Eugene Field Elementary School
Session 2009-060

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Connected on 2009-06-08 13:00:00 from , IL, US

• 12:07 pm
• Bugscope Teamyo Alex
• 12:20 pm
• Bugscope Teamwelcome to bugscope!
• Bugscope Teamwe are setting up presets now
• Bugscope TeamGood afternoon, Mrs Schaab!
• Bugscope Teamjust reached vacuum
• TeacherGreat Thanks! Will we be able to do two sessions today? I'll have one set of kids from 1:00-2:00 and the second from 2:00-3:00.
• Bugscope Teamyou bet. we
• TeacherThe kids also won't be in from lunch until 12:50 so we won't be longging on until 12:45.
• Bugscope Teamare you talking eastern time, right?
• Bugscope Teamoh i'm sorry, no, you are in central time, like us
• TeacherCentral Time.
• TeacherI'm in Illinois too!
• Bugscope Teamall sounds good

• 12:27 pm

• 12:33 pm

• 12:41 pm

• Bugscope Teamwe're making presets for today's session

• 12:47 pm

• TeacherWe are about to get started logging in... Are you almost ready for us?
• Bugscope Teamwe are ready
• Bugscope Teamgo ahead and login
• Bugscope Teami just unlocked the session
• Bugscope Teamok, scott is going to make one more preset
• Bugscope Teambut you can go ahead and login
• TeacherI'm going to give them the introduction and then we'll grab the laptops, thanks.
• 12:52 pm

• Bugscope Teamsuper
• Bugscope Teamok
• Bugscope Teamhello diane, welcome to bugscope
• Bugscope Teamthis is a baby dragonfly, and I mounted it dorsal side up, for a change, so we can see the three ocelli -- the simple eyes, on top of its head
• Bugscope Teamyou can also see the compound eyes, at either end of the head, and the antennae, which are small and also broken
• 12:58 pm

• Bugscope Teamthis is a little fly -- at first I thought it was a wasp, but it has halteres
• Bugscope Teamits eyes cover most of its head, and in the middle of its head are its mouthparts, which are a little bit shriveled
• Bugscope Teamthe fly is mounted on its back, on its dorsal side, so we are looking at it ventrum up
• Bugscope TeamHi Jan!
• Bugscope TeamHello Lily, Joey, Alec, Raymond, Lexi, Eliza...
• Bugscope Teamhi students, welcome to bugscope!
• Studenthiya
• Studenthello hi
• StudentHello Scott and Alex
• Studentokay
• Studentok
• StudentHello! Nice to meet you!
• Studenthello
• Studenthi
• StudentHEY!IT IS LEXI AND ELIZA WE CANT WAIT TO GET STARTED!!!!!
• 1:03 pm
• Bugscope Teamthe things that are glowing on top of the fly's head are antennae, if you were perhaps wondering
• Bugscope Teamcool, we are ready
• Studenthello
• Studenthi wats up
• Studenthi
• StudentThank you
• StudentWe can't wait to get started learning about these specimens
• Studentwhat is this
• Studenthows it goin.what are we looking at
• StudentWere ready too
• Studenti can not wait : )
• Bugscope Teamthis is a small fly
• Studentcool fasinating
• Bugscope Teamsee its compound eyes?
• Studentwhat are the big circles on the sides? Cells?
• StudentMe and my partner cant wait to get started!
• Studentyes its cool
• Studentis this a little fly
• Bugscope Teamthose are individual facets of the eye
• Studenthello
• Studentyes
• Studentawsome!
• Bugscope Teameach of those bumps is called an ommatidia, they have a lens in each one
• Studentcool
• Studentinteresting
• StudentHello nice to meet you! This is going to be so much fun!
• Studentthats cool
• StudentTHATS AWSOME
• Studentwhat are the things at the bottom of the head
• Studentcool
• Bugscope Teamyes you can get an idea of the size by looking at the micron bar -- the scale bar -- to the lower left on the screen
• Studentwhat is the big thing in the middle
• Studenti like his eyes
• Bugscope Teamthose bent things are its forelimbs, and in the middle are its mouthparts
• Bugscope Teamthat's what it uses to suck up food, it's called a proboscis
• Studentcool
• Bugscope Teamif you want you can ask Mrs S to take the mag up on one of the eyes, for example
• Studentwhat are the hairs at the bottom of the head
• Studenthow can you tell that its a fly?
  Bugscope Teamfor one, fly's usually have the largest compound eyes, because they need good vision when flying
• Studentwhat are some parts on the fly's head
• Studentwhat are the hairs at the bottom of the head
• Studenthow many times is the microscope at?
• StudentShe said she would
• StudentHow many eyes does this fly have
• Studentwhat is the hair

• StudentWHOA
• Studentcool
• Bugscope Teamthis is now 304x
• StudentAWSOME!
• Studentfascinating!
• Studentwhat is the strings of the flys head
• Studentwow!
• Bugscope Teamyou can tell the mag by clicking on the scalebar
• Studentwhy are there hairs in the mouth parts?
• Studentwhat are the things on each side
• Studentwhat is the thing in the middle of the eyes?
• Bugscope Teamand then click again to make that all go away
• Bugscope Teamthis is its tongue
• 1:08 pm

• Bugscope Teaminsects are very hairy. those hairs are called setae (see-tee), and they help the insect to taste/smell its food

• Bugscope Teamthere were those fine hairs

• Studentwhat is the thing in the middle
• Studenthow many dots is there on the eyes
  Bugscope Teamthere could be a few thousand dots, or ommatidia
  Bugscope Teamthousands of ommatidia facets
• Studentwhat are we looking at?
• Studentawesome what is that
• Studentwhat are we looking at and what is the white thing'
• Studentwhat are all the hairs for
  Bugscope Teaminsects are very hair. that is how they sense their enbironment
• Studentwhat are we looking at
• StudentCOOL
• Studentare these creatures dead or what?
• Studentwhat are the hairs for
• Studentwhat is that hair for.sucking up food?
• Studentwhere are the eyes?
• Student?????
• Studentthet is cool!
• Bugscope Teamwe know it's a fly because it has only two wings, and it has halteres although we do not see them now
• Bugscope Teaminsects have a hard exoskeleton, and they can't feel with that exoskeleton like humans can feel with their skin. so those hairs are needed to transmit feelings to nerves underneath the exoskeleton
• Studentthis is so awesome my momwent to U of I
• Studentwhat is that on the inside!!!????!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Studentnow we know
• StudentWhat is that little white dot in the middle
  Bugscope Teamlooks like a pollen grain maybe?
• StudentThat is alot of dots
• Bugscope Teamlooks like pollen in the middle we should go see
• Bugscope Teamcan you take the mag up a little?
• Studentwhat is inside!????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  Bugscope Teaminside what?
• Studentyes

• Studentwhy is the fly hairy
  Bugscope Teamlots of insects are much hairier than we would expect; it's because the hairs serve the function of nerve endings in our skin, but insects don
  Bugscope Teamall insects have hairs, they are called setae (see-tee), they help the insect feel its way around
• Studentcool

• Studentwhat is the dot in the middle of the speciman

• StudentWHOA!!!!!!!!!!
• StudentWhere are the eyes?
• Studentpolin from a flower?
  Bugscope Teamyep

• Studentwhat are all those hairs
• Studentwhat are we looking at
• Studentis that pollen?
• Studentwhat is in the middle
• Bugscope Teamt have skin

• Bugscope Teamthose hairs are kinda like cat whiskers, it helps the insect feel its environment
• Bugscope Teamthat is a pollen grain, and it looks like some web as well
• Studentwhat are those lines
• Studenthow long hes it bin there
• Studentdo flies have skin
  Bugscope Teamthey don't have skin -- they have a kind of shell like a shrimp
• Bugscope Teaminsects have an exoskeleton and no bones inside
• Studentwhat is the web from
• Studenthow does the pollen get in to the fly?
  Bugscope Teamoh, pollen is floating around near flowers and such, so the fly musta picked it up in a flower garden
• Studentwhat is the pointy thing

• Studentwhat is that?????
• Studentdo they have bones
  Bugscope Teamno they are invertebrates, meaning they don't have a backbone, but they don't have bones either
• 1:13 pm

• Bugscope Teamnow we see the claw and another pollen grian
• Bugscope Teamgrain

• Studentdo flies have claws

• Studentwhat do they use the claw for?
  Bugscope Teamfor scooping food, defense, climbing stuff, etc.
• Studentwhat is that
• StudentWhere is the fly claw located on the fly?
  Bugscope Teamit's at the end of each limb, each of the six limbs
• Studentwhat are the strings
  Bugscope Teamthe strings were web, like from a spider
• Studentdo flies have nails
  Bugscope Teamthey have hardened cuticle that is much like fingernails, yes
• StudentWhat is the pollen stuck to?

• Studentwhat are the claws used for
  Bugscope Teamthe claws help it grasp things, like we would use our hands

• Studentwhat are the indents in the nail
• Studentdo they shead
  Bugscope Teamonce they get wings they become adults and do not molt anymore
• Studentcan they lose their claws
• Studentwhats that large line thing overlapping the claw?
  Bugscope Teamlooks like a setae (hair)
• Studentwhat is the object that lookes like a leave
• Studentdoes the claw help the fly,in what way
  Bugscope Teamto grab onto food, fight, or hold onto things...
• Studentwhy does the claw thing have so many tiny edges
• Studentwhat is that ball
  Bugscope Teami think it's pollen

• Studenthow come humans don't have all those hairs? Or do we?
  Bugscope Teamhumans have nerves in their skin, so we feel our environment through the skin. insects don't have that luxury, so insect hairs (setae) help the insects to feel it's way around, just like our skin does

• Studentwhat are those long stringy things
• Studentwhat is the sharp thing comeing out of the middle of the picture
  Bugscope Teamthat is a spine, probably a mechanosensory seta -- a touch sensor
• Bugscope Teamthe tiny hairs we see here are called tenent setae, and they help the fly stick to surfaces
• Studentcan we see theri wings
• Bugscope Teamthose hairs are: SETAE (pronounced see-tee)
• Studentwhat do they call their "hair"?
  Bugscope Teamthey are called setae (see-tee)
• Bugscope Teaminsect hair = setae
• 1:18 pm
• Studentwhat is the duck like foot
  Bugscope TeamI think that was the shape of that part of the tarsus. the last four or five segments of a limb are called tarsi

• Bugscope Teamthis is a cool looking moth
• StudentAR
• Bugscope Teamthe two big compound eyes on either side, and the proboscis in the middle
• Studentis that a tounge sticking out in the middle?
  Bugscope Teamyep, but it's called a proboscis
• Studentin the middle is that a tounge
• Bugscope Teamthe proboscis of the moth (yes the tongue) is all coiled up
• Studentis the moth mostly made of hair
  Bugscope Teamyes, moths are very hairy, but those are in fact scales, not hair
• Studentdo they have a tongue.
• StudentWhat is that hair? What does it do for them?
  Bugscope Teamthose are moth scales
• Studentthanks
• StudentWhat is that thing surrounding the proboscis?
  Bugscope Teamthose are palps, ordinarily used to help an insect manipulate its food
• Bugscope Teamfor one, when a moth gets trapped in a spider web, it can release itself by shedding some of its scales
• Studentwhat are those things in the back of his head?
  Bugscope Teami think those are anteena
• Studentare the eyes smooth
• Studentdo the eyes work well?
• StudentAre those anntenaes from behind the eyes
• Studentwhat are fact scales? Do they help the moth?
• Bugscope Teamantenna i mean
• Studentwhat are the lines next to the tounge?
• Studenthow big is his eyes.bigger than ours!?????!!!!!!!!
  Bugscope Teamoh no, much smaller

• Studentdo the antenas help
  Bugscope Teamoh yeah, they sense things

• StudentWhat are the scratches on the eyes
• Studentwhat are those white things on the eye
  Bugscope Teamthose are the individual facets of the compound eye, called ommatidia, each one has a lens in it
• Studentwhat is on the eye
• Studentwhat are those things that look like wood chips on his eyes?
  Bugscope Teamthose are scales, which are kind of like tiny feathers
• Bugscope Teamnow we see some loose scales stuck to the eye
• Studentdoes it have a puple
  Bugscope Teamthey don't have pupils in their eyes
• StudentWhy do moths like to chew on clothes? Does it have to do with some bod parts or something?
  Bugscope Teamit's the caterpillars of the moths that like to chew on clothes
• Studentare there hair on the eyes
• Studentwhat is the thing next to the round circle or eye that looks like a tail what is it called
  Bugscope Teamthat is a scale that fell off the moth
• Studenthow many "mini eyes" do they have.can they see behind them
  Bugscope Teamyou can see that there are thousands, perhaps between 3 and 5000, and having eyes like that does give you better peripheral vision
• 1:23 pm
• Studentwhat is the stuff pealing on the eye
• Studentwhat are those pieces on the eyes that look like wood-chips
  Bugscope Teamthose are scales
• StudentHow do antennas help the moth?
  Bugscope Teamwell it helps it to communicate, and the sense its environment
• Studentdo they see through the holes in their eyes
  Bugscope Teameach bump on the eye has a lens in it, so the moth actually sees hundreds of images, and the moth brain puts those images together into one sensible vision
• Studentwhat is on the eye
• Studentdoes it have good eye sight
• StudentTheir hair, does it help them in any way?
• Studentwhy are they attracted tolight
• Studenthow do the scales from the moth fall off?
  Bugscope Teamwell, they come off pretty easily
  Bugscope Teamthey are loosely attached; it's what makes them feel so silky
• Studentoh thats cool
• Studentdo the scales fall off
  Bugscope Teamtotally

• Studentdoes it have good eye sight
  Bugscope Teamyeah you could say they have good eyesight

• Studentwhy are they attracted to light
  Bugscope Teamthey are 'programmed' to orient by moonlight, and they get confused by lights

• Studenthow did the loose scales get on the eye
• Studentwhat are those three things on the eye?
  Bugscope Teamscales
• Studentwhy are they so silky
  Bugscope Teamthey feel silky because the scales are soft and tiny, powderlike
• Studenthi
• Studenthow come there's only a few scales and not a lot?
  Bugscope Teamwell, maybe there were more, but they fell off?
• Studentdo the "splinter"looking things on his eyes hurt or aggrivate him?!!!!!!!?????
• Studentwhat are scales anyway?
  Bugscope Teamscales are tiny structures that appear to function much like feathers do for a bird
• Studentdo moths have claws also
  Bugscope Teamyes they have claws too
• Studenthow do the loose scales get on the eye
  Bugscope Teamwell, those scales get all over the place really, like cat hair does...

• Bugscope Teamthis is an ant head
• Studentwhere are the eyes?
  Bugscope Teamthe eyes are on the sides of the head
• 1:28 pm
• Studentare we looking at a red ant or black ant
  Bugscope Teamthis was a red ant
• Studentwhat are the claw things on the mouth?
  Bugscope Teamthose are the jaws
• Bugscope Teamsee the jaws? they open side to side, unlike our mouths
• Studentif the ant is a red ant where does it get it's poision from
• Studentare the antenas in spacey holes so that they can rotate?
  Bugscope Teamtotally
• Studentwhat is the differance between a red ant and a black ant
• Studentwhere is the toungs on the head?
• Studentwhat is coming from his mouth
  Bugscope Teamthose are its jaws
• Studentwhat are the three hairs where the nose would be
  Bugscope Teamwell, those are probably chemosensory setae, helping to smell its food
• Studentif it is a red ant where do they get the posion?
• Studentwhat is the difference between red and black ant
  Bugscope Teamsometimes it's just color; it may be that they are different species, and it may be related to their diets
• Studentdo the antenes help and if they do in what way
• Studentwhere is his nose!!!!!!????????????
  Bugscope Teaminsects don't have noses, they smell with chemosensory setae (the hair like things)
• Studentdoes he have a nose
  Bugscope Teamno nose
• Studentwhere are the eyes?
  Bugscope Teamon either side of the head, near the top of the head
• Studentwhat are the things by the antena
• Studentwhat are the things behind and on the side of the anteenas?
  Bugscope Teamthose are the eyes, compound eyes
• Bugscope Teamsome insects have things that function like noses
• Studentwhat is more dangerous a red ant or a black ant?
  Bugscope TeamI think it depends on the species; there are means ones in each color
• Studentwhat are the tiny spikes on the ant head
• Studentwhat do they eat
• Studenthow many different kinds of ants are there

• StudentSo ants just pick up crumbs if they look good, since they don't have a nose or do they feel it?
  Bugscope Teamthey can sense the food through chemicals, by using their chemosensory setae
  Bugscope Teamoh they can taste -- they use their antennae much more than their eyes, and the antennae have lots of sensory setae that help that taste and smell

• Studentwhat are he bumbs in the backround?
  Bugscope Teamthose are bumps in the sticky tape that we adhere the insects to
• Studentcan they hear
• TeacherAlec is going to start to drive the microscope.
• StudentSince they don't have noses, do they smell? If so, how?
• Studentdo they have teeth
• Studentwhy are there claws on the mouth?
  Bugscope Teamthe claws help the ant cut its food
• Bugscope Teami just gave control to alec_raymond
• Studentwhats the hing below the mouth
• Student*thing
• Bugscope Teamor, is alec going to use your computer mrs. schaab?
• Studentquite intresting
• Studentno he isnt
• Studentno he is using his computer
• Studentwhy is there a whole in the ants chest
• Studentalec is using his computer

• Bugscope Teamok, alec_raymond has control of the scope now
• 1:33 pm
• Studentwhat is inside the mouth
  Bugscope Teammore mouhtparts, called 'palps'
• Bugscope TeamAlec can drive now

• StudentHow long are the antennas in nches?
• Studenthow long are theantennas

• Studentwhats the thing below the mouth? Is it the body?
  Bugscope Teamyep
• Studenti mean in inches
• Studenthi
• Studentdo they have teeth!?
  Bugscope Teamthey do not have teeth. sometimes the cutting features, like the tips of the jaws, have more calcium in them to make them better at cutting
• Studentare those the teeth?
• Studentwhat are all the things in the mouth and do they have tounges?
• Studentis there teeth in this picture
• Studentwhat do they eat!????other than our food when we picnic
• Studentis it true ants can they lift mre than they weigh
  Bugscope Teamtotally true, 100% true
• StudentAre all those little hairs nerves?
  Bugscope Teamno, but they are attached to nerves underneath the exoskeleton
• StudentWhy is there hair in the mouth?
  Bugscope Teamthe setae in the mouth help the ant feel what it might be eating
• Studentwhat is that little hole at the bottom

• Studentwhat is a exoskeleton?
  Bugscope Teamit is like a suit of armour, except it holds the insect together. insects don't have bones like humans do, so they need the exoskeleton to hold in all the insides, buts and stuff
• Studentwhat are all the ]
• Studenthow many diferent kindsof ants are there
  Bugscope Teamthere are thousands of species

• Studentwhat do they eat!!!!!!!???????
  Bugscope Teamants really like sweet stuff but will eat anything
• Studentwhat is the are these?
• Studentwhat is thata
• Studentwhat are these
• Bugscope Teamguts and stuff, i mean
• Studentdoant eat polin
• Studentwhat are all of the different parts of the mouth
  Bugscope Teamthe jaws, the mandibular and maxillary palps, I don't know all of them
• Studentwhats that thing that looks like a ball? is it pollen?

• TeacherAlex & Raymond have done a great job! Christina_Andrea are going to control next please.
• Bugscope Teamchristina_andrea has control now
• Studentwhat are the little fang things at the end of the fat line?
  Bugscope Teamthat is the claw
• Bugscope Teamyou can tell from the pad, called a pulvillus, that this beetle can climb walls
• Studentwhy is it called a potato beetle
  Bugscope Teamit is an important pest of potato crops, causing a real problem
• Studentwhat is the swirly looking thing in the corner?
  Bugscope Teamthat is one of the craters in the doublestick carbon tape we used to mount the critters on
• Studentif ants dont have bones how do they control themselves and move
  Bugscope Teamthey have thick armor -- the exoskeleton -- on the outside of the body
• 1:39 pm
• Studenthat are those tenticles?
• Studentwhat is a tarsi
• Studentwhat gave it the name patato beetle
• Studentwhat is t potato beetle made out of
• Studentok
• Bugscope Teampotato beetles can eat an entire potato crop, so it's important to keep them away
• StudentWHat are the two little things on the stick?
• Studentare those the claws at the end?
  Bugscope Teamtotally

• Studentwhy does it live in a potato?
• Studentwhy is it fuzzy on some parts
• Studentwhy does its name have the word potato in it
  Bugscope Teambecause it is a pest to potatoes
• Studentwhat is inside of the poofs?
  Bugscope Teamthe poofs are assemblages of small sticky setae that help the bug cling to surfaces. flies have those too, and it helps them walk on the ceiling, for example
• Studentwhat part of its body do we see
• Studentwhat makes it a potato beetle
• Studentso they like potatoes?
  Bugscope Teami think they eat the foliage part of the potatoes, which then kills the potato
• Studentwhat is that scrub thingy!!!!!?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!
  Bugscope Teamthat is a pulvillus

• Studenthow big is an average potato beetle
  Bugscope TeamI think they are less than a centimeter around here,

• Studentwhat is inside the this thing

• Studentdo we have a pulvillus!!!!???????????!!!1!
  Bugscope Teamno it is a pad that has lots of sticky hairs on it that we see now, actually
• Studenthow come it doesnt look like the hair on the other bugs?

• Studentwhat are these called ( the string things.)
• Studentare those bones
  Bugscope Teamnope, no bones on insects

• Studentwhat is that a picture of
  Bugscope Teamthis is part of the claw/hand area
• Studentwhat is this hair?
• Studentis it an animal or an fungus?
• Studentwhat is it attached to
  Bugscope Teamthat is on one of the 'forearms'
• Studentis most of the body this hair
• Bugscope Teamdistal means furthest, and proximal means closest
• Studentwhy does the hair look different from the other bugs hair that we saw?
  Bugscope Teambecause this setae has a different function. this is more for holding onto things, sticky, whereas the other setae was for feeling things
• 1:44 pm
• Studentwhat is that in the top corner
• Studentdoes the pelvillus tickle them!!????!!! it dosent,right!??!????
  Bugscope Teamyeah it doesn't tickle
• Studentwow and cool!!
• Studentwhy does it have so many hairs
• Studentwhat picture are we looking at
  Bugscope Teamthis is an image from the scanning electron microscope, and right now it is focused on the 'forearm' of a beetle
• Studentcan we please look at the next one
  Bugscope Teamchristina and andrea have control of the scope now

• Studentwhat is apelvillus

• Studentoh ya

• StudentWhat is the pulvillius
  Bugscope Teamit is the pad we see on some of the tarsal segments that helps the beetle stick to surfaces
• Students that a leg

• Studentabout how small is it in real life?
  Bugscope Teamcheck out the scale bar in the lower left, the entire beetle is probably 50 mm in length?

• Studenthow many species of potato bugs are there

• Studenthow many claws
  Bugscope Teamsix sets of claws
• Studentis that a leg!!!!!!!!?????????????!!!!!!!!!
• Studenton the top is it the head?
• Studentwhat is that a picture of
• Bugscope Teamack, 5 mm, not 50

• Studentdo they have a spine
  Bugscope Teamno they are invertebrates; that means they do not have vertebrae, which are the pieces of the backbone, or spine
• Bugscope Teamnow we see one of the antennae as well
• StudentIs this the body?
• StudentDo all bugs have a pulvillius

• Studenti like it
• Studentwhy does it have a lot of bumps on its side
• TeacherThank you to Christina_Andrea for driving! Can you please give the controls to Travis_Jeremy?
• Studentewwwwww
• Studentwhere did it get its name from?
  Bugscope Teamit kills other insects
• Studentassasssin bug head
• Bugscope Teamtravis_jeremy now have control of the scope
• Studentwhat are all those circles on the speciman
  Bugscope Teamthose are the sticky tape we put the bugs on in the scope
• Studentthanks
• Studentdoes it kill
  Bugscope Teamyes it pokes its proboscis into other bugs and sucks the juice out of the,

• 1:49 pm
• Bugscope Teamsee the eye? and the curved proboscis, and the large powerful arm at the bottom of the image?
• Studentcan it bite us and wound us
• Studentwhy does it have such a long neck
• Studentis the circle in the middle pollen?

• Studentwhere are the eyes

• Studentwhat insects does it kill

• Studentyour welcome
• Studentdose it ise its claws to kill

• Studentwhat are the bunch of circles in the middle of the miage?
  Bugscope Teamthose larger circles are silver paint
• Bugscope Teamthem

• Studentwhere is its mouth and eyes?
• Studentare all insects hairy
  Bugscope Teamalmost all of them are
• Studentwhere is the eye
• Studentwhere is the eye

• Studentis silver paint actual paint?
  Bugscope Teamyes it is paint with a lot of silver in it so that it will conduct electrons

• Studentwould it kill another species of itself or what does it kill otherwise
• Studentis that wood in the upper left corner
  Bugscope Teamyes it is wood
• Studenthow many legs does this animal have
  Bugscope Teamsix legs
• Studentwhat color is that
• Studentwhat are the tall things

• Studentwhat is the spike
• StudentWhat is a body part that all insects have?
  Bugscope Teaman exoskeleton
• Studentwhat are these pointy things
• Studentdoes it have the huge eyes too
  Bugscope Teamwe could see its eye
• Studentwhat is the background
• Bugscope Teamthose are spines that protect the assassin bug from being easily bitten

• Studentis your job fun
  Bugscope Teamtotally
• Studentwhat do the tall things do
  Bugscope Teamthe tall things ensure that its prey cannot bite it easily

• Studenthow many years have you been using a microscope
• StudentWhere do you get the bugs from?
• StudentHow long have you been a scientist and what made you want to be a scientist?
  Bugscope TeamI have been doing electron microscopy since I got out of college
• TeacherWe are almost out of time for this session, can the students ask you questions about being a scientist and such?
  Bugscope Teamsure!

• Bugscope Teamsure!
• Studentdo you have to kill the specimen
  Bugscope Teamwell, yeah, because it needs to be dead inside the scope so it doesn't move around
• StudentWhere do you guys find your specimens?
  Bugscope Teamthe specimens came from collections that entomologists gave us
• Studenthow long have you been in U of I
• Studentdo you only loook at bugs or do you look at other things
  Bugscope Teamscientists look at all sorts of things: bones, metals, etc
• Studentwhat college did you go to?
  Bugscope Teami went to the U of I, in music composition
• Studenthow long have you people had this job
  Bugscope TeamI have had this job since the end of 1998
• Studenthow long have you been a scientist
• Studentwhen you were little did you want to be a scientest?
• 1:54 pm
• Studentdo you have to talk in irish for when they do this
• Studentis it fun
  Bugscope Teamit is a lot of fun
• Studentdo you always get excited when you look at a new bug
  Bugscope Teamyes we love to see new stuff, cool features
• StudentDo you now where the entomologists found the soecimens?
  Bugscope Teamthese all came from around here, from Champaign County
• Studenthow early do you have to wake up to be a scientest?
  Bugscope Teamnice :) some scientists start late and work very late
• Studentsdfgjk
• Studentwhat countrys other than america and irland have you chatted with
  Bugscope TeamColumbia, Honduras, Australia, China...
• StudentSo you wanted to compose! WOW ! What instruments do you play
  Bugscope Teamtenor saxophone and clarinet
• Studentdo you get disgusted by the bugs you look at
  Bugscope Teamno way man, these bugs are beautiful!
• Studentoops sorry
• Studentyou guys are swell. How did you get so smart?
  Bugscope Teamnot sure, but one thing that is important, try to do things that you really like, then you'll be good at them too
• Studenthave you people look at spiders
  Bugscope Teamyes we like to look at spiders. they are soft-bodied so often shrivel up when they die
• Studentwhat is you fave part of the job!??!
• Studentwhat is your favorite speciman to look at ? and why is it your favorite speciman to look at
• StudentDo you like your job? does it gross you out some times?
  Bugscope Teamsometimes it grosses you out, but that is kind of funny too
• Studenthow cool
• Studentthanks for that swell advice!
• Studenthave you chatted with cuba
  Bugscope Teamno we have not yet had a chance to work with Cuba. we would love to
• StudentMy partner joey thinks the same way about bugs
• Studentdo your family members relate to science?
  Bugscope Teamyep, my step dad is into biology, astronomy, radio telemetry, etc...
  Bugscope Teamone of my brothers is a molecular biologist
• Studentwhat do you like to look at more bugs or other specimans
• Studentbye
• Studentby by
• StudentThis was cool tank you
• Studentpeace bye
• Studentthank you very much
• StudentGoodbye! This was very fun. Thank You!!
• Studentbuh bye alex scot and scot j cya have a GREAT day
• Bugscope Teamthanks, you all rock and or roll!
• Studentyou guys rock
• Bugscope TeamThis was a lot of fun for us. Thank You!
• StudentBYE THANKS FOR YOUR TIME!!!
• Bugscope Teamchowness
• StudentI Love You Guys! You Were So Awesome, I Think I'm Inspired! Oh Wait, I Am Inspired! BYE! I will miss you so much!
• Studenthello furture christina
• Studentbye!you were awsome! the cooliest! you rocked! thank you!peace
• TeacherCan I have the controls back please for my next session?
• Bugscope Teamdone
• Bugscope TeamWow that was fun.
• Studentyou liked me right I'm Julia! I loved you!
  Bugscope Teamyes we think you are super cool
• 1:59 pm
• Studenthi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Bugscope Teamjulia, you are way cool

• Studentthis was very fun thanks
• Bugscope Teamyou all are way way cool, one of the best group of students we've ever met
• Studentme too
• StudentIm going to get yelled at bye thanks!
• Bugscope Teamit was a pleasure to do bugscope with you all
• Bugscope TeamHi Raymond!
• 2:04 pm

• Studenthello

• Studenthi alex and scot
• Bugscope TeamHello Gianna_Lainie
• Studenthi, i'm jake
• StudentHi, im matt
• Bugscope TeamHi Jake!
• Studenthi what are we looking at
• Studenthi
• Studentwhats up on the screen
• Studentant
• Studenthello
• Studentit looks like a butt
• StudentHi, we're Lindsey and Olivia
• Bugscope Teamthis is a grdgonfly head
• Studenthuh?
• Studenthello
• Bugscope Teamyou can see the ocelli
• Studento
• Studentwhat is that?
• Bugscope Teamand the tiny antennae
• Studentwhat is it on
• Studentcool
• Bugscope Teamocelli are 'simple' eyes, and there are three of them
• Studentwhats the ocelli
• Studento thanks
• Bugscope Teamthe sample is mounted on doublestick carobn tape
• Studentso the backround is tape?
• Studentis it alive\
• Studentare those hairs?
• Studentwhat are those tube looking things
• Studentit looks like a monster
• Bugscope Teamocelli help flying insects orient themselves to the sun, so they can find their way around
• Studentwhat is the dot things in a triangles
• Studentwhat are the function
  Bugscope Teamthey are light sensors but not as good as the large compound eyes on either side of the head
• Bugscope Teamthe tubes are the antennae
• Studentis the backround tape?
• Studentthat is cool
• Studentwhat is the hair on the top of its head
• Studenthow much is it magnified
• 2:09 pm
• Studentwhere is the mouth
• Bugscope Teamthis is only 72x right now
• Bugscope Teamthe mouth is on the other side of the head
• Studenthow small is that monster looking thing in real life?
• Bugscope Team dragonflies eat other insects
• Studentis that the nose
• Studentonly?
• Studentis it alive?

• Bugscope Teamthis is very small for a dragonfly -- only a few cm long
• Studentwhat is the bump on the head

• Bugscope Teamno it is not alive; it is in a vacuum chamber
• Studentthnx

• Studentwhat is the little tube on the side of the body for
• Bugscope Teamthe three bumps in the middle are the ocelli
• Studentwhat is the hole by its head

• Studentwhat are the dot things in a triangle
• Studentwhat is a vacuum chamber?
  Bugscope Teamit's a chamber where all the air is taken out
• Studentwhat are the hairs for
  Bugscope Teamthe hairs, which we call 'setae,' are sensory; they help the insect feel its environment, touch, hot/cold, smell

• Studentwhy is its skin soft lookink

• Studentis that it's mouth
• Studentwhat does the hair do
  Bugscope Teamthe hair are inda like cat whiskers, in that they help insects to sense their environment
• Studentit looks like zits
• StudentWhere are it's eyes

• Studentwhy does the skin have dots on it
• Studentwhat is a ocella
  Bugscope Teamsingular is ocellus -- it is a simple eye, sort of like a spider eye in a way
• Studentwhat are the bumps

• Studentthe skin is so rough, it looks like pimples or zits
• Studentit looks like it h\
• Studentwhat is the big bumps do
• Studentwhy does it look so durty
  Bugscope Teamoh, you know bugs, they don't mind getting dirty

• Studentwhat are the dots on its skin
  Bugscope Teamit does not really have skin -- that is its cuticle, and the dots may help other dragonflies of the same species recognize it
• Studentit probibly isn't dirty
  Bugscope Teamoh yeah, it is dirty, insects have lots of gunk on them, we call it juju

• Studentwhat r those dots
• Studentthose look like goosebumps. what are they?
  Bugscope Teamha! goosebumps, never thought of that. i'm not exactly sure what those bumps are though...
• Studento
• Studentdoes this bug shedd
• Studentjuju?
• Studentwhy does it have so many hairs all over
  Bugscope Teamwell, those hairs (setae) help it sense its environment, so the more it has, the better it feels

• Studentit looks like burnt skin
  Bugscope Teamyes it looks like skin but it is more like what our fingernails are made of
• StudentWhere it's eyes
• Studentwhy do you call it juju
  Bugscope Teamit's just a cool made-up name, don't you think?
• Studentwhy does it have so much hair

• Studentr the dots skin pores?
  Bugscope Teamsome of those things that lookm lik

• Studentew

• Studentit looks like chicken skin
• Studentewwwwwwwwwww
• 2:14 pm
• Studentit also looks like the dots will pop
• Studentwhat are those holes

• Studentwhat are those holes
• StudentWhat are cuticles?
  Bugscope Teamcuticle is also called chitin; it's like the shell of a shrimp

• Studentare they going to pop
• Bugscope Teamsome of the things that look like pores are the bases of broken off setae
• Studenthow old isit? it looks really wrinkley
• Studenthow close are we to this thing?
• Studentwhy is it so harry
• Studentit looks fuzzy why
• Studentewww its fuzzy
• Studentwhat are the little holes on its body
• Bugscope Teamthe hairs, called setae, help it to feel things. so the more setae the better
• Studentand dirty
• Studentis it blurry or are thoses hairs
• Studentit lookes like a bush
• Studentit looks like insalation
  Bugscope Teamit might function like insulation

• Studentwhat is a patato beatle???????????
• Studentwhat are potato beatles
  Bugscope Teamthey are these cool beetles, but they can destroy potato crops, so they are kind of a pest
• Studentwhats that
• Studentwhat is a potato beatle
• Studentit looks kind of slimey
• Studentwhat is those holes?
• Studentit looks like extra skin is attached
• Student?hhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmm
• Studentwhat is the stitched up thing by its eye
  Bugscope Teamkind of gross looking? it is part of the elytra
• Bugscope Teamsee the eye in the center of where we are looking now?
• Studentwhy is it called a patatoe beatle? does it eat pataoes?
  Bugscope Teamit does, and it is a major pest of the potato. potato farmers HATE potato beetles
• Studentya
• Studentis the part to the right a shell or skin
• Studentpataos*
• Studentit looks like extra skin is attached

• Studentwhy does it have holes
• Studentthe eye looks like a net
• Studentit looks weird.
• Studentit LOOKS like a potato
  Bugscope Teamyeah it is very round when you see the whole dude
• Bugscope Teamthe elytra is the shell of a beetle
• Studentaww i would love them!
• Studentis that the eye
• Studentwhat is it in front of
• Studenti don't like the word hate!
• Studentewewwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!
• Studentwhat is the bright white stuff
• Studenthow come there is a little hole in its eye

• Studentr the dots eyes
• Bugscope Teamthe potato beetle has also grown resistant to all the major pesticides that farmers use. it's a challenge to keep potato beetles away
• Studentwhat is that gooey stuff over to the right
  Bugscope Teamit's some kinda slime
• Studentwhats thatgrose stuff
• Studentwhat is this

• Studentit looks like it needs to take a shpwer
• Studentits a patato beatle natalia
• Studentwhy does it look broken
  Bugscope Teamit can dry out and crack, so that's why it's broken
• Studentshower**
• Studentit looks like a bunch of slime to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  Bugscope Teamyeah, pretty cool huh?
• Bugscope Teamthis is part of the shell of the insect
• Studentslime? ewwww!
• Studentis that a claw?

• Studentit looks like caves
• Studentit looks like bone
• Studentthe stuff on the right looks like caves
• Studentsweet!
• Studentis it cracked because it is dead?
• Studentwhy is it so gooey?
• Bugscope Teamsometimes after insects die they spit this stuff up and it makes them look pretty yucky around the mouth/face
• Studentwhat are those holes
• Studentthere is so much holes
• Studentwhat is in the holes?
• Studenthow big is the beetle?
• 2:19 pm

• Studentwhy are there holes
• Bugscope TeamAsk Mrs S to take us somewhere else
• Studentpatato??????????????
• Studentis that an eye
• Studentshe is

• Bugscope Teamthe beetle was about a cm long
• Studentshes on her way there
• Studentpotato patato

• Studentso many eyes so little time
• Studentthat is tiny

• Studentare those blood vein on the eyes
• Studenthow many eyes does a potato beatle have
• Studenthow many eyes does it have
• Studenthow big is the bug
• Studentthe eye looks like a bee hive
• Studentwhy is there hair right by the eye

• Studentwhy is there hair in the eye
  Bugscope Teamit may help to keep debris off the eye
• Studentwhy does it have so many eyes
• Studenthow many eyes do they have
• Studentit looks like bubble wrap
• Studentwhy is it called that?
• Studentr the dots eyes or parts of the eyes or lenses
  Bugscope Teamthe dots are parts of the eye, each dot is called an ommatidiae and has a lens in it
• Studentwhy is there lines on the eye
• Studentso weiered
• Studentit looks like a bee hive
• Studentthose look like spider webs what r they
• Studentare those veins?
• Bugscope Teamha more better now
• Studentkaila isnt it weired
• Studentit looks like a bee
• StudentWhy do the little bumps look cracked
• Studentwhat are the lines
• Studentwhy is the eyes so wrinkles

• Bugscope Teamwe are looking at a thin dried film of something on the surface of the compound eye
• Bugscope Teamthis is a stinkbug
• Studentwhat isn that???
• Studentew
• Studentwhat is it
• Studentwhats that on the eye
• Bugscope Teamthe head of a stinkbug
• Studentare those blood vein on the eyes
• Studentugly!
• Studentit looks evil
• Bugscope Teamthis is a stinkbug
• Studenthow big is the bug?
  Bugscope Team5-10 millimeters long, at most
• TeacherKaila_Natalia are going to control the microscope now, if you don't mind!
• Studentit is upside down
• Studentwats behind it
• Studenthow big is a stinkbug
• Studentkendall your focausing on scince
• Studentare those cells?
  Bugscope Teamno, those are bumps in the sticky tape that we put the bugs on
• Studentwats the long thing stickingdown
  Bugscope Teamthat is the proboscis
• Studentwhat is behind the stink bug
• Studentstinky!
• Studentdo they stink
  Bugscope Teamthey produce chemicals that smell bad if they are bothered or think something has put them in danger, and they do not like the smell either
• Studentwhat does it eat

• Studenthow big is the bug
• Studentwhat is a stinkbug
• Studentdoes the stink bug realy stink
• Studentit looks evil, like a a bee sort of
• Studentoh, so u put the bugs on sticky tape?
• Studentare those his hands by his atenas
• Studentwhy does he have tenticles
• Studentwhat are those bumps?

• Studentwhy does it stink
• Studentdid this bug lose a lim

• Studentr the legs cut off
  Bugscope Teamno I don't think I broke any either

• Studentwhat is the long pionty thing that is kind of like a nose
  Bugscope Teamthat is called a proboscis
• 2:24 pm
• StudentWhat are the bumps on his hed
• Studentwhat are those holes
• Bugscope Teamthe largest proboscis in the world is the elephant trunk. but this one is much much smaller
• Studentthey are like the skunk but in insect style
• Studentwere do you find these bugs
  Bugscope TeamI found one on my screen door once and watched it make a droplet of stink, but it did not seem to use it
• Bugscope Teamskunk bug!!!
• Studentwhy is it called a stink bug
  Bugscope Teamthey emit a really bad odor when disturbed
• Studentthe dots around the nose look like craters
  Bugscope Teamthose are little craters

• Studentwhat are the crater looking things
• Studentstink-afi!
• Studentwhy does it have bumps

• Studentdo the bumps help the bug

• Studentwhy do they give off a odor
  Bugscope Teamdefense. or as i call it: stinkfense
• Studentwhat does it eat?
• Studentwere are its ears
  Bugscope Teamthey don't have ears, really. most insects don't
• Bugscope Teamthe exoskeleton is bumpy here, maybe it's holes where the setae would have come out of? i'm not sure

• Studentwat r those crved things?
• Studenthow big is it
• Studentlol
• Studentwhat are the things in the holes?
• Studentit looks like a light bulb
• Studenthow long do they live fr
• Studentwhy are there little lasos in the crator
• Studenthairy????????????????
• Studentit looks like a cratter hit it
• Studenthow big is it
  Bugscope Teamit was like a small pea
• Bugscope Teamfrom what I read; I have forgotten what is in the craters
• Studentwow

• Studentwhat is this

• Studentwhat is that
• Studentwhat is it
• StudentWhat is that?
• Studentits a bee
• Bugscope Teammoths are difficult to image using a scanning electron microscope
• Studentare those teeth?
• Bugscope Teamthis is a moth

• Studentiis that some sort of nose ring
• Studento
• Studentit looks like a squirrel up close
• 2:29 pm

• Studenthow long is the teeth
• Bugscope Teamthey don't have teeth, but they do have a proboscis that extends like a party favor
• Studentis that a tonge
  Bugscope Teamyes it is like a tongue, very much
• Studentand kinda like an owl
• Studentwhat is that thing between the eyes

• Studentis that teeth?
• Studentis that its tounge
• Studentwhat does is eat
  Bugscope Teamthey just eat nectar, from flowers, I think
• Bugscope Teamnicola_alexa have control now, drive away!

• Studentthat looks like a nose ring
• Studentis it yawning?
• Studentwhat is the tonge used for
• Studentwhat is that
  Bugscope Teamthis is a moth, the head of a moth

• Studentthat looks like a nose ring
• Bugscope Teamthis is the coiled proboscis
• Studentyou think

• Bugscope Teamha
• Studentwere did you find it
• Studenthow is it different than a butterfly?
  Bugscope Teambutterflies have generally thinner bodies and function during the day, compared to most moths
• Studentwhat is in the eyes
  Bugscope Teamthe eyes are made up of thounsands of individual facets, called ommatida, each one has a lens in it
• Bugscope Teamthis is a closeup of the surface of the tongue
• Studentwhat do you think is the coolest thing about bugscope
• Studentew
• Studentwhat are the dots on the eyes
• Studentit looks like nose ring
• Studentis that hair?
• Studentwhy is it so fury
• Studentit looks like a nose ring what is ir
• Studentwhat are those particles
• Bugscope Teamommatidia i mean
• Studenthow many taste buds does it have
• Studentwhat is the thing that looks like a wart on his tounge?
• Studentis it hair or tastebuds
• Studentwhat are the two long things on the sides of the mouth
• Studentwhat is that bump on the right
• Studentdoes it kill other bugs
• Studentwhy does it have hair on its tonge and why is there is a line in the middle
• Studentwhat's the chunk on its tounge for
• Studentwhat is behind the tonge
• Studenthow long does it take to find these bugs
• Studentit looks like mole
  Bugscope Teamit's some kinda salt
• Studentwat

• Studenthow long is the tounge
• Studentwatttttttttttttttttttt
• Studentcool
• Studentwat is that. a moal
• Bugscope Teamor just a piece of junk now, looks like
• Studentcopy
• Studentwhy is there hair on the tonge
  Bugscope Teamthe tiny hairs help insects sense their surroundings; they are important because insects do not have skin and thus cannot feel the way we do
• Studentis that tastebuds?
• Studentdoes it have teeth

• Studentw
• Studentwhere does it live
• Studentit looks like the tounge goes inward in the middle
• Bugscope Teamwell, not taste buds like ours, but they have setae (hairs) that can taste things
• Studentwhat is that thing in the center
• Studentwhat is it

• Bugscope Teamalso some setae can smell things too
• 2:34 pm
• Studentwhat is that indent
• Studentis that some sort of giant crevase in the middle
• TeacherAfter Nicole_Alexa pick a new specimin, can you please give the controls to Sam_Alex
• Studentwhat kind of moth is it
• Studentwhere does it live
• Bugscope Teamoh this is cool, these little balls are called brochosomes, unique to the leafhopper
• Studentwat are the dots??
• Studentwhat is that
• Studentwhat is it
• Studentwhat are those bumbs
• Studentwat r brocosomes
• Studentdottttttttttttssssssss
• Bugscope Teamthese little balls are called brochosomes, and only the leafhopper can produce them

• Studentcoolliiooo
• Bugscope Teamthey are so small that people never knew the brochosomes existed until someone looked at a leafhopper in an electron microscope
• Studentwhat are we looking at?
• Studenttalk about ugly
• Bugscope Teamthose are brochosomes, which are produced by leafhoppers; they are said to help keep their eggs from drying out

• Studentwhat are the bumps on
• Bugscope Teamthis is a leafhopper
• Studentr those teeth
• Studentwat r the thorns
  Bugscope Teamthose are part of the armor on the exoskeleton of the leafhopper
• Studentwhat are the spikes
• Studentit looks like it has a nale
• Studenttalk about ugly
• Bugscope Teamthe spikes are setae (hairs)
• Studentcopy
• Studenta leafhopper cool

• Studenthow big is it
• Studentwhat are setae
• Bugscope Teamsome of the spikes i should say
• Studentis that a clw
• Studentlike a grasshopper, right?
  Bugscope Teamthese you find on plants, and they suck juices (sap) out of plants
• Bugscope Teamit is just under a cm long
• Studentis that a claw
• Studentis that its hand

• Studentthe spikes are setea
• Bugscope Teamsetae are kinda like cat whiskers, they help insects to sense their environment
• Studentspikeeyyyyyyyyyyy
• Studentis it greem
• Studentwow
• Studentits like scails
• Studentwhat does the leafhopper eat
• Studentwhat does it eat

• StudentThat looks like shingles
  Bugscope Teamtotally
• Studentwow
• StudentIs that his leg
  Bugscope Teamyes that is a close-up view of one leg
• Studentit looks like roof pattern
  Bugscope Teamyes it does -- that is the way the cuticle grows and shapes itself
• Studentt does
• Studentdo they hurt you
• Studentdo they kill plants when they suck juices out of plants?
• Studentwhat part of the body is that
• Studentwhat are the spikes
  Bugscope Teamthe spikes are there to discourage predators but may also have a self sensing function
• Bugscope Teami don't think a leafhopper can hurt you, unless you shrunk yourself to 1/100th of your normal size...

• 2:39 pm

• Studentwooow
• TeacherCan you give the controls to Mike_Cooper
• Studentwozers

• Studentare those eyes
• Studentare the hairs the eyes
• Studentwhere are the eyes?
• Student\mnhkm
• Studentwats that?!?!?!
• Studentwhere is it
• Studentkailla
• Bugscope Teammike_cooper, you are in control, put on your seat belts!
• Studentdo they have dry skin?
  Bugscope Teamthey don't have skin at all, they have an exoskeleton
• Studenthe looks cute
• Studentwhat are those bumbs
• Bugscope Teamthe eyes are on the sides of the head
• Studentc jz7gzry357
• Studentwhat are the strings
• Studentwhy does it have little dots
• Studentare those goosebumps?
• Studentthere skin looks slimy
• Studentwhat color is it
  Bugscope Teamthis guy was yellow
• Studentif thats the eyes why does it have swirly things
• Studentwow
• Bugscope Teaminsects don't have skin, or bones. they do have organs inside their hard exoskeleton shell.

• Studentit looks like leaf
• Studentlooks very puffffffffffffffffffffffffffyyyyyy
• Studentlol
• Bugscope Teami don't think they get goosebumps, but that's a cool idea

• Studentdoes this bug have eyes
• Studentwhat is an exoskeleton
• Studenti need to know if those are eyes

• Bugscope Teamsee the scales on the eye, oh now just one
• Studentwhat's in the backround
  Bugscope Teamthe background is the facets of one of the eyes
• Bugscope Teamthis is one of the eyes
• Studentis it male or female
• Studentwow it is
• Studentwhat are the dots for
  Bugscope Teamthose are the individual facets of the compound eye
• Studentwhat is stuck on the eye
• Studentwhat are the bumps
  Bugscope Teamthe bumps are ommatidia
• Studentugly!
• Studentis it cold
• Studentso since it is hard, if it falls will it break?
  Bugscope Teamwell, yes it can break, but not very easily
• Studentor slimey
• Studentwats that leafe
• Studentit looks like a patato chip
• Studentdoes it hurt the bug with the scale on it
• Studentit looks like a fish--scales
• Studentcan it fly
• Studenthow long does it live for
• Studentwhat is that skin-flap thing?
• Studentfin?
• Studenthow big is it
  Bugscope Teamsee the scalebar to the lower left?

• Studentwhere does it live
• Studentwhat are ommatidia
  Bugscope Teamommatidia are those bumps on the compound eye. each one has a lens in it for seeing things.
• Bugscope Teama human can break an exoskeleton easy, but another insect would have a much harder time

• Studentso, since it can break, does it have preditors that can chew and break it?
  Bugscope Teamoh yeah man, now you are thinking real good. there are predators that have adapted to all kinds of ways of getting food, and breaking other bugs is just one way of doing that
• Studentwhere does it live
  Bugscope Teamthis is from Illinois, but they can live wherever there are bushes

• Studentweird!
• StudentOh
• Studentit looks like a patato chip
• Studentwat is that??? we need to know!!
• Studentit looks like corn
• Studentwhatthe hole do for this
• 2:45 pm

• Studentwhere does it live

• Studentdo you know what gender it is
• Studentthank you
• Studentit looks like corn
• StudentIs it dirty?
• Studentit look sooooooooo discuseting
• Bugscope Teamsome insects have toxins that are deadly to other insects, and use it to kill them, and then they have a nice meal
• Studentfinaly

• Studentthanks alot alex!
  Bugscope Teamyou rock. great questions!
• Studentwhat gender is this thing
• Studentcreepy
• Studentwat is that???!?!?!?!?!!!!
• Studentit looks like a bird
• Studentcreepy
• Studento ya
• Studentwhat is this
  Bugscope Teamthis is a closeup of a single scale from a moth or butterfly, probably
• Studentit looks like zebra print
• Studentwat is that
• StudentNo
• Studentuneccary closeup!
• Studentwhat are the black lines
• Studentwat r the black things
• Studentwhy is some of it black
• Bugscope Teamthis is a close-up of a scale, notice the holes in it.
• Studentwhat does it eat
• Bugscope Teamthe black parts are holes in the scale
• Studentit looks like a zebra print
• Studentalex, you are so smart. so, what are we looking at?
• Studentit looks like a leaf up close
• Studentwhy does it have holes
• Studenty r there holes
• Studentscales

• TeacherCan you please give the controls to Shea_Izzys
• Bugscope Teamthis is the head of an assassin bug
• Studentsweet!
• Studentya we r contolling it soon!
• Studentomg
• Studentit looks like a fish
• Bugscope Teamsee the eye, in then middle?
• Studentwhats that

• Studentwhat part are we looking at
• Studentit is so creepy
• Bugscope Teamshea_izzys has control, fasten your seat belts!
• Studentis it spiky
• Studentthat looks like an explosion
• StudentWhat part of the body is it
  Bugscope Teamthis is the head, from the side
• Bugscope Teamand the single proboscis hanging down?
• Studentnice to know assasin is in its name.
• Studentwhy is it called a assasen bug
  Bugscope Teamwell, it kills other bugs, like an assassin
• Studentit looks like a natalia

• Studentwhat are the bubbles in the back

• StudentCool
• Studentdoes it live in the water
• Bugscope Teamthis is one of the powerfly forelimbs

• Bugscope Teampowerful

• Studentwhat does it kill and HOW?
  Bugscope Teamwell,it's kinda gross, but it inserts this juice inside other bugs, and that juice liquifies the insides of the other bug, then it eats it
• StudentIs it a boy or girl and how do you know
  Bugscope Teamwe don't always know. sometimes it is easy to tell and sometimes you have to dissect the insect to be able to tell
• Studentwhats the hair
• Studentpowerful

• Studentthans for answering all our questions
• Studenthow does it kill
• Studentis that hard now, alex?
• Studentwhat does it eat
• Studentthanks alex
• Studentnice to know
• Studentwhat are proboscis
  Bugscope Teamit's like a nose/mouth part, used for feeding and such
• Studentit looks like moldy cheese
• Studentis that the head we are looking at please write back asap
• Studentis it dangerous if we went up to it

• Studentproboscis r noses
  Bugscope Teamwell, yes, but also like a mouth too
• Bugscope Teamthe largest proboscis in the world is the elephant trunk
• Studenthow do you know if it is a boy or a girl

• Studentgros
  Bugscope Teamyeah, gross, but COOL!
• 2:50 pm
• Studentit looks like garbage pied up on its skin
• Studentis it dangerous
  Bugscope Teamnot to humans

• Studentwhere do they live
• Studentthis bug is harry

• Studentit looks like moldy cheese
• Studentlooks dirty
• Studentdoes it bite
• Bugscope Teamthat is the sharp part, in the middle
• Studentmoldy?
• Studentso it eats with its nose?
• Bugscope Teamalthough anything is dangerous in the right quantity. if you walked into a room filled with 6 billion assassin bugs, that would probably not be cool for your health
• Studentdous it eat its mate
  Bugscope TeamI have not heard of them doing that.
• Studentlooks painful
• Studentis that a claw its gross but cool
• Bugscope Teamit could really hurt if it poked you
• Studentwhat is that cord thing
• Studentwhat kind of bugs does it kill
• Studentdoes it have another name besides the assassin bug
  Bugscope Teamtotally: Reduviidae
• Studentwhat r we looking at now
• Bugscope Teamthat's why you should never eat too much. always take things in moderation
• Studenteeeewww
• Studentcan it fly
  Bugscope Teamsome of them can fly, and they can get pretty large
• Studentthis is so not for the queezy
• Studentwhat does it eat
• TeacherCan you please give the controls to Gianna_Lainie? Thank you!

• StudentEW EW EW EW EW
• Studentwhat is that
  Bugscope Teaman ant!
• StudentCOOL
• Studentalex, can it bite?
  Bugscope Teamwell, it pierces things with its proboscis, kinda like biting i guess?
• Studentnever mind
• Studentyou guys know everything!
  Bugscope Teamwe wish we knew more; there is so much to know about insects
• Bugscope Teamgianna_lainie has control, let's go for a ride!!!
• Studentit is cute!
• Studentkiller jaws
• Studentis it dead it looks like it is
• Studentawesome
• Studentwhat does it eat
• Studentwhat are the spikes on its mouth
  Bugscope Teamthose are the jaws of an ant
• Studentis it a boy or girl

• Studentkiller jaws

• Studentit looks like steve!
  Bugscope Teamwell, then steve is one cool looking dude!!!
  Bugscope TeamI guess Brittany typed that...
• Studentwhats the jaggedy part

• Studentalex, does it have eyes?
  Bugscope Teamwell, this ant does, yes, they are on the sides of the head, you can see them, they are compound eyes, so they have lots of bumps on them
• Studentwere r the eyes
  Bugscope Teamthe eyes are on either side of the head - you can see them
• StudentIs it a red ant
  Bugscope Teamyes!
• Studentit looks like my sister
• Studentyes i did!

• Studentis it a black ant
  Bugscope Teamit's red
• Studentwhat does a black ant look like
• Studentis it a queen ant
  Bugscope Teamno not a queen
• Studentis that its neck
  Bugscope Teamthat is its thorax
• Studentwhat is the difference between a black ant and a red ant
  Bugscope Teamthey are different species

• Studentis it a baby
• Studenthow old is it
  Bugscope Teamprobably a month or so old
• 2:55 pm
• Studentwhere did you find it
  Bugscope Teami think this ant came out of scott's nose!!! ;)
• Studentalex, can it fy because some movies have ants that fly. is that a myth?
• Studentare the jaws used for crushing its prey
• Studentwow
• Studentfly*
• Studenthow big can an ant gey
  Bugscope Teamthey can be 2 inches long in some places

• Studentwhat does it like to eat besides grass
  Bugscope Teamants often like sweet stuff but will eat almost anything that was once alive
• Studentwhat is different about them
• Studentdoes it fly
• Studenthow old do most ants get to be?
  Bugscope Teamwell, queens can live a couple of years or more, worker ants live just a season or less even
• Studentwere are its eyes
  Bugscope Teamon the very side of its head
• Studentwhat does it eat
• Studentha ha
• Studentdoes it like sugar
• Studenthow many ants are there in the world
  Bugscope Teamoh gosh, billions, trillions, quadrillions...
• Studentis it dead
  Bugscope Teamyes, all these insects are toast before we put them in the scope. we need them to be still to image them properly

• Studentwow kaila
• Studentcooper rules
  Bugscope Teamself proclaimed
• Studentred ants attack when they r messed with
• Studentwow
• Studenthow big is the biggest ant
  Bugscope Teamabout 2 inches long
• Studentwow cooper
• Studentmy sister says they have lifes when someone kills it is that true
• TeacherCan I please have the controls back?
  Bugscope Teamyou have them now
• Studentalex when did you decide that you wanted to be a scientist?
• Studentlike a family
• Studentplease
• Studentnoooooooooooooooo
• Bugscope Teamyou are THE MAN mrs. schaab
• Studenthow many different species of ants are there in the world
  Bugscope Teamover 12,000 species of ants in the world!
• Studentyes\

• TeacherThanks. Can the kids start asking questions about your job for a few minutes?
  Bugscope Teamtotally, we are ready
• Studentno
• Studenthi
• Studenti watched planet earth and it said if a ant touches a certian fungus another ant carries it far far away
  Bugscope Teamyeah the other ant can tell if it has a certain smell to it, and she wants to keep it away from the colony
• Studentwhat is your favorite thing about being a scientist
• Studenthow do you like your job
  Bugscope Teamlove it, it's important to do things you love
• Studentdo you like what you do and what do you do
• Studentwas this one super hungry
• Studentwhat interested u to be a scientist
• Studentdo you enjoy your job
  Bugscope Teamyes this is really fun most of the time
• Studentwhen were you 1st interested in bugs
• Bugscope Teamhere's one way to be happy in life: figure out what you really LOVE doing, and then find a job that lets you do that all day long
• Studentdoes it ever get boring
  Bugscope Teamsometimes you have stuff you don't want to do but I would not say boring

• Studentwhy did you want to do this job?
  Bugscope Teamthis is so much fun -- we get to see new technology as it is being developed, and we get to see cool samples of coral, etc.
• Studentwhy did u become a scientist
• 3:00 pm
• Studenthow many do you have to go to college before you become a scienctist
  Bugscope Teamoh yes, college is very important, because you learn things, but you also meet the other scientists in your field, and they get to know you
• Studentlike toaching bugs is that nasty

• Studentcrushing its prey
• Studentoooo yo you like music? cool. so how do you know all about all these bugs
  Bugscope Teami worked in this group for a while before i did bugscope, and i learned things on the job about bugs
• Studentthis isn't about your job, but do you have your masters?
• Studentdo you like looking at theses bugs so close up
• Studentalex, whats your fvorite bug

• Studentdo you do live theretning experiments

• Studentdoes toaching bug ever get nasty
• Studenthow many years
• Studenthow long hav u been a sceintist
  Bugscope TeamI have been doing this fulltime since college
• Studentwhat is your favorite part of bug scope mine is looking at diffrent bugs
• Studentwhat do you do that is so fun
• Studentdo u fall asleep while doing your job
  Bugscope Teamuh, well, no, sometimes you want to if you stayed up too late playing games...
• Studentwhat else do you like to do
• Bugscope Teamyou never stop learning about new things
• Studentbye
• Studentadios
• Bugscope Teambye!
• Studentby
• Studentsee you latter
• Studentbye bye
• Studentseeya later alex scot
• Studentbye
• Studentbye cool guys u rock
• Bugscope Teamthis was fun for us
• Studentoddiouse
• TeacherThank you so much for both session! We can't wait to view the transcrips on our home page!
• Studentbye
• Student!!goodbye alex! and other scientist dude! thank you so much! you rock
• Studentyour very kind thanks bye
• Studenti will miss you
• Studentyou rock alex
• Studentgood by thankyou
• Studentbye thanks for all the answers to our questions and becoming a sientist
• Studentthnx for the help dude
• Bugscope Teamhttp://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2009-060
• Studentwow
• Studentyou rock
• Bugscope Teamyay Thanks You All!
• Studenti will miss you, alex
• Bugscope Teamyou rock shea_izzys, it was cool meeting you
• Studentbye Scot and alex u guys rock!
• Studentu all rock!!! 8-D
• Bugscope Teami hope to talk to you again one day, maybe bugscope again next year?
• Bugscope TeamBye!
• Studentno you rock alex!
• Bugscope Teamand or roll!!!
• Studentalex is awesome
• Studentyou awesome
• Bugscope Teamtime for me to bail see you next year!
• Studentsee you later dude
• Studenti hope i will
• Studentyou rock and roll, alex!
• Studentthank you for scuezzing us in
• Studentyour awsome alex and alex j
• Studentbye
• Studentgoodbye, for now alex!
• Studenti have patrol now!
• Studentbye forrever
• Studentbye dude for ever
• 3:06 pm
• Bugscope Teamgreat session everyone, bye bye!