Connected on 2010-03-12 09:00:00
from Springfield, VT, US
- 7:44 am
- Bugscope TeamGood morning!
- TeacherGood morning, all...you're probably just getting things set up. This is Kelly and Moira ("Mo") from Vermont.
- Bugscope TeamWe're working on the presets.
- TeacherGreat to see you, Scott! Mo says 'good morning'!!! She's very excited.
- Bugscope TeamFeel free to watch while we drive around and collect good places for the session.
- TeacherOooh, are those mites on this critter?
- TeacherThe little oblong bits.
- Bugscope Teamwe can give you control as soon as we are done with presets
- Bugscope Teamthose are scales
- Bugscope Teamloose scales
- TeacherSounds good. Should I stop typing, so you can work? :-)
- TeacherMo is laughing out loud.
- Teacher"That's neat!" she says!
- TeacherWonderful, we'll try to keep it to a minimum. :-) This looks like some sort of moth?
- Bugscope Teamthat was the head of the earwig
- Teacheryikes! :-)
- Bugscope Teamthese kind of critters have built-in wirestrippers
- Bugscope TeamAlex may have to restart the server
- Teacherok
- 7:49 am
- Bugscope Teamwe're gonna have to reboot the system...
- Teachershoul i not relog in?
- Bugscope Teamwe are good now, no problemo
- Bugscope Teamjust had to restart the server that handles the live imaging from the scope
- Bugscope Teamdon't worry. if we go down we will erase your BRAT name so you can use it again, but we're good again..
- TeacherI see.
- Bugscope Teamhappens once and a while
- TeacherHehe..."Nasty looking," says Mo.
- TeacherWOW
- Bugscope Teamthat is a caterpillar proleg
- TeacherAwesome
- Bugscope Teamthe little eyes are called stemmata
- 7:54 am
- Bugscope TeamCate put on as many of yours as she had, or was possible. We usually add stuff to fill in, or if some of the samples we get are not imageable.
- TeacherThat's what I figured. :-) Any way to know if there was an armored mayfly that came out okay?
- Bugscope Teamwatch for it
- Teacherok
- TeacherThat's pretty
- Teacherpollen?
- Bugscope Teamyeah this is the coolest beetle
- Bugscope Teamyep!
- Teacher:-)
- Bugscope Teamthe wildest claws I have ever seen
- TeacherWow, is that the armored mayfly??
- 8:00 am
- TeacherWe're expecting Steve from the State lab, and Miss Cal and her students from Riverside.
- Bugscope Teamsounds good
- TeacherSteve should be a big help!
- TeacherIs there a way to expand the chat screen, perhaps to the side?
Bugscope Teamno, the image width is set. these are live images from the microscope, so it needs to be at a stable frame size
- TeacherHey, look at that...you did something? :-) Chat is now running off to the left side of the screen.
Bugscope Teamwhen we answer a specific question, the answer will show up to the left. but we don't always answer questions like that
- TeacherBut my questions are showing up twice. :-9
Bugscope Teamsometimes that happens, a hickup in the chat...
- Bugscope Teamwe can grab questions and answer them to the left if we want to
- Bugscope Teamall the chat and images are saved to your bugscope member page, so you can review the entire session in detail anytime after: http://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2009-159
- 8:06 am
- TeacherExcellent, thanks.
- TeacherDid any of our aquatic critters make it into the slides today?
- Bugscope Teamthis is one of them. these are not slides. these are aluminum stubs 1.75 inches in diameter
- Bugscope Teamwater beetle, backswimmer, yeah, they are they, check presets 5 and 4
- Bugscope Teamwe put all of the samples you sent that were good on the stub
- TeacherStub, not slide. :-) Got it. Great, the stonefly looks awesome!
Bugscope Teamheh, well, the bugs are all on a stub inside the electron microscope, and we are looking at live real time video/images from that electron microscope, which you will control in a moment (when the presets are done, almost there!)
- 8:11 am
- TeacherI was worried that most of them didn't make it, seeing as they are aquatic perhaps they had too much soft tissues to survive the drying process?
Bugscope Teamyeah, that does happen, the drying will shrivel up the insects very badly sometimes.
- TeacherCool, that looks like a water penny!
- Teacherno, sowbug. he's jointed
- Teachersorry
- TeacherSteve will know.
- TeacherIgnore me.
- Bugscope TeamThese were critical point dried to preserve them as well as possible.
- Bugscope Teamthese are crustaceans
- TeacherDrat, it's hard to tell at this magnification! Hehe. I've never seen them this close up before.
Bugscope Teamheh, there's a lot OTHER interesting things to see at high mag though, it'll be cool
- 8:18 am
- TeacherI am holding my breath to see if the armored mayfly shows up. :-) They look like little VW Beetles with the naked eye!
- Bugscope Teamwe just put it on
- Bugscope TeamOkay BRAT you have control
- Teacher*happy grins* Trying to type with my 3-yar-old son on my lap.
- TeacherOMG, you're kidding.
- TeacherHow do I start??
- Bugscope Teamyou should see controls to the right
- Bugscope Teamyou can change mag
- Teacherok
- Bugscope Teamclick to center is better than click to drive
- Bugscope Teamyou can also click on any of the presets (one click) to get the 'scope to drive to that place
- TeacherMoira's going to steer. :-)
- Bugscope Teamso if something is OOF you can take the focus up or down
- 8:23 am
- Bugscope Teamthis is the underside of the head of this larva
- Bugscope Teamthere is often a lot of debris on water critters
- Bugscope Teamwe see diatoms, sometimes
- TeacherMo says it looks like he has a beard...are those hairs> setae?
- Bugscope Teamyes those are setae
- Bugscope Teamone of the water beetles has really cool ones
- Bugscope Teamlike a wispy goatee on a beatnik
- Bugscope Teamthis is bizarre
- Bugscope Teamthese are tarsi on a leafhopper
- TeacherWhat's bizarre?
- Bugscope Teamand you can see a scale
- TeacherTarsi being claws?
- Bugscope Teamtarsi are the final four or five segments of the limbs, including the end with the claw
- TeacherGreat...do you guys ever look at tardigrades (water bears)?
- Bugscope Teamwe imaged a bunch of tardigrades for NASA and put them on Virtual Microscope
- TeacherYou did the ones for NASA???? Way cool!
- 8:28 am
- TeacherMo wants to know what that white speck is.
Bugscope Teamhmm, not sure, maybe it's juju (dirt, grime, junk, stuff we aren't sure what it is...)
- TeacherLOL 'juju'! I'm going to start using that now. Must be a scientific term. :-D
- Bugscope Teamwe set Virtual Microscope up for NASA a few years ago and are planning to upgrade it -- we have a proposal with NSF in for that
- Bugscope Teamwe critical point dried your samples so they would retain most of their shape from when they were fresh. Otherwise, if they were air dried, they would shrink and probably not look so good. Anyways, some of those little fluffy things are a byproduct from critical point drying
- Bugscope TeamHi Moira!
- GuestWell, we're back...it's under Moira now, not BRAT.
- Bugscope Teamhi moira, welcome to bugscope
- Bugscope Teamwe gave you control again
- Bugscope Teamif you want, you can log in as BRAT again, we fixd it
- 8:33 am
- GuestNow we don't have access to the presets...we're a guest? I will log out and relog as BRAT. :-)
- GuestWait, there they are....
- Bugscope Teamwait!
- Bugscope Teamgood
- Bugscope Teamwe gave you control...
- Bugscope Teamthat means you should see the presets
- Bugscope TeamMojo wanted to know what the Juju was
- Guesti'm a begginer tiper so i'm slow
- Bugscope Teamlike me
- Guestreally?
- Bugscope Teamit takes me forever to get a sentence out
- Bugscope TeamI am getting better
- Guestyeah i know how you feel.
- Bugscope Teambe sure and try clicking on another preset
- Bugscope Teamha you beat me to it
- Bugscope Teamyou can see some of the armor now
- Guestneat looking
- Guestwhats that spiral stick thing?
- Bugscope Teamthese are critters we are not very familiar with -- these larvae
- Guestokay
- 8:38 am
- Bugscope Teamit looks like some kind of membrane that has dried and shriveled
- Guestthe thing in the center looks like a shirivaled wing
- Guestcould be a membrain
- Bugscope Teamif you click on the scale bar in the lower left, it'll tell you more detail about the microscope parameters
- Bugscope Teamit does resemble a haltere, in a some ways
- Guesti need a minuet
- Guestbrb
- Bugscope Teamok
- Guesti'm back
- 8:43 am
- Bugscope TeamI guess this is technically a nymph
- Bugscope Teamwelcome
- Bugscope Teamthe whole critter, at this stage in its lifecycle
- Bugscope Teamthis is cool
- Bugscope TeamI like leafhoppers
- Guesti want to find out whats next to it
- Bugscope Teamits eyes are streamlined into the side of its bullet-shaped head
- Bugscope Teamthat is another larva
- Bugscope Teamthe one we think is a stonefly larva
- Bugscope Teamyou can see it has six legs
- Bugscope Teamyeah a lot of these look like hellgrammites
- Guestmabey a caddisfly out of its home
- Bugscope Teamactually it looks like there are lots of different larvae called hellgrammites
- Bugscope TeamI am sorry we are not very good with aquatic insects -- we don't see them that often
- Bugscope Teamthis is the tip of the abdomen, and you can see two cerci
- Guestwe vote caddisfly freeswiming or out of home
- 8:49 am
- Bugscope Teamsounds good to me
- GuestKelly here; do you remember finding a little casing or tube made out of tiny pebbles?
Bugscope TeamI don't remember seeing anything like that when I dried your samples...
- GuestOr made out of plant material?
- Bugscope Teammaybe I missed it
- GuestOkay; I'll go look for the tally sheets from the kids that tells us what we found that day, see if I can come up with any ideas before folks log on. :-)
- GuestControls back to MoJo...
- Bugscope Teamwe've looked at caddisflies, stoneflies, and mayflies before, but we have trouble keeping them straight
- Bugscope Teamand there are different species
- Guestokay
- Bugscope Teamwe have seen the kind that build little rock cocoons around themselve
- Bugscope Teams
- Bugscope Teambe sure to cruise to some other presets
- Guest"rock cocoons" are the caddisflys
- Bugscope Teamright
- Guestthey are the contractors of the river
- Bugscope Teamwe can learn something today
- Guesthe he he
- Guestheeeeey is this the butt of the bug?
- Guestyeah
- Guesta cadisfly
- Bugscope Teamyes this is the butt of one on the insects
- Guesthi
- Guestwhats up scott???
Bugscope Teamnot too much
- Guestuggghh thats so GROSSS
- Guestew
- Bugscope Teamhey everyone!
- Guestha ha
- Guesthi hayhann
- Bugscope Teamwho wants to drive?
- Guesthi kaylle and hannah
- Bugscope Teamwelcome to bugscope!
- Guestjnhjm
- Guestkaylee*
- Guestits KAYHANN
- GuestMIQUIIEEEE
- Guestthats icky
- GuestSo what is this, anyways?
- 8:54 am
- Guesti love yo
- Guesthey
- GuestHello There.(:
- Bugscope Teamokay I gave Ms. Cal control of the microscope
- Guestwaz up
- Guesthey miss cal its mo
- Guestnm. just checkin out bugs
- Guestthis is fun (:
- GuestHi people
- Guesti know right
- GuestYYYSAAAAAAAYY
- GuestHello Mo.(:
- Guesthey celia
- Studentwaz up
- GuestWhoa.
- GuestMATTTATA I LOVE YOU (:
- Bugscope Teamthis is one of the aquatic insect larva that busted open
- Guestnm u
- Guesthi hevver and ember
- GuestHi Jade and Lexie
- Guestwhos buttercup?
- Studentnmn
- Bugscope Teamso we can see what look like tracheae
- GuestThis Is Icky.:P
- Guesthey peoples
- GuestTHATS so so so gross
- GuestBusted up larva? Weird.
- Guestl ol
- GuestYes.Yes Indeed.(:
- Guestyea i know
- Bugscope Teamyep, this is a larva
- Studentcool
- Guestgross!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Guestweird
- GuestYes Yes...
- Bugscope Teamthese are all live images from an electron microscope - your teacher is controlling the scope at the moment
- GuestWhy Must We Look At This?
- Guestlol. jk. no im not
- Guestwho is alex?
Bugscope Teami am - i work at bugscope
- TeacherGood morning!
- Guestthese are bugs
- Guestwhats is this?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
- Bugscope Teamthere -- that is the head
- GuestHI MS CAL!
- Guestheloe
- Bugscope TeamGood morning, Ms. Cal!
- Guesthumpdy dumpy fell of a wall..
- Bugscope TeamGood morning
- Studentgood morning
- Guestthank you alex
- GuestHi Dominique.(:
- Guestwhat?
- Guestohhhh. thats cool (: do you like your job?
Bugscope Teamtotally, it's a lot of fun doing bugscope sessions
- GuestIts Amber.(:
- Guesthi hevver
- Guestnice
- Studentwhat?
- Guestoops
- GuestNope Its Amber.(:
- GuestKeep in mind, everyone, that all our chat notes will be archived. :-) That means a record will be kept of everything that is typed
- GuestWho is buttercup?
- Guesti am lik so weid
- Guestwhos buttercup?
- StudentHEY
- Guestwhat r we sopose to do one the website
Bugscope Teamyou can ask us questions about the microscope, or the insects, or about Alex
- Guesti think i am anyway
- Guest???imconfused
- GuestSo, this is one of our dead bugs? Cool~
- Studentwaz up Jenn
- StudentwHAT IS THIS
- Bugscope Teamyes, one of the ones you sent to us
- Studentkool
- Guest?
Bugscope Teamwhat's up person, how can we help?
- GuestIts Hairy!
- Guestwhy isnt it known yet?
Bugscope Teamwe don't recognize it but we expect one of your teachers will
- Guestoh boy
- Studentmaygin!!!
- Studentmuwahahaha
- Guesthi chase!!
- Studenthello to u to jenn
- Guestwhat kinda bug is this exactly?
Bugscope Teamit's a larval insect that will eventually turn into some kind of fly
- Guestwhat it that?
- Studenthello buttercup
- Studenthi celia1
- GuestWhoa. Close up.
- Guest...............
- Guestsweet
- GuestHEY JENN!!!!!!!
- Studentmy legs hurt
- Studenthello
- Guestwho is person?
- GuestSorry
- GuestHowdy, Miss Cal.
- Guestki jenn koleman!!!
- Guestyah
- Bugscope Teamhi there ms. cal, welcome to bugscope
- Studentthis is sooooo kool!!!
- Guestno
- Studenti hate kk
- StudentMatt!
- Guestthat is what
- Studentto many people talking
- 8:59 am
- GuestEventually? So, the bug isn't dead?
Bugscope Teamyou are correct -- this one in particular is not going any further
Bugscope Teamall the bugs are dead, yes
- Guestwhats this
- GuestI Dont Know?Ask Who Person Is?
- Studentagreed
- Guestok ms cal
- Guest yuck yuck yuck i hate bugs
- Student who is preson
- GuestMe Too.
- Guesthey that is cool
- Bugscope Teamthe crusty spikes are little hairs that are covered in juju
Bugscope Teamand hairs on insects are called setae (see-tee)
- Guestwhy bugs
- StudentPETER I CAN SEE YOU!
- Guestwhat is it????
- Studenthey
- Studentwhos peter kendall?
- Studentwhat is this pic
- GuestAhh. Okay.
- Studentkoolio
- Guesteww
- Guestwhat is it
- GuestWhos Person?
- Studentkool
- Studentpk
- Studentis this a bug
- Guestperson is frank
- Bugscope Teamthis is a close up of one of the aquatic larva that you sent to us
- Studentidk
- GuestHi Spank!
- Bugscope Teamnow this is a grasshopper head
- Studentare setae helpful in their existence?
- Guestwhat is a larva
- Guestis ths a bug head
- Guestand peoples is john
- Guestsupp
- Guestlice
- Guestno pete.
- Guestwho is peoples?
- GuestThat is weird
- Studentit looks odd
- Guesthi
- Guestgrasshoppers head
- Guestoh
- Bugscope Teamnotice the large compound eye there on the left?
- Studentthats GROSS
- GuestWeird... So the part, to the right, would be it's mouth?
Bugscope Teamyes its mouth to the right
- Bugscope Teamthis is one of ours
- Studentgrass hopper head?
- Guestit is eating something
- Studentoh cool
- Guestwhat is a compound eye?
- Teacherhey I think I see an antnae
Bugscope Teamthere was an antenna there
- Guestits all hairy
- Guestwhats this?
- Bugscope Teamnow this is a close up of the exoskeleton on the head
- StudentWhere is it eyes?
Bugscope Teamnow we are too close to see the eyes, but the one we could see was on the left
- Guest????????????
- Guestwhat is this
- Guesthi
- Student Hi Jenn Kolman
- Guesthairy ess is cool
- Guestis that its skin
- GuestI Dont Think It Has Eyes?
Bugscope Teamit sure does!
- GuestEWW
- Guesthi
- Guestwow
- Studentooo thats cool
- Studentkinda gross
- Guestwoow
- Studentno duh ian
- GuestOMG! what the heck is that
- Guesti think i see dandruff of something...
- Studentyeah
- Guestwhy dose this thing have hair
- Guestwat is it
- Studentis it breaking apart?
- Guesti cant see its eyes
- Guestthat is gross
- Guesthway
- Guestidk lil
- Guestsweet?? i think
- Studentis this a grasshopper?
- Studenti think i see a crack?
- Studentits a grasshopper head
- Guestthat scary
- Teachercan we have a closer look at the antenae
- Studenti thik so tiger
- Guestwhat is a compound eye?
- Guestidk is it
- Guestwelll that is so cool riches
- Bugscope Teaminsects don't have internal bones, so they would just turn into blobs if it wasn't for the hard outer shell called an exoekeleton
- Guestcool
- GuestWhat's that, jagged edge in the middle, that looks broken?
Bugscope Teamwe are at high mag, so it is hard to tell just what it is -- it is some kind of malformation in the cuticle on the head
Bugscope Teamlooks like part of the exoskeleton is cracked?
- Guesti am
- Guestthats cool
- Guestok ms cal well type slower
- Guesthey deven
- Guesti swear i dident break it!
- Guestso what exactly is tat supose to be?????
- GuestIt Is A Grasshopper?
- Guest big hair
- Guestno
- Studenti im devin brady
- StudentAre those sweat glands?
Bugscope Teamno, but good idea. insects don't sweat like humans do
- Guestwhat is it!!!!!!!!!!!
- Guestmaby
- Guesta hair i think
- Guestwhats up devin?
- Studentnm u?
- Guestis it dead?
- StudentDo grasshoppers have skin pores?
Bugscope Teamnope, they don't have skin, they have an exoskeleton
- GuestWhat is a compound eye?
- Guest'Where are its eyes?'
Bugscope Teamto the north-west
- Studenti hoope its deaad
- Guestit's not a grasshopper head
Bugscope Teamit is the head but you are at high mag
- Guestwhy do grass hoppers have skin?
- GuestTYPE SLOWER
- Guest idk
- TeacherHey all, there are lots of great questions being asked. Can you please slow down?
- Guestbig boom what
- Guestits,hairy?
- Studentya slow down
- GuestSkin Pores Really?
Bugscope Teamno, insects don't have skin
- Studentwhat are the bumps
- Guestwhy does that hair have a lump in it?
- Guestfrank garcceau is person
- Guestdevin do you know what this thing is
- Studentfaaaaaa
- Guestyes its a grasshopper
- Guesthi peple
- 9:04 am
- Studentthis is cool. how long did it take to make?
- Studentcan grasshoppers get tumors?
- GuestSo this picture is more of the skin?
- Guestthats a grasshoper
- GuestI Didnt Think They Had Skin Pores...
Bugscope Teamthey have spiracles that they breathe through]
- Guestis that a grasshopper head
- GuestWhat kind of bug is that
- Student Are tose skin flakes?
- Guestwho is cool person?
- Bugscope Teamthere's the compound eye - to the left!
- Guestwhat is a compound eye?
- Guesta gras hopper head
- GuestDoes this grasshopper thing have hair?
- Guestthis bug is wierd looking
- Guesthi tony
- Guestbut yah what is that
- Bugscope Teamthe big bump thing, that a compound eye
- Guestgrasshopper head !!
- Studenti think it has hair
- Guestit has antenne. it looks gross!
- Studentlong*
- GuestThats Really Weird Looking...
- Studentthe eye doesn't have a pupil?
- Studentwhos going to the dance
- Studentis that the ead?
- Bugscope Teamthe compound eye is made up of hundreds of individual facets, called ommatidia
- Studenthead*
- Guestz man!!!!!
- Studentthats a ugly grasshopper head
- Guestwhy dont insects have skin
Bugscope Teamthey have their skeleton on the outside -- an exoskeleton
- Guestwhats the difference between a compound eye and our normal eye
Bugscope Teama compound eye has hundreds of individual lens's each inside its own facet called ommatidia. those lens's are stuck in one position. human eyes have lens's that can move around to get a better angle of view.
- Guestit has like little legs in its mouth aka mandibles
- StudentTHIS IS A GRASS HOPPER HEAD
- Guest it is so awsome yes yes it is
- Guestthis is cool
- Guestthey have skin because they have to keep things in
- Guesti thought they had little hari
- Guesthey devin
- Guesthi
- Studenthow lond does it take to make a grass hopper
- Guesthye
- Teacherare their any sensory hairs on antanae
Bugscope Teamyou could drive to it and look to see
- StudentThe eyes just look flat and round
- Studentwhat is up
- Guestthis is wierd
- Guesthow do they grow hair out of the exoskeleton?
Bugscope Teamgood question! the hair (called setae) actually stick THROUGH the exoskeleton and attach to nerves underneath
- Guestgies lets talkkkk about this thing
- GuestYes.
- Studentyeah listen to person
- Guestis it dead
Bugscope Teamyes it is dead, and it is coated with gold-palladium, and it is inside the vacuum chamber in an electron microscope
- Studentis it dead
- Guestgrasshopper's head
- Studentfasinating
- Guestdose it have legs on its face??? it looks like it.
- StudentHow do grasshoppers reproduce, do they like, lay eggs?
- Guestso whats on the inside
- Guesta grass hoppers head
- Studentyes chiesa i think
- Guestthats cool
- Guestwhay are there bud in the world
- Guest'http://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/thumbnail.php?proposal=2009-159&srcURL=110053.jpg
- Guestidk the hop in the grass
- GuestOK
- Guestewwwww
- Guestthis is a picture
Bugscope Teamthese are live images from an electron microscope
- Studentdo they have any form of teeth?
Bugscope Teamthey have hardened mandibles
- Guesthey mrs cal what is this
- StudentDo they lay eggs?
- Guestidk
- StudentIts skin sorta looks like armor
Bugscope Teamit is a lot like a suit of armor! We often compare it to that. That's why insects have so many hairs. Without it, they would be fumbling around in their armor, unable to feel what's going on.
- Guestit look likes a leg sticking out of its head
Bugscope Teamthose are palps
Bugscope Teamwell, not a leg, those are mandibles
- Bugscope Teamthey do not have teeth
- Guestwow dude they just are k
- Guestis it a grass hopper
- Guestyeah ur rifgth
- Guest'what are those things that look like legs?'
- Guestright
- GuestHow about steering to a bug that we sent in, one of the aquatic bugs?
- Guestthe skin is armor. sorta
- Guestewwww
- GuestAntennae?
Bugscope Teamyep! that's a big antenna on the upper left
- Guestbig eys
- GuestWhat is a palp?
- Guestwhat is in the inside of a grasshopper
- GuestNope Nevermind.They Arent Antennae.
- Studentno
- StudentDO GRASSHOPPERS LAY EGGS?
- Guestis it eating some thing
- Teachercan we see the mandibles up closer
Bugscope Teamms. cal has control of the scope now, if you want us to control just let us know
- Studentits dead
- Guestwhat happend
- Guest?
- Studentwhats is that
- TeacherThe Black River
- Guest???? whats this
- Studentwhat is that
- GuestWhat Is That?
- Guestis that a flower?
- Guest' what is this?'
- Guestim soo confused
- Studentwhats that?
- Guestwow
- Bugscope Teamthis is pollen
- Guestits cool
- Bugscope Teamthis is a pollen grain!!!
- GuestSea Urchin?
- 9:09 am
- Guestis that really the black river
- Studenta pollen grian on claw
- Studentcool
- Guestthats the black river?
- Studenta grain!!
- Bugscope Teamyou all are doing GREAT!
- TeacherCan you give control of the scope to "Lilly" please?
- StudentWhy is it spiky and sharp
- Guesthi
- Guesta grain of sand
- Studentits a pollen Grain on Claw
- Guestthank you!!!
- Bugscope Teamlilly has control now
- Guestpollen from a flower?
Bugscope Teamyep, you got it
- Studentits pollen ppl
- Guestits a polen grain on claw
- Studentthats sooo cool
- Guestit looks like a flower
- Guestperson it is a grasshoper
- Guestit looks weird
- Guestwhat kind of claw is it?
- Guestwat is that
- Guestoh its polin
- StudentIt's pollen?
Bugscope Teamyes it's a little pollen grain
- Guestwhat type of plant is it?
- Guestok
- Guestit looks like it is in a cave.
- Studentooooooooooooooooo i get it
- Studentyes
- Guestreally? pollen?
- Studentits Pollen Grain on Claw
- GuestIts Inside Something..
- Bugscope Teamwe usually don't see such interesting claws
- Guest:)
- Guestwow
- Guestis this a pollin from a wat
- Teacherare we seeing mandibles close up
Bugscope Teamno, this is a claw, or the side of the claw
- Guest:p
- Guesti dont see anything
- Student:D
- Guesti will eat u rawr
- Guestinteresting
- StudentLily dont go so fast i cant see what the picture is
- Guestno!!!
- Bugscope Teamlilly, try clicking on a preset if you get lost
- Guestdont type that!!!
- Bugscope Teamor take the mag down
- Bugscope Teamthere ya go, nice job lilly!
- GuestCOULD A HUMAN SEE THE CLAW OF THE BEETLE?
Bugscope Teamwell, not too well with the naked eye, but it is possible
- Studentbeetle claw
- GuestEw..
- Guestbeetle claw
- StudentIT LOOKS LIKE A FACE
- Guestwhat type of beetle is thes
- Bugscope Teamthis is a wild-looking beetle you sent
- Guestwoah wats this
- StudentWhat is that?
- GuestDo They Bite?
- Guestlooks like claws
- Guestso weird
- Guestnice job lily
- Studenta beetle
- GuestInteresting...
- Studentthis soooo!!!!!!!!!!!! kool
- Guestthat beetle claw
- Bugscope TeamI have never seen a beetle like this
- Guestthis is sooooooo col
- Guesthi
- Guest-hurt
- Guestcool
- Student Do they have like, hands?
- TeacherThanks for giving the controls to Lilly! Tre is now interested. Can you give it to him?
- Guesttrye nice job
- Guest'what is this?'
- GuestWahst that?
- Guestwhos buttercup
- Bugscope Teamnotice all those hairs... those are vital to insects, they help them feel their environment
- Guestwill the hurt u
- Guesti hate beetles
- Guestare that bacteria around it?
Bugscope Teamno bacteria
- Guestbeetle claw
- Guestare they pincers
- Guestomg..... im sooooo confused
- Guestis it the claws
- Guestsweet this is cool
- Guestits a beatle?
- Bugscope Teamtre now has control of the scope!
- GuestMs. Cal, 'chiro' is Steve Fiske, our bug expert from Waterbury! :-)
- Guestweird a bettle claw
- Guestwhat r those thingys in the background?
- StudentGRRR dont log in as my name
- Bugscope Teamthese are beetle claws, yes
- StudentDo they have fingers.
Bugscope Teamum, no, not really
- Bugscope Teamtre, go ahead and drive around if you like
- Guesteden, move it to the right
- Studentbeetle is spelled beetle
- Studentidk bella
- Studentnot bettle
- Studentnor beatle
- GuestAposable Thumbs?
- Guestwow what is that
- Guestwoah wats this
- Guestno they have no fingers
- Studentsowbug
- GuestCreatures with claws generally don't have fingers. =/
- Guestthats coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
- Bugscope Teamthis is a sowbug, like a rolypoly
- Bugscope Teamyes, we think this is a sow bug
- Guestwow
- Guesteww.
- Studenttht is gross
- StudentIS that a rollie poolie
- Guestweird a bug on it's back?
Bugscope Teamwe mount most insects on their backs, because they backs aren't very interesting
- Guestsowbug
- Guestwhat is around the egdes
- Guestthis bug has hair
- Studentit looks wierd
- Guestdoes the cell bug have skin
- Guestyour going to fast
- GuestWHY IS IT CALLED THE SOWBUG?
- Guesthow many legs does a beetle have?
- Studentit makes me SICK!!!!!!
- GuestThose are legs right?
- Guestit looks like it has elbows
- Studentidk
- Guestdont change it soo quick
- Guestthat whats she said
- GuestSow Bug. Sounds familiar. Is it a common bug?
Bugscope Teamyeah, you've seen them around, they are pretty common
- 9:14 am
- Guest 6 legs
- GuestThats How We All Breathe,Through Our Lungs...
- Studentinsect
- Guestwhat is the most comin bug
- Guestahh to fast
- GuestRodriguez, these guys won't bother you; you scare THEM. :-)
- Guesthey whats up people
- Guestwhat is this?
- GuestGills. like a fish?
- GuestSow Bug?
- GuestSo why are there hairs on the edge of the bugs?
Bugscope Teamthose help them feel things - the hairs are called setae
- StudentDo Sowbugs' breath underwater?
- GuestThey Have Gills?
- GuestThats Weird..
- Guestwhat is a spiracle?
- Guestwhat is that
- Guestthis is cool!
- Guestif i do go in again, then i'm wearing a mask
- Guestto close
- GuestSettay?
- Bugscope Teamoops, almost went off the edge of the scope, try clicking on a preset now
- GuestWHY IS IT CALLED THE SOWBUG?
- Guestwhats this
- Studentsetae
- Guestzoom out
- Guestt
- StudentCan they breathe on land if they have gils
- Bugscope Teamnice job tre, you are doing great!
- Guestcells>
- Guestwhat is that bug called
- Guestsweet
- Guestsweet kinda
- Guestdoes this bug have a way to defend there selfs
- Guestwhat is tat
- GuestHow do the setae feel things?
Bugscope Teamthey connect to nerves on the inside of the exoskeleton
- Studenttht is gross
- Guestyour going to fast. take time to switch
- GuestWHY IS IT CALLED THE SOWBUG?
- Guesta torx screw?
- GuestIts Weird.
- Guestwhos controling the camera
- Bugscope Teamtry, go ahead and click on a preset, so we know where we are
- GuestTorx Screw?
- Guestwhat is that
- Studentthats a trachea
- Guestit has like....gills
- StudentDo bugs get hurt wen you step on them? like, do they have nerves?
Bugscope Teamwell, they don't have a central nervous system like we do, so they don't feel pain in the same way we do, but i'm sure they don't like being stepped on. who does?
- Guest:p
- Studentwhat are the things around the bug?
- Guestscientist what is that
- Studentwhen*
- Guestwhat kind of bug is that
- Bugscope Teamj and l, you have control to drive, put on your seatbelts!
- Studentslow down plz
- Guestwhat is a spiracle?
- Guestan aquatic larva,tiger!!!
- Studenthow do u write a Q
- GuestIs That Like Part Of The Bug?
- Guestthats a good pic
- Guestwhat is this
- Guestwould bugs die if u step on'em?
- GuestHI!!!
- Guestwhys it blank
- Guestwow
- GuestThis Is A Good Pictuer..
- Guestdo they have selfessteem
- Guestwhat dose that mean
- Studentliar!
- Guesthi
- Guestif they can see can they see better or worse than us?
Bugscope Teamthey can see better in some ways and worse in others. for example they can sometimes see UV light, which we cannot, and they can register motion more quickly than we can. at least some of them
Bugscope Teamflying insects can see very well, but it's more specialized. humans have great all around vision for lots of things
- Studentnot me
- Guestpossibly
- Guestthats cool
- Guestpollen yea
- Guestblack
- GuestI Dont Like Bugs..
- Guestthey dont
- Guestwats wrong ith it
- Guesthey, that was the pollen thing
- Guesti love bugs
- GuestWhat?
- Guesti like being step on
- GuestWHAT IS A SPIRACLE!?!?!?!!?!?!?
- Guestwhys it messed up?
- StudentDo bugs see well in the dark?
- Studentwhats a comb
- Guestnice claw
- Studentwhat is this?
- Guestscot why do ants have 6 legs
Bugscope Teamit is a conserved trait that all insects have, and there are also critters that are not insects that have six legs. it must be very 'handy' to have six legs
- GuestDots!
- Guestwhat is that
- Guestwhat are all the spots?
- GuestWhat are those holes
- TeacherCould you please hand over the controls to CJB&TSA? Thanks!
- Studentdoes the comb brush hair
- 9:19 am
- GuestSTOP TYPING AND TELL ME WHAT A SPIRACLE IS
Bugscope Teama spiracle is a breathing hole on an insect, it is usually on their body (abdomen)
- GuestYeah Please.
- Guestyea plase people
- Guest.
- Bugscope Teamj and l, click once to start moving, and click again to stop
- Guesthairs?
- Guestwazzz up
- GuestAre those claws
- Studentwht is this?
- Guest?
- Guestsweet
- Guestwhat are all the hairs on this bug
- Teachercan you focus on mandibles
- Guestthis is cool
- Guestlooks like a lobster
- Guestlegs are usefull
- Guest leg right??
- GuestThats Creepy.
- Guesti bored
- Guestthats cool
- Guestthats awesome!!!!!!!!!!
- Guestit looks like a spider leg
Bugscope Teamit looks much like a spider claw, at the tip of its leeg
- Guestis that a claw
- Guestit is hairy. it needs to shave
Bugscope Teamha! if it shaved it wouldn't be able to feel it's environment though... that wouldn't be cool
- GuestFOR THE LAST TIME WHAT IS A SPRIACLE?!?!?!?!?!?!
Bugscope Teamit is a breathing hole on an insect
- Guesta spiracle?
- Studentr those hairs
- Guesti dont know
- GuestYES]\
- Guesti think so
- Bugscope Teamleg
- Guestclose up of legs or arms
- Guestare those hairs?
- GuestThis Isnt A Spider Though.
- Guestwhay do they have hair
- Guestoh.
- Guestno its not bella
- Studentwht is tht
- GuestWHO INVENTED THE NAMES OF ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUGS?
Bugscope Teampeople -- lots of people, and they still do it
- Guestalex, does every sinlge bug have hair if not how do they keep warn
Bugscope Teamwell, most do have hairs yes, but not to keep warm, but to feel things. insects can have very high tolerance for temperature differences though...
- GuestIs that a claw that was on the end of the leg?
- Guesta spiracle?
- GuestIt Does Need To Shave Really Badly.
- GuestTHANK YOU ALEX I LOVE YOU LOADS
- Guestlol
- Guestwhat is this
- Guestthey dont roll
- Guestok
- Guestit looks like frog legs.
- Guestsweet
- Guestah!
- Studentslow down ppl
- Guestwhat is that
- Bugscope Teamthey aren't warm blooded like us. They can stand to be cold
- Guestbettles claw
- Studentwhat do tey eat?
Bugscope Teamsome eat plants, some eat other bugs
- GuestIs there a sertian job that names bugs?
Bugscope Teamyes taxonomists
- Guestthey are not frog legs
- Guestcccoooolio
- Guestahh thats the mouth
- Guestcreepy
- Guestbite me
- Guestcan regular people name the bugs?
- Teacherthanks is that a nose above the mandibles?
Bugscope Teamnot really a nose, just part of the face
Bugscope Teamyep!
- GuestYou Dont Know What They're Thinking.
- Guestteeth
- Guestthey would eat us
- GuestIs that the mouth? and does it have claws to eat?
- GuestWhat is the hair for?
Bugscope Teamfor feeling their environment
- GuestSo this is most likely a spider?
- Guestlike averages. me & you
- Guestno buddy inted them it waz cave man'
- Bugscope Teamwell not a nose though
- GuestEw.I Dont Like Bugs Anymore.
- TeacherScot, if you want to talk about something specific, feel free to take the controls to help you.
- Guestto touch
- Bugscope Teaminsects don't have noses
- Guestbig sharp pointy teeth!!!
- Guesti gess we all have to stay away from ants.
- Guesthello
- Guestmandibles
- Studentok
- GuestHow courages are the bugs, hopw big are there prey?
- Guestit has a mustache.
- Guestbugs are awsome!!!!!
- Bugscope Teamthe round bumpy parts are the compound eyes
- Teachernice shot
- GuestMs Cal ~ could chiro take control, that's Steve from the bug lab?
- Guesthello people
- Guestahh thats his head
- Bugscope Teamthe sticks by the eyes are the antennae
- Guesthay
- Bugscope Teamhere you can see the beetle's head, and its mandibles, and its compound eyes
- Guestwoo wat is that
- Guesta ant head
- Guestrawer ill eat u the bug said it
- Guestwhat do bugs eat?
Bugscope Teamplants, other bugs, human food, etc.
- Guestwow, and that was in our river
- GuestDoes it have pincers?
- Bugscope Teamthe little "feelers" under the jaws are the palps
- GuestThey Would Like To Step On Us.I Know It.
- Guestgross
- Guesthow big are the eyes
Bugscope Teamyou can use the micron bar to estimate the diameter of the eyes
- Bugscope Teamalso the antennae and the accessory mouthparts called palps
- Guestwierd eyes
- StudentTHS A BETTLE HD
- GuestMoira: Ms Cal ~ could chiro take control, that's Steve from the bug lab?
- Guestwere back
- Guesty r the eyes like that?
- Guest.
- Guestcompound eyes
Bugscope Teamyes, good work z-man! compound eyes
- Guestwhat are all those little holes
- Guestwhat is that
- GuestWhy do the mouth claws have hair on them?
- Guestwe need to de-bug our river. asap!p!
- Guesthow much can they see
- Guestbizz bizz
- Guestwow
- Guestprobly glands'
- Guestthink of him when drinking a glass of tap water
- Guestit has alot of hair....
Bugscope Teamyep, so it can feel things
- Guestbugs are ood for our river kaylee!
- Guestyeah
- Bugscope Teamand you can see the individual ommatidia in the compound eyes as well
- GuestHow big is this bug?
- GuestWHAT ARE BOTNOT FLIES?
- Studentwill they bit me??
- Guestchase likes these bugzzz
- Guesti ask one more time wat is that thing
Bugscope Teamthis is a beetle head
- 9:24 am
- Guest:)
- Guestcool
- Guestoh... so the hair makes it so it can feel things?
- Guestwhy do bugs have exoskeletons
Bugscope Teamthey need it because they don't have internal bones like we do. if they didn't have an exoskeleton, they'd just melt into a blob of guts and stuff....
- GuestCreepy..
- Studentkool
- Guestsickkk!!
- Guest ewwwwww
- Guestyeah a big eye a bunch of bubles on it
- Guestcorn
- Guestwe dont have head lice in our river pretty sure
- Studentants can lift alot of weight, can other bugs lift things too?
- Guestwhats around the ant?
- Guestthere is the eye
- Guestis that a compound eye
- Studenty is the eye so big?
- Guestit looks like a corn on the cob
- Guestwow i never would have guessed it looked like that
- GuestWeird..
- Guestdevin your skin
- Guesti got a deep voice while boy has a skeelish voice
- GuestXxXtony the tiger
- Guestwoa! big eye!
- Guestcate what are the horns coming out of the holes
Bugscope Teamthose were probably the antennae
- TeacherHi Scot, cate and alex, could you hand over the controls to CJB&TSA? Thanks!
Bugscope Teamdone
- Guest.......
- Guesteyes
- Guestwhat are the circles around the hair?
- Guest hio
- Guestit is scarin me ow...
- GuestWHAT ARE BOTNOT FLIES
- Guest......
- Guestk
- Studentpretty beautiful eye
- Guestim sticking with dasani for now on
- Guestit's staring at me
- Guestcccccccccccccccoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolll
- Guestkk
- Guestbotflies are so gross
- Guestit looks very bumpy.'
Bugscope Teamthose bumps are the individual facets of the eye, each one has a lens in it
- GuestDoes each eye able to move?
Bugscope Teamno they do not move
- Guestgrossssssssssssssssssssssss
- Guestwhoa! thats an eye?
- Guestthoes are cool eyes
- Guestno
- Guestsorry bout grammar
- Studentyesit does
- Guestcan we look at something else?
- GuestWHAT ARE BOT FLIES
- Guestthats not gross
- Studenty is the bugs eye so big
- Guestwhy does it k\
- Bugscope Teamclick again to stop moving
- Guestover a thousand lensea in theres eyes wow
- Guestskink repares
- Bugscope Teamthere ya go! nice work
- Guestfocus on the but
- Guestwow good job tanner
- Guestbutt
- GuestDeans Not Even In This Class!
- GuestWHAT ARE BOT FLIES
- Bugscope Teamif you get lost, just click on a preset
- Guestdont text talk
- Bugscope Teamthe antennae have a ball and socket joint and you can actually see that joint
- Guestwhat are these
- Studenttht is nice
- Bugscope Teamtake the mag down if you want, as well
- Guestwht
- Guestdevin ilove you
- Guestis
- GuestWhat is that "round thing"?
Bugscope Teamthat's the sticky tape we put the bugs on
- Guestholes
- Studentwht
- GuestWhat Is That?
- Guestits a pore
- Guestelow focos on the buttt
- Guest why do they have such rough skin (exockeleton)
- GuestTAKE A LOOK AT PRESET 24 -- THAT'S THE ARMORED MAYFLY YOU FOUND
- Guesteww. hairy
- StudentY IS THE SO BIG
- Guestwow
- Bugscope Teamcool, this is an armored mayfly
- Guestperson????
- GuestWhat kind of bug is this?
- Guestwhats that
- GuestTHERE YOU GO. :-)
- Studentwho is wazup
- Guesti think dmb should control the camera
Bugscope Teamnot a camera, a microscope, an electron microscope
- Guestewwwww
- Student(:
- GuestZOOM OUT TO SEE HIS SHELL!
- Guestwoah
- GuestThats Really Hairy.
- Guestwow
- Guestsnow
- Guestwhy is the skeleton on the outside not on the inside?
- Guestpw
- Guestlegs
- Guest(:
- Guestwow
- Guestlooks like its shielding it's self :)
- Guestwow
- Guestwho is t that
- Guest:putnam:
- Guestsheld human sheld
- Guestwhat are all those different things coming out of this bug
Bugscope Teamthose are the legs, in this case
Bugscope Teamthose are the hairs, or setae, they help it feel its environment
- Guest2 legs
- GuestUnder a microscope, would a bug mold and decay just as fast, or slower than it normally would?
- GuestWHY DO BUGS HAVE EXSOSKELOTENS?
Bugscope Teamto hold all the guts and stuff inside
- Guesti think they have their own way of communicating
- GuestCJB&TSA may i control the microscope
- Guestwhat is MAYFLY HEAD
- Guestwow thats really close
- Guestdude
- Guestwhat is that
- Guestit looks moldy
- Guestit does look like it got snowed on.
- Guestwhat is this organisms scientific name?
- StudentDo any bugs have skin?
Bugscope Teamnope
Bugscope Teamnot really
- GuestIf you have a posinis bug how do yu kill it with out getting hurt?
- Guestlk
- 9:29 am
- Guestgt
- Guest.
- Guestcccccccccooooooooooooooooooooooooooollllllllllllllll
- Guestare those hairs?
Bugscope Teamwell, yeah, but they are called setae (pronounced see-tee)
- GuestIts..Uh Interesting..
- StudentWHATS THAT GROSS STUFF ON THE BUG?
- Guestsatae
- Guestwhat is tht
- Guesta
- Studenttht leg loks wired
- Guesthey us that skin
- Guestit looks moldy whyyy??
- GuestAre a bugs digestive system, the same as ours?
- Guestit looks creepy
Bugscope Teamyeah mosquitos are very creepy and they have a humpback
- Guestdude
- Guestyeah what is that grosss stuff on the bug
- Guestlegs
- GuestSeatae.
- Guestwow
- Guestwhats that
Bugscope Teamthat was a mosquito
- Studentwhat is that?
- GuestWhat is that
- Guestbugs have exoskelotons correct
Bugscope Teamyep, right on z-man
- Guestdont they have several different brains
- Guestwhat is that
- GuestIs that a fly >
- Guestcoolio
- GuestWhat are those holes?
- Guesteeewwwww
- TeacherThanks for changing the controls so often. Can DMB control the microscope now?
Bugscope Teamhe has control now
- Guestthis looks creepy im glad these are small
- GuestSTEVE, IS THIS A CADDIS?
- Guesti belive bees have three
- Guestr
- Guestdo bugs have sperm?
- Guestwhy are bugs so small
- Guestzoom in on the neck
- Guesthow much blood can a mosqito take from u in one time?
Bugscope Teama few microliters, not much
- Studentyez
- GuestHairy.
- Guestzoo in
- Guesthi cate
- TeacherThanks!
- Guestprob? alot of blood at once
- Guestonly females do
- Guestblurry
- Guestdo bugs have sperm?
Bugscope Teamyes
- GuestSo how long has the bug been dead?
Bugscope TeamI think a few months
- Guestnot male
- Guestnot anymore
- Guestfood rocks!
- StudentIS THAT THE BUTT?
- Guestuntil they explode :)
- Bugscope Teamalmost every does anything for food or for reproduction. they don't spend time working on much else
- GuestHow does the microscope look? in your lab that is. can you even see it?
- GuestSo where is the part of the misquito that sucks the blood out of you
Bugscope Teamit is inside the sheath we saw before someone drove away from it
- Guestewwwww
- Studentwhat is this pic of
- Guestdo they poop?
Bugscope Teamyep, EVERYTHING poops, every organism excretes waste from food that it ingests...
- Guestc man is weird
- Guesthi
- GuestWHY DO MOSQUTOS HAVE A LONG MOUTH
Bugscope Teamthey have long mouths so they can insert a tube through the skin and drink the blood
- Guestdo bugs regrow legs if they lose one?
- TeacherI had always heard that mosquitoes eat pollen, and use the blood for their eggs somehow. Is that right?
- StudentHow do bugs reproduce?
- Guestok is it a leg
- Studentwht
- Guestbecaust ethey cna
- Guest-world
- Guesta weird looking leg?
- Guestthis thing is cool but what is it
- Guestdo bugs "keep in touch" with their family?
- GuestNo, isn't that it's whole body?
- Guesthey its tony
- Guestc man is weird
- Guestwhy would you want to know
- Guestdo they pee
Bugscope Teamwell, not like we do, but they can excrete liquids as well
- GuestHow Can You Tell If Its A Boy Or A Girl?
Bugscope Teamsometimes it is a size difference, sometimes it is morphology, and sometimes they look just alike from outside
- Guesthey
- Guestif 1000 mosqutos bit u at once how much blood would it take?
Bugscope Teamwhoa dude, not a nice thought.... it would certainly not be good for you...
- Guesttr
- Guestgross
- Guestno
- Guestyea bugs die fast!!!!!
- GuestHow can you tell if it is a boy or a girl?
- GuestWhy does it look torn?
- Guestscot can you tell if a mosqito has a desiase
- GuestHowHow long is a bugs life span?
Bugscope Teamprobably weeks to months at most
- Guesthow big is it
- Guestwhat is that
- Guestdo bugs regrow legs if they lose one?
Bugscope Teamsome can yes
- GuestWHERE DO THEY LAY THERE LARVA
- Guestwhat is this thing
- GuestCHIRO, IS THIS A CADDIS?
- 9:34 am
- Guestdevin, show us the mandibles
- Guestwhat is that
- Guestthankyou
- Guesthow big is it
- Guesti bet it woulden't be good for you...? prob will die
- GuestWhat is that?
- Guesti think its a grasshopper
- Guesthow long do mites live? years, months, weeks, days, hours?
Bugscope Teamdays and weeks, and perhaps months
- Guestin its mouth
- Guestwhat is dggdlgvludgvgldgvug
- Guestwhat is tha
- Guestrt
- Guestt
- Guesthow mant specis are there of miscoto
- Guesthi tanner
- GuestHow Can You Tell If Its A Boy Or A Girl?
Bugscope Teamsometimes you can easily, and sometimes you cannot from the outside
- GuestHow can a bug grow another part after it loses it?
- Bugscope Teamsome insects go through a molting process and can shed their exoskeleton and re grow some body parts in the process
- Guest'wow'
- GuestBut what part of the grasshopper?
- Guesti want to see its tongue
- Guestcool
- GuestTHIS LOOKS LIKE A CADDISFLY LARVA
- Guestis that the mouth
- Guesthow long would it take for a mosquito to kill you?
Bugscope Teamthe mosquito would not kill you but it might give you a disease that killed you
- Guestgvlkgigjhg
- Guestis that its leg
- Guestwhats that on its head
- Guestgkj,
- Guestthank you for answering my question this is really helpful ;)
- Guestit lok like a face
- Guestwhat is the average life span of a bug?
Bugscope Teamweeks to months... it varies
- Guestnie
- Guestgros
- Guesthey don't move so fast Dev
- GuestSLOW DOWN PPL!
- Guestslow down
- Guestgross
- Guestsorry, nice
- Guestyes what is that
- Guest;p
- Guestdo larva have stomics
- Guestahh whats that gross stuff
- StudentHow old is he oldest bug in the world?
- Studentis that the butt
- Guestyou cant see his tunge
- Guest;)
- Guestyes you ate
- Guest@alex, do you do this everyday?
- Guestmouth chew chew
- Guestr
- Teacherare those this bugs mandibles with teeth
Bugscope Teamthe mandibles are visible in the center, and they do not have teeth
- Guest:)
- Guestthats a cool tongue
- GuestWhat part is that?
- Guestwhat is taht
- Guestslow down devin
- Guestthatt
- Guestno
- Studentyou're really good at this devin
- Guesti'm bored
- Guesthow do they get clean?
- Guestalex what if a larva bit u?
Bugscope Teamhmm, i'm not sure
- Guesthey jenn
- Guestwhy does it have hair on its muth
Bugscope Teamwell, some of those hairs can taste food or smell food
- GuestHow do bugs reproduuce?
Bugscope Teamvarious ways, there are so many bugs
- Guestwhats that wierd miterial stuff on it
- Guestzjhdgfkjasdghf
- Guestoh
- Guesty do bugs bit us
- Guestk
- Guesto
- Guesthow long have bugs been around for
- Guestdo they eat other bugs
Bugscope Teamsome specialize in eating other bugs
- Guesthggcj
- GuestCant they see
- Guestlots of hair
Bugscope Teamyep, think of those hairs as skin, they need lots of it to feel things
- Guesthow do they get clean
Bugscope Teamthey use their limbs to wipe their cuticle and antennae, and sometimes they have combs built into their limbs that help with that
- Bugscope Teamthe organs are not exactly like human organs, but they do have guts and stuff
- Guestgo to the dobsonfly, devin
- Guestthose look like seeds
- Guestthank u alex
Bugscope Teamno problemo
- Guest Do any bugs have scales?
- Guesthiiiiiii
- Guestchange the bug please
- GuestWHY IS IT CALLED THE SOWBUG?
- GuestAbout how long do they live?
- Guestwhatisthat
- Guesttiger woods sucks
- Guestscales
- GuestThey look like little bugs on it
- TeacherCould you please give the control to Jenn(: Thanks!
- StudentHow old is the oldest bug in the world?
- GuestDo bugs have hearts?
Bugscope Teamyes, they do, not like ours, but they do need something to pump their blood through their bodies
- Guest;)
- Bugscope Teamjenn has control now, put on your seat belts!
- Guesthey what is that
- GuestWhat part is that?
- Guest:) :) :) :)
- GuestCan Flys and other insects mate? Is that even possible?
- 9:39 am
- Guestdo speides have heart
- Guestjenn, go to the dobsonfly
- GuestIs that the back?
- Guestis that a but
Bugscope Teamthose are segments, and part of the lower sections could be considered the abdomen
- Guest;););
- Guesthow long have bugs been around for
- GuestDo Must Bugs Eat Plants?
Bugscope Teami'm not sure if most do, but there are lots that eat plants. but there are many that also eat other insects, those are called predators
- Guestalex what do sowbugs eat?
- Guestwhat color is their blood?
- Guesta beatle
- Guestits spelled butt
Bugscope Teamyeah thanks, Chase
- GuestI DONT KNOW
- Guestfvgt
- Guestthis is a beetle????
Bugscope Teamthis is a crustacean
- GuestWHY IS IT CALLES THE SOWBUG?
Bugscope TeamI think because it resembled a female pig to someone a long time ago
- Guestdo bugs drink milk?
Bugscope Teami'll bet some would, for food, sure
- Guestdobsonfly dobsonfly
- GuestAre
- Studenthow fast do bugs fly
Bugscope Teamgood question! i think some butterflys can fly pretty fast. but a smaller fly would be the fastest, like maybe 20-25 miles per hour?
- Guestyay i got to control the electron microscope
- TeacherHi Scot, Jenn(: doesn't have control of the different bugs, only the one on the machine. Could you please go back to the mosquitoe? We're having a great discussion here about it.
- Guestthis is not a crustatean
- Guestoh ok thank you
- Teacherthis bug looks like an armadillo
- Guestok know how many things do they eat a day
- GuestDo All Bugs Have Hair?
- Guestwhat is a sowbug
- GuestOH OK
- Guesthow big is this compared to a ladybug?
- GuestThis Is A Sowbug.
- Bugscope Teamthis is the mosquito
- GuestNevermind.
- Guestits a sow aka pig, bug
- GuestEw.
- Bugscope TeamI locked the session so only we can drive
- TeacherThanks!
- TeacherI think it is a water penny beetle
Bugscope Teammaybe so; clearly it is an isopod, and some of them are aquatic
- Bugscope Teamthis is a mosquito
- Guestthink of it as a pig bug
- Guestthis is gross
- Bugscope Teamor maybe i'm wrong?
- Studentthanks for finally answering my Question
- GuestDo All Bugs Have Hair?
- Guestif dogs cant eat chocolate can bugs?
- Guestwhat is the biggest insect know to man?
Bugscope Teamone of them is the Goliath Beetle, which can be a big as your fist. Also, walking sticks can be very long -- like 12 or 15 inches
- Guestwhy do misquito bites itch?
Bugscope Teamtheir saliva has things in it that make you itch
- Guestis it true that if you flex while being bit by a mosquito it will EXPLODE??
- Guesttheres parasites on it
- Guestwhat is on it????
- GuestREALLY
- Guestwhat are he details in the comppund eyes called?
Bugscope Teamthose bumps are called ommatidia, individual facets of the eye, each one has a lens in it
- Guestthat looks like a straw
Bugscope Teamit is like a straw, it is a proboscis
- Guests awsome
- Guestalex what r those little creatures on the misquito???
- Guesti never knew thats what they bit us with
- Studenty do they bite people?
- Guestthats the needle that sucks out your blood
Bugscope Teamthe needle part is inside that sheath
- Guesthow strong are the lenses?
- StudentDo bugs get sick?
- Guestzoom in
- Guestwhat is the biggest insect know to man?
Bugscope Teamscott would answer with lobster usually
Bugscope Teamthe largest insect is really the goliath beetle
- Guestalex, can you tell if a mosqito has a dieseisse
Bugscope Teamum, well, not a live mosquito, i don't think you can, that's why they are dangerous
- GuestEw.
- Guestwhhat kind of misqueto is it
Bugscope Teamnot sure, maybe Culex
- Guestzoom in
- Guesthow strong are the facets?
- GuestAre There Different Kinds Of Misquitos?
- GuestSo are those specks everywhere on it parasites?
- Studenty do they bite people?
- TeacherCould you please transfer the controls to got bugs? Thanks!
- Guest a needle
- Guesthahahaha! lobster
- 9:44 am
- Guestdoes it just have one whole eye
- Guestzzzzzoooooommmmmm in
- Guestcan one ommitatidia be blind while the rest can see?
- Guestwhere do mosquitoes that are as big as your fist live?
- Bugscope Teamgot bugs has control
- Guestthere is also such thing as a spider as big as a plate?
Bugscope Teamwell, yeah, pretty close to that size
- Guestgiant compound eyes yo
- Bugscope Teamthe session is locked
- GuestThere Are Misquitos As Big As Your Fist?
Bugscope Teamno just beetles
- Guestok
- Guestyou dont feel the mosquito bite you until you smack it and it starts to itch
- Guestwhats a disea, ted
- Guestwhat is the best bug spray you can get??
- GuestDont Most Misquitos Carry Diseases?
- GuestEw.
- Guestwhat are all white this on its skin
- Studentb
- Bugscope Teamthe number one killer insect is the mosquito
- Guestwhat disease does this thing carry
- GuestDandruff.
- GuestWhat color blood do they have?
Bugscope Teami don't know, sorry
- Guestmiss cal what are wwe sopose to do
- Guestwhat is the stuff surrounding the eye?
- Guestwhat is the best kind of bug spray you can get?
- Guestthats what goes into our skin?
- Guestewe!!!!
- GuestWhy are there hairs?
Bugscope Teamso it can feel things
- Guestredvb
- Guesthow big is a goliath beetle?
Bugscope Teamabout as big as your fist
- Studenteh
- Guestlooks all hairy at the tip. why is that?
- Guestthat is so gross
- GuestThats Disgusting.That Goes Into Our Skin?
Bugscope Teamno there is a stylet -- actually a set of stylets and other parts, inside -- that go into your skin
- Guesti never wanna get bit by a mosiqto again
- GuestHow does that suck up blood?
- Teacheris this a foot
Bugscope Teamthis is the end of the mosquito proboscis- it is a sheath that has all the cutting tools and sucking tubes in it
- Guesthow does that go in to you
- Guestthats discusting!!!
- Guestwow
- GuestEw.
- GuestThat's disgusting.
- Studenty do they suck blood
- Guestbugs have blood?
Bugscope Teamyes, they do
- Guestyeah
- GuestWHY DOES YOUR ARM BECOME ITCHY AFTER A MOSQUTO BITES YOU
Bugscope Teamthe mosquito's saliva helps make your blood flow better, and not clot, and it also makes you tich
- Guestwhy are bugs so small
- Guestwhy is it so gross
- Guestthanks alex (:
- GuestTHATS AMAZING
- StudentTHATS YUMMY
- Guesthow do they fly????
- Guestcan you zoom out ?
- GuestWings..
- Bugscope Teamitch that it
- Guesti never want to get stung again!!
- GuestSo it comes out of that thing?
- Studenty do they suck blood
- Guestdo styets have holes to suck up the blood?
- GuestBUT WHY DOES IT MAKE YOU ITCH
- GuestI AN
- GuestDo They
- Guestwhy can mosqitos carry diseases?
Bugscope Teamif a mosquito sucks the blood of someone with a disease, then they stick you, you are likely to get that disease.
- Guesti.do.not.want.this.in.my.skin!
- Guestdoes this mouth on the mosquito where it has these things that look like claws, do they dig into thier skin?
- GuestPenguin: its food
- Guestagreed jenn.
- Guesthow do they fly????
- Guestcooley o
- GuestDo They Live Off Our Blood?
- GuestI AM CMAN
- GuestWHY DOES IT MAKE YOU ITCH
- Guestagreed kaylee!:)
- Guestmy computers going syco
- Guesti wish i had eyes like that!!!!
- Guestit looks liek corn
- Guestwow
- Guesthow do they fly
- Guestkew;l
- Guestagreed hannah
- Guestwow
- Guestcool
- Bugscope Teamthose are the ommatidia
- GuestIt looks like veins it them
- Guestwhat is this?!?!?!?!!??!?!?!
- Guestwahy is it rincely
- Guestcool the bumps have little bumps
- Guestits wrinkled
- Guestwhats that?
- GuestWHY DOES IT MAKE YOU ITCH
Bugscope Teami'm just not sure ted, sorry
- 9:49 am
- Guestahh what is that
- Guestwhy is it wrinkly???
Bugscope Teamwhen the insects die, they dry out a little, and that includes their eyes. That's why they look like bean bags.
- Bugscope Teamthis is an eye
- Guestwhyare the eyes so wrinkly?
- GuestDo They Live Off Our Blood?
- Guestwhat is it?
- GuestIt looks like bubble rap...
- Guesti could poke out 500 eyes
- Guestwow
- Guestwhat is this thing????
- Guesthow do they fly
Bugscope Teamwith wings
- Guestit does
- GuestDo They Live Off Our Blood?
Bugscope Teamsome mosquitos -- the females -- bite
- Guestwould you want to itch a mosqito bite
- Studenty do they suck blood?
- Guestactually they look like honey combs
- Guestcool
- Guestdude that is so weird
- Guestleaves
- GuestDOES THE HUMAN EYE LOOK LIKE THAT
Bugscope Teamnope, we only have two lens's
- Guestwhy are the separate and and not all together?
- Guestand grass
- Guestwhy are bugs so small!!!
- Guestwhat is this thing
- GuestDo misquitos suck other bugs blood?
- Teacherthanks!
- Studentwht is tht
- Guestoh,its dead
- Guestwhat is that
- StudentY DO THEY SUCK BLOOD?
- GuestWHAT IS THAT?
- Guestdude
- Guestwhat is that 2 aleex
- GuestJENN
- GuestAre There Different Types Of Misquitos?
- GuestWHAT IS THIS
- Guest@alex
- Bugscope Teambut let us know where you want to go and scott can drive there
- GuestAFSJVOPIUAIU(EHGUEY
- Guestfe
- Guestis this a beetle????
- Bugscope Teamah, these are palps
- Guestit looks like a mad big cheeked ant
- Guestit looks like a venus fly trap
- Guest;/
- Guesthjhj
- Guestwhat are palps purposes?
- Guestjmk
- Guestwhat are palps?
- Bugscope Teampalps are used to help manipulate food and taste it too
- Guest:p
- Guesteyelashes?
- StudentY DO THEIR EYES LOOK DIFFRENT THAN OUR EYES
Bugscope Teamoh yeah, way different
- Guestdo bugs sleep?
- Guestsame thing
- Guest gross groooooosssssssssssssss
- Guestewwww
- Guestwhat is this?
- Guestwhat do you mean by manipulate?
Bugscope Teammanipulate means to change, to organize, to do something to it
- Guestcan mosquitos swim?
- Guestcan bugs swim?
Bugscope Teamsome can yes
- Guestit looks like a potato
- Guestim back
- Guestthat chase guy is soo cool
- Guesteeewww
- Guestalex what is this thing????
Bugscope Teamthis is a beetle
- GuestAre There Different Types Of Misquitos?
Bugscope Teamyes lots of them, even some that do not feed on blood
- Bugscope Teamsome insects can swim, and some can dive under water
- GuestI HATE BUGS
- Guestcan mosquitos swim?
Bugscope Teamthey can swim when they are larvae
- Guestme too
- Guesthey butter cup get mrs johnson for me
- GuestSo only females suck our blood?
- Guestdo bugs sleep?
- Guestyes
- Guestthanks alex!
- Guestyes
- Guests
- Guestget over it
- GuestThanks a bunchhhh scot (:
- Guestok thank you alex!
- Studenttht beetle loks swierd
- Guestthey do sleep jenn
- Guestclaws
- Guestagain, thanks alex =)
- 9:54 am
- Guestwhat is that?
- TeacherHi Scot, cate and alex, Could you please take back the controls and show us a couple of things that you find interesting before the end of our sesson?
Bugscope Teamsure!
Bugscope Teamsure, scott is going that now
- GuestSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
- Guestwow way to spell ke$ha wrong guys
- Guest=)
- GuestAre There Different Kinds Of Misquitos?
- Bugscope Teamthis is the eye of a flea!
- TeacherThanks!
- GuestWOW what is that?
- StudentHOW DO THEY SLEEPP?
- Guestit looks like a tormato
- Bugscope Teamthis is a flea, the eye of a flea
- Guestwhy are bugs good for the world?
Bugscope Teamthink about all of the food, and the flowers that need to be pollinated -- like apples
- Guestthats a big bump
- Guestso what is that agian
- GuestEw.
- Guestit has teeth?
- Bugscope Teamnow we are taking the mag down to see more of the flea
- Guestyes pleese
- GuestIs that the eye?
- Guestwho are you rodrigueiz? oh and thanks for the answer
- StudentHOW DO THEY SLEEP?
- Guestoh it hair
- Guestwow
- Guestflea eye is the circle the eye
- Guestthis is a flea????
- Guestfleas eww those get on ur cats and dogs
- Guestthey do look like mean rabbits!
- Guestohh yeah
- Guestj
- Guesthow can flies scense if were moving?
- StudentHOW DO THEY SLEEP?
- Bugscope Teamif we did not have insects helping to pollinate fruit, we would not have fruit
- Guestdont type
- GuestMS CAL: CAN CHIRO HAVE A GO BEFORE WE END?
- Guestcan they fly?
- Guestcause we eat em
- Guestyou're a fruit
- StudentHOW DO THEY SLEEP?
- Guestyes i am
- Guestnice
- Guestwhos chiro? and how do you pronounce it? =)
- Guestwow mikey
- Guestidk
- Guesti love fruit p.s. you are a vegetable!
- Guestno i can feed myself
- Guesthannah. be productive
- StudentHOW DO THEY SLEEP?
Bugscope Teami'm not sure they sleep like we do, they probably just slow down a bit
- Teacherwhat is this last bug
Bugscope Teamthis is the surface of the body of the mosquit
- Guestdo they sleep
- Bugscope Teamthis is a mosquito
- Guesthow do they sleep
- Bugscope Teamscales on a mosquito
- GuestH
- Guestyes
- Guestdg
- Guestvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
- Guestyay!!!!!
- Guestwhat is that
- Guestbugs sleep!!!!!
- Guestdfjgidjfi
- Guestcan they fly while they sleep like we sleepwalk?
- Guestthat would be sick
- GuestCHIRO IS STEVE AT THE STATE LAB HERE IN VERMONT.
- GuestStop talking
- 9:59 am
- Guestreally???
- Studenti would very much like to know if they can sleep fly, like we sleep walk
Bugscope TeamI don't think they sleepfly
- GuestCHIRO IS STEVE AT THE STATE LABE HERE IN VERMONT
- Guestthats a big pic
- Guesthi
- GuestGood Question jenn.
- Guesthi ashley
- Student): that put a damper on my day
- Guesthiiii
- Guestjenn its mikey
- Bugscope Teamthis is a baby earwig. They aren't really aquatic, but that are found in damp soil, like under rocks
- Guesthi
- Guesthi
- Guesteww..
- StudentWHAT R CERCOPODS?
Bugscope Teamcercopods are the pincers of the earwig
- Guest What is the most important part of the bug?
- Guesthow do they manage to get through hard dirt?
Bugscope Teamthey stay close to the surface of the soil
- Bugscope Teampod means 'foot'
- Guestwhat is this
- Guest;
- Bugscope Teamthis is the body of the earwig
- Guestwhere do they live?
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head
- TeacherThanks so much for everything!
- Bugscope TeamThank You!
- Guesti am asking a q what are we looking at
- StudentWHAT DO EARWIGS DO?
Bugscope Teamthey are plant pests, mostly
- Guestcan they be found in beaches?
- Bugscope Teamremember, all the chat and images are saved to your member page: http://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2009-159
- TeacherWe really appreciate everything!
- Guestright
- Bugscope Teamyou did great ms. cal
- GuestAre those legs?
- Bugscope Teamall you kids, you did excellent as well, thanks for all the questions
- Guestcya
- GuestBye Sadie
- Guestkesha says bye
- Bugscope Teamover and out for me. Bye!
- GuestBye Scot. Thanks for all of your information
- Guest¡hasta la vista!
- TeacherI'm glad to hear that. It's the first time they've done anything like this and they're a little excited.
- 10:04 am
- TeacherBye!
- GuestGood bye Scot thanks
- Guestbye bye bye bye bye bye!
- GuestMo and I will stay on for a bit...
- Student THANKS SCOT FORANSWERING
- Guestis this the lab
- Bugscope Teamthis is the inside of the scope
- Guestpeter kendall
- Bugscope Teamthis is inside the microscope chamber where we keep the specimens
- Guestthis is cool
- Guestwow its really big
- Guesthi
- Bugscope Teamthe beam comes down from that cone at the top, the electrons bounce out of the sample and are collected by the detector, which is seen in the upper right
- Bugscope Teamthe inside chamber is about 8" by 8", but the stub is only 1.5" in diameter
- GuestWOW THIS IS SO COOL
- Guestwahst all that stuff on t6he table?
Bugscope Teamthose were the insects on that disk
- Guestthe*
- Guestthis is cool
- Bugscope Teamany last questions? we need to close down the session soon
- GuestTHATS COOOOL! :D
- Guestpeter kendall
- Guesthow much space does it take up?
Bugscope Teamthe microscope is about the size of a lab desk
- GuestDevin Brady
- Bugscope Teamthe hand you quickly saw was someone taking out the insects
- GuestWHAT IS THAT?
Bugscope Teamthis is the inside of the electron microscope
- Guestthats cool
- Guestoo so this is live
Bugscope Teamof course, the entire session was live images from an electron microscope
- Guesthow does it work?
Bugscope Teamthe scope fires electons at the bugs, and electrons fall off the bugs, and are collected by another collector that makes the images, all from electrons
- GuestThank you all VERY much I'm so glad we did this! Will learn a lot more for next time
- 10:09 am
- GuestTHATS COOOL! :D
- Guestthis si cool
- Bugscope Teamvery cool to hear
- Guestthat is so cool!
- Guesti would love toi have your job
Bugscope Teamheh cool
- Bugscope Teamimaging with electrons means there will be no color in the images
- Guestme t
- Guestwhere is the labratory?
Bugscope Teamin the basement of the beckman institute, part of the university of illinois
- Bugscope Teamwell, go to college, get a degree in something you enjoy, and then you can get a job you like...
- Guestthanks for the advice
- Guestya thats true
- Bugscope Teami got a degree in physics, alex has a degree in music
- Bugscope Teamsome people get jobs they like without college too though
- GuestTHANKS FOR ANSWERONG OUR QUESTIONS
- Bugscope Teamscot has a degree in biology and english
- Guestso you guys are all the way in illinois?
Bugscope Teamyep, we are in urbana illinois - home of the university of illinois
- Bugscope Teamyou guys did great, really, good questions, lots of action. very cool
- Guestwhy does he do this if he has a degree in music?
Bugscope Teammy job is actually systems admin, but i help with bugscope as the computer tech geek
- Bugscope Teamyep surrounded in corn
- Bugscope Teamalex is actually a great IT guy
- Guestthat must stink
- GuestThanks so much, everyone, I need to get to the office; we'll do the feedback in the next couple of days.
- Bugscope Teamcate and scott are the true microscopists, not me
- Guesthi
- Bugscope Teamthanks moria, great job!
- Bugscope Teamwhat we know about insects we've learned doing this project and by having entomologists on in the past
- GuestIS IT AWESOME TO BE SURRONDED BY CORN(FOOD) :)
- Bugscope Teami dont know, i sometimes think I belong up in wisconsin because i'm more of a cheese and milk girl
- GuestDO U LIKE UR JOB?
- Bugscope TeamI love my job. I never get bored
- Bugscope Teami love my job. it's different every day, never boring
- Guestentomologists?
Bugscope Teambug experts
- Guestdo you get paid alot
Bugscope Teamwe work for the state really, so we dont get paid as much as if we were working for an industry. But we have more job security
- 10:14 am
- Guestoo okay
- GuestTHATS REALLY COOL
- Bugscope Teami'm not an entomolgist, i'm a sysadmin, but i work on bugscope to help in case there are tech problems. but i've learned so much about insects by doing bugscope, i wouldn't trade it for anything
- GuestAlex: Mo says she had a great time. :-) So did I!
Bugscope Teamglad to hear it, it was a good session
- Guesti rule
- Bugscope Teamwell, yeah, we aren't millionaires or anything like that, but working in the sciences, you make good pay
- Guesthow long did you have to go to college for/
Bugscope TeamI just have a regular bachelor's degree, but nowadays masters and Phds are needed more and more it seems
Bugscope Teami have two degrees in music, undergrad and master, so 6 years for me
- Bugscope Teamokay, any last questions?
- Bugscope Teamwell go ahead and close down the session if not
- Bugscope Teamokay, we are done, nice session everyone, see you next time
