small!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Student it's like a cave

- Student what in the name of mother god is that
- Student what is the wing made of?
- Student scot can you put a silver fish on
- Student What is this?
- Student these scales are cool
- Student good job sophia
- Teacher These are parts of individual scales on a moth.
- Student patterns yyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaa
- Student whoaski broski
- Student its the amazing MOTH MAN
- Student scales are cool
Bugscope Team they have many purposes; one is providing two kinds of color
- Student it looks like corn or honey combs
- Student w3z Ω89∑g ≈o
- Student these are very tiny
- Student OMG

- Student really corrine
- Student its not eatible corrine
- Student i don't think so
- Student really max?
- Student looks cool
- Student SOPH DAWG!
- Student WHAT IS THAT
- Bugscope Team scales are found on silverfish, moths, butterflies, mosquitoes, and few other insects

- Student it looks so awesome
- Student i watched this math vid and they said dragonfly wings had the fibonacci sequence - what about moth wings?

- Student What is that?
- Student looks like honey comb
Bugscope Team yea, they kind of do!
- Student this is cool
- Student they look some what like honeycombs not really but kinda
- Student they are moth wings
- Student supa dirvin
- Student i feel privalidged to whitness.
- Student wat be da next bag
- Student mouthparts
- Student this is really cool
- Student ummmm
- Student what are these scot?
- Student This is so interesting! I cannot believe that we can see the insect so closely!
- Student scot how do they fly when they have holes
Bugscope Team they work kind of like feathers do for a bird -- the holes hold air
- Student please
- Student where are we on the mite?
- Student cricket palps.
- Student eww it looks like bad dentures
- Student cricket palp
- Student cricket palp

- Student when you touch it, don't some of the scales fall off
Bugscope Team they do! it's an escape mechanism. this is especially helpful for moths and butterflies when they are trying to escape a spider's web
- 12:24pm
- Student something exiting!
- Student this is creepy
- Student why do the wings have holes in them, it would make it harder to fly right?
Bugscope Team the holes are so small it is not a problem -- the holes just make the scales lighter
- Student what are we looking at! it is so cool!OMG!

- Student cool
- Student What is that part?
- Student what is that???!?!?!?!
- Student that's cool

- Student mites had proboscises?
- Student what is it?
- Student thats awesome
- Student oh
- Teacher The name of what we are looking at is at the top left.
- Student this is a mite proboscis
- Student what is that
- Student way cool
- Student mite proboscis
Bugscope Team exactically
- Student looks lik sword
- Student what is the long spiky thing

- Student cool mouthparts
- Student it looks like a sweeper
- Student is this the proboscis
- Student it is sort of cute i guess.
- Student what is a proboscis?
- Student how big is that
- Student is the long sword thing its mouth
- Student EEWWEEWW

- Student eeweeweeweeweeweew
- Student beutiful imgress.
- Student does it have teethe?
- Student nope its a proboscus
- Student What are the spikes?
- Student ohh
- Student soooooo cccccoooooooooollll
- Student h
- Student awesome
- Student this is creepy!
- Student it moved
- Student wow
- Student What is that is it its mouth
- Student is that a mouth
- Student bug scope is awesome. You get to look at all the small things by making them bigger it is epic
Bugscope Team so much fun!
- Student it things in its mouth
- Teacher Great job driving, Sophia! Claire to drive next, please.
- Student cool.
- Student how does it ea?
- Student t
- Student wow is right
- Student karina what are you saying
- Student 27,736 x magnified

- Student eeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
- Student are those filters
Bugscope Team yes exactically!
- Student what do you want to see?
- Student whats t talia?
- Student what is that
- Student cool
- Student ovipositer

- Student she was saying eat
- Student ovipostor of what?

- Student thats cool b ut gross
- Student it broke
- Student eww

- Student crikcet maybe
- Bugscope Team this is part of the body of the cricket; the ovipositor is to the south
- Student it looks like a cliff or a rock
- Student wat bwoke
- Student oh god oh god
- Student that looks awesome
- Student fuzzy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Student they look fragile
- Student are those hairs?!?
- Student the hair look weird
- Student It looks like rocks.
- Student im sorry thats disgusting!
- Student this is freaky
- Student What is that it is sooo gross'
- Student is that a leg! is SCOTT and SCOTTJ 1 person or 2???????????????\
Bugscope Team the green Scot and ScotJ are the same person
- Student its broke and crusty
- Student what is that?`
- Student it looks like dandruff
- Student What part is that?

- Student why are there so many separate parts?
- Student what is this Scot?

- Student why is the ovipositor so hairy

- Student are those patches of skin
- Student what is that

- Student it is an ovipositer
- Student what is that it looks like french fries

- Student who is driving
- Student no more vooming!EW!
- Student sophia is inocent
- Student multiple polygons.
- Student hi


- Student what are the spikes on the mouthparts for?
Bugscope Team they must use the spikes to help cut into whatever they feed upon
Bugscope Team they're probably used to secure the mite to the plant, as it is feeding/stabbing further into the plant tissue
Bugscope Team sort of like how a fish hook works

- Student I AM NOT DOING THIS
- Student sophia
- Student are those legs?
- Bugscope Team this is the actual ovipositor
- Student fish scales
- Student who's driving
- Student what els could we put on the screen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????????????????????
- Student is that a mith
- 12:29pm
- Student Is this a mite?
- Student cool
- Student KK
- Student Claire, can you pick something else?

- Bugscope Team it is separated into two matching halves that slide side by side to cut into whatever it lays its eggs in
- Student OKYDOOK
- Student the hunter, become hunted.
- Student bugs aren't really that scary; they are living creatures like us. They are just as scared of us as we are of them!
- Student don't argue!!!
- Student katie no more punctuation
- Student thank you

- Student wats a palp
- Student whats inside the hole
- Student Ms.V are we doing this for the rest of scool
- Student criket palp
- Student What is a Pulp
- Student is that mold?

- Student funnel
- Student is that a leg?
- Student woh

- Student CLARE BE DRIVEN
- Student that is cool.
- Student nasty hairs
- Student its so hairy

- Student What is that SCOTTJ?????????????
Bugscope Team sorry -- I had us so close it was hard to make out what we wanted you to see
- Student why is it hairy
- Student Bugs aren't as disgusting as we think. To them, they are just normal.

- Student what is a palp?
Bugscope Team palp is a specific mouth part, it mostly helps with food tasting and food manipulating
- Student it keeps getting cooler.
- Student Why can't we see things in color?
- Bugscope Team this is a palp, which is an accessory mouthpart
- Student There is no reason to hate them
- Student Scot, what is a cricket palp?
- Student why is it bumpy
- Student why is it so hairy
- Student it looks like the dandruff grew hair
- Student what do you want to see?
- Student it needs to shave
- Student why are there holes in the skin
- Student wow
- Student hidious
- Student why is it

- Student are those scales?
- Student ARE DOS DA SPWACLES

- Student are those hairs?
- Student What's a palp?
Bugscope Team palps are like extra legs around the mouth
- Student the hairs look very thick

- Student if i put my skin under a microscope this close would it look as gross as this?
- Student whats a satae mrs. v
- Student can you talk normally?
- Student it has scales
- Student screan shot

- Teacher Fabulous pic, Claire!
- Student The holes are where hairs were

- Student the hairs ar spireled
- Student intricate lines
- Student Mrs V, did I sign up?
- Student that's awesome
- Student this is good
- Student are those scales

- Student and on that bump there was a lump
- Student tiny bubbles
- Student its skin is loose
- Student are we doing this for the rest of school
- Student cool
- Student what is that?
- Student what is that hole?
- Student can i sign up? I didn't know what you ment by "drive"
- Student what is that whole
- Student woah is that an ear drum?
- Student whats up with the skin?
- Student Is that a fish?
- Student What is that hole
- Student GOOD DRIVEN CLERE
- Teacher Is the hole where one of the setae was?
Bugscope Team yes it is!\
- Student It looks like scales and gills
- Student What is that big holw there?

- Student hole

- Student it has a hair in the hole
Bugscope Team the broken-off base of the hair, or seta
- Student whats the big hole in the center?
- Student is that the tympanum?
- Student Who is driving next?
- Student look at the details on the hair
- Student is it a fish
- Student who's driveing next
- Student ...
- Student it isn't a fish
- Student why claire
- Student it looks like rope
- Student braided pattern
- Student this is not for real
- Student ITS A PALP EVERYONE
- Student ...
- Student It looks like a simple eye?
- Student is that the tympanum?
Bugscope Team not here; it is kind of hard to tell these things when we are at such a high mag
- Student ok

- Student i dont think its a palp j. oliver

- Student it does
- Student what is that is it mold?
- Student its the spore

- Student ScotJ what is was that hole?
- Student glich
- Student MOLD!

- 12:34pm
- Student whooooooooooo




- Student it is sooo spikey what is the spikes for
- Student it looks squishy


- Student focus
- Student mold

- Student theirs indents around the spikes
- Student It is a cricket spore!

- Student Those look like little hairs
- Student WHY MOLD MOLD

- Student 2 Microns!
Bugscope Team same as the length of many bacteria
- Student thats cool
- Student it looks like a mace or something. lol

- Student its magnified 12715 x
- Teacher J. Oliver to drive, please, Scott.
- Student is john k on here
- Student this is so small!
- Student beautiful imgress!
- Student MEDIEVAL WEAPON!
- Student yes he is corrine
- Student i think corrine
- Student WE ARE SO CLOSE IN PEPOLE
- Student i didn't know mold looked like that
- Student eww

- Student ew

- Student im not controling yet!
- Student holy
- Student ant
- Student thats depresing
- Student is that a dead ant
- Student the cricket is not beautiflu

- Student wait is j. oliver doing it?

- Student hi
- Student IS THE ANTS LEG SHAPED IN A PENTAGRAM
- Student pincers big
- Student ew
- Student is that an ant
- Student does it have broken mandible?

- Student WHO is driving this thing?
- Student is that a bat
- Student NO, im STILL NOW GOING YET!
- Student its buetifal
- Student the mouthparts look like a comb

- Student Do ants have simple eyes
- Student otter
- Student DAT BE FABLOOS
- Student yikes

- Student How is it possible to see it in so high magnifacation?
Bugscope Team when we run the electron beam across a small area, it gives us an image from that area only
- Student harey
- Student im gonna hurl
- Student hairy
- Student hair on teeth
- Student what do you want to see?
- Student those look like fins
- Student that's scary
- Student are those hairs really spikey or not spikey at all?
- Student where in the head?
- Student HERRY HERRY HERRY HERRY

- Bugscope Team these are the ant's mandibles
- Student ANT HEAD!
- Student those pinchers

- Student are those the parts that open and chew?
- Student is that the mouth???

- Bugscope Team these are the mandibles, which open like a gate, right and left
- Student ant mandibles cool
- Student this guy really needs to brush
- Student i see compound eyes

- Student what's up with it's mouth

- Student why does it have those spikes scot?
Bugscope Team they help it sense touch and sometimes smell and sometimes heat

- Bugscope Team they're used to break hard things, seeds, other arthropods' exoskeletons, etc...
- Student It's Hair On Teethe!
Bugscope Team haha
- Student STAP CLICK'N SO FOOST
- Student that scares me a little in a way

- Student he has hair on his teeth
- Student joliver, can you zoom onto the compound eyes?
- Student it looks like a fish with anntenne


- Student are those bumps
- Student hexagons

- Student is this mainly the surface of the slide
- Student groovy

- Student honey comb
- Student what are those black things on its hand scot?
Bugscope Team I'm sorry -- I missed them, Aida
- Student it has bumps

- Student ITS SO COOL!

- Student honeycone
- Student its ok scot
- Student is this a compound eye?
- Student it be cone


- Student it has hair everywhere
- Student what part of the head is this
- Student dats THE EYE
- Student U B NOT GROVY

- Student to the eyes
- Student it looks like a paint brush
- Student that's sweet

- Student hexagon cool

- Student way cool

- Student honey bee
- Student it isss sooo harry

- Student UDUE
- Student hives

- 12:39pm
- Student claire r u controling
- Student can we focus on the hairy log thing

- Student that's cool
- Student look at the hair

- Student on the eye
- Student hiary leg
- Student to much hair
- Student Who's driving?
- Bugscope Team thi
- Student WHY DIS BE HAPPENING\
- Student anntenne
- Student yea..... i thought it was j.oliver....
- Student is claire still driving
- Bugscope Team this is one of the antennae
- Student are those sharp hairs scot?
- Bugscope Team this is the compound eye, each little hexagon is an eye, and they work together to complete an image for the ant
Bugscope Team what comes out is a mosaic image, sort of like a low resolution image
- Student way to much hiar
- Student NO NOT EW EW EW EW EW
- Student AN ANTENNAE
- Student who is driving
- Student groovy
- Student it looks like a cartoon drawing
- Student I NEVER KNEW THEY WERE HAIRY!!!
- Student Cool! Are the antenea used tp feel?
- Student HER HER HER HER HER HER
- Bugscope Team sometimes, because I'm sitting at the microscope, I can fix things with the imaging
- Student very close up
- Student because because
- Student Hairy sorry not harry
- Student J.Oliver
- Student J. Oliver are you driving?
- Student So that is one antennae?
- Teacher Appropriate chat, please!
- Student broken toof
- Student Why are ants so harry ?
Bugscope Team it helps with sensing their environment
Bugscope Team sometimes, the hairs also help with thermoregulation

- Bugscope Team Commander...
- Student yikes!
- Student I think it is has hairs so it can sense things
- Student that is cool.
- Student cool
- Student AWESOME
- Student is that a spider head
- Student spiderness!

- Student I am really scared of spiders ahhh
- Bugscope Team Cate made this sample for us
- Student is that a spider
- Student zoom in on its eyes
- Student SPIDERS BE COOKL AND BRUMP
- Student that is a spider aida

- Teacher J.Oliver, let me know if you need help with controls.
- Student spider head!!!!!
- Student zoom in on eyes please
- Student i was right! It is a spider head. :)
- Student ewwie
- Student What kind of spider is that?
- Student IT IS NOT DISGUSTING!!! BUGS ARE JUST LIKE US!

- Student go to the eyes please
- Student this is sooooo cool
- Teacher Morgan, APPROPRIATE chat. Last warning.
- Student no zoe
- Student zoe's right
- Student :(|)
- Student zoom in on its legs

- Student why are ants so hairy
Bugscope Team the hairs help them sense what is around them -- all insects are like that because they do not have skin -- they have a kind of shell, like if you were wearing armor
- Student THEY ARE LIVING CREATURES!!!!!!!!!!!!

- Student please go to it's eyes

- Student wooops
- Student sydney it isn't ewwie
- Student what are those craters
- Student yay for bug rights

- Student i dont really know hot to move around
Bugscope Team click on the screen and the image will center where you cli
- Student is that the skin
- Student yup it is
- Bugscope Team clicked
- Student I think we should all respect the bugs shown
- Student can you zoom in please
- Student WATV HAPPENED TO DA WEG
- Student get a haircut hippie spider

- Bugscope Team spiders can make their legs fall off on purpose when they need to
- Student :(
- Student where r its eyes
- Student groovy

- Student that's cool
- Student can you zoom in on the eyes?
- Student cool
- Student OH TANKS SCOT
- Student really, thats so cool scot
- Student that face though
- Student where is the abdoman
- Student harey

- Student wow
- Student that is very hairy
- Student what is that?
- Bugscope Team the curved things are the fang
- Student what is that?

- Bugscope Team fangs
- Student abdomen!
- Student so much HAIR!

- Bugscope Team I cannot use this keyboard, sorry
- Student It is to hairy!!!!!!!!
- Student Joseph, has this spider lost any of its legs?
- Student is this a spider it is so hairy! like all the other bugs
- 12:44pm

- Teacher Awesome picture!
- Student eyes
- Student nice fangies
- Student Fangs? Do they bite
- Teacher Note differences in eyes
- Student The eyes are very interesting
- Student big spider
- Student now how would he get glasses
- Student what type of spider is this

- Student its cool that they can make their legs fall off. when and why would they need to do that?
Bugscope Team if they are attacked by a predator, it helps them escape

- Student WHOA
- Student what type of spider is this scot
- Student no
- Student J.OLIVER GET A CLOSE UP ON DA EYES
- Student should i chnage to sumthing else?
- Teacher Abbey, I am drawing names out of a container. Did you put yours in?
- Student call dibs after joliver
- Student NO
- Student i didn't ask you josh
- Student The bugs gave their LIVES to us for experiments
Bugscope Team that's right
- Student you cant call dibs akhu
- Student yep
- Student yeah because i did it first
- Student can they grow their legs back scot
Bugscope Team if they are the kind of spiders that molt, they can
Bugscope Team tarantulas are one of these kinds of spiders
- Student and yes @j.oliver
- Student Does this spider have six or eight eyes
- Student wow sydney
- Student thats cool
- Student did we sent all theses in
- Student GO CLOSE ON THE MOUTH
- Student people, you realize that calling dibs isnt going to make mrs. v pick you
- Student 8 eyes on us
- Teacher J. Oliver, you have about 5 more minutes to drive.
- Student #so awesome
- Student why have we been on this spider so long
- Student what type of a spider is this?
- Student haha karina
- Student # fangies
- Student may i drive next please?

- Student I want to know the answer to aria's question too.
- Student I think that these bugs are interesting. They are living creatures, and we should respect them.
- Student whos next to drive
- Student # spiders
- Teacher No more hashtags, kids.
- Student frazer mrs. v said no more #

- Student can we change the image

- Student oh. cool about the electrons

- Student looks like a beach
- Bugscope Team sometimes we will see colorzied electron micrographs, but they are fake colors
- Student RESPECT THE BUGS!
- Student THANKS J.OLIVER
- Teacher Good zooming!
- Student what?!
- Student the eyes look like warts
- Student cool
- Student no zoe
- Student what are those?
- Bugscope Team eight eyes, more like simple eyes
- Student there eyes look blocked
- Student Ms.v how much longer are we gonna do this? :)

- Student Thanks SCOT!
- Teacher NO MORE #
- Student those are eyes
- Student Are the eyes hidden under a layer of skin?

- Student SCOT/JOSEPH: Why can't these image in color? IS it only possible to get the the up close images in Black/White?
Bugscope Team there is no color when you are using electrons, which are much smaller than the wavelengths of visible light
- Student what is that
- Student GO CLOSER
- Student ok zoe, they look nothing like us
- Student zoom in more
- Student WOW thats cool
- Student That is the eye
- Student they do look like coconuts, Karina
- Student bugs are cool.
- Student hee heee hee im focusing on the eyes
- Student no eye
- Student cool!!!!

- Student what is with with the bumps
- Student this is an eye.
- Student but they are sena
- Student chain
- Student wat is that
- Student whats that
- Student this is sumthing near the eye
- Student what is that it looks like a worm

- Student what is that
- Student ok ok ok zoe chill out
- Student its beautiful, isnt it
- Student why is that thing glowing
- Student Are they simple eyes? I could tell because the dont have all the lenses

- Student they are dead now zoe
- Student i can predict who is driving next: corrine
- Student i want color
- Student yea i know, geez zoe.
- Student J.OLIVER U BE SO AWESOMELY AWESOME

- Student is that a leg
- Student it don't look like no spider head
- Student its dead for heaven sake
- Teacher This fungus is not so cute.
- Student just kidding

- Student Zoe keep calm and eat cookies
- 12:49pm
- Student the fungus is odd
- Student ZOEY STOP SAYING GROOVY
- Student zomm out now please
- Student eewww
- Teacher Sarah, appropriate chat only, please.
- Student I agree Nicole
- Student face full of fungus
- Student wild mushrooms are fungus
- Student keep calm and eat BACON
- Student I BROKE IT
- Bugscope Team can we go back to the plump little mold spore?
- Student no offence to the fungus but it is not the coolesty
- Student akhu don't
- Student Joliver broke it
- Bugscope Team it has a brochosome on it -- a nanoparticle


- Student joliver broke what
- Student cool

- Student still goin
- Student groovy

- Student bacon doesn't calm you down
- Student How is that fungus?
Bugscope Team fungus forms hyphae, which are like little fibers

- Student he is goin in

- Student keep going joliver
- Student who did the fungus get on the spiders eye
- Student cool
- Student zoom out

- Student 100,000!
- Bugscope Team will you guys let me drive for a sec?
- Student KEP GOI'N
- Student 200,000
- Student I can't see
- Student 200000!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Student zoom in more

- Student nanometers= :o
- Student keep goin
- Student ok
- Student 2000000!!
- Student 200,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Student i predict corrine will drive next
- Bugscope Team I'll show you something that we can take to high mag a bit better

- Student J. Oliver, you can hit the focus button to try to focus the image
- Teacher Scott is Supreme Commander for a while, kids.

- Student WOW
- Student zoom out
- Student 200,000!!!!!!!!
- Student wooowww

- Student that is really magnified
- Student im zoomin out

- Student THAT COMPUTER CAN'T HANDLE THE TWUTH
- Student Crazy!!!

- Student k scot! take the wheel!
- Student whos next to drive
- Student how not who! how did the fungus get on the spiders eye that is so gross i wish it was candy instead
- Student noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
- Student this is awesome
- Bugscope Team okay we saw this before, right?
- Student JOESEPH WAT IS DAT
- Student NO MORE FUNGUS
- Teacher Yes, cute fungus.
- Student that is like a puffer fish what makes it so spiky
- Bugscope Team there is a brochosome on it, though...
- Bugscope Team from leafhoppers
- Student yes
- Student j. oliver so responsible jk jk
- Student joseph
- Teacher Check out the magnification!
- Student joseph is being a entomologist fun
Bugscope Team yea, you get to go outside a lot, and do science
- Student THAT CAN'T HANDLE IT EITHER
- Student that is s-o cool
- Student 25600, cool!
- Student MAGNIFACATION
- Student WOW thats way cool
- Student What males that so spiky like a puffer fish???????????????????????????????????? that is so cool
- Student lez go 200000 on dis
- Student awesomeness
- Student Joseph, what's it like to be an entomologist?
Bugscope Team it's a lot of work, but it's also fun work.
- Student 80,000
- Student ZOOM!
- Student its soo magnified
- Student woah!
- Student 80000!
- Student It is amazing how we can see all of this
- Student that is cool like a cool cat
- Student groovy
- Student groovy
- Teacher Hard to imagine something this tiny!
- 12:54pm
- Student that looks so cool!
- Student what makes it so round and spiky
- Student this is kinda cute!!!
- Bugscope Team these are the brochosomes that scot had mentioned before
- Student whos driving next
- Student ITS LIKE AN PLANET
- Bugscope Team now check this out
- Student Why is it spiky?
- Student boule.
- Student what's that
- Student A PLANET
- Bugscope Team this is what the sample stage looks like
- Student what is that?
- Student still the mold spore?
- Student what is this
- Student is that a house
- Student WWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
- Student what is this?
- Bugscope Team the inside of the microscope
- Student What is this?
- Student whats that?
- Student AWESOME
- Student WHAT IS HEPPENING
- Student WAT IS DAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Student scot, what is that?
- Student kids, i think i did this
- Bugscope Team this is the vacuum chamber
- Student cool
- Student the inside of a microscope is cool
- Student is there a malfunction
- Teacher You are looking inside the chamber of the microscope.
- Student SCOOT/ JOSEPH: What do you do for a living? Are you students? Professors? Or ecologists for a living? A combination?
- Bugscope Team the specimen are on the lower left there
- Student looks like a 1930 horror movie
- Student alright i might have literally broken it
- Student that is the inside of the microscope!
- Bugscope Team we're using a CCD camera, with infrared light, to see inside the microscope
- Student I think joly broke it
- Student cool
- Student are you driving corrine]
- Student A stub
- Student it looks like a dining room
- Student joseph, do you enjoy your work?
Bugscope Team i do, i enjoy it quite a bit.
- Student oh that's where all the bugs are?
- Student Type Chat Here, Then Hit the Return Key
- Student yes it does corrine
- Student why arent we looking at bugz
- Student It looks like a tray
- Student why is it like that is it broken what is happening !!!!i am inside a microscoe help me
- Student Did it brake?
- Student How did you get the microscope in the picture Scot?
- Student plate of bugs!!
- Student emma, i think i broke it
- Student where is bugscope based? Like, the main building?
- Bugscope Team you can see the sample in the bottom of the image
- Student IS DAT THE INSIDE OF DA MICROSCOPE
- Student is it broken
- Student what is the joseph
Bugscope Team brochosomes are something leafhoppers produce, they help make the heafhoppers waterproof and also excrement proof (their excrement are really sticky)
- Student what is an electron
- Student where is bugscope based? Like, the main building?
- Student Is it broken scot?
- Student that is the inside of the microscope
- Bugscope Team it is a 1.75-inch-diameter stage
- Student with a tube in the backgroiund
- Student what kind of bug is on the platform
- Teacher Kids, you are looking at the inside of the microscope. Look at Scot's explanation.
- Student thanks
- Student J. Oliver I don't think you broke it
- Student PALP
- Student gggaaaaaahhhhh dandruff
- Student karina?
- Student what bug is that
- Teacher Thank you very much, Scott!
- Student whats that??????
- Student did some one brake it
Bugscope Team nope, scot was just showing you guys what the inside of the microscope looks like
- Student that REALLY looks dead
- Student is that an ant! it is dead when is the funeral
- Student are we leaving?

- Student who is controlling this?
- Student morgan must type like he must. and he shall.


- Student awwwwwwwwwwwww
- Student SCOOT/ JOSEPH: What do you do for a living? Are you students? Professors? Or ecologists for a living? A combination?
Bugscope Team I am a student at the university
Bugscope Team I run the Microscopy Suite here. We train grad students and postdoctoral scholars to do their own research using a variety of microscopes.
- Student so cute!!

- Student a potato bug
- Student morgan we have already seen this one
- Student it is flat

- Student WAT BUG IS DAT
Bugscope Team this is an isopod, rolypoly, sowbug...
- Student joseph, what is your favorite insect (to study)
- Student rollie pollies are creepy
- Student pillbug

- Student abbey, Mrs. V is controlling
- Student Its broken
- Student my fave type of bug

- Student were are the eyes

- 12:59pm

- Student I feel sad for the bug
- Student bumps

- Student Is that the back?
- Student what are those
- Student what part of the body are we looking at
- Teacher Eye?
- Student is this his eye
- Teacher Corrine to drive next, please.
- Student ya im guessing eyes
- Bugscope Team it's not often that we can see the compound eye so clearly
- Student MAX B BUMP
- Student what are those bumps are they the eyes

- Student volcanic lump.

- Student WAY COOL
- Student the compound eye is awesome
- Student You guys, follow my bugscope motto: RESPECT THE BUG!!!!!!!!!!!
- Student haha
- Student Scot, what is your favorite bug?
Bugscope Team I like weevils, earwigs, leafhoppers, mosquitoes
- Student gggggggggggggggggggooooooooooooooooooooooo Corrine

- Student respect the pill bug yinz
- Student Corrine To Drive!
- Teacher Setae in between facets?
Bugscope Team yes so they can sense touch and also wind, sometimes
- Student mrs. v, go in FUIRTHER

- Student Abbey to drive

- Student the rollie pollie is cool

- Student who knew bugs were so hairy cause it wasnt me

- Student are those scales?
- Student cool

- Student look at all the hair on its eyes
- Student 4992
- Student Joseph, you said you were a student in college. What are you studying to be?
- Bugscope Team so when we showed you the inside of the chamber, you could see that there is more than an inch between the pole piece, where the electrons come from, and the sample
- Teacher Corrine to drive when you have a chance, please.

- Student Amamzing
- Student what is the spikes


- Student so techy

- Student do you do bug scope with other people or schools
- Student Absolutely despicable!


- Student Scot, are there any bugs on here that we brought in?
- Student
- Student looks like toes
- Student what's this bug again

- Student BEETLES ARE PWETTY COO
- Student what part is that????

- Student Hi people out there on the bug scope
- Student JOSEPH WHAT IS THY FAVORITE BUG
Bugscope Team I like beetles mostly. I also like parasitoids.
Bugscope Team parasitoids will lay their eggs in another insect, and then their babies burst out of the other bug
Bugscope Team kind of like in aliens
- Student mornrahm doesn't want to be part of the crowd.

- Student despicable, really??!!

- Student pile of squares!!!


- Student h

- Student Joseph, you said you were a student. What job are you studying to be? An entimologist?
Bugscope Team yup.

- Student quit taliking slang

- Student SKWURES UR COO
- Student don't talk slang

- Student morgan
- Teacher Corrine, come to my computer in the MS Lab.
- Student do you do bug scope with other people or schools JOSEPH
Bugscope Team nope, just with scott and cate.
- Student scot, where did (or do) you go to college?
Bugscope Team University of Kansas, where I then worked for 5 years, then University of Missouri at Kansas City, them (now) the University of Illinois, here at the Nerd Paradise.
- Student STOP WRITING SLANG MORGAN
- Student hi scotj

- Student spider
- Student SLANG IS DA COOPEST TING EVER

- Student scot, have u liked bugs since u were little?
Bugscope Team more now
- Student Joseph were did/do YOU go to college

- Student thats a good accomplishment scot!!!

- Student is that t he head
- Student can the controller zoom into the mouth

- Student cool
- Student MORGAN STOP
- 1:04pm
- Student what is cooppest
- Bugscope Team this is the mouth of the roly poly
- Student WHY

- Student STOP IT MORGAN
- Student Morgan please stop. Its getting annoying.
- Student just kidding they are sooo cool
- Student Joseph, you said you are a student. What job do you want a degree in?
- Student sTOP morgan!!!!!!\
- Student how does it eat
Bugscope Team they chew up moldy stuff; here we cannot see the mouthparts very well
- Student Scot/Joseph: How big is this Microscope?

- Student IT WAS A TIPO

- Student MIGGY MIGGY
- Student MORGAN YOU NEED TO STOP !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- Student pillar4s
- Student this is so awesome
- Student please stop slang talking!
- Student I REFUS
- Student Knock it off morgan
- Student stop morgan seriously!!!!
- Student what part of the body is that

- Student IGNORE MORGAN
- Student Joseph, where did (or do) you go to college?
Bugscope Team University of Washington in Seattle, and now University of Illinois
- Student Morgan typing like that doesn't make you cool. So please stop.
- Student Joseph/Scott, what does rollie pollie eat?
Bugscope Team they eat rotting vegetation
- Student so bug's hair is a good thing?

- Student STOP MORGAN PLEASE
- Student come on morgan, really stop, it is bothering people
- Student Joseph, you said you are a student. What are you studying to become?

- Student thank you sarah tell him
- Student hi sarah
- Student Stop morin
- Student STOP MORGAN

- Student The legs are broken
Bugscope Team yes, sorry
- Student Scot/Joseph what was your favorite bug when you were little
Bugscope Team praying mantis, in Okinawa
Bugscope Team dragonflies

- Student where are 4 of the legs?
- Student way cool

- Student How do the legs get broken off?

- Student Why are the legs hollow?
- Student poor bug

- Student don't look that close at injuries
- Student So sad for the cricket
Bugscope Team it was probably dead

- Student MORGAN PLEASE STOP PLEASE!
- Student boo hooo hooo

- Student eeewwww
- Student Why are the legs hollow?
- Student to much hair

- Student do you do bug scope with other peoeple or school JOSEPH or SCOT
- Student WHO WANTS ME TO KEEP TALKING SLANG
- Student please zoom out of the leg injury
- Student groovy
- Student mold spore on the crickert head
- Teacher this is corrine
- Student wow

- Student wow
- Student no body morgan
- Student awesome
- Student hello is anyone there

- Student what percent of bugs lose legs?
Bugscope Team eventually all of them when they die -- they become brittle, and eventually everything turns to dirt
- Student Do crickets have a lot of nerves?
- Student wow is right

- Student no z ooming in
- Student Ms. Valenty could you please tell Morgan to stop talking in slang?


- Student corzin


- Student 9984
- Student Cool! Love the Detail. Reminds me of a honey comb!
- Teacher its were the leg used to be
Bugscope Team the part that looks corrugated is the opening of one of the tracheae


- Student exactly claire thank you


- Student Scot, is Joseph you rfriend?
Bugscope Team Yes.

- Student LOOKS LIKE A CAVE
- Student Scot/Joseph what is your favorite part about your job?
- 1:09pm
- Student This is really cool
- Student please zoom out of the leg injury

- Student stop talking slang forever morgan!!!
- Student SO COOL
- Student what is that and what does it do that is so gross
- Student SLANG IS SLANG FOR SLANG


- Student Corrine, can you switch presets?
- Student no slang talking por favor


- Student how many people work at bugscope?
Bugscope Team Kendra does the scheduling, Cate and I make samples and work with you guys, and Joe works with you guys are well; we are lucky to have Joe.
- Student so these bugs dont have big brains, so they dont have feelings?

- Student hahaha

- Student so dark!!!!!
- Student where are we?
- Student good pic
- Student Thanks for switching to the moth
- Student this is so cool
- Student whats that
- Student This is so awesome!
- Student Scot, are you a proffessional entomologist, or are you studying to become one, or do you want a different proffession?

- Student Thankyou!
- Student zoom in more please.
- Student are those the bones?

- Student i feel like i an in a cave
- Student cool
- Student are those legs on the moth
- Student das spider
- Student Do bugs have feelings

- Student way cool
- Student no
- Student what does kuruna e mean?

- Student SCOT/JOSEPH: How long have you been working with this microscopes? Do you need to be trained?
Bugscope Team me, 30 years in May
- Student who knew bugs could be so cool
- Student I like Butterflies. SCOT/JOSEPH: do you ever put butterflies under the microscope? If so, what do the look like?
Bugscope Team yea, they look kind of cool, their scales are pretty, and lots of variation
- Student cool
- Student cool pic

- Student good question sarah
- Student what is that

- Student Thanks SCOT! That is so Cool!
- Student ok thanks eva
- Student How much can the microscope zoom in, Joseph?
- Bugscope Team training is pretty easy

- Student Scot, are you a proffessional entomologist?
- Student in japanese!!!!!!!!!
- Student really Scot

- Student i doubt it abbey
- Student black and white and gray!!!!
- Student Scot/Joseph: What are those strings on the end?
- Student do bugs have dreams?
- Student do bugs have dreams?
- Student SCOT/JOSEPH how long have you been doing bug scope and do you like it

- Student what is that
- Student Do bugs have feelings??
- Student can i drive
- Student what are the plate thingermabobers scot/joseph


- Student that is awesome!\
- Student can I drive

- Teacher did you cut the head off
Bugscope Team this is only one wing, no body even


- Student who's steering
- Student looks like paper
- Student where are we?
- Student the scales look like shingles
Bugscope Team yes they do!
- Student so artsy
- Teacher Chiara is driving next
- Student why is one scale horizontal?
Bugscope Team it is loose
- Student \

- Student what is that
- Student those dont look like scales
- Student YES, BUGS HAVE FEELINGS, SO WE SHOULD RESPECT THEM. THINK ALSO OF THE COMFORTS AND RIGHTS OF OTHER BUGS!!!!
- Student oh
- Student it looks like newspaper
- Student JOSEPH/SCOT how long have you been doing bug scope do you like to do it
- Student do bugs have feelings?\

- Student interesting...
- Student they have serrated edges
Bugscope Team yes the serrations make them strong
- Student how do the scales fall off?
- Student hoe do you know what shingles look like claire?
- Student do bugs have dreams?

- Student they look like water
- Student IT looks fake, but i think it is real! Cool! Interesting! Great!

- Student how


- Student how old do most bug s live if they do not get stepped on or swatted
- Student the scales look like they have scales
- Student holes

- Student Do bugs have brains?
- Bugscope Team this is totally cool
- Student No, Abbey I don't think that they do.
- 1:14pm
- Student what happened


- Student way cool


- Student wat is tat

- Bugscope Team the ridges you see cause colors to appear that are not from pigment
- Student it looks like coral
- Student sorry

- Student is that the brain!
- Student way cool
- Student PLEASE NO MORE SLANG!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- Student so true tal
- Student are bugs intellegent, scot?
Bugscope Team not really; I think they are kind of 'programmed'

- Student looks like a rib cage

- Student Size of a bacterium! So awesome!
- Student I agree
- Student watashi wo ai this picture

- Student looks like ribs
- Bugscope Team those ridges are about the length of a bacterium apart
- Student do bugs have dreams scott?
- Student are those ribs

- Student Do bugs have brains scot?
- Student stop using mandarin eva use english
- Student what do you mean by programed scot???
- Student you like like this picture eva
- Student hola
- Student that is crazy

- Student kind of like in ender's game! Bugs don't understand what people understand!
- Student what is that little tumor in the middle?
Bugscope Team Nicole I think it is just some dirt.

- Student it's japanese, mandarin, and english
- Student RIBS?


- Student What is that
- Student that is a cool picture
- Student it's a single pal on a self
- Student are those bones joseph?
- Student EVA PLEASE ONLY ENGLISH
- Student Scot how long so bug s usually live if they do not get stepped on of swatted by humans
Bugscope Team average is about 6 weeks
- Student so creative
- Student still eva stop using mandarin
- Student Cool
- Student Do bugs have brains Joseph?
- Teacher Scot did you cut the head off
Bugscope Team no -- this is just the wing of a moth
- Student not mandrin Eva
- Teacher Mrs. V back. Corrine was just driving and did a great job!
- Student you can use google translate to figure out what eva said

- Student why are the moth wings so dirty?
Bugscope Team they get dusty over time
- Student i cnat use google translate anymore so sure
- Student can we switch presets soon?
- Student nicole they probably aren't dirty
- Student SCOT/JOSEPH how long have you been doing bug scope


- Student they are so tiny it doesnt mattter
- Student were wings
- Student looks like bones
- Student how would bugs be programmed scot?
Bugscope Team they seem to have automatic responses to stimuli
Bugscope Team some of them can learn, but only in small amounts

- Student may i be the driver next
- Student whos driving next

- Student SDNEY
- Bugscope Team Chiara is the Ultra Commander
- Student Do bugs have brains?????????????
Bugscope Team for sure.

- Student It looks like there are rocks on the wings
- Student ok thnak you scot/joseph
- Student i would like to drive
- Student is Chiara driving?
- Student yes akhu
- Student How big are there brains
- Student way cool
- Student it makes them lite
Bugscope Team exactically, Akhu

- Student chubby mite
- Student mites are cool!!
- Student its big

- Student SCOT how long do bugs usually live if they dont gat killed by humans
- Student glich again
- Student yay I'm right
- Student rfgr
- Student its Chiara's turn to drive

- 1:19pm

- Student ohhhh
- Student you spelled my name wrong josh
- Student no zoe
- Student good to go
- Student don care
- Student sorry bug
- Student do those hares protect it
- Student watashi wo wonder if this is a real bug

- Student Chi Chi, you are going to fast!
- Student hi abbey

- Student WHY WONT ANYONE ZOOM IN 2 DA MAX
- Student groovy]
- Student sorry.
- Student are they brains like humans? Also how big are they?
- Student why are mites so round?
Bugscope Team Probably the best way to hold the most volume.
- Student SCOT how long have you been doing bug scope and how long do bugs usually live if humans dont step on them or swat them before they are an adult
- Student no joliver!
- Student it's japanese

- Student Can we switch presets?
- Student da is not a word
- Student no
- Student white hair
- Student that mite is so gross]

- Student NO MORE SLANG PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!
- Student do those hares efect the bug at all
- Student way cool
- Student cool
- Student what are t hose holes
- Student im not gonna type insults on here even if theyre in a foreign language
- Bugscope Team this one is on its back, so the ventral side is up
- Student the legs are bent strangly
- Student who's writing slang
- Student oh gosh eva
- Student Then stop the JAPANEESE
- Student are bugs smart because sometimes they seem smart to me?
Bugscope Team I don't think they are smart, but they can smell very well and sometimes see quite well

- Student watashi ling ida ai peng you
- Student u spelled it wrong
- Student Japanese

- Student i don't care

- Student cool. Is this an arachnid because I think it has eight legs
- Teacher Sydney....NO
- Student what do the bubbles do
- Student ling yi da will Not be my peng you if you keep tring to speak zhong wen

- Teacher J. Oliver.....NO!

- Bugscope Team someone is coming in to use the 'scope in 10 minutes...
- Student Are they like humans brains? Also how big are they.
Bugscope Team super small
- Student it looks like its hiars are falling off
- Student JOSEPH how long have you been doing bug scoe
- Student Joseph/Scot: Why are those legs bent so strangely?
Bugscope Team they have things like tendons in them that dry and curve inward when they die
- Student scope

- Student cause hese dead

- Student Are they like humans brains?

- Student SCOT: What is your favorite color?
Bugscope Team blue
Bugscope Team indigo
- Student cool
- Student awesome!
- Student what is this madness

- Student way cool

- Bugscope Team see the ball and socket joints where the antennae are?
- Student Joseph, what is your favorite color
- Student off topic zoe

- Student Are they like humans?
- Student to cool
- Student This is incredible!

- Student big eye
- Student the ball and socket joints are way cool!
- 1:24pm
- Student JOSEPH how long do bugs live if they do not get stepped on of swatted by humans before they are adults
Bugscope Team this really depends on the species. There was a longhorned beetle that didn't become an adult until 40 years later, when it emerged from someone's bookcase
Bugscope Team fruitflies on the other hand can go from egg to adult in a matter of days
Bugscope Team some insect adults like the queens of termites and ants can live up to 20-30 years
- Student i mean color
- Student The joints between antenna are cool

- Student Joseph Do you have a favorite bug? If you do what is it?
- Student Are they like human brains?
- Student SCOT how long have you been doing bug scope'
Bugscope Team I was part of the team who started it, so almost 15 years
- Student JOSEPH: What is your favorite color?
Bugscope Team grey
- Student steven went to the store to get some eggs. but there was a sale so he got so\

- Student scotj whats your favorite color
- Student bugscope is awesome
Bugscope Team Thank you, Aida
- Student Are Bug brains just bundles of nerves?

- Student I love this!
- Student that was not me
- Student scot, wut is your favorite subject
- Student Thank you for spending your time with us Scot and Joseph! I for one appreciate it
- Student intreaguing imgress.
- Student probably

- Student no prob scot
- Student Abbey, I think bugs have an exoskeleton
- Student really light
- Student Im really enjoying this its been a really fun experience
- Student how long have you done bug scope?

- Student I love bugscope!!!
- Student do insects have bones?
Bugscope Team no their skeleton is on the outside -- the exoskeleton. that is why they have so many setae (hairs), which help them sense their surroundings

- Student i appreciate your time to
- Student Are the brains like human brains
Bugscope Team not so much. they are reduced and less complex.
- Student cool. thanks.
- Student thanks scot and joseph for your time spending with us


- Student Should we log out?
- Student Thank you for your time and effort, this was really fun!
- Student cricket is back
- Student Thank you so much Scot and Joseph!

- Student EVERYONE: ON THREE SAY THANK YOU TO SCOT AND JOSEPH!
- Student cricket head is cool
- Teacher Scott and Joseph, thank you SO MUCH! This is always a tremendous experience.

- Student zoom IN please
- Student Thank you!
- Student thank you
- Student Thank you!!
- Student THANK YOU SCOT AND JOSEPH
- Student thank u
- Student Why is it so hairy?
Bugscope Team hairs can be mechanosensory, thermosensory, chemosensory, used for proprioception, also used to hold things....
- Student Thank you so much Scot and Joseph
- Student THANK YOU SCOTT AND JOSEPH

- Student thank you guys!!!!
- Student THANK YOU SCOT AND JOESPH
- Student THAK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH SCOT AND JOSEPH

- Student thanks
- Student THANKS SCOTT AND JOSEPH
- Student you guise are the best
- Teacher Scott, please let us know when we need to log off.
Bugscope Team Elizabeth will be here soon to use the 'scope.
- Student way cool
- Student Thanks so much
- Bugscope Team Thank you!



- Student awesome!!!

- Student nice picture
- Bugscope Team It's been fun, I hope you enjoyed your time.
- Student THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH YOU GUYS ARE THE BEST!
- Student ok
- Student this is fun
- Student YOUR VERY WELCOME
- Student こんにちは皆
- Student thanks agian scott and joseph
- Student cool

- Student thank you
- Bugscope Team Thank you, Everyone!
- Student thank you guise soooooooo much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Student Thanks Scott and Josheph!
- Student Are they like human brains
- Student bye!!!!! or.... sayonara :)

- Bugscope Team This is a lot of fun for us.


- Student Bye

- Student bye
- 1:29pm
- Student Thank you Joseph and Scot!!! :D
- Student bye scott and joseph
- Student bye!
- Student Are they like human brains?
- Student au revoir!
- Student bye


- Student bye
- Student Bye :)
- Student It was nice chatting with you!
- Bugscope Team K I am shutting down. Thank you, Everyone! See you next year!

- Student Thank You Scot and Joseph so much! BYE!
- Student bye everybody

- Student See ya!
- Student thank you! this was great

- Student Thank you, bye!
- Student good morch!


