Connected on 2007-11-02 09:00:00
from Springfield, IL, US
- 8:51 am
- TeacherHi guys! I'm here. Just getting the fourth graders settled! They're very excited!!!
- Bugscope TeamCool!
- Bugscope Teamhi laura! nice to hear from you. no problem, just let us know when you have any questions...
- Bugscope TeamLet us know if you need anything at all.
- TeacherOK
- Bugscope Teamthis is a bumblebee stinger, with recurved hook edges on it that are not easily removed
- Bugscope Teamfor comparison with the honey bee stinger
- Bugscope Teamoops
- 8:56 am
- Bugscope Teamyes, change them
- Bugscope Teamhi Ferd!
- Bugscope TeamHi Jack!
- Bugscope TeamHi Patrick!
- Bugscope Teamwe keep losing students
- 9:03 am
- TeacherHi . we're ready to go!!
- Bugscope Teamcool! welcome to bugscope students!
- Bugscope TeamGreat!
- Studenthi
- Bugscope Teamlaura, you have control of the scope.
- Studenthi
- Studenthi
- Studenthi
- Studenthi
- Bugscope TeamYou should be looking at the edge of a honey bee stinger
- StudentHello
- Studentwhat is it
- Studentisabel what insect is this
- Bugscope Teamright now
- Studenthi my name is Josh
- StudentOK I'm going to let Sam a foourth grader help with the scope!
- Bugscope Teamthis is the stinger on a honey bee!
- Bugscope TeamThat's a good trick, Frank/Josh.
- Studenthi scott
- Studenta bee?
- Bugscope TeamHello Maddie
- Studenthow big is the bug
- Studentwhat is this
- StudentHi
- Studentcna you transfer the scope back to me?
Bugscope Teamyou have controll of the scope now
- StudentZoe is this a praying mantis leg
- StudentCurry:What are we looking at?
- StudentErin: What are we looking at?
Bugscope TeamThis is a honey bee stinger
- StudentHi this is cool
- Bugscope Teamit's a honey bee, so it's the size of a marble...
- Bugscope TeamThis right now is just the stinger of a honey bee
- StudentHow long does a mollymoth live
Bugscope TeamIf a mollymoth is like most moths, they will live about 3 months.....but it depends
- Studentwhat is this
- Studentmarble?
- Studentwhat animal part is this
- Studentthanks alex
- Studenthow long has your progrom been open to school
Bugscope TeamWe've been doing this since 1999, so about 8 years!
- Bugscope Teamwe have been doing this since March 1999
- Studentwhat kind of bee is it
- StudentI never thought a bee stinger looked like that
Bugscope TeamThis is a pretty close look at the tip of the stinger
- StudentMary: Where did you get this?
Bugscope TeamA friend of mine dissected it from a bee
- Studenthow long is it
- StudentIsabella how long does it take
- Bugscope Teamyeah, it looks different up close, huh?
- Studentwhat is the microscope powered by
Bugscope TeamIt is an electron microscope. It has its own dedicated electricity, water, and compressed air to keep it running
- StudentmY LOG IN NAME DOESN'T APPEAR ANYMORE(lAURA)
- Bugscope Teamit has those tooth-like edges that cut and also keep it in your skin once it gets there
- Studenthow long does a bee live
Bugscope TeamWorker bees usually live for about a month or so. Queen bees can live several yearrs
- Studenthow long does a bee live
- Bugscope Teamthis stinger has barbs on it so that it can stay in whatever was stung and won't fall out very easily
- Studenthow long do they live
- Bugscope TeamLAURA, your login was somehow terminated, you need to login again please.
- StudentiT SAYS i'M ANKS!!
- Studenthow does it live
- StudentEmily: How long has this program been open to schools
Bugscope TeamSince 1999, so 8 years
- Bugscope Teamonce they sting they don't live very long
- StudentWhat does it eat
Bugscope TeamHoney bees eat honey and pollen
- Studentwhats on the tip of a stinger
- Studentdo you like your job
- Bugscope Teamwhen you login as laura, you need to keep that browser window open. if you close that window, you lose the connection.
- Studenthow long does a honey bee live
- Studenterik,how do you now what a bug eats
Bugscope Teamdifferent bugs have different appetites. some will eat other bigs, some eat dirt or stuff in dirt and some eat things like pollen
- Studentannie do you have the rest of the bees body
- 9:08 am
- Studentwhats this
- StudentWhats this?
- Studentisabel how long does it take
- Studentdo bees die when they sting people
- StudentReanna: What are we looking now?
- Studentdo bees die when they sting somebody
Bugscope TeamHoney bees do. Other types of bees do not have the barb on their stinger and so their stinger does not get stuck. They can live to sting again!
- StudentjACK WOULD LIKE TO CONTROL THE SCOPE. cAN WE SEE THE PRAYING MANTIS?
- StudentWhat is this?
- Bugscope TeamThe barbs on the stinger keep the stinger and the venom sac stuck in whatever the bee stings. Honey bees can only sting one time, because they loose a part of their body.
- Studentis it still the stinger
- Studentferd why are you a guests
- Bugscope Teamjack has control now.
- Bugscope Teamjack has controll now
- Studentdo you hear us?
Bugscope TeamYep, sorry sometimes we can't keep up with the flow of questions
- Bugscope Teamnice! good work jack!
- StudentErin:What is this?
- Bugscope TeamJeremy we were wondering where Ferd is.
- StudentCool
- Bugscope TeamThis is the head of a praying mantis -- a very small one
- StudentErin:This is so cool!
- Studentis this the praying mantis head
Bugscope Teamyes
- Studentwhat is this
Bugscope TeamThis is a close up of the mantis head
- StudentIs this a moth?
- Studentthat is asome
- StudentPAIGE:Can you tell how old it is?
- Bugscope TeamYeah sorry Clara sometimes it is hard to keep up, for us.
- Studentchas whats that?
- Studentlogan How many years have insects been around
Bugscope TeamThe oldest fossil insect is about 400 million years old
- StudentNoah:what is that?
- Studentis this the back?
Bugscope Teamno, this was the head of the praying mantis.
- Studentsweet
- Bugscope Teamthis is the face of the prayiong mantis, and it is not old at all, probably just a week before it died.
- Bugscope TeamThis is a moth scale from its wing
- Studentwhat is that
- Bugscope Teamok this is a moth scale from the one you sent us
- Bugscope Teampraying, sorry
- StudentSAM:WHAT IS THIS?
Bugscope TeamButterflies and moths are covered in scales that have the very distinctive pattern you were seeing
- Studentwhats that
- Bugscope Teami cut off part of the wing and put it on here
- Bugscope Teamif you take the mag down lower you can see where you are
- Bugscope Teambut as Cate says you would find just a section of wing
- Studentisabella what is this?
- Bugscope Teamthis is a moth scale, now this is mold on a praying mantis...
- Bugscope Teamthis is fungus
- Studentis this the moth?
- Bugscope Teamor mold..
- Bugscope Teammold spores
- Studentthis is MOLD!
- Studenthow long do mantises live
Bugscope TeamMantis eggs are laid in the summer, they overwinter and hatch in the spring. By the end of the summer the mantis is full grown. So, they live about a year from egg to adult.
- StudentWhat are we looking at
Bugscope Teammold that was on the praying mantis
- Studenterik, how do you know were it lives
- StudentWHERE DO THEY LIVE
- StudentWhat is this asks,Reanna
- Studenthow did it get mold?
- Studentdiscusting
- Studentwhy is there mold on the bug
Bugscope TeamThe mold probably grew after the insect had died, which is very common
- Bugscope Teamjeremy those holes in the wing scales are very small, and they actually hold air rather than losing it
- 9:13 am
- StudentPAIGE:CAN YOU TELL HOW OLD IT IS?
- Studentis this mold?
- Studentwhy does mold grow on praying mantids
Bugscope Teammold grows on most dead things
- Bugscope Teamwhen an insect dies, mold follows quickly unless it is kept in a clean and dry area
- StudentReanna: That was gross
- StudentI heard that praying mantis's are good luck
Bugscope TeamSome people think they are.
- Bugscope TeamI think this is the mouth of the cricket
- StudentNoah werethose the veins?
- Bugscope Teamnow back to one of the stingers
- Studenthow long does it lives
- Studentare praying mantises lucky
Bugscope Teamwell, i'm not sure. i supose they aren't as lucky as humans are!
- Studentwhat does palp mean?
Bugscope TeamA palp is part of the insect's mouth...it is like a little finger. It helps the insect to taste and manipulate its food
- Bugscope Teamthere's the tip!
- StudentMary:What is this
- Studentis this part of the praying mantis
- Studentelaine,this is so cool
- Studentwhat is this
- StudentSAM:WHAT ARE THE HAIRS?
Bugscope Teamthe hairs are called setae, and most insects have thousands of setae on them. those setae help the insect to sense its enviornment.
- StudentSweet!
- StudentWhat's this?
- Bugscope Teamyou can lower the mag if you want
- StudentLogan,How many spieces insects are there?
Bugscope TeamNo one knows for sure...925,000 named species. But there are many more undescribed...including one species of beetle in my freezer
- Bugscope Teama palp is a mouthpart, like a small appendage that helps the insect eat or manipulate or taste its food
- StudentCurry:what are we looking at?
Bugscope TeamThis is the mouthpart of a bedbug. Its what it uses to suck human blood
- Bugscope Teamthanks Patrick!
- Studentthose live in beds!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- StudentIsabella , How old is this?
- StudentErina would like to us ethe microscope
- Studentwhats that
- Bugscope Teamannie found these on her walls luckil
Bugscope TeamI want to make it clear that they were never in my bed...they came from a neighboring apartment
- Studentdo the praying manti's eat ants
Bugscope TeamWhat I've heard is that a praying mantis will eat anything smaller than it. Some even capture small birds!
- Bugscope Teamluckily
- Bugscope Teamerina, you now have scope control
- StudentHow many teeth does it have
- Studentwhy luckily
Bugscope Teamshe looked all around her bed and didnt find any, they just were on her wall for some reason, and never saw any others
- Bugscope Teamwe can confirm with Annie, but normally I think once an insect has wings it is an adult and does not grow or molt anymore.
Bugscope TeamThat is true. Bedbugs, however, never grow wings (many medical pests don't have wings--lice, fleas, etc)
- Studentis this the eye
- Studenthow long does a bedbug live
Bugscope TeamIt depends. Like many medical pests, they can enter dormancy if a host is not available
- Studenterik, why do eat wood
- StudentWhat are we looking at now?
- StudentErina:What are we looking at?
- Studentwhat do praying mantis eat
Bugscope Teampraying mantids eat other insects of various sizes depending on how big the praying mantis is (which can get pretty big!). if they are really big they will eat reptiles and some small mammals
- Studenthow do bedbugs eat
Bugscope Teamthey feed off of dead skin and things like that.
Bugscope TeamBedbugs suck blood
- StudentMALLARY:CAN YOU TELL HOW OLD THE BED BUG IS?
Bugscope TeamYou can't really. If it is big, it is probably an adult.
- StudentI cant see it
- Bugscope Teamthe bedbugs just were not interested in Annie.
Bugscope TeamGood!
- Studentdo you have any pictures of crickets
- Studenthow do you know what is what on a praying mantis
- StudentCurry:what is the pulp?
- StudentCan you make it colorful
Bugscope TeamBecause of the way the electron microscope works, it only produces B&W images. Any color you see in electron microscope images is purely artistic
- StudentDaniel asked what is this cate?
Bugscope Teamwe are on a moth scale right now, earlier we were on a bedbug
- 9:18 am
- Studentwhat are the things they eat
- Bugscope Teamwe cannot see color when we are working with electrons
- Studentcool
- Studentwhat is this?
- Studentwhats this
Bugscope Teamthis is one of A LOT of moth scales from a moth
- Studentwhy not
Bugscope Teamthis electron microscope uses electrons to get an image. electrons are smaller than the wavelength of light. since color is a perception of wavelength, and since we don't see those wavelengths, we don't have color.
- StudentNO
- Bugscope Teamelectrons are so much smaller than the wavelengths of light that give us color
- Studenthow long is this bug
- StudentHow many wholes are there in a moths wings?
- Studentwhats this plz tell me
- StudentSam:anks!! is really our teacher laura
- Studentwhy do moths have holes in their wings
- StudentNoah: what is that?
- Studentew
- Studentwhats this
- Bugscope TeamThere could be a million holes if you added up all of the scales and all of the holes in each scale
- StudentScott how big can praying mantis grow?
- Studentsweet
- Bugscope TeamErina is still here.
- StudentEverybody:This is cool!
- StudentHow big is it
- Studentwhat is this?
- Studentis this the mouth
- StudentWhat's a palp?
Bugscope TeamPalps are secondary mouthparts. Like little hands that help with feeding
- StudentPlease transfer the microscope to Karla. thanks.
Bugscope TeamDone. You're ready to go
- Studentwhats a palp
- StudentHow many moths are there?
- StudentWhat is a palp
- Studentis pernownced pulp
- Studenthello?
- Bugscope Teamkarla, you now control the scope!
- Studenthi clara
- Studenthow long is a moths wings?
Bugscope TeamSome moths are huge...the black witch moth, which I found dead in Costa Rica had a wingspan of about 8 inches
- StudentNoah: is that?
- Studentchnage contral microscope to pantrick thank you
Bugscope Teamgo for it patrick
- Studenthello
- Studentsami,can you change it to something else
- Bugscope Teampatrick now has control
- Bugscope TeamPatrick it is palp. Like the mountains The Alps, except with a p in front
- StudentWHAT IS THE PULP ?????
- Studenthow long is the cricket...aproximently
Bugscope Teami think it was a couple inches long
- Studenthello
- Studentput averi in charge
Bugscope Teamyou're ready to go
- Bugscope Teamhello adrienne
- Bugscope TeamHello Adrienne.
- Bugscope TeamWow, no wonder it's called a "witch" moth. 8 inches!?
- 9:23 am
- Bugscope TeamOOF.
- Studentdaniel asked are you there
- Bugscope TeamHi Frank!
- StudentwHAT IS THE PULP OF THE CRICKET?
Bugscope Teamit's "palp", not pulp. Palps are mouthparts that help the insect eat
- Bugscope TeamClara did we miss something from Daniel?
- Studenthow long do crickets live
Bugscope TeamCrickets can probably have 9 or so generations in a year. They probably live about two months from nymph to adult.
- Bugscope TeamI found it at a gas station. It was huge, it was wet, it was dead and it was pretty gross. Of course, I still picked it up.
Bugscope TeamYou see Annie, that's the real difference between us :-)
- Studentalex how does a moth fly
Bugscope Teamwell, it fly's with it's wings i believe....
- Studenthi
- Bugscope TeamCurry the palp is the mouthpart, like a small limb.
- Studentwhat is a cricket pulp
- StudentWHAT IS PULP
Bugscope Teamas chas mentioned, i's a palp not a pulp, and they are mouthparts that help the insect to eat
- Studentwow
- Studentwhen do they use it?
- Studentwhat is this?
- StudentThanks
- Studentwhy is it dented
- Studentthis is his head if so WOW
Bugscope Teamthe eyes are the big round things on the side and the antennae are on the top
- Bugscope Team;)
- Studentpaige:did Annie catch any of thees?
Bugscope TeamI caught the bed bug.
- StudentPlease le tCurry control the microscope now . thank you
- Studentwhy is there a dent in the eye of the mantis
Bugscope Teamsometimes insects and bugs dry out after yhey die, and this drying out causes some of the insect parts to shrink or dent in...
- Bugscope TeamClara sometimes the cuticle -- the exoskeleton -- does get dented.
- Studenthow long is a praymantis
- Studentwhats by the mouth
- StudentReanna: What is that???
- Bugscope TeamNow we can see the mantis head. THe eyes are the large bulges on the side
- Bugscope TeamYou can tell that it is stiff and fragile
- Studenterik, how do you know how do know how many species of bugs there are
Bugscope TeamThere are many estimates. A book that I have from 2005 says there are 925,000 named species. But there are many many more unnamed species.
- Bugscope TeamThey're sort of dented from having dried out after the insect died. In life they'd be very round
- Bugscope Teamprobably it happened after the mantis died
- Studentmouth of praying mantis?
Bugscope Teamthe mouth is right in the center of our current image
- Studenthow big is a praying mantis head
Bugscope Teampraying mantis heads depends on the size of the actual praying mantis. and they do vary in size. this one is a small praying mantis, so it has a small head
Bugscope TeamLooking at the scale-bar in the lower-left corner it appears to be about 2 millimeters across
- StudentHow long do praying mantis live
Bugscope Teamsome live a few months i suspect, maybe even longer. but they can be REAL BIG, the size of your hand. look at this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:NG-PrayingMantis.jpg
- Bugscope TeamThe palps are the tube-like things surrounding the mouth
- Bugscope TeamI think Annie has more bed bugs but is holding out on us... like she doesn't want us to know that she has 50 or 60 more.
Bugscope TeamI have four or so more in my freezer, but I promised them to someone in the Insect Taxonomy class
- Studentscott is a cool name
- Studentwow what a big mouth
- StudentCurry do you your own have a rolly polly?
- Studenthow wide is the praying mantis head?
- Studentdo mantids have teeth?
Bugscope TeamThey have mandibles with ridges in them, that are kind of like teeth...but they do not have individual teeth like we have,
- Studenttaylor: when do praying matids eggcases hatch?
Bugscope TeamThey hatch as soon as it gets warm in the spring.
- StudentMary: What is the size of the head of a praying mantis
- Studenthow big are the eyes?
- 9:28 am
- Bugscope TeamYou can see from the micron bar that the head is from 2 to 33 mm across. 693 microns is 0.693 mm.
- Bugscope Teami would recommend turning down the contrast a little
- Studentis that it s mouth?
- Studenti heard that one of the praying mantids are pink
Bugscope Teamyes, here's a picture of a pink looking praying mantis: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mantispidae_fg1.jpg
Bugscope TeamMantids come in ALL sorts of colors. Some grow extra bits of their body that are in the shape of leaves so they can better camouflage themselves!
- Studentis this the body?
- StudentErik; asked how many bugs are on Earth
- Studentwhats this
- Studentwhat is this?
- Studentthis is the mouth right?
- Studentthis is realy cool
- Bugscope TeamErik there are trillions of bugs on earth
- Studentnow what is it?
- Bugscope Teamif you get lost driving, you could try to lower the magnification or choosing another preset
- Studenthow long does a ant live
Bugscope TeamIt varies, of course. Queen can live several years. There are some tropical species where the workers can live more than a year. Most ant workers, I would estimate, live 3-4 months.
- Bugscope TeamDaniel now has control of the microscope.
- Studentwhat bug is this
Bugscope Teamright now we are looking at the carbon tape that we have on an aluminum stub with some silver paint
- Bugscope Teampraying mantids have spikes on their arms that help hold its prey
- Studentcan we see the wolly moth
- StudentWhat is this
- Studentwhat the ??????????
- Studentwhat are we doing
Bugscope Teamwe are living, breathing, using BUGSCOPE!
- Bugscope Teamthis is the stub, I think
- Studentsweet
- Bugscope Teamyeah
- Studentwhat are we looking at?
- Studentwhat are we looking at
- Bugscope Teamthe holey background is the black double stick carbon tape
- Bugscope Teamnow you can see what the bugs are mounted on in the microscope
- StudentERin: how many species of praying mantises are there
- Bugscope Teamwe are at the edge of the microscope stage
- Studentelaine; what that
- StudentEMily What is this?????????????
- Studentwhat is that
- Bugscope Teamthis is about as low as a mag as you can go
- Studentwhere waiting for our awnser "how wide is a praying mantis head"
Bugscope TeamThe one on the stage today was ~2 millimeters (thousandths of a meter) according to the scale bar
- Bugscope Teamtry driving the other way
- Bugscope TeamProbably you want to head back to the NE. We're off the stage now
- Bugscope TeamI took us to a preset
- StudentReanna: What is this????
- Studenthow long is an ant
- Studentalex What is this????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Bugscope Teamthe image is moving, i can't tell now... sorry.
- Bugscope TeamDylan that one was 2 to 3 mm across
- Bugscope Teammillimeters are thousandths of a meter
- StudentERin:WHat is the nmyph stage?
- Bugscope Teamnot that Chas did not know that
- Studenthow big can a bird eatingspider grow
Bugscope TeamThey are about 6.5 inches in diameter when they are full grown. They eat pretty small birds.
- StudentMary:Can we look at a fly
- Studentsam:what is this?
- Bugscope Teamthis is just the sticky tape that we put under the insects, to hold them down.
- Bugscope Teammicrometers are thousandths of a millimeter and millionths of a meter
- StudentCurry:can you show a bee?
Bugscope Teamwe dont have any bees on here, just their behinds with stingers attached
- Bugscope Teamdaniel, click on a preset please
- StudentErik; how do bugs eat
Bugscope TeamSome insects eat by biting and chewing, like you or I do. Other insects suck their food through tube-like mouths. Other insects regurgitate digestive juices onto their food and sponge them up with their mouths.
- StudentErin: WHat is this
- StudentWhat is this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentwhat is this???
- Bugscope Teambedbugs sleep in the wall usually, or crevices
- Studentwhats happening
- StudentFrank would like to try the microscope now. Thanks
- 9:33 am
- Studentit's pitch black what is this?
- Bugscope Teamthey don't sleep in beds -- that is where they work
- Bugscope Teamfrank now has control of the scope
- Studentwhat are we looking at
- StudentWhat is this
- Studentdo spiders ever run out of there web
Bugscope TeamNope...as long as they are alive, they can make web
- Studentmay we see the wolly moth catipiller
- Bugscope Teamnot much right now Ty and Daniel.
- StudentWhat are we looking at
- Studentcate who is in charge of the bugscope?
Bugscope TeamI am usually the one to make a sample for bugscope, and i set up the presets with alex, and scott receives the bugs in the mail :p
- Studentwhat that
- Bugscope Teambut sometimes you will find dead bedbugs in the crevices on the sides of your bed
Bugscope TeamI never found any dead or alive bed bugs in my bed.
- Bugscope TeamFrank is driving now.
- Studentwhat is a bed bug
Bugscope TeamA bed bug is an insect in the order Heteroptera. They are medical pests that suck the blood of warm blooded things. They are active at night and typically hide in cracks and crevices of beds and matresses. They were thought to be mostly eliminated in the US, but have resurged dramatically in the past 10 years. They are a big problem in hotels in big cities.
- Bugscope TeamLet's give Logan control.
- Bugscope Teamlogan has control now.
- Bugscope Teamoh and annie and scott help me to identify things
- Bugscope Teamlogan, click on a preset. that will help.
- Studenttaylor: what is this?
- StudentCurry:Stop zooming in!
- Bugscope TeamA bed bug is an insect that sucks blood from people at night in their beds and then crawls back into the woodwork to hide
- Studentwhat is this
- Studentcan we see the praying mantis again?
Bugscope Teamclick on the preset for it.
Bugscope TeamYou may need to scroll the presets list to the right of the chat. It's number 6, just click on the image
- Studentis this its eye?
- Bugscope TeamAnnie is very emphatic about that. But I still think she is holding out on us and has many more bedbugs in stock.
Bugscope TeamNo way Scott. Like four more.
- Studentthat is wicked
- StudentWhats in the back?
- Studentwhat is this?
Bugscope Teamthis is an ant as scott said
- Studentsami;is it fun doing your job
- Studentthat looks like a cricket
- StudentEmilyS.:What is this?
- Student.
- StudentCOOL!
- Bugscope Teamahhh!! you are driving off the scope!
- Studentwhy dont we have control
Bugscope TeamRight now Logan has control. Only one person gets to drive at a time to keep it from getting confusing
- Bugscope TeamI haven't seen any since before I left for California.
- Studentany more
- Bugscope TeamAnnie is carefully culturing bedbugs at her apartment because she is concerned that they may become extinct : )
Bugscope Team:P
- StudentERin:hi
- Bugscope Teamonly one person can control the scope at a time.
- StudentCAN YOU SHOW A CRICKET
Bugscope Teamthere is a cricket on a preset, ask logan to click on the cricket
- StudentCan Patrick B. Please have the microscope? Thanks
- 9:38 am
- Studentcan you show us a bedbug
- StudentCurry; can we see the eye of a fly
- Student;EMily:what is the life span of a beetle
- StudentCan you hear us
- Studentwhat is the biggest bug on earth
- Bugscope TeamI am just teasing Annie.
- Bugscope Teami do know that bedbugs weren't that common in america for a while, but lately there has been a population explosion of them all over
- Studentcan wesee the cricket
Bugscope Teamclick on the preset for it
- StudentPaige: don't bees die after they sting somone?
Bugscope TeamHoney bees do. Other bees don't necessarily
Bugscope Teamyep!
- Bugscope TeamI think a lobster or maybe a kingcrab.
- Bugscope TeamPatrick, click on the cricket image to the right of the chat text
- StudentERIn: What is your favorite color
- Bugscope Teampreset 4 is the cricket
- Studentstop zooming in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentwhat is this
- Bugscope TeamThey die if someone squishes them when they are stinging them.
- Bugscope TeamThere is a beetle called a goliath beetle that is as big as your fist.
- Studentya
- Studentah
- Studentwhat is this
- Bugscope Teamtry lowering the mag
- Bugscope Teamrefreshing, sorry about the Russian there
- Studentwhat are the hairs??
Bugscope Teamthe hairs are called setae, and they help the insect to sense its environment.
- Bugscope TeamClara!
- StudentERin: what is your favorite part of studying bugs
- Bugscope TeamWe need to get someone to drive very slowly...
- Studenthow do i refresh my screen
Bugscope Teamthere is a refresh button in the top of your browser window, or try hitting F5.
- Bugscope Teams l o w l y
- Studenthow do bugs communicate
- StudentEmilyS.:What is this
- Studentwhat is the lifespand of a black widow
Bugscope TeamThey can probably live about a year or so. Females live much longer than males.
- Bugscope Teamso if you lower the mag here, you will see more of the cricket
- Studentwhat are we looking at?
- Studenti have no clue of what we're looking at
Bugscope Teamthis is a cricket palp, ask patrick to lower the magnification so you can see the cricket more clearly...
- Bugscope Teamyou can see that right here there are a lot of hairs
- Bugscope Teamor setae that is
- Studentare those teeth
Bugscope TeamThey look like sharp teeth, but these are actually more like hairs. We call them "setae". Insects are frequently very hairy, a lot more so than you can see with your eyes
- StudentEMily can we look at a cricket mole?
- Studentits a jungle!!!!!!!!
- Student whats this
- Bugscope TeamClara those are setae that help the cricket sense its food.
- StudentMALLARY:IS THERE A KILLER BEE?
Bugscope Team"killer bees" are more appropriately called Africanized honey bees. They are smaller and more aggressive than normal European honey bees. When the hives of Africanized honey bees are disturbed, they react quicky and in huge numbers to attack the object that disturbed the hive.
- Studentthats the in side!
- Bugscope Teamthis is the mouth of a cricket
- StudentI loged in
- Studentelaine; what is the smratest bug
- StudentCAN YOU SHOW A SPIDER
Bugscope Teamsorry but we don't have a spider in the scope right now
- Bugscope Teamnow we can see the head
- StudentJeremy would like the microscope please.
Bugscope TeamYou're in control
- StudentWhat are those things sticking out
- StudentEmily: do crickets have teeth?
Bugscope TeamYou can just barely see right now they do have two large jaws with serrated edges that they use to cut up their food
- 9:43 am
- StudentMary What is this?
- Studentwhats a life span of a cricket
- Bugscope TeamJeremy you have to promise to drive slowly so everyone can see.
- Studentwow
- Studentdo you have a spider
- Studentisthis a mantid
- Studentcan u show us the beed like eye of an insect
Bugscope Teamask jeremy to magnify on the praying mantis eye....
- Studentwhats this
- Studentwhat is this
- Bugscope Teamthis is a mantis
- Bugscope Teama praying mantis, and a very small one
- Studentwhat is this
- Studentwhat the heck is that
- Bugscope Teamjack you can see the eyes at both ends of the head
- StudentMary:Do praying mantises have teeth?
- Studentmegan do you have the spider
- Studentdo you have hornets
Bugscope TeamWe've looked at hornets before, but there is limited space in the microscope so we only have this group of insects to look at today
- Studentscott can u show us a beed like eye a insect?
- StudentWHat isthe life span of a killer bee
- Studentcan we please see the claws of tha mantis
Bugscope Teamask the driver of the scope (jeremy) to navigate to it!
- Bugscope Teamtoday we have a praying mantis, a cricket, 2 bed bugs, 2 stingers, an ant, and a moth wing
- Studentcan we see the spider
- StudentI WANNA SEE A SPIDER
- Studentit
- Bugscope Teamthe claws of the mantis should be easy to find. start by clicking on the praying mantis head.
- StudentPAIGE:DID CHAS CATCH ANY BUGS?
- Studenthas a bug killed a person
Bugscope Teamyes, some bugs can be poisonous, right annie?
Bugscope TeamWell, diseases vectored by insects are some of the leading causes of death in the world. People sometimes can die from reactions to bee or wasp stings, if they are allergic. Mostly "poisonous" insects just cause a rash or a burn.
- Bugscope Teamjeremy is in control of the scope now.
- Student can we please look at a spider
- StudentPatrick F. would like the microscope please.
- StudentReanna: THe praying mantises head looks like a peanut, why?
Bugscope TeamThe eyes are very important to the insect so they're very large. That placement of them on the sides allows the mantis an almost 360 degree view of its surroundings!
- Bugscope Teambees inject poison through their stinger
- Studentsanta's claws
- Bugscope Teamsome people are very allergic to the sting and will die
- 9:48 am
- Studentwhat are we looking at????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Bugscope Teamyou don't need to type repeasted letters, we understand a single ?. right now patrick is having a hard time staying on a sample, he's moving the scope too fast.
- Studentwha is this
- Student-
- Studentwhats that ?
- StudentHAVE YOU EVER DONE ENYTHING BUT BUGS
Bugscope TeamThe microscope gets used for university-level research all day long looking at many things other than bugs. We have occasionally looked at something like salt crystals for Bugscope, but tend not to stray too far from bugs
- Studentwhat is that?
- Bugscope Teambe back in a moment...
- Studenthow come u cant anser all of are questions
Bugscope Teamthere are too many questions for us... sorry for that.
- Studentplease awnser our question "whats the life span of a cricket" please hurry thankyou
Bugscope TeamHi Zoe, you can scroll down through the list of questions that we answered earlier...the list is in the lower left corner of the screen.
- Studentpaige:is it a cocoon
- Studenti want to see a spider
Bugscope Teamwe don't have a spider int he microscope now, there is nothing we can do about that.
- Studenthow many types of moths are in the world???????
- StudentWhat are we looking at
- Studentwhat this?
- Studenterin:did you know that millions of people are killed by mosquitos every year.
- Studenti want to see a ant
- Studentis it a choice to see something other than lines???
- Studentwhat do they eat
- Studenthow long is a mantis?
Bugscope Teamthey are different sizes, some can be as long as an adult human hand!
- Studentwhat is your favorite c
- Studentwhat is your favorite insect
- Studentare screen is blury . why Annie?
- Studentya disect it then!!
- Studentwhat is your favorite bug
- StudentWHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BUG
Bugscope Teami like mites!
- Studentwhat is your favorite bug
Bugscope Teami think my favorite would be wasps and ants, they are cute! :p
- Studentwhat is this???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Bugscope TeamThis is a highly magnified moth wing. You're seeing the microstructure of an individual scale
Bugscope Teamthis is the scale on a moth.
- Studentannie?
Bugscope TeamYes?
- Studentwhats your favorite
Bugscope TeamI really like ticks. The part they stick in you like a needle to draw blood is fascinating. It's full of tons of backwards facing spines to hold it in place
Bugscope TeamMy favorite insects are longhorned beetles...that is what I am researching
- Bugscope Teammold!
- StudentWHAT ARE MITES
Bugscope Teama mite is an invertebrate. they are very small and have a very diverse array of habitats. they feed on a wide array of food.
- 9:53 am
- Studentdisect so that we can see the tissue plz (please)
- Studentthis is a bee stinger
Bugscope Teamthe tip is where the poison comes out
- Studentannie do you enjoy helping us with our bugs?
Bugscope TeamYes, I do. I like Bugscope because I get to share my knowledge of insects with kids--and sometimes other adults.
- Studentdo you like your job?annie
Bugscope TeamI do like my job. Being an entomologist lets me study beetles that are not well understood, to travel, and to interact with other scientists and with students...
- Studentwhat is the lifespan of a ant?
- StudentANNIE WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BUG
Bugscope TeamLonghorned beetles!
- Studenthow do bugs eat
- Studentplz disect
- Studentthank you
- Student how do insects get mold
Bugscope TeamMold would like to grow on living things all the time, but usually when something is alive its immune system fights off the mold. Once it dies the mold can invade unimpeded
- StudentWhat are we looking at
- StudentScott is it true that if there are two queen ants they battle?
- Studentdo you have any tissue to look at
Bugscope Teamno sorry, just these bugs you see in the preset list.
- Bugscope Teamwe can't disect these while they are in the microscope, we are only imaging them
- Bugscope Teamthey are kept under a high vacuum
- Studentwere do honey bees live?
- Studentcan we disect the mantis?
- Studentcan we see an eye?
- Studentcan we see a bedbug
Bugscope Teamyes, there is a bedbug preset, have patrick f click on that, then lower the mag to see the whole bug!
- Studentoh ok
- Studentelaine, what is the biggest bug
- Studenti want to talk to kate
Bugscope Teamme?
- Student(sigh)
Bugscope Teamdo you want conrtol of the scope?
- Studentannie how long have you worked with bugscope?
Bugscope TeamThis is my third or fouth year
- Studentwhat is this
- Studentaaaaaaaaa
- Bugscope TeamOK everyone, I have to leave you now. I am late for class!!!!
Bugscope TeamSome of us are students too, just like you.
- Studentdo bed bugs live anywere els besides beds
Bugscope TeamThey like to stay close to their prey, so you can find them in crevices, on walls, behind picture frames, etc
- Student5 more minutes thats not enough
- Bugscope TeamHappy Bugscoping!!!
- Bugscope Teampatrick, at such high magnifications, there is not much to see...
- Studentmayn
- Studentbye bye
- Studentwhat is the biggest spider a turantchaul or a birdeating spider
- Studentshow some/thing
- Bugscope Teamemily s, you now have control of the scope.
- StudentReanna;what is this?
- Studentbye bye thank you
- Studentthat was ty
- StudentPaige: whats the hevest bug in world?
Bugscope TeamI believe we looked up the goliath beetle once before and it was the largest, so presumably also the heaviest
- Bugscope TeamUsually in the bedroom though
- 9:58 am
- Studenthow do bugs talk??
Bugscope Teamwell, i don't think any of them talk, but they do communicate, by rubbing body parts together (crickets), or making other noises with their bodies.
- Studentwow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentthank you bye
- Studentbye Thank You this was fun!
- Studentzoe awnsers cates question yes i want to talk to you
- Studentthanx
- StudentTHANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOODYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentwe must not leave
- StudentTHANKYOU AND GOODBYE
- Bugscope Teamthere is the cricket eye in the upper part of the screen
- Bugscope TeamIt was much larger than an adult hand
- Bugscope Teamgood bye students, you were great!
- StudentPaige :thanks........bye bye
- Studentthank you for awnsering our questions but we have to go. by.
- Studentty said bye
- Bugscope TeamBye guys, thanks for logging in and asking so many questions. We hope you enjoyed it!
- Studentthankyou
- Studentthank you
- Bugscope Teambye all! it was fun!
- Studentthank you
- Studentjack said bye too
- Bugscope Teamhope to see you again some day. have a nice day!
- Studentthankyou!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentwe thank you bye bye cate annie chas alex scott!!
- StudentsavaN
- StudentNoah said by
- Bugscope Teambye clara
- StudentTHANK YOU!!!/AND GOODBYE!
- Studenteverybody
- Studentthank you
- Studentthank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
- Studentsavannah said bye too
- Bugscope Teambye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentwe all say thanks
- Studentsay bye
- Bugscope Teamokay, i guess laura is gone too?
- 10:04 am
- Bugscope Teami supose i'll close the session?
- StudentI'm here.The kids loved it! We brought a sixth grader in who wants to become an entemologist. She was very inspired!!
- Bugscope Teamah, hi laura!
- Bugscope Teamwow that is great!
- Bugscope Teamawesome
- Bugscope Teamwe will have to tell annie when we see her again
- Bugscope Teamlaura, i just gave you control, in case you want to control the scope more?
- StudentThanks for all of your time. I(Laura) too am a UI grad.
- Bugscope TeamOnce she becomes an entomologist she should login and help out other students :)
- Bugscope Teamheh, small world.
- StudentHave to go now. Thanks Again
- Bugscope TeamGreat to have you on, we hope to see you back
- Bugscope TeamBye Laura
- Bugscope Teamthank you laura, great job!
- Bugscope Teamlaura, just so you know all your chat and images are saved on you member page: http:.//bugscope.itg.uiuc.edu/members/2007-064
- Bugscope Teamok. i'm closing the session now, unless someone needs the scope?