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- 9:15 am
- Bugscope Teamsession is ready to go
- 9:23 am
- Bugscope Teamhello mrs. valenty. welcome to bugscope
- Bugscope Teamwelcome!
- Bugscope TeamGood morning!
- Bugscope Teamwelcome to bugscope anastasia!
- Bugscope Teamhello Anastasia!
- Studenthello
- 9:29 am
- Bugscope TeamAnastasia would you like to drive this morning?
- Bugscope Teamyou have control if you would like to change mag, choose another preset, drive to somewhere else on the stub...
- StudentYes my teachers computer is not working
- Bugscope Teamah, sorry, can i help in any way, i'm a techie
- Bugscope Teamand please be sure to ask us questions if you wish -- you are now the supreme ruler
- Bugscope TeamGood morning Crawford!
- Bugscope Teamthis is a close up of a single scale of the small moth in the 'scope this morning
- Bugscope Teamhey jared, welcome to bugscope, bela, welcome
- Bugscope Teamif it appears too dark you can fix that in 'click to adjust'
- Bugscope Teamthis is a spiracle, which is a breathing pore
- Bugscope Teamit has tiny setae lining it that help keep dust out
- GuestGood morning. Is there audio?
- Bugscope Teamthere are lots of these, usually two per segment
- Bugscope Teamno we don't use audio
- 9:34 am
- Bugscope Teamwe've got images and chat, it gets pretty busy with just that
- Bugscope Teamwe don't want to be telling the story as much as letting our participants ask us questions
- Bugscope Teamof course if it is 'quiet' we may keep up a commentary, but students are always welcome to join in -- that's what we want
- Bugscope Teamthis is the front of the head of a cicada
- Studentwe can not get a image up
- Bugscope Teamtry to refrsh your browser window
- Bugscope Teamanastasia, it looks like the computers are having problems. can you ask mrs. valenty if she needs help? i can call if she needs me to.
- Bugscope Teamtry refreshing f%
- Bugscope TeamF5
- Bugscope TeamGood morning Alexa Z!
- Bugscope Teamstudents are starting to log on!
- StudentHello im Peter
- Bugscope TeamHi Peter!
- Bugscope TeamWelcome to bugscope!
- StudentHello im bela
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head of the cicada you sent
- Bugscope TeamHi Bela!
- Bugscope TeamHi Mrs V!
- Bugscope Teamthis is the ovipositor of an insect we don't recognize
- Bugscope Teamthis is what it uses to lay its eggs
- Studenthi
- Studentwhat are those little holes?
Bugscope Teamthat is from the double stick carbon tape that we stick the bugs on
- StudentWhat is this picture of?
- StudentHi
- GuestWhat is this?
- Bugscope TeamMaxP this is an ovipoistor
- 9:39 am
- GuestAnastasia, are u driving?
- Bugscope Teamright now, we are looking at a compound eye
- Bugscope Teamanastasia is driving, yes
- Bugscope Teamoops ovipositor, and now we are on an eye
- StudentYes
- Studentwhat eye?
- Bugscope Teamthe individual facets of the compound eye are called ommatidia
- StudentWhat is an ovipositor
Bugscope Teamit deposits eggs into things. sometimes it is also a stinger on a wasp or bee. The eggs can be deposited into little holes in branches or insects. If they are deposited into insects, when the eggs hatch, the larvae will eat the insect from the inside out
- TeacherOur network seems to be slow. Please have patience with us.
Bugscope Teamokay, no problem, try not to use "click to drive" or "focus". using those will cause more lag is your network is slow.
- Bugscope Teamwelcome back Mrs v
- StudentHi! What are those little holes that have peculiar little black things spread throughout? Also, is this the compound eye, of lets say, a bee?
- GuestHaha, our network is always slow :(
- TeacherCould you please transfer drivers to Max P? Thanks.
- Bugscope Teaman ovipositor is used by a female insect to inject its eggs into something -- a fruit or an caterpillar or a twig...
- Studentwhat insect is that
Bugscope Teamthis is a beetle
- Bugscope TeammaxP, you have control!
- Bugscope TeamMaxP has it, and Anastasia you did a great job driving.
- Studentwhat are these?
- Studentwhat is this
- Bugscope Teamif your screen is black, try hitting refresh (F5)
- StudentWhat kind of beetle is this?
- Bugscope Teamthis is a beetle of some sort that we do not recognize
- Studentthis is cool
- StudentIt is very hairy
- Guest>.< Eww
- Bugscope Teamyou can see that someone else's leg is atop the head of the beetle
- Studentwhat are those claws above the animal? I'm not sure, they sure look like claws, and look very sharp. Is it the claw of another animal that is there or is it the leg of the animal that got deatached?
- StudentAbout how large is it?
- StudentWhat animal is this?
- Studentwhat focus is this in
- Bugscope Teamalso, try using full screen mode (F11) to get a larger window
- StudentI want to see the pictures
- Bugscope TeamMaxP can drive north to see what that insect is
- Studentwho has cpntrol?
- Bugscope Teamif your window ever looks black try to refresh your browser window
- GuestDont focus!!! it'll make our thing slower. (look @ the q & a)
- Bugscope TeamAnastasia can you click F5 and refresh your screen?
- StudentMax
- Studentwhy is MaxP on a different screen then we are?
- Studentthank you so much
- Bugscope Teamif there is lag in the network, you will need to refresh more often. click on F5 whenever your screen is black
- StudentWhat is the most poisonous bug on the planet? Just out of curiousity.
- Studentthis is really cool. what is this
- Bugscope TeamThere is clearly some lag in the network now, or has been...
- StudentIm finally in
- 9:45 am
- Bugscope TeamCoool Joel!
- StudentWhat is that
- StudentWhat are those little hairs there?
- Studentis this hair
- Bugscope Teamoh my preset is a little off
- Studentits like hair
Bugscope Teamit is hair-- insect hair we call setae (see-tee). they help the insect sense what is around them in their environment
- StudentWhat is that?
- Studenthairy eye
- StudentIt's AWESOME!!!!
- StudentWhy are there little jagedy spikes coming out of the skin, or something?
- Studentthis is real pollen
- Studentwhat the hairy things
- Studentwhat is that?
- Bugscope Teamthose are likely sensory setae of some sort, on the head of this insect
- GuestAns setae are...?
- Guestand*
- Bugscope Teamhey good driving
- TeacherPlease transfer drivers to James.
Bugscope Teamok james has it
- Studentthank u scott. U r very nice
- StudentI'm finally on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentwhat are the little bumpy thing
- Studenti think it could be hair
- Bugscope Teamoops of course Cate beat me to it
- Bugscope Teamnow you can start to see where we are
- Studentwhat is that?
- Studentho is driving
- StudentCool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- StudentI like this because last time i got interviewed by the Pittsburgh post gazette
- Studentwhat are the little dots
- StudentI ment Who is driving
- Studentwhat picture is this
- Studentr thoes anttena
- Studentthat looks like an elephant
- Bugscope Teamthe little dots were the edges of plates in the cuticle
- Bugscope Teamthis is a claw of a true bug
- StudentHow long ago in earth evolution where bugs present?
- Studentits like an elephant
- Studentwhats that
- Studentit does look sorta like the head of an elephant
- Guest0__o
- Studentwell it did
- Studentaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!
- Bugscope Teamthis is a caterpillar
- Bugscope Teamthis is a caterpillar
- StudentKind of creepy!!!
- Studentthat looks like a skeleton
- StudentThis is so cool!
- GuestI dont think caterpillars are that cute anymore...
Bugscope Teamreally!!! i think they are MORE beautiful
- StudentOh my gosh!
- Bugscope Teamthe bumps that are next to what looks like eyes are the actual eyes
- Studentthis is a scary caterpillar
- StudentOMG!!!
- Bugscope Teamit is a skeleton of course -- it is an exoskeleton
- Studentthey used to be cute!
- StudentDid it dry up?
- Bugscope Teamfunny Alexa
- StudentIt looks like the caterpiller filled with air
- StudentJames, zoom into the eye!!
- Bugscope Teamyeah caterpillars are kind of weird looking, or atleast this one is
- Studentlol
- StudentMe to
- TeacherIs this one of the woolly bears?
- Studenti cant
- GuestThat would be moi, Scot :P
- Bugscope Teamno we saved a wolly bear for next session
- Studentwhat kind of catipillar is this
- StudentI think so
- Bugscope Teamno this was the shed skin of some caterpillar, we didn
- StudentWhy are there little bumps by the head?
- StudentCate are those dots the eyes
Bugscope Teamyes they are
- Bugscope Teamwe didnt know what kind this was from
- Studentowww
- Bugscope Teamthey have simple eyes
- 9:50 am
- Studentdoes it have acne
- GuestOmg, what about sean the wolly bear?! He was so cute :3
- Studentwhats the big
- Bugscope Teamyes you found the simple eyes on the caterpillar's head
- StudentWhat type of caterpillar is this???
- StudentCate, when did you first become interestid in entomology? ( I hope I spelled that right.)
Bugscope TeamI am actually not an entomologist, but insects are pretty interesting to learn about. Sometimes we do get an entomologist to log on-- her name is Annie, but she isn't on right now. What we learn about insects, we learn through bugscope and when we get things wrong, Annie (if she's on) will correct us!
- Studentis that a graashoper?
- StudentWhat is that bug next to it
- Studentwhere r the legs
- Student?
- StudentThats cool
- Bugscope Teami think what looks like an eye with a hole is a type of antenna maybe
- Guestis that they praying mantis?! over there >>
- TeacherDaVon to drive, please.
- Bugscope TeamDaVon we don't know what kind of caterpillar it is -- but it came from your class.
- Bugscope Teamalexandrau, you spelled it perfectly: entomology
- StudentWhere r the legs, Scott
- StudentOk.
- Bugscope Teamdavon, you have control of the scope now
- StudentHow much aproomitley does the microscope way
- StudentHow big is this caterpillar?
- StudentWhen did the study of entomology start? What century?
- Studentits sorta rinkely
- Studentweigh
- Studentnot way
- Studentthats gross
- Bugscope Teamthose short legs on caterpillars are called 'prolegs'
- StudentHow do you keep the bugs preserved?
- Studentr those the legs
- Bugscope Teamthe caterpillar is maybe 12 mm long
- StudentWho thinks this is cool?
- Bugscope Teamthose are prolegs
- Bugscope TeamI like science in general it is fun. I got my degree in Physics from the University of Illinois
- StudentIt's cool!!
- StudentSome of it
- Guest-___- ' it looks like a crumpled paper bag
- StudentAlex how do u control the scope\
- StudentEEWWWW! the skiin is so wrinkly! And i thought that caterpillars had rather smooth skin. (It felt smooth when i touched it)
Bugscope Teamyeah, it's really cool how different insects look up close. in fact the leafhopper produces these things called brochosomes, which are so small they were discovered with the use of an electron microscope
- Studenthow big do u think the microscope is?
- Studentit looks like a cloud
- StudentAlexa how did you sign on as a guest
- StudentTry zooming into the eye, Davon!
- StudentAny subjestion on what next?
- GuestUm, idk how i did it
- StudentThe eye.
- Bugscope Teamif you go up in mag you may be able to see the crochets -- the little claws on the prolegs
- Studentchange the opic
- Studentwhat is that?
- Studentpic
- Studentwhtas this
- StudentAlex
- Studentohh
- Studentwhats the string things
- Bugscope Teamthis is the edge of the eye of the cicada
- Studentthis is a cicada head or claw
- StudentWhat are those stringly things?
- Studentwhat are the the string things
- Student???
- StudentWhy is it so fuzzy?
- StudentWhat are all the little hairs?
- StudentWHOA!
- Bugscope Teamthis is called 'vestiture,' which means it is the 'dressing' of the head
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentwow
- Studentwow
- StudentWOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- StudentWhat is that giant bump?
- Studentwow
- 9:55 am
- GuestEwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!! x___x
- StudentWhy does the eye pop out?
- StudentScott how do u manually control the scope
- Studentewwwwwwwwwww
- StudentWhat is a tympana?
- StudentAwessome
- Studentthis is really cool
- GuestAlexandra....isnt that the eardrum-u thing?
- Bugscope Teamwhen you say 'divest,' it means to remove
- Student!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Guest-y*
- Studentthats a good picture
- Studentwhat are the string things
- Studentis that its eye
- StudentCool right!!!!!!!
- Studentthank you alex you r nice
Bugscope Teamthanks! you all are asking great questions, so it makes it easy
- Studentcool
- Bugscope Teamthat was the tympanum -- the eardrum, as you suggested
- Studentcool eye
- GuestYay ^____^
- StudentIt's so.....hairy
- StudentIs that a bird
Bugscope Teamthis is the moth head
- StudentIs that butter
- Bugscope Teamthis is the compound eye of the moth, and you can see lots of scales
- TeacherPlease transfer driver to Bela&?
- StudentAll Right!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Student1ce again thank you alex
- Bugscope Teambela&? (cool name!), you have control
- Studentwhat part are we looking at
- Studento thank you Cate, you r nice
- Bugscope Teammoths, butterflies, skippers, and actually silverfish have scales
- Bugscope Teamalso mosquitoes
- Studentshe had to sign on three times
- Studentcool
- Bugscope Teamhave scales
- StudentWhat part of the moth are we looking at now?
- Studentdo all mothes head look like that
- StudentAlex is working for bugscope hard??????!!!!!!!
Bugscope Teamno, it's exciting and challenging. i've learned a lot about insects since joining. (i'm a systems admin - i.e., computer dude)
- StudentAre those the wings
- StudentWhat are the scales on this moth constructed of?
- Studentis that its back?
- Studentwhat is this
- Studentare those scales?
Bugscope Teamyes all those are individual scales. They look like powder if you rub their wings
- Bugscope Teammoths' heads do lookg similar
- StudentWha kind of moth is it?
- Bugscope Teamyes those are scales
- Studentthanks scott your nice
- StudentScoot, is that the egg we r looking at
- StudentWOW! COOL!!
- Bugscope Teamit was a small moth, kind of pinkish-gray
- StudentScott
- StudentScot this is AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- StudentAlex were you on monday
Bugscope Teamyes, i remember talking to you anastasia, nice to see you again
- Bugscope Teamthe scales come off easily, and one advantage of having them is that they can come off when you get stuck in a spider web so you can get away
- Studentmonday
- StudentHow small is this without the microscope
Bugscope Teamall these insects you are looking at are on a stub about 1.5 inches in diameter
- Studentit looks like those strings at a car wash
- StudentEveryone at Bugscope>. How many weird bugs do you get a day?????
- Studentnice to see you that day was fun
- StudentWhat are some of the most devastating deseases can moths transmit to humans? What are the most devastating deseases can insects in general send? What civilizations in history have been wiped out and destroyed by the deseases that the bugs/ insects sent?
Bugscope Teamwow, great question. i'm not an expert but i think mosquitoes can be very deadly because they spread disease through blood.
- Studentawesome
- 10:00 am
- StudentIs that a frog
Bugscope Teamhaha it looks like a frog, it's a cricket
- Studentis that a frog
- Studentwow
- Studentthats scary
- GuestEwwwwwww ew ew ew ewwww
- Studentribbit
- StudentWhat are those little holes around the "frog"
- Studentits like kermit
- StudentThank u Cate, u r nice
- Guestit looks more like one of those Muppets
- Bugscope Teamthe broken antennae look like frog eyes
- Studentthe eye is weird?
Bugscope Teamthose are where the antennae broke off. Limbs fall off easily when insects dry out
- Studentwhy are they poking out
- Studentu r right anestatioa
- StudentI think it is a muffet
- Studentwhy do the eyes stick out?
Bugscope Teamthey have compound eyes that are actually a little hard to see from here but they can be found beneath the broken antennae (that resembles eyes)
- Studentcool
- StudentAre thos bulging things its eyes?
- StudentDoes it have a nose
- Studentwhers his face
- StudentCate. Is working with the microscope harder than it appers???
Bugscope Teamwhat you all are doing-- controlling it over the internet- is actually a little bit harder than controlling it in the room. I'm sure that after a few minutes in the microscope room you all would be pros!
- Studentis there a hole in the eye
- StudentOhsorry I mean muphet like curmate the frog
- Studenthow many b ugs do you look at a day
- GuestMuppet*
- StudentScott is there a hole in the eye
- Bugscope Teamalexandrau, yes, according to wikipedia, the mosquito is one of the most deadly disease vector known, killing millions of people over thousands of years and continuing to kill millions per year by the spread of infectious diseases
- StudentIt it possible to cut the animal in half so that with this amazing microscope we can view the internal organs? That would be the most facinating and wonderful thing ever! Would that be okay Scot or Cate?
- StudentIs that a winhg?
Bugscope Teamthis is a scale up close
Bugscope Teamthis is a scale, a small part of the wing
- Studentwoah
- GuestKurmet* Sorry.....i'm a sucker for the muppets, anastasia. it looks like lace ^___^
- Studenthow many bugs do u look at day scot
- Studentwhats this
- Bugscope Teamyes jared, these are scales of a moth
- Studentwhat is sphere
- Studentis this juju
Bugscope Teamyes that ball is a lump of dirt maybe
- Studentwhat is that?? Cate??
- Studentwho is juju
- Studentjuju?
- StudentIs this a scale?
- StudentIt kindof looks like an acorn
- Studentwhats juju????????????????????????????????????
- Bugscope TeamYES, it's probably juju, our word for something like dirt or whatnot...
- StudentOhh
- Studentcool
- Bugscope Teamjuju = dirt, grime, stuff we aren't sure exactly what it is
- Guestjujubees! ew...like dirt bees
- Studentlooks like my dinner
- Studentwhats juju?????????????????????????????????????????????
- Studentewww ear wax
Bugscope Teammore like nose wax. spiracles are like noses, they get air to the insect through the exoskeleton. the hairs keep particles that shouldnt be there form getting in
- StudentAmazing!
- Studentwow
- Bugscope Teamthis is one of the spiracles
- GuestLooks like a shrub
- Studentspikey
- Studentnwhats this
- Teacheralexandrau to drive, please
- Studentspikes
- Studentis that hair
- Studentis that hair?
- 10:05 am
- StudentAre all of the spiracles like this?
- StudentPetr
- Bugscope Teamalexandrau has control of the scope now
- StudentOmg, this is so cool
- Studentwhats the most common bug that you usually see?
Bugscope Teamsome bugs look more interesting than others inside the scope. i think moths are very cool looking. and leafhoppers too, because then you get to see some brochosomes
- Studentwow
- Bugscope Teammost spiracle, in our experience, are similar to this
- StudentStop saying omg, it is offensive
- GuestOme (oh my edward), it looks like a notch in wood
- Studentfrom the outside
- StudentIs it fun to do this everyday
- Studentwhy does it have hair in it
Bugscope Teamthose hairs are called setae (see-tee), they help the insect sense its environment
- StudentLOL this is cool
- StudentIt's AWESOME!!
- Studentcould you describe leafhoppers?
Bugscope TeamLeafhopper are generally small insects that suck the sap of a variety of plants. They have powerful hind legs that let them jump to escape predators. They can be serious pests of plants, both by damaging them through direct feeding and by transmitting plant diseases.
- Bugscope Teamthe rest of the mealworm did not look so good this morning
- Bugscope Teamleafhoppers live in plants, of course
- Studentwhat is this place
- Studentlol
- Studentwhat is this thing?
- TeacherThe mealworm looks really dried out.
Bugscope Teamyeah, lots of the samples dry out, you can also see that in the compound eyes sometimes, the ommatidia (facets) will look deflated
- StudentWhat is the boney thing and clumps?????????
- Bugscope Teamand they often have rounded heads; you can also see that they have piercing mouthparts
- StudentYou told me that on mon. and I all ready forgot
- Student+
- Bugscope Teamthis is a bunch of dirt
- StudentWhat are these clumps?
- StudentScot have u evr tasted a edible mealworm or dunbeetle
Bugscope TeamYuck-no one would eat a grown up dung beetle!
- Studenthahaha
- Bugscope Teamsometimes we see pollen and mold spores at this level of magnification
- Bugscope Teamit is good that it is dry, for us
- StudentScot, Cate or Alex What is that long stringy thing
- Bugscope Teamthen we need only coat it with gold-palladium
- Studentcan you answer joels questions because he is getting rewclase
- Bugscope TeamI think it is a portion of fungal hyphae
- StudentIs that really a mealworm
- Studentwhats this
- Bugscope Teamyes, joel, ask away! i'll watch for your question
- Student?
- Studentcool
- StudentAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
- Bugscope TeamWhat was Joel's question?
- Studentever u ever ate a bug Alex, Cate, scot,qannie
Bugscope TeamI have eaten many different insects and other arthropods: I have eaten mealworms, caterpillars, ants, crickets, and water bugs.
- Studentannie
- StudentWhat is this?
- Bugscope TeamI am sorry we cannot catch every question
- Bugscope TeamI have not, but i bet annie has
- 10:10 am
- StudentAnnie they are edible try one they r tasty
Bugscope Teamugh--I know what dung beetles eat and how they smell. I do not think I would like to eat an adult dung beetle
- StudentEver eaten bugs?
- StudentIt's kind of like a grasshhopper
- Bugscope TeamAnnie has eaten more bugs than the rest of us -- she is a little more adventurous
- StudentI ate a fully grown dung beetle
Bugscope Teamvery cool joel, nice commitment :)
- Guest"little"?
- Studentannie were you on mon.?
Bugscope Teamyes, on and off--I had a meeting during the session
- Bugscope Teamnice looking little yellow hopped
- Studenthow many kinds of bugs have you looked at?
- Bugscope Teamjames, i'm sure you've eaten plenty of bugs in your life too, everyone does, during sleep, riding a bike, etc...
- Studentsame with me annnie
- StudentIt tasted bad
- Bugscope TeamI think I have eaten a scorpion too
- StudentJames was the dungbeetle good
- StudentCate asked
- Studentnot reall7y
- Bugscope Teamwe have looked at many dozens of types of bugs in 10 years
- Bugscope Teamwas it crunchy?
- Teachernickp to drive, please.
- Studentnot reallly Cate
- Studenthairy
- Bugscope TeamnickP, you've got control!
- Student How do people eat scorions
Bugscope Teamscorpions are a delicacy in some cultures
- StudentI was on with Mrs Valenty
- StudentCate have u ever eaten a dungbeeetle
- Bugscope Teami wuldnt think that dung beetles would be tasty considering what they eat
- StudentWhat is this hariy thing????
- Studentare most bugs edible?
Bugscope TeamYes, I think you COULD eat almost any insect.. Some insects, like maggots that live in dead bodies or poop, you might not want to eat.
- Studentwhat you do this everyday?
- Bugscope Teamwe do this for fun, yes, fairly often
- StudentTrust me and james I am telling the truth
- Studentwhat do they eat cate
Bugscope Teamwell they arent called dung beetles for nothing!
- StudentAnnie
- Studenthow do they the pioson out
- Bugscope Teamit takes a few months for the company to put one of these 'scopes together
- Studentdo they eat bugs daily in other countries?
Bugscope Teamyes some cultures eat insects regularly, there is protein in insects. that's very important for your body
- Studentis that aZ fish
- Studentwhat is this
- StudentWhy is there like a wholein the center of that leg Scott or Cate or Annie
Bugscope Teamthat is where the rest of the leg fell off where the claw would be
- Bugscope Team:)
- Bugscope TeamI think the poison is probably no longer toxic when it is cooked
- Studentwhats aZ fish
- StudentIt won't move
- StudentOkay
- Studentwould the leg grow back if it was living
Bugscope Teamnope, once an insect molts into an adult, it doesn't regrow any parts.
- Bugscope Teamthe smaller hole is where a seta broke off
- StudentWhat part of the insect is this???????????????????
- StudentCoud they use that as a spine for a person without one
- Bugscope TeamMaxP those are very small
- Studentcan you chang the picture
- StudentDo you all like barbeque mealworms
Bugscope TeamUh, they are ok. I am generally not a big fan of eating insects. I think they taste like dirt.
- Studentu mean exoskeleton max
- Bugscope Teamand they are made of chitin, like your fingernails
- Studentdo you only take dead bugs or do you also take alive?
Bugscope Teamsometimes we get bugs that are alive, and we freeze them, that's a very "nice" way to end their life
- Studentmaby for a baby right scott
- Guesteww. bbq MWs?
- Studentcool
- Bugscope Teamso they would not be good candidates to replace a human spine
- TeacherJared to drive, please.
- Bugscope Teamyeah maybe for a baby
- StudentAlex where r u from
- StudentScoot where r u from
- Studentme too annie they taste odd
- 10:15 am
- StudentI like the mealworms alot
- StudentWhat is this?
- StudentCate where r u from
Bugscope Teamim from the suburbs of Chicago
- Bugscope Teamjared, you have control now
- Studentvery
- StudentAnnie where r u from
Bugscope TeamLouisville, KY
- StudentThanks
- StudentUmesh where r u from
- Bugscope Teamc;law
- Bugscope Teamcalw
- Bugscope Teamclaw
- Bugscope Teamthere
- Studentthats a cool name umesh
- Bugscope TeamI am from Urbana-Champaign.
- Bugscope TeamI focus on education and outreach for the Bugscope.
- Studentthanks umesh
- StudentWhats this?
- Studentwhat is this Annie?
Bugscope TeamThis is out of focus...I am not sure what this is. Looks like a glob of paint.
- Studentidk
- StudentAlex where are YOU from??
- Studentwhere is this chat taking place, any of u
Bugscope TeamI am sitting at the table in my apartment
- Bugscope Teamah, go to the right!
- Bugscope Teamoh!
- Bugscope Teamthis is the poloen grain with all the brochosomes
- Bugscope Teamthe pollen grain with brochosomes is coming up now
- StudentWHERE ARE WE?
Bugscope Teamthis is on the leafhopper
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head of the leafhopper
- Bugscope Teamnice driving jared!
- Bugscope Teambrochosomes are something that only leafhoppers produce
- Studentumesh do you enjoy your job/career?
- StudentWay to go Jared
- Studento, cool annie
- Bugscope Teamsee all those little white things, those are called brochosomes, unique to the leafhopper
- Bugscope Teamand as Cate says we are looking at a pollen grain with brochosomes on it
- StudentWhat part of the leafhopper is this?
- Studentwhat is that stuf on it? annie?
Bugscope TeamThe little tiny balls are called brochosomes, which are little dusty particles that are produced by the "kidneys" of leafhoppers. Leafhoppers dust their egg masses with a layer of brochosomes to protect the eggs.
- Bugscope Teamthis is on or near the head
- GuestBlurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry =/
- Studentyour out of focas
- Bugscope Teamif you look at the micron bar you can see how high the magnification is
- StudentWhat is the largest bug in the world Cate, Scott, Annie, or Alex? What is the smallest bug in the world? About how big is the largest bug in the world and the smallest?
- StudentAlex where are you typing
Bugscope Teami'm sitting in the same room with the microscope, in urbana illinois
- Studenttry focusing, Jared
- GuestOops. we gtg
- StudentTTYL Cate
- StudentTTYL Scott
- Studenti really apreciated u 4 taking ur time wqith us
- StudentTTYL Annie
- Bugscope Teamditto MaxP
- Guestttfn peeple. Thanks :)
- StudentTTYL Umesh
- Bugscope Teamthank you students, you were great!
- StudentGood by e everyone
- Guestoops :)
- StudentTTYL EVERYONE!!
- Studentc ya umesh and all u out there
- Studentgood bye umesh Annie scot Cate alex
- GuestBye-yas
- StudentGrasias, THank You
- StudentBy we have to go thank you so much for helping us and answering are quastions
- StudentThank you so much for answering our questions students in Illinois. It is a great opportunity.
- Studenthasta luego
- Studentthank u everybody
- Studentau revoir
- StudentHASTA LA VISTA!!!
- Bugscope Teamhasta luego
- Teachertransfer driver to me, please.
- Bugscope TeamYou are all are future scientists. Please come and try Bugscope again and again.
- StudentI have learned alot! This was one of the funnest things ever!!!!
- StudentBye, everyone. Thank you!
- StudentLATERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- 10:20 am
- Bugscope TeamMrs. Valenty: Thanks!
- Bugscope Teammrs. valenty, you have control now. great session so far.
- Bugscope Teama proleg is a primitive leg on the latter half of the caterpillar
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head of the true bug
- Bugscope Teamtrue bugs could be shield bugs, stink bugs...
- Bugscope Teamwell not just now
- Bugscope TeamAnnie, are you in your office or at the gym typing away.
- Bugscope Teamthis is the 'nape of the neck' of the stinkbug
- Bugscope Teamthose small flowerlike things may be sensory -- as in chemosensors
- Bugscope Teamstinkbugs do not like their own bad smell
- Bugscope TeamOOF
- TeacherSorry, all the kids have gone to their next class. They had a fantastic time. I wish I could stay and do more but I have to go give a test . I wanted to get the end of the mouth but I am out of time. Thanks!
- Bugscope Teamme driving for a sec
- Bugscope TeamMrs V Thank You!
- GuestCan we play with the microscope?
- Bugscope Teamgreat session mrs. valenty! can't wait till the next one (monday)
- Bugscope Teamthank you, it was a good session
- Bugscope TeamAnnie: Thanks!
- 10:25 am
- Bugscope Teamwe will drive to the end of the mouth so that it will be in your database
- TeacherThank you! See you for one more session on Monday. This was a BIG hit! Bye for now.
- Bugscope TeamCrawford please drive to the end of this mouthpart.
- Bugscope Teamcrawford, you have control now. you should see controls on the right of your browser window (magnify, navigation, focus, adjust)
- Bugscope Teamall of the images we collect today will be in the school's database, and they can look through them later
- Bugscope TeamHi Norman!
- GuestHey, Scott. I just decided to sit in on the session while working on other stuff.
- Bugscope Teamcrawford, are you able to control the scope okay?
- Bugscope Teamhi norman!
- Bugscope Teamwelcome to bugscope. are you sitting on the stereology PC? ;)
- Bugscope Teamack! i had the session locked, i'm sorry, i just unlocked it, you should NOW see controls, and be able to drive the scope
- 10:30 am
- GuestHi, Alex. No, I am on my laptop. I (think I) am finished with my stereology...unless I have to add another sample.
- Bugscope Teamcrawford, the simplest control would be to change the magnification. ah, there you go, you got it now...
- Bugscope Teamthis is the doublestick carbon tape
- Bugscope TeamYou can drive, as you are, and you can also select from among the presets to the right of the chat here.
- Bugscope Teamcrawford, if you have any questions about teachers using bugscope, please feel free to email Umesh, he handles the outreach for bugscope: uthakkar@gmail.com
- Bugscope Teamif you get lost, for example, you can click on a preset to regain your bearings
- Bugscope Teamthe micron bar on the lower left gives us an idea of the length of organelles we see on the screen
- Bugscope Teamyou can also email bugscope@beckman.uiuc.edu for any general questions
- Bugscope Teambut today of course you can talk to us via chat, and we can also phone you if that would be helpful
- GuestNorman explain the process of using this
Bugscope Teamcrawford, the basic process is this: 1) a teacher decides to do a bugscope session, and applies on our website at http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/apply 2) we accept the application and schedule a session 3) the teacher and students find bugs in their yard, and send us those bugs in the mail 4) we put the bugs into the electron microscope the day of the scheduled session 5) the teacher and students login and control the scope live over the internet, looking at their bugs
- Bugscope TeamNorman you're on the spot dude.
- 10:35 am
- GuestA little :-)
- Bugscope Teamone thing that is important with some browsers is that you expand the window to the full screen of your computer
- GuestHere is the bug claw. What type of bug is this
- Bugscope Teamthis is a 'true bug.'
- Bugscope Teamtrue bugs are Hemiptera, and they are characterized by having piercing mouthparts and a particular configuration of the wings
- Bugscope Teamyou can also see a scale from another insect on the claw
- GuestWhere do true bugs live
- Bugscope Teamand you can see what are likely plant fibers
- Bugscope Teamall over the place
- Bugscope Teamstinkbugs and shieldbugs are true bugs
- Bugscope Teamfor example
- Bugscope Teamtry another preset if you would like
- GuestHow long can a bug be perserved before mailing
Bugscope Teamcrawford, dry bugs are the best to send, like scott said. we've tried to outline the entire process on our website. check it out, we've made it easy to learn about the whole process of using bugscope: http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/help
- Bugscope Teamhemipterans, it says on the web, can be found in nearly all habitats
- 10:41 am
- Bugscope Teamif the bug is dry and kept from dust it will last quite a while
- Bugscope Teamonce we prepare them for the SEM they do not often last long
- Bugscope Teamwe catch insects, freeze them, and then let them air dry
- GuestIs the compound eye layered
- Bugscope Teamthis compound eye is layered -- not all of them are like this
- Bugscope Teamteachers don't HAVE to send us bugs, we've got a collection of our own we use for sessions that don't send bugs
- Bugscope Teamall that's really required is that the classroom have a broadband internet connection, and a teacher that is willing...
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head of a caterpillar the school sent
- Bugscope Teambugscope runs on any computer, window, mac, unix, anywhere in the world
- GuestIS there a schhedule of bug lessons
Bugscope Teamyep! http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/schedule.php
- Bugscope Teamand you can see its simple bump eyes on the side of its head
- Bugscope Teamwe have so many different grades and types of connection that we do not try to prepare lessons
- Bugscope Teamwe try to respond in real time to the kids' questions
- Bugscope Teamwe don't advertise it as "bug lessons" though, we really want the teacher to take command of the lesson aspect of the session. we do answer lots of questions about bugs, but really it's up to the teach to control the lesson planning
- 10:46 am
- Bugscope Teamthe hairlike projections are called setae, and some are mechanosensory, some are chemosensory; some are thermosensors
- GuestWhat other types of lessons can be taught
- Bugscope Teamthe reason we see so many setae is because insects have an exoskeleton
- Bugscope Teamthey need to be able to feel through the chitin so that they are aware of changes in their environment
- GuestWill the schedule reflect the different grade levels - primary, middle and high school
- Bugscope Teammuch of the time the teachers we work with have a unit they are teaching, and bugscope fits into that -- for example it may be microscopy, or invertebrates, or particular phenomena such as the lifecycle of a butterfly
- Bugscope Teamyou can schedule your sessions however you want. You work with our secretary to get the times and dates to where it best fits
- GuestWill the school or school district have to join or logon as a guest
Bugscope Teamnope, it can all be done by a teacher her/him/self
- Bugscope Teamwe try to engage the students at whatever level they are
- Bugscope Teamit is absolutely free as well, no cost to the school/teacher whatsoever
- GuestShould we contact you by phone or email to setup
Bugscope Teamemail: bugscope@beckman.uiuc.edu, or phone: 217-244-0170, or apply online: http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/
- 10:51 am
- Bugscope Teamwe want the students to be captivated by what they see
- Bugscope Teamwe prefer that all teachers fill out an application though, it sets up lots of stuff on our end
- Bugscope Teamand we want them to develop their own questions
- Bugscope Teamin real time
- GuestHi Norman This is R Scott
- Bugscope Teamif we get a cabbage white butterfly we will be prepared to answer questions about it
- Bugscope Teamwe do three sessions a week when school is in session, and we devote our time to preparing the sample, setting up... and being ready to tackle questions
- GuestThe maginification is great
- Bugscope Teamyep, it's an electron microscope, able to magnify up to 800,000x
- Bugscope Teambut magnification for bugs is best at 40-40,000x
- Bugscope Teamthere are so many different ways the school wish to connect that we do not presume to teach anything in particular -- we just try to respond well and engage the kids
- Bugscope Teamfew gradeschool kids will have an opportunity to control a $600,000 scanning electron microscop
- Bugscope Teammicroscope
- 10:57 am
- GuestDo you have a site to study other organism s
- Bugscope Teamit is not that we want them to learn about insects, in particular -- it is that we want them to see something amazing and wonder how it is possible that such a thing can be done
- Bugscope Teamwe want the kids to ask about the bugs, of course, but we also want them to ask about the microscope, about what they are seeing, and why for example the images are in black and white
- Bugscope Teamthe killer for us -- the cool part -- is when they ask us what we had to study in school in order to do what we do
- Bugscope Teamyeah, then they see how diverse the world can be...
- Bugscope Teamsometimes we put salt crystals and plan material on the stub
- Bugscope Teambut bugs really capture the attention of kids, in a way other materials might not
- Bugscope Teamthere are actually few things of sustaining interest to the kids that we can put in the 'scope
- GuestThank you. We will contact you soon to join other teachers as guests
- Bugscope Teamthank you!
- Bugscope TeamThank You!
- GuestScott et al., I have to log off. Enjoy! I hope a continuing relationship has been fostered!
- GuestBye
- Bugscope Teamlater norman
- GuestWe're logging off now
- Bugscope TeamThanks Norman!
- Bugscope TeamBye!
- Bugscope Teamok, bye bye
- Guestbye