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- 8:49 am
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- Bugscope Teamwe are ready to go when you are prek4
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- Guestwhat is that bug
- Bugscope Teamthis is a ladybug
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- Bugscope Teamthe head/face of a ladybug
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- 8:54 am
- Bugscope Teamyou can see the eyes on either side of the head, below the antennae
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- Guestsilver this is a ladybug!
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- Bugscope TeamMs Black we are ready when you are.
- 9:01 am
- TeacherHi can you tell us what this is?
Bugscope Teamthis is a lady bug
- Bugscope Teamand hello!
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head/face of a ladybug
- Bugscope Teamthis is the face -- it's looking right at us
- Bugscope Teamnotice the antenna, and the compound eyes under the antennas
- Bugscope Teamyeah Hello! Welcome to Bugscope!
- Bugscope Teamit's checking us out, saying: "gimme some food"
- Bugscope Teamthe eyes are streamlined into the head
- TeacherCan you tell us about the facial features?
Bugscope Teamthe compound eyes are a nice feature, they are made up of hundreds of individual bumps, called ommatidia, each one having a lens in it.
- Bugscope Teamlady bugs have 2 sets of antenna and 2 compound eyes
- Bugscope Teamthe things that look like vacuum cleaner nozzles are palps
- Bugscope Teamthe eyes are on either side of the face (they look like they have little bumps)
- Bugscope Teami meant they have 1 set of antennae >.
- Bugscope Teamthey are either mandibular or maxillary palps -- mandibular refers to the lower jaw -- the mandible
- Bugscope Teamthey have a couple pairs of palps
- Bugscope Teamand maxillary refers to the upper jaw, at least in people
- Bugscope Teamthe mouthparts in insects are quite different from ours
- Bugscope Teamladybugs eat other insects
- Bugscope Teamand these are probably more specifically Asian ladybeetles
- Bugscope Teamsometimes they will bite people because they look tasty
- Bugscope Teamin the view we are looking at now you can also see one of the claws
- Bugscope Teamprek4 you have the ability to drive, if you wish
- 9:06 am
- TeacherThe class wants to know where it's mouth is?
Bugscope Teamit's in the middle of the face. it kind of resembles a beak from here
- Bugscope Teamyou can choose from among the presets on the right of the chat -- just click on one if you want
- Bugscope Teamyeah we don't see directly into the mouth
- Bugscope Teambut it is right there
- Bugscope Teamyou can magnify what we see here if you want
- Bugscope Teamcool!
- Bugscope Teamnow you can see those smaller rounded palps
- Bugscope Teamat their tips are tiny setae that help the ladybug smell/taste its food
- Bugscope Teamsetae are these hair like structures, all over insects, which are kind of like cat whiskers in that they aid the sensing of the environment
- Bugscope Teamsorry to put you back to sleep Annie
- Bugscope TeamPreK4 you can try another preset if you like
- TeacherThanks Scot, what else can you tell them about the lady bug They would like to know what it eats
- Bugscope TeamI am quite awake now Scott, thanks for worrying about me!
- 9:12 am
- Bugscope Teamwell they eat other insects, and they are not too picky'
- Bugscope TeamLadybugs eat aphids and other small soft-bodied insects
- Bugscope Teamprek4, you have control of the scope. but if you would like us to drive for you, just let us know
- Bugscope TeamBut, like Scott said, they are not very picky and they will eat pretty much anything that is smaller than them if given the chance
- Bugscope Teamladybugs are brightly colored, and that is a warning to birds and other animals that might be interested in eating them that they are not very tasty
- TeacherPlease do.
- TeacherThey would like to know about the wings
- Bugscope Teamthis is the claw of another small beetle -- a Japanese beetle
- Bugscope Teamthe wings are under a shell called the elytra
- Bugscope Teamso the red shell with the spots covers the wings
- Bugscope Teamand we do not always get to see the wings
- Bugscope Teamthis is a scale from a monarch butterfly
- Bugscope Teambeetles are like that -- the adults have their wings covered with a hard shell
- Bugscope Teamthe scales are similar to feathers on a bird
- Bugscope TeamOnly beetles have elytra--which are hardened outer wings (aka the shell). The shell protects the beetle's soft body from predators and from sharp objects like sticks and rocks
- Teacherthey would like to know if you can tell by looking if they are boys or girls?
Bugscope TeamIt is difficult to tell whether these are girls from boys...you usually need larger parts of the bodies to tell
- Bugscope Teamwe could not put whole butterflies on the stub today, and we cut some portions of wings from butterflies and moths that had already died
- Bugscope Teamwith beetles it is often hard to tell the boys from the girls
- 9:17 am
- Bugscope TeamIn general though, girl insects are larger than boy insects.
- Bugscope Teamwow, this eye has TONS of ommatidia
- Bugscope Teamif you look at a housefly, the girl flies often have their eyes separated -- they are far apart. And those of the boy flies are often close together.
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head of a moth, but you can hardly see it with all of the scales
- Bugscope TeamI think that boy bees have their eyes close together too
- Bugscope Teamnow we can see that this moth has one antenna left
- Teacherhow does a bee or butterfly eat?
Bugscope TeamButterflies have a long tube that they uncoil which they use to suck up liquids from flowers and fruits. Bees have a long tongue that they use to lick nectar. Bees also have jaws that they use to pick up and manipulate pollen
- Bugscope Teamthey have a proboscis which is like a straw that sucks liquids up
- Bugscope Teamwhat you see here is the remains of a proboscis. it seems it was beat and torn up a bit
- TeacherCan you show us their mouth?
- Bugscope TeamBees eat nectar, which is kind of like sugar water, and they also eat pollen, from flowers
- 9:22 am
- Bugscope Teamon this moth the mouth cannot be seen
- Bugscope Teamit is coiled up between the two eyes
- Bugscope Teamhere you can see the mouth of a fruit fly
- Bugscope Teamgonna go see the head/mouth of a fruit fly, here it is!
- Bugscope Teamextended to the right
- Bugscope Teamit looks like a little sieve
- Bugscope Teamyou can see it better, to the right here
- Bugscope Teamusually fruit flies don't actually eat fruit---they feed on yeasts that consume the sugar in the fruit
- Bugscope Teamso the mouth can suck up the yeast, we think through those tiny pores
- Bugscope Teamit looks kind of like a rasp
- Bugscope Teamor a cheese grater
- TeacherWhat else can you show us?
- Bugscope TeamPreK4 we often find lots of tiny hairlike structures, called setae, on insects
- 9:27 am
- Bugscope Teamthese are tenent setae on a ladybug
- Bugscope Teamthey are what allow the ladybug to climb on smooth surfaces
- Bugscope Teamlike tiny suction cups
- TeacherThey would like to know what else they can see?
- Bugscope Teamthere are many of them attached to the tarsi, which is what the 'forearms' of insect are called.
- Bugscope Teaminsects, that is
- Bugscope TeamAlex is going to show you a little more of the ladybug's arm
- Bugscope Teamnow you can see the body of the ladybug, and where its legs are folded into position
- Bugscope Teaminsects, when they are adults, have six legs
- Bugscope Teamand they have tiny claws at the ends of the legs
- Bugscope Teambut they walk on the fuzzy pad portions of the legs
- Bugscope Teamif they used the claws to walk on, they would slip
- 9:33 am
- Bugscope Teamif you watch a beetle or even a grasshopper walk, you can see how it holds the claws up out of the way
- Bugscope Teamthis is the abdomen of the ladybug
- Bugscope Teamand we can see lots of tiny setae on it
- Bugscope Teamwe are looking at the underside of the ladybug, and we don
- Bugscope Team't see all of its shell, which covers the wings
- Bugscope Teaminsects are often hairier and dirtier than we expect at first
- Bugscope Teamthis is cool!
- Bugscope Teamthis is a haltere
- Bugscope Teamnow we are looking at a fruit fly
- TeacherDo you have a grasshopper?
Bugscope Teamno we dont have any grasshoppers today. they are often too large to put on the stub. unfortunately we used the last of the grasshoppers in our stock last week
- Bugscope Teamthis is a haltere on the fruit fly
- Bugscope Teamit's like a little punching bag that moves opposite the way the wings move
- Bugscope Teamand there is a hole next to it on the right which is a spiracle
- Bugscope Teama spiracle is a breathing hole for insects
- Bugscope TeamI am sorry we do not have grasshoppers today -- they are so big we would hardly have room for anything else
- Bugscope TeamFlies have only two wings, while most insects have four wings
- Bugscope Teamthe samples we are looking at have to fit on a circular disc less than 2 inches across
- Bugscope Teamthis is what, as Cate says, the fruit fly breathes through
- Bugscope Teamthe tiny setae around it -- the hairs -- help filter out dust
- 9:38 am
- Bugscope Teamnow we will be able to see the wings
- Teacherwhat is the punching bag for?
Bugscope TeamThe punching bag is a reduced wing. It helps the fly to balance in the air when it is flying. I guess it is harder to balance when you have two wings instead of four
- Bugscope Teamthis is one of the tiny flies you see around fruit
- Bugscope Teamthey often have little red eyes
- Teacherwhere do these guys live?
Bugscope TeamFruit flies live anywhere there is ripe/ rotting fruit or vegetables: in your kitchen, in your garbage, etc
- Bugscope Teamone of the guys we used to work with would leave fruit out in his kitchen so he could collect fruit flies for us
- Bugscope Teamthat was before he got married
- Bugscope Teamthe insects are stuck to tape and silver paint
- Bugscope Teamhere Alex is showing us the legs of the fruit fly, and the tip of the abdomen
- Bugscope Teamthey have six legs, of course, as well
- 9:43 am
- Bugscope TeamDespite the fact that fruit flies are really annoying when they are buzzing around your fruit bowl, they are important because they help to decompose plant matter. Insects are very important decomposers
- Bugscope Teamnow we are looking at some of the scales of an insect called a skipper, which looks much like a small butterfly
- Bugscope Teamthe scales are what make the wings feel so silky
- Bugscope Teamthey are kind of like feathers
- Bugscope Teamthey come off very easily on your fingers
- Bugscope TeamInsects also decompose wood, dead animals, hair, fur, dead leaves, and animal waste
- TeacherThese guys are getting tired. Thanks so much for all of this. It has been great.
- Bugscope Teamand if the skipper gets caught in a spider web it can shed scales and get out
- Bugscope Teamthank you!
- Bugscope TeamThank You!
- TeacherPrek4 says Thank you Scot for showing us all of these great insects.
- Bugscope Teamthanks for all your questions and for doing bugscope with us
- Bugscope TeamThat you for the good questions
- TeacherPrek4 says thanks Cate. The kids all had fun. God Bless
- TeacherThanks Annie]
- Bugscope TeamThank you! prek4
- TeacherBye
- Bugscope Teamyou can access the images you saw today and your transcript on your member page
- Bugscope Teamhttp://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/members/2008-060/
- 9:50 am
- Bugscope TeamGracias Annie
- Bugscope TeamGoodbye all!
- Bugscope Teamgood bye
- Bugscope TeamBye!
- Bugscope Teamand god bless
- Bugscope Teamnice session everyone
