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- 7:47 am
- Bugscope Team'scope is pumping down
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- Bugscope Teamk
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- Bugscope TeamCool looks like we are ready to roll.
- Bugscope Teamhey there. welcome to bugscope
- 9:00 am
- 9:05 am
- Bugscope TeamGood Morning!
- Bugscope TeamThis is one of the fly's six claws.
- Bugscope Teamthis is actually on the moth
- Bugscope Teamthey have claws too
- Bugscope TeamOops I am sorry -- no wonder I didn't see the pulvillus.
- Bugscope TeamI should have know from not seeing any tenent setae, and also from the scales in the background and along the left side of our view here.
- Bugscope Teamknown
- Bugscope Teamwe think this is a dragonfly and not a damselfly or owlfly (they all look similar), because dragonflies usually have a rounder head
- 9:11 am
- Bugscope Teamwhen we go up close we can see one of the jaws
- Bugscope TeamHi Becky!
- Bugscope Teamhey everyone!
- Bugscope TeamWow hello everyone!
- Bugscope TeamWelcome to Bugscope!
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentwhat is this
- Studentwhat is this
- Studenthey what's up sonic
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head of a dragonfly
- Studenthello
- Bugscope Teamyou can see its eyes on either side
- Studenthi
- Bugscope Teamhello emicole
- Bugscope Teamit would have antennae but they fell off
- StudentWho the heck is this?
- Studenthello scot'
- Studentis this hapening right now
Bugscope Teamyes this is all live. Your class can control the microscope at any time
- Bugscope Teamyou can barely see one of its jaws
- Studentwhat in the world is this thing
- Studentreally? are u scanning it right now
Bugscope Teamyes you can't see it, but there are electrons scanning over the sample and giving us this image you see
- StudentI don't no what this is Linghting
Bugscope Teamthis is a dragonfly
- Studenthey what up
- Bugscope Teamthis is the Bugscope Project -- we are writing to you from the University of Illinois, and as Cate says you are driving a scanning electron microscope from your classroom.
- Studenthey
- StudentWow!
- 9:16 am
- Studentwhere is the microscope
Bugscope Teamthe microscope is in the basement of Beckman Institute here.
- Studentawsome
- StudentCool
- Studentwho did that!!!!!
- Studenthey
- Studentpeople this is a head of a dragonfly
- StudentHAHAHA!
- Studentcool
- Studentit is getting closer
- Bugscope Teamright now I am driving, but your teacher has control of the 'scope when she wants
- Studenthi xavior
- Studentcoolcoolcool
- Studentwow
- Studenthey emicole what up
- Studenti think i can see the jaw
- Studenthi lexi
- Studenthey WHO is sonic?
- Studentnothing
- Studentnx,bhndgjngkyedgt
- Bugscope Teamhere we see one of the jaws, which is under the clypeus -- the platelike thing on the front of the face
- Studentxavier is Sonic
- Studentidk how to move the microscope
- Studentduh
- Bugscope TeamShauna would you like control?
- Studentwhos becky
- StudentOh...
- Bugscope TeamI can see that Sparky is driving
- Studentwyd
- Studenthey what happ
- Studentwhat is this
- Bugscope Teamthis is one of the fly's claws
- Studenthey xavier
- Studentits an ant
- StudentSPARKY!?
- Studentthats cool
- Studentwho's retard
- StudentIT IS A SPIDER
Bugscope Teamno we don't have any spiders for you to look at today
- Student:)
- Studentreally cool
- Bugscope Teamyou can see that it has little pads next to the two claws at the end of this limb
- Studentwho is retard
- Studentyeahhh...
- Bugscope Teamthe little pads make up the pulvillus, which has what are called tenent setae on it
- Student}::{
- Studentme
- Studentok
- Studentwhos retard?
- Studentwhos retard
- Studenthey jack
- Bugscope Teamthis is a fly
- StudentAWWW WHY NOT DUDE
- Studentfly claw
- Studentcool
- Studentyes
- Bugscope Teamtenent setae are sticky and help the fly cling to glass, or to the ceiling, or to vertical surfaces
- Studenti'm retard
- Studentwhy dont u have spiders
Bugscope Teamwe didn't have any spiders to use
- Studenthahaha
- Studentxavier's now sonic1 people
- 9:21 am
- Bugscope Teamyou can take the mag up if you wish to explore a little further
- Studentthis is cool
- Studentok xavier
- Studenti know
- StudentTt is a fly claw?
Bugscope Teamthat's right
- StudentOMG x3 NOT COOL
- Studentsparky is about to change it
- Bugscope Teamthe samples we are imaging today are in the vacuum chamber -- the specimen chamber -- of the scanning electron microscope (SEM)
- Studentdoes anyone know what this is?
- StudentAngelina;Nina#9,this is cool! It's fun studying something...
- Studentwho
- Studentwoa what is this
- Bugscope Teamnow we are on the fly's compound eye
- Studentfly eye
- Studentis this a fly eye
- Bugscope Teamnow we see some of the individual facets of the compound eye, as Cate says
- Studentwow
- Studentis this a fly eye?
- Studenteww
- Bugscope Teameach hexagon you see is a single component of the eye and is thought to each acquire an image and send it to the brain
- Studentit has dandruf in its eye
- Studentthe fly has stuff in its eyye
Bugscope Teamsometimes the insects cannot help being dirty
- Studentwhat is this ?????????????
- StudentIt's a fly eye!!!
- Bugscope Teamthe hexagons are called ommatidia
- Studentis this a fly eye
- Studentcool
- StudentJake are you jockm
- Studentwhat is that?????
- Student?????
- Studentyall are smart
- StudentEEWW!
- Bugscope Teamthis is on a stink bug
- Bugscope Teamthis might be where it's stink stuff comes from, but we aren
- Bugscope Teamaren't sure
- Studentwhat is this scan of?
- Studentwoah
- Studentthat is cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentcollage what is this ANSER ME!!!!
- Studentyikes!!! look at all this!!!
- StudentIty looks like a upsidedown jungle
- Studentit does
- Studentyeah it really does
- Bugscope Teamthose vine-looking things are hairs that when found on insects are called setae (see-tee)
- Studentwho is lightning
- TeacherI think it looks like someone forgot to brush their teeth
Bugscope Teamooh yeah
- Studentyes it does
- StudentYUP
- Studentfunny
- Studenthey Mrs. Willims
- Bugscope Teamin this case the function of the setae is to keep stuff from getting in the opening, like nose hairs
- Studenteww that is gross mrs.willliams
- Studentit looks like a mase of thorns
- Bugscope Teamstink bugs are said to be repulsed by their own smell
- Studentit looks like a scarap
- Student;(
- Studentweird
- 9:26 am
- Studentbut awsome
- TeacherI wonder what the puffy things are at the top of this picture
Bugscope TeamI am not sure but I believe they have to do with dispersing the odor, keeping it from irritating the stinkbug. Can't remember where I read about that.
- Studentwho is lightning
- Studentking kong is brennioffnft
- Studenti wonder
- Studentwhat is this ?
- Studenti want to know what the spikes are on the hairs
Bugscope Teamthe spikes are part of the filtering apparatus, to keep dust from entering the exoskeleton
- Studentcells?
- Studenti wonder what those bumps are at the top
- Studentwhat is this
- Studentbrennon is king kong
- Bugscope Teamthis is a spiracle, it allows the insect to breathe
- Studentwhat is this?
- TeacherWow - this looks like the eye of Hurrican Rita.
- Studentyeah
- Studentinteresting
- Studentwhats this circle does?
Bugscope Teamit is a spiracle, which is a breathing pore
- Studentit does
- StudentMrs.Willams this is REALLY FUN!!!
- Studentoh that is very cool it looks like a ant whole in the ground'
- Studentwhats this circle do
- Bugscope Teamthis of this opening as being similar to our nose
- Studenti KNOW
- StudentThis looks like a the moon with lots of holes
- TeacherIs this a water bug?
Bugscope Teamthis is some kind of hemiptera -- a true bug. this one is not a water bug
- Studentcool!
- Bugscope Teamif an insect wants to hold its breath it can close these
- Bugscope Teamthis is on a true bug
- Studentit looks like an ant whole!!
- Studentcool but holey
- StudentThe circle is a mtrue bug spiracle
- Studentthis is a spiracle?
- Studentwhat is a true bug
- StudentWow! that's awsome!
- Studentwhat does it look like
Bugscope Teamif you take the magnification down you can see more of where we are
- Studentwhat type of bug is this
- Studentthis is weird.
- Bugscope Teama true bug is known for its long proboscis, which is used to pierce into plants or insects and retrieve the juices from them
- Studentdoes this have hairs
- Bugscope Teamand a proboscis is a type of mouth part
- Studentthis is cool what is the type of bug
Bugscope Teamit is some kind of true bug -- of which there are many. as Cate said they are characterized by having piercing mouthparts
- Studentwhat is it?
- Studentit looks
- Studentis it a breathing area?
Bugscope Teamyes it lets air into the trachaeae
- Teachergiant water bugs are only about an 1 and half inches long - this spiracle must be really small
- Studentit looks like a geisyer
- 9:31 am
- Studentew what is in there?
- Studentit looks like a soar
- Studentit looks like a guyser
- Studentthat must be sharp
- Studentit looks like it got split
- StudentYUCK!!!!GROSS!!!
- Studentit looks like a cave
- Studentgross!
- Teacherdo you realize how small this really is if the bug is only an inch long!
- Studentwhy do bugs have opening instead of breathing throw there mouth
Bugscope Teaminsects breathe through spiracles rather than their mouths
- Studentinto the what!!??
- Studentare does teeth?
Bugscope Teamthere are teeth there
- Studentit looks like a crab claw in side of it
- Studentthis has to be extremely small
- StudentIt looks like it split from the first pic. we saw!
- Studentit looks like a wound
- Studentthis is cool and it is very big on a scan but small on a bug
- Studentit looks like a tube
Bugscope Teamit is the opening to a tube, so you are correct
- Bugscope Teamhere is a different claw
- Studentis it a bug claw?
- Studentit looks like a catipillar
- StudentTHIS IS SO COOL!!!!!
- Studentlooks like a crab claw
- Studentit looks like snail with spikes
- Bugscope Teamclaws are found on all adult insects. they are used to grasp onto things like their food or whatever they are walking on
- StudentIt looks like a spider about to attach its claw to a branch!!!!
- StudentWhat is this is it a claw?
- StudentWhy are they called true bugs?
Bugscope Teamsomeone decided long ago that this type of insect was the only 'true' bug
- Bugscope Teamif you look at the micron bar in the lower left of the image you can get an idea of the magnification, plus if you click on the micron bar you can get more information about the status of the microscope
- Studentis this a worm or something
- Studentwhoa!! THIS IS FREAKY AND AMAZING AT THE SAME TIME!!
- StudentIt is a claw of what bug?
- Studentit looks like a worm with jaws
- Studentis that a type og bug?
- Studentit looks like it is a germ
- Studentit looks like a caterpiller with no legs and with claws
- Studentwhat r the round things on the hairs
Bugscope Teamthose are little droplets of liquid
- Studentare does spikes used for catching food?
Bugscope Teamthe spikes are setae (see-tee), and they are often sensory
- Studentit looks like a birds mouth
- Studentwow
- StudentIt looks like a poisonis cattipillar with claws!!!!*****:P*****
- Studentbut what is it?What does it do?
- Studentit looks like a grasshopper
- Studentwhat type of insect is this and what is it doing
- Studentok
- Studentwhat kind of bug is it
- StudentWhat is it on??
- 9:36 am
- Studentit looks like the bottom of a bug
- Studentwhat are all the leg looking things
- Studentis that a cock roach
Bugscope Teamthis might be a bedbug
- Studentit looks like tangled up jungle
- StudentThat looks like a one of those flowers that sucks things in!!:P
- Studentthey are legs
- Studentit isnt a spider cause they dont have any
- Studenthow many hairs does this bug have
- Studentit looks like a spiders legs holding a grasshopper
- Studentso, what is it?
- Studenta lot
- Studentis it on a bed
Bugscope Teamthat is double-stick carbon tape in the background
- Bugscope Teamthe legs are all clasped together so it looks like a mess, but the head is there to see
- Studenta bedbug it looks cool
- StudentYuk!
- StudentMaybe a lillypad????!!!!
- Bugscope Teamthe bubbles in the background is from carbon tape we stick the insects on
- Studentdoesn't it look like a jungle
- Studentwheres the head at
Bugscope Teamtop of the little dude is the head, and we are looking at it on its back
- Studentno
- Studentis it an ant
- Studenthow many babys can this bedbug have
- StudentWhat are the circular things in the backgrond?
- TeacherI didn't know they had jointed legs - that is pretty cool!
- Studentwhat r the bubbles in the background
- Studentif you can see it almost looks like a head at the top
- StudentIt looks like spiders legs attaching they're legs to eachother!!!!:P
- Studentarent bed bugs really small
Bugscope Teamyou can see them, but yes they are pretty small
- Studentcan it swim
Bugscope Teamprobably cannot swim
- Studentwhat are the hairie things
Bugscope Teamthe hairy things are setae, which insects use to help them sense their surroundings, since they have what functions like a coat of armor (the exoskeleton) on the outside of their body
- Studentwhat r the hairy things for?
- StudentAre the pokey thingies spikes???
- StudentWhat r the hairy thigs
- Studentis that a shrimp?
- Studentyeah what are does hairs
- Studentwhat kind of bug is it
- Studentwheres the mouth
- TeacherSo the hairs are like tiny sensors
- Studentis it a lend bug?
- StudentIs that a poisonis catterpillar with a claw??
- Studentso it is feels things
- Studentdo they sense motion
Bugscope Teamcompound eyes are very good at sensing motion, and the setae -- the mechanosensory setae -- are good at feeling things touching them, of course
- Studentis it a land bug?
- Bugscope Teaminsects have their hard armor-like exoskeleton where it's tough for them to feel sensations, so they have these hairs poking through that are connected to nerves underneath to let them know what's going on
- Studentwhat kind of bug is this
- Studentooo
- Studenthow many haors do they have
- Studentcool that is neat and intresting
- StudentLike sensors
- 9:41 am
- Studenthow many hairs do they have
- Studentwhere does it live
- Studentummm, okay.
- Studentwhoa!!
- Studentwhat bit the cricket
- Bugscope Teamwe don't know where it lives exactly or how many hairs (too many to count!) Insects are a lot hairier than they seem
- Studentit looks like a wave
- Studentwhat bite the cricket
- Studentit looks like it would be dead
- Bugscope Teamthese are bite marks on a cricket. something was chewing on it after it died
- StudentThat looks like a broken iceberg!!!
- Studentwhat bit it
Bugscope Teamwe don't know -- maybe a dustmite, maybe a dermestid beetle
- Studentit looks like a meteor hit the moon
- Studentwhat bit it
- StudentWith seceret passage ways
- Studentdo you know what animal ate it
- Studentwhat creature bite it?
- Studentis the face hollow
Bugscope Teamparts of it *are* hollow, especially now that it is dried out
- Studenta frog/
- Studentwhat part of the face is it
- Studentcrickets dont have bones
- Studentit looks like it has rocks on it
- Studentwhat part of the face was it bite on
- Bugscope Teamit was bit near the middle of the face near its mouth
- Studentdid it eat its eyes
- Studentcan you see any bone in there
Bugscope Teaminsects are invertebrates, so they have no backbone, and not only that but they have no bones at all
- Studentwhat's that??
- TeacherWhat part of the cricket is this?
Bugscope Teamif you take the mag down maybe you can tell. I didn't see where this was when Cate set it up.
- Studentwhat is that pokey stuff?
Bugscope Teamthe pokey ball is the pollen grain. the other stuff are hairs
- Studentit looks like the inside of a germ
- StudentWho's CEC
- Studentr those hairs
- Studentpollen
- Studentwhat is that thing on the side of the picture
- Studentthe pollen looks wierd
- Studentis that pollin?
- StudentIs that long thing a bone or something like that??
Bugscope Teamit's a spine of some sort, likely a mechanoreceptor
- Studentyes
- Studenthow did it get pollon on it
- Studentis that a part of a bee?
- Studentit is pollen grain
- TeacherI read that some bugs use these brochosomes to clean themselves. Is this right?
- Studentwhere is the mag
- Studenti'm bug
- 9:47 am
- Studentis that stuff hair
- Studentwhats that blotchey stuff near the big tube looking thing
Bugscope Teamthat is a big clump f dirt most likely
- Studentcan a bug get the brochosomes of the pollen
- Studentwhat is this? I'm very confused.
- Studentwhat are the tubes
- Studentis that pollen
Bugscope Teamnot all of the stuff is pollen. just the round ball near the middle of the screen. the rest is most likely dirt
- Studenti don't know sparky'
- Bugscope Teambrochosomes originate on leahoppers
- StudentEEWWW
- Studentwhy does pollen look like spikes
- Studenteeww
- Studentweird
- Studentis that the leg or something
- Studentcan someone please answer me?
Bugscope Teamsonic sorry I missed the question
- Bugscope Teamthey can be carried in the air and can move to other insects
- Studentor is that the polle
- Studentwhat are those fang looking things
- Studentreally weird
- Studentis that spike atooth
- Studentwhat is the white stuff
- StudentWhat is this?
- TeacherI think this is a leg??
Bugscope Teamyes we are on the leg still
- Student is it a cricket arm
- Studentcool
- Studentare does hairs
- Studentnobody answers me :(
- Studentit looks like a tooth
- Studentwhat is the what tude with puffy stuff on it at the bottom
- Studentwhat is the claw connected to
- Studentwhat part of the body is this
- StudentThat's okay, Scot.
Bugscope TeamSorry someone called and I had to talk with him for awhile about another microscope
- Studentr those small spikes trigger hairs?
- Studentit looks like a leg
- Studentdo all bugs have setae
Bugscope Teamwe think that all bugs do have setae of some sort
- Studentsorry i meant to say what is the white stuff that is kind of puffy on the thing at the bottom
- StudentThe clump of dirt looks like someone got wet sand in between they're fingers and just let the wet sand drip or flow out!!!! It is really cool!!!!:P
- Studentthat cricket looks like it has tons of germs on it
Bugscope Teamthe thing is we do not see bacteria, yet. we could if they were there
- Studentwhats that stuff next to the leg
Bugscope Teamthe clumpy-looking stuff is dirt
- StudentIs that clump of stuff dirt???
Bugscope Teamsome kind of dirt, yes
- Studentwhat is this?
- Studentso how dd the pollen get on that part of the bug
- TeacherScot - isn't there something on cricket legs that help make the "chirping" sound they make?
Bugscope Teamyes they rub their back legs to make the noise
- 9:52 am
- Studentwhat part of the body is this
- StudentAre those pointy thingies teeth???
- Studentwhat is the white puffy stuff at the bottome cate?
- Studentthe dirt is every where
- Studentdoes anyone know what this is?
- Bugscope TeamThere is a method to calculate the temperature based on the number of chirps: Temperature=50+ (Number of chirps per minute-40)/4
- Studenthow does the dirt get on them
- Studentit looks like there is moss on there leg
- Studentwhy do they have pollen on on them
Bugscope Teamthis guy was probably crawling around near some flowers
- Bugscope Team Cate just told me that crickets rub their forewings to make those sounds.
- Studentmaybe like hairs
- TeacherHey class - did you know the warmer the temperature the more noise they make at night???
- Studentcool
- StudentNOPEE!!!
- Studentyes
- StudentBut it is cool
- Studentno i didnt
- TeacherThere are special songs for courtship, fighting, and sounding an alarm
Bugscope Teamkind of like people
- Studentio
- Studentcoolio
- Studentare they cricket wings?
- Studentdo theys bug go under flowers for shade
Bugscope Teamyes they do, sometimes
- Studentthat was zack that did that
- Bugscope Teamand some scales
- Studentit looks like fur
- Studenttthat looks like leaves and branches on a tree
- Studentit looks like a dirty room with clothes on the floor
- Studentwhat in the world is this either scot or cate
Bugscope Teamwe are on the moth antenna now
- TeacherAre the mold spores the long hairy things?
- Studentscot how do u know all this stuff?
Bugscope Teamwe have done this a lot, but we are continually surprised -- we always learn new stuff
- Studentscales on a bug
- Studentwhat are the hairy stuff on the bug
Bugscope Teamthose are hairs- or rather when hairs are on insects they are setae
- Bugscope Teamthe squished balls are mold spores
- Studentwhat's this?
Bugscope Teamthis is a moth antenna
- 9:57 am
- Studentcool the antennae has a lot of stuff on it
- Studentis there tissue on it
- Studentit looks like a rug with nasty stuff in it
- StudentBug is who he is do not worry about him
- Studentis this pollen
Bugscope Teamthose are not pollen, although they look much like it. they are smaller, and they are mold spores
- Bugscope Teamthe hairs are called setae (sea-tea), and they help insects to sense their environment
- Studentoh,thanks scot
- Studentcan someone answer any of my questions?
Bugscope Teamsonic I am so sorry -- let's try again, what was it?
- Studentcool
- Studentwhat is the round stuff with a flat bottom near the middle
Bugscope Teamthose are mold spores!
- Studentwhats in the middle
- Studentis the hairy stuff pollen
- Bugscope Teamwe are seeing the antenna magnified, so we are seeing all the little hairs and features on it close up
- Bugscope Teammold spores... cool huh?
- Studentare the pointy things the antennas
- Studentis there tissue on it?
- Studenti see with my little eyes two ears
- Studenthow big are mold spores
Bugscope Teamyou can see that the are 5, 6, 7 microns in diameter
- Studentis this stuff spores
- Studentmoths have mold on there antennas eww how odes it form
- Studentcan we get on this at our hoyuse
Bugscope Teamyes you can use bugscope where ever you can use a browser
- Studentwhat is this?
Bugscope Teamthis is a portion of the antenna on the moth
- Studentodes is does
- Studentis that a small wing by the middle
Bugscope Teamit is a scale -- a wing or body scale
- Studentit looks like there are acorns in it
- Studentare these mold spores
- Teacherdid you know moth antennae sense smell and navigate flight
- Studenthow big can mold spores grow?
Bugscope Teamthey don't grow any bigger than they start out
- Studentare those long hairy things legs
Bugscope Teamno those are hairs, insect legs would have a claw at the end
- Bugscope Teambut lightning if there are no sessions running, you won't be able to see anything
- Studentcool
- Studentah man
- Studentyou mean house noy houyse
- Studentcan molod spores grow?
- Studentwhat is the white leaf looking thing at the top right almost
- Studenti hoope there is always a session
- Studentis this mold spores
- Bugscope Teamlet's take the mag down so you all can see where you are
- Studentis that a wing near the hairs
- Bugscope Teamthis is the stink bug head
- Studentis this a stink bug
- Studentthe face
- Bugscope Teamthe thing coming down the middle is a proboscis, which it uses to stab its food
- Studentit looks like mosquito
- 10:02 am
- Studentu can actually tell what this is
- Studentis this a female
- Studentwhat are the circles on the slin?
- Studentwhat part of the hjead r we
- Studentprobably
- TeacherYea - remember the female mosquito - OUCH
- Studentare those holey things breathing holes for the stink bug
- Studentwhat are the little circle on the bug
Bugscope Teamthose are where setae (little hairs) are coming out from the exoskeleton
- Bugscope Teamthe two things coming up from the head are its antennae, and the round things on the side of the head are its eyes
- Studentthe eyes look like fly eyes
- Bugscope Teammold spores germinate like seeds do, and hyphae come out and spread around
- Studentit looks like there are hills
- Studentare those compound eyes on the side?
Bugscope Teamyes they are
- Studenthow does it stinl
- Studentwhat r the two connected round things at the top of the head
- Studentthat is cool
- Studentare the holey things breathing holes
Bugscope Teamyep, those breathing holes are called spiracles
- Studentdoes it have compound eyes
- Studentit looks like a water bug
- Studenthow does it make stnk
- Studenthow big is it really
Bugscope Teamabout a centimeter long
- Studenthow big is an average stinkbug
- Studentare these animals dead\
Bugscope Teamyes they are all dead. it would be hard for them to be alive in the microscope since we keep the chamber where the insects are under vacuum, plus we are shooting them with electrons. And if they were walking around they would be hard to get a good image anyway!
- Studentwhy does this stink bug give off stink
Bugscope Teamto keep from being bothered by people or other insects or birds
- Studentyikes!!!!
- Studentthe legs get attached from holes in the underside
- Studentits an insect
- Studentis it dead
Bugscope Teamyes the insects today are all dead
- Studentis that long thing the spine
Bugscope Teamthat is the proboscis, which is what it uses to eat
- Studenthow long is this bugs life span
Bugscope Teamit varies greatly, but i think most insects in the wild live less than a season
- Studentangelina dont ask dead bug questions
- Studentwow! That short?
- Studenthow big is an average stinkbug?
Bugscope TeamI think 1 to 2 centimeters around here
- Studentwhats that hole
- Studentwhat is the hole
- Studentwhat tat hole
Bugscope Teamthat was where a pin had been inserted; this was from someone's collection
- Studentis that black hole thing what it uses to suck things
- Studentcoudnt you put a tack through it
- Studentwat is that
- Studentwhat is tjis new pic of
Bugscope Teamthis is a housefly
- Studentcool
- 10:07 am
- Studentwhat is that?
- Studentyuk\
- Studentfly eye and legs
- Bugscope Teamit is not really a picture -- it is a live image from the microscope
- Studentdid you cut the fly eye open to let us see the inside of the eye
Bugscope Teamnot this time
- Studentare the hairy things what it uses to smell with
- Studenty is it calle a house fly
Bugscope Teambecause they are often found in someone's house
- Studenthouse flys are pests
- Studenthey what the scan of right now
Bugscope Teamthis is the thorax and part of the abdomen of the fly
- Studentis that hair sincers
- Studentyeahhhhh.........
- Studentis that a fly?
Bugscope Teamyes it was
- Studentcan u cut it open for us once
Bugscope Teamlightning the samples are in a vacuum chamber, and it would have to be opened to do that
- Studentwhat's this
- Bugscope Teamthere's the pollen grain. the sample moved a little since the preset was made
- Bugscope Teamhere's a bunch of pollen grains
- Studentwhat is this
- Studentwat is that
- Studentis that pollen
- Bugscope Teampollen grains, so pretty
- Studentwhat are the little bunches of that stuff
- Studento never mind
Bugscope Teamwe can try it next time
- Studentso this is like pollen on an ant but grains
- Studentpollen grains yep
- Studentthats a lot of pollen on a ant
- Studentok
Bugscope TeamI have done it before, for a guy who studies fruit flies
- Studenthow big are pollen grains
Bugscope Teamthey are about 20-30 micrometers
- Studentwhat is that?
Bugscope Teamthat looks like the tip of the proboscis of one of the true bugs
- Studentim bug
- Studentcool
- Studentwats that
- Studentis that pointy stuff sensors
Bugscope Teamyes they are kind of like taste buds
- Studentwhat r the spikes on the new scan
Bugscope Teamthis is the tip of the proboscis of a true bug. the little spikes are hairs again, but these are most likely for tasting
- 10:12 am
- Studentwho is bug
- Studentim nancy,HAHA
- Bugscope Teamthis
- Studenthow sharp is this
Bugscope Teamwe can see from the micron bar that it does not seem super sharp, but it is small and sturdy enough to pierce the surface of a leaf, or maybe a fruit skin
- Studentthat looks like a fishes scales
- Studentwhat is this?
- Studentwats this
Bugscope Teamthose are moth scales, kind of like feathers
- Studentit looks like induvidual scales
- Studenti didnt know moths had scales
- Studentthese look liike leaf bugs huddled together
- Studenti didn't know that moths hd scales
- Studentwhat r they
- Studentis that sincers
Bugscope Teamthose in this case are not sensors
- Studentcool!!!!!
- Bugscope Teamif you caught a moth and it was slick, powdery, that would be because the scales were coming off in your hands
- Studentare those used for flying
Bugscope Teamthey are used for flying, we think, but also to help escape from a web, as Cate says....
- Studentso then ur hands would be dirty from scales and all iky
- Bugscope Teammoth scales can act as a defense for the moth. if it gets stuck in a web, it can let some of the scales go and get free
- Studentdo they fit on good
- Studentso not feathers but scales
- Studentwhy do they have scales???
- TeacherHey everyone - I think scales have something to do with the color of the moth. I know that it has something to do with butterfly colors. Amazing!
Bugscope Teamthe scales have pigment in the tiny holes we see, and in addition, the shape of the scale can produce colors on its own, called structural colors
- Studentwow i am not logged of
- Studentawesomme
- Studentwhy do they have scales
Bugscope Teamthe scales 1) help them fly, 2) as your teacher says, they can produce color that helps identify them to other moths, and 3) they can be shed when the moth lands in a web, allowing the moth to slip away
- Studentcan a moith shed its scales when they get old'
Bugscope Teamthey probably shed scales over time, but they don't grow back
- 10:17 am
- Studentlike fish
- Studentare they used for breathing
Bugscope Teamno they have nothing to do with breathing. insects have spiracles for that
- Studentyes they can
- Studentscot,wat school do u teach at? i mite go there when im older
Bugscope Teamthis is the University of Illinois. It is a good school, especially for science.
- Studentnice observation
- Studentwhy does the moth have mostly bare spots and filled spots
- Studentscot
- Studentwill the scales grow back if they loose them
- Studentwould skin have color with out the scales
Bugscope Teamsomeone told us no, but I am not so sure
- Studentbyyyyyyyyy
- Studentzack is bug haha
- Studentby
- Studentsee u guys
- Studentbye u guys when r u logging us out
- Studentbye guys see ya later
- Bugscope TeamThank You!
- Bugscope Teamsparky, don't forget to check out your member page, it has all the chat and images from today's session, http://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2009-023
- Studenti wonder what that is
- Bugscope TeamSee you next year?
- Studentthanks for the scans
Bugscope TeamThank you for the good questions, Nina.
- Studentyono thank you
- Bugscope Teamthere's another session tomorrow from this same school i think?
- Studentby guys thanck for the info
- TeacherScot - this was amazing! Can we get a printout of our conversations with you?
Bugscope Teamall the chat and images are saved to your member page, which you can view anytime: http://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2009-023
- Studentsee u!!!!!!!!
- Studentya
- Studentthx a lot
- TeacherOf course, will you send me info so we can participate?
- Studentwahhhhhhh
- Bugscope Teamthat member page is also in the original email we sent to you after you applied for bugscope
- Bugscope Teamthe next session is Wednesday, and then Thursday
- TeacherAlso - is it possible to join in on another session? October 13th we have a showcase of technology at our school. I would like to do this on that day with my class.
Bugscope Teamthere is a session on October 13th from 8:30 to 9:30 our time, and it will also have runnover time of 1 hour
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- Bugscope Teamhere is your member page, again: http://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2009-023/
- Bugscope Teamso you could log in as guests for that session and then possible drive from 9:30 to 10:30 if they are done
- Bugscope Teampossibly, that is
- Bugscope Teampossibly drive
- TeacherCan I join in?
Bugscope Teamcertainly once that school is done we can let you drive
- Bugscope Teamyou can login as guest on any session, however, we do need to focus attention to the school that is currently having a session, just as we don't want another school diverting attention away from your session when you are online...
- Bugscope Teambut you should feel free to login as guest on any session... sure thing. no problemo.
- TeacherTHank you thank you thank you!!!!!! I totally understand!
Bugscope TeamThank You!
- TeacherI will also remind Meg about her session tomorrow. Thanks you for everything - see you on the 13th.
Bugscope TeamMeg's session is Wednesday, and she also has one Thursday
- 10:30 am
- Bugscope Teamover and out, nice session everyone
