Connected on 2007-10-02 14:15:00
from Ulysses, KS, US
- 2:03 pm
- Bugscope Teamk
- Bugscope Teamthe school should be on in a few minutes
- Bugscope Teamthat did it
- Bugscope Teamim fine here
- Bugscope Teamjust refresh
- Bugscope TeamJon you can drive if you would like
- Bugscope Teamuntil the escuela logs on
- Bugscope Teamwhen they log on you will see the teacher's login name in red up there to the left
- Bugscope Teamcool
- Bugscope Teamand guests will be yellow
- Bugscope Teamto confer control to someone on the list yeah as Cate says, we can hand them the star
- 2:08 pm
- Bugscope Teamthat is not only monosyllabic, it's monoletter
- Bugscope Teamscales
- Bugscope Teamhello mrs. phelps!
- Bugscope Teamwelcome to bugscope...
- Bugscope TeamWelcome Mrs Phelps!
- Bugscope TeamHad to touch up the focus a little...
- Bugscope TeamAnnie took some time and identified all of the insects save one. We had three entomologists looking at the last one and they could not figure out what it was.
- Bugscope TeamAnnie may be able to log on later. As may Chas.
- Bugscope Teamwe are ready whenever you are. feel free to start controlling the scope, or asking questions. all the presets are ready for ya.
- Bugscope TeamOtherwise it's just Cate, Alex, me, and Jon, who knows about all kinds of microscopy.
- Bugscope Teami know about computers! they have bugs in them.
- Bugscope TeamYeah Alex knows all about computers, and he is a very good rare sys admin, like your Matt, who doesn't dis people who aren't computer literate.
- 2:13 pm
- Bugscope Teamwhoa, thanks scott!
- Bugscope TeamI am not sure whether these are scales or flattened and rounded sensory setae.
- Bugscope TeamMrs Phelps Commontern is from Bucklin.
- Bugscope TeamOops she got shy.
- Bugscope TeamI wonder if the older Safari just does not hold up.
- Bugscope Teammrs. phelps, are you able to see this? maybe you are busy getting students situated?
- Bugscope Team'you can upgrade safari
- 2:21 pm
- Bugscope Teamoh yeah, yay!
- Bugscope TeamHi Annie.
- Bugscope TeamHi Scott
- Bugscope Teamwhat do you mean you are counting species?
- Bugscope Teamyeah I think so
- Teacherwe're bringing in the kids
- Bugscope TeamRobber flies have a characteristic divot between the eyes
- Bugscope Teamnow alex
- Bugscope Teamright, they do
- Bugscope Teamalright!
- Bugscope Teamokay, anytime mrs phelps, we are ready for the kids!
- 2:26 pm
- Bugscope TeamChas is where? His iPhone blinked out
- Bugscope Teamhey guys go ahead and ask questions as you have them
- Bugscope Teamwelcome to bugscope, sullivan elementary!
- Bugscope Teamwhat happened
- Studenthow did you do this
- Bugscope Teamhow did we make the sample?
- Studentwhat is the picture were looking at
- Bugscope Teamif you take the mag down you can see more of the insect
- StudentWhat is this
- StudentWhat do you do in bug scope
Bugscope Teamwe put bugs into an electron microscope, and let YOU control the scope and ask questions. it's a lot of fun for us!
- Bugscope Teamor how did we get the 'scope to work?
- Studentwhat is it
- StudentWhat is that
- Studentwhat picture is this
- StudentWhat are we looking at ?
- Bugscope Teamthis is a closeup of the surface of one of the insects in the 'scope today
- Studentis it lice
- Bugscope Teamor seta for singular
- Studentya
- Studentwhat kind of bug is that???
- StudentDoes any body know what this is.
- Studenthi bug scope
- Bugscope Teamif you decrease the magnification you will be able to see more of the insect
- StudentWhat kind of insect are we looking at?
- Studentis this a fly
- StudentIs that hair
- Studenthow do you tell a male or female bug
- Studenthow did u do this?
Bugscope Teamthe website you are looking at was built by Chas Conway, an employee of ITG (Imaging Technology Group). and we all participate in some way in make Bugscope happen. Scott is the senior microscopist. Annie is an entomologist. Cate is a microscopists. I'm a computer dude.
- Studentwhat is this hair?
- 2:31 pm
- StudentAre we looking at marker writings
- Bugscope Teaminsects have hairs similar to humans but we arent supposed to call them that
- Bugscope TeamI think this is the leafhopper; I wasn't paying attention to where we were
- Studentwhat is that
- Bugscope Teamsetae is what we call them
- Studentis that a bug
- Studentwhat is it
- Studentare those hairs
- Bugscope Teamand it is how they sense their environment because they have that hard shell called an exoskeleton
- Bugscope Teamthe canoe-shaped things are diatoms, and we are indeed looking at a leafhopper up clsoe
- StudentWhat part of a fly is this.
- StudentWhats this?
- Bugscope Teamclsoe
- Studentwhat do you call them?
- StudentIs it fun in Bug Scope
- Bugscope Teamclsoe
- Studentwhat type of insect are we looking at?
- Bugscope Teamclose
- Studentwhat kind of picture is this
- Studentwhy arn't spiders insects
- Studentwhat is it
- Studentwhat are you showing
- Studentwhat is that pocy things
- Studentis it a spider
- Bugscope Teambrennon
- Studentis it a robberfly
- Studentis that dirt?/
- Studentwhats that growing out of the skin
- StudentIs this a leafhopper
- Studentits fur.
- Studentis that th lace
- StudentAre those spikes
- Bugscope Teamyou can see little spines sticking out of the exoskeleton -- they don't have skin
- Studentis that the face
- Studentis that our bug that we sent
- Studentit looks ugly and wierd
- Student is it sand
- StudentIs that thorns
- Bugscope Teamyes it does look ugly here
- Studentis it a musketo
- Studentis it shedding it its skin
- Studentis there such thing as a fly beetle?????????
- Studentis it an insect?
- Studentwhat is that
- Bugscope Teamthose are projections through the chitin
- Studentis it hair?
- Bugscope Teamit's the side of a leafhopper
- Studentwhat kind of picture is this
- Studentwhat kind of exoskeleton
- Studentis it a bug
- Studentis it a type of fly?
- Bugscope Teamthose lumps you see are often piecesof debris like dirt
- Studentwhat is that
Bugscope TeamThis is a insect "foot"
- Bugscope Teamyes it was a bug
- Studentis it a ternmite
- StudentWow, this looks wierd, what is it?
- Studentis that the abdomen of a robber fly
- Studentis it a bug
- Studentwhat is that
- Bugscope Teamthis is the claw of a robber fly
- Bugscope Teamdead bugs at that
- Student is that a spider
- Studentwhat is it
- Studentis that there legs or teeth
- Studentwhat is this
- Studentis that a snake mouth
- Studentwhats that! itsugly.
- StudentIs this a robberflies mouth
Bugscope TeamNope this is a "foot"
- Studentcreepy
- Bugscope Teamthis is one of its hands
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentit looks like fangs
- Studentwhere do you l
- Studentwhat kind of insect is that
- Studentwhat is this
- Studentwhat is a ichnomum wasp
- Studentwhat kind of bug is this
- 2:36 pm
- Bugscope Teamyou can see the claws, and you can also see the pads, each of which is called a pulvillus
- Studentwhatis it
- Bugscope Teamit is a robber fly
- Studentwhat are those white things on the isect
Bugscope TeamThe various bumps and hairs are what we call setae
- StudentIt is scary
- StudentWhy does it look like that
- Studentthats looks like the thing under the water
- Studentwhat is this kind of bug?
- Studenthow many insects have you seen
- Bugscope Teamthere is a lot of dirt on it
- Studentwhat are these claw deals?
- Studentis it sticky or
- Studentthis is awsome
- Studentcan you change he picture
- Bugscope Teamthis is the edge of one of the claws
- Studentis it fur
- Studentwhat is it?
- Studenthow do you do that and why do you do that
- Bugscope Teamthis is a pad on the right you can kind of see that helps it cling to things or grab onto things
- Bugscope Teamthe pulvillus has little sticky hairlike projections on it as well
- Studentwhy is it getting darking
- StudentWhat exactly is this?
- Student Is it sticky or hairy or rough
- Studentwhat do you do to zoom in on the insects?
- Bugscope Teamthe projections are called tenent setae
- Studentis that its leg
- Bugscope Teamit might help to turn down the contrast a little here
- Studentslow down i cant read it
- Bugscope Teamnotice in the upper right side... the magnify windows, says we are at 648x. that means you are looging at something 648 times bigger than it is in real life!
- Studentthats looks like hair
- Studentis that like teeths
- StudentIs that a mouth on a fly
- Studentare those microscopic hairs
- Bugscope Teamit is bright in part because it is charging up with electrons
- Studentwhat kind of insect is it
- Studentit is a laefhopper
- Studentwhat is the insect called?
- Studentwhos is this
- Bugscope Teamthis is a robber fly
- Studentezekiel
- Studentis that pollen or dust
Bugscope Teamcould be both, insects dont always look very clean
- Studentit looks like a skelton
- StudentIs that the same part of the body?
- Bugscope Teamthis is the claw of a robber fly, up close
- Studentis it a claw from a fly???
- Studentis it sticky stuff on its leg.
- Studentwhat is this now
- StudentWhats a Robber fly?
- Studentwhy is it called a robber fly
Bugscope TeamA robber fly is called a robber fly because they are known to steal prey from other insects, and even from spiders or from spider webs.
- Studentwhat is the order of the bug
- Studentdoes it have bones
- Student?????????what kind of bug are we looking at???????
Bugscope Teamthis isa robber fly
- Studentwhats a robber fly
- Bugscope Teamyes it is the claw of a fly, but we are so close it is hard to see the shape
- Studentare those sticky pads on the side
Bugscope Teamyes thats right
- StudentIs it water?
- Bugscope TeamA robber fly preys on other bugs -- it eats them
- Studentwhat is a roberfly do?
Bugscope Teameats other insects
Bugscope Teamor steals food from them
Bugscope Teamall bugs are trying to survive, in some way or another. finding food, finding ways to make baby robber fly's, ...
- Bugscope Teamthe sticky pad is called a pulvillus
- Bugscope Teamthe sticky things on it are called tenent setae
- Studentis that a back on an insect
- Studentthouse look teeth
- StudentIs that a robber fly claw
Bugscope Teamyes
- StudentWhats that big thin?
- Studentis this the foot still is it a claw
- Studentmake it smaller pleas
- Student??????????is it a back???????
- Bugscope Teamthe insect moved a little here
- Studentwhats that
- StudentNow, what is this?
- 2:41 pm
- StudentIs it fur
- Studentis it the inside of it
- Studentare th
- Studenttheres a giant spikey ball what is it.
Bugscope Teamit is a poleen grain
- Bugscope Teamin the upper part of the screen you can see a pollen grain
- Studentis it hair
- Student is it inside the body
- Bugscope Teamamong all the setae
- Studentwhat is it?
- Bugscope Teamthis is a pollen grain on the arm of an unidentified insect
- Studentare those spikes for protection
- Studentwhat is it???
- Bugscope Teambrennon -- not as much as we would like to know
- Studentis this claws
- Studentwhat does it eat
- Studentwhat is that thing at the top
- Student?????????? is that spikes on a bug???????
- Studentis that a pollen grain
- Studentthats looks like a hairball
- Studentit looks like germs
Bugscope TeamGerms are usually a bit smaller than the pollen ball
- Bugscope Teampollen grain
- Studentwhat part of the robberfly is this
- Bugscope Teamannie is our "bugologist"
- Bugscope Teamyeah it does look like a germ
- Studentwhats that lil ball spikie ball
- Bugscope Teamwe can see germs as well when they are around
- Studentis that poison
- Studenthow much insects have you seen?
- StudentIs Bug Scope Easy?
- Studentdoes it have a lot of hair.
- Bugscope Teamit is a grain of pollen
- Studentis it spike a viurus
- Studentwhat is that spiky ball
- Bugscope Teamyeah it does look kind of icky, but it is so cool to see what a pollen looks like so close
- Studentdoes this bug live in kansas
- Studentdo robber flies have a stinger
- Studentwhy is he hairy.
- Bugscope Teamyes, this is magnified almost 3000 times!
- Studentwhat is it
- Bugscope Teama bacterium is usually 2 microns long, and you can see that the scalebar in the image is 20 microns long
- Studentthats looks like head with hair
- StudentIs that hair or sharp poiny things?
- Bugscope Teamthe spikes help it to cling to things so that it is easier for plants to pollinate eachother
- Studentare other insects small enough to live on the bigger ones
- Studenthave you seen this thing :)
- Studentwhat's that spikey ball at the top\
- Bugscope Teamthe sharp pointy things are setae
- Bugscope Teamwhich look like hair to us
- Studentwhy do flys have hair on them?
- Studentdoes a robber fly have a stinger
- Studentwere does an egg come out of a flyzs
- Studentis it a butterfly
Bugscope Teamwe dont have any butterflies to look at today
- Bugscope Teamthe spikey ball is pollen
- Studentit ispollon gran
- StudentIs that hair on it's back
- Studentwhat is it
- Studentwhat is this
- Studentare there pictures of our bugs huu
- Studentis that a mouth???
- Studentwhat is that spiky ball that its showing
- Bugscope Teamhere you can see a stinger and it is a little bent
- Studentwhat is that
- Bugscope Teamthis is a CUCKOO WASP
- Bugscope Teamthe stinger on a CUCKOO WASP
- Studentthats looks like leafs
- Bugscope Teamthis is the stinger of the cuckoo wasp, also called a jewel wasp
- StudentIook nasty
- Studenthow do you scrol down
- Bugscope Teamor it is also called a jewel wasp i think
- Studentis that the real color of the insect??
Bugscope Teamno, you are seeing black and white only, because the bug is inside an electron microscope, and electron microscopes don't see in color, just black and white.
- Studentis that the stinger or its back full of hair
- Studentis it cukoo
- Studentis that a stinger
- Studentwhat is the name
Bugscope TeamThis is a cuckoo wasp
- 2:46 pm
- Studenthow big is it
- Studentis it a stinger?
- Bugscope Teamcuckoo wasp, or jewel wasp, same critter
- Studenthow come there are spikes on the stinger
- StudentWhat does a cuckoo wasp do
- Studentwhat part of the bug is this
Bugscope TeamThis is stinger
- Bugscope Teamcuckoo wasps lay their eggs in the nests of other wasps or bees
- Studentis this a. bee im guesing this is a bee
Bugscope Teamthis is a wasp
- Bugscope Teamtheir larvae feed on the other larvae in the nest
- StudentAre they black and white in real life, too?
Bugscope TeamNope, in real life, this wasp is bright metallic green
- Studentis it better up close.
- StudentIt looks like spikes
- Bugscope Teamthat is why they are called cuckoo wasps -- because they do the same thing as the cuckoo bird.
- Studentis it a bee
- Studentis the stinger broke
- StudentIs that a mouth
Bugscope TeamThis is the stinger
- Student is this known around the u.s.
Bugscope TeamYes cuckoo wasps are found throughout the US and the whole world
- Studentis that stinger old
- Studentreally
- Studentit looks like a hands
- Bugscope Teamwhat we see is black and white because we are using electrons to collect these images
- Studentwhy does the skin so scaly.
Bugscope TeamThe cuticle of the cuckoo wasp is scaly to protect them from being stung by other bees and wasps
- Studentis that a bug coming out or something
- Studentwhat is the color of this
- Studentare they black and white and gray in real life
- Student1
- Studentwhat color is in real life
Bugscope TeamBright metallic green. Some can be bright metallic blue or purple
- Studentwhat is that that im seeing
- Studentis that the stinger?
- Studentwill it hurt!?
- Studentdo they lay eggs through the stinger
Bugscope Teamanother name for the stinger is an ovipositor, which is what it lays its eggs through
- Bugscope Teamyou are controlling an electron microscope from your classroom in Ulysses Kansas.
- Student is it a wasp
- Studentdoes the stinger hurt
- Studentno are teacher is
- Student3what kind 45of i3369s thi96s55
- Student it looks like it a tree with leafs
- Studentis it a leafhopper
- Studenta stinger from a cuckoo wasp
- Studentis the bug big or small
- Studentis it realted to bees
- Student sorry for that
- StudentWhat does the stinger do to other insects??????????????????
Bugscope TeamBees and wasps can sting other insects. The sting can paralyze or kill other insects. It is also possible that the sting could have no effect on other insects
- Studenthow many babies can a mosquito have a year?
- Bugscope Teamyou are taking the pictures now
- Studentdoes it have a stinger
- Studentis this a grass hopper456
- Studentwhere r those insects found
- Studentwhatdoes it look like
- Studentwhat does it do
- Bugscope Teamthis is through an actual microscope that you are seeing everything
- Studentis this a male or female
- Bugscope Teama very expensive microscope
- Studenthow many babies does it have a year
- Studentwhy does it have hare on the side?
Bugscope Teamthe hairs are called "setae", and they help the bug sense its environment.
- Student123
- Bugscope Teamthe mosquito lays eggs, and I think it does that only once
- Student is that a stinger
- Studentis it hair
- Bugscope Teamthis is a female
- StudentIs this a cockroack
- 2:51 pm
- Studentis that the face
- Studentare those leafs
- Studenthi hello
- Studentis that the eggsac
- Studentwhat is that?
- Studentwhat is this
- Studentwhat is it
- Studenthow did you do that
- Studentis every insect this complecated
Bugscope TeamAll insects have complicated life cycles, development, and sensory systems, just like humans or dogs or parakeets.
- Studentis that a musquito.
- Studentit looks like a grass hopper
- Bugscope Teamthis is a mouth
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentit looks like a deast
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentcan it kill u
- StudentWhat is it NOW?????
- Studentwhat is that
- Bugscope Teamthe jewel wasp has armor to keep it from being stung or bitten badly
- StudentIs it a cockroach?
- Studentis th a molted skin
- Studenthello is this a grass hopper
- Bugscope Teamthis is the mouth of the horsefly
- Studentit that a spiter
- Studentit looks like a stinger
- Student is that a horse fly mouth
- Studentdo they lay eggs
- Studentcan it kill people or other living things
- Bugscope Teamthis is a HORSE FLY
- Bugscope Teamhorsefly
- Studenthello
- Studentis that the mouthpart
- Studentis that poop
Bugscope TeamNo, this is the mouth of a fly
- Bugscope Teamthis is part of what your class sent us
- Bugscope Teamthis is a horsefly now
- Student do they lay eggs
- StudentIs that horse fly mouth
Bugscope Teamyes
- Studentcan a bee kill a man???
Bugscope TeamIf a person is allergic to bee stings, a bee call kill a man
Bugscope Teamyes, some people are alergic to bee stings, and they can die from them. but normal bees cannot usually kill a person.
- Studentis it realted to grasshoppers
- Studentis that a stinger?
- Studentis it spiky??
- Studentis that a fly
- StudentIs that the mouth or the bottom
- Studentiis that a horse fly mouth
- Studentyes it can
- Studentit look like a scoll
- Studentdo they hurt u
Bugscope TeamYes, some people find horse fly bites quite painful
- Bugscope Teamyes that is the mouth it is not poop
- Bugscope Teamhorse flies are the oens that bite and are annoying
- Studentezekiel
- Student what is it
- Studentthats looks like dots
- Studentwhat is that big thing in the middle
- Student is that the mouth
- Student is that ribs
- Studentis it big in reall life
- Studentwhat is on it
- Studentwhats that thing
- Studentwhy do we have to type
Bugscope Teambecause you are in Kansas and we are in Illinois and we are too far apart to hear you talk
- Studentwhat is it
- Studentis this part of the exoskeleton?
- Student01
- Studentis that lungs???
- Studentthis is the same thing isn't it
- Bugscope Teaminsects are often much more complicated than we expect at first
- Studentwhat is that?
- StudentIs it bones?
- Bugscope Teamwhen you get stung, a venon is also injected into you, which is what people are often allergic to
- Studentis that hes moth
- Studentdoesit have layers
- Studentit lokes jlghku
- Studentis that a bugs back or skeloten
- Bugscope Teamdch what else would you like to do?
- StudentIs that hair
- Studenttm
- Studentis that hare??
Bugscope Teamno, it's not hair, but rather it's called setae, which is used to sense the bugs environment.
- Studentwere those ribs
- Studentwhy is it called a hersefly
Bugscope TeamThey are called horse flies because they are frequently found around horses and stables---because they like to bite horses and other large animals
- Studentis that a mouth
- Studentand bones
- Studentdo you have a ant
- Bugscope Teamyou can see the sharp part now
- Studenti dont know
- 2:56 pm
- Studentis that a animal or a bug
Bugscope Teamit is an animal...but it is NOT a bug. The word "bug" should only be applied to insects in the order Hemiptera
- Studentlook at lacewings
- Bugscope Teamwe do not have an ant today -- the one we had yesterday was too juicy
- Student is that THE STINGER:)
Bugscope Teamthis is the mouth
- Studentis this bug scope is kansas
Bugscope Teamno we are in illinois.
- Studenti dont know
- Studentdoes that stinger sting the horses
- Studentdoes it hurt if it bites you? it lookes like it would
Bugscope TeamYes, horse fly bites do hurt
- Studentis that the horsefly hair?
- Studentok
- Studentwhat is this?
- Student is it reallly gray
Bugscope Teamwe are not using a light microscope to look at these, we are using an electron microscope, which are at a different wavelength and is much smaller than light
- Studenthow do bees put the stinger in your body??
Bugscope TeamThey just stick you with it...the tips are sharp like a needle
- Bugscope Teamthe microscope you are controlling is in Illinois, in the basement of a building -- the Beckman Institute.
- StudentIs this some sort of fly?
Bugscope Teamyes, this is the haltere of a fly
- Studentwhats that
- Studentis that a horsefly haltere
- Studentwhat is that????????????????
- Studentwhy is it called setae
- Bugscope TeamIt is not really gray but it is coated with gold-palladium, which would make it look silver if you saw it out of the 'scope.
- Studentwhat is that around the stinger
- Studentis that a finger
- Bugscope Teamthis is a haltere
- Bugscope Teamhaltere's help balance the fly as it flies
- Studenthow do you get pictures inside the mouth
- Studentare those eyes
- Studentis that a stomach
- Studentis that a leg
- Studentwhat is it now????? it lookes like a heart
- Studentddddddd
- Studentwhat thing?
- Studentwas the ant really juicy
- Studentit looks like guts
- Studentis that a horse fly haltere
- Studentdo flys have hearts
- Studentwhat part is this
- Bugscope Teamhalteres are like little gyroscopes that move opposite of the way the wing moves when a two-winged fly flies
- Studentis that a part on the bug
- Studentis that
- Studentcan you show us the eyes
- Studenthow big is that
- Studentis that stinger
- Studentwill the stinger stay in you after it stings you
Bugscope Teamwasps can usually sting you multiple times, bees sting you once, and that is when it usually stays in you
Bugscope TeamA honeybee has a stinger with a barb on it that gets stuck in your when it stings. Wasps and many other bees do not have barbed stingers and they can pull them out and sting you more than once.
- Studentis it a male or female
- Studentis that a leg
- Studenthow do they balence while flying and landing?
- Studentis that the mouth
- Studentis this a tounge
- Studenthow long have you ben doing this ?
- Studentwhat other insects do you have
- StudentIs that a nose on the horsefly??????
- GuestWhat school are you guys from?
- Studentit looks like a tong
- TeacherWhat is the fly halter?
- 3:02 pm
- Bugscope Teamthis is the HALTERE
- Studenthow do they move if they move
- Studentis that a foot
- Studentis thet bug bigger than a ant
- Studentis that a thorax
- Studenth
- Studentdo horse flys have noses
Bugscope TeamNot really. They smell using specialize setae on their antennae and probably on their mouthparts.
- Bugscope Teamthe haltere keeps the fly balanced, it has a gyroscope effect
- Studentyaretheythere
- Studentthanks
- Bugscope Teamhalteres resemble punching bags
- Studentis that
- Teacherare the halteres on the end of the antennae
Bugscope Teamno halteres are near the wings, they are a modified, reduced set of wings
- Studentwhat is that
- Bugscope Teamhere we are looking at the ommatidia -- the individual facets of the compound eye
- Bugscope Teamsome insect eyes have compound eyes, meaning there are many parts or facets to the eye
- Bugscope Teamthey are often sort of hexagonal
- Studentis that his eye
- Bugscope Teamwhen we see very complicated compound eyes they are often on flying insects
- Studentis that his eyes
- Bugscope Teamsometimes you will even find seta inbetween the facets
- Bugscope Teamyes this is part of a compound eye
- Bugscope Teamfruit flies have setae between the ommatidia
- Studentthats the eye
- Studenthow many lenses
- Studentthese are eye lenses right
- Bugscope Teamyeah DaddyO this is one of the compound eyes, and we are looking very closely now
- Bugscope Teamthe compound eyes are usually very big especially on flying insects because they need very good vision for when they fly
- Studentdo fruitflies really like fruit
- Studentthat looks like bees eyes
- Bugscope Teamsometimes there are thousands of individual facets called ommatidia, which are like lenses
- Studentthey look like dust beteen the eye
- Studentwhat is that
- 3:07 pm
- Studentdo you have any other insects that you can show us
- Studentare teacher said it was mag nified many times
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentwhat kind of insect is this
- StudentIt looks like behive holes
- StudentIs that a shell???
- Bugscope Teamyes it is magnified so many times that we could see bacteria if they were there
- Bugscope Teamyes we are at almost 11,000x magnification
- Studentis that eyes
- Bugscope Teamthousands of lenses
- Studentwaht is that
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentwhat is thqat
- Studentthats looks like hair
- StudentThats a horse fly right??
- Teacheryou will post pictures from our session?
Bugscope Teamyes, all the images and the complete chat transcript will be on your member page: http://bugscope.itg.uiuc.edu/members/2007-044
- Student this is cool to look at
- Studentthis is cool
- Studentwhats that???\
- Studentdoes all pollen look like
- StudentThat looks like poullins and a thorax
- Bugscope Teamyou will have access to all of the images
- Studentthat looks like spikes or stigeers
- Studentthis is cooool
- Studentis the insect still alive
Bugscope Teamthey are all dead, it would be really hard to look at them alive because they would be constantly moving around
- Studentis that polen???
- Studentdo horse flys have nose
- StudentWhat does the pointy things do
- Bugscope Teamyes the spikey ball is pollen
- Bugscope Teamthey do not have noses like we do
- Studentis it pollen grain
- Bugscope Teamthe setae help insects taste and smell too
- Studentdid you have to kill then insect
- Studentanswer my questions
- Studentwhy is he hairy
- StudentIs that a virus or is it alive
- Studentis that hair sticking out
- Studentwill that insect still live
- Bugscope Teamthey can smell using their chemosensory setae and pits that are also chemosensory on their antennae
- Studenthow much can the scoe zoom in
- Studentit looks like a hairball
- Studenthow long do you have to be on the computer to answer everybodeys questin you must be tired
Bugscope Teamno, this is fun for us!
- StudentIs this a horse fly
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentwhat kind of insect is these
- Bugscope Teamwe can magnify quite high, but the best images are no more than 200,000x.
- Bugscope Teamthis is one we could not identify
- Studentis this part of a insect
- Student.
- Studentare those little circles germs
- Bugscope Teamask Mrs Phelps to go to a lower magnification
- Studentdo you stay on the computer a long time
- Studentis that hairs
- StudentAre those bits of germs all over the bug???
- Bugscope Teamif there were germs we could see them
- 3:12 pm
- Studentwhat kind of insect is that it looks like
- Studentwhat is the spicky thing
- Studentthats look like a leg
- Bugscope Teamthat is a claw
- Studentwhat is that????
- StudentIs that the leg right????
- Studenta piece of hair
- Studentthat looks like a spine.
- Bugscope Teamwe were on one of the forearms or legs
- StudentWhat do you do with the insects once the session is over?
- Studentis that a ant
- Bugscope Teamthe body is to the north
- Studentthat is a pollin or aleg
- Bugscope TeamMrs Mitchell they rot and we throw them away
- Studentis that the head????
- Studenthow long does it take you to answer my questions you must be tied
- Studentdo you guys have to stay on all day
- Studentthats the legs???
- Studenttired
- Bugscope Teamwe can actually save them in a desiccator for awhile
- Bugscope Teammrs. phelps, you are doing a great job of driving the scope!!!
- Studentthat looks so cool
- Studentis that a spider
- Studentthats looks like a ant
- Studentis that the head
- Bugscope Teamdriving can be tough to do but you are doing a great job mrs phelps!
- Studentis it a head
- StudentAre those the anntennas
- Bugscope Teamwe don't have to do this all day, but we certainly enjoy it
- Studentis that it head
- Studentis that the head???
- Bugscope Teamyes those are the antennae, Kyanneslick.
- Bugscope Teamyes this is as head, you can see a lump on the right side, that is the compound eye
- Studentis that backteria
- Studentdo you think this is fun
Bugscope Teamyes, we love doing this with students like you.
- Bugscope Teamthose things sticking out are the antennae
- Studentthat looks like a turkey
- StudentBYE
- Bugscope Teamthere might be bacteria in that mass on the head
- Studentbye bye
- Bugscope Teambye guys
- Bugscope Teamturkey dinner, yum!
- Studentbye
- Studentbye
- Studenthow amny have you done
- Bugscope TeamThank you for all the good questions guys
- StudentBYE HECTOR
- Bugscope Teamneed some gravy for it tho
- Studentbye
- Bugscope Teamwe have done a few hundred sessions like this
- StudentIs that the antennas
- Studentbye bye love emmy
- Bugscope TeamThank You!
- Bugscope Teamthanks for joining us, we had a great time.
- Studenti hope we can do this agin
- Bugscope Teamyes those are antennae; they may be broken
- Bugscope Teamwe will be happy to do this again
- TeacherThank you very much!! It was great! What is the cluster of "Stuff" at the top of the head?
- StudentBye Bye from your friend erik alvarado!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Bugscope Teamyou can drive down and see
- Studentbye it was nice working with you
- StudentBY
- Bugscope Teami dont know if we will have termites for you next time but we can try to have a butterfly and an ant
- Bugscope Teamit's a mass of pollen
- Bugscope Teampretty cool
- Bugscope Teamvery pretty pollen
- Bugscope Teamoo nice
- Studenti hope to see chat with you again
- 3:17 pm
- Bugscope Teammust have bumped his head into a flower, or against a bee
- Bugscope Teami think this is a soldier beetle
- Bugscope TeamNow is too late, I know, but I think that might be what this is
- Bugscope Teamyay you identified it, better late then never
- Bugscope Teamhaha
- Bugscope Teamyay
- Bugscope TeamThey are flower feeders, which would explain the pollen
- Bugscope Teamit's not like your ex roommate with the leafcutter ant hairdo
- Teacherha
- Bugscope Teamwe solved the mystery
- Bugscope Teambecause Mrs Phelps asked what the mass was.
- Teacherthanks for the fun
- Bugscope TeamThank You!
- Bugscope TeamThank you!!
- Bugscope Teamthanks it was fun
- Bugscope TeamOK--I am off to count more beetle species
- Bugscope Teamgreat job shelley. you drove the scope well./
- Bugscope Teamoh yeah
- Bugscope Teamnot so easy with a classroom full of kids
- Bugscope Teambut it was fun for us as usual
- Bugscope TeamOver and out, thank you all for everything.
- 3:22 pm
- Teacherwe're off to contain the incessant buzzing of fifth grade bees
- Bugscope Teamwe will see you on Monday night Mrs Phelps
- Bugscope Teamahaha ok
- Bugscope Teamalright!
- Bugscope TeamThank you!
- Bugscope Teambye
- Bugscope Teamclosing down the session now