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- Bugscope TeamGood morning!
- Bugscope TeamChris -- you made it!
- Bugscope TeamHi kids
- Bugscope TeamHi Annie!
- 8:30 am
- Bugscope TeamWe didn't find any mites on this earwig, which comes from Beckman.
- GuestGood Morning-I am here
- Bugscope TeamYou can see an earwig on the screen now. Its mouth and face are kind of messy, so we didn't use those parts as a preset -- we just stopped here.
- 8:38 am
- Bugscope TeamWelcome to Bugscope!
- Bugscope TeamBe sure to let us know when you have questions.
- TeacherHello, I am the teacher and am introducing thsi to the class now. They will log in in just a minute.
- 8:45 am
- Bugscope TeamGood morning nva!
- Bugscope Teamoops nya
- Bugscope Teamlet us know when you have any questions
- Bugscope TeamHello! Welcome to Bugscope!
- StudentWhat is a bug?
- Studentwhat is a ear wing
- Studentwhat is a earwig
- Studentsame
- Studentwhat is a earwig
Bugscope Teaman earwig is one of those beetles you see around the house, sometimes, and around plants, that has a pincer tail.
- Studentwhat is this bug
Bugscope Teamthis is a tick that was forcefully removed from someone or something because its mouthparts are missing
- Studenthow any bugs did you collect
Bugscope TeamIsaiah we collect bugs whenever we can. People send them to us, and whenever we find them we save them for Bugscope.
- Studentearwig
- Studentu are typing the same thing!
- Studentis bug poisnies
- Studentoh!
- StudentOH OK
- Studentwhy do we have bug
- Bugscope TeamGah! Scott!! And earwig is not a beetle!!!
- Studentwat type of bug is this
Bugscope Teamthis is a tick, they feed on your for around a week and fall off by themselves when they are full.
- Studentdoes it hurts
- Studenthi alonzo
- Studentwhat is a earwig
- Studentdoes it hurt when it bites
Bugscope TeamA tick doesn't usually hurt when it bites you. You usually don't feel it at all. It can hurt when you remove an embedded tick, and it really hurts when a tick bite gets infected.
- StudentWhat is that bug?
- Studentok
- StudentSTOP IT
- Studentdoes the earwig have any hair.
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- Studentare you sciencetist?
- Bugscope TeamAnnie is an entomologist -- she studies insects.
- Studentwhat state are u located in
Bugscope Teamwe are at the University of Illinois
- Studentwhat
- StudentWHAT DOES AN EARWIG EAT
Bugscope TeamEarwigs usually eat decaying plant matter. They occasionally eat flowers and living plant matter, though.
- Studentis that hair in the bug arm
- Studentis this a boy or girl
- Studentwhere do tinks live
Bugscope TeamTicks live anywhere there is an animal to feed upon. There are ticks in Antarctica!
- Studentwhat is coming out of the legs?
- Studentdoes this tick carry diseases?
Bugscope TeamMaybe not this tick specifically, but in general, yes ticks transmit a number of diseases: Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted fever, etc
- Bugscope Teamsome earwigs eat other insects as well
- Studentwhat is the population for ticks
- Studenthow many times have you done it
- Studentwhere do tink live
Bugscope Teamthey hang off of long grasses so that it is easier for them to get on a host
- Studentwhat do flies eat
- Studentdo ticks help you
Bugscope TeamTicks are not really beneficial to any thing....there are birds and mammals that eat ticks, but I am not sure if ticks make up the main portion of their diet.
- Studentwhere do they came from
- Studentno
- Studentmaybe
- Studentdo tink bites
- StudentCAN THEY FLY
Bugscope TeamNope, ticks have no wing and cannot fly.
- Studentwhy do ticks suck are blood
Bugscope TeamThat is just what they eat.
- Studentyes
- Studentis that the back of the bug
- Bugscope Teamsometimes when we look at ticks up close we can see bacteria on their cuticle -- on the surface of their bodies
- Studentare ticks really small?
Bugscope TeamSome are really small, but some are quite large: up to the size of a pencil eraser.
- Studentyes
- Studentwhat eats tick
Bugscope TeamBirds, small mammals, primates.
- Studentcan we see a fruit fly
Bugscope Teamwe do have a fly in the microscope today that we can see later
- Bugscope Teamthis is the tick, still, and what we see is the ventral side, which is the underside, the bottom side of the tick
- Studentdo you go places different to find different kinds of bugs?
Bugscope TeamI do. I have traveled all over the US to collect insects. I have also been to Mexico and Costa Rica on collecting trips.
- Studentok thanks
- Studentcan u see ticks
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- Studentwhere do ticks live
Bugscope TeamThey live on every continent of on the planet, including Antarctica
- Studentyes
- Bugscope Teamsome ticks are so small you can barely see them
- Studentdo tick hop onto dogs
Bugscope Teamticks hop onto dogs, and they also hop onto people. often they climb up to the tops of long leaves of grass and wait 'til someone comes by so they can tag a ride
- StudentHOW DO THEY GET ON PEOPLE
Bugscope Teamthey cling to the ends of grass with their back legs in the air waiting for a person or animal to come by. When they do, their claws grab onto the host and then they climb up to where they will feed
- Studentwat is this
Bugscope Teamthis is on a bumblebee head. the "trees" are setae (hairs) and the footballs are pollen grains
- Studenti think when your in the grass
- Studentdo they carry eggs
- Studentwhat is in pollen
- Studentdoes ticks fly?
Bugscope TeamNope, they don't have wings.
- Studentthis bee looks weird
- Studenthow do they make thier home
Bugscope TeamBumblebee queens dig a underground chamber for her nest. Then she lays eggs and the workers help to maintain and expand the chamber.
- Studentthey have big eyes
Bugscope Teaminsects that fly tend to have big eyes so they can see more of what is around them-- they rely on their eyes a lot more than ground dwellers like ants
- Studenthow can it see
- Studenty do they sting
- StudentWHY ARE THE EYES SO BIG
- Studentits eyes are dirty!
Bugscope TeamMichael we often find that the insects we are looking at are dirty. But sometimes it is not their fault -- they get dirty after they die.
- Studentyes
- Studentwhy is it so hair
- Studenthow did they get all that pullon
- Studentthe are so big
- Studentdo bee fly fast
- Studentdo they got hair
- Studentwhy is the bee so dirty
- Studentyes
- StudentTHANKS CATE
- Studentdo the tick jump very high
Bugscope TeamNot really, it is more like they reach out and grab onto your clothes when you walk by
- Bugscope TeamNo problem Alonzo
- Studentwhy does bees like honey
- Studentthank you cate
- Studenthow do they stink
- Studentwhy do bees feed the newborn queen royal jelly
Bugscope TeamRoyal jelly is different from the food that is fed to the normal worker bees. Something about the nutrients in the royal jelly causes the larva that it is fed to become a queen. We don't quite understand how exactly it happens yet.
- Studentthank you annie
- Studenthow many eggs do they lay?
- Studenthow many queen bees are they?
- Bugscope Teamhere we can see grains of pollen on the head of the bee
- Studentannie you are cool
Bugscope TeamThanks
- Studenthow do bees die when stirng people
Bugscope TeamWhen a honey bee stings someone, the stinger gets caught in the skin of the "victim." The stinger and other parts of the bee's guts get stuck in the "victim's" body--and so the bee dies
- Studenthow did they find us
- Studenthow much pollen is on it's head
- Studentwhy are bees black and yellow?
- StudentWHAY DO BEES DIE AFTER THEY STING
Bugscope TeamIt is the honeybees that die after one sting. The bumblebees can keep stinging. Honeybees have a barbed stinger that is made to stick into their skin. When it sticks in and the bee tries to pull away, a muscle comes out of them that kills them. The muscle pumps more poison into whatever it stung and it also make the stinger move further into the victim. Bumblebees like wasps can sting multiple times
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- Studentwhy do bees die when there stingers go
Bugscope TeamBecause the bee has lost a big part of its body and so it kind of dries out/bleeds to death
- Teachersorry for the inundation of questions, our kids are very excited, just let us know if there is a better format
Bugscope Teamwe are used to this and tryn to answer questions as fast as we can -- we know we will miss some...
- Student is that rocks on it head
- Studentis that hair on the bees head
- Studenthow do they jump on you
- Studentthanks annie
- Studentdo they eat too much honey
- Studentwhat kind of speashes are they?
- Studentdo queen bees sting
Bugscope TeamI think they can--but they don't very often
- Studentyes
- Studentwhat do bees eat
Bugscope Teambees eat pollen, they make honey when with their spit
- Studenthoney
- Studenthow can u kill them
Bugscope TeamTIcks or bees?
- Studentcan ticks get on bees
Bugscope TeamDwayne there are mites that get on bees, different kinds. Varroa mites are large and can often be found on honeybees.
- Studentwhat is the white stuff?
- Studentdo jack balck stings
- Studenthow do they suk your blood for weeks
- Studenti dont know
- Studentdo you know how much bees weagh
- Studenthow old can ticks be
Bugscope TeamThey can live for many many years. If they can't find a blood meal, ticks can hibernate for a long time--years--waiting for an appropriate host to come around.
- Studentdo spiders eat bees
- Studentmaybe
- Studenthow many kinds of bees r there?
- Studentthank u cate
- Studentwat kind of pic is this
- StudentOH I DID NOT KNOW THAT
- StudentThank u cate
- Studenttick iam talking about
Bugscope TeamYou can kill them by smashing their heads or cutting them apart. You can also put them in alcohol.
- Studentwhat is that big blob?
- Studentwhy does a spider claw hurt you
Bugscope TeamYou mean the claws on the feet? I don't think they really hurt.
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- Studentare spiders bad
- Studentcan bees eat ticks? or can ticks eat bees?
Bugscope TeamNope, neither.
- Studentis this a spider
- Bugscope Teamyou're welcome Hadiyah
- Studentyes
- Studentwhat type of spider is this
- Studentcan u see spider claws
Bugscope Teamit is hard to see spider claws with your eyes only -- they have setae all around them, and it is difficult to see the claws.
- Studenthow many bees can be in one hive
- Studentare spiders poinious
Bugscope TeamAll spiders have poison, which they use to kill their prey. However, most spiders are not poisonous to humans.
- Studentwhat is sticking out
- Studenthow long is a spider
- Studentcan ticks get on spiders
Bugscope TeamNope, I don't think so.
- Studenthow big are spider
- Studentthank you
- StudentAther they suk your blood how can they do that
- Studentwhat kingdom are spiders
Bugscope TeamKingdom Animalia
- Studentis this spider poision
- Studentwhat is this
- Studentdo u know how many kinds of poison spiders there r?
- Studentdo spiders have hair
Bugscope Teamyes and lot of it, they use their hairs to feel what is around them, especially vibration
- Studentare they claws really sharp
- Studentare those the hairs of the spider
- Studentwhat do they do at knight?
Bugscope Teamsome spiders hunt, others may sleep. It depends on the spider, though i think most will hunt for food
- Studentdo spider bite
- Studentwhen does spiders hunt
Bugscope TeamIt depends upon the species. Some spiders hunt at night, some during the day. Some spiders don't hunt at all, they sit and wait for prey to get caught in their net
- Studenthow can spiders poison your blood
- Studentdo spiders have homes
Bugscope TeamSome build homes--there are spiders that make web lined chambers underneath bark and rocks.
- Studentwhy do spiders lay eggs?
Bugscope TeamBecause that is how they reproduce
- Studentdo spiders go to sleep?
- Studentis some spiders quite
- Studentare they claws really sharp
Bugscope Teamthey may be sharp but they won't hurt us. They use them to cling onto things (like when a ladybug is on your shirt) or to grab onto food
- Studentdo spider lay there eggs in there web?
- Studenthow big can spiders get
Bugscope TeamFabian some spiders can get as large as nearly one foot in diameter -- a bird-eating tarantula.
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- Studentdo bees sleep
- TeacherWhat type of spider are we viewing and where would we find them in the USA?
- Studentwhydo spiders eat otherbugs
- Studentdo spider eat other spider
- Studentwhat kind of spider is that
- Studenthow much eyes do this spiders have?
Bugscope Teamthey have 8, just like the number of legs they have
- Studentwhat is a beetle larva
- Studentdo spiders eat bees
Bugscope Teamthey can, they would just have to watch out for the stinger of the bee.
- Studentwhat does it do
- Studentannie how big are spider
Bugscope TeamSpiders range in size from several millimeters to maybe 10 cm across
- Studentdo u know many kinds of spiders there r?
Bugscope Teamthere are about 38,000 described species of spiders
- Studentwere does the spider
- Studentwhat do this spider do
- Studentwhy does spiders have 8 eyes?
- Studenthow many legs does a spider has
Bugscope TeamKalobe s spiders have eight legs, and they can just let a leg fall of it they sense it has poison in it.
- Studentspiders r very hairy?
Bugscope TeamYes, most arthropods are quite hairy. The hairs allow them to sense their environment through their thick cuticle.
- Studentwere does the spider live
- Studentthank you annie
- Studentladies
- Studentwat is a larva?
- Studentthank you guys and girls
- Studentthose look like teeth look like small teeth
- Student8 legs
- Studentwhat is aBeetle Larva
Bugscope TeamA larva is a "baby" beetle. It is like a beetle caterpillar.
- Studentwhy do have spider
- Student annie how many eggs spider lay
Bugscope Teamthey lay enough to ensure the survival of atleast a few. It could be thousands to only a few. Spiders of average size probably lay around one hundred eggs.
- Studentno
- StudentThanx Annie!!
- Studentwhat kind of spiders are good
Bugscope TeamAlmost all spiders are good--they are important predators of irritating insect species.
- Studenthow many bees can be in one hive
- Studentwhat do they eat
- Studenthey scot why do beetles bite people
Bugscope TeamFabian I think when beetles bite people it is usually because they want to be left alone -- they feel threatened by people.
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- Studentwhat is a Beetle larva
- Studentcan they die by taking a leg off because it has poison?
- Studentwhere do spidres live
- Studentdoes all spiders bit
- Studentdo the "babies" develope in the larva?
Bugscope TeamNo, the larva ARE the immature forms of an adult beetle. The larva will turn into an adult beetle.
- Bugscope TeamI would say ALL spiders are good.
- Studenthow do you get beetle larva
- Studentcate do larvas have any legs
Bugscope TeamSome beetle larvae have legs, some do not. It varies a lot between species.
- Studentthank you
- Bugscope TeamI guess we aren't sure what kind of spider it was. It was a little smooshed, sorry
- Studenthow do you you know if spiders are boys or girls
Bugscope TeamRodney sometimes it is hard to tell the difference between boy and girl spiders, but often female spiders are much bigger than males. Sometimes, also, you can tell by the size of the spider's pedipalps, which are like feelers in front of the face. In males they are often larger and 'furrier.'
- Studentthank u
- Studenteven larva have hairs!
- Studenthow many eggs does a spider lay
- Studenthow much eyes can this spider lay
- Studentannie how does it feel when u get bitten by a poision spider
Bugscope TeamI have never been bitten by a poisonous spider.
- Studentare there any girl spider
- Studenteggs
- Bugscope TeamAnnie has seen a nest of black widows before
- Bugscope TeamHa ha, yes, many.
- Studentcan baby spiders bite?
- Studentwell one time scot I got bit by a beetle at camp for no reason
- Studentdo all spiders have hairs
Bugscope TeamYes, they need them to sense their environment.
- Bugscope TeamOne of my beetle traps got taken over by black widows
- StudentAnnie have you ever got bit by a spider
Bugscope TeamI am sure that I have, I don't remember any outstanding incidents though.
- Studenthow do spider make there webs
- Studentwhy is the micsrope color only showing the bugs white and black?
- Studentdoes a daddy longlegs bite?
Bugscope TeamThey might if you provoked them, but usually they will eat pests or other spiders
Bugscope TeamClarissa daddy longlegs have tiny little fangs and very likely could not penetrate your skin. They are usually not aggressive, either.
- Studentcan some spider make you pass out
Bugscope TeamYes, some spiders have systemic poison that can cause particularly sensitive people to pass out.
- Studentcan spider kill you
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- Studentoh thanks annie
Bugscope Teamyou are welcome
- Studentcan bees get on spiders?
- Studentdo they use there claws to gramb on people
- Studentwat color is a tick
- Studentcan spiders scare you
Bugscope TeamFor sure.
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentred
- Studentdo you only collect bugs?
- Studenti think tick spray
- Studentno
- Studentwith acohole
- Studentwat is the biggest spider u hav ever seen
- Studentdo spider scerm
- Studenthow big can ticks grow
- Studentwat type picture is this
- Studentcan you ticks for good
- Studentwhat is this picture
- Studenta wolf spider
- Studentdo spider scream
- Studentwhat is the biggest spider
- StudentThank you ,Scot
- Studenthey chaos why do ticks egsist and why do they suck so much blood and make you pass out when you get bit?
Bugscope TeamTicks usually don't make anyone pass out from loss of blood. The only way that you would pass out from a tick bite would be if you were so scared and shocked at the sight of a tick that you passed out from fright.
- Studentis this a fruit fly?
Bugscope Teamthis is a small house fly
- Teacherwe have a student wondering what larva isis
Bugscope TeamA larva is an immature form of an insect. A caterpillar is a butterfly larva.
- Studentis the white thing his nose?
- Studentwhat type of fly is that?
- Studentdo fly's suck sweets
- Studentddid our teacher send this house fly in?
- Studenthow many diffrent flys are there
- Studenthow many legs do they have
- StudentIs there a speacial type of fruit they have to eat?
- Bugscope TeamYou can check out the "Your Questions" box at the lower left corner of the screen to see if we have already answered a question that you are curious about ;)
- Studenthow many eyes do fly have
- Studentare there any female flys
Bugscope TeamYes, there are males and females in all fly species.
- Studenthey annie what are the diffrent parts of the fly
Bugscope TeamHead, thorax, abdomen. They have six legs, one set of wings, two antennae, and compound eyes. They have a heart on the top side of their bodies and a nerve cord at the bottom of their bodies.
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- Studentwhat do house fly eat
- Studentscoot do you like kliiing flys
- Studentwhat is the part that connects to the head
- Studenthow do you know if flies are male or female
Bugscope Teamusually, the eyes of male flies meet in the center-top of the head. Female flies have eyes that are separated.
- Studentwhat is that comeing out of the flys mouth
Bugscope TeamThat is part of the mouth where it either sucks up the liquid food or spits out the digestive juices
- Studentdo flys have tongue
- Studentdo flys have tongue
Bugscope Teamwhat is coming out of its head-the proboscis, would considered the tongue of an insect
- Studentdo they have a nose
- Studentis this the mouth of the fly
- Studentthey scot how many part do a fly have
- Studentwhat happend between its eyes
- Studentis there a speacial type of fruit they have to eat or can they eat any type of fruit?
- Studentwhere are the eyes
Bugscope Teamyou can see one of the eyes-- it's really big and is the lightest region of the head, the other one is on the other side of the head, more towards the background
- Studenthow many legs do they have
- Bugscope TeamNyaisha had asked earlier why the images we get from the scanning electron microscope are only black and white. This is because we are using electrons rather than light to collect images, and the image we see comes from what are called 'secondary electrons' that are ejected from the sample. Those electrons are attracted to a detector and show up as signal, in shades of gray. So we do not see coloer, which comes in wavelengths of light.
- Studentis there any bugs in anartica?
Bugscope Teamaccording to an article I found: The antarctic midge (Belgica antarctica) is also the only insect and the largest free-roaming terrestrial animal known to inhabit Antarctica, even if it is as big as a rice grain.
- Studentthis fly is a invertabrate
Bugscope TeamYes, you are right!
- Studenthow many fly are there
Bugscope TeamThere are over 100,000 species of flies
- Studentwhere can u see fly head
- StudentAnnie
Bugscope Teamyou are welcome
- Studentwhat color are fly's
- Studentwhat is that?
- Studentwat is this
- Studentwell annie but i am scared of creapycrawlers and my mom is scared of spiders of any spesheas
Bugscope TeamThat is OK--lots of people are afraid of spiders. I am afraid of horseflies--ugh, I hate them.
- Studentwhat are the spikes and holes
Bugscope Teamwe were looking at the head of the fly, and the part of the head between the eyes with tiny setae on it is called the 'vestiture.' It also has larger spines that are used to help the fly feel what is touching its face, like a cat's whiskers.
- Studentwhat is ythis
- Studentwhat are there thing are
- Studentdo flys eat blood
Bugscope TeamSome flies do. Mosquitoes, for example, are flies that eat blood. Horseflies also eat blood, black flies eat blood, there are some flies like stable flies and screwworm flies that also eat the blood of livestock.
- Studentwhat are these things
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- Studentare they bad
- Studenthow big arer flys
- Studentdoes a fly have fur
- Studenthow big are flys
- Studenthow small are flys
- Studentdo some fly can give u diasease
Bugscope Teamone of the bigger flying carriers of disease are mosquitos
- Studentits eyes look like a leather basket ball
- Studentare flys scared of water?
Bugscope TeamNo, not really.
- Studentdo horse flys bite
Bugscope Teamyes.
- Studentim afriad of horse flies too Annie they ae huge!
Bugscope Teamug. I hate them. I hate how they buzz and follow you around.
- Studentwhat is thias
- Studenthow can flys smell far far away
Bugscope TeamThey have specialized setae (hairs) that allow them to detect very very small numbers of scent molecules. They follow the scent as it get stronger until they find the source of the scent.
- Studentdo it hurt when theybite u
- Studentwhat's this
- Bugscope TeamHorse flies have slashing mouthparts that cut into your skin when theyb bite.
- Studentwhat are the twisty things at the bottom
- Studentwhat is this
- Studentwill they die in water
Bugscope TeamMost flies will die if they are not able to escape from the water. They can swim though.
- Studenthow many fly are they
- Studentthink you annie
- Studentwhy do horseflys stay by the water
Bugscope TeamAlonzo if you wanted to bite large animals, as horseflies do, waiting by the water for them to come and drink would be a good idea.
- Studentand it hurts when they bite
Bugscope Teamyeah, I know!
- Studenthow big are they
- Studentthanks cate
- Studentcan they get really big!
- Studenthow big are horesfly
Bugscope TeamThe biggest ones I have every seen are about the length of a silver dollar.
- Studenthow does flys eat
- Studenthey annie thats ok but some how i pressed backspace so i had to put my annishals fc but everyone is scared of something
- StudentHave u ever saw tale of pupa
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- Studentare the fly' ''s wings nasty
- Studentmaybe
- Studentcan some spiders swim
- Studentdo u have any frogs
Bugscope TeamAjah we do not have any frogs in the microscope today. In the past we have looked at tadpoles, but we have to prepare them to go into the microscope so they look good.
- Studentwhere is the nose?
- Studentthanks annie
- Studentwow they are big
- Studentcan you show the frog?
- Studenthow r the micsrope that we use from school diffrent then the ones that you are using?
Bugscope TeamNyaisha we have microscopes like the ones in school but they are often more complex, with extra parts and better lenses. You would not be able to carry them around because of all the cables and cameras, and they are all hooked up to computers.
- Studentdo you have more bugs
- Studentwhat does fruit flies eat
- StudentWhats that?
- Studentthanks scot
- Studentthat bug looks like a bufflo annie
- Studentwhere is the nose?;
- Studentwhy are horse flys so dangous
Bugscope TeamThey aren't really dangerous. They don't vector very many diseases (compared with mosquitos), but the are aggressive and they have a painful bite. So people are afraid of them, people like me.
- Studentwhere are the horseflies located
Bugscope TeamHorse flies are found all over the world. But, not in Antarctica.
- Studentwhat's a horsefly
- Studentwhat is the bigs bug in the eath scot
Bugscope TeamRodney one of the biggest bugs on earth is the goliath beetle, which can be as big as your fist. I think lobsters are big bugs too, but Annie says No, they are not insects -- they are crustaceans.
- Studentwhere do horseflys live
- Studentwhat are the crust dots
- Studentshow pupa head
- 9:41 am
- Studentdo you have some outher things that you have
- Studentis that a arm Annie!
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentis this the flys hair on there leg
- Bugscope Teamthis is on the "tongue" of the bumblebee
- Studenthow small can a horseflys be
Bugscope TeamThe smallest one I have ever seen it about the size of a pencil eraser.
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentdo bee have teeth
Bugscope Teamno, but they have a pair of hinged jaws that open out like a gate
- Studentwhat are those things sticking out
- Studentis the white part the fangs?
- Studentwhere is the nose
- Studenthow tongue do bees have
- Studentwhy does bess have than spikes on ther tounge
- Studentdo they have fur
- Studenthey cate the bumblebee toungug looks like a spikey fangs
- Studentis that a bee
- Studentis thats is tastbuds
- Studentwhy is it so spikey?
- Studentwhy is the bee tongue so long
- Studentwhat is the fuzzy stuff?
- Studenthow amny tongue do bees have
- Bugscope TeamThat's right!
- Studentis that is tonge
Bugscope Teamyes it sucks up pollen with this
- Studenthis mouth is so small when it is zoomed out
- Studenthow many tongue do bees have
- 9:47 am
- Studentthe tougue looks like a sword
Bugscope Teamit probably helps to get to where all the nectar is at
- Studentthink you scot
- Studentis it big
- Bugscope TeamSure, Rodney.
- Studenthow do they use the tongue
- Studentwhy do bees have so many features
- Studenthey annie does our tongue look like that
- Studentwhat is that?
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentthank you
- StudentThank You For Answering All Of My Questions
- Bugscope Teamat the top of the screen were the jaws
- Bugscope Teamthis is showing the individual scales of a butterfly wing
- Bugscope TeamThis is a closeup view of butterfly scales.
- Studentthose scales are so small
- StudentThank u for everything
- Studentthank u for answering my questions guys!
- Studentwat that
- Bugscope TeamScales are what make butterfly and moth wings feel so soft when you touch them.
- Studenthow long would it take to count all of the scales?
- Studentthis looks acover blanket
- Studentthat looks like a ghost
- Studentis that his skin
- Studentbye annie and thank you and avery body else
- Studentthank you every body for letting us do this:)
- Studentthank you cate
- Studenti learned a lot today!
- Studentthank you for answering all of are questions
- TeacherThank you so much for this. We absolutely loved it. We are getting ready to log off. We learned so much!
- StudentSorry we have to go but thank you so much i really liked the bee!!
- Studentthank you for anesers my quotions
- Studentthanks i learned alot
- StudentThank u scot, cate
- TeacherThank you for taking the time to talk to my students. I wish you could have seen and heard how excited they were!
- Studentthank you scot,cate and chaos
- Studentthank you for giving us answers
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- Studentthank you cate
- StudentTHANK YOU SCOT,CATE AND ANNIE HAVE A GOOD DAY!
- Bugscope Teamthank you alonzo
- Studentthink you scot,cate,andchaos
- StudentI Liked That You Took The Time To Answer Our Questions
- Bugscope Teamthe ridges we see on the scales that make them look kind of like potato chips make what are called 'structural' colors visible in the wings.
- Studentbye cate,scot,chaos,annie
- Studentsee you next time
- Studentthank you for telling questions
- Bugscope Teamstructural colors come from how the ridges reflect light
- 9:58 am
- Bugscope Teamwe are having a problem with the server it seems, sorry :(
- Bugscope TeamHello out there. The microscope controller crashed on us -- we are sorry. We will have to shut down anyway, to work with another set of people.
- Bugscope TeamCan you see this message?
- GuestHello, yes.
- 10:04 am
- Bugscope Teamkristen you can go to http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/members/2008-116/ to see all the images from today and the chat at any time