Connected on 2008-06-06 15:00:00
from Davis, CA, US
- 2:36 pm
- Bugscope Teamhi cutie, welcome to bugscope!
- TeacherHello, We are going to be logging on soon1
- Bugscope Teamokay, we are ready for you and your students
- Bugscope Teamsession unlocked
- Bugscope Teamhi justin, welcome to bugscope!
- StudentDo aphids have teeth?
Bugscope TeamNope, they have sucking mouthparts. No teeth
- StudentHi, alex
- Bugscope Teamno they don't have teeth -- no insects or arthropods really have teeth. But a lot of insects have piercing mouthparts. Or sucking mouthparts, as Annie said.
- StudentThats interseting.
- 2:42 pm
- StudentHow many aphids are there in north america?
Bugscope Teamthat is a very difficult question to answer. there are about 4000 species of aphids in the world.
- Bugscope TeamAphids have soft bodies, so when they die they just shrivel up. We need to get fresh ones in order to be able preserve them well.
- StudentDo all insects have three parts
- Bugscope Teamthis is the body of what we think was an aphid, on the leaves you sent
- Bugscope Teamhi arman s, and etbug, welcome to bugscope
- Bugscope Teamhi kn, yanna
- StudentWow! Thats extremely intersting!
- Bugscope Teamhello hunter
- Studentwhat do ants eat
- StudentHi alex, Hi ScootJ
- Bugscope Teamaphids can vector plant diseases
- Studentwhat is the scientific name for aphids?
- StudentHow big are aphids?
- StudentCool!!!!!!!!
- Studenthow big is the bigest moth
Bugscope TeamIt can vary, but the biggest one is supposed to be the Atlas moth in Indonesia. They are about 6 inches across. I saw a huge moth in Costa Rica, called a black witch moth. It had a 7 inche wingspan.
- StudentWhat do lady bugs eat
- Bugscope Teamants eat lots of stuff, from dead animals, insects, to pieces of plants to sugary liquids
- StudentWhat do velvet ants nest in?
- StudentHow many insects our in the world?
Bugscope Teamthat is really hard to answer, but there are thought to be more than 30 millions species in the entire world. that's just species, so individual insects, gosh, i'd guess in the many trillions, or quadrillions
- Bugscope Teamladybugs eat other bugs, including aphids
- StudentWhat do grass hoppers eat ??
- Studentwhat is the smallest bug?
Bugscope TeamThe smallest insect is a wasp called a fairyfly. They are smaller than a dot on an i. The females lay their eggs in the eggs of aquatic insects. So fairyflys actually swim in water with their wings.
- StudentDo aphids have wings?
- StudentWhat is the biggest bug in the world?
- StudentHow does it defend itself?
- Studentwhat do ants eat
- 2:47 pm
- Bugscope Teamthere is a beetle called a goliath beetle and there is also a beetle called a titan, both of which are super large
- StudentIs the coakroch the oldest insect
- StudentWhat is the smallest insect in the world?
- Bugscope Teambut I think the largest bug is a lobster
- Studentwhat do ants eat
- StudentHow big are aphids in centimeters?
Bugscope TeamMost are probably 3 millimeters long
- StudentHow heavy is the is the heaviast moth
Bugscope TeamI don't know if anyone really weighs moths---the huge one that I picked up probably weighed a couple of ounces...they are light for their size
- Bugscope TeamScott!
- StudentDo moths eat leaves?
Bugscope TeamI would say that most moths eat leaves or some sort of plant material when they are larvae (caterpillars). As adults, many moths don't eat. Those that do usually feed on nectar or tree/fruit sap.
- StudentAre millipedes iinscets
- StudentWhat eats scorpions
- StudentWhat is the longest insect in the world
Bugscope Teamthe stick insect is one of the longest in the world, it can measure up to 55cm! here is a gnarly pick of a stick insect: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ctenomorpha_chronus02.jpg
- StudentHow long are aphid legs?
- Bugscope Teamwell I think they are bugs, anyway, even if they have extra sets of antennae
- Studenthow heavy is the heaviast
- StudentWhats the insect above
- Studentwhat is the biggest bug?
- StudentWhat's the insect in the picture?
- Studentwhat do grass hopers eat
Bugscope TeamGrass.
- Bugscope Teamthat is a very sad looking aphid
- StudentWhat is the smallest bug?
- Bugscope Teamso in centimeters it would be 0.3
- Studentwhat do ants eat
- StudentThats neat
- Studenthow many in sects are they
- Bugscope TeamJon ants eat lots of stuff, from animals to plants
- StudentDo aphids have skin
- StudentWhat is the biggest millipede?
Bugscope TeamAccording to Guiness World Records the African Giant Black Millipede can grow to 38.6cm
- Studentcan any moth's fly
- StudentThat aphid looks a little bit crumpled.
- Bugscope Teametbug aphids do not have skin but their cuticle is very thin
- StudentAre insects reallated to Arackneds
- StudentWhat are the colors of the ladybug?
- Studentwhat do they eat
- StudentHow big is the biggest ant
Bugscope TeamThe biggest ant is in the genus Dinoponera and they are probably 3-4 centimeters long
- Studentthats an aphid?!?!?
- Studentwaht do's lidebug ent
- Bugscope TeamLobsters are arthropods, but they are not insects. They have too many sets of antennae, too many sets of legs, too many body segments, and no wings. They also live in the ocean, and no insects live in the ocean.
- StudentIs this aphid dead?
Bugscope Teamyes, all these insects are dead, the microscope is not a pleasant environment for the insects
- Studenti think not
- 2:52 pm
- Studentwhat do ants eat
Bugscope TeamSome ants have specialized diets, only feeding on special fungus that they grow in their nests. Most ants though will eat almost anything that is not fast enough to escape.
- StudentHow long do most moths live??
Bugscope TeamMost live for a year, or for a summer. Many overwinter as eggs or pupae, then when it gets warm they hatch into caterpillars or into adult moths.
- Bugscope Teamyeah all of the critters in the 'scope today are dead, not just sleeping
- Bugscope Teamplease you don't want to bugs moving around inside the scope...
- StudentOh
- StudentI see your point, alex.
- Studentwhats that?!?!?
- StudentHow old is a lady bug able to get?
- Studentwhat do ladybugs like
- StudentAre ants inscts ??
Bugscope TeamYes, they have two antennae, six legs, three body segments, and some forms have two sets of wings.
- StudentHow many Beadles are there in the world
Bugscope TeamWe don't really know....there are 35000 species of longhorned beetles at at least that many for many other families...there could be a million species of beetles in the world.
- StudentWhat IS that bug?!?!
- Teacherwhat do efids eta
Bugscope Teamaphids feed on plants and such
- Bugscope Teamladybugs may live over the winter but usually just one season
- Studentwow! the aphid looks HUGE!!!!!!!
- Bugscope Teamwe aren't sure what kind of bug this is, so we called it a monster...ahhh1!
- StudentIf you poked it, would it Die or just get hurt?
- Studentwaht do's budrafiy ent
- Studenthow many insects are there in the wold.
- StudentHuh?
- Student"Beadles" is incorrect spelling!!!!
- StudentCompound eye?
- StudentHi Alex! Please answer my questions
Bugscope Teami will try my best, ask away!
- Studentis it hard to use the bugscope
Bugscope TeamNo! Your teacher is using it right now!
- StudentWow! a giant compount eye!
- Studentis that aphid above seen from the Bugscope ???
- Bugscope TeamJamey there are hundreds of thousands of species of insects and trillions upon trillions of individual insects
- Studentwhats thnat?
- StudentHow long can a lady bug get?
Bugscope Teamwell, they range from 1mm to 1-10mm or so... you know like the size of a very small marble
- Studentpleas anser my ?
- StudentArman S, it's a compound eye!
- StudentWhat are those scales?
- Studenthow long do ants live
- Bugscope TeamHunter please ask again we don't always see the questions as they go by.
- StudentNow whats the bug above
- Bugscope TeamArman that is part of the eye of a fly.
- Bugscope Teamthis is a compound eye
- Student:(
- Studentwhat do lide bug
- Bugscope Teamflys have these really interested eye, called compound eyes
- StudentHow many insects are there in the UNIVERSE?
Bugscope TeamAs far as we know there are only insects on earth and so (as far as we know) the number of insects in the universe is equal to the number of insects on earth.
- StudentThanks for answering my questions?
- StudentHow may eyes are in the compound eye?
- Bugscope Teameach one of those bumps is a part of the entire compound eye
- 2:57 pm
- StudentAre assasin bugs insects?
- Studentflys mouth"
- StudentThats Prety big
- Studentoh sorry
- StudentHS, you misspelled heaviest!!
- Bugscope Teamwe are not exactly sure how many insects are in the universe, unless Annie knows
- StudentCutie is are teacher!
- Studentwhat do you eat
Bugscope TeamI just had vanilla pudding with cherries. Yum.
- Studentwhat do eants eat and what do thay do
- Bugscope Teamyes Assassin bugs are insects that eat other insects
- TeacherYou all have to read phoentically, please excuse the spelling our students are using. I have 7 first graders and we are still learning our spelling!
Bugscope Teamno problemo! we are having a blast
- Bugscope Teameach eye facet has a lens in it, and the insects gets an image from that lens, some flying insects have great vision
- StudentMust be microfied, like 5000 times or something!
- StudentWhats that^?
- Studenthow many compound eyes are in one flys eye
Bugscope Teamwell, they usually have two compound eyes, but they can also have simple eyes as well, called ocelli
- Bugscope Teamwe can do it -- we write that way sometimes as well
- StudentNo Questions answered.
- Studentwhat is the biggest?
- Teacherwhat aphds eta
- Studentwho's the "CUTIE" person?!?!?!
- Bugscope Teamthe biggest what jack?
- StudentThanks Alex!
- StudentDoes the aphid have hair.
Bugscope Teamwell, yes, but they aren't called hairs, they are called "setae" (see-tee), most, if not all, insects have lots and lots of setae
- Studenthow many kinds of spiders are there?
- Bugscope Teamyou are welcome yanna
- StudentWhat do velvet ants eat?
Bugscope TeamVelvet ants are predators. They eat other insects
- StudentI am a third grader
- StudentHow many insects are there in the world
Bugscope Teamwell, billions upon billions, there are 30 million species, and many millions of individuals in a species, so that's a lot of insects!
- Bugscope TeamArman there are trillions.
- StudentANTS
- StudentSetae is an interesting sounding name.
- StudentHow many insects?About 99999999999999999999999999999999999
Bugscope Teamwell, no i'd say it's more like 9999999999999999999999999999999998
- StudentYour nice to answer
- Studentjaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamey. BvD
- Bugscope TeamShadowlight I think you are correct.
- StudentHow many eyes are in one compound eyes
Bugscope Teamthere are different sized compound eyes, but on fly's they usually have hundreds of facets (ommatidia) in each compound eye
- StudentWhat is your favorit bug
- Studentoh
- Bugscope Teamhow many individual facets of the eye (ommatidia) depends on the insect species
- Student=|
- StudentDoes the aphid have skin? If so what is it called?
- TeacherWhat are the two roundt hings that look like suction cups at the top?
Bugscope Teamthose are antennae
- Student:)
- Bugscope Team;)
- Studentwhat is this Bug
- Student>=\
- Student=p
- Studentwhat is this Bug
- Studentwhat insect has the most legs and how many?
- Bugscope Teamants sometimes have very few ommatidia, but some moths, for example, can have thousands of ommatidia in one compound eye
- StudentDid dragonflies really live in the time of the dinosaurs?
Bugscope Teamyes, there is a species called ancient dragonfly (Anisozygoptera) which is very very old
- Studenthow many bugs ARE there?
- 3:02 pm
- StudentHow come you have so many viewers
- StudentHow does it move?
- Studentwhat isthe bigest bug
- Bugscope TeamKn insects have only six legs as adults
- StudentWhat?!
- Studentwho's shadowlight?
- StudentEllory
- Studentthought so
- StudentShadowlight is ellory.
- StudentAre worms insects or...something else.=\
Bugscope Teamworms are invertebrates, there are about one MILLION species of worms, but they don't have six legs so they aren't insects
- StudentWhat insect is above
- Student:|
- StudentHey! Am not
- Studentwhat do lide bug eat
- StudentWhy does it look like a hole with something that has setae inside?
- Bugscope Teamthis is a fly of some sort
- StudentAre sillk worms insects ?
Bugscope TeamYes they are caterpillars of the silkworm moth. Silkworm moths have been domesticated for such a long time that they have lost their ability to fly.
- Bugscope Teamthat is the proboscis -- the part of the mouth that helps the fly eat
- StudentIt IS! 80
- Studentdo flys have tounges
- Student,mgmn,m ,mb,m
- Bugscope Teamyes they have tongues
- Studentghjkgjhkgjjncvnb ,vcnbhjgnn
- StudentWhat are those hairs?
Bugscope Teamthose hairs are called setae (see-tee), they are kinda like cat whiskers, the insects use them to feel their environment
- StudentWhos bugscope?
Bugscope Teamhttp://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/who_are_we
- StudentWhat insect above
- Studenthow many in sects are they
- Bugscope TeamYanna it is a fly.
- StudentWhat is the difference between centipedes and millipedes?
- Studentcool
- Studentwhat do ants eat
- Studenthey mad eyes moody, are you Max.S?\
- Bugscope TeamEmily there are so many insects you could not count them in 146,000 years
- StudentWhats the fastest insect ?
Bugscope Teami don't know, but the heaviest documented insect was a Giant Weta of 70 g
- StudentBugscope shoudn't say random letters.
- Studentwhat do earwigs eat
Bugscope TeamSome eat bacteria and fungus growing on decaying plant matter. Some eat plants though..they can be pests on rose bushes and lettuce plants.
- Studentwhat picture is that???????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentyeah!!
- 3:07 pm
- Bugscope TeamJAMEY that is not just a picture -- your classroom is in control of an electron microscope.
- Studentwath do's fly eat
- StudentWere dragonflys really that large long ago?
Bugscope Teamyes, some griffenflies (relatives of dragonflies) had almost a two foot wingspan!
- StudentWhy does earwigs have pinchers?
- Bugscope TeamCutie can drive the microscope if she wishes.
- StudentYeah!
- Studentdo any spiders not suck blud
- StudentHow many scorpions are in the world?
Bugscope Teamthere are about 2000 species of scorpions in the world, they are almost ALL located south of the 49 parallel
- Studentdo flys have tounges
- Studentwho's dw?!?!?!?
- Studentwhat eats flys?
- StudentWhat IS picture 13?
Bugscope Teampicture 13 is a spider, the head of a spider, it is upsidedown
- Studentpreset 7: What are the spiky hairs?
- StudentWere drangonflies giant in dinasour times?
Bugscope TeamYes, extinct relatives of dragonflies had almost a two foot wingspan
- Studentwhat do lide bug like to do!!!!!!?
Bugscope TeamLadybugs like to eat aphids and other soft bodied insects.
- StudentAre there diferent Type's of flys?
Bugscope TeamYes, the insect order Diptera is huge. There are many species of flies that are still not described by people. Mosquitos are flies, horse flies are flies, those giant flies with the long legs that are attracted to your porch light are flies, and then there are normal house flies and blow flies, and fruit flies and...the list goes on
- StudentDo aphids live in trees?
Bugscope Teamwell yes, in trees and bushes and other plant life, they feed off plant life
- StudentHow many colors do insects come in?
Bugscope TeamMany many different colors, more colors that are in a 64 count box of crayons. Some are metallic gold, blue, silver and red!
- Studentdo spideder are there
- Bugscope Teamspiders inject venom into their prey, and the venom helps dissolve the insides of the prey. The spider then drinks its meal like a milkshake.
- StudentWhats the bgcest insect
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- Bugscope Teaminsects seem to come in every color.
- StudentThats interesting!
- StudentInteresting...
- Bugscope Teamaphids often have little horn-like projections from their abdomens -- from their back ends
- StudentWow!
- StudentDo bugs have ears
Bugscope TeamMany can sense vibrations with their setae. There are a few insects with "ears"--praying mantids and grasshoppers and some aquatic insects have ears. They are more like an exposed eardrum.
- StudentBugscope STOP saying Random letters
- Studentare there any bugs that are microscopic?
Bugscope Teamthe fairyfly is the smallest known insect, it can be as small as .1mm
- Studenthey where is the picture?
- Studenthow big is the biggest butterfly?
- TeacherAre these pictures of the insect we sent?
- Bugscope Teamthe horn-like projections are called cornicles, and they release droplets of wax that harden when they get into the air
- StudentCan aphids swim?
- Studentscotj is a man
- Studentwath do spider do
- 3:12 pm
- StudentWhat is the bigest bug??
Bugscope TeamThe largest insect is called the titan beetle. It is not the heaviest or the longest, but it is the overall biggest insect. It can get to be the size of a small grown-up person's forearm.
- Bugscope TeamCutie these are live images -- you could take the mag down, or up, or drive around if you wish.
- StudentOhmygosh! thats a lot of colors!!
- Bugscope TeamYou have control.
- StudentHow many insects can swim ?
Bugscope TeamMost can kind of swim if you drop them in water. There are many species of insects that actually live their entire lives in water....I am not sure how many species though.
- Bugscope Teamthe insects you sent are on here but this is not one of them.
- Student1 micrometer!?
- Student what do spider do
- StudentHow do Hercules beetles get their name?
- Studentwhat do boxers eat
- TeacherWill we see the insects we sent?
Bugscope Teamyes, the beetle was yours, that's preset #8
- Studentdo mskeetos eat
Bugscope TeamAdult female mosquitos eat blood of vertebrate animals. Adult male mosquitos feed on nectar from flowers. Most mosquito larvae feed on bacteria and little pieces of fungus and plant matter...pond scum, esentially.
- StudentWhat are people called when they studie insects
Bugscope TeamScientists that study insects are called entomologists!
- Bugscope TeamOnly Annie is an entomologist. She tries her best to keep us in line. Note that she was very displeased when I said that a lobster was a bug.
Bugscope TeamI could say wrong things all the time and I think you all would be too nice to tell me that I was wrong!
- StudentEmily and Jack are freinds!
- StudentWaht are those things on its head, in the back?
- StudentAre velvet ants fuzzy?
Bugscope TeamMost are very fuzzy. There are some that I have seen that are not fuzzy at all. They just look like big mean regular ants.
- Bugscope Teamcutie, you can click on a preset to move there, scott just moved to preset #8 for ya
- Bugscope TeamJustin those were the antennae.
- StudentDo birds eat aphids?
Bugscope TeamUmm, they could. Aphid are very small, probably too small for birds to be very interested in eating.
- Bugscope Teamcutie, try changing the magnification lower to see more of the beetle
- Studentyes
- StudentOh.
- Bugscope Teamthis is the beetle you sent
- Studenthi dw
- StudentWhat is the insect above!
- Bugscope Teamyanna, this is the beetle we got from your class
- Studentdo's in sexs like to ent
Bugscope TeamInsects all like to eat at some point in their lives. Some adult insects do not feed---they do all their eating when they are babies.
- StudentCool!
- Bugscope Teamthese are what appear to be modified scales on the beetle you sent
- StudentWhats the fastest insect ?
- StudentWhat are those little fuzzy things?
- StudentWhat are the hair things?
- Studentwhat part of the beatle is this
- Studentthank you
- Studentthank you
- Student"in sexs" is actully spelled insects!
- StudentTHANK YOU!
- Studentkyle is nic
- Bugscope Teamcutie, try lowering the magnification, you'll get a better look at what we are seeing
- Studentbyu
- Studentthank you
- StudentThank you for answering us! We have to go now!
- Studentants fly eatsmoth
- StudentThank you!
- StudentThanks so much for answering my questions! Your really nice Alex!
- Studentthank you !?
- 3:17 pm
- Bugscope Teamthank you! are you all done?
- Studentyes
- Bugscope Teamyanna, you were awesome. i hope you learned something cool
- Studentthankyou
- StudentI did!
- Studentkyle is poop
- StudentBye!
- StudentThnx
- Bugscope Teambirch lane students, you all rocked and/or rolled!
- StudentThank you,ScotJ,Annie, Scot,and Alex!!!!!!!
- StudentThank you guys talk to you sometime soon, and thank you for awnsering our quetions. Bye
- Student=)
- TeacherThanks to all of you answers, We will be back again next year? Our time is up in the computer lab. I wish we had more time.
- Studentkyle is NOT poop.
- Studenthvvhhgvc
- StudentThanks Alex! Your awesome!
- Student=)
- StudentThanks,Alex
- Student8D
- StudentBye
- Studentthankyou!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Bugscope TeamYeah be sure to note that you can drive the microscope .
- StudentCameron!!
- StudentBye! Nice buggin' around with you!\
- Studenthjjhjfdbafgf
- Bugscope TeamThanks Shadowlight.
- 3:24 pm
- Bugscope Teamthis was a cool beetle -- a rare one with scales
- Bugscope TeamI have been watching Asia Argento movies...
- Bugscope TeamI didn't expect Indiana to be good at all.
- Bugscope Teamgot to book, Girl
- Bugscope Teamokay, rxl stopped, session locked, session disabled
- Bugscope TeamOK---I gotta write.
- Bugscope Teamthanks so much again for connecticating.
- Bugscope TeamHave a caipirinha for me!!!
- Bugscope TeamCiao!
- Bugscope Teamlatersz
