Lincoln Grade School
Session 2007-012

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Connected on 2007-05-11 10:45:00 from Robinson, Illinois, USA

• 10:44 am
• Bugscope Teamsame painted lady larvae
• Bugscope Teamthey will probably all look like this, dontcha think?
• Bugscope Teamthey more or less do, yeah. except one has the 4 eyes nicely visible
• Bugscope TeamHi Lori!
• Teacherhello
• Teacherwe're all here.
• Bugscope TeamDoes everything seem to be working alright?
• Bugscope Teamhello!
• Bugscope Teamexcellent
• TeacherShould I adjust with the controls?
• Bugscope TeamWell, we're ready to get started whenever you are. You should see the controls to the right of the image, and the presets below them
• Bugscope TeamYes, feel free to get comfortable with what each one does

• Bugscope TeamWe also provide "presets", saved positions on the sample that we found particularly interesting. If you ever get lost or bored you can load one of them up and start exploring from there

• 10:49 am

• TeacherOkay. We've moved it around.
• Bugscope TeamTry using the "Click to Center" tool
• TeacherCan you tell us what we're looking at now?
• Bugscope TeamThis is one of the larva you sent us!
• TeacherOkay, that works
• Bugscope Teamthis one is a more mangled looking one, there are 2 straighter ones you can find

• Bugscope TeamFeel free to forward any questions the kids might have. If things seem to be running smoothly there, you could let some kids login on other machines too
• Bugscope Teamyou can either use the presets or drive down to find them

• Bugscope TeamWe've got an entomologist (Annie) logged on who gives great answers
• Bugscope Teamhaha, sometimes!
• Bugscope TeamEVERY time. heh.
• Bugscope Teamexcept when I can't tell what the insect is because it is GIANT

• Bugscope Teamtreadway, if you have any questions or problems, please feel free to ask, we are here to help you get the most out of this experience!
• TeacherQuestion from Hannah: Do you cut the larva before you put in under the microscope?
  Bugscope Teamno they were pretty small, so I left them alone

• 10:54 am
• TeacherQuestion from class: What party of the larva are we looking at now?
  Bugscope Teamthis is the body--the hairy top part
• Teacher*What part
• Bugscope TeamThey schrivel up a lot from air-drying. To get the best results we typically store them in ethanol and then use a machine called a Critical Point Drier to dry them out
• Bugscope TeamHi You Guys.
• TeacherHello Scott
• Bugscope TeamHi Scott! Scott's joining us from Texas
• Bugscope TeamI'm in Riley's studio.

• Bugscope Teamdo you feel inspired?
• Bugscope TeamYeah this does look shriveled.

• Bugscope TeamYeah Man.
• Bugscope Teamthe best preserved part of this caterpillar is the mouth---you can see its jaws if you drive to the northwest
• Bugscope TeamA lot of the structure here is lost, but the legs are still pretty prominent
• Bugscope TeamThe microscope is about the size of a large desk.
• Bugscope TeamIt has its own water, air, electrical power, nitrogen, and air conditioning.
• Bugscope Teamit is nicer than my apartment!

• Bugscope Teamthe 3 larva presets are for each of the larva you sent us
• Bugscope TeamYou can watch a video about how we prepare the samples and there is part of it where you see us working at the microscope: http://virtual.itg.uiuc.edu/training/esem-prep.mov
• Bugscope TeamChas is right, however, about the microscope itself -- the business part of it -- it's about the size of a fridge.
• TeacherI think i've lost control of the microscope
• Bugscope Teamthis is the edge of the stub
• Bugscope TeamWhat's the symptom?
• TeacherThe stub?
• Bugscope TeamYou can see we're at the edge.
• Bugscope Teamthe stub is what we put the bugs on
• Bugscope TeamThe stub is the piece of metal we place all of the samples on
• TeacherWe were trying to move to see the mouth. Can you move us to the mouth?
• 10:59 am
• Bugscope TeamCan you choose a preset to get there?
• Bugscope TeamI would try going back to preset #6
• Bugscope Teamtry preset 7
• TeacherThe pictures aren't updating too fast for us. We're having problem moving. Okay.

• Bugscope Teamah, treadway, when you click to drive, make sure of this: click once to start moving, then you must click again to STOP moving, otherwise it will keep moving in the direction of your first click. this is how the microscope works when you are sitting in front of it as well. we tried to make the interface here just like the real one.
• Bugscope TeamOop.
• Teachertyring to move to preset 6 right now
• Bugscope Teamgreat
• Bugscope Teamgood idea

• Bugscope Teamoh I see something now
• Bugscope TeamOOF I bet
• Bugscope Teamthis is the result of a preset?
• Teacheryes
• Teacherpreset 6 was black... preset 7 is this.
• Bugscope Teamhmm, try another preset, that one looks bad.
• Bugscope Teamnot so cool

• Bugscope TeamOH
• Bugscope Teamsorry treadway, we are working on it.
• Bugscope Teamyeah, someone needs to hit OK to the error dialog about out of bounds XY
• TeacherQuestion from Karly: How big is the lens?
  Bugscope Teamlens of the microscope? It's a totally different kind of microscope than you're used to seeing because it manipulates electrons instead of light (photons). The lens is only about as big around as a soda can
  Bugscope TeamAnd instead of being glass, it's wound wires with electrical current passing through; an electromagnet
• Bugscope Teamsorry, an error came up here when we reached the edge of the stage. we're working to resolve it, one second
• Bugscope TeamThe lenses for this microscope are magnetic coils.
• TeacherThank you
• Bugscope TeamInstead of light we are using electrons to image the samples. And the samples must be in a vacuum chamber.
• Bugscope TeamWe think we drove so far off the stage that the presets even stopped working, once we got back on the stage, things are working okay.
• Bugscope TeamIn a way the microscope is like a TV, pointed downward.
• 11:05 am
• Bugscope TeamAnd the samples are inside of the TV.
• TeacherCan I move to preset 8?
• Bugscope Teamsure, give it a try
• Bugscope TeamYeah go for it!
• Bugscope TeamGo ahead!
• Bugscope Teamhah, 4x the responses!

• Bugscope Teamcoolness!
• Bugscope TeamSpider head?
• Bugscope Teamsee the bumps in a line, these are the eyes
• Bugscope Teamthis is another larva
• Bugscope TeamOh that's why I was thinking it was a spider. Larvae don't follow the insect body rules.
• Bugscope TeamFrom wikipedia apparently the number of eye spots here can help identify which specific species it is from several that look similar
• Bugscope Teamreally
• TeacherQuestion from Barbara: Why are the eyes bumped out like that?
  Bugscope TeamOur eyes would look like that too except they're recessed back into our eye-sockets. The shape acts like a lens to focus the light
• Bugscope TeamI could catch a lot of mosquitos down here.
• Bugscope TeamThe eyes collest more light when they have that shape.
• Bugscope Teamcollect

• Bugscope TeamProbably the caterpillar cannot see very well.
• Bugscope TeamThis is cool. You can see the jaws, closed together.
• TeacherQuestion from Shelby: What do the hairs do?
• Bugscope TeamThey are hinged like a gate and have sharp edges.
• Bugscope TeamAnnie just submitted an abstract with that title!
• Bugscope TeamHere you can see the jaws--the mandibles
• Bugscope Teamdoh
• Bugscope TeamThe hairs are sensory, similar to cat or rat whiskers.
• Bugscope Teamthis is what I was thinking of, about the eyespots: "The American Painted Lady (V. virginiensis) is most easily distinguishable by its two large eyespots on the ventral side, whereas cardui has four small eyespots."
• Bugscope TeamI did...that's the name of my ESA talk!
• Bugscope Teamwait tho Chas: is that the larva of the adult?
• Bugscope TeamSome of then hairs, which we call 'setae,' are chemosensory, meaning that the insect uses them to smell the air.
• 11:10 am
• Bugscope Teamsome of the hairs are mechanosensory and some are chemosensory
• Bugscope TeamBecause adult butterflies have eyespots on their wings which are used to distinguish species
• TeacherQuestion from Haley: What is the line coming down the middle? What the jaws are around.
  Bugscope TeamLooks like a piece of junk to me... maybe we could zoom in on it for a better look
• Bugscope Teameyespots on wings make predators think big eyes are looking right at them -- they are intended to be frightening
• Bugscope TeamHard to tell what that is.

• TeacherWe think it's old food =)

• Bugscope Teamcould be
• Bugscope TeamYou can see a fungal fiber to the top left. It looks like a blade of grass.
• Bugscope Teamheh, like speks of bread in an old mans beard.
• TeacherWe're all going to start brushing our teeth at lest twice daily now.
• Bugscope TeamYeah you are right it could be leftovers.

• Bugscope TeamYou could get this sharper with the focus adjustment
• Bugscope TeamYou never know when someone could be looking in your mouth.
• TeacherThis class is out of time
• TeacherI do have a couple questions about the system real quick
• Bugscope TeamHello Daniel-San.
• Teacherbefore the next class comes in
• Bugscope Teamgo ahead...
• Bugscope TeamThe mosquitos have found me, down here.
• Teacherthe presets... can you explain the different presets? like the ant comb?
• Bugscope TeamGot to hold my breath.
• Bugscope TeamSorry I'm late. I had a bunch of people that needed assistance with ImageJ. And now someone has shown up for orientation. Foo. I'll be back when that's done.
• 11:15 am
• Teacherthese have nothing to do with the larva do they?
• Bugscope TeamThe comb is an arrangement of setae, probably used for cleaning?
• Bugscope TeamThe any comb is a feature on two of the ant's forelimbs that helps it clean its antennae.
• Bugscope TeamNo, just value-added specimens
• Teacherso the larva is the last two presets?
• Bugscope TeamWe figured the larvae might not have sustaining interest.
• Bugscope Teamlast three
• Teacheror last 3 ( 6 7 and 8 )
• Teachercool
• Teachernext class is coming in now
• Teacherthis is the computer tech by the way
• Bugscope TeamWe always add a few things in case something doesn't look good or charges up with electrons.
• Teacherlori is talking to the class
• Bugscope TeamAnd then she's going to run bugscope with the next class too?
• Bugscope Teamyo tech person, i'm a techie too.
• Teacher=)
• Teacheri'm ryan
• Bugscope Teamalex
• Bugscope Teamso, what do you think of windows aero....

• Bugscope Teamjust kidding, don't answer that
  Bugscope Teamyeah, we don't want any profanity ;-)

• Bugscope Teamha!

• Teacherclass is here

• Bugscope Teamgreat! we're ready

• Bugscope Teamokay! lets roll!

• Bugscope Teamnow you can get a perspective of the head of this larva.

• Bugscope Teameyes
• Bugscope Teamprimitive eyes
• 11:21 am
• TeacherQuestion from Tristen: What are the bumps on the head?
• Bugscope Teamthose are its eyes
• TeacherQuestion from Ryan: What are the hairs?
  Bugscope TeamThe hairs serve a lot of purposes, many of them being sensory. Some feel vibrations/wind, some are chemosensory like our sense of smell
• Teacherhairs on the eyes...
• Bugscope TeamThe hairs are like little feelers --- they let the insect feel things that are touching it.
• Bugscope Teamwe call the hairs 'setae,' pronounced see-tee
• TeacherQuestion from AJ: What are the crater looking things in the top right of the image?
  Bugscope TeamI think that is the pit where the caterpillar's antennae are inserted
• Bugscope TeamMaybe we can drive over there to look more closely.
• Bugscope TeamOr even go to a lower mag, slightly, to get a better overall view.
• Bugscope Teamtry click to center, then click on the part you are interested in knowing more about.
• Bugscope TeamCan you drive the microscope to do that?

• TeacherWe're trying to drive over now.
• Bugscope Teamclick to center might work better
• Bugscope Teamclick again to stop moving

• TeacherIt's hard becuase it updates so slow
• Bugscope TeamAlex is right -- that is sort of like a turret, or a ball-and-socket device so the antennae can swivel.
• Bugscope TeamYeah... I imagine
• Bugscope TeamClick to center might be better than click to drive.
• Bugscope Teamd'oh

• Bugscope TeamBut then you can still navigate yourselves. If that's still too slow, we can move around for you
• Teachera lot easier
• 11:26 am

• Bugscope Teamah, that looks nice!
• Teacherthanks!
• TeacherQuestion from Duncan: Why does it look broken? Or why are there so many cracks in it?
  Bugscope TeamOften times there is a coating, either from the bug, or junk it got into. When it dries out it shrivels and the coating on the surface cracks
• Bugscope Teamsome of this stuff is crusty residue that probably was not on the critter all the time it was alive
• Bugscope Teamso, what is the crusty residue, dust?
  Bugscope Teamit might be a combination of hydrocarbons and oils that the insect secretes that accumulated after it died
• Bugscope Teamdirt?
• Teachermoving to the mandibles

• Teacherwe figured it dried up when it died
• Bugscope TeamIt's some film that was once wet and then dried.
• Bugscope Teamcool!
• TeacherQuestion from Tessa: What are the spikey things we're looking at now?

• Bugscope TeamThe big spikey things are the jaws, which are hinged like a gate.
• 11:33 am
• TeacherQuestion from Kyrah: What is the ribbon looking thing going across the jaws?
  Bugscope TeamIt's hard to say, but it's not part of the ant. Most likely something that grew on it or that it picked up from the box it was in
• Bugscope TeamThe spikes are the "teeth" of the mandibles, seen interlocking here down the middle of the image
• Bugscope Teamthe ribbon like thing is probably fungal hyphae
• Bugscope Teamit is a strand of fungus

• Bugscope TeamCool!
• TeacherQuestion from Ryan: Please explain what the Palp is.
  Bugscope TeamI actually think this is the end of one of the larval prolegs

• Bugscope Teamnotice that the palp is very small, we are looking at it with 6480 X magnification! now 13K X!!!
• Bugscope TeamA palp is a modified limb near the mouth that helps the insect feel or taste its food
• Bugscope TeamThe part we're looking at is about 10x smaller across than a human hair!
• Bugscope TeamBut, to answer the question: a palp is an appendange attached to the insect's mouth....d'oh
• Bugscope Teamonly 4 microns (millionths of a meter)
• Bugscope TeamYou can see that this one has a hollow center.
• Bugscope TeamBut I don't think this is a palp people....
• Bugscope Teamthis is a foot
• Bugscope Team4 microns is the length of two bacteria, end to end.
• Bugscope Teamcool annie thanks for the clarification
• Bugscope TeamNo, we should have renamed it after we had you ID'd it
• Bugscope TeamLet's take the mag down to see.

• Bugscope Teamso this isn't near the mouth, but rather on the bottom, or lower part of the larva

• 11:38 am

• TeacherWe wanted to mag out to see what part of the body this was
• Bugscope Teamyeah this is foot
• Bugscope Teamthat helped

• Bugscope Teamnice
• Teacherwe're trying to find some crochets

• Bugscope Teamgnarly

• Teacherkids are having a good time =)
• Bugscope Teamawesome, we are too
• Bugscope Teamhere you can see the spines at the end of the thoracis prolegs
• Bugscope Teamlook, you can see some claw typ things, yeah, what annie said
• Bugscope Teamthere are opposing claws too, right?
• TeacherQuestion from Mason: Why does it look like a cactus?
  Bugscope TeamWell cactus have many spines--and so does this insect. Except these spines are not for protection, like a cactus. In this insect, the spines are hairs that allow the insect to sense its environement
• Bugscope Teamnormally this would look spiney, but the spines would all be projecting outwards
• 11:43 am
• Bugscope Teampart of it is from the shriveling due to air-drying
• Bugscope TeamBecause this is shriveled -- because it dried and shriveled after the larva died -- the spines are often collapsed inwards
• Bugscope TeamSome caterpillars do have stinging hairs for defense though

• TeacherBack to the eyes

• Teacherhold on, we have a class leaving

• 11:48 am

• TeacherQuestion from Gabby: What are the bumps on the hairs? And the hooks?

• Bugscope TeamThe bumps are probably oily hydrocarbons either excreted by the insect or that it was rolling around in

• Bugscope TeamThe hook... harder to say. There are SO many different shapes and patterns you see the setae make, it's really quite amazing
• Bugscope TeamSpider hairs are especially weird, we actually have a preset of them. There are even more interesting spider hairs but they're not visible on this sample
• Teacherwe'll move there
• Bugscope Teambecause the spinnerettes (where the web comes out) are angled away from us

• Bugscope TeamSpikey hairs are very common on spiders, so it's quite likely that it's a mechanical element which helps allow them to not stick to their own web
• TeacherQuestion from Gabby: Why are the spider Setas flat?
  Bugscope TeamI wish I knew a good reason. Not all of them are, some look like pipe-cleaners, too. There is so much variation in setae form just on one bug, it's difficult for us to always know
• 11:54 am

• Bugscope TeamI think it'd take years of study for each species to figure out why exactly the setae are shaped like they are

• Bugscope TeamThat "ribbon" is charging up with electrons and flexing slightly from the static forces, you can see it move just a little in each image
• Bugscope Teamlike when you put on a sweater and as you move you can feel this slight push/pull from the static, that's what's causing the movement here
• Bugscope Teamwow, it's really moving around!
• Bugscope Teamthe glowing is also due to the "charging"

• 11:59 am

• Bugscope TeamIt's also charging up, getting bright down in that hole, because the sputter-coating process that puts a conductive layer of metal on the sample didn't reach down in there
• TeacherQuestion from Brittney: What is the stuff round the hallow part of the foot?
  Bugscope TeamI think it's just a different texture in the exoskeleton, which is made of chitin
  Bugscope Teamalthough the really smooth stuff is probably something oily

• Bugscope Teami am backish
• Bugscope Teamok i am rea;;y back
• Bugscope Teamwelcome back
• Bugscope Teamit could also be cuticular secretions
• Bugscope Teamannie, what do the cuticular secretions do?

• Bugscope TeamThe secretions help to keep the insect waterproof and to keep it from drying out
• TeacherNew class, moving back to the yes. Interested in the cuticular secretions too :)
• Bugscope Teamkeep water out, keep water in
• Bugscope Teamwell, I learned something new today :)
• Bugscope Teamhehe
• 12:05 pm
• Bugscope Teamthey also can play a role in communications...insects can "taste" compounds on the surface of other insects and determine whether that other insect is a member of the same species, or a male or a female

• Bugscope Teamwaterproofing is very important to insects

• Bugscope TeamMay devotes several lectures in insect ecology to talking about waxes and cuticles
• Bugscope Teamwow... that would be pretty wild if humans had similar rituals

• Bugscope TeamVery interesting texture to this part of the exoskeleton
• Bugscope Teamyes indeed...it would be strange if we needed to taste eachother to figure out if we are members of the same species
• Teacherclass leaving, hold on
• Bugscope Teamwhat is this creature?
• Bugscope Teamstill a larva
• Bugscope TeamI've lost track of where we are, but my best guess is we're on the larva
• Bugscope Teammaybe than can zoom out if they don't know either
• Bugscope Teamok
• Teachernew class coming in
• Teachermrs. treadway taking over the controls
• Bugscope Teamgreat
• 12:11 pm

• TeacherQuestion from Logan: What are the pointy ridges around the open place?
  Bugscope TeamIt's hard to say whether this is the natural shape of the cuticle or an artifact from air-drying. This is most likely the deflated version of a texture that existed in the exoskeleton of the insect
• Bugscope Teamif you can decrease the magnification a bit we might have a better idea what we are seeing here

• Bugscope Teammaybe one more decrease in mag?

• 12:16 pm
• Bugscope Teamyeah, I think we're on the painted lady larva still
• Bugscope Teamtheres a lot of this 'wrinkly skin'
• Bugscope Teamwe are
• Bugscope Teamthis is a caterpillar...but it is really deflated, like a water balloon that has lost its water
• TeacherWe think it is the painted lady, somewhere on the lower part.
• Bugscope Teamto preserve them better, people will often immerse them directly into ethanol after collecting them. then we use a special method to remove the ethanol without disturbing the structure

• Bugscope Teamback to the mandibles!

• Bugscope Teamthese are the jaws that the insect uses to bite off pieces of food
• 12:22 pm
• Bugscope TeamMost insects actually chew with other mouthparts that lie inside these jaws
• TeacherQuestion from Mrs. Harp: Do the mandibles go up and down, or side to side?
  Bugscope Teamin our view right now, they should swing open to the left and right

• Bugscope TeamAnnie, is there a general name for the inner mouthparts that they chew with?

• Bugscope Teami knew you were going to ask that
• Bugscope Teammaxillae and hypopharanyx
• Bugscope Teamno, I just had to check to make sure
• Bugscope Teamthats a general name? :p
• Bugscope Teamof course, there are all sorts of exceptions, modifications, etc.
• Bugscope Teamthose are the ones that creep me out the most if you see macro videography of something like a preying mantis eating

• Bugscope TeamMy book says that mandibles can also do some chewing
• 12:27 pm
• Bugscope Teamooh yeah chas that is creepy
• TeacherQuestion from Rachel and Courtney: Are there 12 eyes?
  Bugscope Teamall insects have only two compound eyes for "seeing". There are variations in the number of simple eyes...which gives the insect information about day length and position of the sun.

• Bugscope Teamfrom what I see,there are 4 big bumps and then a cluster of some smaller bumps on this side of the head, but im not sure
• Bugscope TeamIn caterpillars and some other larvae the compound eyes can be very reduced
• Bugscope Teamyeah what annie said :)
• Bugscope Team;)
• Bugscope TeamYou tend to see dramatic variation in the compound eye complexity based on how much they rely on the eyes. Underground dwellers like ants are very simple, flying insects very complex

• Bugscope Teamspider head!
• Bugscope Teamspeaking of eyes
• 12:32 pm
• Bugscope Teamhere you can see 8 eyes
• Bugscope TeamSpiders don't have compound eyes, instead they usually have 8 of these single-lens eyes
• Bugscope Teamyou can see they're oriented so that the spider can see 360 degrees around him

• Bugscope Teamor her
• Bugscope TeamThis is a small section of an individual scale from a moth wing
• Bugscope Teamyou can see it's very sparse, like netting, to reduce the weight while remaining strong
• Studenti wish he had more time!
• TeacherThank you so much for this session. All the classes really enjoyed it and learned a lot!
• Bugscope TeamThat you for the questions!
• Bugscope TeamYou can definitely apply again!
• Bugscope Teamwe learn things too, thanks to annie!
• Bugscope TeamYes, some great questions today and some nice moving around in spite of the slow connection
• Studenti'm logging in on a few computers to see how the images update
  Bugscope TeamGreat, that'll be good to know
• Bugscope TeamI hope I am not teaching the WRONG things!
• Bugscope TeamThis was a good session..good driving!!
• Bugscope TeamYes, round of applause for Annie
• Bugscope Teamplease no....seriously
• Bugscope Teamheh
• TeacherThat was going to be my next question-we definitely want to do it again next year!
• Bugscope Teamthere's no limit, so feel free to apply whenever you'd like to do it again

• Bugscope TeamOk guys, I hate to run off right away...but I have to work on my field aeration setup. Fun times!
• Bugscope TeamTalk to you all soon!!!!
• Bugscope Teamhope you find more bugs today annie, cya
• Bugscope Teambye bye ;)
• Bugscope Teambye!
• 12:37 pm
• Studentthanks annie
• Studentseems to be updating rather well on 6 computers
• TeacherThanks again!!!
• Studentwish we had more time to make it to the other presets
• Bugscope TeamYeah, they all seem to be keeping up from this end

• Bugscope TeamYou got to most of them. I can email Lori a URL with the chat transcript and images so you can review the stuff you saw today
• TeacherThat would be great. I need to complete a survey, too, right?
• Studentnext time we'll try to have some student computers going
• Bugscope TeamYeah, I believe there's a link to that in one of the emails you got. If not, I can find it for you, just email me
• Studentgreat system. thanks for everything.
• Bugscope Teamthat would be great
• TeacherThanks. I will look through my emails and find it.
• Bugscope TeamNo problem, glad to have you guys on!
• GuestI am checking you out for a second grade session
• TeacherIs there anything else we need to do today?
• Bugscope TeamNope, you guys are all done
• Bugscope TeamCathye, are you from Lincoln Grade School or somewhere else?
• GuestNags Head North Carolina
• Studentbeautiful part of the country
• Studenti miss duck
• TeacherGood bye!
• Bugscope TeamWould you like to try it out for minute, we still have a little time left?
• Bugscope TeamBye Lori & Ryan
• Studentthanks again, great work bugscopers people.
• Guestcan you hold for one minute
• Bugscope TeamThanks ryan, hope to see you on again soon
• 12:42 pm
• Bugscope TeamCathye: sure
• Teacherdo you need me to control? or as i good to log out?
• Teacher*or am i good to log out?
• Teacherdohhh
• Bugscope TeamYou're free to log out!
• Teacherbye then
• Guestwe would like to try
• Bugscope TeamOK cathye, the controls should have shown up on your end, to the right of the image
• Bugscope Teamcathye you've got scope control, try driving around a bit
• Bugscope Teamk you have control
• Bugscope Teamhe ahead and try them out
• Bugscope Teamoops, "go ahead" rather

• Bugscope Teamcool, you increased mag

• Bugscope TeamThis is a sample stage that we've prepared with three larva the last class sent us as well as some insects we added from our own collection

• Bugscope TeamYou can jump to some spots we identified as interesting by clicking on the preset images to the lower right

• Bugscope TeamThat's one of the ant limbs

• Bugscope TeamWe had an entomology student on chat with us earlier helping answer questions about the bugs
• GuestCathy: The class will love this!
• 12:47 pm
• Bugscope TeamGreat! We look forward to seeing an application from you

• Bugscope Teamwell, let's get you signed up then. visit bugscope.itg.uiuc.edu to apply. you haven't applied yet have you?

• GuestDo we have enough time to send in specimens and schedule lab before June 1?

• Bugscope TeamI believe so. You can request a date and time in the application and our secretary will check the calendar for us
• GuestThank you, I will.
• Bugscope TeamWe should probably start tearing down on our end, but it was good to hear from you!
• 12:52 pm
• GuestThanks for the practice time.
• Guestbye
• Bugscope TeamNo problem, cya