Jefferson MS-NISD
Session 2009-013

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Connected on 2009-05-22 13:00:00 from , TX, US

• 12:24 pm
• TeacherGood Afternoon! So excited to be doing BugScope again!

• Bugscope Teamwelcome to bugscope!
• Bugscope Teamwe are setting up presets, we'll be done in a few minutes
• 12:31 pm
• TeacherAwesome!

• TeacherI'm Jan, and I'll be running the bugscope while Mrs. Garcie monitors the students. Do you mind if I drive?
• Bugscope Teamok, sounds good
• Bugscope Teambut we need to make a few more presets

• Teacherok, let me know when I can start to play
• TeacherCan you send us a list of the bugs that we're going to be looking at?
  Bugscope Teambagworm moth ca-coon, grasshopper nymph, oriental roach, 3 spiders, green stink bug, ant, japanese beetle, mosquito, kissing fly; these are all the bugs you sent us

• 12:38 pm
• Bugscope Teamand the bug name will be listed near the preset
• Bugscope Teambelow each preset i mean
• Teacherok - thanks
• Bugscope Teamno problemo

• 12:44 pm

• Bugscope Teama couple more presets...

• Teacherok - just let me know

• 12:49 pm

• Bugscope TeamOK, ready!
• Bugscope Teami just unlocked the session you should see controls now
• Bugscope Teamtry driving, and let us know if you have any questions at all
• Bugscope Teamclicking on a preset takes you to that preset
• Bugscope Teamall right
• Bugscope Teamready whenever you are
• Bugscope Teamwhen using mavigation, click to center is easier, finer control
• Bugscope Teamnavigation, i mean :)

• Bugscope Teamif you use click to drive remember to click to stop -- that's why we recommend click to center

• Bugscope Teamedge of the world

• Bugscope Teamyeah, we drove off the stub there, make sure to click on the image again to stop, otherwise we'll drive off the edge
• Teacherwhat controls am I supposed to be seeing? All I see is Click to Focus and Magnify.
• 12:54 pm
• Bugscope Teamyou should see, from top to bottom, magnify, navigation, focus and adjust
• Bugscope Teamyou may need to expand the size of your browser window
• Bugscope Teamand then below adjust are the presets we made
• Bugscope Teamor, your screen resolution might be too small, are you at 1024x768 (at least)?
• Bugscope Teamyou can use the presets to quickly jump to another specimen
• Teacherwe are at 1024 x 768
• TeacherI don't see navigation
• Bugscope Teamok, 1024x768 shjould be enough, but now hit F11 to get to full screen size
• Bugscope Teammaximize your browser window, navigation control should be below magnify and above focus, is it not there?
• Bugscope Teamhey everyone!
• Teacherok, but I still don't have navigation, unless that's the driving portion
• Bugscope Teamdo you see the click to drive button?

• Bugscope Team"click to drive" and "click to center" buttons are both part of the navigation tool

• Bugscope Teamthis is the bagworm moth cocoon
• Bugscope Teamit has lots of cool stuff on it. but maybe not right here
• TeacherI don't see either of those buttons - click to drive or click to center.
• StudentHow does the carpenter ant kill its prey?
• Bugscope Teambut you see Focus and Adjust?
• Bugscope Teamif you have click to drive already selected they wont show up until you click done
• Bugscope Teamit will just say driving
• 12:59 pm

• TeacherOur 1st group of kids are going to be asking questions about the grasshopper, ant, and cockroach

• Bugscope Teami just called the school and got the voice mail, do you have a cell i can call?
• Teachergot it - clicked done and it came back

• Bugscope Teamyes, when using click to drive, you click to start moving, and then MUST click again to stop
• Bugscope Teamwhenever they want, they can start to ask us questions
• Bugscope Teamand we will answer them to the best of our knowledge
• TeacherIs Cate your entomologist, or do you have one with you today?

• Bugscope Teamour entomologist just got her PhD and is leaving us for California
• Studentwhy is the spur-throated grasshopper called this
• Studentwhat does the carpenter ant eat and how many species are there?
  Bugscope Teamit depends on where it is -- carpentet ants, like most ants, like sweet stuff, but they will eat living and dead insects as well

• Studentwhere are the eyes
  Bugscope Teamthey are usually on the sides of the head, big compound eyes, and then some fly's have simple eyes as well
• StudentHow does a Carpenter Ant Kill its prey?
• StudentWhy is the carpenter ant called this?
  Bugscope Teamit's called a carpenter ant because sometimes it cuts pathways to its nest through wood

• StudentAre the mandibles of the Carpenter Ant advanced
• Bugscope Teammrs. G, you must click again in the image to STOP moving
• Studenthi, do any of you know the life cycle of an oriental cockroach nymph
  Bugscope TeamThe nymphs of oriental cockroaches takes between 1-2 years of molting before it becomes an adult. Other species only take a few weeks.

• Studentthank you
• Bugscope Teamif you want easier control, try "click to center"
• 1:04 pm
• Studenthow come carpenter ants don't have a queen?
  Bugscope Teamthey do have a queen
• StudentWhat are we looking at on this photo?

• Studenthow far can a spur-throated grasshopper jump?
• Bugscope Teamthis is the dge of the microscope stub. mrs. G can you click on a preset?

• StudentWhat speical adaptations does the spur - throated grasshopper have?
• Bugscope Teamok, we clicked on a preset for you
• StudentDo Carpenter ants bite?
  Bugscope Teamwell,yes, they have chompers around their mouths
  Bugscope Teamyes they can bite

• Bugscope Teamthis is a claw, of an oriental roach
• StudentHow long does it take for a spur-throated grasshopper nymph to turn into an adult?

• Studentthe big bubble on preset #9 what is that?
• StudentWhere does the Oriental Cockroach Nymph come from?
  Bugscope TeamThey can often be found around decaying organic matter, and in sewers, drains, damp basements, porches, and other damp locations.
• StudentWhat does the carpenter ants nest look like?

• Studenthow do roaches eat
• StudentWhere mainly are carpenter ant mounds found?
  Bugscope Teamthere are thousands of species, found all over the world i think

• StudentWhat type of enviroment does the spur-throated grasshopper most likely be found
  Bugscope TeamThey are the most common species of grasshopper in North America, and generally are found in fields and open meadows

• StudentWhy are there small hairs on the leg of a roach?
  Bugscope Teamthose hairs are called setae (see-tee), they help insects to sense their environment
• Studentwhat are we looking at now

• Bugscope TeamI think it would be much better if you watched the images on the microscope rather than asking questions that can be looked up

• Studentwhere did the oriental cockroach come from
• Bugscope Teamah coo, this is the green stink bug head
• StudentHow many species of cockroaches are there?
  Bugscope TeamThere are about 4000 species of cockroach

• StudentWhat does that head belong to?
• Studentwhat are the things on the side of its head
  Bugscope Teamthose are it's eyes, compound eyes, ask Mrs. G to zoom in on them
• 1:09 pm

• Studentwhat is the puropose of the spikes on the grasshopper's legs in Preset 10?

• StudentWhy are there so many eyes on the picture?
  Bugscope Teamthe compound eye (the entire sphere looking thing, is made up of individual facets, called ommatidia
• Studentwhat are the leg looking things on its face?

• Studentwhat is the common habitat of the oriental cockroach?
• Bugscope Teamthis is a true bug, and you can see its eyes, its antennae, and in the middle of the head its piercing mouthparts
• Bugscope Teameach facet has a lens in it
• Studentdoes the oriental cockroach bite?

• StudentWhat are we looking at on preset #12?
  Bugscope Teamthose are tenent setae, used to help climb walls and stick to things

• StudentWhat are those bubbles around the roach head #19
  Bugscope Teamthe bubbles are carbon doublestick tape that the insects are stuck to
• Bugscope Teamthis is the head of an ant
• StudentHow big is the roach because it isent rilly that small in real life i thought..... ( present 19)

• Studenthow many eyes does a mosquito have
  Bugscope Teammosquitos have two big compound eyes
• StudentWhy do the jaws have ridges on them
  Bugscope Teamthey are serrated for the advantage of better cutting into things like grass
• Studentwhat are we looking at now?
  Bugscope Teamthis is an ANT
• StudentOn preset 8, Why is mold forming on the moth cacoon?
  Bugscope Teammold forms on lots of things, and the cocoon is made in part of chewed-up leaves, which are rotting
• Studentwhat purpose do those hairs on the picture serve?
  Bugscope Teamthose hairs help the insect to sense it's environment: they can sense chemicals and also feel wind and movment
• Studentwhat is picture #12?
  Bugscope Teamthose are special hairs, called tenent setae, found near the claw of the fly we have today

• Studentwhat are we looking at?
  Bugscope Teamthis is grasshopper nymph
• StudentDoes the oriental coackroch have any pinchers?
  Bugscope Teamthe closest thing they have to pinchers are the claws they have at the end of each of their legs. You will find that the ant, the grasshopper, stink bug, and the fly all have claws at the end of their legs
• Bugscope Teamthis is a kissing fly
  Bugscope Teamthis is the grasshopper nymph

• StudentWhy are there lines on the eye?
  Bugscope Teamthose are individual facets, called ommatidia, with lens's in each one
• StudentAre any types of Grasshoppers Poisioness
• Studentpreset#11 why is it called the kissing fly?
  Bugscope Teamit appears to be kissing
• Studentdoes this bug have a compound eye?
  Bugscope Teamyep!
• Studentwhat Are those circles on the eyes
  Bugscope Teamthose are ommatidia, each one has an eye lens in it

• Studenton number 14, were are the eyes?
  Bugscope Teamants have very small eyes, and sometimes no eyes, because they don't rely on them so much as their antennae since they live in the ground. Ant eyes are usually small, round, bumpy areas found on the very sides of the head. So you might be able to see one of them on the left side of the image
• 1:14 pm
• StudentWhat part of the bug are we looking at?
• StudentWhat are natural predators of the Spur-throated grasshopper nymph?
• StudentWhy are their so many hairs on the face of a Cockroach?
• StudentWhat are the furry things on the top of the head?
  Bugscope Teamsome of what we see are the antennae, and some are the well-developed palps
• Studentwhat kind of ecosystem does presets #18
  Bugscope TeamOriental roaches are generalized enough to live in many different environments
• StudentWhat do Oriental cockroaches use their claws for?
  Bugscope Teamgrabbing food, defending itself, etc.
• Studentwhy don't the carpenter ants eat wood

• StudentCan the oriental roach kill a human?
  Bugscope Teamheh, i hope not!
• Studentwhat are the hairs for on preset # 13
  Bugscope Teaminsects are very hairy. You wills see this a lot with the insects today. They help them sense things around them and are used to help them do things like in #12, those hairs help the fly to walk on walls
• Bugscope Teamthis is where the silk comes out of the spider abdomen
• StudentHow long do oriental cockroaches live?
• Studentwhat do spur throated grasshoper nymphs eat
  Bugscope TeamSpur-throated grasshoppers usually eat grasses and shrubs.
• Studentwhat are we looking at?

• Studentwhy are oriental cockroaches called that?
  Bugscope TeamOriental means 'eastern,' and occidental means 'western.' So it means that when they were first named, someone likely thought they came from Asia
• Bugscope TeamHi all! Sorry I'm running a little late.
• StudentWhat type of climate does a cockroach live in?
  Bugscope TeamMost cockroaches are tropical! That's why you usually find them inside the house and not outside - they don't like our temperate climate.
• Studentwhat are those stringy things on the front of the head
• Bugscope TeamCockroaches, huh.

• StudentWhat is the pod with holes in it?
  Bugscope Teamthat is a pollen grain
• Studenthow big do orental cockroaches get
  Bugscope TeamI have never seen them larger than an inch or so.
• StudentWhat part of the green stinkbug are we looking at (16)?
  Bugscope Teamthe spiracle is on it's body (Abdomen)

• Studentwhat part of the big bug are we looking at?
• StudentThanks for anwsering my questions!

• Studentthank you
• Studentthank you, have a good day =)

• StudentThank you for your time!
• Student:)
• Studentthank you :)
• StudentThank-you for answering our questions :]
• Bugscope Teamthey don't eat wood, though
• 1:19 pm
• Bugscope Teamyou are welcome!
• Studentthanks!! : D
• Studentthnk you for answering our questions =)
• StudentThank you very much for everything that you have bothered to do for use and thank you for taking the time to answer all of our difficult questions with time

• Bugscope Teamhello, welcome to bugscope!
• Studentwhen a mosquito injects its labella it pulls in its legs.why?
  Bugscope Teamthe labella is a sheath that holds the cutting, sucking, and saliva-producing mouthparts of the mosquito
• StudentOn what part of the body are the mosquito's diseases found?
  Bugscope Teamit mostly passes disease by passing human blood from one human to another
• StudentOn preset 13 what's the hairy thing in the middle?
  Bugscope Teamthat is the mosquito proboscis. It is a sheath that contains the parts that poke cut into you and drink your blood
• Studenton preset 13 what is the circle thing
  Bugscope Teamthe donut shaped thing is the place where the antenna comes out of the head.
• Teacherwe're now on our 2nd group, and they'll be asking questions about the spider, the moth, and the mosquito
• Bugscope Teami *think*!!!
• StudentIs preset 4 the nursery spider or the orbweaver
• Bugscope TeamMosquito-borne diseases can be in the head, blood, fatty tissues - all over the mosquito, really.
• Studenthow old is the spider
• Bugscope Teamthanks rob!
• StudentOn preset number 19 where are the eyes?
  Bugscope Teamside of the head
• Studentwhy are mosquito's labella hairy?
  Bugscope Teamthey are covered with scales all over, except for their eyes pretty much. So it's not really hair, but scales, and butterflies and moths are also covered in them. They are analogous to feathers on a birth
• Studentgow big is the spider's body
• 1:25 pm
• Studentwhy is it called a bag worm moth?
• Studenton preset #6 where are the eyes

• StudentHow long does the life cycle take for the orb weaver spider?
• StudentDo butterflies have proboscis?
  Bugscope Teamyes pretty much all insects that drink their food have one. They are like elephant trunks!
• StudentWhy do the spiders have hiar on their bodies?
  Bugscope Teamthose are called setae (see-tee), they help insects sense their environment

• Bugscope Teamthose hairs (setae) can be mechanosensory or chemosensory

• Studentwhat specie's of mosquito is in preset # 13
  Bugscope Teamthat's where the mosquito antenna is coming out. the antenna is in the middle of the donut
• StudentIn picture 13 what is the circle thing on the top left of his head?
• Studenton preset 8 what are the spiky things
  Bugscope Teamthose are the spores standing up off the edge of the cocoon

• StudentWhich preset is the orbweaver
• StudentWhat are we looking at?
  Bugscope Teamwe are on the bagworm cocoon. We found eggs all over it as well as mold
  Bugscope TeamMrs G is controlling the scope, ask her where we are, i'm not sure

• Studentwhy are the orb weavers webs large and round?
• Studenthow much blood does the mospuito drink a year
• Studenton preset #6 is that an eye

• StudentAbout how sharp is the proboscis of a mosquito compared to other objects?
  Bugscope Teamit is very sharp and actually has four cutting blades that resemble steak knives -- they are serrated
• StudentWhat holds the cacoon together?
• Bugscope Teamwhen the mosquito pulls its legs it in it extending the fascicle into the skin, so it is dipping its head it order to plunge deeply into your skin
• Studentare there hairs on the mosquito?
  Bugscope Teamyes, but they are called setae (see-tee)
• Studentwhat are we lokking at?
  Bugscope Teamnot sure, ask mrs. G
• Studentwhy do all the bugs have hair on them?

• StudentIs the chrysalis on a preset?
  Bugscope Teampresets 5-8 are all of things on the cocoon
• StudentWhat are those cracks?
• Studention the grasshopper leg why does it look like their are spikes?
• Studentwhat is the fly doing here/

• StudentHow many eyes do the spiders have
  Bugscope TeamSpiders usually have between 6 and 8 eyes.
• Studenthow many legs does a mosquito have
  Bugscope Teamsix
  Bugscope TeamSix, like all other insects. :)
• StudentWhat are the things on the top of the head?

• Studenthow are bagworm moths able to stick twigs and leaves together?
  Bugscope TeamThey use silk to build their cases.
• Studenthow do you know whether the bug is a girl or a boy?
• Studentwhat do mosquitos eat?
  Bugscope Teamblood, for one
• Studentwhy does it have all those hairs
• Studentare those things with dots eyes?
  Bugscope Teamyes. here is an example of a compound eye that is made of many individual parts call ommatidia. It is similar to the epcot center right?
• Studentwhat are those things on the mosquito's head?
  Bugscope Teamthose are it's eyes: compound eyes
• StudentWhat are the big ball like thing on the top of the head?
  Bugscope Teamcompound eyes
• Studentwhat does this bug eat?
  Bugscope Teamblood
• Studentwhy are there so many hairs
  Bugscope Teamthey use those hairs to feel things, so the more hairs, the more they feel, and the higher the chance of sruvival
  Bugscope TeamSince insects are encased in an exoskeleton, they have to use hairs to sense the world around them.
• 1:30 pm
• Studenthow much blood a day?
• Studentcan you pull up preset 13
• Studentwhat does the mosquito use to navigate
• StudentHow much can the mosquito's abdomen inflate with blood?
• StudentIs that the mouth?
  Bugscope Teamthat is a spiracle, through which insects breathe

• StudentDO hairs keep the insect warm?
  Bugscope Teamhmm, i don't think so, not like animal hair does
• Bugscope Teamthis is a breathing hole, called a spiracle

• Studentwhat is this?
• Bugscope Teamhere is the spiracle AKA breathing hole, like our noses
• StudentWhat does the spiricale do?
  Bugscope TeamBreathing - just like our mouths, but all over the insect's body.
• StudentWhere is this located on the bug
  Bugscope Teamon the body or abdomen
• Studentwhy are able to inject their labella without obvious thrusting?
  Bugscope Teamthey don't inject the labella; they inject a sharp fascicle that is inside it
• Bugscope Teaminsects don't breath through their mouths, they have holes on their bodies, called spiracles, air goes in the hole

• StudentWhat is this used for
  Bugscope Teamthese claws are found at the end of all the legs of an insect. they are used for grabbing onto things like food
• Bugscope Teamto grab tuff
• Bugscope Teamstuff

• Bugscope Teamfood, stuff
• Studentwats a bag worm moth?
  Bugscope Teamit's a moth that has clear wings, from what I remember
• StudentHow many spiecies of spiders are there?
  Bugscope Teamin north america alone there are around 4000 species
• Studentdoes it hurt to get pinched by this

• Studentwhy is it called an Orb Weaver Spider?
• Studentwhat are we looking at
  Bugscope Teamthis is the claw of the roach
• Bugscope TeamBagworms are caterpillars, but you wouldn't really know it since they hide in a little sack of twigs.
• Studentcan you die from this
• Bugscope TeamThe adult female bagworms stay inside their bags; the adult males fly around and find them.
• StudentDoes the orb weaver spider's bite have toxins?
  Bugscope TeamYep! All spiders have toxins - it is how they capture prey.
• Studenthow many body parts does a mosquito have?
  Bugscope Teamit has a head, thorax, and abdomen, six legs, wings, antennae...
• StudentWhat plants make the chrysalis?
• StudentWhere is the carapace groove on a spider

• Studentwhat type of spider is that on #4
• Studenton preset 10 why does the grasshopper have spikes on its leg
• Studentwhat are we looking at?
• Studentwhat are we looking at?
• Studenthow big can orb weavers get?
  Bugscope TeamWe can get some pretty big ones in the US - you might know garden spiders, which are black and yellow striped and can be almost 3 inches from front to hind legs.
• Studenton preset 8 what are the line looking things
• Studentwhat are we looking at?
• Studentwhat is the most common spider?
  Bugscope TeamDepends on where you are! There are many, many species of orb weavers.
• Bugscope Teamthis is the spider that had a stripe down its back
• StudentHow powerful is a Orb weaver's bite?
• 1:35 pm
• Studentis this spider poisonous
  Bugscope Teamalmost all spiders are poisonous, or they have poisonous venom, because that is how they feed, but some are worse for people than others. most are not a big problem, and I don't think this one is bad -- it would give you an big itchy bump where it bit you
• Studenton preset 4 what are those circles
  Bugscope Teampreset 4 is also what we see now. Each of the bumps are a simple eye of the spider. It should have 8 in all but we can;t see them all from this angle
• Studentcan this bug see in color
• StudentWhat does the bug look like inside the chrysalis?
• Studentwhat do spiders usally eat?
  Bugscope TeamAll spiders are predators - most of them eat other insects, so they are actually beneficial to have around.
• Studenthow do the fascicles fit into the labella
• Studentwhat does this spider eat
  Bugscope Teammost spiders will eat things it can capture, usually things it can catch in its web or things smaller than it. there are some jumping spiders which include nectar and pollen in their diet
• Studenton preset 4 why is that spider so hairy
• StudentWhat are those blobs?
• StudentWhy do spiders have hair on there legs
• Studentdo both female and and male orb weavers spin webs?
  Bugscope TeamMost of the time, yes.
• Studentis an orb weaver poisonous?
  Bugscope Teamthe bite of Orb-Weaving Spiders is of low risk (not toxic) to humans. They rarely bite
• Studentdo all bugs have hairs?
• Studentwhat is this spiders defense
• StudentIs the surface of the spider's skin soft or hard?\
• Studentwhat are we looking at?
  Bugscope Teamwe are looking at the spider head, mainly the simple eyes it has. It does not have compound eyes
• Studentis the bagworm moth chrysalis in the presets?
  Bugscope Teamyes presets 5-8 are of the bagworm
• StudentI meant the straw with circluar things on it preset 13
• StudentDo you have a picture of a spiders carapace
• Studenthow are mosquitos able to lift their fascicles so fast
  Bugscope Teamthe fascicle cuts very well going in and going out
• Studentwhere is the heart located at on the mosquito and how big is it?
• Studentwhat part of the body on a spider does it used to make its webs
• StudentHow poisonous is the spider?
• Studentwhere is the probiscus
• Studenthow big can a orb weaver spider get?
  Bugscope Teaman adult is about 2/3-1 inch in body length

• Studentare those eyes
  Bugscope Teamthose are the compound eyes
• Studentwhat is preset 6 suposed to be
• StudentHow deep does a mosquito's proboscis go when it bites?
  Bugscope Teamthe fascicle can be two or three mm long, perhaps longer
• StudentWhy does mold groww on moths
  Bugscope TeamMold doesn't usually grow on live moths, but like any fungus it will grow on dead ones.
• Studentcan mosquitos smell
• Studentcan the orb weavers poison commit fatality?
  Bugscope Teamno they are considered non toxic to humans
• Studentwhat are we looking at?
• Studentwhat are those circle things

• StudentDo mosquitos store there blood when there taking blood
  Bugscope TeamThey digest the blood and take out the protein, which they use to make eggs.
• Studentcan mosquitos sense heat
  Bugscope Teamthey probably can; they are sometimes said to be able to sense carbon dioxide from your breath

• Studenthow much blood does a mosquito drink per year
  Bugscope TeamThe amount of Blood Female Mosquito consumes per meal is approximately 0.0000005 Liter for the most common species.

• 1:40 pm
• Studentwhich presets are the orb weaver spider
• Studentwhat do spider eat
• Studentwhat do roaches use claws for"?
• Studenthow small can mosquito be
• Studentdo mosquito s have eyes
  Bugscope Teammosquitos have two compound eyes with many facets called ommatidia
• StudentThank you!
• Studenthow many species of spiders are there
  Bugscope TeamThousands and thousands. Many more than we've actually found.

• Studentbye thanks
• Studentthank you
• Studentthanks for your time you are very intelligent
• StudentThanks for your time bye :)
• Studentthaaank yooou
• Studentthank you for the awnsers
• Studentthank you
• StudentThank you for all your help and time!
• Bugscope TeamThank You!
• Studentgracias amigo
• Bugscope TeamNo problem!
• Bugscope Teamthanks for all your questions
• Studenthow do spiders spin webs
  Bugscope TeamSpiders have special organs called spinnerets that produce silk - it's at the tip of the abdomen.
• Studentwhat is the long stick thing??
  Bugscope Teampart of the central long stick is the pump for the piercing mouthparts
• Studentwat are those round things to the side
  Bugscope Teamthose are the compound eyes of this green stink bug
• StudentCan roaches bite?
• StudentIs the black lace weaver spider deadly to humans?
• Studenton the roach head are the antennae things its eyes?
• Studenton preset 3 how do the spinerettes function?
• Studentwat happens if a mesquito drinks 2 much blood
  Bugscope TeamIt would explode!
• 1:45 pm
• Studentwhat are the hole thingies in the backround?
• StudentWhat are we looking at right now??
• Teacherthis is our last group of kids - they will be asking about the cockroach, spider with egg sac, & spider with red thorax
• Studentwhat are those recepticals protruding
• Bugscope TeamBut they can control how much blood they eat, so mosquitoes aren't popping all the time. :)
• Studentwhy are the eyes so far apart
• Studentcan the mosqitoe get a disease from someones blood
  Bugscope TeamIn a sense - it will pick up a human disease from one human and then carry it to another human. Sometimes it's not good for the mosquito, so it can be like a disease.
• Studentwhy is the Oriental Cock roach Nymph called Oriental
  Bugscope TeamOriental means 'eastern,' and it is likely that the person who named the roach first found them in Asia. Occidental means 'western.'
• Studentwhat are those round things on the side
  Bugscope Teamthose are its compound eyes

• Studentdo the spiders carry their eggsacs?
• Studenthow many eggs can a cockroach lay at once
  Bugscope TeamThey can make up to around 5 egg sacks per lifetime, and in each egg sack there will be around 30-40 eggs.
• StudentCan we see the nursery web spider egg sack??
• Studentwhy do the nursery web spiders hold their egg sacks in their jaws
• StudentDo mosquitos drink any thing other than blood?
  Bugscope TeamMale mosquitoes don't drink blood at all - they drink nectar from flowers.
• StudentWhy does the spider w/ eggsac carry it with her?

• Studentwhat does the the spider thread look like
  Bugscope Teamusually it looks smooth and of a consistent diameter
• StudentOn the spider head are the eyes the bumps on top of its head?
• Studentwat types of diseases do mosquitos carry
  Bugscope Teamyellow fever, malaria, west nile virus, among others

• Studenthow many eggs on average are in a egg sack
• Studenthow do some spiders walk on water
  Bugscope TeamIt's all about the water tension, and keeping oil on the ends of their legs. Not unlike how small sticks float on the water.
• Studenton preset 18 why are there spiky looking things on its claw

• Studentwat r the hairs on preset 3
• StudentWhy does it ithch after a mosquito bites you??
  Bugscope Teamthe mosquito's saliva, which keeps your blood from clotting at the wound, may also make you itch
• Studentwhy awhat are those balls on the side of its head
  Bugscope Teamthose are its compound eyes
• StudentI read that the nursery spider has 8 equal eyes unlike other bugs why is that?
  Bugscope TeamThe number of eyes on spiders can be variable. Depends on how important it is that they see, rather than smell or feel, their prey.
• Studenthow many eggs are in a egg sac of the nursery web spider?
• StudentAbout how long does a Nursery Web spinner with egg sac live
• StudentHow many webs can one of the spiders show on preset 3 in one year?
• Studentwhy are male spider's slimmer than females?
  Bugscope TeamA lot of the time it's because the female is full of eggs!
• Studentwhat arethe holes on its body?
• Studentabout how many eggs average are in a spiders egg sac
  Bugscope TeamSpiders may produce several egg sacs, each containing several hundred eggs. One female may produce as many as 3,000 eggs in a series of several sacs over a period of time.
• StudentIs the nursery spider poisonios?
• Teacheri'm trying to pull up the grasshopper nymph and can't
  Bugscope Teamoops we can't either, just a sec
• 1:50 pm

• Studentwhere can you find the oriental cockroach?
  Bugscope TeamHouses, usually - it's a pest species.

• Studentwat other things besides blood do mosqitoes eat
  Bugscope TeamMosquitos will drink nectar from flowers. In fact, that's the only thing that male mosquitoes eat.
• Studenthow large can a nursery spider grow
• Studenthow many nursery web spiders are in the world

• Studentwhat is the hole
• Studentwhy does the oriental cockroach move slower then other species
  Bugscope TeamMost cockroaches do move pretty quickly. Oriental roaches may live in places where it's not as necessary to quickly escape from predators.
• Studenthow many eggs does a nursery web spider lay
• Studentwhat is that hole

• Studentwhy does the spiderslegs grow hair
  Bugscope Teamthe spider has hair all over it which are used to help it know what is around it, and it has specialized hairs used to help feel vibrations better, like when food is caught in its web
• Studentwow

• Bugscope Teamthere's the nymph
• Studentis it true only female mosquitos drink blood
  Bugscope Teamyes the males are said to eat nectar, or sometimes don't eat at all
• Studentwhat are we looking at?
  Bugscope Teamthis is the grasshopper nymph
• Studentis that bug dead?
  Bugscope Teameverything you see today should be dead :) it would be mean to stick them in a vacuum and throw an electron beam at them if they were alive
• Studentwhere is the nursery web spider's egg sac??
• Studentwhy was evidence of plant life found in the eggsac?
• Studentwhats that big ball?????
  Bugscope Teamthat is one of its compound eyes. we are seeing the profile of the grasshopper head
• Studentwhere are the mandibles on it
• Studentlike how big is the nymph? can u see it with ur plain eye?
  Bugscope TeamWhen the nymph first hatches, it is very small - probably like a grain of rice. But you can still see it.
• Studentwhat does an egg sac look like ?
• StudentWhere may you find these insects?
• Studentwhat is the stuff around the grasshopper???
  Bugscope Teamthat is carbon tape
• Studentwat happens if a mesquito gets 2 hot? does the blood boil
  Bugscope TeamNot too many places on earth where blood would naturally boil. :) But like all insects, if it gets too hot (say stuck inside a car) it will die.
• StudentAre they rare?
• Studentin present i were is the spider claw located on the body
  Bugscope Teamthey are found at the end of their legs
• Bugscope Teamthe carbon tape that the insects are stuck to has little bubbles in it
• Studentwhat dooes and egg sac look like if u were to see 1
  Bugscope Teamfor the spider egg sac it looks like a white fuzzy ball
• Studentwhat are we looking at on preset 3??
  Bugscope Teamthat is one of the spinnerettes, from which the spider produces silk, or web

• 1:55 pm
• StudentCan the oriental cockroach fly
  Bugscope TeamYes, but it's a weak flier.
• Studentwhat are we looking at?
• Studentwould the roach clwaw hurt if it picnh u??????
• Studentwhat are those protruding claws coming out of it
  Bugscope Teaminsects have a claw at the end of each of their legs, spiders do too
• Studenthow many body parts does a cockroach have
  Bugscope TeamLike all insects, you can break it down into a head, thorax, and abdomen.

• Studentcan we see the leaf hopper egg???
  Bugscope Teamyou are looking at an egg now, and it may be from a leafhopper
• Studentcan the spider walk on the ceiling?

• Studentwhat is this?

• Bugscope Teamthis preset moved a little. it was supposed to be focused on the white dots on the egg in the middle of the screen
• StudentIs that an egg?
• Studentcan mesqiutoos get blood from dead people
  Bugscope TeamHm. Interesting question! I'd imagine a lot of the blood flow into the mosquito comes from blood pressure in the person - so probably not very well.
• Studentare the ppinchers of the orental cockroach sharp
• Studentwhats that ????
• Studentis that an egg???
  Bugscope Teamwe believe those are eggs

• Studentdo the rioach claws hurt
• Bugscope Teamthis preset moved most likely

• Bugscope Teamit happens

• Studentwhat does a cockroach do when its near a predator

• Bugscope Teamthe white stuff is what the preset is
• Studentis preset 5 the spider's egg sac??

• Studentthats pretty crazy
• Studentwhat are the dots on the egg
• Studentwhy do spiders have hair or fur on their heads
  Bugscope Teamsome of the hairs are sensory and allow the spider to feel vibration. some spiders, like tarantulas, also have 'urticating hairs' that they release into the air when they are bothered.

• Studentcan roaches pinch u ? do they hurt?
• Studentwhat is the outer shell made of

• Studentcan u see an oriental cockroach nymph with the naked eye
  Bugscope TeamDefinitely, but they are very small, like a rice grain.

• Studentwhat is that crack?
• Studentwhat is that
• Studentwhat is the egg on or around???
• Studentwher is the egg sack located on the spider
• Studentpreset 3 plz?
• Studentdo adult spiders go through any other changes once full grown

• Studenthow does a baby cockroach look like
  Bugscope TeamIt looks a lot like a tiny adult cockroach, but without wings.

• StudentWhy does it look like there is 2 sections to the eggsac

• Studentwats all the wierd stuff in the background?
• Studentis that an egg sack

• Studenty do cocroaches live in dirty places
  Bugscope TeamCockroaches are scavengers and can digest all sorts of weird stuff (hair, toenails, etc.), so they enjoy eating things that we consider dirty or filthy.
• Studentcan a cockroach lay eggs\

• Studenthow big can is it
• 2:00 pm
• Studentwheres that at???
  Bugscope Teamthis is in one area, one part, of the bagworm bag
• StudentHow many bugs are held in one egg sack?

• Studentwhich part of it is the egg sac???
• Studenthow big can it be
• Studentplz put preset 4 puh puh puh please
• Studentdo all spiders have spinnret
  Bugscope Teamyes they use spinnerets to manipulate the silk as it comes out of their abdomens
• Studentwhat are those small dots on the egg sack
  Bugscope Teamthe small dots are brochosomes, which come from leafhoppers and have shapes like soccer balls
• Studenthow many bugs are in one egg sack
• Studentwhere is a cockroach usually found
• Studentwhat are brochosomes?
  Bugscope Teamthey are small round balls that are only produced by leafhoppers, thought to be used to keep their eggs from drying out
• Studentthis is amazing!!
• StudentThank you for answering my questions. . . have a good day
• Studenthow many egs does a cockroach lay
  Bugscope TeamThey lay all their eggs in one sac, called an ootheca - usually dozens of eggs.
• StudentThanks for your help
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• StudentGRACIAS MI AMIGOS!! U COOL SCIENCE DUDES!
• StudentTHANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!!!!!!
• Studentthanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• StudentTHANK U SO MUCH MAN I LEARNED ALOT
• StudentTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• StudentBIG THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING ALL OUR QUESTIONS IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE

• Studentthx
• Studentthx

• StudentAWESOME DAY!!!!:P
• Studentthx

• Studentme and my partener give our thanks for giving us this wonderful apetounaty

• StudentTHANK YOU SO MUCH for taking your timr to answer our ?'s!!!!!
• StudentTHANK YOU SO MUCH, FOR ANSWERING OUR QUESTIONS AND TEACHING US SO MUCH!! :))))
• Studentin school field trip day was pretty cool every1 would u agree?

• Studentim going to do observations
• Studentthank you for telling us all this information
• Studentya me too
• Studenthappy birthday to u! happy birthday to u!
• Bugscope Teammrs garcie you can see all the images and chat from today by going to your webpage at any time located at http://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2009-013/
• 2:05 pm
• Studentthis is cool
• Studenti like this coolness
• Studentits like insane
• Studenty do the brochosomes look like honey combs
• Bugscope Teameach of those balls is around 400 nm i think
• Studenti like honey combs
• Bugscope Teamyeah they are like honeycombs!
• Studentthere honeylicious
• Bugscope Teamhere is inside the chamber where we keep the insects
• Studenthaha thank you
• Studentim in 7th period
• Studentwhat is that???
• StudentTHANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH WE LOOOOOOOVED DOING THIS :)!!!!!!!!!!!
• Bugscope Teamwe are looking at different eggs, this is going back to the brochosomes. Scot was trying to get a better image
• Bugscope Teamshutting down the session now. Sign up to do this again next year!