Sutherland Elementary
Session 2009-020

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Connected on 2009-03-24 09:15:00 from , FL, US

• 8:22 am
• Bugscope Teamstarting presets

• 8:28 am

• 8:35 am

• 8:40 am

• Bugscope TeamI am here, but I am working on something until 9:15
• TeacherHello! My students are at PE so I thought I would get things rolling and ready
• Bugscope Teamhi, welcome to bugscope, we are still setting up presets
• 8:45 am
• TeacherWOW! They look great.

• Bugscope Team:)
• Bugscope Teamcate is making the presets this morning, she knows how to find cool things on insects
• Bugscope Teamif you have any questions mrs. hurton feel free to ask
• TeacherWhen the students sign in should they use there names?
• Bugscope Teamthat is a good way to do it, yes, but it's up to you
• Bugscope Teameach login has to be different, so we can address each unique question
• Bugscope Teamhow many students are you planning to have login today?
• TeacherWe will have 13 computers going. Will you switch control of the microscope for us?
• Teacher21 students, me, the principal and assisstant principal
• Bugscope Teamah, cool, 13 is no problem at all, excellent. yes, if you want us to switch control from one students to the next, you just chat that request to us, and we can switch it in 2-3 seconds
• Bugscope Teamperfect. 24 logins is just fine
• TeacherI will have the students paired up, so the name will be _____&________
• 8:51 am
• Bugscope Teamah, 24 people, but 13 computers... ah yes, pairing up is common way to do it. that works well
• Bugscope Teamwe will answer most of the questions. and annie is here too, she is a phd student in entomology and knows most of the difficult questions about insects
• Bugscope Teamscott and cate are microscopists, they also know about bugs
• Bugscope Teamand i'm a sysadmin, and know a little about bugs too
• TeacherThe kids have lots of bug questions and scientist questions. Of course, they looked at last years script and saw that some of you have eaten bugs as well. :)
• Bugscope TeamYah, that would be me
• Bugscope Teambug eater
• Bugscope Teamheh

• TeacherThey might want to hear about that as well.
• Bugscope Teami had an ant cookie about a week ago
• Teacherwas it good?
• Bugscope Teami'm in the process of trying to swallow a horse, who will hopefully eat the dog, that ate the cat, that ate the mouse, that ate the spider, than ate the fly that i accidentally swallowed while riding my bike 2 days ago...
• Bugscope TeamWell..it tasted like a cookie with little sort of vinegary pieces of ant body in it
• Bugscope TeamI like other foods better

• 8:57 am
• StudentLove it

• Bugscope Teamthe vinegary taste (acetic acid) may come from the formic acid in the ants

• Bugscope TeamI am hoping that is what it was from. Otherwise my friend Liz is a weird cook.
• TeacherI couldn't sign up Breanna & Tiffany as students so I just logged them in as teachers.:)
  Bugscope Teamhmm, are these computers on the same network? if not, then the student login won't work. if so, then you should login as a "guest". that's best.
• Bugscope Teamheh
• 9:02 am

• Bugscope Teamok, we are done with presets, and ready to start whenever you are
• TeacherThe network is the same. Should I log them out and sign them back in as guests
  Bugscope Teamah, no, that is fine for now. it's not that big a deal i guess :)
• Bugscope Teamsession is unlocked
• Bugscope Teamif you have any problems, and would like to call us, the number here is 217-265-8164. or you could just chat the question to us as well
• Bugscope Teamdon't worry about having the students logged on as teachers
• Bugscope Teamyou may drive now, if you wish
• Bugscope Teamyou can also let us know if you want any of the students to drive
• TeacherThey are just walking in from PE. We will be ready in a second
• Bugscope Teamwe can confer control of the microscope to anyone you would like
• Bugscope Teamcool
• 9:08 am
• Studentdoes a ant lion have a abdamin
  Bugscope Teamyes all insects have abdomens
• Guesthello
• Bugscope Teamhi students, welcome to bugscope!
• Studenthi
• Bugscope Teamyes ant lions have abdomens
• Studentwhats up
• Guestdo antlions only eat ants?
• Studenthi
• StudentDoes a antlion have a back bone?
  Bugscope Teamthey do not have backbones. They have an exoskeleton
  Bugscope TeamInsects are invertebrates, meaning that they do not have a spinal column -- or a backbone. insects have exoskeletons -- their 'skeleton' is on the outside of the body
• Bugscope Teamthe ant lion we got from you was angry, still kicking
• Teacherhello
• Studenthow long do antlions live?
• Guesthi alex
• Bugscope Teamwhere the bones are on the outside
• Studentwhat is your favorite bug
  Bugscope Teami like mites, they are tiny bugs that feed on bigger bugs
• TeacherOK I think everyone is all set to go
• Guestdose the ant lion have teeht
  Bugscope TeamAntlions have mandibles--big jaws. They are kind of like teeth
• Studentwhy do ant lions eat ants
  Bugscope TeamYes, they do. The larvae dig pits in the sand and the ants fall into the pits and the antlions eat them.

• Teacherwhy is its name ant lion
  Bugscope TeamBecause they eat ants and they have giant fierce jaws (like a lion)
• Studentwhats that?
• Teacherwhat is the rarest butterfly?
  Bugscope TeamI am not really sure...there are probably many many butterfly species that are not yet known to science. So, it would be impossible to know.
• Bugscope Teamthese look like antenna on some kind of insect?

• Bugscope Teamantlions can eat other small insects, but I think its food of choice is ants

• TeacherI don't seem to be doing a good job at the controls
  Bugscope Teamyou are doing fine mrs. hurton, just rememnber when you are clicing to drive, click once to start moving, then click again to stop
• 9:13 am
• Guestis there a nother name for the antlion
  Bugscope TeamYou can call them by their scientific name: Myrmeleonidae
• StudentDo you like your job?
  Bugscope TeamYes, I am an entomologist, and I get to work outside in the field, discover new species of insects, and work with other scientists
• Bugscope Teamtoday we have owlfly larvae, which are related to antlions, but the antlion was still alive and we could not get it to hold still to put it on the stub yesterday
• Studentdo they drink anaything
• Bugscope Teammrs. hurton try clicking on a preset
• Bugscope Teamwe drove off the edge of the sample it looks like
• Bugscope Teamedge of the World

• Studenthow do the antlion eat
  Bugscope TeamThe antlions dig a pit in the sand. Then they dig a hole and bury themselves in the sand. Then they open their jaws wide, and they sit and they wait until some sort of small insect (like an ant) falls into the pit. THEN then antlion snaps its jaws closed around the little insect and has a nice meal
• Teacherwhy is a ant lion is so creepy
  Bugscope Teamthey have huge powerful jaws, maybe that's why!

• Studenteverything looks like a fly
• Studentdo antlions feed on other antlions?

• Bugscope Teamthis is the head of a female housefly
• Bugscope Teammrs. hurton, when you want to move, using "click to center" is a little easier to control
• Studentdo antlions sleep?
  Bugscope TeamThey kind of sleep. They cannot close their eyes, but there are times during the day that they are less active. It is kind of like sleep. We do know that bees sleep...
• TeacherIt does not seem to be working for me even when I press the preset. How about we try to transfer to Olivia & Emily
• Teachersorry we did not greet you at first Annie
  Bugscope TeamThat is OK. :)
• Bugscope Teamok, elivia and emily now have control of the scope!
• Guestwhat is a vespa head
  Bugscope Teamvespa is another name for wasp, so wasp head
• Guestdose the ant lion eat other ant lions
  Bugscope Teamantlions are notoriously irritable and would likely eat other antlions if they could
• Bugscope TeamKleo vespa is Italian for wasp.

• Bugscope Teamnice olivia and emily, now try focusing a bit

• StudentThis computer is not showing the microscope image. Any ideas?
  Bugscope Teamyou could try refreshing your browser
• Studentnow there was a fly and it look nothing like it look like in person
• Bugscope Teamfocus can be tricky, try going one way, if it gets worse, try the other way
• Bugscope Teamif your image goes black, hit refresh (F5)

• Studenti see
• Teacherwhat kind of insects your sending us on the picture above
  Bugscope TeamThis is a super close up of a fly mouth (I think)
• Guestthats cool
• Bugscope Teamthis is the tongue of the fly, OOF
• Studenthow old do antlions get?
  Bugscope TeamThey live between three months to a year. It depends on where they live and what the climate is like.
• Studentwhat is your most interesting bug?
• Studentwhat is that picture
• Bugscope Teamolivia and emily are actually controlling our $600,000 scanning electron microscope
• 9:18 am
• Bugscope Teamthere
• Bugscope TeamNICE job olivia and emily, now it's in focus. great job!!!!!
• Guestdose the antlion have predator
  Bugscope Teamother animals like birds and small rodents would likely eat antlions if they could
• Bugscope Teamthis is the tongue of the fly
• Studentwhat is the antlions preadators
  Bugscope TeamLIzards, snakes, small mammals, other arthropods, and birds will all eat antlions
• Studentits all hairy
  Bugscope Teaminsects are very hairy. they use those hairs, which are attached to nerves underneath the exoskeleton, to sense what's going on in the environment around them. Some are just for feeling, others can be for tasting/smelling, and still others are for feeling if something is hot or cold
• Teacherwhy dose ant lions live in holes
• Teacherdo you guys have a butterfly garden
  Bugscope TeamI don't have any garden right now...I live in an apartment with no backyard
• Studentwhy do antlions eat ants
  Bugscope Teamants are high in protein, and almost always when one organism eats another, it is for survival: food
• Teacherwhat is a earwigs
  Bugscope TeamAn earwig is a type of insect with pinchers at the end of their abdomens
• StudentAre we working
• Teacherhow do you take pictures of bugs close up
  Bugscope Teamwe are using an electron microscope to beam electrons at the insects in a vacuum chamber and collect the images as secondary electrons come back from the conductive coating on the insects' bodies
• Bugscope Teamearwigs are insects that have pincer tails they use to protect themselves
• Bugscope Teammrs. hurton, if you are having trouble driving the scope, we can take control and drive around a bit
• Studentwhere do ant lions live
  Bugscope TeamThey live any where with sandy soil
• Bugscope Teamanywhere
• Studentso flys and stuff cant see?
  Bugscope Teamflies can see VERY well, they have compound eyes which have hundreds, thousands, of lenses: see preset #2 for a butterfly eye
• Studentwhere do ant lions make their burrows
  Bugscope TeamIn sandy soil
• Teacherwhat is your favrite bug
  Bugscope TeamMy favorite insects are longhorned beetles. Those are the insects that I study
• StudentDo ant lions eat other ant lions
  Bugscope TeamI bet their would if they could
• Studentcan they live on the beach annie
  Bugscope TeamThey could. They tend to like more forested/desert areas
• Bugscope Teamyou can go to another preset if you would like
• Bugscope Teamtheir exoskeleton makes it hard to feel what's going on. Like when your arm brushes up against something you feel it, they wouldnt be able to without their hairs
• Studenthow long do antlions live?
  Bugscope Teami'm not sure cory-matt, but they have a larva stage where they live a season, at least
• Teacherwas the ant lion cool
• TeacherHow about we transfer control to Kyle and Braedon
• Studentwhats on the screen now
  Bugscope Teamto the middle left is still the hairy tongue the rest is the head
• Teacheri ment at the science place
• StudentCate, Do you like being a scietist now and when you were a kid?
  Bugscope Teamyes it is a lot of fun, i get to work with a lot of different things, like bugscope
• 9:23 am
• Bugscope TeamOK, Braedon and Kyle have control now
• Guestwhy dose the mouth have hair?
  Bugscope Teamthe 'hairs' we see, called setae, or sometimes bristles, are often sensory -- they help the fly taste its food as well as feel it
• Guestis your job fun
  Bugscope Teamyes, some days it is a lot of fun. other days it's kinda like, meh. but that's totally normal. :)
• Studenthow big can the antlion grow?
  Bugscope TeamI have seen adult antlions that are about 3 inches long,
• Studentwhy is the antlions' tongue hairy
  Bugscope Teamthese hairs are for sensing the environment. all insects have these hairs, they are called setae (see-tee). some setae are chemosensory and help the insect to smell. i'm guessing some of the mouth hairs are for smelling stuff?
• Studentwhat is your favorite kind of bug
• Guestdo antlions only eat ants
  Bugscope Teamthey can eat other small insects
• Bugscope Teamthis is a housefly, not an antlion
• Studentis the scope cool

• Bugscope TeamI just moved us to the owlfly larva head
• Studentgggg
• Teacherwhy is the bug so scary but its so helpful
• Bugscope Teamhere is an owlfly larva, which is related to an antlion
• Studentcate, do the antlions' feet burn
• Studentis this an ant?
• Bugscope Teamowlfly larvae are much like antlions
• Guestwow that is cool
• Teacherwhy are you doing this and do you like it
  Bugscope TeamThis is fun for us. We do it because we like having the opportunity to show other people how the scanning electron microscope works.
• TeacherBradeon & Kyle had a little computer trouble. How about we transfer control to Slade & Michael
• Guestwhat is this
• Bugscope Teamyou can see its jaws, which are set to close on its prey
• Bugscope Teamthis is an owlfly larva
• Bugscope Teamslade and michael now have control!
• Teacherwhat is this picture of
  Bugscope Teamthis is an owlfly larva head
• Studentoh
• Studentannie wats the biggest bug you have ever seen?
  Bugscope TeamThere are stick insects in the tropics that are 9 inches long or more. There are huge longhorned beetles that I have seen in collections (about 4-5 inches long). Once I found a giant dead moth...its wingspan was around 8 inches.

• Teacherwhat is on the screne

• Guestwhat is the wierdest thing you have saw
• Studentis that a any
• Studentant
• 9:28 am
• Bugscope Teamthis is an owlfly larva
• Bugscope Teamthis is an owlfly larva
• Teacherdose your job get boring
  Bugscope Teamwe think if our job is boring perhaps it is our fault -- we have lots of cool things to do and cool people to work with
• Bugscope Teamgreat job focusing slade and michael!
• Studentits weird lookin
• Studenthow do anylions give birth
  Bugscope TeamThe females lay eggs...and little tiny antlion larvae hatch out.
• Studentdo you like being a scientist?

• Bugscope Teamhere is a wasp head

• Guestwhats that
• Studentlook like it under water
• Teacherwhat is the weirdest thing you have sean
  Bugscope TeamIt is sort of hard to say...I have been in graduate school a long time, and as I have learned about insects and what they do and how they live, things don't seem so strange any more.
• Bugscope Teamthese are crochets, which are tiny grasping hooks at the ends of caterpillar prolegs
• Studentwhy do you think our butterfly didn't come out of its chrysallys
  Bugscope TeamIt is hard to tell: could be it was too cold, or too hot, or something made a hole in it and bacteria got it
• Studentwhat is that?
• Studentwhat is that on the picture above

• Bugscope Teamthis is a caterpillar Cate found for you
• Bugscope Teamok, nicole and kayleigh have control now
• Studentdo antlions have teeth?
  Bugscope TeamAntlions have jaws that work like our teeth work.
  Bugscope TeamAntlions do not have teeth, but the sharp parts of their jaws may be hardened with calcium deposits, which help to make teeth hard

• Studentis that the same thing but focused out

• Bugscope Teamcaterpillars have little hooks on some of their legs to help hang onto leaves
• Studentwhat is that on the screen
• Guestwhat is this part?
  Bugscope TeamThis is the side of a caterpillar
• Studentwhats the biggest preadator of the antlion???
  Bugscope TeamProbably a bear...
• StudentWere back
• 9:33 am
• Bugscope TeamA bear would eat an antlion if it could find it.

• Bugscope Teambears will eat anything
• Guestwhat is the magnification?
  Bugscope Teamin the top right, you can see the mag, it is currently 36X
• GuestIS THAT A WORM
  Bugscope Teamthat is a caterpillar
• Studentwhen did it die?
• Studentcan all bugs bite
  Bugscope Teamnot all bugs can bite -- some do not have jaws, they have sucking or sponging mouthparts -- and some do not even have mouths
• TeacherI like thepictures
• Studentour screen is black
  Bugscope Teamhit refresh (F5)
• Bugscope Teamif your image is black, try hitting refresh (F5)

• StudentWhy didn't the caterpiller hatch and become a BUTTERFLY!!!???
  Bugscope TeamIt is hard to know exactly, without examining the contents of the chrysalis with other types of microscopes,different treatments. It is possible that the caterpillar caught a disease. It is possible that the caterpillar dried out or did not get the right nutrition when it was growing.
• Teacherhow big is your micriscope
  Bugscope Teamit's the size of a desk, with lots of cables and stuff

• Studenthwo has the magnafier?

• TeacherCan we transfer control to Breanna & Tiffany
  Bugscope Teamok they have control

• Bugscope Teami think the preset moved a little here
• StudentHow do flys fly
• Bugscope Teamtiffany and breanna now have control
• Studentwhat is on the screen

• Studentis that a hairy leg?
• Bugscope TeamThere are books and guides that can help you to identify butterflies and moths by their chrysali

• Teacherdo you have fun at your job
• Guesthello again we got loged out
• Teacheris this aleg of an insect?what insectis this?
  Bugscope Teamthis is a wasp
• Bugscope Teamhello!
• 9:38 am
• Bugscope Teamthe ovipositor of a wasp
• Studentlooks like a drill is it a tooth
  Bugscope Teamit does, doesn't it!
• Guestwhat is that
• Teacherdo you have fun at your job
  Bugscope Teamyep, not all the time, but most times i do
• StudentHello Annie!
  Bugscope TeamHI!
• Teacheris the pointy thing a stinger?
  Bugscope Teamit is a stinger, in a way; it is used to sting caterpillars and lay eggs inside of them
• Studenthave ever scoped a water
• Studentbug

• Bugscope Teamit is barbed, probably to help cut into whatever it wants to lay eggs in

• Teacherhave you ever got hurt at your gob
  Bugscope Teamsometimes you can get shocked, or cut, or scraped, or try to lift something too heavy....
• StudentHave you ever scoped grass or water?
  Bugscope Teamwe have looked at both actually. Our microscope can actually image droplets of water when we are using it in environmental mode, which is where we take the chamber to 100% relative humidity
• Studenthave you ever seen a germ on a big??????
  Bugscope Teamyes, you can see bacteria and stuff like that sometimes
• TeacherPlease transfer control to Kleo, thanks
• Bugscope Teamkleo has control now
• Guestdo you have fun at your job
  Bugscope Teamyeah this is often fun
• Studentis it scary to be a bugscope
• Studentis that a wasp tail
  Bugscope TeamThis is a wasp ovipositor...not really a tail. This is the part that the wasp uses to lay eggs.
• Studentwhat is that picture on the screen

• Guestawsome

• Studentcan antlions hert you
  Bugscope TeamThey can bite if you are not careful. It doesn't hurt too bad though.

• Guestdoes it really lay its eggs in a catipillar
  Bugscope TeamYup, really really. Isn't that cool?
• Studenthave you ever scoped a water bug?
  Bugscope Teamwe looked at a waterbug yesterday, and we often see waterboatmen
• Studentwhat is that?
• Bugscope Teamwe weren't sure what this was, it has little hairs all around it
  Bugscope TeamIf we decrease the magnification, I may be able to tell what it is
• StudentHow did you do that Cate?
• Guestis that a eyeball
• Guestwhat are we looking at
  Bugscope Teamwe are not sure what this is -- it is on the chrysalis you sent
• 9:43 am

• Bugscope Teamit looks like a speaker
• Bugscope Teamthere, Annie
• Bugscope Teamwhoa, there's pairs of them!
• Studentdo you guys have fun at your job?
  Bugscope Teamyep!
• Bugscope TeamI think they are spiracles. A pupa has to breathe
  Bugscope Teamthey dont look like the other spiracles on here
• Guesthi
• Guesti your job hard
  Bugscope Teamsometimes, yes, but it's very rewarding to complete projects that are difficult
• Guestalex what is your favorite bug you have seen
  Bugscope Teami really like mites, they are tiny little bugs that feed on bigger bugs
• StudentWhat do you like to do most at your job at Bugscope Cate?
  Bugscope Teami like to make the samples and talking with all of you!
• TeacherWhat are the two holes and the object that looks like a pointed nose?
• Guestis
• Bugscope Teamwe thought at first that they were spiracles as well, but we have more definitive spiracles on the other portion of the chrysalis
• TeacherPlease transfer control to Sarah and Summer. Thanks
• Guestur job must get confusing
• Studenthave you scoped a flee
  Bugscope Teamwe have imaged fleas in the past
• Bugscope Teamthis is a moai
• Studentwhat is yhat
• Bugscope Teamsummer and sara have control now
• Bugscope TeamHmmm...then I am not sure what they are.
• Bugscope Teamit is a mystery
• Studentyou sond like yourl job do you
• GuestDo you have any bees or wasps
• Studentcate, what is your favorite insect?
  Bugscope Teamhmm..praying mantises are pretty cool to look at, they have cool spikes on their forearms used to hold onto their prey and they have alien-looking heads!

• Studenthave you ever scoped tree bark?
  Bugscope Teamwe imaged bark when we looked at those ants that burrow into branches/twigs and stick only their jaws out of the hole
• Bugscope TeamMites are arachnids--not insects!!!!

• StudentHow many Wasps did you mangify under the microscpe?

• GuestHow many bugs do you have
• Teacherhave you scoped a love bug?
  Bugscope TeamI don't think we have ever examined a love bug...they are not very common around here.

• Guestdo a lot of insecets have teeth

• Studentis there a really fat bug, like a cocoroch

• Studenthow long are your bugs
• 9:48 am

• Studentwhat is your favorite bug
  Bugscope TeamI like ticks, which are not insects, however
• Guestwhy do you think are crysilis didnt hatch
  Bugscope TeamIt is hard to know. It could have had a disease. It could have dried out or not got the right nutrition as a caterpillar.
• Studenthave you ever scoped a scopiron?
  Bugscope Teamyep, scorpions are cool looking
• TeacherPlease transfer control to Alex and Ashley. Thanks
  Bugscope Teamthey have control
• Studentwhat is that?
• Studentwhat is your biggest bug
• Bugscope Teamashley and alex have control
• Guestare scropions bugs?
  Bugscope TeamNope. Scorpions are arachnids.
• Studentit looks like a back

• Studentdo you have cool bugs come in.

• Studentwhat are you doing now

• Bugscope Teambrochosomes are cool, they are only produced by the leafhopper
• Guestthats wierd?
• Bugscope Teamtheres some brochosomes

• Bugscope Teamthe little balls
• Studentwhat is that?
• Studentwhat is that picture
• Studentwhat is that

• Guestwhat is that

• Bugscope Teamthe pointy thing is a mosquito stylet, which is the part that cuts into your skin
• Studentare bugs flexable?
  Bugscope Teamheh, yes, some are. most life has some flexibility to it
• Guestwhat are we looking at

• Studentok
• Guestcool
• Bugscope Teamthis is an ant claw
• StudentWhy do some incets have hair
  Bugscope Teaminsects have hairlike structures called setae, or bristles, or trichae that help them sense their surroundings
• Guesto
• 9:54 am

• Studentwhat is your most interesting bug you have scoped?
• Studentannie, how long have you been working with bugs?
  Bugscope TeamI have been in graduate school for six years. I will graduate in May.
• TeacherPlease transfer control to Jordan and Cody. Thanks.
  Bugscope Teamthey have control :)
• Bugscope Teamjordan & cody have control
• Bugscope Teamif you ever tease an earwig you will find that it is quite flexible as it tries to pinch you with its tail
• Studentis anything you got befor sick
  Bugscope Teamas far as we know no insects have made us sick here

• Studentscot what is your favorite bug?
  Bugscope TeamI like earwigs and ticks -- of course ticks are not insects

• Guestwhat is this
  Bugscope Teamwe are seeing the body of the ant
• StudentWhen an antlionshas babies

• Studentare you an interne annie?
  Bugscope TeamNo, I am a PhD student.

• Studentis that the antlion
• Studentour bugs our cool
• Bugscope TeamInterns may make more money
• Teacherdo you like bugscope day? and talking to our class?
  Bugscope Teamoh yeah, students ask some of the best questions
  Bugscope Teamwe enjoy doing this
• Guestcool :)
• Studentoh

• Bugscope Teamfly head
• Guesthow many bugs do you think you have worked with
  Bugscope Teamby now we have worked with a few thousand bugs, in over 420 sessions

• StudentWhen antlions have babies what happens? Do the parinets leave the young or do they stay with there babies?
  Bugscope TeamLike more insects, the female antlion will lay eggs and leave them alone. Antlions do not provide parental care as far as I know.
• Guestis that eating a sead

• Studentis bugscope a plublic website?
  Bugscope Teamyes, it is open to the public. but there are private parts of the site, only available to you and your teacher
• Guestwhat do ant lions eat
  Bugscope Teamthey eat ants and other small insects

• Studentis that the toung
• Bugscope Teamyou can see its mouthparts now
• 9:59 am

• Studentwhy do antlions live in the dirt?
  Bugscope TeamThey only live in the dirt as larvae. As adults they fly around and hang out in trees and bushes and places like that.

• Bugscope Teamthis is one of the antennae of the fly

• StudentCan Emily and Olivia be in controil?
  Bugscope Teamyep

• Guestare theese his eyes
• Studentdo you have a different bugs for us
  Bugscope Teamwe have in the microscope a wasp, a fly, a beetle, a moquito, your chrysalis, your ant, a caterpillar, a couple owlfly larvae, and a butterfly
• Studentwhat is that
• Studentdoes antlions have teeth?
  Bugscope Teamif you go to the preset showing the owlfly larva you will see what an antlion's jaw looks like
• TeacherPlease transfer control to Cory and Matthew. Thanks.
• Bugscope Teamcory-matt has control
• Guestwhere do ants prefer to liev
  Bugscope TeamAnts live almost everywhere. They are particularly diverse and abundant in the tropics.

• Guestr those pricks
  Bugscope Teamthose are sensory bristles on the head of the fly

• Guestare those pricks

• Studentwhat is that
• Guestwhat are these lines
  Bugscope TeamThe lines are long sensory setae.
• Guestwow cool
• Teacherdo you have kids our age witch is 9,10
  Bugscope TeamNone of us have kids (yet)

• Studentawesome
• Bugscope Teamyou can see on the wasp head, the compound eye curves around the head so it can see all around it

• Studenthow do antlions go to the bathroom?
  Bugscope TeamThe same way as you do. Their digestive system is fairly similar to ours.
• Guestthats a wasps head because that is pretty big

• 10:04 am
• StudentHow can silver ants survive in the desert?
  Bugscope TeamI am not sure if I know what a silver ant is
• Guesthey

• Studentdo you like ansering peoples questions

• Studentwhat are we looking at right now
  Bugscope Teamwe are not sure what this is. we thought it was a spiracle but spiracles look a little different. and this has tiny setae like tenent setae on a claw that are normally used for holding onto things
• TeacherPlease transfer control to Aditi and Gina1
• Guestcool
• Studentwhat does a beetle eat
  Bugscope TeamThere are hundreds of thousands of species of beetles. They eat almost everything that you can imagine--bacteria, plants, wood, dead animal bodies, flour, rotten fruit, dung.

• Bugscope Teamaditi & gina have control
• Guestdo antlions eat ants
  Bugscope Teamyes
• Teacheris this a catipiler
• Guestit looks like a black hole cool
• GuestThe preset pictures are not up. Can we go to the mosquito
  Bugscope Teamgo ahead and click on a preset to go to it
• Bugscope TeamBut, despite not knowing what a silver ant is, I can say that many insects have special adaptations that allow them to survive in the desert. They don't need to drink, they are only active during the coolest part of the day, they have thick coatings on their cuticle that keep them from drying out.
• Studentis that his headj
• Studentwhat do they use there tail for

• Studentcan ants defend the selves when they get atacted by antlions/
  Bugscope TeamThey can try to sting and bite.

• Guestlooks like grass

• GuestOur computer is not showing the presets right now
  Bugscope Teamoh sorry, try hitting refresh (F5)?

• Bugscope Teamhere we can see the female mosquito better
• Studentis that a caterpillar
• Guestis this a misgito
• Bugscope Teamthis is the head of a female mosquito

• Studentthese are cool bugs
• StudentSorry we thought that was the name
  Bugscope TeamIt probably is the name...I don't know all the different species of ants ;)
• Bugscope Teamthis is the tip of the stylet

• Studentwhat is that
• Guestwow
• 10:09 am
• Bugscope Teamnow you can see some of the scales on the body of the mosquito
• Bugscope TeamSo that is my fault, not yours!
• Bugscope Teamthese are kind of like feathers are to a bird
• Studentcool
• Studenti like all of your bugs
• Guesthello
  Bugscope TeamHi Bre and Tif!
• Studentare these scales?
  Bugscope Teamyes these are scales -- they would feel like powder to us

• Bugscope Teamyep, these are scales

• Guestthese r feathers right
  Bugscope TeamNope, they are scales
• StudentDon't say that it was our fault we asked
  Bugscope Teamno no no...that is not what I meant. I meant that it is MY fault that I don't know :)
• Guestare those spikes on the edges
• Guestwhat is that
• Studentih
• Guesthi cate
  Bugscope Teamhello
• Studentis that still his scales
• Studentwhat is this picture
  Bugscope Teamwe are still on the mosquito scales
• Bugscope Teambutterflies, moths, silverfish, mosquitos, and some other insects have scales

• TeacherPlease transfer control to Braedon&Kyle. Thank you

• Guestyay
  Bugscope Teamgo for it!

• Bugscope Teamkyle and braedonn have control
• Guesthi annie
  Bugscope Teamhi

• Studentwho made up bugscope
  Bugscope Teamseveral of us got together to put Bugscope together over 10 years ago
• Studenthi cate
  Bugscope Teamheya cory and matt
• Studenthave you ever been to another bug place annie?
  Bugscope TeamI have only done Bugscope here, because this is the one and only Bugscope. I have been on many trips collecting insects--to California, Mexico, Costa Rica, Arizona, Kentucky, Indiana, Nevada.
• Teacherhow many years have you been working as a scientis

• Studentwow
• Bugscope Teami have been working with bugscope for a few years now

• Bugscope Teamthis is your flying ant
• Bugscope Teamit would be handy to have scales if you flew into a spider web; you could just let them stick to the web while you flew away

• 10:14 am

• Studentthats scary

• Bugscope Teamdirty face
• Studenthi scott
  Bugscope TeamHi Cory and Matt!
• Guesthave the wings fallen off yet
  Bugscope Teamno the wings were still attached
• Guestis that teeth
  Bugscope Teamthose are setae that help the flying ant feel what is touching the edge of its mouth
• Guestis this a king or a queen
  Bugscope TeamI think it is a queen....based on the antennae.
• Studenthi scot
  Bugscope TeamHi Summer and Sara!

• Guesta lacewing is cool
  Bugscope TeamLacewings are cool
• Bugscope Teamstudents, all the chat and images from today's session are going to be saved to your bugscope website, so make sure to ask your teacher about it: http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/members/2009-020

• StudentAnnie are you learning about diffrent bugs like...Ants?
  Bugscope TeamI know quite a bit about ants. But, I don't study them, so I don't know all the different species. Ants are very important insects.
• Guestwhat is that
• Guestdo you ever get groosed out
  Bugscope Teami do sometimes, like we got this gigantic beetle larva from a school that was still wiggling around and trying to bite
• Bugscope Teamnow we can see the jaws, which go sideways compared to ours
• Bugscope Teamthe thing between the setae is a particle of dirt
• Guesthe most bugs
• Studentcool
• Teacherhow long have you worked here?
  Bugscope Teami think I have been here about 4 years now
• Bugscope Teamscott does too, we got a gigantic millipede once that surprised him!
  Bugscope TeamOoh yes that was frightening.
• Guestis our ant lion still alive
  Bugscope Teamwe put it in the freezer yesterday so it might be, at the least it is frozen. Sometimes when we take them out of the freezer they wake up
• Guesthey we had computer problems and we had control so we had to log out
• Guestdo you make alot of money
• Bugscope TeamCockroaches gross me out. Blech.
• Studenti like this website
• 10:20 am
• StudentYour are right Annie, they are important bugs
• Guestdo you have any beetles
  Bugscope Teampreset 14 is a beetle
• Studentwhat is that circular thing
  Bugscope Teamthat is dirt -- a tiny dirt clod
• Teacherwhy do the ants jaws go sideways?
  Bugscope Teamthat is a great question. it may be that it is more efficient for a tiny insect to have its jaws work sideways compared to ours
• Guestdo you have any flras
• Guestwhat is that
• Studentare we the first to do this today
• TeacherThanks so much for everything today. We really enjoyed looking at the images and asking you questions.
  Bugscope TeamThank you Mrs Hurton!
• Guestdo you have any fleas
  Bugscope Teamwe dont have any fleas right now
• Guestis there any animals that are only micrscpic to see
  Bugscope TeamThere are some very very small wasps and flies and beetles that you would need a microscope to see. Maybe not an electron microscope though
• Studenthave you worked with sutherland before?
• Bugscope Teamin the summertime we will likely get fleas
  Bugscope TeamI got all SORTs of fleas last summer!
• Guestdo you have our chryisles
  Bugscope TeamThe chrysalises are in preset 12 and 13
• Guestthis was really funn!!!!!! :)
• Guestgoodbye
• Studentgoodbye
• Bugscope TeamBye!
• Bugscope TeamThank you!
• Studentby alex, annie, cate and scot thanks
• Studentthank you bye!!!!
• Guestbye !
• Guestbye bye
• Bugscope Teambye bye
• Bugscope Teamthanks for all your great questions everyone!
• Guestpeace
• Teachergoodbye and have a good day
• Studentbyby
• Guestgoodbey and thank you
• Guestand thanks for helping us the hole time bbbbbbbbeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!
• 10:26 am
• Bugscope Teammrs hurton you can visit your member page at anytime to see the chat and images from todays session at http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/members/2009-020/
• TeacherThank you. I will be doing that