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- 9:26 am
- Bugscope Teamsession enabled, rxl started, starting vacuum
- 9:38 am
- Bugscope Teamstarting presets
- 9:45 am
- 9:52 am
- 9:58 am
- 10:06 am
- Bugscope Teamthat looks cool
- Bugscope Teamget that
- Bugscope Teamlike tons of tenent setae
- 10:13 am
- 10:21 am
- Bugscope Teamhello tracy, welcome to bugscope!
- Bugscope TeamHello!
- Bugscope TeamWelcome to Bugscope!
- TeacherHi! Should I have the students sign in as guests?
Bugscope Teamnope, have them login as "students"
- Bugscope Teambut if that doesn't work, then guests is okay too
- Bugscope Teamhello h
- TeacherCan this computer be the driver? We can rotate students onto this computer?
Bugscope Teamsure, the computer you are on can control the scope. but we can also transfer control to anyone else logged in, student or guest
- Bugscope Teamyou can let us know who to transfer control to
- Bugscope Teamif you wish
- Studenthi
- Bugscope Teamhi akeyo
- Bugscope Teamwelcome to bugscope
- Bugscope TeamHi Akeyo!
- Studenthi alex
- TeacherWe are all here and ready to get started. Max Z will be the first driver on my computer.
- Studenthi akeyo.
- StudentHi people what is up
- Bugscope TeamCool!
- Studenthi bridget
- Studentwhat?
- Studenthi back
- Bugscope Teamhi bridget, welcome to bugscope
- Studentwhat is that?
- Studenthi, My name is Justin
- Studenthi alex and akeyo
- Bugscope Teamhi justine
- Studentthis is soooo cool
- Bugscope Teamjustin, i mean, sorry
- Studenthello justin.
- Studenthello
- Bugscope Teamthis is part of the cricket's antrenna
- Studentha ha
- Bugscope Teamthese long things are insect hairs called setae (or seta for singular. and pronounced see-tee)
- Bugscope Teamat higher mag
- Studentboo hoo
- Studentreally cool
- Studentcool.
- StudentHi. I'm emma.
- Studenthi everyone
- Studenthi
- Studenthey k
- Studentwaz up
- 10:26 am
- Studentinside joke
- Bugscope TeamMax can take the mag down if he wishes, to show you where you are
- Bugscope Teammax, you should see controls on your right (magnify, navigation, focus, adjust). presets are below that. maybe start by clicking on a preset you'd like to see?
- Studentthis is so much fun dont u think
- Bugscope Teamthe pointy thing is one of the setae on the antenna
- Studentsure k
- Studentyes
- Studenthi katie
- Bugscope Teamsetae are hair like things that stick through the exoskeleton, and help the insect feel it's environment, kinda like cat whiskers
- Studenthi akeyo isnt this awsome
- Bugscope Teaminsects and other small arthropods have exoskeletons, which is sort of like if you were wearing armor all of the time
- Bugscope Teamsetae are pronounced 'see-tee'
- Studentwhat is the thing above the setae?
- Studentscot wat is a spirical
- Studentor 'see-tee'.
- Bugscope Teamso they need to be able to sense their environment, and the setae help them do that
- Studentwhat is that max?
- Bugscope Teama spiracle is a breathing pore
- Studentwhat is a spirical
Bugscope Teama spiracle is how the bug breaths. instead of a mouth for breathing it has holes on the side of its abdomen
- Studentsorry what is like doing this for a job
- Bugscope Teamit's like your nose
- Bugscope Teaminsects do not breathe through their mouths
- Bugscope TeamA spiracle is sort of like a nostril--except insects have them all over their bodies.
- Studentum, so what is the fungi looking below the setae?
- Studentwhat is that tube?
- Studentwhat is
- Bugscope Teamlooks like some random dirt/junk
- Studentis there fungus on it
- Studentmosquito
- Studentokay.
- Bugscope Teamif there were bacteria here we would be able to see them clearly
- Studenthello everybody
- Studenthow many bugs do you get each month
- Studentdo misquitos have simple eyes or compound
Bugscope Teammost flying insects have compound eyes, as they help them fly better
- Teacherwhats that
- Studentboth.
- Studentit's a freak of nature
- Bugscope Teamand also fungus -- we can see fungal hyphae no problem
- StudentI think.
- Studentyea it is
- Bugscope Teamthis is the base of a broken seta
- Bugscope Teambut mosquitos might also have simple eyes too. annie?
- Studentdon't they have simple eyes as well?
- Studentstop using big words everybody
- Bugscope Teamyou can see now that we are looking at the joint of an antenna
- Studentcool!
- 10:31 am
- Studentjustin isnt this awsome
- Bugscope Teamyes a lot of flying insects also have simple eyes called ocelli. they work for navigation, like a built in GPS system
- Studentwhat are the little lines on this picture
- Studentwavy lines are what?
- StudentIT'S ALIVE!!!!!!!!!!!
Bugscope Teamwell no, all these insects are dead, sorry. RIP bug.
- Studentlike bumpy skin.
- Studentwhat materials are bug hairs maid of???
- Bugscope Teamthe wavy lines are in the cuticle
- Studentwhat are those bubbles?
- Studentidk
- StudentWhat is this bug that i am looking at?
- StudentAre those giant blob things dirt?
- Bugscope Teamthis is a cricket
- Studenthi emma L.
- Studentwhat is it
- StudentHi
- Studentthis picture is cool!
Bugscope Teamall the pics from today's session are saved to your bugscope member page: http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/members/2008-093
- Studenthi bridget
- StudentI think it is a setae on cricket spiracle, according to the "nearest preset" thing.
- Studenthi lex
- Studentwooo were are goin to dang fast on the pics slow down
- Studenthi lex
- Studentwhat the heck?!
- Studenthi e-mac
- TeacherXeno Bond is Now Driving
- Studentha ha
- StudentWhy is the cricket in black and white?
- Studentyea hi brige and lex
- Bugscope Teamthis is still the antenna
- Studenthow many buds do you get a week
- Studentit looks kind of like big foot
- Studentwhat is this
- Bugscope Teamyou can choose from among the presets, and you can also drive around
- StudentHI E_ MAC
- Studentwhat is that?
- Studentit's a grey blob lex
- Studentwhat are we looking
- Studentwhat is this pix of
- Bugscope Teamwe get, right now, dozens of bugs per week
- TeacherNo Idea
- Studentwhat is this?
- StudentIT'S A GREY BLOB THAT WILL EAT US ALL!!!!!!
- Bugscope Teamthis is the carbon doublestick tape
- StudentIs this part of the exoskeleton?
- StudentHi e-mac
- Studentwhat is this
- Studentwhat is that?
- Bugscope Teamthat the insects are mounted on
- Studentwat is this
- Guestwhat up
- StudentWhat is that
- Studentwhat up max
- Studentwhat up
- Studentcool
- TeacherWe3 are Now looking at a house fly compound eye
- Studentthe pictures are in black and white because I think because they collect electrons (or something that start with e) and they aren't colored.
- Guestwhats that
- Studentit looks like bubble wrap
- Studentwhy is ur name yellow max
- Studentit looks like snake scales
- Bugscope Teamnow we are looking at the facets of a compound eye
- Guestwoooooow
- Studentadam, what is an admin
- StudentWHAT IS IT LIKE WORKING W_ BUGS?
Bugscope TeamI like to study insects because there are really interesting, I get to discover new things and new species, I get to travel to really interesting places and work with other scientists that study insects
- Studentwhat bug is the eye on
- Studenti thought compound eyes were not that big
- Studentthis is carzy
- Studentsomeone tellme what that is
Bugscope Teamthis is a compound eye, all those bumps are called facets, or rather ommatidia
- StudentEveryone in my class, stop saying random questions or comments.
- Studentcrazy
- Studentwow is that hair?
- Studentwhat are hairs for
- Studentwhat is this
- Studentis that it
- Studenthow are you liking this abbie?
- Guesti'm scared!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentthis is soooo cool
- StudentHow did you get the bugs eye to be close up?
Bugscope Teamyou are controlling an electron microscope live. these are not pictures from before, these are live images from the microscope
- Studentit's a sicko fly
- Studentmax y r u scard
- Bugscope Teamwe beam primary electrons at the surface of the sample, and they cause what are then called secondary electrons to be ejected from the surface
- Studentwhere is the mouth
- Studentit looks like amouth
- 10:36 am
- Studentwhos atlas
- StudentAre those sensory hairs on the head?
Bugscope TeamExactly!
Bugscope Teamyes! setae on the head
Bugscope TeamWell, probably. They certainly help the insect to sense its environment. The setae can also help to protect the insect against dirt and potentially against predators.
- Guestewww
- Studentwhat are the haires on the bug
- Teacheris this a stereo micro scope
Bugscope Teamthis is a scanning electron microscope that you are controlling
Bugscope Teamthis is an environmental scanning electron microscope
- Studentyes
- Studentthese aee alive?
- Guestit's hairy
- Student*are these alive
Bugscope Teamnope, all the insects are dead
- Studentscot said so I believe...
- Studentwhat is the thing on the top of its head
- StudentIt looks like an eye
- StudentAw...He's so cute and really cool!!! Is he living or dead?
- Studentanteans
- Studentwhy is the mouth so wierd looking
- Studentwhy are they dead
Bugscope TeamBecause it would be hard to look at them if they were crawling around.
- Studentwheres the mouth
- StudentWhat are these pictures anyway?
- Studentoh, okay.
- Bugscope Teamthis microscope has its own room, its own power, water, air, nitrogen, vacuum pumps...
- Studentthey just are katie
- Studentis he dead
- Bugscope Teamum is microns, or micrometers
- Teacherwhat does um mean???
Bugscope Teamum = micron
- Bugscope Teamone micron = one millionth of a meter
- Guesthow did you get the bugs
- Studentthat was so random alex
- Bugscope Teamor one thousandth of a millimeter
- Studentdo you freeze them to kill them
Bugscope TeamSometimes. Other times people put them into jars filled with poisonous gas.
- Studentwhat kind of bugs do u get and where
Bugscope Teamyou sent us these bugs
- Studentthat would be cool
- Studenthow do you ask questions
- Bugscope Teamyou guessed right bridget
- Studentwhat are those things on the point of the flys head?
Bugscope TeamThose are the antennae
- Teacherthis is adam driving!!!
- Studentthe mouth is at the top
- Studentwe sent them
- Bugscope Teamgo adam, put on your seat belts!!!
- Studentkatie it's the circle of life
- Studenthow big is it?
- Studentdo you kill them different ways
- Teacheradam is driving!
- Studentwhat is in the background?
Bugscope Teamthe background is carbon sticky tape, used to keep the insects stable on their backs
- Bugscope Teamat the top of the head as we see it now are the antennae
- Studentyes he is
- StudentI know
- Studentstop saying that adam
- StudentWhat is the biggest bug that you have got?
Bugscope TeamI am not sure what the largest insect we have examined is. Large insects are not very interesting to look at with the electron microscope---they are too big!
- Studentthat is cool
- Bugscope Teamyou could use click to center to drive to the mouth
- Guestwow thats close
- Bugscope Teamor you could use click to drive
- Studentit is so freakish
- Studentback it up
- Studentthat looks like hairs
- StudentWhy is the picture black and white?
Bugscope Teambecause the scope doesn't gather light in the normal sense. it gathers electrons that are bounced against the bugs, and those electrons are sensed by the detector, and the detector builds the image that way
- Studentyes it is
- Studentthe hairs on this bug is cool
- Bugscope Teama scanning electron microscope like this one can achieve very high magnification
- Studente-mac is emma
- Studentwhat are bug hairs maid of
- Bugscope Teammuch higher than a light microscope
- StudentWhat would happen if you didnt freeze them?
- StudentBecause it is that way
- Studentwhat would you kill them in such a bag way like gas
Bugscope TeamIf you were out in the field collecting insects and you didn't have an ice chest or a freezer, you would need to kill them with gas. Sometimes people also will just put them into ethanol to kill them.
- Studentthat waas randome
- Studentdoes it have a proboscus?
- Studenti know
- Studentwhat was random
- Bugscope Teambut the secondary electrons come to us as a signal, and there is no color
- Studentwat is that
- StudentIS THIS BUG REALLY FROZEN!!!????????????
- Teachercan I click on a different presets to look at them>
Bugscope Teamyes go ahead and click on another preset
- 10:42 am
- Studentit's ugly
- Bugscope Teamif we didnt freeze them we would have to let them die on their own or let them go
- StudentIs bug ventral up or dorsal up?
- Studenti dont know
- Student what are we looking at anyway?
Bugscope Teamthis is a house fly head
- Bugscope Teamif there was color we would see that the Au/Pd looks silver
- Guesthow long is the acual bug
- Studentit's ugly
- Studentdoes it have a mutash
- Studentwhat type of bug is it?
- Studentmaybe
- Studentwhat is this thing
- Studentewwwwwwwwww
- Teachercool!
- Bugscope Teamthis is a planthopper
- StudentWhat are bug hairs made of??????????????????????
Bugscope TeamChitin and proteins, just like the rest of the insect's body.
- Studentwhat is that?!?!!
- Studentwhy is it pionted
- Studentit's sick looking
- Studentit looks like a werdo
- Bugscope Teamlooks like a conehead
- StudentWhat is that?
Bugscope TeamThis is some sort of plant or leaf hopper.
- StudentWOW
- Studentthat looks like a grasshopper
- Studentit is a conehead
- StudentSAy SomEThing
- Bugscope Teamthe eyes are streamlined into the head and below the antennae
- Studenthow is that a grasshopper
- Studentthats a funny movie
- Studentwhat is this?
- Teacherthis is really interesting.
- Studentwhy is it in the shape of a conehaed
Bugscope TeamWell, no one really knows for sure. Many insects that feed on plant sap have triangular heads...I guess that is an efficient way to "house" the large muscular pumps that these insects have in their heads.
- StudentMAX ITS THE HEAD
- Studenti dont know
- StudentDid you ever get a bug that was unknown?
Bugscope Teamyes, sometimes we can't quite recognize exactly what the insect is
- Studentwhat are we looking at?
- Studentit's a mutant
- StudentIs that a claw?
- Studentclaw
- Guestnasty!!!!!!
- Studentwhy is there so many different pictures?
- Teacherleaf hopper snout!
- StudentWHAT THE HECK!!!??????????
- TeacherI mean weavile.
- StudentI know
- StudentHEY do U no what this is i do it is a leaf hopper snout
- Guestblaaah
- Studentit looks like a dead union
- Studentthis is blurry
- Studentlooks like a hand
- Studentare the lumps dirt
- StudentWWWOOOOOOOWWWWWW
- Studentlfgbkdnzb'danb
- StudentNo
- StudentIs that an eye?
- Studentemma u r eright
- Guestewwwwww
- Studentwhat are those claw like peaces
- Bugscope TeamWhich allow them to suck the plant say
- Teacherwhat are those hairs?
Bugscope Teamhairs looking things are almost always setae, but there are other hairy looking things, like combs and such
- Bugscope Teamnow you can see some of the chemosensory setae that help it taste its prospective food
- StudentIT LOOKS LIKE A CAB
- Studentthose look like claws
- Studentwow
- Studentit so looks like a shrimp
- StudentAw man!!! What is that????
- Teacherby people!
- Guestwoow
- Studentby
- Studentthat is a squuid
- Studentwhat is wow
- Studentlooks like shredded paper
- Studentbrendon is the teac
- StudentWhy do bugs lay so many eggs?
Bugscope TeamBecause not all of them survive. Many dry out, or are eaten by other insects, etc.
- Studentwwwooooopppeeeeeeee
- Studentwow is what the insect loooks like
- Studentthey view inscets not sea life
- Studenti no so they can spread
- Studentand it is pronounced: Z-E-n-O
- Studentwhat are we looking at
- Studentwere is the eye of this insect
- Studentwho is zemo bond
- Studentthere is a bug called squid
- Studentwe are looking at a mutant shrimp
- Studentis this athe eye
- Studentthis is so cool! how does this work?
- StudentIs this a squid?
- Studentthe underwater bug?
- StudentWhat is that/
- Studenti no it is the kid at the end of the to Maxxy
- Studenti dont know
- Bugscope Teamthis is a spiracle, now
- GuestBlaaaaaah
- 10:47 am
- Studentis this a spiracle?
Bugscope Teamyes, this is a spiracle
- Studentthis thing is a total freak of nature
- Guestscary
- Studentit looks like a mouth
- Bugscope Teamthis is what insects breathe through
- StudentIs that hole a spiracle?
Bugscope Teamthe little holes are spiracles
- Guestloooks like it hurts
- Studentwhat insect are we looking at
- StudentCan a bug get more than 2 eyes?
Bugscope Teamyes, many bugs have a few simple eyes (called ocelli), spiders have 7 ocelli, right cate?
- Studentokay, brendon is adam for now.
- Studentabbie even you spell my last name wrong
- StudentI know
- StudentWow. This is amazing. how does the microscope work? gotta know.
Bugscope Teamthe samples are in a vacuum chamber, and we beam electrons at them. those electrons cause secondary electrons to be ejcted from the conductive coat of gold-palladium we have put on the samples. the secondary electrons are collected as signal, in gray scales of relative brightness/darkness, that we see on the screen
- Studentit is COLOMBO
- Studentwwwwwwwwwooooooooopppppppppppeeeeeeeeeeeeee
- Studentlooks like a venus fly trap.
- StudentAre all of those sensory hairs?
- Studentno body care how to spell your last name
- StudentSorry, HOW DARE YOU CALL ME ABBIE!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studenti know
- Studentwhat is long spikey thing
- Studentit does look like a venus flytrap
- Studentwhat is the hole on it?
- Studentwhy are there hairs in it
Bugscope Teamthe hairs help keep particles out, the same reason we have nose hairs
- Studentwhat is it
- StudentI did that on perepious for sweet revenge
- Studentit looks kind of gross
- Studentwhoa....is that like its skin
- Studentwat is this
- Studentwhat is um
- Bugscope Teamor is it six ocelli?
- Studentconner, please answer me.
- Studenthow do bugs get babies
Bugscope TeamThey have internal fertilization and they lay eggs....like a chicken kind of.
- Studentwhat are those?
- StudentARRR!
- StudentSHINY!!!!!!!
- Studentwhat are we looking at now?
- Studenteggs.
- StudentI see you typing!!!
- Studentblablablabla
- Studentwow
- Studentit is fat
- Student\EWWWW they nasty
- Studentthat is a worm
- Studenti never knew mealworms were so freakish up close
- StudentAW!!!! He's so little!!!
- Studenteeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwww
- Studentis that an eye?
- StudentIs it a beetle or a mealworm?
- Studentmax, why did you say bob
- Bugscope Teamthis is the adult
- Studentno it is not a eye
- Studentwow, so is that it's exoskeleton?
- Studenthi
- Studentis its skin bumpy or smooth
- Studentoh
- Studenthi
- StudentMealworms are larve and adults are beeetles.
- Studentnice lex
- Student now what are we looking at?
- Bugscope Teamthis is the carbon stick tape we lay the bugs down on
- Studente-mac we know
- Studentops
- Studentit looks like the moon
- Studentoops
- Studentim justin now
- Studentwhy is caitlyn asking questions if she nos
- StudentCan a bug lay ONLY one egg?
- Studentwhat are those spots?
- Studentwhat r the black dots
- Guestwhat are the dots
- Studentwhat were you before justin
- Studentim xeno now
- Studentput it into focus
- Studentmeaning no=Knows dont she work there
- Studentwhat are the little spots?
- Studentwhat is um?
- Studentno an insect can lay like 500 eggs
- Student(I believe they lay thousands, barbara)
- Bugscope Teammost bugs are going to lay more than one egg, for safety
- Student!!!
- Studentit is a beetle or a pupa
- StudentQuiet Neil
- 10:52 am
- Studentbeetle
- Guestcool
- Bugscope Teambeetle
- Studentyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
- StudentHow long are u guys on
- Studentlarva is what it looks like to me...
- Studentthis is an adult right?
- Studentits mouth is all mushy
- Studentok. just got your answer,but could you translate it into somthing 5th graders understand?
- StudentSielencio Yo Matar Mantanza (Neil)
- Studentis this its underbelly?
- Studentwwwwwwwwwoooooooooooooooow
- StudentHow long can a bug live?
- StudentGaro Bija
- Guestscaly
- Studentit has a bumpy shell
- Studentoh, mrs. valenty clarified. it i s a darkling beetle head.
- Bugscope Teamyes
- StudentNO DUGH\
- Studentdoes a mealworm have hairs on its skin?\
Bugscope Teaminsects don't have skin, they have an exoskeleton, and their are hairs that stick through the exoskeleton, those hairs are called setae, and they help the insect sense its environment
- StudentOhio Guzaima
- Studentit is UUUUGGGLLLYYY!!
- Studentomg
- Studenti dont think so akeyo
- Studentwhat r the black dots
- Bugscope Teambacteria, the bacillus or rod shaped ones, are generally two microns long
- Studentwhat is that
- StudentI guess the fungus was just because it died and fungus grew on it...
Bugscope TeamYou are RIGHT! The fungus is going to decompose the dead beetle.
- Studentthis skin is cool
- StudentWHAT ARE THE LITTLE DOTS
Bugscope Teamthose are bubbles
- Studenthow big is it?
- Studentonce again reminding people I am adam, not brendon, due to switching computors around.
- StudentFOCUS!!!!!!!!!!
- StudentCool
- Bugscope Teamyes Brendon fungus often comes along after the insect dies
- Studentwhat are we looking at?
- StudentSweet
- Studentdoes this bug have smooth skin?
- Studentwhat are in these pictures?
- Studentwow...do you know what kind of bug burrows into people's heads? they bubble also, I believe.
Bugscope TeamHuman bot fly larvae kind of burrow into people's heads. The larvae feed under people's skin--not into your brain or anything.
- Studentit looks like fins
- Studentwhy is it grey and blank
- StudentWhat image is being shown right now.
- Studentwhat!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- StudentWHAT IS THIS
- Studenta bug can lay alot of eggs
- StudentBubbles? BUBBLES?!?! How is this part of a bug?
- Studentidk
- Studenta bug doesnt have skin it has an exoskelleton
- Studentwhat is that
- StudentWHAT THE *
- Studentfins
- Studenthello please tell me about wevils
- Studentthat looks like a hair
- Studenti think there is something wrong with the screen
- Studentplease tell me what these things are!!!!!!
- Bugscope Teamwhoever is driving is going wild, which is why the image is constantly changing
- Studentyou think!
- Studentwhat is that
- Studenti agree with katie, what is a weevil
- Studentthis is soo wierd
- Studentis somthing up with the screen or what?
- Studenthey lex
- Guestbeetle
- Studentweevil: a bug that burrows into acorns in the larva stage, then stays in them. when they are beetles, they still eat acorns.
- Studentis a wolf spider harmful?
- StudentARE those bubbles part of the bug at all?
- Studenthey
- Guestyes
- Studentit is so not fair
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentyes wolf spider can kill you
Bugscope TeamNo wolf spiders are venomous---sorry to disappoint you ;)
- Guesti'm confused!!!!!!!!!
- Guestoww
- Studentwhy is the screen upsidedown
- Guestdisied
- 10:57 am
- Studentwhy r u confused max
- StudentI dont know
- Studentnever mind. what was up with the screen? correction what is up with the screen?
- Studentwhat am I seeing???!!!
- Studentdo crickets eat honey?
Bugscope TeamCrickets will eat pretty much anything---even other crickets!!!!
- Studentthe screen is all blury
- Guestlike a roler coster
- Studentim brendon again
- TeacherTeacher is back on computer. Did Justin click too much? Our presets have disappearred?
- Studentdfhgfp
- Studentwhy would crickets eat honey?
- Student 8
- Studentwhhat
- Studentthat is really wierd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentvg
- Student yo
- StudentDo you think that this is a cool job to be doing?
- Studentit looks like a machine
- Studentit looks like a mechine
- Studentwhat is that?!
- StudentWHAT??? Crikets eat HONEY!!!????
Bugscope TeamCrickets will eat honey, they will eat garbage, they will eat leaves, pretty much anything.
- Guesta hole
- Bugscope Teamthis is part of the microscope stage
- Studentwhat is this justin
- Studentno really
- Studentmost venom can kill you
- Studentwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh
- Studentwhat lex
- Guestwhat does it do
- Studentit looks like a road
- Studentwhat is that
- Bugscope Teamwe are trying to fix the scope, we've never seen it have this problem before
- Studentwhat is going on?!!!!!!!!! what is the picture?!!!!!! not a bug, thats for sure. what the heck are we looking at anyway?
- StudentIs this a wolf spider?-Oooh, killers
- Studentthat was brendons fault
- Studentwhat is that?!
- Studentno it wasnt
- StudentIs this part of the machine.
- Studentno i was asking about there response to your question it didnt make sense
- Studentwe broke it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentso what was the fly thing that goes into people's heads? I didn't get to read it.
- Guesti'm sorry!!!!!!!
- StudentCool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studenthurray!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentthis looks like plastic. I dont get it.
- Guesti didnt do anyrhing
- Student?
- Studente-mac, lex, and emma we found this earwig
- Studentno one said it was max.
- Studenthi
- Studenthi
- StudentCrickets are herbivores ((meaning they won't eat us)
- StudentIs the scope fixed yet?
- Guesti'm still sorry
- Bugscope Teamnot a problem, we are working on it now
- Studentygut
- StudentSo this broke? Wat happened?
- Studentit was'nt your fault
- Studentthis looks like a...well I don't know. what is this?
- Studentsorry about that i accidentaly typed in nonsense
- StudentHi
- Guestweird
- Studenthi everybody
- Studentwhat are we looking at
- StudentI know
- Bugscope Teamwe are almost ready
- Studenthi e-mac
- StudentWE BROKE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentwe did brake it!!!!!!
- StudentCool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- StudentHI LEX
- Bugscope Teamno, it's not broken, just confused
- Studentwooly bear caterpillar. it's fuzzy...why is there no fuzz on it, why?
- StudentATLAS IS NEIL WHO IS IN THE CORNER
- Studentsorry about that
- 11:02 am
- Guestthank you alex your nice
- StudentOkay, if it's really broken, WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
- Studentit is confused, how can the machine be confused
- Studentcool!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentawesome
- StudentWhat is that
- Studentsweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Student(tear)
- Studentwow, is this the inside of the microscope, or the outside?
- Studentwhat happened
- StudentWHAT
- Guestsour!!!!!!
- Bugscope Teamthat was the inside of the scope, via a CCD camera
- Studenthow can the machine be confused?
- Student- do that again
- Studentblack out!!!
- StudentSAD
- Studentwhat is going on
- Studentthe pic is no longer visible....
- Bugscope Teamwe are restarting the scope software
- Studentwhat is sour max?
- Studentha ha e-mac
- Student\ph yae
- Studentdarkness
- Guestnice
- Studentwhat is \ph yae?
- StudentHey, this is a cool bug... a black hole. WAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!
- Studentwhat is going on
- Studentgood luck in restarting it alex
- Studentit is so black!~
- StudentYOU ZOOMED TO CLOSE
- Bugscope Teamyou should see an image soon
- StudentWHAT
- Bugscope Teamthere's the inside of the scope again
- Studentwwwwwwwwwoooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwww
- Studentthat is wierd
- StudentHow often has this happened
- Studentthis is weird
- Studentsome ones hand
- StudentCCCCCCCCCCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
- Bugscope Teamthis has never happened before
- Studentlet us see ur face
- Studentwwwwwwwoooow is right
- Guestholloween was friday its scary
- StudentHand!!@!!!!!!
- Studentput ur head in
- Studentcool hand
- Guesthand
- Bugscope Team i think what happened is someone "clicked to drive" and never clicked "stop"
- StudentLolly, Lolly, Lolly get your adverbs here....!!!
- StudentWHAT THE HECK IS THAT? ok. what is going on? and what was that last picture? it looked like scientific equiptment? its back though. what is ita?
- Studentplease let us see u
- Studentoh my gosh what is that? it's like...some arm thingy!?
- StudentHELLO MY NAME IS BARBARA!
- StudentNice hand
- Studentu guys ROCK!
- Bugscope Teamthis is the inside of the scope
- Studentno duh
- Guestfix it fix it
- Studentis that the scientist dude?
- StudentThanks for trying
- StudentWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAND
- Studentthis is soooo cooool
- Bugscope Teamthe scope is about the size of a desk, here's a pic: http://www.itg.uiuc.edu/ms/equipment/microscopes/esem/
- Studentit is a guy
- Studentthere is a person!!!!
- Studentwhat face???
- Studentthis is cool
- Guestdont cut the red wire
- StudentWhat is that
- Studentgo back and smile
- Studentwhat is that
- StudentWOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WO W omg what is that???!!!!!!!!!
- StudentWhat wire!!!!?????
- StudentDon't cut Ze red wire
- Bugscope Teamokay, now we have the bugs back in the scope, we have to re-create the vacuum though, that takes about 2-3 minutes
- Student!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentok
- Studenta visitor
- StudentIs that a bird
- Studentis catilyn
- Studentsorry. typo.
- StudentI don't know WHAT is going on.
- Studentit doesnt work
- Studentis thqt a mouse or what is on the stage
- Studentis it food?
- Studentneither do i
- Studentshe is sitting next to e-mac
- StudentWas that Scot or Alex?
- Studentit looks like a dead squid
- Bugscope Teamonce the vacuum is pumped up, then we can turn on the electron detector
- Studentwhat are those
- StudentEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Bugscope Teamit was the yellow wire
- StudentFOOOOD
- Studentsorry food
- Studentseriously, what is on there?????
- StudentMy screen is black
Bugscope Teamif your screen is black, hit refresh (F5)
- Studentidk
- StudentPUMP THE VACCUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentwhat
- Studentur funny scot
- Studenti know! its so weird!
- 11:07 am
- Guestdon't cut that either
- Bugscope Teamtry to refresh your browser screen if it is blank
- StudentMy screen is back
- Bugscope Teamwe had to disconnect the yellow wire so that we could re-home the stage
- Studentwhere did all the cool people go???
- Studenty do u say that brendon
- StudentA nown is a person place or thing, doo do doo do do doo
- Studentraty!
- Studentalex, what happens if you cut the red wire
- StudentAbbie!
- Studentha ha
- Studentwhat is up abbie
- StudentI know
- Bugscope Teamthis thing is a scope, not a b
- Studentso the waiting period between slides is the admins putting on different slides?
Bugscope Teamthere are no slides, these are real insects inside a chamber of an electron microscope
- Studenti still see the dead squid
- StudentVERB!!!
- Studentyea what is up abbie
- StudentNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studenti feel bad for all of you to have to fix this.
- StudentWHAT is up???
- StudentMY SCREEN IS BLACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentby, you guys are soooooooooooo cool
- StudentBYE!!!
- Bugscope Teamdon't feel bad, this is fine, no big deadl
- Bugscope Teamdeal i mean
- Studentby alex
- Bugscope Teamwhen you drive again, try not to click so much when driving the scope
- StudentI wanna learn about bugs!!!
- StudentI know for a fact that crickets eat anything, because they were eating my gecko!
- Bugscope Teamclick once to start moving, then you click again to stop
- Studentokay, so there are like multiple chambers?
- Bugscope Teamif you keep clicking over and over, weird things happen
- Bugscope Teamnow the screen is black on purpose
- Bugscope Teamit'll find an image in a sec
- Bugscope Teamnow the screen will be black until I turn the beam on
- Bugscope Teamokay, the detector is now on
- Bugscope Teamtracy? everything okay?
- Bugscope Teamlooks like all the students have closed their browsers
- Bugscope Teamtracy, if you are there can you respond please?
- TeacherIt is time for the students to go to lunch. Some may come back after eating. I will stay to drive if ok with you.
- Bugscope Teamokay
- 11:12 am
- Bugscope Teamokay, the scope is unlocked again, you should see controls
- Bugscope Teampresets will be busted though, we had to reset the entire scope which kills the presets
- Bugscope Teamwe have never had that happen before
- Bugscope Teamin nearly 10 years
- Bugscope Teamsorry
- Bugscope Teambut Ms V you may drive if you would like, and the images you collect will be saved to your school's database
- Bugscope Teamyou can also try the presets -- we'll find out how far off they are now
- Bugscope Teamyour member page is: http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/members/2008-093
- Bugscope Teamall the chat and images are saved to you member page
- Bugscope Teamtracy, it's better if you stay on your computer, and then we give control to the "students" logged in. that way if a student is controlling like a madman, we can take away control and give it back to you
- 11:18 am
- TeacherGreat! Sorry, I hope it isn't anything we did. I have a pop-up that keeps coming up for video cgi. Also a pink bar across the screeen "Please wait while command executes". Typing is very slow; that is why it is taking a long time for me to respond.
- TeacherCould this have anything to do with our internet connection?
- Bugscope Teamtry logging out and back in again, that should fix everything
- Bugscope Teamnot sure what the problem is, too hard to diagnose now, we can look at our logs later, but let's just get ready for more, things are fine now
- Teacherok. Be back soon.
- Bugscope Teambut we need to get that "please wait.." off your screen
- Bugscope Teamokay, see you in a bit
- Bugscope Teamwelcome back!
- Bugscope Teamis the "please wait..." gone?
- TeacherOK. Looks good!
- Bugscope Teamwe are making a couple of presets
- Bugscope Teami've locked the session while we do presets, when we are done, we'll give you control back, just a couple more minutes
- Bugscope Teamlet us know if the kids are ready to go
- TeacherSorry. The kids are at lunch. I asked some of them to come back after eating but they are middle schoolers.....so the stomach ususally wins.
- 11:23 am
- Bugscope Teamtotally understand.
- TeacherWe will be looking at the images in class as a follow-up, though.
- Bugscope Teamcool, and remember all the chat and images from the session are saved to your member page: http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/members/2008-093
- 11:28 am
- Bugscope Teamokay tracy, we've made some new presets, i've unlocked the session, so you should have control again
- Teacherthanks. these look great.
- Bugscope Teamthanks!
- 11:34 am
- Bugscope Teamremember to click again to stop moving
- Bugscope Teamif your having lag on your network, then it's best not to use "click to drive". you can use "click to center" instead
- 11:39 am
- Bugscope Teamhello anastasia, welcome to bugscope!
- Studenthello
- Bugscope Teamwho's simon?
- Studenthe is the person driving
- Bugscope Teamah, okay
- Teacherwhat is a ceropod?
- Bugscope Teamit's the claw looking thing
- Bugscope TeamThis are the cerci of a male earwig
- StudentOK
- Teacherplease transfer control to anastasia
- Bugscope Teamana, you've got control!
- Bugscope Teamjust remember, when using "click to drive", you click once to start moving, and you must click again to stop moving
- 11:44 am
- Bugscope Teamah, yeah lower the mag to get a better view... nice
- Bugscope Teamthis mite has a flat head
- Teacherwhat is it on?
- Bugscope Teamweird looking
- Bugscope Teamwell, on the left? not sure, some kind of dirt maybe, we call unknown dirt juju.
- Bugscope Teamthis is a plant hopper, those are the insects that look so much like little leaves, but in an electron scope, they look insects don't they?
- Teachertracy is back. Simon went to the debate.
- Bugscope TeamThe triangle-shaped head accommodates huge muscles that the plant hopper uses as a pump to suck plant juices.
- Bugscope Teamthis is a cricket, a close up of the spiracle on the cricket
- TeacherWhy is the cricket spiracle shaped differently than the other one we looked at?
Bugscope Teami'm pretty sure it's a weird angle on this image, and actually the spiracle is more circular shaped
- Bugscope Teamthe spiracle is how the insects circulate air into their bodies, they don't breath through mouths, but instead have these holes on their bodies, called spiracles
- StudentThis is so cool
- Bugscope Teambut maybe i'm wrong. annie? you ever seen spiracles that weren't circular?
- Bugscope Teamor at least oval?
- 11:49 am
- Bugscope TeamI think there can be lots of variation in the size and shape of spiracles.
- TeacherTHat makes sense.
- Bugscope Teamah okay, cool, thanks!
- Bugscope Teamannie is a phd in entomology, i'm a systems admin. :)
- Bugscope Teamcaterpillar head?
- Bugscope TeamI WILL have a PhD in entomology in May
- Teachermouth parts?
Bugscope TeamThe mouthparts are at the very very bottom of the caterpillar's head. We don't really have a good shot of them here.
- Bugscope Teamthat looks like mouth parts yes
- Studentwhat is the hair like things on the sides
Bugscope Teamthose hair like things are called setae, they are sensory, in the same way that cat whiskers are, but they function differently
- Bugscope Teamsetae (see-tee) is plural for seta
- StudentTracy will not be able to answer for a second because she is being interviewed
- Bugscope Teamnot a problem. you are doing great anastasia
- Bugscope Teamask as many question as you like
- 11:55 am
- Studentso this is a eye
Bugscope Teamhmm, no, i think this is a scale of some kind? what preset did you click on?
- Bugscope Teamah, this is a scale on top of an eye
- Bugscope Teamif you zoom out, you'll get a better look at the eye
- Bugscope Teamone more zoom out i think
- Bugscope Teamscales are very small
- Studentso it is a scale like a fish scale
Bugscope TeamIt is actually a scale from the wing of a moth or butterfly, most likely
- Bugscope Teamnotice the scale bar in the bottom left of the image, 1 um = one micron = one millionth of a meter
- Bugscope TeamThe scales are what give the wings of moths and butterflies their color and what make butterfly wings so slick
- Bugscope Teaminsects are very "hairy", or the more appropriate word would be "setae-y", i guess... ;)
- Bugscope Teamprolegs are the stubby fleshy short legs on most larval forms of insects
- Studentso what are we looking at here?
Bugscope TeamThese are the prolegs on a caterpillar---the little legs at the back end of a caterpillar
- 12:00 pm
- Bugscope TeamThey aren't really legs, because insects only have six legs. Adult butterflies and moths lose the prolegs when they molt to adults.
- Studentwhere are the eyes on the caterpillar head?
Bugscope Teamyou can see some simple eye (ocelli) on the right side, there are 4 of them, in a row, see them?
Bugscope TeamSee the little ring of bumps on the lower right corner of the head? Those are the eyes.
- Studentswitch driver back to tracy, please
- Bugscope Teamleapord? or tiger?
- Bugscope Teamsorry, mistype, ignore that last thing
- 12:05 pm
- TeacherAnastasia is off to our mock-presidential debate. Can I drive again, please if we have a few minutes left?,
- Bugscope Teamsure, tracy, you have control again
- TeacherAwesome, thanks. Will you let me know when we are done?
- Bugscope Teamwell, we have the scope until 12:30 at which point other researchers here need to use the scope
- Bugscope Teamso you've got another 25 minutes if you want. you don't have to stay if you don't want to though, it's up to you
- Bugscope TeamOop, what do I know...I am in another building!!!
- TeacherFantastic. I will use it!
- TeacherSimple eyes are exactly that, huh? Not much to them?
Bugscope Teamyep, that's right. compound eyes are much more complex
Bugscope TeamThey help the insect to regulate circadian rhythm and also to know where the horizon is...but, they are really simple, yes.
- Teacherwhat is the hole next to the eye?
Bugscope TeamThat looks like there used to be a seta there
- Bugscope Teamhmm, that looks like a spiracle, but i'm not sure spiracles are supposed to be on heads? strange
- 12:10 pm
- Bugscope Teamah, yeah, good call annie, a broken seta
- Bugscope Teamthat hole goes down under the exoskeleton, and the seta would have been connected to nerves underneath
- TeacherCool. Why would they have setae near the eye?
Bugscope TeamThat is a good question--it could be to protect the eyes, or it could be mechanosensory...it is really hard to know.
- Studentthe debate was cool
Bugscope Teamdid you win? ;)
- Bugscope TeamOk, Annie has to log out (that is me). Thank you for your excellent questions!
- Bugscope Teami'm still here though, and can stay here until 12:30PM
- Teacherthanks, Annie.
- 12:15 pm
- Bugscope TeamAlex, I will talk to you later, have a good rest-of-the-session!
- Bugscope Teambye bye!!
- StudentThe debate was for the presidents we are voting in a moch alection tommorow
- Teacheranastasia would like to drive
- Bugscope Teamcool
- Bugscope Teamanastasia, you have control now
- StudentOK
- Bugscope Teamhow old are you anastasia? what grade? not 18 i'm guessing?
- Studentsix grade but It is just a alection for winchesterthurston school
- Teacherthese are 6th graders
- Bugscope Teamvery cool, hope your mock election goes well!
- Studentwhat is a mite
- Studentthanks
- Bugscope Teammites are some of the most successful invertebrates on the planet
- Teacherwhere is the mouth?
Bugscope Teamon the right side, but it's hard to see, it's under the head
- 12:20 pm
- Bugscope Teamthis mite is parasitic, meaning it feeds on a host, in this case the host is an earwig
- Teachergood job anastasia. Are these legs?
- Bugscope Teamyeah, can't really see the mouth, sorry.
- Bugscope Teami think some of those sticks are legs, but not all, others are mouth parts used for manipulation of the food source
- TeacherWhat are the little scallop-looking things on the earwigs leg?
- Studentthat is weird
- Bugscope Teamwell, i'm not sure, sorry, i'm the only bugscope member left, and i'm a sysadmin. i wish i knew, i'll look online, and see if you can find other questions that i can answer :)
- Bugscope Teammaybe the exoskeleton has that particular pattern on the leg of the earwig?
- Teacherthanks. I appreciate you sticking around to help us out.
- Bugscope Teamno problem at all, i like doing bugscope quite a bit
- StudentTHats is cool
- Bugscope Teamthis is a spider spinneret, that is the part of the spider where the web comes out of
- Bugscope Teamif you zoom out one, you might get a better idea of the overall shape of the spinneret
- Studentwhat is the string thing coming ot of the abdomen
Bugscope Teamhmm, not sure what you mean by string thing, can you click to center on it?
- 12:26 pm
- Bugscope Teamsome spinneretes are on the feet of spider lets, which leads some scientists to presume that spinneretes were originally developed as sticky pads to help the spider walk on walls, but later developed the ability to spin web
- TeacherI asked her to look at something else. Sorry.
- Bugscope Teamno problemo
- TeacherTime for us to go. Thanks SO much.
- StudentI have to go but thank you so much it was a lot of fun
- Bugscope Teamtarsus (plural for tarsi) are the final segments of the legs. so these are setae on those segments
- Bugscope Teamthanks for doing bugscope!
- Bugscope Teamremember tracy, all the chat and images are online on your member page
- Bugscope Teamhttp://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/members/2008-093
- Studentthanks
- Bugscope Teamyou are very welcome
- TeacherThank you! We will definitely using them. Bye.
- Bugscope Teamthanks tracy
- Bugscope Teambye bye
- 12:31 pm
- Bugscope Teamokay, session done, stopping rxl, disabling session, locking session....
- Bugscope Teamnice session everyone, laterz...