Connected on 2008-05-23 13:30:00
from San Antonio, TX, US
- 12:28 pm
- Bugscope Teamback from Chicago, where it was not raining; making breakfast
- 12:34 pm
- Bugscope Teamsession enabled, RXL started,waiting on vacuum
- Bugscope Teamwelcome to bugscope!
- Bugscope TeamHello!
- TeacherHello BugScopers!
- Bugscope TeamWe are setting up for your session. Now all you see on the screen is the inside of the microscope -- the specimen chamber.
- Bugscope TeamCate is at the lab and I am in the Outer World, on vacation this week. Cate is waiting for the vacuum to become good enough to start the electron beam.
- Bugscope TeamShe has made a map of the sample and will be moving to different places to make presets for your session.
- 12:40 pm
- TeacherSounds great!
- Bugscope TeamSo you are getting a preview of the places you may wish to drive to.
- Teacherwhat bug is this currently?
- Bugscope Teamthis is the beetle you sent
- TeacherAwesome!
- Bugscope Teamas usual we mount them dorsal side down so you can see the mouth and all of the limbs
- Bugscope Teamor ventral side up...
- 12:45 pm
- Teacherh
- Bugscope Teamthis is one of the claws
- Teacherdid you get the mantis?
- Bugscope Teamyes
- Bugscope TeamCate looks for cool things to make into presets; she wants to make the kids wonder where the thing is, what it is attached to...
- TeacherSuper...they did research and had to label pics of each bug...
- Bugscope TeamCate has to do all of the work today -- there is no one at the lab to help her. But she is tough and can handle it.
- Bugscope Teamyou can see this is the mantis
- Teacherwe did the scientific nomenclature of each...but will prob ask about the specific species...
- 12:51 pm
- Teacherthis pic is AWESOME!
- Bugscope Teami think the iridescent beetle is a tiger beetle and i think this is a minor ground mantis, but I am not an expert on bugs
- Bugscope Teamif Annie, our entomologist, is able to log on she will be very helpful that way
- Bugscope Teamgnarly
- Bugscope Teamthere's some pollen
- Bugscope Teampollen grains
- Bugscope TeamAnnie is in California, collecting for the summer
- Bugscope Teamshe works with Cerambycids -- long-horned beetles
- Bugscope Teamthe 'horns' are the antennae, which are often so long that they fold back past the body on either side
- Bugscope Teamthis one liked to roll around in pollen
- Bugscope Teamthis guy was lounging in pollen
- Teachervery cool! What is your specialty?
- Teacherwe found the beetle in leaves out at the boyscout park at a high pollen count week
- Bugscope Teamwhat we do is train researchers to use microscopes to do their own work -- graduate students and postdocs, mostly. But we have been doing bugscope for more than 9 years and know a little about 'bugs'
- Bugscope Teamit was a very pretty beetle
- 12:56 pm
- Bugscope Teammoths, skippers, butterflies, silverfish, and mosquitos have scales, but some other insects have them as well, we have found
- Bugscope Teamwow
- Bugscope Teamlook at the serrations on the spider fangs, and the poison pores
- Bugscope Teamyou will be able to call them up later as a preset
- Bugscope Teamthis is some kind of 'true' bug, perhaps an assassin bug
- Bugscope Teamit has piercing/sucking mouthparts
- 1:02 pm
- Bugscope Teamback to the beginning
- Bugscope Teamwe are done with presets and the session is unlocked--if you want to practice "driving" you can
- Teacherokay...how do i manipulate the scope? will the kids have the ability to manipulate the scope...
- 1:07 pm
- Bugscope TeamCate does not become Cate until she gets into her office and can use her own computer
- Bugscope Teamedge of the world
- Bugscope Teamit is difficult, sometimes, to drive using 'click to drive'
- Teacheri clicked and started talking...oops...
- Bugscope Teamsometimes it is easier to navigate using 'click to center'
- Bugscope Teamif you get lost when driving, you can use a preset to get you back to somewhere
- Bugscope Teamwhen you click to drive you also have to click to stop
- Bugscope Teamand sometimes it is not clear how many times you have clicked -- sent a command
- Bugscope Teamthere's the praying mantis
- 1:12 pm
- Bugscope Teamthe minor ground mantis is widespread in the west from canada to mexico. males can fly but the females are wingless.
- Bugscope Teamtry focussing
- Bugscope Teamif it gets worse go the other way
- Bugscope Teamthere we go
- Bugscope Team(that was me, focussing)
- Teacherya...i'm not so good at that...
- Bugscope Teamthis is cool
- Bugscope Teamthese are the sharp spines on the forelimbs that help the mantis grasp its prey
- 1:17 pm
- Bugscope Teamlike male mantids :p
- Teacherwe found a picture of a mantis eating a hummingbird...of course it was much bigger than this one
- Bugscope Teamyes that is one of the bigger mantids, they can eat small birds and reptiles i believe
- Bugscope Teamthat would take some quick movement
- Bugscope Teamcompound eyes are said to confer a better ability to see motion that occurs quickly
- Teacherthe kids will for sure ask about the color of the beetle...
- Teacherwhat am I looking at here?
- 1:23 pm
- Bugscope Teamim not sure, could you try taking the mag down a little please?
- Bugscope Teamthis is the edge of an arm, looks like
- Bugscope Teamah it's a palp
- Bugscope Teamthis is a palp, if its from a preset, it might have moved a little
- Bugscope Teamit is one of the modified limb-like structures that the insect uses to manipulate and also taste food
- Teacheryes...from the beetle...any thoughts about the green color?
- Bugscope Teamyou mean why it is green, or how it is green?
- Bugscope Teamsome colors, like red, are warning colors
- Bugscope Teammight be to attract mates as well
- Bugscope Teambirds and other predators know that, for example, ladybugs do not taste good
- Bugscope Teamwhat's also cool is it had purple legs
- 1:30 pm
- Teacherthey will prob ask both...why & how?
- Bugscope TeamOkay it is a little tricky sometimes.
- Bugscope TeamSome colors come from pigments, like pteridine and carotenes.
- Bugscope TeamAnd some colors are structural, like the colors you see in the grooves of a record. Maybe not the best analogy.
- Bugscope Teamsometimes insects that are not poisonous will color themselves to resemble poisonous insects
- 1:36 pm
- Bugscope Teamor they are bee mimics, for example, 'cause no one wants to bother a bee
- Bugscope Teamjust a warning, the internet at our university might go in and out, it seems they are experiencing some problems, though I do hope it stays stable
- Studenthi
- 1:41 pm
- Bugscope Teamhello McSeth
- Studenti have a few questions
- Teacherokay...kids are coming...logging in now...they are in pairs
- Bugscope Teamwelcome to bugscope!
- Studentabout the mantisis
- StudentHello Cate
- StudentHello Scott
- Studenthi guys
- Bugscope TeamHi You All!
- Studentok
- Studentwow
- Bugscope TeamWelcome to Bugscope!
- Studenti have a question
- StudentHello!
- StudentScott i have some questions for u to answer
- Studenti have a qeustion too!
- StudentDon't we all?
- Bugscope TeamIt looks like we are having intermittent network problems on our end, which is unusual... but fire away!
- Studentare there any poisonus mantis that could kill a person or human
- Studenthi
- StudentWe have a question! What is the picture?
- Bugscope TeamI don't believe there are mantises that can kill humans
- StudentHi
- Studentwhat is the pic about
- StudentHi! We have some questions.
- Bugscope Teamright now we seem to be looking at a leg
- StudentWhat types of bugs do mantises eat
- Studentwe all do
- Studentmantis leg?
- Bugscope Teamthis is a claw -- if you take the mag down a little you can tell
- StudentHow many eggs/larva do praying mantis lay?
Bugscope Teamdepending on the species- 10-400 eggs
- Studentmy question is have u found any new species
- Bugscope Teammantises eat lots of other bugs, and the females can also eat the males, sometimes
- StudentHi Scott! Our question is for the Japanese Beetle.
- Studentdo other insects eat prying mantises
- Studentum yah i have another question
- Studenthow does it eat
- Studentwhat species do they belong to
- Studentthat is alot
- Bugscope Teamwe have looked at new species before and helped entomologists take images of them so they can describe them in publications
- Studentdo mantis eat their young
Bugscope Teamthey might if they can't find enough food
- StudentDo the beetle's shells act like armor? (Japanese Beetle ???)
- Studentok... what type of head is this bug to?
- Studenton pic 13
- Bugscope Teamthey can eat their young if their young are not careful
- Studentcan a mantis kill you?
- StudentWhat type of animals do the Mantis have to watch out for
- Studenthow can you tell if their male or female?
- Studenthow many eggs do the Japanese beetles lay?
- Studentok do the young mantisis eat each other of any species
- StudentHey I have a qeustion about the japanese beetle. Does the Japanese Beetle have a mating call?
- Studentlike cannibals
- StudentCate, do mantises leave young after birth or keep them in close range
Bugscope Teamthey keep them in close range because other things will attack the egg sack like parasitic wasps
- Bugscope Teamthe beetle shell is like armor
- Studentor do they just leave eachother alone
- Bugscope Teamit protects the wings
- Bugscope Teama praying mantis is not poisonous and can not kill you (unless there is a 6foot praying mantis somewhere)
- 1:46 pm
- StudentThank you. About both, do either of them discard their own offspring like some other insects?
- StudentDo families of the beetle stick together after it is made?
- Studentwhat is your favorite bug?
- Studentwhat kind of terrain do they live in?
- Studentthe ant mouth looks weird
Bugscope Teamyes it does, it looks like another insect is trying to climb out
- Bugscope Teamsome insects are social and some are not
- Bugscope TeamI like mites
- Studentlike humans
- StudentDO OTHER INSECTS EAT THE PRAYING MANTIS
- Studentcate, do mantids disgaurd their young?
- StudentIf a praying mantis are great fighters and camoflagers why do they only live a year
- StudentScott, does the praying mantis have to watch out for an other animals
- Bugscope Teamfew other insects will eat praying mantises
- Studentyea it does look like that
- StudentI take it by social you don't mean chatting with each other in their own language?
- Studentcan a mantis or betle break skin?
- Studentwhich ones ?
- Bugscope Teamthey have to watch out for large birds, but they will eat small birds themselves, sometimes
- StudentWhy does the female eat the male after they mate?
- Bugscope Teamsome beetles can break your skin
- StudentIS THERE A CERTIAN SEASON WHERE YOU CAN FIND A PRATYING MANTIS
- Studenthey do japanese beetles take care of their young like a family
- Bugscope Teambirds and bats are big on the list of eating praying mantids
- Studentdo u know how Mantises see?(black and white?, night vision, color, or in many directions..etc)
- Studenthow do the beatel mate
- Studentwhat is the mantid's predator?
- StudentWhat is their average life span?
Bugscope Teamin captivity some species can live for 14 months, and in the wild- 10-12 months
- Studentof a mantis
- Studentabout how much food do they consume daily ??
- Bugscope TeamI think the female eats because she is hungry. Once she mates she needs food to be able to lay her eggs.
- StudentScott, why do the mantis grow only 2 to 5 inches?
- Studentoh thanx
- StudentSo were really seen real insects as they appear right now?
- Studentscott, how many diffrent types of species of mantises are there?
Bugscope Teamthere are 2300 known species
- Studentscott or cate!! how do the praying mantis communicate with one another?
- Bugscope Teaman insect is constrained in how much it can grow because of how it delivers oxygen to its tissues
- StudentWhat is the biggest thing reported that a praying mantis ate?
Bugscope Teami'm not sure, but they can eat lizards, small birds, and even rodents
- StudentSweet!
- Bugscope Teamso insects cannot be super large
- StudentAre the japanese beetles harmful to the environment?
- Studenthow can you tell the difference between a male and a female?
- Studentcate how do u tell male beatels from females?
- StudentHey Scott, is it possible for a praying mantis to eat its own kind?
- Bugscope Teammillions of years ago there was more oxygen available in the atmosphere and insects could be larger
- Studentwow!! that pic looks awesome
- Studentabout how much of a praying matis young survive to adulthood
- Studentwow!! that pic looks awesome
- Bugscope Teamyes they can eat their own kind, and the males have to be careful not to be eaten by the females
- 1:51 pm
- Studentlove that pic!
- StudentHow do the praying mantis react to predadors?
- Studenthow large can the praying manis grow
Bugscope Teamthat depends on the species, the one you sent us was barely an inch long, others can get to 6inches long
- Studenthow STRONG are praing mantids
- Bugscope Teamwe are looking at the spines that the mantis uses to grip its pray
- Studentlove thart
- Bugscope Teamprey
- StudentWhat's pic 11?
Bugscope Teamsalt from a weny's restaurant
- Bugscope Teamsorry'
- Studentdo mother japanesse beatels leave their young after they hatch or keep them with them until adulthood?
- Studentdo the japanese beatles have a mating call
- Studentpic 11 is salt
- Studentthe pollen looks awesome!
- Studenty r
- Bugscope Teamyou know those are presets, and your teacher can drive the microscope to the preset and then change mag, etc.
- Studentlove that pic!... What is it?
- StudentWhy does the japanese beete have its metalic green color?
- Studentwhy does the female mantis eat the male after mating?
- StudentCate, is it possible for a japanese beetle to eat its own kind?
- Studentjust another reason not to go to wendys
- Bugscope Teamthe green color probably helps the beetles recognize each other
- Studentwat is pic 9?
- StudentWhat is the picture above?
- Studentdoes a mantid have a mating call?
- StudentWhere did the mantis originate from?
- Bugscope Teammantises are green and sometimes brown and sometimes white
- Studentcan praying matis fly ?
- StudentI don't understand what picture 13 is! What is it?
- StudentDose the praying mantis ambush pray or chase it down?
- Bugscope Teamthe colors in those cases are camouflage
- Studentpic 7 is a compound eye but whats eye
Bugscope Teama small moth
- Bugscope Teamthey usually ambush their prey
- Studentwat is the picture above
Bugscope Teamthis is a praying mantis arm (the part that holds the prey)
- Studenthow can you tell if the bug is a malle or female?
- Bugscope Teamhere I will move the image so you can see...
- StudentDoes the praying mantis hunt at night or day?
- Studentdo the japanese beatles have a spaecial mating call?
- StudentThis next question from us is going to be about the Japanese beetle
- Studentoh thats awesome wat is it?!!!!!
- Bugscope Teamthey hunt during the day for sure, I am not sure about the night
- Studentdo Japanese beatles eat beside leaves and flowers
- Studentdo you know how mantises see?(black and white, color, )
- Studentdoes the japanese beetle have a mating call
- Studenthow exactly do the japanese beetles mate? When is Mating season?
- Studentwhere the jumping spider get its poison
- StudentWhy do they only eat from early June to Labor day
- StudentDo Japanees beetles lay their eggs n a certain plant?
- Studentwhat is a true bug ?
- Studentwe didnt research a true bug? what is it?
- Studentwhat is the difference between an insect and a bug?
- StudentHow can you tell a male from a female? For both
- Studentwhy are pollen garins yellow
- Studentdo the beatels eat there children or predators?
- 1:56 pm
- Studentwhat is the picture above
- Studentwhat is the piture abocve
Bugscope Teamthe little ball is a pollen grain and the bumps are the individual facets of a compound eye. all of this is on a true bug head
- Bugscope Teama true bug is an insect -- a hemipteran -- that is characterized by certain features such as piercing mouthparts
- Studenthow long does it take for the eggs to hatch ?
- Studentthat looks awesome
- Studentscott, can a praying mantis kill a japanease beetle or the other way around?
- Bugscope Teamabove is an eye, and yes that is pollen!
- Studentwhat are mantises main predator?
- StudentDoes the praying mantis eat the whole bug or just certain parts. ex.suck the blood out?
- StudentCate Why do the japanese beetle eat from early June to Labor day
Bugscope Teamthat's when there are the most bugs, at least here. i don't see too many insects outside in the winter
- StudentDid the japanease beetle upset the food chain when it was dicovered in the U.S?
Bugscope Teamthey may seem annoying, but they help farmers and gardeners. they eat aphids that destroy plants
- Bugscope Teama praying mantis is more likely to kill a Japanese beetle than the other way around
- StudentDo japanese beetles lay eggs?
- Studentwhat is the picture avbove
- Studentwhat is pic 2?
Bugscope Teamthat is a palp from the beetle you sent us the palp helps the beetle taste food and eat
- Studentdo the japanese beatle have a special mating call?
- Studentwhat is the tube like thing coming out of the true bug's head on picture 10?
- Studentwhat is the difference between a beetle and a japanese beetle
- StudentScott, do japanese beetles leave the young
- StudentHey Cate, how do the mantids get their camoflouge? Some are green, and some look like a flower
Bugscope Teamthey need that camouflage to hide from things that will eat it. they can't actively change it, but it is a part of them depending on the region they live in
- Teacherwe have a question - the teacher image is not the same as the students' image. is there some way I can fix that?
- StudentDoes the praying mantis provide anything useful to humanity?
- StudentDo japanese beetles eat other bugs like the praying mantis
- Bugscope Teamhit refresh -- see if that works
- Studentdo any bugs give live birth
- Bugscope TeamJapanese beetles do not eat other insects
- Teacherahhh - thanks
- Studentwhat is a praying mantis's and japanese beetle's weakness?
Bugscope Teamthe praying mantis's weakness can be its size. anything bigger will eat it most likely. the japanese beetle's weakness is probably size again, but it doesn't taste good and to some things it is poisonous
- Bugscope Teamsome bugs give live birth, in a way
- Studentwhat is in the ant's mouth it looks like a leg in pic 12?
- Studentis it possible for a beatle to "groom" itself
- Studento thanks
- Studentcate, does the praying mantis have antennas that they use to see? or do they use their eyes?
- Bugscope Teamthe multiple mouthparts of the ant make it look like it has something in its mouth
- Studentare either one of these bugs/insects harmful to the environment or humans
- Studentwhat is the pic above?
- StudentWhat do japanese beetles eat?
Bugscope Teamthe big thing they eat is aphids, and when aphid populations run uncontrolled, they ruin all types of vegetation
- Bugscope Teambeetles and many insects can groom themselves
- StudentScott, why do japanese beetles emerge from pupating when blackberries ripen
- Studentwhat's the pic above
- StudentI thought ants ate plants. Whats coming out of the mouth?
- Studentwhat's the closest relitive to the prying mantis
- StudentScott, how do u tell male japenesse beetle from female jappenesse beetle?
- StudentOn the pictures, what does the weird symbol mean on the scale?
- Bugscope TeamJapanese beetles eat roses, grapes, lots of things...
- Studenthow do they communicate?
- Studentwhere are japanese found?
- 2:01 pm
- Studentwhat do japaneese live in
- Studentcool!
- Studentwhat's the diet of a prying mantis
Bugscope Teamthat depends on its size. It can range from small flies to small birds
- Studentin picture number 12, is the part of the mouth seen?
- StudentScott, Where all can the japanese beetle survive?
- Bugscope Teampraying mantises eat other insects
- Studentwhat is pic 1?
- Studentwhere are japanese beetles found
- StudentWhy are japanese beatles called japanese beatles. Did they migrate from japan?
- StudentWhere are praying mantis' commonly found?
- Studentwhere do mantids originate from?
- StudentWhat is the mantises greatest velosity
- Studentwhat is the japanese mating call?....if they have one
- Studentscott, do mantises use their antennas to see or do they use their eyes?
Bugscope Teamthey use their eyes mostly. their eyes will get them a very wide range of view (around 360 degrees) but their antenna help them smell things like where a mate might be
- StudentWhy do praying mantises have larger front legs than back legs?
- StudentScott, What r the type of mantids in the us?
- Studentwhat kind of enviroment does a japenese beetle and praying mantis live in?
- Studentcan prying mantises swim? if so how long can they swim for?
- StudentWhat is the diet of a Japanese beatle?
- StudentAnd also can the japanese beatle survive in water like some other beatles?
- Studenthow long do the beetles claws grow? whats the longest ever recorded??
Bugscope Teamthe biggest beetle claw probably belongs to the biggest beetle which is the goliath beetle
- Studentcate, Why do Japanese beetle emerge from pupating when blackberries ripen
- StudentHow many years does a japanese beetle live, do they have a long life span or a short one?
- StudentWhat are some cousins of a Japanese beatle?
- Bugscope Teamthere are about 20 species of mantid in the US
- Student☺☻♥
- Studenthow many years does a praying mantis live
Bugscope Teamin captivity it can live to around 14 months
- Bugscope Teammantises sometimes live in proximity to each other -- I remember seeing them together in Okinawa
- StudentIs the japanese beatle an omnivore or just a herbivore?
- Studentcan a mantis harm people?
- StudentCan a Japanese beatle change color?
- StudentScott, how do the jappenesse beetle dispose of waste
- Bugscope Team goliath beetles can get as big as 110mm
- Bugscope Teamthe Japanese beetle is mostly a herbivore, but like Cate says it may eat aphids
- StudentWhat type of organs do a praying mantis have?
- StudentHow many "things" can a praying mantis eat in one hour?
- Bugscope Teamthey just drop their waste where they are
- StudentOh ok thanks
- StudentJapanese beetles and praying mantis seemingly share no relationship to each other?
- StudentWhat species of the praying mantis are we looking at
Bugscope Teami believe it is a minor ground mantis
- StudentUUUMMMMMMMM
- Bugscope Teamsome people like to keep praying mantids as pets
- StudentHow do you find praying mantises scott?
- StudentWhat are the pictures above?
- 2:06 pm
- Studentare prying mantises harmful to eat?
- StudentCan the beetle get on the roof of places
- StudentSORRY THAT WAS AN ACCIDENT!
- StudentIs their any new species of a praying mantis to be found?
Bugscope Teamnew species of insects are always being discovered, mostly in the rainforests
- StudentWhat is the average size of a Japanese beetle?
- StudentCan you give a picture of the Goliath beetle or desribe it?
- Studentcate, what is the main living terrain for a japenease beetele/ how about a mantis?
Bugscope Teamboth like to live in places with vegetation. the japanese beetle likes to be there because it will eat it and the aphids that eat it, and the mantis because it will help hide them and the foods it preys on llive there
- StudentWhat is the typical odor of the praying mantis?
- Bugscope Teamone species of mantis in the US is the Carolina mantis: Stagmomantis carolina
- Studenthow long is the beetles life spand?
- Studentdoes it hurt if a beatle bites you??
- Bugscope Teamit is hard to tell from this what species it is
- StudentHow many species of praying mantis' are there anyway?
Bugscope Team2300 known species
- StudentWhat is the latest update on the population for japanese beetles?
- Bugscope Teambeetles can surprise you when they are able to bite
- Studenthow many things can a japanese beetle eat in a hour
- Bugscope Teamthere are maybe 20 species of mantis in the US
- StudentThats alot!!
- Studentdo mantises have a domunit male/female?
- StudentGenetically speaking, what is the closest relative of the praying mantis?
- StudentCould a Praying mantis grow to be the size of a nickle?
Bugscope Teamyes, the one you sent us was barely an inch big
- StudentDoes a praying mantis have different stages in its life like the beatle?
- StudentHow many species of Mantis live in the USA?
- StudentHello!
- Bugscope Teamyes a mantis could easily be the size of a nickel
- Studentwhat is the highest alditude that the beetle can go up to?
- Studentis that the goliath?
- StudentWhat is the most commonly known spicies of praying mantis
Bugscope Teami think it is either the chinese mantis or the european mantis
- Bugscope Teamabout 20 species in the US
- StudentWhy will no-one answer our questions?
- StudentThanks!
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head of the young mantis you sent
- Studentwhat is the longest praying mantis ever recorded
Bugscope Teama little over 6 inches big
- Bugscope TeamAustin there are two of us and we are getting a lot of questions
- Studentdo mantises fight for taritory?
- Studentdo yout know how mantisis communicate?
- Studentthanks
- StudentIn a battle between a mantis and a wasp, who would win more often?
- Studentwhere do the babies come out of?? on the japanese beetle and the mantis?!
- StudentWhy does the japanese beatle have a metallic green color?
- Studentthanks
- StudentHow long can a praying mantis hair be?
- Studenthow long is a praying mantis claw
- 2:11 pm
- StudentWhat does a praying mantis larve look like?
Bugscope Teamit looks like a mini praying mantis, around the size of a small ant
- StudentWhat is the longest size of a japanese beatle ever recorded?
- Bugscope TeamStaina it depends on the size of the praying mantis
- StudentCould a mantis resort to eating plants if it had to?
- StudentWhat is the picture above about
- StudentSCOTT, where can you find praying mantises,I WANT ONE!
- Studentdo japanese beetles fight for mates?
- Bugscope TeamA mantis is not likely to start eating plants. It eats things that feed on plants.
- StudentOK THANKS! ♥
- Studentdo u have a close-up flea? if so can u show us?
- StudentCate, how do famale mantids cakture the males after mating???
Bugscope Teamthey capture them during mating
- Bugscope Teamants can be omnivorous
- StudentThank you.
- StudentAre praying mantis aggresive to other bugs?
Bugscope Teamvery, but if the other bugs are bigger, they will try to blend into the environment
- Studentoh wow what type of bugs are small enough for their mouth scott?
- StudentHow does the praying mantis capture and eat its prey/food?
- StudentDo the mantis' show any emotion to anything harmful?
- Bugscope Teamlike a stick insect
- Studentscott, can a mantis get sick? if so does it have an immune sickness to help it fight it away?
- Studenthow can you tell a female japanese beetle from a male?! ♥
- StudentSpecifically how???
- Studentare mantisis agressave to other mantisis?
Bugscope Teamthey probably are, if they are hungry
- StudentUm...we're back
- StudentHow does the male praying mantis attract the female
Bugscope Teamprobably pheromones the female is releasing. then when the male finds her he leaps on her back
- Studenthow long do prying mantises usuoly live?
Bugscope Teambetween 10-12 months in the wild
- StudentWhat type of bug is in pic. number 10?
Bugscope Teamits some type of true bug, not all insects are bugs, but all bugs are insects. a true bug is a specific class of insects
- StudentPlease someone answer our questions, is anyone out there?
- Studentwe got kicked off
- Bugscope TeamAustin what is your question?
- Bugscope TeamAustin?
- StudentIs a japanese beatle have to colored metallic green?
- StudentHow would a Japanese beetle defend itself? Simple biting?
- Bugscope Teamthey are often several colors, including a metallic green portion
- Studenthow does a japanese beetle get away from danger?
- StudentHow do you find a praying mantis, iwant one
- StudentThanks
- StudentMAYBE IF WE CAPITALIZE SOMEONE WILL ANSWER OUR QUESTIONS!
- Bugscope Teamthey lift their back legs in an effort to ward off predators
- Bugscope Teamthey have spiny back legs
- StudentCan praying mantises eat a bee?
Bugscope Teamprobably not a good idea since the bee could sting them
- 2:17 pm
- StudentGOOD IDEA
- Studentwhat hapens whin prying mantises cross breed/
- Bugscope Teamthey can eat bees
- Studentwhat are the objects coming out of the fruit fly eye?
- Bugscope Teamsome will be able to successfully crossbreed and some will not
- Bugscope Teamsome will have nonfertile offspring
- StudentHow come when we've seen the beetle's, they never seem to be harmful or have claw's?
Bugscope Teamthey do, their claws are just too small to see
- Bugscope Teamthis is the eye of a fruit fly
- StudentWhy do we want to kill Japanese beerles
- Studenthow much wheght can aprying mantises hold up?
- Studentyea
- Bugscope Teammany beetles are relatively tame
- StudentDo praying mantis' have enemies that would be harmful to us too?
Bugscope Teamwow good question. Praying mantids were brought over to the US as a pest control in the first place
- StudentThank you, do they like wet or dry places, scott?
- StudentWhats the oldest japanese beatle in captivity?
- Studentwhat are the spike hairs on the eye of the fruitfly
- Studentto TeaganTai
- Bugscope TeamAustin I think they generally like dry places. That is where I have seen them.
- StudentWhy do we want to kill japanese beetles
- Studentin picture 1 how is that an eye?
Bugscope Teamthe compound eye is made up of tons of little facets that each bring back a part of the image to the brain. the spikes are setae (insect hairs) and they tell the fruit fly the movement of wind
- StudentWould you ever find a japanese beatle in your house?
- Bugscope TeamJapanese beetles have the ability to devastate crops of grapes, flowers, ... Here is a list:
- StudentPraying mantises prey on smaller insects-would the Japanese beetle be included in the list of mantis prey?
- Studentdo the japanese beatels fight or eat eachother?
- Bugscope TeamStrawberries, tomatoes, peppers, grapes, roses, plums, pears, peaches, raspberries, blackberries, corn, peas
- Studentare japanese bettles endangered?
- Bugscope Teamthat list is from Wikipedia
- StudentScott,Where is the poison stored in the mantis?
- StudentWhat pest were they trying to control?
- StudentHow many times have you seen a praying mantis?
- Studentwhat pest were the trying to control when they brought the praying mantis into the us
Bugscope Teammoths flies and the big one-- mosquitos
- StudentThe last time i heard japanese beatles infest over 250 plants. Earlier Cate said they help famers. Whats helping them?
- Studentcan prying mantises cross breed?
- StudentWhat do you think is the most interesting about the Praying mantis, Scott?
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- Studentare praying mantises endangerd?
- Studentum arer japanese beatels really pests or do they help flowers
- StudentCate, will our fruit supply sink to a dangerous level b y 2010 if these beetles continue to reproduce
Bugscope Teamthat is something that is unknown right now. :(
- Studentwhat do you find interesting about the japanese beetle
- Studentwere praying mantids brought into the us?
Bugscope Teamyes as a form of pest control
- StudentIn picture 12, do they have fangs because if so, you can't tell.
Bugscope Teamthey have a hinged jaw (like a gate)
- Studentdo the beatels fight or eat each other
- Bugscope Teamyes when you look at a compound eye it has many small features called ommatidia, and they are similar in various insects
- StudentIs there any type of praying mantis that is endangered?
Bugscope Teamthere is one Spanish species, Apteromantis aptera, is listed as Lower Risk/Near Threatened
- Studentwhen did they bring the mantises into the us
- StudentWould you find a praying mantis ina cold place such as Wyoming?
- Studentdo the beatels fight or eat each other?
- StudentIn your opinion scott, which insect do you think has a larger population
- Studentwhat are mantises favorite prey?
- Studentdo the beatels fight or eat each other
- Studenthow cold can a prying mantis get befor frezing to deth
Bugscope Teamsome insects go into a hibernate mode when you freeze them. they will seem dead but will come back to life
- Bugscope TeamNorth American mantises are not included among threatened or endangered species, though species in other parts of the world are under threat from habitat destruction.
- StudentIf japanese beetles don't lay that many eggs, why are there somany of them
- StudentWait, hold on. I thought praying matises were here when we came to the us
- Studentdo japanese beetles see in black and white?
- Studentin picture 8, what part of it is the fangs?
- StudentDo all Insects have hair?
Bugscope Teamyes, they need it to know whats going on through their exoskeleton
- StudentThank you, we have to go now.
- StudentThanks people of bugscope
- StudentCate, do bettles need to be removed from america before we suffer from another depression???
- Studentcate scott and scope thank u for answering my questions i juast have 1 more
- StudentThank you! This was so fun!
- Studentwe have to go, thank you, bye
- Studentthank's for the information.
- Studentdo the beateles eat each other
- Bugscope Teamwe have found that most insects do have something like hair, called 'setae.'
- Studentthanks alot and u guys helped me understand more about bugs!!!!!
- StudentThanks Cate and Scott
- Studentthank you for all the help
- Studentscott, do they have multiple vision like a bee or do they see single like people?
- StudentThanks a lot
- Bugscope Teamthank you for all your great questions. we tried to answer them all
- StudentWhat is an exosceleton?
Bugscope Teaminsects dont have skin, it is their" bones" but on the outside and is made of chitin, which is the same stuff our fingernails are made of
- Bugscope Teammost beetles do not eat each other
- Studentbye
- Studenti never really had a feel for bugs until today so thank you alot for everything and teaching us more about them?
- Bugscope Teampraying mantises are said to have excellent vision
- Studentbye bye!!!!!!!!!!!!! thank u all!!!!!!!
- TeacherOur time is nearly up for this group. Thanks for everything!! Our next group will be here in 5 minutes.
- Bugscope Teamthe compound eyes are able to process motion more quickly for example, than our eyes can
- StudentTHANK YOU SO MUCH THIS WAS COOL AND I WISH I COULD STAY LONGER BUT GOTTA GO NOW
- Bugscope TeamThank You. Bye Austin!
- 2:27 pm
- Bugscope Teambye austin!
- StudentThank you for touching me about bugs. I am less afraid now!
- Bugscope Teamwell it's nice when they are already dead
- Teacherwow! I don't know how you stay focused enough to answer these questions. Do you need us to have the kids in the next group do anything different?
- Bugscope Teamno you are doing great
- Bugscope Teambe sure the kids know that these are not just images -- they, or you, are controlling an electron microscope from the classroom
- TeacherI seemed to be a bad driver - any hints on moving through the images
- Bugscope Teami dont know how you can be a teacher as a job--so many questions you must get all the time :)
- Bugscope Teami clicked on a preset
- Bugscope Teamsometimes they move a little
- Teacherwe usually allow one question at a time, with this chatting they get outta control!!
- Bugscope TeamI would go more deliberately, perhaps. Select a preset and then change the mag so you can see where it is situated compared to the whole critter.
- Bugscope Teamyeah we usually have one or two more people helping on our end
- TeacherOk I was trying those, but I think it takes a while for the image to settle
- Bugscope Teambut we want the kids to have a positive experience, of course
- Bugscope Teamwe had been having internet problems on our end, for a change
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- Bugscope Teamsome of our presets move a little after we set them
- Teacherthey LOVED it in the last group - we had to kick them out :-)
- Bugscope Teamok 2 of them have been redone
- Bugscope Teamand when you land there it is hard to see what we were trying to show you
- Bugscope TeamCate is a wizard at this.
- TeacherI can tell!!! Actually you are both wizards.
- Bugscope Teamok everything else seems ok to go
- Teacheri'm going to play with the driving while the kids are getting settled.
- Bugscope Teamwe are often better at explaining the images than coming up with answers about particular species
- Bugscope Teamcool!
- Teacherwe'll address that issue scott.
- 2:37 pm
- Bugscope Teamif annie were on she would be able to answer the bug questions better I'm sure
- Bugscope Teamshe is our entomologist
- Bugscope Teamwe really enjoy this. sometimes it is hard to keep up with the kids, of course
- Teacherthe kids were very excited last period and have been researching these bugs, hence the million questions
- Bugscope Teamwe could tell
- Bugscope Teamwe should have done more research as well
- Teacherno - you guys were GREAT!
- Bugscope Teamit is difficult because you cannot always believe what you find on Wikipedia, for example
- Bugscope Teamand my giant insect evolution book is helpful but hard to search quickly
- Teacheryou're talking to the librarian - I understand about the wikipedia!!
- Bugscope Teamif I use Wikipedia I want to mention that it was my source
- 2:42 pm
- Teacher:-) you're a good man scott!
- Bugscope Teamnot so sure today but thank you
- Teacherok - get ready here they come!!
- Bugscope Teamyay!
- Bugscope TeamWelcome to Bugscope!
- StudentHow does a mantis hunt?
- Bugscope TeamBTW all your images and chat can be found on your session page
- StudentWhat was the actual color of our beetle?
Bugscope Teamwe just call it iridescent, but the body seemed to be green and the legs were purple
- 2:47 pm
- Bugscope Teamthe mantis is usually cryptic, meaning it holds still and then strikes at its prey when it gets too close
- Studenthi
- Bugscope Teamhi!
- Bugscope Teamwelcome to bugscope!
- Bugscope Teammantids can blend very well into its environment
- Studentdo they see in 1d, 2d, or 3d-praying mantis
- Studentwhat are we looking at?
- StudentMy teacher said that you said that this isnt a japanese beetle. What is it???
Bugscope Teamaccording to my field guide book, it seems to be a tiger beetle. But am not an expert on beetles
- Bugscope Teamsome mantids are leaf mimics, and some are just colored to hide themselves
- StudentWhat type of praying mantis did we mail to you?
- StudentHow does the male praying mantis still mate with it's head and brain eaten off?
- Studentwhat is that????
- Studentwhy would the females eat the males??
Bugscope Teamthey get hungry
- Studentwhat is this?
- Bugscope Teamit was one of 20 species found in the US
- Studentcan our beetle live without its head?
- Studentthanks, what are those leaf like objects on the current picture?
Bugscope Teamthose are scales and the beam is moving them a little
- Bugscope Teamwe cannot tell just which species
- Bugscope Teaminsects can sometimes seem to live without their heads for awhile
- Studentare those fries?
- Bugscope Teamlike roaches
- StudentHow do they seem to be alike??
- StudentHow strong is a praying mantis's immune system from 1 to 10?
- Studentwhat time of year do they mate??
- Bugscope Teamtheir bodies may keep doing what they were sort of programmed to do before they lost their heads
- Studentscales from what?
- Studentwhat is this picyure?
- Studenthow were japanese beetles acidentily introduced?
- Bugscope TeamI am not sure if anyone would be able to tell us about the relative strength of the immune system
- Studenthow do the beetles see things??
- Studentis it normal to find tiger beetles in San Antonio?
Bugscope Teamit would be normal to find some there
- Bugscope Teamsometimes insects hitch a ride in cargo like in ships
- StudentWhat are those thing and where are they located?
- StudentWhy do they have bulging eyes?
- StudentWhy do the beetles have bulging eyes?
- Studentwhat is there lifespan for the tiger beelte
- Bugscope TeamJapanese beetles are thought to have arrived in a shipment of Iris -- the flowers -- before 1912
- StudentAre there different types of praying matids, and there are what is the rarest?
Bugscope Teamthere are 2300 known species and only one Spanish species is listed as Lower Risk/Near Threatened
- StudentDo tiger beetles see in color?
- Bugscope Teamthey would have arrived as larvae, not grown beetles
- Studentwhat are tiger beetles preadotors?
- 2:52 pm
- Studentare the males different in size compared to the females?
- StudentWhat do they typically eat, bugs or plants?
- Studentis this a tiger beetle?
- StudentHow did they get here???
- Studentcool i never knew that!!
- Bugscope Teamthere are something like 2300 species of mantids
- Studenthow many muscles do the beetles have in their body???
- Studentwhat is that
- StudentWhat is the biggest prey Tiger beetles can consume?
- Studentwhat is this?
- StudentIs that a mantis claw?
- Bugscope Teamthis is a beetle claw
- Studenthow many eggs does the tiger beetle lay at once?
- Studentare those claws?
Bugscope Teamyes they are, they are very big too
- StudentWhat is the oldest species of both found???
- Studentwhat color is a tiger beetle?
- Studentwhat's the average size of a baby tiger beetle?
- Studenthow can you identify the males from females??
- Bugscope Teamyou can tell from the claw that this beetle does not have the ability to walk on walls or glass
- Studentare those hairs??
Bugscope Teamyou will find out that insects have a lot of hairs! they need these hairs to help them know whats going on around them
- Studentanswer my question
- Bugscope Teamsometimes you cannot distinguish females and males
- Studentwhat is the picture above/
- StudentHow does the tiger bettle eat?
Bugscope Teamthey grab prey with their claws and use their big powerful jaws to crunch down
- Bugscope Teamwithout cutting them open
- StudentWhat gives them their color/pigment?
- Bugscope Teamfamily*
- Bugscope Teamthe image above is from the electron microscope you are controlling from your classroom
- Bugscope Teamthe color comes from the food they eat
- Studentis that crack an injury?
- StudentWhy is the beetle a metalic color?
- Studentcan tiger beetles lay more than one litter
- Studenthow long does it take a beetle to grow into adulthood??????
- Studentwhat is the size of a baby tiger betle?
- Studentwhat color/dimension do they see in?
- Bugscope Team and sometimes the color comes from the very fine features, which reflect light a certain way to produce what are called structural colors
- Studenthow do Mantis lay eggs, and where?
- Studentwhere do the tiger beetles live?
- Studentwhat is the purpose for the small hairs on the tiger beetle's body?
- Studentbeetle*
- StudentWhat are the stringy looking things?
- Bugscope Teaminsects can sometimes see colors we cannot see, as well as the normal range we see
- StudentHow do the beetles see??? Color, Black and white??? @d or 3d???
- Bugscope Teamsome insects can see ultraviolet light, for example, and we cannot
- Studentis that the head?
- Studentthanks!
- Studentwhat are their cells made up of?????
- Bugscope Teamit is likely the ones we are looking at see color well and also see in 3d
- StudentWhat color/dimension do they see in?
- Studenthow many injuries can a tiger beetle withstand?
- 2:57 pm
- StudentAre we looking at the bottom of the insect?
- Studentcan you zoom in on the face
- StudentWhat adaptions do they have?
- StudentHow big are there wings?
- StudentAbout how big is the beetle compared in size to other beetles???
Bugscope Teamwell the biggest beetle is the goliath beetle and that can get as big as 110mm! but there are also some very small beetles that are hard to pick up with tools. this one is bigger than most we use for bugscope though
- Studenthow many babies hatch at a time?
- StudentDo the beetles have any bones?
- Bugscope Teamthis is the beetle palp, it tastes food and helps move it around
- Studentwhat is a palp?
- Bugscope Teamit depends on what cells but they would be carbon hydrogen oxygen, nitrogen...
- Studentwhat is the current picture focused on?
- StudentWhat are the dots?
- Studentwhere does the tiger beetle get its color from???
- StudentCool!!!
- StudentWhat are the bumps?
- Bugscope Teamthe 'bones' are on the outside
- Studentwhat do tiger beetles use their antennae for?
- Studentwhats in the hole?
- Studentwhat is the smalest size bettle ever recorded?
Bugscope Team.676 - .804 mm called Bacanius punctiformis
- Bugscope Teamthe wings are attached to the thorax
- StudentHow do tiger beetles dig to lay their eggs?
- Studentwhat exactly is an exoskelaton?
- Studentdo they have egg cases?
- Studenthow does the palp help it move around?
- Bugscope Teamin the hole are probably sensory pits that help the beetle smell chemicals in the air
- Studentis that the same part of the body?
- StudentWhat is the biggest recorded beetle?
- StudentAre they supposed to lay their eggs in their birth place?\
- StudentWhy do the prey mantis have such long antenas and how do they use them?
- Studentwhat time of year do they mate????
- StudentWhat is the usual lifespan of the a Tiger beetle?
- StudentWhat time of the year do they mate?
- StudentDo you know what the beetles defences are???
- Studentwhat are we looking at now?
- Studentwhat is the usual prey of a tiger beetle?
- Studenthow many are born at once?
- Studentwhat color/demensions do the praying mantis see in?
- StudentWhy do insects have so many hairs?
Bugscope Teaminsects have a hard shell around them and they cant feel things through it without those hairs. pretend you have a suit of armor on, you can feel anything through the armor. they have hairs sticking through their armor and they are connected to nerves beneath
- StudentAre the tiger beetles poisonous?
- StudentWho is their predator?
- StudentWhat does the beetle eat??
- Studentwhat is the death-rate for the eggs laid by the tiger beetle???
- Studentin what demension does the beetle see in?
- Bugscope TeamI think the praying mantis can see the colors we see, not sure about UV because it does not need, generally, to see UV to eat other insects
- Studentdo they live by water or underground?
- StudentAre those the teeth?
- Studentdo they walk,swim, or fly
- Teachersorry guys Mrs. podmore was driving the microscope and i apparently crashed!
- Studentare those teeth?
- Studentwhat is the average ammount of eggs a tiger beetle lays?
- Bugscope Teamthey will see in 3d if that is what you mean
- Studentwhat is the praying mantids form of attack?
- Studentis that picture focusing on the claw?
- StudentWhy do those look like teeth?
- StudentThat pic. is cool what is it??
Bugscope Teamthis is the arm of the praying mantis
- Studentok
- Bugscope Teamthe hairs do different things like taste, smell, feel vibrations, sense wind movement
- Studentwhere can the tiger beetle be found????
- 3:03 pm
- Studentand what are the hairs?
Bugscope Teamthe hairs probably help feel
- Bugscope Teamit grips its food with these
- Bugscope Teamthe praying mantis waits quietly until it can strike at an insect and catch it in the spines we see now
- Studentwhat is that ball?
Bugscope Teamim not sure. a lot of the time we will also see juju on them, which is basically some sort of debris like dust or dirt
- Studentwhy dont praying matis fly alot if they have wings
- StudentAre those teeth in the picture?
- StudentWhy is it called a tiger beetle?
- StudentCool stuff guys
- Studenthow can a praying mantis eat things as big as a bird?
- Studenthow do they hunt?
- Studentare they herbivores?
Bugscope Teampraying mantids are carnivores
- Bugscope Teamthose are not teeth but spines that allow the mantis to grip its food
- Bugscope Teamthey cannot really hurt humans
Bugscope Teamthey can't unless there were a 6 foot praying mantis around! but the biggest one is around 6 inches so thats good
- StudentHow do they use this to catch their pray??
- Student?
- StudentWhat species of mantis are we looking at?
- StudentWhat do Prey mantis eat?
- StudentHow large of a meal can the praying mantis digest?
- Studentare the points sharp?
- StudentWhat meat do they eat?
- Studentdo they have a special poison or something that helps them eat such big things?
Bugscope Teamthey arent poisonous, but they are fast and they can easily hide
- Studentis there more females or males?
- Studentare those joints?
- Studentwhat is the praying mantids form of attack?
- Bugscope Teamthat was probably a Stagnomantis species
- Studenthow do they see things???
- StudentWhy do the praying mantis have such short life spans if they are so powerful?
Bugscope Teamthey have a decently big one for an insect. in captivity they can live to around 14 months! most others live around5 months to a year
- Bugscope Teamthey are cryptic and strike at things with those nasty arms
- StudentWhy are mantids so aggressive???
- StudentWhy do mantids have hairs on their eyes?
- Studentwhat type of tisues are the anteni mede from? is it cartelage?
- Studentwhat are the holes?
- StudentWhat is that stick-like thing poking through its abdomen?
- Studentwhat defenses do they have?
- Studentsre those legs?
- Studentwhat is the average size of a nymph praying mantis?
Bugscope Teama nymph looks like a small praying mantis and they are about the size of a small ant
- Bugscope Teamthe hairs (setae) are sensory
- StudentIs that a arm or a leg ?
- Studentwhat are the stringy things?
- Studentcan the preying matis regrow any part of there body
- Studenthow long does it take for a praying mantis to digest something as big as a bird?
- StudentWhy do they attack with their legs?
Bugscope Team2 of their legs are used to hold on to things while it bites
- StudentHow big is the average mantid brain?
- Studentare we looking at tha face?
- StudentWhy do they need two sets of wings
- Studentdoes it eat large animals (birds, etc.) whole???
- Bugscope Teamthis is the edge of the head
- Studentwhy do they look like they are praying?
- Studentwhat is the big thing on the screen?
- Bugscope Teamthey have to chew things up to eat them
- Studentwhat is this current image?
- Studentwhat size is the biggest known praying mantis?
- Bugscope Teamthat is the head of the mantis
- Studentare they omnivores?
- Studentok thanx
- StudentWhy does it look like they have scales?
- StudentWhat are we viewing right now?
- StudentWhat is the stick-like thing sticking out of the end of its abdomen?
- StudentWhat are the praying mantis's wings made of?
Bugscope Teamchitin, the same stuff as our fingernails
- Studenthow can their legs be so powerful if they are so small?
- Studentwhat are the bumps
- 3:08 pm
- Bugscope Teamand the adult males have wings --- they are impressive when they fly
- Studentwhat type of prey mantis did we send to bug scope?
Bugscope Teamaccording to a field guide, it seems to be a minor ground mantis
- Studentwhat the eyes made of?
- Studentare they very smart or not?
- StudentWhat type of tissue is a mantid's leg made out of?
Bugscope Teamit is a exoskeleton, it is also made out of chitin
- StudentWhat is that??
- Bugscope Teamthey have powerful muscles and are lightweight but also have armor, in a way
- Studentwhat are the anteni made of? is it cartelage?
- StudentWhy are praying mantis' have two big eyes and three small eyes?
- Studenti thought our fingernails were made of dead calcium
- Bugscope Teamthe exoskeleton is made of chitin
- Studentwhat is the biggest animal that a praying mantis eat?
Bugscope Teampraying mantids of the larger variety can eat small birds, frogs, lizards, and some rodents
- Studenthow long is the mating season
- Studentwhat type of praying mantis' are most common?
Bugscope Teami think that would either be the chinese mantis or the european mantis
- Studentwhat are the cells made of????
- Student"?
- StudentWhat is that?
- Studentwhat are it's usual predators?
- Studentwhat is that?
Bugscope Teamthis is part of the body of the mantis. you can see 2 of its legs that it uses to grasp its preu
- Studenthow big is thier brain/
- Studenthow do the praying mantis protect themself from predators
- StudentAbout what time do the baby praying mantis leave the family(nimhs)?
- StudentWhat is this picture oF?
- Studenthow do they catch such big animals?
Bugscope Teamthey are very fast, they have good eyesight, and they can do surprise attacks because they blend into their environment well
- StudentWhat type of chemicals fight off diseases in the prey mantis?
- Bugscope Teamprey*
- Studenthow long is the praying mantis mating season?
- Studentwhat are their life stages
- Studentoh ok thank tou
- Studentwhen were they first discovered?
- StudentWhy does it use those legs?
- Studentdoes the praying mantis fly since it has wings?
Bugscope Teamthat depends on the species. in some, both the male and female can fly, in others only the male can fly so it can get away easier from the female i imagine
- Studentis that the abdomen?
- Studenthow many life stages do they go through?
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentwhat do they use to catch it?
- StudentHow fast is the average mantid?
- Studentwhat is the pointy thing??
- Studentwhat got you to start entomology?
- Bugscope Teampraying mantises are found all over the world in temperate and warm climates
- Studentwhat is that????
- Studentwaht are we currently viewing?
- Studentis that the head?
- Studentwhy do the preying mantis stay on the ground instead of flying?
Bugscope Teamsome do fly, and for instance, they can sense when a bat is coming when they are flying, so they land and hide
- Studentwhat is that
- Bugscope Teamthey are also in the fossil record, so they have been around for more than a few million years
- StudentAre those balls the 2 compound eyes?
- Studentdoes the prey mantis see in color
- Studentwhat kind of bug is that?
- StudentWhy do some animals have wings with feayhers(bird) and praying mantis has clear wings?
- Bugscope TeamFrench Fries sometimes PMs do fly.
- Studentis that its neck?
- Studentin picture number 3 how many spikes do they have?
- Studentare those two big circles the compound eyes?
- Studentwhat do they use to catch such big animals/
- Studentwhat is the long thing?
- Studentwhy are praying mantids so agressive?
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- Studentwhat is that tube thing?
- Bugscope Teamthe tube is like a straw (think of an elephants trunk)
- StudentWhat else are mantids prey to?
- StudentHow good is the pm's eye site
- Bugscope Teamthe long thing is the proboscis, which has two stylets inside it
- StudentHow far can the praying mantis fly in a single flight
- Studenthow long are there wings?
- StudentHow far can the prey mantis fly
- Studenthow often do mantis' eat?
- Studentwhat is a compound eye
- Bugscope Teama compound eye has many facets that are called ommatidia
- Studentwhat is that
- Bugscope Teamthe ommatidia are individual lenses
- Studentif a mantis male can survive without it's brain, how long?
- Studenthow many eyes does this animal have/
Bugscope Team2 that i could see
- StudentWhat are we currently viewing
- Studentwhat are the bumps for?
- Studentwhqat are the atannaes used for
Bugscope Teamthey are used to send "messages" to other insects. it is a wayto communicate (like for ants). they use pheromones and send different signals
- Studentwhat time of year do they mate????
- Studenthow many bugs do you usually have at a time?
- Studentwhat is that tube-like thing?
- StudentHow often do they eat?
- Studentwhat makes them green?
- Bugscope Teaman advantage of having compound eyes is the ability to process motion or movement very quickly
- Studentwhart are omatidia?
- Studentis that a joint?
- Studenthow many claws do they have?
- StudentHow long does it take for a mantid egg to become a full-grown mantid?
Bugscope TeamOne generation develops each season. In the autumn, females lay eggs in a large mass or cluster (an inch or so long), in a frothy, gummy substance glued to tree twigs, plant stems and other objects. Overwintering occurs in the egg stage in this case. Tiny nymphs emerge from the egg mass in the spring or early summer.
- Bugscope Teamthe green probably comes from pteridine pigments
- StudentThey have a lot of hairs?
- StudentWhat is that
- Studentwhat is this?
- Studentwhat are the sticks on the screen?
- Studenthow long can they survive without fluid?
- Studentwhat are the holes?
- StudentWhat are the round looking things????
- Studentwhat part of the body is that
- Studentare they agressive?
- Studentwhat are the sticks with hair on the screen???
Bugscope Teamthose are hairs
- Studentwhat are ommatidia?
- Bugscope Teamif you take the mag down sometimes you can see better where you are
- Studentare they hairs?
- Studentthis looks like a whales mouth? what is it?
- Studentwhat are those circles?
- Studentwhat are those holes and what are they used for?
- Studenthow do the males mate with thier head and brains gone?
- Bugscope Teamthe sticks are tiny setae -- microsetae
- Studentwhat is that tube
Bugscope Teamthat was a proboscis, it drinks pollen through it
- Studentwhy do prey mantis eat huming birds/
- Studentwhy do they look so pointy???
- StudentIs that an ant?
Bugscope Teamyes, this is its mouth
- Bugscope Teamthe males have an automatic function that their muscles will perform without their heads being involved or necessary
- Studentwhat is that hole????
- Bugscope Teamthis is an ant
- Studentwhat is that/
- Studentare those teeth
Bugscope Teamit has a hinged jaw, but no teeth
- Studentdo ants have teeth
- Studentis that the mouth?
- Studentare those pinchers on their face?
- StudentWhat are the things comins out of the ants mouth????
- StudentHow Do these ants bite
- Bugscope Teamnow we see its mouthparts
- StudentIs that its tongue?
- Studentwhat kind of ant is that???
- Studentwhy does it have the hairs
Bugscope Teamto taste or feel
- Studentwhy do they have hairy tounges?
- Studentis ther4e a poi8son sac?
- Studentit looks like a walrus
- Studentwhat are th hairs used for?
- Studentis that their pincers
Bugscope Teamthey are jaws
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- Bugscope Teamthe hairs are sensory -- like cat whiskers
- Studentare those like antanes
- Studentwhy does it hurt when fire ants bite???\
Bugscope Teamthey inject formic acid when they sting you with a stinger
- Studentare those fangs
- Studentwhat are those hairy things?
- Bugscope Teamfire ants I think use formic acid, which burns your skind
- Studenthow good is there eye sight?
Bugscope Teamnot very good, some ants dont even have eyes, because they live undergorund
- Studentwhat do ants eat
- Studentwhat are the hairs for???
Bugscope Teamto taste or feel or smell
- Bugscope Teamsome ants shoot formic acid from their abdomens
- Studentdo those pinchers on its face help it catch food?
Bugscope Teamit uses claws to grab the food and the jaws to eat
- Studentwhat kind of ant is it????
- Studentwhy are there so many hairs?
- Studentdo they have poisen
- Studentwhat is in this bugs mouth?????
- Studenthow far can they see????_?
- Bugscope Teamyes and they help the ant carry things
- Studentcool, how many species of ants are there in the world?
- Studenthow many baby ants can the queen lay in her life time
- Studentdoes it have a tounge?
Bugscope Teamyes it has something similar to a tongue, but it is folded up in its mouth
- Studentwhere is te stinger
- Bugscope Teamone of the poisons is formic acid
- StudentDo they die after they sting like bees???????????????
Bugscope Teamno they can sting multiple times
- Studenthow many jaws does it have?
- Studentwhat is in an ants stinger?
- StudentAre the eyes on the side compound?
Bugscope Teamyes
- Studentdo they have teeth
Bugscope Teamno
- StudentOh that stinks
- Bugscope Teamonly honey bees die after they sting you, bees like bumble bees can sting you multiple times!
- Studentcan ants swim
Bugscope Teamwater to ants is probably very thick, some might be able to walk on it, but i'm not sure about that, I think it would be too thick to swim
- Studentdoes the ants eye see in many different ways like a fly?
- StudentWhat is that spiky ball?
- Studentare thoses eggs?
- Studentwhat are those spiky balls?
- StudentWhat is the spikey looking ball???
- Studentwhat is the spiky ball/
- Studentis this bug a bee?
- Studentwhat is that spuikey thing?
- Studentwhat part iof the body is that
- Bugscope Teamthose are eye facets--ommatidia
- Studentwhat is the biggest ant in the world?
- Studentwhat kind of pollen is that?
- Studentwhat are all those balls
Bugscope Teampollen grains
- Studentcould we be looking at the eye?
- Studentwhat is the spikey ball
- StudentHow are the sections of there bodys divided
Bugscope Teampollen
- StudentIs that a wasp?
Bugscope Teamno there are no wasps or bees today
- Studentwhy are ants hairy\
- Bugscope Teamthe biggest ant would likely be a queen of a larger species
- Studentwhat is that????
Bugscope Teamthe big round bumpy part is the compound eye
- Studenthow many eyes does a bee have?
Bugscope Teamit has 2 compound eyes and 3 simple eyes called ocelli
- Studentwhat is this bug???????
- Studentwhat are the bumpy things for?
- Bugscope Teamthey have two compound eyes and three simple eyes called oceelli
- StudentWhy are their eyes scaly?
Bugscope Teamthey have many facets that make up the eye, each of the facets collects a part of the image and sends it back to the brain
- Studenthow many pounds can the ant carry on their back
- StudentIs that still an ant?
- Studentoh ok i didnt know that
- Studentwhy are there cracks
- Studentwhy does it look like it has cracked skin
- Studentwhat are the cells made up of in the eyes???
- Studentwhat are those bulgy thing on the eye
Bugscope Teamthose are the individual facets of the compound eye
- Studentthank you
- Studenthow many ants live in one colony
- Studentwhat is that?
- Bugscope Teamthey cannot carry pounds but may be able to carry as much as 400 times their own weight
- Studentwhat is that????
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- Studentare thoes antenas
- Studentare those hair folicules?
- Studentwhat is that???
- Bugscope Teamthis is spider 'hair'
- Studentwhat does that mean
- Studentwhat kind of spider is that?
- StudentDo they have reflexes when they die?
- StudentIs that the inside of a bug and what type is it?
- StudentIs that the abdomen???
Bugscope Teamthis is part of a leg, those hairs allow the spider to walk on walls
- StudentWhy is it so thick?
- Studentwhy are the sticks hairy?
- Studentwhat are all thoses things that look like seed?_?
- Bugscope Teamthe individual facets each collect a part of an image and they are sent to the brain
- Studentdoes it have more hair then the average human
- Studentwhat are those round coin looking things ?
- StudentWhat is the avereage lifespan of a spider???
- Bugscope Teamthat was the tip of a spider's arm
- Studenthow does a spider kill it's prey /
- Studentwhen do ants bites
- StudentWhat bug is this one?
- Bugscope Teamsee the claw, to the left?
- Studentdo they have any natural enemies?
- Studentwhat is that????
- Studentwhat are the hairs connected to
- Bugscope Teamoops gone now
- Studentdo all spiders have some kind of poiso ?
- StudentWhat is this?
- Bugscope Teamthe hairs are connected to nerves inside of the body, and to the brian via the nerves
- Studentpoison*(
- Studenthow many eggs can the spider lay
- Studenthow far can a jumping spider jump?
Bugscope Teamabout 20 to 80 times its body length
- StudentIs that pointy thing it's stinger
- Studentdo they have venom
Bugscope Teamyes there are poison pores in its jaws, they look like indentations
- Studentwhat are toses
- StudentWhy is the camera black and white?
- Studentare jumping spiders poisones?
- Studentare their nerves like ours
- Studentwhen do they feel like they have to sting????
- StudentWhen a spider bites you, why does it leave a bump?
- Studenti mean what are those
- Studentwhy are the hairs connected to the nerves inside the body?
- StudentDO ALL SPIDERS HAVE SOME KIND OF POISON??
- Studenthow high can they jump?
- Studentdo ants have stingers
Bugscope Teamsome do
- Studentcan they thread water
- Studentcan the poison harm us????
Bugscope Teamthat depends on the spider, you already know about brown recluse spiders and black widows im sure
- Studentis that a claw?
- StudentWhy does some spiders have venom that can kill humans?
- Bugscope Teamspiders have venom -- they eat by injecting venom into their prey, dissolving the insides of the prey, and sucking the insides up like a milkshake
- Bugscope Teamthose are poison pores
- Studentcan some spider NOT spin webs
Bugscope Teamyes, tarantulas dont really spin webs, they attack out in the open
- Studentwhat is spider puss
- Studentis that its mouth???
- Bugscope Teamsome spiders do not spin web but I think all spiders can produce silk
- Studentwhat are those hairs
- Studentwhat are we looking at???
- Bugscope Teamthe silk being the web material
- Studenthow many spiders have venom?
- StudentHow do insects taste with their hairs??
- Studentis this a picture of teeth?
Bugscope Teamthose are spider fangs with poison pores
- Bugscope Teamthis is the business end of the spider
- Studentwhat are the sharp things
- Studentare the spiders nerves like ours or different?
- StudentWhat are those pointy like things
Bugscope Teamthe 2 pointy things, im not sure
- Studenthow lonng is it?
- Studentwhat are the horn looking things?
- Studentwhy are the sharp things crossing each other?
Bugscope Teamfangs
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- StudentWhat are poison pores/
Bugscope Teamthey were holes one in each of the fangs
- Bugscope Teamthe hairs that the spiders taste with have chemoreceptors in them that can distinguish certain or several chemicals
- Student*?
- Studentwhere does the poison/venom come from?
- StudentAre those eyes?
- StudentWhat type of poison do spiders carry?
Bugscope Teami think that depends on the species, they always say if you got bit by a spider, to try to bring whatever it was iin with you if it is an emergency
- Studentwhat is that?
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head of a small praying mantis
- StudentDoes a Praying Mantis have a nose?
- Studentdo tarantulas comflog in the wild
- Studentwat is thet?
- Studentwhy does it look e a bean?
- Studentoh that makes sense
- Studenthas there ever been an ant att ack somewhere?
- Bugscope Teamthe spider venom often has the ability to dissolve tissue
- Studentwhat are we looking at?
- Studentthank you for everything
- Studentthank you!!!! :D
- Studentwhat type of mantis is this?
Bugscope Teami think it is a minor ground mantis, they get to be around an inch big
- StudentTHANK YOU SO MUCH!
- Studentthis was awesome
- StudentYOU ARE AWESOME!!!! THANK YOU!!!
- StudentTHANK YOU! Jon, Cate, and Scott
- StudentTHANK YOU!
- Studentthank you so much for your time!!!!!!
- StudentTHANK YOU!
- StudentTHANK YOU!
- StudentTHANK YOU!
- Bugscope Teammany insects have defenses -- chemical defenses -- against ants
- StudentTHANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH YALL' ARE AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
- StudentThank you VERY much!! :)
- Bugscope Teamthank you for all your questions, im sorry if we left some unanswered
- StudentThank you
- StudentThank you so much for the information you've given us!! from, KelAriKat :-}
- Bugscope TeamThank You!
- StudentTHAk you!
- Studentthank you for you for time?
- Studentthank you
- StudentYOU GUYS ROCK!
- Student:) :) :) :) :)
- StudentTHANK YOU
- StudentI loved this
- Studentthanks for all the infromation Bye!!!!
- StudentThanks!
- Studentthank you!!!!!!! your AWESOME! bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
- Bugscope Teamthank you
- Student8)
- TeacherCate and Scott thanks for being so generous with your time. The kids loved it and were very impressed. You made us look GREAT! :-)
- Bugscope Teami hope you come back next semester
- Bugscope Teamsome spider toxin causes tissue to rot, to die -- like the toxin from recluse spiders
- Teacherwe will definitely be back...
- Bugscope Teamyou can access your transcript and images by going to your session page http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/members/2008-025/
- Bugscope TeamWe had a good time -- thank you!
- Studentthanks 4 the info!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Teacherwhat are someof the best bugs you've looked at in the scope?
- Bugscope Teamwe like earwigs because they often carry mites with them
- Bugscope Teamand we have seen some cool beetles
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- Bugscope Teamthere have been a couple of spiders, but all around they are harder to image because they are juicy
- Teacherexcellent - we will try and find some - are they earwigs here in SA?
- Bugscope Teamyes around the bases of tomato plants, perhaps
- Teacherjuicy spiders?? yuk
- Bugscope Teamwatch for scorpions
- Bugscope Teamscorpions glow under UV light
- Bugscope Teamscorpion stingers are kind of cool too, but dont hurt yourself getting one
- Teacherhow would you preserve earwigs?
- Bugscope Teammy brother Riley lives in SA
- Bugscope Teamand my sister lives in Austin
- Teachervery cool Texas relatives!!
- Bugscope TeamI would freeze them for a week or so to ensure that they are dead, and then I would open the container they're in to let them air dry for a week
- Bugscope Teamactually my mom is moving to Austin by the end of this month
- Bugscope Teamall of this chat will be available on your page
- Teacherexcellent - we'll book for next semester as soon as possible. We will also be on the lookout for earwigs, scorpions and beetles.
- Bugscope TeamCool!
- Teacherthanks a bunch to both of you!!!
- Bugscope TeamThank You!
- Teacherone more quesion..
- Bugscope Teamsure!
- Teachercan we do this same thing but with plants?
- Bugscope Teamsmall plants, and dry
- Bugscope Teamplantscope
- Teacheryea!!
- Bugscope Teamheh we've done rockscope before :p
- Teachersome of our other science teachers were very jealous when they saw what we were doing
- Bugscope Teamthe stub is only 1.75 inches in diameter, and the leaves will shrivel -- we will have trouble keeping their original shape
- 3:38 pm
- Teacherwe'll stick with the plants
- Bugscope Teambut we will be able to see stomata and trichomes
- Teacherthanks again guys!!
- Teacherone more..
- Bugscope TeamThank YOU>
- Bugscope Teammoss is sometimes cool
- Teacherwhere do we go to fill out the feedback/survey?
- Bugscope Teamyeah like Jon says
- Bugscope Teamon your session page there will be a feedback button
- Bugscope Teamummm
- Bugscope TeamThanks Cate.
- Bugscope Teamhttp://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/members/2008-025/
- Bugscope TeamI type so slowly...
- Bugscope Teamor a link i guess
- Teachergot it - one final time --- THANKS!!
- Bugscope Teamor you can go to http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/feedback/ and select your session from the list
- Bugscope Teamhave a good weekend!
- Bugscope Teambye!
- Bugscope Teamhave a good weekend
- 3:44 pm
- Bugscope TeamHave a great weekend!
- Bugscope Teamover and out
