Connected on 2007-05-16 13:00:00
from Houston, Texas, USA
- 1:21 pm
- Bugscope TeamHi Voyagers
- Bugscope Teamhello voyagers!!!!
- Bugscope TeamHello!
- TeacherWe are here The time we had was for 1400. No Problem We are on the screen and the students are setting up their computers
- Bugscope Teamgreat! let us know if there are any questions
- TeacherWhat site should the students log onto to chat? The same on e I am on?
- Bugscope Teamyes
- Bugscope Teamhave them go to the same login page
- Bugscope Teamhttp://discord.itg.uiuc.edu/bugscope
- Bugscope Teamit will automatically recognize them and default to student login
- Bugscope TeamBe sure and let us know when we can help.
- 1:26 pm
- Bugscope TeamWe have the 'scope until 4:30 if we need it.
- Bugscope Teamthat's 3 hours from now.
- TeacherThe students are logging on, What are we looking at now?
- Bugscope TeamThis is the ventral side of the body of a water beetle.
- Bugscope TeamI believe we're still on the water beetle. We're seeing part of a leg at the lower right
- Bugscope TeamYou can take the mag down to see where you are.
- Bugscope Teamthe "underbelly" is filling most the screen right now
- Bugscope TeamAnd you can move around, change focus, choose another preset...
- Bugscope Teamvoyagers, you have control of the scope, you should see controls on your right... go ahead and try moving around
- Bugscope TeamChange brightness..
- Bugscope TeamIt looks like the students are all trying to access http://discord.itg.uiuc.edu, they need to add the "/bugscope" at the end
- Bugscope TeamThe head is to the north here.
- Bugscope Teamso it should be "http://discord.itg.uiuc.edu/bugscope/"
- Bugscope Teamhttp://discord.itg.uiuc.edu/bugscope
- Bugscope Teamhttp://discord.itg.uiuc.edu/bugscope
- Bugscope Teamhttp://discord.itg.uiuc.edu/bugscope
- GuestBeautiful
- Bugscope TeamHi Paul from ENN
- Bugscope TeamHello Paul. Welcome to bugscope.
- GuestHello ---
- Bugscope TeamThe class is getting set up now.
- GuestThanks -- its a fabulous site
- GuestI'm with ENN.com -- environmental news network
- Bugscope TeamWe're looking at the underside of a water beetle just now.
- Bugscope TeamHi cr, kj
- Guestour CEO, Lincoln Norton suggested I take a look
- GuestHI
- GuestHello
- 1:31 pm
- Bugscope TeamThe classroom can control the microscope, but I just made that one small change.
- Guesthey jake
- Bugscope TeamHi guys!
- Bugscope TeamHi Pearl!
- Bugscope TeamHi ana!
- StudentHello everybody
- Studenthi jake
- Teacherhi
- Bugscope TeamBe sure and let us know when you have questions.
- Bugscope TeamRight now the computer logged in as Voyagers is the only one that can control. On request of the teacher we can transfer control to any other the other students
- Teacherhi ana
- Guestwhos kj?
- GuestKhevin
- Studentkhivin
- StudentKhevin is Kj
- GuestKhevin Jr
- Bugscope TeamPaul the person driving the 'scope, usually the teacher, can see a series of preset thumbnails along the right side of chat, and he/she can also see controls, to the right of the image.
- GuestMay I ask -- what exactly is that?
- Teacherwhat are we looking at
- Bugscope TeamStudents and guests do not see those features.
- StudentHello
- StudentWhat part of the water beatle is this???
- TeacherHi
- Bugscope TeamWhat we are looking at now are the tips of a few tarsi and one of the lower legs.
- Bugscope TeamIf Voyager zooms out with the magnify control we will see more clearly this is the underside of a beetle
- Studentthis is a water beetle.
- Teacherhi
- Guesta water beetle -- i thought it was a lobster dinner in black and white
- TeacherWat r we looking @?
- Bugscope TeamThis is on the ventral side -- the bottom side -- of the beetle.
- Teacherwhat is up
- Teachercool
- Teacherhow big is the water beetle?
- Studentthe ceiling
- Guestamazing
- Studentduh!
- Teachercool
- Teacheris that a leg?
Bugscope Teamyes! you can see all the little hairs coming off of it that it uses like flippers to move through the water
- Teacherha ha
- Teacherit looks like a leg
- Teacheris that a leg or a claw?
- Teacherwhat is this sapposed 2 be
- Teacherwhere is the bettle
- Bugscope TeamThe things that resemble hairs are setae, and they provide surface area -- they're like flippers for swimming.
- Teacheriz this the whole water beatle?
- Teacheri did not now that
- StudentCan you change the angle of the picture????
Bugscope Teamyes, but only your teacher has control now, is she still online?
- StudentNeither did I
- Teacherwat is this
- Teacherhi
- Bugscope TeamYou guys are the ones in control of the microscope. Whichever computer is logged in as Voyager is the one controlling
- Studentwhat is that thing that looks like a worm
- Teacheraoh
- Bugscope TeamVoyagers, the person who is logged in as Voyagers has control
- Teacheryeah what is that
- Teacherdose it have bones
- Bugscope Teamcould be a piece of debris
- Bugscope TeamActually you cannot change the angle, exactly.
- Teacheris this a leg
- Teacheroh it looks like a worm
- Teacherwhat type of picture is this
- 1:36 pm
- Studentyes Pearl
- Teacheryes pearl
- Teacherhow do u control it?
- Teacherdose it have an exoskeleton
- Studentthis is a water beetle
- Bugscope TeamThis is an electron image -- a secondary electron image.
- Teacherdo water beatles have indo or exoskeltons?
- Teacherk thanx
- Teacherwhat are the little dot things on the body?
- Bugscope Teamandrew, you have control of the scope
- Teacherwhat do you mean by a secondary electron image
Bugscope TeamAn electron microscope works much differently than a light microscope you're probably seen. Secondary electron is one kind of detector we can use
- Bugscope TeamThe sample is in a vacuum chamber, and we are beaming electrons at it and getting electrons -- secondary electrons -- back.
- Bugscope Teamandrew, click to start moving, then click again to stop mioving
- Bugscope Teamandrew, click on the screen again to stop moving
- Teacherwhat dose it eat
- Teacherdo the little leg hairs have names
- Teacherit looks like there are bumps on it
- Bugscope TeamThe sample has been coated with gold-palladium alloy to make it conductive.
- Teacherthis is weird
- TeacherI need the image to stop moving
- Teacherdo water beatles have indo or exo skeltons?
- Bugscope TeamWhoever is driving is going wild right now.
- Teacherk
- Teacherhow do water beetles survive in tha water
- Bugscope TeamThey have exoskeletons.
- Teacherhow dose it pretect its self
- Guestwhat are those round thigs
- StudentWhat is that?
- Bugscope Teamvoyagers you now have control again. click on a preset to view a nice image
- Teacherwhat is this
Bugscope TeamThis is the sticky tape we use to hold the bugs down
- Teacherwhat are those black dots>
- Teacher?
- StudentWhat is that?
- TeacherTHIS IM THING IS REEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAALY CONFUSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Teacherwhat is this
- Bugscope TeamThe can dive and carry air with them to breathe for a little while.
- StudentAre these the cells or something
- Teacherdont know
- Teacherwhat is this
- StudentWhat is this?
- Studentvery interesting
- Guestwow
- Teacherwat iz this?
- GuestWhat is that??
- Teacherwhat are those?
- Teacherwhat is tht
- Teacherwhat is that
- Teacherwhat are we looking at
- Guestwhat are we looking at
- Teacherwhat are we looking at
- Teacherwhat we lokking at here
- Teacherwhat are we looking at
Bugscope TeamThese are some hairs, called setae, covered with something we can't identify that gives it that globlular appearance
- Bugscope TeamOkay this is one of the presets, on the lacewing, near or on the head, I don't remember.
- StudentWhat are these?
- Teacherahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! that is cooooooooooooool. but weird.
- Teacherwhat are those bumos
- Teacherthat is cool
- Bugscope TeamThese are tiny setae that seem to be coated with very small globs of something.
- Teacherwhat are those lined things?
- Teacherwhat is that?
- Teacherdoes it have the same cells as us
- Teacherthats cool
- Teacherhair to what creature?
- Teacherwhat are we looking at
- Teacheris this in the ocean
- Teachercool
- Guestwhat bug is this
- Bugscope TeamThey are incredibly small! Only about 1-2 microns (millionths of a meter" wide. That's about 30 times smaller than a piece of human hair
- StudentWhat are SETAE
Bugscope Teamsetae is the technical term for what look like hairs on the insects surface
- GuestThat is so cool!!!!!!
- Teacherwe're moving over to the corner
- Studentis that a wing
- Bugscope TeamThis is a flying insect called a lacewing.
- GuestWere going to move over
- StudentWhat are those pillars?
- Teacherwe are going to move to the corner
- Teacherwe are going to move over to the corner
- Teacherwhat are we looking at
- Studentwhat is lacewing setae?
Bugscope TeamA lacewing is a type of flying insect. The setae are what we call the hair-like structures
- 1:41 pm
- Teacherthat is awesome
- Teacherto see whatever the pillar looking thing is
- Teacheris this a hair to a creature
- Teacherwow
- Bugscope TeamSetae are what we call the tiny hairs, pronounced 'see-tee.'
- Teacherwhat's that bumpy stuff?
- Teacherwat are we looking @ now?
- GuestWhat is that cord thing??
- Teacherthis is a fly ?
- Guestso its tiny hairs
Bugscope Teamyep, except they're cooler than our hair. some can feel motion like whiskers, some can taste or smell
- Bugscope Teamvoyagers: you are doing a great job of moving around, if you have any questions please feel free to ask
- Studentis this more tape
Bugscope Teamnope, it's more "junk" on the surface of some setae
- Studentwhat is this?
- Bugscope TeamBecause they are not mammals we are not supposed to call the hairs 'hairs.'
- Teacherwhat part of the body is that
- Studentthis is so cool
- GuestWhat is those bouble things
- Teacherwat are we looking @ now?
- Teacherthis hair is nasty
- Bugscope TeamI'm not sure where we are, Voyagers should try zooming out so we can see the context
- Teacherdoes it have hairs
- Guestuhh
- Teacherwhat part of the bug is this?????
- Teacheris that poop on the hair
- Teacherwat bug are we looking @?
- Teacherwhat is that
- Studentthis is a lacewing I believe
- Bugscope TeamHere you can see part of a scale, and now you can see the compound eye.
- Bugscope TeamWe ust have been by the eye
- Teacherwhat is he thing on the left
Bugscope Teama piece of dust/dirt most likely
- Bugscope TeamYou can focus, of course, and you can change the contrast/brightness.
- StudentEw the eye
- Teacherwhat part is this
- Teacherwhoa, what is that?
- StudentIs this the eye?
- Guestis that a eye
- Studentthat looks like a skeloton is it?
Bugscope TeamAlmost everything we'll see is technically the skeleton because insects have exo-skeletons.... their "skin" is hard and they have no internal bones like us
- Bugscope TeamAs Chas says, the individual facets of the eye are called ommatidia.
- Teacherwhat's that thing that looks like a feather?
Bugscope TeamThat is actually an individual scale (like a fish has scales) that came from a moth wing
- Teacheris that the eye
- Teacherwhat part is this
- Teacherwhy does it keep moving?
- Teacherwat eye r we looking @?
- Bugscope TeamThis is an eye, with an antenna in the foreground to the left. The feather is a scale.
- Teacheroh this is the eye
- StudentIs this the eye we're looking at at?
- Bugscope Teamit shouldn't be moving now.
- Teacherwhat is this
- Studentwhat is the leaf looking thing on the eye?
- Guestwhat all that gunk around it
- StudentHow come there are so many ommatidia?
- Teacheris that particals from the air on his eye
- Teacherthat thing that looks like a leaf, what is that?
- 1:46 pm
- Bugscope Teamsetae can be mechanosensory or chemosensory
- Studentoh now i get it
- Teacherwhat's that stringy stuff?
- TeacherI do not see the same image as my students. How can I get in line with them?
Bugscope TeamTry refreshing once, see if that clears it up
- Guestvery cool scott
- Teacherthe eye looks like a flys eye
- Bugscope TeamI am sorry guys, I thought this session was tonight
- Bugscope Teamso the insect can use them to smell or to feel movement
- Guestspecialized cells?
- Bugscope TeamThey are connected to the nerves through the exoskeleton.
- Guestneural cells?
- Teachernice
- Guestahhh
- Bugscope Teamfor what Paul?
- Teacherwhat is on the eye
Bugscope TeamThat's the scale from a moth of butterfly wing.... contamination from other samples in our lab probably
- Guestis that bacteria around it
- Bugscope TeamDefinitely specialized. They are pretty complicated, really.
- Guestconnected by? neural cells? tendrils?
- Studentis that a fether
Bugscope Teamthat is the scale from the wing of a moth
- Guestreally?
- StudentAbout how many views can it see
- Teacherwe torward the eye
- Teacherif this is a eye of a fly, why is it so dirty
Bugscope TeamThey have no eyelids or tears. Some insects have combs or brushes they can use to help clean their eyes
- Bugscope TeamAnnie, who just logged on, is our entomologist.
- Teacherwhat type of bugs eye r we looking @?
Bugscope Teamwe have a spider, lacewing, beetle, hoverfly, ant and a tick
- Guesthello annie
- Teacheris that dirt?
Bugscope TeamYes, in short, it is dirt---it is dirt that we get to see up close
- Teacherthere's a black bump on the eye, what is that?
- Bugscope Teamhello!
- Teacherwhats the biggest part of its body
Bugscope TeamThe biggest segment of the body is the abdomen...but just because it is big doesn't mean it is the most complex
- Studentare thoses spider webs?
- Teacherwe are going torward the eye
- Bugscope TeamAnnie see please if you can answer some of Paul's questions....
- Teacherwow
- Studentwhat is a entomologist
Bugscope TeamAn entomologist is a scientist that specializes in the study of insects
- StudentHello Annie, what are we looking at?
Bugscope Teamnothing right now!
- Bugscope Teamyou guys are asking a lot of questions, I like that
- Bugscope TeamHe is interested in how the setae are connected to the nervous system.
- Teachernow what is this
- Teacherare those holes?
- Studentwhat kind of bug are we looking at?
- Teacherthis is a private lesson EENPUAL
- Bugscope TeamAn entomologist studies insects.
- Bugscope TeamI'm not sure where we've driven to now. You might want to zoom out, or try another preset
- Guestannie - what is the communication pathway between SETAE and the CNS of the critter?
- Teacherit looks like a sponge
- Bugscope Teamthis isn't a bug, try clicking on a preset to go back to a bug
- StudentAbout how many views can an average fly see
Bugscope TeamI don't believe anyone knows exactly how they percieve the images from the compound eye, but they eyes usually can see all the wary around from front to back
- Bugscope Teamchappell you gotta chill DaddyO.
- Teacherwhat are those whole
- Teacherwhat is this?
- Teacherwhat is this
- Teacheroops!!! soorryy! i did not meen to say that eenpual
- Teacheri didnt know beatles had claws
- GuestWhat is this???
- Guestthats a claw
- Teacheris it dirty from digging?
Bugscope TeamYes, they're often dirty from the environment they were in. Sometimes mouths still have the remnants of their last meal, etc
- Studentis that dirt?
- Bugscope TeamThis is the edge of one of the beetle claws.
- Teacherwe going to the mouth
- Bugscope TeamSo I am sorry that I missed out on the questions about the nervous system, if you'd still like answers, can you repeat the questions?
- Guestwow!!!!!!!!
- Teacherits a mouth
- Teacheris that the mouth?
- 1:51 pm
- Guestdoes it have teeth\
- Guestwhat is the pathway between the Setae and the CNS of the bug?
Bugscope TeamSo, each individual seta has a number of dendrites in them that terminate in the CNS. The number of dendrites vary based on the type of seta it is...(MORE)
- Teacherare those teeth or something else?
Bugscope TeamThe clubs at the bottom are palps, some of the many mouthparts. The hairs above I'm not sure their function
- StudentTHANKS
- Teacherwow!!!!
- GuestNow were looking at the mouth of a water beatle everybody!!!\
- Studentare those teeth or hair?
- Teacherare those teeth
- Studentis the mouth open?
- Teacherthose look like teeth
- Studentthat is the water beetle's teeth
- Studentwhat are the fiborous things hanging down from the mouth
- Teacherdeso it have teeth
Bugscope Teamnot like we do, but you can barely see some nice pincers underneath all those hairs
- Bugscope TeamThe fibrous things are more setae that help filter out the food.
- Teachercan you tell what a insect eats by looking at it's mouth?
- Guestwhat are things haging out of its mouth
- GuestWhat does it eat
- Bugscope TeamPaul this often gets frenetic, and we like that, but sometimes it's tricky.
- Teacherhow does it clean it's mouth?
- Teacherdo they have tung
- Guestprobaly fish i guess
- Teacherits like a whale
- GuestNP
- StudentWhat does the water beetle eats?
Bugscope Teamtadpols and glassworms are the usual prey of water beetles
- Teacherwhat's that crumbly-looking thing by the thing that looks like a claw?
- Bugscope TeamAlex is looking up what they eat, but it's probably things like daphnia.
- Guesttypo
- Teacherwe are goin to zoom in some
- Teacherwhat's the white thing in the mouth
- GuestThank you all -- its a great program. Paul out for now -- paul@enn.com (paul schaefer, vp media)
- Teacherwhere do they swallow?
Bugscope Teamthose mouthparts would all open up there, revealing the true opening of the mouth
- Bugscope TeamCya Paul!
- Bugscope TeamThanks Paul!
- GuestAre these the roots of the teeth???
- Studentwhat is that fuzzy thing at the bavk of the trought
- StudentWHAT IS THAT WHITE THING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MOUTH
- Studentwhat is the hole inside of the mouth for?
- Bugscope TeamYou can see the inside of the mouth, where there are inner jaws.
- Guestso how do pinchers work
- Teacherwe're going in
- Teacherthat cool
- Bugscope TeamThe mouth will fold open when the beetle wants to eat.
- Guestthats cool
- StudentHow big can the teeth get?
- Teacherdo they have any way to clean their teeth?
- Teacherwhat are the things in the back of the mouth? Are they plants?
- Studentare thoses claws
- Teacherwe are going to look at a spider
- StudentLet's look at the spider!
- Bugscope TeamThey have a whole assortment of mouthparts so they can use some to clean others
- Bugscope TeamPaul is offline now...
- 1:56 pm
- Studentwhat are those claw like things in the back
- Studentwe're going to look at a spider.
- Teacherwow
- GuestWhat is this ???
Bugscope Teamthis is a spider!
- Bugscope TeamThis, now, is one of the spinnerettes.
- Guestwhat body part is that
- Bugscope TeamSpiders have the most awesome looking setae
- Teacherwhat part is this?
- Studentthis is the spider's spinnerettes
- Bugscope TeamThis is where the web comes from.
- Studentis that an eye?
- Bugscope Teamthis is near the 'butt'
- Bugscope TeamThe spinnerettes are where they produce the spider web silk!
- Teacherhow big are they
- Teacherwhere is the silk stored?
Bugscope TeamThey actually create it through a chemical process on demand
- GuestHow thick is the web??
Bugscope TeamI believe even for one type of spider it can vary. I believe they can also change the chemical properties such as stickiness or durability depending on the role it plays in the web
- Studentwhat are these ointing things
- Teacherwhat do they eat
- Guestcool
- Bugscope TeamMORE on dendrites for Paul: the setae have different anatomy based on their function. The dendrites meet up with a sensory neuron at the base on the setae which connects with axons in the CNS
- Bugscope Teamor as Chas says, it is created from components inside the spinnerette.
- Student Is the silk made from what they eat?
- StudentTime to zoom in!
- Studentwe're going in
- Studenthow do they produce silk?
- Guestwhat are those thigs that lock like trees
- Studentwhat is the silk made from?
Bugscope Teamspider silk is a protein
- Bugscope TeamYes the silk comes from, after it's broken down, what the spider eats.
- StudentWhat kind of spider is this?
- Teachercan we look at the part were it shoots its web out
- GuestHow thick is the web??
- Teacherwhat is the thing on the top of the picture?
- Teacherwhat kind of spider is this
- Bugscope TeamRight they have different kinds of web.
- Teacherare spiders hairy because the hairs stick on surfaces?
- Teacherwhy can't we look at it in colour?
- Teacherwe are goin up to the head
- Teacherwow!
- Teacherdo spiders actually have more than two eyes?
- Bugscope TeamThey are hairy because most of the hairs are sensory -- the hairs make the spider very sensitive to vibrations.
- StudentIs this the head?
- Studentwhat is these
- Studentdo they have noses?
- Bugscope TeamThey have eight eyes.
- Studentwhat are the hairs on the spiders body for?
- Guestwhat is that
- Bugscope TeamCLICK TO STOP MOVING!!!
- Bugscope Teamcool
- Bugscope TeamSome spiders have better eyes than others.
- Bugscope TeamMORE for Paul: all sensory receptors in insects are primary sense cells...meaning that there is not a receptor potential--each cell responds individually to stimuli
- Teacherdo spiders have more than two eyes?
Bugscope TeamSpiders almost always have 8 eyes!
- TeacherSome people say they do
- Bugscope TeamAnd that is all I can say, I hope you enjoyed my lecture on the insect nervous system
- Teacherahhhhhhhhh! torn leg!
- Bugscope TeamAnnie Paul logged off although we can send him a transcript.
- Bugscope TeamNow you can see the fangs.
- Bugscope TeamDurn, that was a lot of writing there
- StudentEw what is that?
- Bugscope TeamThis is the biting part of the spider.
- Bugscope TeamWas...
- Teacherwhat part of the spider r we looking @?
- 2:01 pm
- Bugscope TeamThere's the torn limb.
- Teacherhow do spiders pretect its self
Bugscope TeamDepends upon the spider, large spiders, like tarantulas flick itchy hairs
- Bugscope Teampoor broken leg
- Bugscope TeamI just read that moth larva silk is always the same thickness and chemistry which is why they use them for farming silk (for clothes) instead of spiders where the silk width and composition varies
- Bugscope TeamThis is the tip (was) of one of the legs.
- Guestwhat are those at the the end of its legs
- Bugscope TeamGood job here.
- Teacherwe're going in
- Bugscope Teamvoyagers, you are doing an excellent job of driving!
- StudentWe're going in!
- Bugscope Teamthis is what runs along the web, what touches the web.
- StudentWas this spider in a fight?
- Studentthanks
- Teacherthat is to cool
- StudentDo spiders fight?
- Teachercool
- Guestwhere does the web come out of???
Bugscope Teamweb silk comes out of the spinnerette
- Bugscope Teamif focus in one direction makes it more dlurry, try the other way, there ya go!!!
- Teacherhow big are the fangs
- Bugscope TeamMost spiders just try to run away---their bite is not for defense, but for killing prey
Bugscope TeamAgain, depends upon the spider...little spider, little fangs, big spider big fangs :)
- StudentFor mates or terrotiy
- Teacherwhere is the spider's head
- Teacherwhere'; sits head
- Bugscope Teamif the spider is in a fight and it gets bitten and poisoned, it can jettison that limb before the poison moves to the body.
- GuestWhere is there head??
- Studentwheres the head
- Teacherwhere's its head
- Studentcool
- Teachervery cool picture scoot!
- StudentWe were looking at the leg
- Bugscope TeamThe head is where the fangs were
- Teacheris the camale spider kwown as a spider
Bugscope Teamcamale spider?
Bugscope TeamCamel spiders are in the same Class as spiders, but they are from a different Order. So close, but not technically a spider
- Guestcool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Teacherwhere are the fangs
- Studentwhere are the fangs
- TeacherHi!MT
- Studentthe fangs are where the head is
- Bugscope Teamthere are many types of spider, and we do not know which this is.
- Teacheris this the leg of a spider?
- Bugscope Teamif you take the mag down you can see where you are
- StudentWhat are we looking at right now?
- Teachercamel spider
Bugscope Teamthe camel spider is an Arachnida: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel_spider
- Teacherwhat spider is this
- Teacherwhere are we
- Teacherawesome pic!
- Bugscope TeamNow you can see the head.
- Teacherthat is soooo cool
- Teacherwe are going to the eye
- Bugscope Team35,000 types
- Teacherwow that very cool!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentthats cool
- Studentnasty
- Bugscope Teamfangs!
- Teacher35,000?
Bugscope TeamWe found both 35000 and 40000
- Teacherwhy does the spider seem to have different layers?
- Studentwhat,is,that
- Teacherwhat kind of spider is that?
- Bugscope Teamwhoever is controlling could afford to slow down a little...
- 2:06 pm
- Teacherhow small r ticks?
Bugscope TeamDog ticks are a bit smaller than a pencil eraser head, deer ticks are even smaller: the size of a pin head
Bugscope TeamI've seen them range from smaller than a period to bigger than a quarter
- Studentoh
- Teacherawesome
- Bugscope Teamnow we're on the tick recurved fangs that hold the proboscis into the prey
- Guestwhats that
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head of the tick, in the middle here
- StudentHow much blood can a tick hold?
- Teacheris blood the only thing ticks eat?
- Teacherhow much blood does a tick suck in their life time?
- Studentwhat r there mass
- GuestHow much blood can a tick have in it's body??
Bugscope TeamLots, they fill up like a balloon, many times their own bodyweight
- Teacheris there only one type of tick?
- Teacherproboscics?
- Bugscope TeamIt can swell up to several times its size
- StudentThat's what they use to stick into you to suck up blood
- Teacherwhats the total # of blood it can hold
Bugscope Teamdepends totally on the size of the tick
- Bugscope TeamThis is the business end
- Teacherdo u know the average mass of a tick?
- Teacherhow many types?
- Teacherdo ticks eat anything else except blood
Bugscope Teamnot to my knowledge. some mites, however, eat the dead skin that's constantly flaking off your body
Bugscope Teamnope nothing else
- Bugscope TeamI bet some of them hold a ml
- Bugscope Teama milliliter
- Studenthow do they keep the fangs in the body?
Bugscope Teamarachnids use the pressure of their "blood" to move---so the increase their "blood" pressure to stick out their mouthparts
- Bugscope Teamthis is the part that sticks into your skin and makes it hard to get out
- Teacherhow much blood do ticks suck in their life time?
Bugscope TeamI believe some of them feed once in an entire lifetime... is that right annie?
- TeacherThats alot
- Studentsory probiscus
- StudentWhy is the top so rough??
Bugscope Teamthose spines are all pointed backwards so that once it sticks in you, they stop it from getting pulled out
- Teacherhow many types of tics are there exactly
- Bugscope Teamproboscis -- that is the term for, usually, an extending mouthpart
- Studenthow big can a tic grow
Bugscope TeamI have seen a tick the size of a pencil eraser when engorged with blood--GROSS
- Bugscope TeamI think they have to feed between each molt
- GuestWhere does the tick store the blood???
- Studenthow log can a tick live?
- Bugscope Teamthanks annie
- StudentHow long is the tick's lifespan?
Bugscope TeamIf they don't have access to a blood meal, they can go into dormancy for a year or more
- Teacherdo u know the average body weight of a tick?
- Teachermoving to a different part
- Teacherhow many babies ticks have?
- Bugscope TeamThis tick did not get much to eat before my sister caught it
- Guestlol
- TeacherHow many babyies can spiders have?
- Studentwhy does it itch so much when you have a tick?
Bugscope TeamWell, the tick injects saliva into you when it bites you to keep your blood from coagulating in its mouth and stomach. People have an allergic reaction to the saliva
- 2:12 pm
- Student8 legs
- Studentbecause they irretate your skin
- Bugscope Teamticks are second only to mosquitos in spreading disease
- Bugscope TeamI think there is something in their saliva that makes your blood flow better and also itches
- Teacherhow much does it way
Bugscope Teamthat would depend on the tick, and how big a meal it's had
- Teachercan a tick die because of too much blood?
Bugscope TeamHmmm, I don't think so...I guess it is theoretically possible, but they probably have valves in their mouth to prevent overfeeding
- Studentwhat is the mass of a tick
- Teacherhow mean babys do they have in a year
Bugscope TeamJust found this, 500-3000 eggs can be layed by one type of tick
- Teacherlooking at the ant
- Studenttime for the ant!
- Studentyes they explode
- GuestNow its time for the ant head
- Studentmore setea
- TeacherMr.B asked how big is it?
- Guestan ant
- GuestHow much venom does an ant give you??
Bugscope TeamOnly a few kinds of ants are venomous
- Studentdid you know that you feal there sting not there bight
- Teacheris there a roach
- Bugscope Teamit just naturally looks mad
- Teacherwhere do the ants get their venom?
- StudentWhat is this?
- Teacherwhy do ant's legs stick on any surface?
Bugscope Teamthey have claws at the end of their legs they can dig into the surface to hold on
- Guestwhat kind of ants give venom and how much???
Bugscope TeamBullet ants get their name because the sting feels like getting shot
- Teacherwhat does it feed on
- Teacherwhy' does the ant look mad
- Teacherwhat dose it feed on
Bugscope TeamMany ants are farmers. They collect plant matter, bring it underground so that mold grows on it, then eat the mold
- Bugscope Teamthe ant's face is a fixed shape, and there must be some advantage in looking fierce.
- Teacherhow big can an ant get?
- Teacherhow big can they git
- StudentWhere can you find bullet ants?
- Studentcan it dig into glass?
- Teacherwhere do ants get their vennom?
Bugscope TeamThey have a venom gland attached to their stinger
- Teacherwhy do ant's stick together?
- Bugscope Teamants can be a couple of inches long, sometimes
- Teachercan it walk on glass?
- Teacherare there any bullet ants in houston?
Bugscope Teamnope, unless someone brought them there
- Teachercan it walk on glass
- GuestHow do ants produce venom??
Bugscope Teamtheir bodies just produce it, the way you make spit, etc
- Bugscope Teamthey are different sizes depending on the species and what their job is in the colony
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- Teacherhow long can an ant work each day
Bugscope TeamAn ant could theoretically work 24 hours, but depending on the ants, some are active during the day, some at night
- Teacherhow come fire ants cause such a bad reaction?
Bugscope Teamsome people have an extra bad reaction, an allergic reaction, called anaphalactic shock
- Studentwhy does it burn when ants bit
- Teacherhow painful is a bullet ant's bite/
- Studenthow come they cross there legs when there dead
- StudentWhere can you find bullet ants?
- Studenty does it sting when they bite you
- Studenttypo
- Studentthe bite is VERY painful
- Teacherwhat happens if u r allergic to ants and u get bettin by 1?
Bugscope Teamdifficulty breathing, low blood pressure, fainting, tears, itching, pain, vomiting.... the list goes on
- Bugscope Teamjust the way their body is wired
- Teacherhow painful is a bullet ant bite
Bugscope TeamThey say it is the most painful bite in the world
Bugscope Teamthey say it's as painfull as being shot by a bullet, hense,, bullet ant
- Teacheroh snap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentblech
- GuestIs that his tongue??
- Teacherdo ants have toungues
- StudentDo ants have tongues
- Student?
- Studentit look like one more ant is inside it?
- Bugscope TeamSome sting using the stinger, at the tip of the abdomen, and some bite using their jaws
- Teacherdo ants have tongues
Bugscope Teamno, not soft fleshy muscle tongues like us, but they do have palps that help them maneuver food
- Teacherthats cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Bugscope TeamHowever, I have it on authority that tarantula killer stings are more painful, and dinosaur ant bite/stings are more painful
Bugscope TeamI guess it is relative
- Teacherstinger here we come
- Bugscope TeamThey often do look like there is some other insect inside their mouths.
- StudentWhat Julian said!
- Teacherwhat is the thing on the neck?
- Teacherhow many different types of ants r there?
- Bugscope Teamannie, you were bitten by a tarantula? that is so COOL!
- Teacherwhat other animals do they have on this site
- Teacheris it true that once the queen ant dies, that the hole colonie dies?
- GuestIs that a whole in its stinger??
Bugscope TeamNot all ants have stingers... so that's probably just where the excriment comes out
- StudentHow big can the stinger get?
- Teacherdo ants have wings because i've seen some with wings and some without
Bugscope TeamSome ants have wings. The reproductive forms have wings, which they lose one they've mated. The workers never have wings. Most of the ants you see are females...males are seldom produced
Bugscope Teamsome things that look like ants with wings might be termites
- Teacherwere does it get its venom from
Bugscope Teamtheir bodies synthesize the venom just the way we synthesize tears, spit, sweat, etc
- Bugscope Teamyou are actually controlling a $600,000 electron microscope from Houston.
- Teacherdo ants have stingers from their bottom or mouth?
Bugscope Teamnope, their stingers are at the complete other end
- Studentwhat is an "excriment"?
- Bugscope TeamLooks like the stinger is missing or was not present.
- Bugscope Teamexcrement
- Bugscope Teamwhoops :)
- Teacherhow do they mate?
- Teacherhow many times can a ant sting you?
- 2:22 pm
- Guestwhats thatlittle thig
- Studenthas this ant all ready stung
- Teacherdo they teeth
Bugscope TeamThey have ridges on their jaws that act like teeth...but not individual teeth like we have--d'oh
- Bugscope Teamlook a little north of here
- Studenthow come cow ants look hairy
- GuestWhat is that thing in the middle???????
Bugscope Teamlooks like a piece of dust
- Bugscope Teamno they do not have teeth but their jaws may be hardened
- Teacherdo ant have teeth?
- Teacherhow does it digiest its food
Bugscope Teamthey swallow it and have primitive stomachs... more just like one long tube making up their g ut
- Studenthow come cow ants look hairy?
Bugscope Teamants are setae'y, not hairy. they have setae.
Bugscope TeamCow ants, or cow killers, are not actually ants...they are females of a type of wasp.
- Bugscope TeamThe thing in the middle is a piece of tissue or as Chas says it may be dust
- Studenthas this ant all ready stung?
- Teacherwhat's that tissue looking thing on the sides?
- Gueststiger!
- TeacherHOW DO THEY MATE?
Bugscope TeamThey have internal fertilization, just like humans and dogs and horses....very similar process that I will not detail here.
- Teacherr ants like bees when they sting u they die?
Bugscope TeamI think if it loses its stinger it will die...I don't think ants stingers are typically barbed, so they don't stick in you like a bee
- Bugscope TeamThe hairiness is due to the setae that cover the body.
- Bugscope TeamI think they are more like wasps -- they can sting repeatedly.
- Teacherwhy doesn't the stinger look dangorous up close?
Bugscope TeamI don't think all ants have stingers. There might never have been one here
- StudentHow do they mate?
- Bugscope TeamThe stinger is to the north if it is there
- Studenthas this ant all ready stung
- StudentHoverfly wing here we come!
- Studenthi?
- Bugscope Teambrb
- StudentWhat are we looking at?
- Teacherwhat is a hoverfly
Bugscope Teamthey are small flies that feed on nectar and such: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoverfly
- Studentdo the hairs help them fly?
- Teacherwhat are we lookin at
- Teacherwhats a hubber fly
- Guestis that a back
- StudentIs that the head?
Bugscope Teamopposite end!
- Studentoh...
- Teacherhow fast do they fly
- Studentwhat part of the hoverfly is this?
- 2:27 pm
- Teacherwhy does it look like a bat?
- Guestwhat that
- Teachercan there only be one queen in a colonie?
Bugscope TeamIn most ant species yes, there is only one queen per colony. In some introduced species, like fire ants and Argentine ants, a colony can have multiple queens because the introduced species are so similar genetically
- Teacherwhat are the differences between different types of flies?
- Bugscope Teamthis is one of the eyes, and it is collapsed -- all dried out
- GuestAre those Are the queen ants bigger then this ant were looking at?????
- Teacherwhat is this
- Bugscope Teamthe queen ants are much bigger than any of the other ants
- Teacherwhat is this that we are looking at?
Bugscope Teamwell, to the top left is an eye, but i'm not sure where we are, try lowering the mag
- Teacherttyl\
- Studentare the eyes brokin
- Bugscope Teamthis is part of the eye, part of the inside we usually do not see, I think
- Teacherttyl everybody!
- Studenthow do they decide what ant is the queen ant?
Bugscope TeamThe ant that has the babies is the queen ant...when a new queen is needed (when the old queen dies) the "baby queens" will fight it out to see who gets to lay eggs
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- 2:32 pm
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