Connected on 2008-03-31 15:30:00
from Milwaukee, WI, US
- 2:34 pm
- Bugscope Teamsession enabled, rxl started, scope vac good, starting presets
- Bugscope TeamHey Man.
- Bugscope Teamdudeness
- Bugscope Teamhow ya feeling?
- Bugscope Teamthis looks like a praying mantis
- Bugscope Teambetter now
- Bugscope Teambad headache from last night did not go away
- Bugscope Teamouchers
- Bugscope Teamnice to sleep in, then do nothing
- Bugscope TeamHello guest!
- Bugscope Teamhello guest, welcome to bugscope!
- Guesthello
- Bugscope TeamAlex and Cate are setting up today's session.
- Bugscope TeamCate is not online yet -- she's at the controls of the 'scope.
- Bugscope Teamwhere are you from? we are setting the presets for today's session with milwaukee public museum
- 2:41 pm
- Bugscope Teamwhat color is this wing?
- Bugscope Teamorange-red
- Bugscope Teamor what i like to call: redorge
- Bugscope Teamsee the pattern on the scales?
- Bugscope Teamyep, that determines the color, right?
- Bugscope Teamwe could keep a collection of scales/colors
- Bugscope Teamon white ones the openings are empty it seems
- Bugscope TeamI don
- Bugscope Team't recall seeing that pattern before
- 2:48 pm
- Bugscope Teamthis is really cool
- Bugscope Teamis this someone's mouthparts?
- Bugscope Teamcate is coming up with really nice looking presets today...
- Bugscope Teamyep, fruit fly mouth
- Bugscope Teamthat was a well-preserved and positioned mouth
- 2:53 pm
- Bugscope Teampresets are done, we are ready for milwaukee!
- Bugscope TeamAwesome
- Bugscope Teampresets are done, ready for milwaukee
- Bugscope Teami'm logging out and back in again
- Bugscope Teamsign on is at 3:30?
- Bugscope Teamyep, 3:30
- Bugscope TeamNothing blown up in the lab -- the TEM is okay?
- Bugscope TeamJon is staying out of trouble?
- Bugscope Teamlab is good, figuring out some xray-ct issues with lei lei
- Bugscope TeamI saw the message about the calendar pages
- 2:59 pm
- Bugscope Teamif you like young-adult, you should read "feed"
- Bugscope Team"feed" is cool man
- 3:08 pm
- Bugscope Teamquintessential
- Bugscope Teamhi milwaukee!
- Bugscope Teamwelcome to bugscope
- Bugscope TeamWelcome to bugscope!
- Bugscope Teamhey there
- Bugscope Teamwe are ready for you anytime, i'm unlocking the session now.
- TeacherHello everyone..
- Bugscope Teamthis is a ladybug face, of course
- Bugscope Teamwith its streamlined eyes
- TeacherThe girls will not be here until 3:30 pm today and Bernie, their teacher, is out today ill so....you have Gaye-Lynn again, Lady Bug
- Bugscope Teamokie dokie
- Bugscope Teamhey Gaye-Lynn yeah you were here last time as well
- Bugscope Teamhi gaye-lynn, i remember working with you before
- Bugscope TeamCate made a good sample today, as usual.
- 3:13 pm
- Bugscope Teamno neck monster bug
- TeacherThis is great... Thank you... We are looking for adaptations again this session...Of course no neck one less thing to scratch!
- Bugscope Teamwe need to start collecting for the next winter -- Cate did a great job picking through the dregs of our collection in the deep of winter
- Bugscope Teamthese guys eat other insects
- Bugscope Teamheh we could capture your pet spider if you like scott
- Bugscope Teamaphids
- Bugscope TeamI wasnt aware of any grasshoppers...Scott, know anything?
- Bugscope TeamNo! But do need to feed the spider.
- Bugscope TeamDid not see them unless they just arrived.
- Bugscope TeamI am home, sick, today, Gaye-Lynn, and did not check my mail at work. I didn't venture into the lab this weekend either.
- TeacherIt's ok she sent them a month or so ago about the time we did this last with you.
- Bugscope TeamFeel free to cruise through the presets.
- TeacherI hope you are feeling better...
- Bugscope TeamUh-oh I wonder where they are (rotting).
- 3:18 pm
- TeacherI will be right back with our girls....see you in a minute!
- Bugscope TeamCool!
- 3:29 pm
- Bugscope Teamhow are we set up for this early evening after xho2?
- TeacherOk Scott everyone is here and we are ready to go...
- Bugscope Teamgreat!
- Bugscope Teamokay, welcome to bugscope milwaukee!
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head of a ladybug
- Bugscope Teamso there is the lady bug mouth at the top
- TeacherAre those things hairs?
- Bugscope TeamPlease let us know as you have questions about anything.
- Bugscope Teaminsects are VERY hairy, but those hairs are called setae (sea-tea)
- Bugscope TeamPronounced as Alex says sea-tae. The singular is seta.
- Bugscope Teamsetae are connected to nerve endings underneath the exoskeleton, and they help the insect to sense its enviornment
- Bugscope Teamsome setae sense mechanical movement and some sense chemicals, as in odors
- Bugscope Teamit helps if you think of the insect as wearing armor, like a person wearing armor would be cut off from sensing things brushing against him/her.
- Bugscope Teamthe insect has an exoskeleton, so the hard part is on the outside, like armor
- Bugscope Teamthis is a closeup of the mouthparts
- Bugscope Teamand dont forget that we also have fruit flies, praying mantis, bumble bee, ants, moth, and a butterfly wing on here found in the presets
- 3:34 pm
- Bugscope Teamyou can see that forked thing, which is one of the mandibles
- Bugscope Teamhello buggygirls!
- Studenthow do they eat?
- Studentwhat forked thing?
- Bugscope Teamthey use their palps to taste and manipulate their food
- Bugscope Teamthey are found on the sides of their mouth
- Bugscope Teamthey have claws to hold onto their food as well
- Bugscope Teamtop third of the image is the jaw that has a fork -- a cleft in it
- Studentwhat is that long thing?
- Bugscope Teamthere is a palp
- Bugscope Teamthat, now, is one of the palps
- Studentwhat is a palp?
- Bugscope Teamat the end is a flat place that has sensory buds on it like taste buds
- Bugscope Teama palp is like a modified limb that is used to assist eating/tasting
- Bugscope Teamthe palp lets the insect taste its food as well as help shovel it in their mouth
- Bugscope Teaman elegant way of putting it
- Bugscope Teamthese guys have round-tipped palps as well as ones that resemble vacuum cleaner nozzles
- 3:39 pm
- Studentthat dosent sound very lady like
- Bugscope Teamheh, yeah, well, a bugs got to do what a bugs go to do to survive!
- Bugscope Teamif you go to a slightly lower mag you should be able to see the vacuum cleaner palp as well as the compound eyes
- StudentWhy are they called lady bugs?
- Bugscope Teamthese are kind of fierce bugs
- Bugscope Teamthey are a helpful garden insect because they eat aphids that destroy plants
- Bugscope Teamthey are also stinky and dont taste good, which helps ward off predators
- Bugscope TeamI imagine it is because of their color and 'cuteness.' I guess that is not PC.
- Bugscope Teamthey are colored red as a warning -- you can see me but if you bite me you will want to spit me out
- Bugscope Teamthis is the compound eye of a fruit fly, and it has rigid little setae among the ommatidia -- the individual facets of the eye
- Studentit wont let us go to the next presets
- Bugscope Teamwe might have to do that for you
- Bugscope Teamlately it has been a little fussy
- Guesthi its me from the other day
- Bugscope Teamlooks like it worked?
- Studentit wont let us go to next preset
- Bugscope Teamcan you see the mouthparts here?
- Bugscope Teamnow?
- Bugscope Teamhi me, we are in the middle of a session with a museum in milwaukee
- Bugscope Teamwhich preset did you want to go to
- Bugscope Teamlet us know if you cannot operate the presets whether you can change the mag, etc. now
- Bugscope Teambuggygirls, how are things working now?
- Bugscope TeamI took the 'scope to the fruit fly mouth
- 3:44 pm
- Guestremember we are a 4th grade class
- Bugscope Teambuggygirls, are you there? i think we lost you?
- Guestso what is this insect
- Bugscope Teamif you lost your image, try hitting reset
- Bugscope Teamthis is the mouth of a fruit fly
- Guestwhat insect is this
Bugscope Teamthis is a fruit fly mouth
- Bugscope Teamthis is an uncommon sight on a fruit fly
- Bugscope Teamthis is usually shriveled up and not recognizable
- Bugscope Teamthis was a critical point dryed fruit fly
- Bugscope Teamthat is why its mouth is extended
- Bugscope Teamhi bernadette, nice to see you again. having computer problems?
- Guestso how long is your session
- StudentOk we are back our computor froze up...
- Bugscope TeamYay!
- Bugscope Teamokay, welcome back, you have control again
- Bugscope Teamsorry to hear that, but at least you are back
- StudentWhat is this that we are lookig at...
Bugscope Teamthis is a fruit fly mouth
- Guesta fruit fly
- Bugscope Teamextended too, which we dont usually see
- Bugscope Teamthis is a mouth on a fruit fly, a very weird looking mouth
- Bugscope TeamMe this session runs 'til 5:30 our time.
- Guesthow long is this session that you guys are doing
Bugscope Teamme, the session runs till 4:30 CDT, you are welcome to control the scope at that time, and we can answer any questions you have
- Bugscope Teamit functions kind of like a sponge for liquid food.
- 3:49 pm
- Bugscope Teamit is very beautiful
- Guestis this still a fruit fly
- Bugscope Teamoops that is right the session runs 'til 4:30...
- Bugscope TeamBernadatte (Gaye-Lynn) how are you doing there?
- Studentwhat are these bead likes things in on their mouth
- StudentWe are doing great now...
- Guestnow that was blurry
- Bugscope Teamit would be cool to take the mag up to see what is there -- this is something we rarely get to look at
- Studentwhat are this hair like structuer
- Bugscope Teamthis is close to realtime imaging, Me, so you get to see things the same way we do when we drive the 'scope in person
- Bugscope TeamI think these are sensory setae, of some sort
- Bugscope Teamwe think it's a palp, but it's hard to tell from the angle
- Bugscope Teamsome chemosensory setae pick up single odors, single chemical smells, and some pick up an assortment of smells
- 3:54 pm
- Bugscope TeamCool!
- Studentwhat are these holes in their mouth
- Bugscope TeamThis is the spongy part of the mouth that is usually shriveled. I think the holes are there to absorb liquids like fruit juices.
- Bugscope Teamsince this is a fruit fly
- Bugscope Teamit is sad how much we don't know -- some of these things we see very rarely, like this. but it is exciting for us.
- Bugscope Teamthis is the underside of an ant head, we can see the mouth really clear
- Bugscope Teaminsects have exoskeletons that remain fixed in shape after they die, but they also have soft portions of the body that don't dry well
- Studenthow do they eat?
- Studentdo they have palps to?
Bugscope Teamyes those are what looks like little insect legs trying to get out of its mouth
- Bugscope TeamJokes
- Bugscope Teamyes they do
- Bugscope Teamthey sponge up their food as liquid
- Bugscope Teamthey have busy mouths
- 4:00 pm
- Studentwat kind of food they eat?
- Bugscope Teamyeah this is like a video image fixed in time; if the ant was alive all of this stuff would be moving in every direction
- Bugscope Teamants like to eat liquids as well, like the honeydew produced by aphids
- Guesthey
- Bugscope TeamHey!
- Bugscope Teamhello chickscope gals, we are currently running a session with a museum in milwaukee
- Guestwe are new
- Studentwhat is the round thing in the center?
- Guestb
- Guestsorry
- Guestwe didn`t men to do that
Bugscope Teamit is quite alright, we'll be done with the session by 4:30 or so, please feel free to stick around and watch until then
- Bugscope Teamhmm, not sure exactly what you are referring to bur?
- Guestso what is this
- Bugscope TeamI think the round thing is like a tongue.
- Bugscope Teamlooks like a tongue
- Bugscope Teamto us.
- Bugscope Teamthis is the Argentine ant.
- Bugscope Teamif you increase the mag, you will see it looks kind of cool
- Studentthe turtel shell looking thing?
Bugscope Teamyes that is a tongue, we dont usually see it either
- Guestwow it looks cool
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head of an Argentine ant.
- Bugscope Teamyeah it looks like a trilobite
- Bugscope TeamIt also resembles the rasper like mouthpart you see on a tick
- Bugscope Teamthis is an interesting session for us, but it is hard to know all of the answers; we generate, as usual, more questions than answers
- Bugscope Teamthis is the moth proboscis, which acts like a straw
- Studentwhat are the things around it?
Bugscope TeamThe long shapes around the head are scales. They are covered in scales the way some other insects are covered in hair. The scales have a very distinctive appearance and microstructure so you commonly notice them when they are contaminating other insects
- Bugscope Teamhere we see the coiled-up proboscis of a moth, and now one of the eyes
- Bugscope Teamthe things around it are scales
- 4:05 pm
- Bugscope Teama proboscis is an elongated appendage from the head of any animal, elephant trunks are also called proboscis'
- Bugscope Teamthis is alex's fave preset today, because he says it looks like metal because of the charging
- Bugscope Teammoths, butterflies, mosquitos, skippers and silverfish have scales
- Bugscope Teami suppose pinochio's nose could be called a proboscis
- Bugscope TeamCyrano de Bergerac
- Bugscope Teamthe proboscis uncoils like a party favor on New Year's eve
- Studentdoes it haves scales on it?
Bugscope Teamyes
- Bugscope Teamthe moth can push hemolymph into the proboscis and made it roll out like a straw when it wants to insert it into a flower, for example
- Bugscope Teamhemolymph is like blood is to us
- Bugscope Teambug blood
- Bugscope Teambut insects do not have veins and arteries
- Bugscope Teamhey, here's a compound eye!
- Bugscope Teamthe hemolymph is in an open circulatory system
- Bugscope Teamnotice all the six-sided facets, those are called ommatidea
- Bugscope Teamlooks like a weird moon right now
- Bugscope TeamAlthough their cardiovascular system is not as complex. In some insects the blood basically just washes over the tiny brain rather than flow through it
- Bugscope Teameach ommatidea has a lens in it and is capable of sending a visual image to the insect brain
- Studentwhat color is their blood?
Bugscope TeamYes, green yellowish or clear. The reason is that in humans the circulatory system transports oxygen, which is carried by iron-rich hemoglobin (which is red). Bugs however don't carry oxygen through the hemolymph, and so they don't need hemoglobin
- Bugscope Teamthousands of tiny individual facets called ommatidia
- Bugscope Teamgreen, clear, yellow...
- Bugscope TeamAnnie says, I think, that is is usually clear
- 4:10 pm
- Bugscope Teamif it has heme in it like our blood it would be red, but it may not have as much heme in it -- the iron would be what makes our blood red
- Bugscope TeamAnnie is our entomologist, and she must be extra busy today.
- Bugscope Teamyay the head of the praying mantis
- Studenty is it called dat?
- Studentyes i do
- Studentis this the eye?
- Bugscope Teamthis is the eye yes
- Bugscope Teamit is compound eye as well
- Bugscope Teamit looks like it is praying, the way its arms are folded up in front of its body
- Bugscope Teamsort of like a T rex dinosaur
- 4:16 pm
- Studentwhat is that horn like thing at the top?
Bugscope Teamlooks like an antenna that broke off?
- Bugscope Teamthat is the base of one of the antennae
- Bugscope Teamit is broken off
- Bugscope Teamnice driving there burn
- Bugscope Teamhey you can see someone is reaching out to the praying mantis
- Bugscope Teamalex is a bad speller :)
- Bugscope Teamthat is the bumble bee
- Bugscope Teamyes, bern i should be saying, i'm very sorry, no offense
- Bugscope Teamit does look like it is trying to grab it
- Bugscope Teamphonetic
- Bugscope Teamyou can see the pulvillus - the pad that allows the bee to climb on walls
- Studentis this the praying mantenes?
- Bugscope Teamthis beelongs to the be
- Bugscope Teamif you were to drive to where the arm comes from you would see it
- Bugscope Teamthe sections of the forearm here are called tarsomeres
- Bugscope Teamif you keep driving along the leg, you will come to the bumble bee
- Bugscope Teambuzz buzz buzz
- Bugscope Teamthis is a tour of the bee, kind of cool
- Bugscope Teamthe way we find things when we run the 'scope
- 4:21 pm
- Bugscope Teamyeah, nice clicking to center here!
- Bugscope Teamhere you may want to drive north
- Bugscope Teamthis is a big bug
- Studentwat is dat worm like thing is?
- Bugscope Teamthat is one of the antennae
- Bugscope Teamif you follow it now -- ah there is one of the eyes
- Bugscope Teamits eyes are neatly streamlined into the head -- an adaptation for flying
- Bugscope Teamlook! you can see off the edge of the stub, top left...
- Bugscope Teampraying mantises can fly as well, as adults, but not so well
- Bugscope Teamwasp eyes are the coolest in my opinion, they are so streamlined
- Bugscope Teambad hair day
- Bugscope Teamlooks like he's got a mohawk
- Bugscope TeamI dunno maybe it is a good hair day
- Bugscope Teammod-looking bee
- Studentu took my line
- Bugscope Teambees and wasps have four wings, unlike flies, which have two
- Bugscope Teamsorry bgirl
- Bugscope Teamthere is an old sci-fi movie called Invasion of the Bee Girls
- Studentitz ok
- Bugscope Teamnow you can see the jaw, and it looks like it has honey in it
- Bugscope Teamdried
- Studentis the jaw broken?
- Bugscope Teamscott likes old scifi movies
- 4:26 pm
- Studentcool
- Bugscope Teamyou can see that the jaws open to the sides like gate with hinges
- Studentoooooooohhhhhh
- Bugscope TeamI think the other jaw is there as well but this one is sticking out, maybe because it has all that juju in it
- Bugscope Teamit is cool that you drove to this place and found it yourselves
- Studentthaxs very much 4 the tour
- Bugscope TeamI wonder if we could see the stinger
- Studenteverybody said gooodddbbbbyyyyyeeee
- Bugscope TeamThank You!
- Bugscope Teamohhhh....
- Bugscope Teamthank you milwaukee!
- Studentur welcome
- Studentlol
- Bugscope Teamno stinger that i could see
- Bugscope Teamthanks guy, see you tomorrow
- Bugscope Team4PM tomorrow
- Bugscope Teamguys*
- Bugscope Teamor girls i guess
- StudentYes....
- Studentmore girls
- Bugscope Teami think we'll hang around for M or chickscope girls, for a couple minutes anyway..
- 4:32 pm
- Bugscope TeamBuggygirl let us know if you want to drive some more.
- Bugscope Teamuh, what's this about brownies?
- Bugscope Teamoops
- Bugscope Teamrefresh scott
- Bugscope Teambuggygirl is gone
- Bugscope Teamsafari is silly sometimes
- Bugscope Teamokay, i guess we should close up. it's 35 after..
- Bugscope Teamawww
- Bugscope Teamwell me and guest could come back
- Bugscope TeamLater Cate.
- Bugscope Teamxho2 is coming in at 5:30
- Bugscope TeamAlex if we don't get movement soon go ahead and take a break, get some fud.
- Bugscope Teamokie dokie
- Bugscope Teami thought they'd be back by now
- Bugscope Teamwell be back on at 7PM tonight, test session for china
- Bugscope Teamyeah I think it could be time to bail
- 4:37 pm
- Bugscope TeamI feel better than this morning, much better.
- Bugscope TeamGonna take my trash out, see what it is like in the Outer World.
- Bugscope Teamcate bailed
- Bugscope TeamOver and out -- 'til later. Thanks for taking such good care of things!
- Bugscope Teamno prob dude, hope you feel better
- Bugscope Teamokay, no guests on and it's 40 minutes after. i think i'll shut down the scope now
- Bugscope Teamrxl stopped, session disabled, session locked, remote users logged out.
- Bugscope Teamnice session everyone!
- Bugscope Teamsee you tomorrow bernadette