Connected on 2010-04-19 11:00:00
from Columbia, MO, US
- 9:53 am
- Bugscope Teamsample is pumping down
- 9:59 am
- Bugscope TeamHi Dan!
- Bugscope Teamwe'll be setting up in a minute
- Bugscope Teamwaiting for the vacuum to get a bit better
- Bugscope Teamalmost there
- 10:07 am
- 10:12 am
- 10:18 am
- Bugscope TeamHi DoctorXX!
- Bugscope TeamWelcome to Bugscope!
- Bugscope TeamWe're setting up for today's session at 11.
- Bugscope Teamum bye
- 10:23 am
- 10:29 am
- 10:35 am
- Bugscope Teamhi! welcome to bugscope ms spencer
- 10:41 am
- Bugscope Teamwelcome back
- Bugscope Teamis everything okay ms spencer?
- Bugscope TeamMs C you now have control of the microscope if you would like to test.
- Bugscope Teamyou can change the mag, drive (click to center is best), change focus, modify the brightness/contrast, and you can choose from among the presets on the right side of the chat.
- Bugscope TeamClicking on a preset will take you to that place on the stub.
- Bugscope Teamand you can drive around from there if you wish, as well
- 10:48 am
- Bugscope TeamMs Spencer let us know if you have any questions!
- Bugscope TeamOr if you have any trouble. Can you see the whole screen alright?
- Bugscope Teamthis is a part of the tiny true bug that has these odd structures we've seen on stinkbugs before
- TeacherI'm going to practice driving....
- Bugscope Teamcool
- Bugscope TeamCool!
- Bugscope Teamany questions just let us know
- TeacherAre all the presets from the samples we sent you?
Bugscope Teamwe added a few insects of our own as well
- 10:53 am
- TeacherWe're going to get the kids in here in about 5 min. They'll each log in with their name...
- TeacherDo we all have to look at the same preset at the same time?
Bugscope Teamyes once you select the preset, the microscope goes to that place, and then you can change the mag to see where you are, for example, or whatever you want
- Bugscope Teamwhere we are now is preset no. 23, but moved a bit
- Bugscope Teamnow the microscope moved to this other He,
- TeacherWE'll start with this preset.
- Bugscope Teamoops can't type Hemipteran
- TeacherMy teck is THRILLED to be helping. She says...Its a good thing we can't see all this on this level!
- Bugscope Teamyou can see its eyes, and its piercing mouthparts, the proximal end...
- Bugscope Teamheh you can see now. yeah you would feel sorry for the insects if they were looking at you while you mashed them
- Bugscope Teamfeel free to drive around or click on another preset -- you can always come back
- 10:59 am
- Bugscope TeamHello! Welcome to Bugscope!
- Bugscope Teamlet us know when you have questions
- StudentWhat kind of insect is this?
Bugscope Teamthis is a true bug. they kind of look like beetles but they arent. They have a proboscis they use to stab into either plants or other insects to drink from them
- StudentCOOL!
- Bugscope TeamHemipterans like this ('true bugs') have piercing/sucking mouthparts, and they have a sort of half membranous/half hardened shell wing
- Bugscope Teamyou can see the compound eyes,s and you can see where one of the antennae is busted off
- Bugscope TeamMs S can drive and take you on a tour of the exoskeleton
- Bugscope Teamor with her permission we can give you control of the microscope -- one person at a time
- Studentit looks really wierd
Bugscope Teamyeah, the bugs can look strange at high magnification
- Studentwhy is it called true bug?
- Studenti agree
- StudentWhat part are we looking at?
- Studentwhats that hole on its head?
Bugscope Teamthat is where its antenna had broken off
- Studentwhat is that?
- StudentWhat does this insect eat?
Bugscope Teamtrue bugs eat a lot of plant matter, leaves and such. that's why you see them often on leaves.
- Studentwhat are we looking at
- Studenthi
- StudentEEEEEEEK!
- StudentWhat is that line
Bugscope Teamthis looks like a segment of the abdomen
- Studentwhy is it called a true bug?
Bugscope Teamit is to differentiate them from other 'bugs,' kind of odd, but someone decided to call hemipterans true bugs
- Bugscope Teamthis, now, is the abdomen
- 11:05 am
- Bugscope Teamthe dark spot is probably a piece of junk like dirt
- Studentwhy is this called the true bug?
- Studentis that the exoskeleton
Bugscope Teamyes! very good, the exoskeleton covers the entire body of the bug
- Studentwhaaa?
- StudentWhere does this bug live
Bugscope Teamthey live all over the temperate regions; we don't know the exact range
- Studentit looks like outerspace
- Studentda!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentlook at the hair!
Bugscope Teamyeah, cool huh? it's not really hair though, those are called setae (pronounced see-tee) and they help insects to sense their environment
- Bugscope Teamedge of the world
- Studentwhatis this?
- Studentreally
- Bugscope Teamtry not to drive off the edge of the stub ms spencer
- Studentyeah right
- Studenti dont think ms s is driving
- Studentwhat color isit
- StudentWhat are we looking at now
- Studentwhat is it?
- StudentZOMBIE!!!!!!
- Studentis it a posnis bug
Bugscope Teamsome true bugs -- the ambush bugs and assassin bugs, for example, inject a venom into other insects that dissolves their internal organs, much like a spider does
- StudentWhat is it
- Studentdoes it bite
Bugscope Teamit could and it would probably hurt. one of the jaws is the very top of the head you see
- Studentwoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow
- Studentbok!
- Studentwut isit
- Studentwhat part of the insect is this
- Studentwhat is this bug?
- Studentare those legs?
Bugscope Teamthose are not legs, but they are thought to have evolved from legs. They are palps and they help the insect taste or move around food
- Studenthow big is this bug
- Studentis that a leaf in the backround
Bugscope Teamnope. those are just bumps in the sticky tape we put the bugs on
- Studentwhat is that?
- Bugscope Teamsince all bugs have a hard exoskeleton that can't feel anything, they need some way to sense their environment. that's where the setae come in. they are sensory organs that stick through the exoskeleton and attach to nerves underneath
- Studentare those pincers
- Studentwhat was that long thing on the 1 imeg
- Studentare they dead
Bugscope Teamyep, totally RIP
- Studentthats gross
Bugscope Teamheh
- Studentwhat are those leg things
Bugscope Teamthose are palps -- mandibular and maxillary palps
- Studentdont laugh at me
Bugscope Teamwell it is gross, but we see this a lot -- we weren't laughing at you
- 11:10 am
- Studentakward
- Studentis that yhe mouth?
- Studentthis bug is hairy
Bugscope Teamall bugs are hairy, in that they have lots of setae. setae are needed to feel things.
- Studentis that a spider?
Bugscope Teamwe dont have any spiders here today. You did send us a couple but they werent dry enough to use in time
Bugscope Teamit was a beetle
- Studentwhat bug is this
- Studentare those hairs on it?
- Studentbeast
- Studentwhat is that?
- Studentew
- Studentwhat is this?
- StudentWHAT IS THAT???
- Studentis that a mosquito?
Bugscope Teamyes!
- Studentweird
- StudentWhat is that
- Studentis that hair?
- Studentno way!
- Studentwhat part is that?
Bugscope Teamthese are palps on the face of the mosquito
- Studentis the mosquito bad to the envierment
- Studentare those scales
- Studentwhat part bites you
Bugscope Teamthe part that bits is the part sticking out of the face towards us. You can't see the actual parts right now because they are sheathed in that long tube
- Studentwhat part is this
- Studenteeewwwwwwww
- Studentyeah they are bad, they BITE!
Bugscope Teamonly the females bite, and there are some species of mosquito that actually do not feed on blood, neither the females nor the males
- StudentHow many weeks does a mosquito live?
- Studentshrunken eyes????
Bugscope Teamyeah, when insects dry out they can shrivel up like thise
- Studentor years, or days,
- Studentwhat does a baby mosquito look like
Bugscope Teamit has an aquatic form, so it looks like a wriggly little caterpillar, kind of, in the water
- Studentis that a antina
Bugscope Teamyep, good eye!
- Studentew
- Studenthow long does the misquito live
- Studentits cracked?
- Studentwhat do they eat?
Bugscope Teammost mosquitos drink blood but there are some that eat other things
- Studentweird
- Studentare those hairs
Bugscope Teamthose are setae that extend from the antenna
- Studentdont females bite when their pregnate cuz they need blood
Bugscope Teamthat is correct -- they need a blood meal in order to be able to successfully lay their eggs
- Studenthow long does it live
Bugscope Teammosquitos can live up to 100 days
- Studentdoes the antenna come out of the eye?
Bugscope Teamno, not from the eye itself, but from near the eye
- Studentare those hairs
Bugscope Teamyes they are on the antenna
- Studentare those antenea?
Bugscope Teamyes!
- Studentit looks like a bridge with hairs
- Studentdo they ever live in water like as baby
Bugscope Teamyes they do -- that is why you can control for mosquitoes by emptying little pools of water in the area you want to protect
- Studentis that the antenna
- StudentOK what is that, hair
Bugscope Teamnot hair, setae
- Studentakward
- Studentzoom in on one of the hair things coming out of the anntena please.
- 11:15 am
- Studentthats weird
- Studentzoom zoom zoom in
- Studentis that a katydid?
Bugscope Teamyes, good eye
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentew
- Studentfreaky!!!
- Studentthe eye looks big
- Studentthats the head, right
Bugscope Teamyes it is the head, and this is a small katydid. If we put in one of our larger ones, you wouldn't be able to see as much of the head as we are seeing now
- Studentthat is a huge eye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentreally?
- Studentno i just heard the teachers talking
- Studentwhere are the anntenea
Bugscope Teamthe antennae are sticking straight up from the head
- Studentis that a eye
- Studentis that the mouth?
Bugscope Teamthe mouth is to the lower left
- Studentchomp!
- Studentis this a girl or a boy
Bugscope Teamit is a girl -- we can tell because at the other end of the body it has an ovipositor for laying eges
- Studentis hair inportint
- Studentwhat are the bumps on its i
- TeacherCould you center the scope over the eye?
- Studenthow do you know all of this about bugs
- StudentHow big is the eye?????
Bugscope Teamif we compare the width of the eye to the scale bar we can see that it is more than 1000 microns -- more than a millimeter -- in diameter
- Bugscope Teamthe ommatidia -- the fine features of the eye -- are very smooth on an insect such as this
- Studentsetae? why is it called setae?
Bugscope Teamsetae (pronounced see-tee) is the name given to those hair like things. I'm not sure where the word comes from though.
- Studentthat huge bump is an eye right?
- Studentthat eye is HUGE!
Bugscope Teamit is. if you had compound eyes you would have better peripheral vision -- note that they are like domes. and also you would have a better ability to sense motion with all of the individual lenses -- the ommatidia
- Studentthat is a huge eye!
- Studentwhat are the bumps on its eye/
Bugscope Teamlot of dirt on the eye
- Studentbig eye? maybe?
- Studentit looks like the moon
- Studentis the setae inportint
Bugscope Teamoh yeah, totally. without the setae, insects wouldn't be able to feel anything, because their exoskeleton is hard and has no nerves in it
- Studentwhat are bumpy things on the eye?
- Studentwhats that stuff on the eye
Bugscope Teamsome of it is just dirt and grime, we call it juju
- Studentdo insects have noses
- Studentdirt on the eye?
- Studentrolly polly
- Studentit has dirt on its eye!
- 11:20 am
- Studentilove roly polies
- StudentEWWW why is there dirt on their eye
- Studentyuck
- Studentwow.
- StudentTHATS a rolypoly!
- StudentWhat is a rolypolies favorite snack
- Studentare those legs
- Studentwow.wow.wow.
- Studenthow long do the rolly pollys live?
- Student?
- Studentthe rolly polly looks funny
- Studentare those leg?
- Studentwhat are those things?
- Studenti dont like rolypolys anymore
- Studentwhat is the shell made of?
Bugscope Teamchitin, like a shrimp shell, or like the exoskeletons insects have. but this is a crustacean
- Studentwhy are there spikes on the legs
Bugscope Teamso the legs can feel things, those spikes are setae, i think
- Bugscope Teamroly poly's are not insects, actually, they are a species of crustaceans, like lobsters.
- Studentare those legs?
- Studenthow can u tell if its a boy or a girl
- TeacherCan you center over the head
- Studentthose legs r cool
Bugscope Teamthey are called 'isopods' because all of their legs -- all of their feet -- are the same: 'iso'
- Studentwhat does a rolly polly eat
Bugscope Teamthey feed on decaying plant matter
- Studentwhat are the things on its legs?
- Studentwhat does a rolly polly eat?
- Studentwhat r those spikes
- Studentdo Roly Polys have claws???
Bugscope Teamthey have single claws, unlike many insects
- StudentThe legs look sharp when magnified!!
- Studentif rolly pollys are not insects, then why are we looking at them?
Bugscope Teamsometimes we will put non insects in the scope because they are still fun to look at. Sometimes we will even have salt to look at
- Studenty does it have so many legs
- Studentwhats that!
- Studentwhat is that thing??
- Studenthehehe
- Studenthuh? what is that?
- Studentwhy do thay have spicks?
- Studentwhat part r we looking at?
Bugscope Teamthis is the underside of the head
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentis this the head
- Studentwhat is that??
- Bugscope Teamthey eat decaying vegetation, so that's why you see them in dark damp places with decaying leaves and such. to them that's dinner. yum!
- StudentDECAYING PLANT MATTER???
Bugscope Teamtotally. breakfast of poly-ans.
- Studenthow long do they live
- StudentWHAT IS THAT THING?
- Studentohhh
- Studentwhere are the eyes?
- Bugscope TeamI just moved us to the eye -- one of the eyes
- Studentwhat is rolly polly like what famliey if its not a insect
- Studentthose eyes are bumpy. Y?
Bugscope Teamthey are compound eyes with individual facets, and those bumps are the facets
- Bugscope Teambreakfast of champolyans
- Studentwhat does a roly poly eat?
Bugscope Teamdecaying plant matter
- Studentlooks like a bunch of grapes!
Bugscope Teamyeah or a raspberry even!
- StudentHow long does a rolypolie normaly live?
Bugscope Teamthey can live for about 2 years
- Studentwhats polyans?
Bugscope Teamoh i just made that word up... i was combining champion and poly
- Studentis that an eye?
Bugscope Teamthat bumpy part is the eye
- Studentant
- Studentis this compound
Bugscope Teamyes it is
- Studenteek ants
- Studentis that a eye?
- 11:25 am
- Studentthey look like a bee hive
Bugscope Teamyes it is a conserved shape to many insects/arthropods
- Studentis that a compond eye
Bugscope Teamyep
- Studentit looks like an hand gernade
- Studentwheres the ant?
- Studentis that an antr
Bugscope Teamyes it is!
- Studentyuk
- Bugscope Teamyou know an ant is an ant when it has elbowed antennae
- Studentcool
- Studentis that an ant?
- Studentis that the mouth
- Studentis that a ant head???????????????????????
- Studentthat mouth is cool
- Studentis that dead?
Bugscope Teamyep, all the bugs are dead, need to be still to be imaged well
- Studentare those legs too
- Studentare those antena
- Studentr those bent tings antena
- Studentwhy do ant bites itch
Bugscope Teamthey can spray formic acid into the wound after they bite you which causes the pain or itchiness
- Studenthow many times is this magnified
Bugscope Teamclick on the scale bar in the lower left of the image, that'll tell you the current mag as well as other cool things
- Studentare those legs?
- Bugscope Teamthe first part of the antenna -- the stiff part closer to the head -- is called the 'scape.'
- Studentare those legs coming out of its eyes
Bugscope TeamHannah we can't see the eyes because they are on the other side of the head. Ants often look like they have legs coming out of their mouths.
- Studenty are there hair like things on his mouth
Bugscope Teamyep, probably used to taste or smell the food. setae can do that. setae are way cool.
- Studentthat looks like a machine!
- Studentwhat part is that?
Bugscope Teamthis is near the back of the head from the under side
- Studentwhat part is that?
- StudentDo ants ever kill other ants for food?
- Studentr those frekles
- Studentdo they bite people?
- Studenthow much can they carry at a time in the mouth
- TeacherWe're trying to get to the mouth, can you help us out?
- Studenthow long do ants live?
Bugscope Teamwell, the queen can live years, but the workers die quickly, maybe weeks or months at most?
- Studentwhat is that pattern on his face
- Studentwhy is it called the scalp?
Bugscope Teamthe portion of the antenna is called a 'scape,' but I am not sure why
- Studentis it true that ants can count?
Bugscope Teamwow I hadn't heard that. I don't know.
- Bugscope Teamants sometimes look like they are consuming other insects because of the palps sticking out
- Studentwasp
- Studentwhere do the ants put the babies?
- Studenthi cate
- Studentwhat is that?
- Studentis that the thorax
- Studentis that a wasp antena
Bugscope Teamthis is the antenna.
- Studentlooks like a spike pit!
- Studentwhat is that?
- Studentis that sedae
Bugscope Teamthose are setae, yes
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentwhat are those spikey things?
Bugscope Teamthose are micro-setae
- Student it looks sharp
- Studentthis looks really cool
- Bugscope Teamthis is a close-up of a wasp antenna
- Studentis that setae\
- Studentis that theleg????????????
- 11:30 am
- Studentits a wasp anntena
- Studentwhat are the spikes
- Studentthats cool
- Studentcool
- Studentzoom in on the spikes!!!!!
- Studentthis is a wasp head, right
Bugscope Teamyes!
- Studenttose are sencers?
Bugscope TeamDesmond many of the setae are sensory: mechano- or thermo- or chemo-sensory.
- Studentms spencer thot iswus sensers
- Studentlooks like a mad scientest!!!!
- Studentthis thing is creepy
- Studentare those chewing mouth parts
- Studenthehehe
- StudentOh my gosh!! How high did you magnify that!?!?
- Studentwhat are those two round ball things?
Bugscope Teamthose are the compound eyes
- Studentis one of its anntenae cut off?
- Studentreeaallyy??
- Studentzoom zoom zoom zooooooooooooooooooooom in on the mouth
- Studentewewew
- Studentwhat is that thing in front of his mouth
- Studentm
- StudentCan Wasps bite
Bugscope Teamthey can bite but their mouths are small compared to us, so they usually sting
- Studentcan u zoom even farther
- Studentis that a mouth
- Studentwhat are the 2 fuzzy things
- Studentare those teeth
Bugscope Teamthey dont have teeth, they have their jaws and palps they use for eating
- Studentwhat is that?
Bugscope Teamthis is the mouth of the wasp
- Studenthow long do wasps live
- Studentwhat are the spikes
- Studentwhat are those spikey things
- Studentdoes a wasp die after it sting
Bugscope Teamno it can sting again
- Studentwhat part is that?
- Studentis tha t the mouth open
Bugscope Teamsort of; it is hard to actually see into a mouth
- Studentwhat do they eat
- Studentwhat are we looking at
- Studentno teeth?
- Studentwhat are the spikes?
- Studentare those spick?
- StudentDo wasps have teeth
- Studenthow do they eat without teeth
Bugscope Teamthey have chewing mouthparts, some of them, and the mouthparts are made of chitin, which may in some insects be hardened with minerals such as calcium and zinc
- Studenthow zoomed in are we
- Studentwhat part is that?
- Studentdoes the wasp's stiger break off?
- StudentNow its getting creepy, CAN you even zoom in farther?
- Studentwhat do they eat?
- Studentya
- Studentwhat do wasps eat
Bugscope Teamwasps will eat garbage. like how you usually see them buzzing around picnic tables or at places where you eat outside
- Studentsetae, maybe?
- Studentcan you zoom farther
- Studentwasp stinger
- 11:35 am
- Studentcan we see the stinger
- Studentwhats zinc
Bugscope Teamzinc is a silvery gray metal
- Studenti dont think picnic food is garbage
Bugscope Teamgood point
- Studentthat exsplains
- Studenthow do they reproduce?
- Studentit looks harmless
- Studentlooks like a hotdog.
Bugscope Teamhaha, it has some liquid gunk that got dried on it by the looks of it, so it wouldn't always look like that.
- Studentwhat are those bumps?
- Studentis that the butt
Bugscope Teamit comes out of the abdomen, which to us seems like a butt
- Studenthow come the stinger doesnt look sharp
Bugscope Teamone reason is does not look sharp is that it is highly magnified. I think I would rather be stung with something sharp because something blunt would hurt more
- Studentthats the stinger?
- Studentkatie to wasps it is
- Studentthat looks dull not sharp
- Studentare those bumps dirt?
- Studentwhat are the spikes on the stinger?
- Studentgood point.
- Studentif the stinger persis skin how come its so dool
Bugscope Teamit's still sharp enough to pierce, it just doesn't look like in when viewed from a powerful microscope
- Studentare the stingers poisonous
Bugscope Teamthey are attached to glands that produce venom, and you could be allergic to it
- Studentthat dosen't look like a stinger
- Studentthat looks like a bee hive
Bugscope Teamthis is a moth eye
- Bugscope Teamhere's a compound eye, with a scale on the right side
- Studentthats a compound eye
- Studentthat's huge!!!!!!!
- Studentwhy do the stingers hurt
Bugscope Teamthe venom hurts, and the stinger hurts because it pierces your skin
- Studentwhy is it hexagons
- Studentis that a bit of a eye
Bugscope Teamyes that was part of a moth's eye, and you could see a scale to the right
- Studentwhen a bug stings u y does it swell
Bugscope Teamyour skin reacts to it -- to the venom that is delivered by the stinger
- Studenthow many eyes are in that eye?
- 11:40 am
- Studentwhat is that
- Bugscope Teamsorry the insect preset moved a little so the tastebuds aren't viewable anymore
- Studentis that taste buds of a true bug
- Studentwha t do bugs tast
- Bugscope Teamthat was preset 9
- Studentis thateggs
- Studentscratch that!
- Studentwhat is that?
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentthat look really weird
- Studentwhat are those things
- Studentwhats that goop?
Bugscope Teamsometimes when insects die they throw up, or hemolymph, which is their 'blood,', comes out of their joints
- StudentWhere are we going!?!?!?!?!?!?
- Studenti fed a cabbage luper to my stikbug
- Studenti dont have any time to write!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentis that a mouth?
Bugscope Teamthat is the tip of the proboscis, and those tiny setae are chemosensory -- they help the bug taste what it is eating.
Bugscope Teamthis is a mouth part for the true bug
- Studentwhat is that
- Student:]
- StudentWHAT DO BUGS TAST?
- StudentWhat is that???????????????????
- Studenteww thats throw up
- Studentlooks like a cave
- Studentnnassssstttttttttttttyyy
- StudentARE THOSE TEETH
Bugscope Teamthose are chemosensory setae used for tasting, no teeth on this bug
- Studentit loo ks like a dinosaur
- 11:46 am
- Studentare those things teeth
- Studentwhat are the spikes
Bugscope Teamthe spikes were chemosensory setae that could smell food
- Bugscope Teamokay I did that -- I just moved us to the moth eye
- Studentummm...
- Studentwats this
- Studentwhats going on
- Studentwhat is the thing on the right side
- Studentis that a wing too
- Bugscope Teamthis is cool
- Studentin the i
- Studentis that a compound eye
- Studentthose eyes looks like its hard to see through them
- Studentdo bugs see in coler
- Studentdo bugs see color
Bugscope Teamyes they can see color, although they may be sensitive to different colors, and some insects can also see in the ultraviolet wavelengths of light, whereas we cannot
- Studentdefinently compound.
- Bugscope Teamnow we see that the eye does look like lots of hexagons stuck together, as Evan said
- StudentDoes the insect see lots of dinnerent images or just one? How does the compound eye help it? This is Ms. Spencer
- Studentdo bugs see in color
Bugscope TeamYes, some of them see colors. Some see "colors" that we can't see in the ultraviolet range (the same as a black-light). In fact, many flowers have pretty patterns that can only be seen with a UV camera, but they're there to attract insects
- Studentif ! eye is hurt does it effect all the eyes
- StudentWhat are those little dots
- StudentI mean different images
- Studentwhat are those dots for?
Bugscope Teamwe are not sure what the dots are but we think they may have to do with the better ability to see that the moths have
- Studentno
- Studentcool
- Studentthere like dogs
- Studentnever mind
- Studentthis is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Student.....
- StudentYou can see bigger lumps, are those eyes or dirt or what else
- Studentdo insects smell things better than us?
Bugscope Teamthey seem to be very good at smelling very small amounts of chemicals in the air -- I would say yes
- Studentif one eye is hurt does it effect all the eyes
Bugscope Teami dont think so, they just have a little blind spot
- 11:51 am
- Studenthow long do they live
- Studentwhat insect is this
Bugscope Teamthis is a moth
- Bugscope Teammost insects will rely on their antennae more than their eyes
- Studentif one eye is hurt can it heal
Bugscope Teamthe insect does not live long, and the eye will likely not heal in that short time
- Studentthats creepy to think thats a moth
- TeacherWe're going to move to preset 15
- Studenthow do insects smell?
Bugscope Teamwith the setae (hairs), insects don't have noses like humans do
- StudentWhat the heck...WHAT IS THAT
- Studentwhat is that body part
Bugscope Teamthese are tenent (to have, to hold) setae near an insect's claw
- Studentwhat r those
- Studentwhat is that?
Bugscope Teamthese are tenent setae, used to help insects that have them climb on vertical surfaces
- Studentthanks!
- Studentwhat are those?
- Studentwhat happens if the bug dameges one wing can they still fly
- StudentDo moths have more than 300 eyes
Bugscope Teamwell, the compound eye can have more than 300 facets, or ommatidia, in it. sometimes thousands!
- Studentlooks like candeland
- Bugscope Teamnear the tip of a beetle's claw
- Studentwhat is that thing that looks like a bunch of squids?
- Studentare those sencers?
Bugscope Teamin this case they are not sensors -- they help the beetle cling to surfaces
- Bugscope Teamthey can act like velcro or suction pads
- StudentHow high is it magnifyed right now?
- Studenty is there two lines pr dot
- Studentwhats that goop between yhe setae?
- Studenthow long do they live
Bugscope Teamdepends on the beetle, but usually a season in this part of the world
- Studentcool
- StudentWhat are the dots?
- StudentWhat are those balls
Bugscope Teamthose are called 'brochosomes,' and they are produced by leafhoppers and thought to help them protect their eggs from drying out
- Bugscope Teambrochosomes!
- Studentwhat are those round ball things?
- StudentWhat is that
- Studentis that fungi
- Studentcant they burrow
- Studentwhat the????
- Studentor mold
- Bugscope Teamcheck out the cool shape of the brochosomes, like little soccer balls
- Studentit says it is Brochosomes
- 11:56 am
- Studentwhat is that?
- Studentwhat are the balls/
- Bugscope Teamthose are true nanoparticles
- Studenthow long do they live
- Bugscope Teamthey are less than 500 nanometers in diameter
- Studentnanometers?
- Studentwhat is that?
- Studentwhat r those balls
- Studentare the eggs inside the Brochosomes
Bugscope Teamno the brochosomes usually coat the eggs
- Studenty r there dots on them
Bugscope Teamthe dots show us that they are hollow, kind of like wiffle balls
- Studentwhat happens if the eggs dry out?
Bugscope Teamthey would not be viable -- they would not hatch
- Studentlooking at bugs makes me wonder, have scientists found all insects or bugs in the world?
Bugscope Teamnot even close! there are probably millions of undiscovered species in the world
- Studentt mean
- Studentwhy is there abranch?
- TeacherWould you please zoom in on the eye
- Studentis that his antenna
- Studenthow far can a leaf hopper hop
Bugscope Teamusually no more than a foot or so
- Studentis the annteae coming out of its eye
Bugscope Teamno it's just running along the eye, it's not connected there
- Studenthow long do they live
Bugscope Teamthey live for around 40 days
- Studentwhat is that?
- Studentwhats that back round
- StudentHow many lenses in that eye?
- Bugscope Teamthis is the compound eye
- StudentWhat are those tiny little white things?
Bugscope Teamthose are the brochosomes
- Studentis that the compound eye?
- Bugscope Teamhundreds of lenses, called ommatidia
- Studentis that salt or sugar on his eye
Bugscope Teamif you could see them closer you would see that they are brochosomes
- Studentthey looked different from the last pic
- 12:01 pm
- Studentsugar!!!
- Studenthi
- TeacherThanks SO much for this terrific. We have to head on to our next class. This how been wonderful for us.
- Studentcool
- Bugscope TeamThank You!
- Studentthank you
- Studentthank you
- Studentthank you for the facts
- Studentthanks
- Studentcool
- Studentthanks!
- Studentthanks you guys are awesome
- Bugscope Teamms spencer, don't forget that all the chat and images from this session are saved to your member page: http://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2010-024
- Bugscope Teamthank you for using bugscope today!
- Bugscope Teamover and out! Thank You!
- Studentthank you so much!!!!!!!!
- StudentTHANKYOU cate, chas, alex, and scot
- StudentThank you!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Bugscope Teamgood job students, you did GREAT!
- Studentpease
- StudentTHANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- TeacherWe are logging off, friends. We'll write.
- Bugscope Teamhave a good day
