Connected on 2011-04-28 10:30:00
from Highlands Ranch, CO, US
- 9:02 am
- Bugscope Teamwe are in a little early
- Bugscope TeamCate and Kiersten are making the sample in the wet lab.
- 9:28 am
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- 9:39 am
- 9:45 am
- Bugscope Teamnow we're making the presets for today's session
- 9:51 am
- Bugscope Teamand we are ready to roll!
- 9:58 am
- 10:05 am
- 10:12 am
- Bugscope TeamHello Andy!
- 10:18 am
- Bugscope Teamwelcome to Bugscope!
- Bugscope Teamour school should be logging on soon -- in about 15 minutes
- 10:23 am
- Bugscope Teamthis is a leafhopper
- Bugscope Teamwith its streamlined head and tiny sharp proboscis
- Bugscope Teamfor probing into leaves
- Bugscope Teamyou can see the tip...
- 10:46 am
- Bugscope TeamCate I called Chas, got him, and asked him to call Myka
- Bugscope TeamHello Hannah!
- Bugscope TeamWelcome to Bugscope!
- Bugscope Teamyou have control of the microscope now
- Bugscope Teamcan you see the chat?
- 10:51 am
- Bugscope Teamhello MT Tiger, El Tigre...
- TeacherHello Scot
Bugscope TeamHello!
- Bugscope Teamhello and welcome
- Studentsup bro
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentwhats a filnger
- Bugscope Teamthis is a leafhopper, right now
- Studenti like u
- Studentasdrthnrsbte
- TeacherIs it a girl or boy?
- Studenthello
- StudentHey, whats up Mr. Scot!
- StudentI have a question
Bugscope Teamshoot
- Studenthow do you do scott
- Studentwhat do you do each day
- Studentwhat is this thing scott
- Studentwhat is this
- Studentscot what kind of bug is that
- Studentis that a grass hopper?
- StudentHi Scot!
- Studentwhat are we looking at?
- StudentMr. scot what do yu study for a liveing/
Bugscope TeamI do this kind of work -- microscopy -- full time
- Studentwhat is this?
- Studentwhat kind of bug is that?
Bugscope Teamthis is a leafhopper. It is a type of small true bug that you might see jumping if you walk in the grass
- Studenthey scot what kind of bug is this?
Bugscope Teamthis is a leafhopper
- StudentMr. Scott what do you study
- Studentok, what does that bug do?
Bugscope Teamit drinks plant sap and hops around.
- Bugscope TeamOh I should say that I am Scot as well as sj]
- Studentwhat part is that?
- StudentWhere does this bug live?
- Studenty do you study these bus?
- Studenthow big do those things get
- StudentThats cool! How does it work, like how do you study them? do you disect insects or find different diseases for them?...
- StudentDoes it see really well?
- Bugscope Teamwe train people -- Cate and I do -- to use the microscopes to do their research
- Studenthow do you click on a different bug
- StudentDoes the bug fly?
Bugscope Teamit does have wings but I don't think they really rely on them too much. That is to say I've never seen them flying around before
- Studentwhat is a thorax?
Bugscope Teamthe thorax is the 'chest' part of the body that all six legs are attached to
- Studentwhat are the pokey things?
- StudentDoes this bug nest?
- Teacherscott we're trying to click on a different one, how?
Bugscope Teamyou -- oh it looks like you got it!
- Studentwhat is that?
- StudentWhat is this?
- Studentis that its eye
Bugscope Teamyes the big round area by the thing that looks like a stick (which is its antenna) is the compound eye
- Studentwhat part of the bug is that?
- Studentwhat is that mcovin
- Studentwhat is that!
Bugscope Teamnow we are looking at a wasp's antenna, close up
- Studentthey look like fuzz on a blanket
- Studentis that hair???
Bugscope Teamyes the little spikes are hair, which we call setae (pronounced see-tee)
- Studenthey scott, what is this? Are they cells or hairs?
- Studenthow does the microscope work
- Studenthow does the electron microscope work?
- 10:56 am
- StudentCReepy
- StudentDo yellow jackets nest?
- Studenthow does this microscope work?
- Studenthow old do they live
Bugscope Teamoften a few months, or perhaps an average of 6 weeks to 2 months
- Studentyellow jackets have claws
- Studenthi
- Studentare those fangs?
- StudentDo yellow jackets have stingers?
- TeacherHi Scott, can you please give Ballers control of the scope? Thanks
Bugscope Teamballers has control
- Studentouch
- Studentis that the hand or claw?
Bugscope Teamright now we see two claws, or two hands
- Studentwoww i didnt know they had claws?
- Studentdo they cut theyre naild
- StudentAre the claws sharp, like can we feel them
- StudentBugs have feet?
- Studentnails
- Bugscope Teamall the insects are dead and are inside a vacuum right now being scanned with electrons and collected by a detector to give us the image we see now
- Studentthat is cool!
- StudentHow do yellow jackets survive?
- StudentHow many legs does this bug have?
- Studenthow many hands do they have?
Bugscope Teamthey have one "foot" per leg so 6
- Studentaustin, can we see the stinger?
- Studentdo they cut there nails by them selfs
Bugscope Teamtheir nails probably wear through use
- TeacherAre these our bugs?
Bugscope Teamto my knowledge we didn't receive any insects from you...
- Studentdo yellow jackets have hair
- Studentlike a real vacum
Bugscope Teamit's a high vacuum
- StudentDo they collect pollen?
- Studentcan you zoom out
- Studentcan you zoom out
- Studentcan you zoom out?
- StudentDO THEY TRIM THEIR NAILS
Bugscope Teamtheir claws do not grow, so there is no need to
- Studentwhats a high vaccum
- StudentHOW BIG R THEY
- Studentwhats that?
- Studentoops caps
- Studenthow big is it?
Bugscope Teamyou can see the micron bar in the lower left; a micron is a thousandth of a millimeter
- Bugscope Teama micron then, also called a micrometer, is a millionth of a meter
- Studentare there bugs other than the wasp to look at?
Bugscope Teamwe have a water strider, a whirligig beelte, a few flies, a parasitic wasp, and a leafhopper
- Studentdoes it take awhile to start up the microscope or is it always on?
- Studentwoa
- StudentAre yellow jackets like bees and hornets?
- 11:02 am
- Studentwhats is that?
Bugscope Teamwe are up super close to the part of the tarsus that helps the insect stick to surfaces
- Studentso if its thousanth of a milimeter how big is that
- Teachermay we please see a water strider?
- StudentHow big is you're microscope?
- TeacherCan you show the kids what the microscope looks like
- Studentyou keep them in a vaccum???
Bugscope Teamwhen we use the microscope we have to have no air in the chamber
- Studentcan we see the stinger?
- Studentthats a claw
- Studentwhy do you guys have them in a vacuum????
Bugscope Teamthe electrons would be too erratic in air. With a vacuum you can control them a little better. They tend to bounce off water molecules
- StudentWhat is the biggest bug
- StudentWhat is a Bacterium
Bugscope Teama bacterium is like e. coli. The stuff that can make you sick
- Studentwhat is that?
- Studentwoa!!!!
- Studentyou look at them alive?
- Studentcool
- Studentwhy is the room so dark?
- Studentthat is a microscope a big micro scope
- Studenthow long does it take to start up the microscope?
- Studentare they already dead when you get them or do you kill them?
Bugscope Teamsometimes they arent dead, so we just stick them in the freezer to go to sleep and eventually die. It is like the humane way of killing insects
- StudentYou work on that machinery all day long?
- Bugscope Teamthe insects are all on a kind of platter inside the vacuum chamber
- Studenthow big is the micro scope?
Bugscope Teamit's about the size of a large desk, with a taller part on one end
- Studentwhy was the room so dark?
- Studentmrs nielsen wonders if jrfluffy floo can have control
- StudentIs there a way to see the whole bug?
- StudentHow long does it take to start up the microscope?
- Studenthow cold is the freezer? how long does it take for them to fall asleep?
- Studenti dont see anything
- StudentCan you zoom out and show us the entire microscope
Bugscope Teamwe cannot show you the whole microscope from here, but you can see it if you look around on the home page
- Studenti dint
- Studenthow do you kill these so called "BUGS"
Bugscope Teamwe freeze them
- StudentHow long does it take to start up the microscope?
- Studentthe screen is black
- StudentCan u show us a butterfly
Bugscope Teamsorry we do not have a butterfly in the microscope right now
- StudentAre these bugs living or alive? What is the differnces of a dead bug you guys disect and a living one?
- StudentWhat is that???
- Studentcan we see the whole bug please?
- Studentis that a mouth?
- Studentwhat is the vaccum chamber and how cold is it inside
- Studentdo you look at live buggs?
Bugscope Teamwe could but they wouldn't survive the vacuum or electron beam very long, plus they wouldn't be very good at sitting still so we could look at them
- StudentHow long does it take to start up the microscope?
Bugscope Teamit runs all of the time, but it takes a few minutes to put a sample in and pump it down
- TeacherCan JRflufflyfloo please have control?
Bugscope Teamthey have control
- Studentlike in a frig at home?????????????????????\
Bugscope Teamyes!
- Studentdo you find them in a window seal?
- Studenthow do you kill the bugs without smashing them
Bugscope Teamwe freeze them, usually
- StudentDo u use solar power
Bugscope Teamno we don't
- Studentinteresting
- StudentHow big is a micron
Bugscope Teamit is one thousandth of a millimeter
- Studentusually???????
- 11:07 am
- StudentHow big is a yellow jacket?
Bugscope Teamit's a little less than 2 cm long
- Studentwhirling beetle!
- Studentqwhat in the world is a water strider
- StudentWhat is your favorite bug
- StudentWhat si a water strider
Bugscope Teamthey are a different type of true bug that have long spindly legs. The long legs help them have extra surface area so they can walk on water
- Studentthats a beetle! right?
Bugscope Teamyes it is!
- StudentIs this a dung beetle
- StudentWhat is the whriggiling beetles habitat?
- Studentwhat color is this bug?
Bugscope Teamthis one is dark brown. almost black
- Studentare the males bigger than the females
- Studentwhy do bugs have claws?
- Studentis that a claw?
- Studentis that the tail that he stings ppl with
- Teachercan you tell the difference between a male and female?
Bugscope Teamwith some insects it is easy and with some you cannot tell easily from the outside
Bugscope Teammost of the ants, bees, and wasps you see are females. They have the stinger, which also works as an ovipositor.
- Bugscope Teamwhirligig beetles live in streams and ponds
- TeacherEl Tigre would like control. Please
- Studenthow cold is the freezer? how long does it take for them to fall alseep?
Bugscope Teamit is just below freezing, just like at home
- StudentDo water striders have hair
- StudentDo water striders fly over the water or do they walk across it?
Bugscope Teamthe adults can fly to new habitats, but they mostly prefer to walk on the water
Bugscope Teamthey feed on other aquatic insects
- Studenthow cold is the vaccum chamber and what is it
Bugscope Teamthe chamber itself is not cold; that is what we saw when we went to the view of the whole sample holder
- Studentwhat is a ovipositor
Bugscope Teamwhere the eggs come out
- Studentfall asleep??
Bugscope Teamsometimes they wake up and sometimes they don't
- Studentis that a face
- Studenthow do water striders glide on water?
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentwhat is a spiracle
- Studentwhat it that
- StudentWhat is that?????
Bugscope Teamthat is a spiracle, through which insects breathe
- StudentWhat is this in a wasp???
- Studenta parasitic wasp
Bugscope Teamgot it!
- Studentthats cool
- Studentif they have claws, how do they stay above he water?
Bugscope Teamthey can flex their claws up if they wanted to, but the claws are so small that they might not hinder the insect while on the water
- Studentdo they live in nests
- Studenthow big is a parasitic wasp
Bugscope Teamthis is a cm or so long
- Studenthow long does it take for the bugs to die once they are in the freezer?
- Studentare those eggs?
- Studenthow big is a horsefly
- TeacherEl Tigre would like control of the scope please.
- Studentwhy are there hairs on the eye?
- 11:12 am
- Studentdoes the eye have little hairs like hair
- StudentAre you guys very gentle or just gentle when moving the bugs and placing them on the trays?
- TeacherHow long do the wasps typically live?
Bugscope Teamit depends on what kind but generally several weeks to a whole season
Bugscope Teamworkers (the females that you see all the time but are sterile) live for around a month.
- Studentwhy do they have hair on there eyes?
- Bugscope TeamEl Tigre is the supreme ruler of the 'scope now.
- StudentWhat would happen if the bugs perspired? would you still use them?
- Studentwhy are there so many dots in the eye
Bugscope Teameach bump is a facet of the compound eye. They can each gather an image and send it to the brain
- Student?
- Studentwhy do they have hair on their eye
Bugscope Teamthe hairs, which are called 'setae,' help them sense touch and smell and hot/cold
- Studentthis is fun
Bugscope Teamawesome
- Studentwhy is there hair in the eye?
Bugscope Teamthe hair help them feel when things are touching it, like eyelashes almost, and they also help the fly detect wind motion
- Studentwhat is that?
- Studentit looks like a face
- Bugscope Teamthese are the extra eyes on top of the head
- StudentAre you guys very gentle or just gentle when moving the bugs and placing them on the trays?
- Studentwhat is an ocelli
- StudentAre you guys very gentle or just gentle when moving the bugs and placing them on the trays?
Bugscope Teamwe tease each other about not being careful and mashing the insects
- Studentwhy do they sence with their eyes rather than their claws, of "hands"?
- StudentWhat do the flies use the hairs on their eyes?
Bugscope Teamthey often help them sense things like wind speed
- Studenty is that tongue so rough?
- Studentwhats that for?
Bugscope Teamthis is the wasp tongue. it laps up nectar with it
- StudentThat would be gross like mashed potatoes?
- StudentHow do they eat?
- Studentwhats an ocelli?
Bugscope Teamit is a simple eye that barely registers dark and light, and it helps insects stay oriented with the sun, for example
- StudentAre beetles big?
- Student.
- Studenthow many bugs do you have under the microscope at a time?
- StudentDo bugs have tongues?
Bugscope Teamthey often have parts that are similar to tongues
- Studenthow long to these live
- Studentzoom in on the mouth
- Studentis it big
- TeacherHow long did you guys go to school to do this?
Bugscope Teameach of us went to college -- Cate in Physics and me in English and Biology
- Studentcan we actually move the picture
- Studentdo u have a phd?
- Studentare those sharp things hair or spikes?
- Studentare those dots on the eyes, their pupils?
Bugscope Teamusually they do not have pupils the way we would think of them
- Studentwhat else do you use these types of microscopes for?
- Studentwhat else do you use eletronic microsopes for? whats the purpose?
- 11:17 am
- Bugscope Teamwe aren't real entomologists, but we have been with bugscope long enough that we just naturally learn a lot about them that we are like junior entomologists. Sometimes we have real entomologists join us and help answer the really hard questions
- Studentit does have fangs
- Studenthow big is it on the scop?
- Studentwhy are the legs of the beetle coming out of its back?
- Studenthow big is this bug on the scope?
- Studentwhat does it eat
- Studenthow big is this on the scope
- Studentdo zthe quwomen eat the males like zthe spiders
- Studentwhat is an electron microscope
Bugscope Teamit is a microscope that uses electrons to collect images of things
- Studenthow do you get to work with these scopes?
- StudentWhat else do you use the electron microscope for?
- Studentwhats there life span
- Studentwhat are the pointy things on their mouth? like going up...
Bugscope Teamit has a bunch of matted hair around its mouth, that are mostly used for feeling things that are around it
Bugscope Teamlike cat whiskers
- Studenthow close can we see a bug with a less powerful microscope?
Bugscope Teama light microscope maxes out at a out 1200x
- Studenthow big is a waterstrider
- Studentdoes it have whiskers
- Studentdoes it help them survive or anything?
- Studentwhat is an electron
Bugscope Teamit is a super tiny particle that normally flies in an orbit around an atom
- Studenthow does a water strider glide on water?
- StudentWhat else do you use the electron microscope for?
Bugscope Teamwe use a different kind of electron microscope to see inside cells and also look at nanoparticles up close
- Studentare those claws or hairs?
- Studentnumnumnumnum
- Studentthats us
- Studentcan i have control next plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
- Teacherxxx da man would like control of the microscope.
Bugscope Teamthey have control
- Studentooooo
- Studentwhat is an atom
Bugscope Teaman atom is an individual particle that all matter is composed of. atoms are what the different elements are made of, like carbon hydrogen oxygen calcium, etc.
- Studentwhats that?
- Studentquwht is an atom
- Studentwhat are those hairs used for
- Studentwhat are nanoparticles
Bugscope Teamparticles that are smaller than micrometers -- in the nanometer range
- Studentoh cool
- Studentcould that kill a person
- Studentwhat is that thing that is hanging over? why do bugs have so much hair?
- Studentwhat is smaller then an atom?
Bugscope Teamelectrons, protons, and neutrons, for example
- Studentwhat are those hairs used for
- Studentis matter smaller than an atom
Bugscope Teamsome matter may be considered to be smaller than an atom
- TeacherWhere is your lab located?...Can we vist
Bugscope Teamyou can visit if you really wanted. We are located at the University of Illinois in Urbana, IL in Beckman Institute
- 11:22 am
- Studentis that a disc
- Studentare those two claws on one arm?
- Studentdoes it have scales
- Studentfor a stink bug, how does that bug release its smell?
- Studentdo all bugs go through metamorphisis?
- Studentcan we feel the claws when the bugs land on us???
- Studentwhy is there sooo much hair on a bug?
Bugscope Teamthe hairs help them sense their environment; because they do not have skin, but rather a shell, they need the hairs to help them feel things, taste things, smell, etc.
- Studentdo they suck blood
- Studentdoes it also keep them warmer like other animals?
- StudentDo u like illinois
Bugscope Teamnot right now
- Studenthow big are thosse bugss
- Studentcan we feel the claws when the bugs land on us???
- Studentwhere does a leafhopper live?
- TeacherHow big are most of these bugs on the plate?
- Studentdo they eat leafs
- Studentdo they kill people
- Studentcan we feel the claws when the bugs land on us???
- Studenthow thick is the antenna?
- Studentdo all bugs go through metamorphisis???
- Studentwhat are those used for?
- Studentdo parastic wasps spread parasites
- Studentcan u make the pictures in color???
Bugscope Teamwe could colorize them after we take them, but because they come to us as signal, there is no color
- Studentoo adrn!
- Studentis that pollen/
- Studentis it just me, or did i see hair on the hair?
Bugscope Teamcould be!
- Studentcan we feel the claws when the bugs land on us???
- Studentcan we feel the claws when the bugs land on us???
Bugscope Teamsometimes you can but they are very small
- Studentthose look like hands
- Studentdo all bugs go through metamorphisis?
Bugscope Teamyes although it really varies
- Studenthow thin are the wings
- Studentdo all bugs have anttennas?
- Studentwhat are halteres
Bugscope Teamhalteres are former hindwings that became small counterbalances, like weights, that beat opposite the way wings beat
- Studenthow many legs do they have
- Studentdo bugs have ears or just hole or what do they have to hear???
- 11:27 am
- TeacherWe have about 8 minutes before we go to lunch for this class.
- TeacherWhat do you think these bugs evolved from?
Bugscope Teamwell, from more primitive bugs, and before that, simpler multicelled creatures
- Studentdo bugs antenas use the five senses?
- Studentwhat are those lines that are on the wings?
- TeacherTo our scientists, can one of you take control and show the students some neat things they might be missing before we have to go?
- StudentHOW DO YOU CHANGE THE BUG ON THE SCOPE
- Studentdid u know that flys take off backwards
- Studentdo wings provide lift and tilt like airplane wings
Bugscope Teamyes they often do. Most insects have 2 pairs of wings, like dragonflies, which help them maneuver really easily
- Studenthow many sets of wings do fly's have
- Studentwhat are the main ways, bugs travel by?
Bugscope Teammost with wings will fly, others like to either walk or hitch rides on others things
- Studentdo bugs have ears or holes or what do they have to hear??
Bugscope Teama praying mantis has a single ear, but most bugs do not really have ears; they do sense vibration, however, which is kind of the same thing
- Studentcan this bug fly fast?
- Studenthow do bugs eat?
- Studentare there colonys of flys
- Studentdo bugs take
- Student what is a stylet
- Studentcan bugs hear things like earthquakes because of the rumbling?
- TeacherDo wasps and bees hibrinate? Or do they die during winter?
- Studentdo bugs have the 6 characteristics?
Bugscope Teaminsects have six legs, a head, thorax, and an abdomen, and I believe they are have single set of antennae
- TeacherCan you zoom out one more time to show the students the scope?
- Studenthow good are the noses of a bee
- Studentdo bugs see in black and white
Bugscope Teammany see in color
- Studentit has fangs and antennaes
- Studentone time i was stung by a yellow jacket
- Studentwhat do bugs eat? how do bugs eat?
- Studentdo bugs eat their own speices of bug
Bugscope Teamyes that often happens, especially when their other food sources are hard to find
- 11:32 am
- Studentwhy do the bees stingers hurt if there so small.
- Studentdoes your microscope use a light reflector
- Studentcan we feel the claws when the bugs land on us???
Bugscope Teamnot often. They are usually super small, so really hard for us to feel
- Studentdo you know who invented this microscope?
- Studentdo bees die if they sting you all the time?
- Studentmmmmmmm
- Studentdoes it have a beak
- Studentwhy when bees sting they die?
Bugscope Teamonly the honey bees die because they have barbs on their stingers that make it hard for them to pull back out of mammal skin. When the bee pulls away, the stinger stays and the bee eventually dies from bleeding out
- TeacherAny chance you guys want control so that the kids can wrap up and see some things they aren't used to?
Bugscope TeamMrs N I am sorry we are not ignoring you, just trying to field questions
- Studentit has large eyes
- TeacherNo worries, they do have a ton of questions :)
- TeacherDo wasps and bees hibernate or do they die during winter?
Bugscope Teamsome can crawl in during the winter and try to last, but they often die of dehydration
- Bugscope Teamyour students are doing a great job driving everywhere, as it is
- Studentis there a certain season where insects hibrenate?
Bugscope Teamin temperate climates like this, it is the wintertime
- StudentCan insects migrate?
- Studentare bugs cannibals
Bugscope Teamthey can be especially in the case of a female that needs food to have babies and the male can't get away fast enough
- Studentlol
- Studentdo bugs migrate
- Studenthow do water striders glide on water?
- Studentok
- StudentDo certain bugs survive in the winter?
Bugscope Teamfleas can, as eggs
- Studenthi
- Bugscope Teamand some places, you know, it does not get cold and the insects live year-round
- Studentcan all bug swim
Bugscope Teamno a lot will drown before they can get out of the water
- TeacherThank You!!
- Bugscope Teamonce an insect does fly it is considered an adult, and it does not molt after it gets wings
- Studentthat was great!
- TeacherTo Scot and our other wonderful scientists, we thank you for your time and efforts to make this a positive experience. The students will go to lunch now, and I will bring in my next class at 11:13 .
Bugscope TeamCool!
- StudentThank You very much for your knowledge!
- Studentthanks we had lots of interesting fun
- Studentthanks very much guys. this has been really cool!!!!!!!
- Bugscope Teamok see you soon
- StudentThanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, and THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentthank you for what you have done for us.
- Studentthank you scott and cate and all the other scientists for helping us and your time
- StudentThank you so much for showing us these cool bugs and amazing features of them!
- Bugscope TeamThank You!
- 11:37 am
- Studentfrom your biggest fans t
- Studentthank you scot and all the other scientists. Peace out bros
- Studentthx u
- Studenttimmy and mattt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- TeacherWe appreciate answering our many questions, (by the way Hannah is a student, not a teacher)
- Bugscope TeamI am going to grab something to eat, and be right back!
- Student:-)
- StudentYOUR EVEN BIGGER FANS
- Studentthank you for your time and minds i humbly thank you machohombre:):()
- StudentThank you for showing us your wonderful bugs and answering our curious questions. now that we have more knowledge on bugs we find that we want to reseacrch them more!
- StudentThank you!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are great scientists! Learned alot :0[) :)o
- Bugscope TeamYou are all great kids, Thank You!
- Studentthankyo;uu
- Studentno way im ur bigget fan!!
- Student:)
- Studentbye!!!!!
- TeacherAgain, we'll back in a few . Thanks
- 11:44 am
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- 12:02 pm
- 12:11 pm
- TeacherHi Scot, the kiddos just came back. Let me get them set up and we'll be on in a few minutes.
- Bugscope Teamok we will be ready and waiting!
- Bugscope Teamawesome
- TeacherThanks Cate and Scot
- TeacherThe kids are getting signed on, can you please give clinger/stephanie controls?
- Studenti dont really know
- Studentwhat is that???
Bugscope Teamthese are nanoparticles on a leafhopper called brochosomes
- Bugscope Teamthese are made only by leafhoppers
- Bugscope Teamthey are thought to help keep eggs from drying out, and are about 450 nanometers big!
- Bugscope Teamyou would not be able to see things this small on a light microscope
- Studentwhy is there no color
- Studenthow big is an electron microscope
- Studentand how do you spell it
- Studentwhat is a brochosome ?
- Studentwhat is the most interesting/disgusting bug you've ever seen?
- StudentHow does the Eclectron microscope work
- 12:16 pm
- Studentwhat is a brokasome
Bugscope Teambrochosomes are the tiny particles we are looking at that are produced by leafhoppers
- Studentcan you see blood cells using this microscope
Bugscope Teamyes we can!
- Studentwhy is the color of the picture black and white
Bugscope Teambecause the electron images come to us as brighter or darker areas -- as signal
- Studentcan u see the inside of a bee in this microscope?
- Studentwhat is a leafhopper?
- Studentare the little holes are they blood cells
- Studentwhat exactly is a leaf hopper?
- Studentwhat does um mean>?
Bugscope Teamum actually the u is supposed to be the Greek letter mu, and it means micrometer
- StudentHey how does the Electron Microscope work?
- Studentwhat is the coolest cell you've seen
- StudentHow come this wouldnt work on a light microscope?
Bugscope Teamlight comes in wavelengths that are often larger than what we see here
- Studentwhat exactly is a leaf hopper?
Bugscope Teamthey are usually small and green and you will see them bounding around when you walk in taller grass
- Student........how do they get so close
- Studentwhy can you only see black and white?
- Studentwhat is the most interesting bug youve ever seen?
Bugscope Teammaybe a tick, or a weevil, or an earwig with mites on it
- Studenthow big is an electron microscope
Bugscope Teamthe main component is about as big as a fridge and the computer component is as big as a large desk
- Studentare leaf hoppers like grass hoppers?
Bugscope Teamthey are similar but they are not related
- Studentthanks
- Studentok thank you!
- Studentrepl my question
Bugscope TeamDude what was it? sorry
- StudentWhat do the insides of a bug look like?
- StudentHow do you manipulate the microsope in such a way to see that close
- TeacherCan you give controls to Clinger/Stephanie ?
Bugscope Teamthey have control
- Studenthow come house flies have so many different eyes?
- StudentCan you see electrons through the microscope?
Bugscope Teamno. some electron microscopes can see atoms, but not electrons
- Studenthow does a electron microscope work?
- Studentwhat is the coolest thing you have ever seen under the electron microscope
- Student Where is the electron microscope?
- StudentHey the cells you have right hear what are the
- StudentCan you use this on anything other then bugs?
- Student.......how do the microscopes tell what is under it
- 12:21 pm
- StudentSo we would only be able to see the light wavelengths instead of what we see here?
Bugscope Teamyes the detector here is gathering a signal from the electrons. when looking through a light microscope we get a some form of light brought back to us.
- Studentwow!!!
- Studenthow many electrons are used to produce a good photo
Bugscope Teamtrillions
- StudentWhat are we looking at?
Bugscope Teamthis is close up on the antenna of a wasp
- StudentHow far does a Elctron Microscope zoom in over objects?
Bugscope Teamthis microscope can zoom in as far as about 200,000x and still get a good quality image. There would be to be something worthwhile to look at at the mag though. With insects there usually aren't
- Studentwhat are those spike like things??
Bugscope Teamthose are setae, or bristles, or spines that are chemosensory, for the most part
- StudentHey my q is how did you manipulate the microscope to do this?
- Studenthow close can an electron microscope zoom?
- Studenthow many cells are in the yellow jacket antenna
Bugscope Teamhundreds of thousands
- Studentwhat is the closest magnifacation the electron microscope can get up to
- TeacherCan you zoom out and show the students what the scope looks like?
- StudentWhat is chemosensory?
- Studentdo you only use the electron microscope on bugs?
Bugscope Teamno we do this part only for fun, unless we are working with entomologists
- Studentthis looks cool
- Studentwhat is the farthest you have seen magnified??
- Studentdo those spikes help the wasp feel things
- StudentWhat is the biggest thing you can magnify?
- Studenthow many bugs can be under the microscope at a time??
Bugscope Teamthat depends on how big the insects are. Someone can stick around 20 or so very small insects. On average we try to stick on around 10 insects or so. If there is a rather large insect stuck on, then there won't be much room for others
- Bugscope Teamin order to see the whole microscope from the outside, you would need to go back to the bugscope homepage
- Studentis there no color because it is dark
- Studenthow big is the lensne
- Bugscope Teamthere is a high vacuum there
- StudentWhats the claw looking thing?
Bugscope Teammight have been the chamber door, which is curved
- Studenthow much does a microscope cost
Bugscope Teamthis microscope cost around $600,000 almost 13 years ago
- Studenthow far can these microscopes magnify>?
- StudentWhat is chemosensory?
Bugscope Teamthey sense chemicals like pheromones
- TeacherCan Pauly D have controls of the scope?
Bugscope Teamgot it!
- 12:26 pm
- Studentwhat is photomultiplier?
- Studentwhat is the most powerful microscope today?
- Studentare there any microscopes that can magnify to corks
- StudentCan you buy one of those mirco scoop for personal studies??
Bugscope Teamthere are table top ones that cost a bit less than this one, but they are still priced high for the average consumer to buy
- Studentwhat do the spikes do for the bug?
Bugscope Teamthey help it sense things that might be touching it, they help it sense the position of its own limbs and body, and they sense hot/cold as well as lots of chemical scents
- Studentwhat are all the little hairs for?
- Studentwhat is a photomultiplier?
- Studentwhew that is alot of cash why did you guys spend so much let me rephrase that how come it is so expensive
Bugscope Teamin part it is expensive because there are so few of them, but mostly it is because they are very complicated instruments
- StudentHow do you move the microscope? Is in manual or automatic?
Bugscope Teammost of the time it is manual, but you can save areas of interest that you drove to before and get back to them automatically
- Studentwhat can you use a microscope for except for bugs
- Studentwhy do we want to use a electron microscope?
- Studenthow big does the spikes get??
Bugscope Teamthey are so small you wouldn't be able to see them with the naked eye or feel them for that matter
- Studentwhat is the biggest thing you can magnify?
- StudentIs that black dot the pupil?
- Studentcan you use an electron micro scope on humans?
Bugscope Teamno because it produces x-rays and requires a relatively high vacuum
- Studentare there many diffrent eyes or just one?
- Studentwhats a vaccum
- Studentwhat was the smallest thing you have magnified
Bugscope TeamI think we have imaged 5-nm gold beads
- Studentcan you use it on other things than bugs?
- Studenthow many eyes are there in a fly?
- Studentwhat is a high vacum
Bugscope Teamvacuum is like what is inside a lightbulb; it is the abscence of air or other gases
- Studentwhat other things have you studied on the electron microscope?
- StudentDo you only study bugs?? or can you study humans or other animals also??
Bugscope Teamfor bugscope we usually just look at bugs, because that is something everyone knows about. this microscope is often used by other students here at the university for their research and will sometimes look at different types of dried small baby animals, blood cells, circuits, smal structures they have built, foods, and soil
- 12:31 pm
- Studenthow many components are comprised into creating the electron microscope?
Bugscope Teamthousands of components from pumps to resistors to the computers and the electromagnetic lenses
- Studentcan you see cells on this microscope?
- Studenthow do you produce the electrons?
- StudentHey ummm I have a Question did the bugs have to be dead to do bug scope
- Studentwhat are the tenticle like parts for on the fly
- Studenthow do you get the electrons for the electron microscope?
- Studentwhat are the spikes on the fly claw
- Studentwhat is that hair used for?
Bugscope Teamoften they are mechanosensory -- touch sensitive
- StudentWhere do you get the electrons from??????
- Studentcan you magnify big objects?
Bugscope Teamwe can but you wouldnt be able to see them as a whole.
Bugscope Teamwe can probably fit something the size of a small fist in the chamber
- Studentwhere do you get the animal parts or animal cells? Do you raise them at your university or do you pay someone to go kill them in the wild???
Bugscope Teamwe collect insects ourselves; people who work with mice or rats often raise them themselves
- Studentcan you see cells on this kind of microscope
- Studenthow do you produce the electrons?!?
- Studentdo bugs have the same senses as us? (hear,touch,taste,smell,and see)
- Studenthow long did it take to learn all that you have learned?
Bugscope Teamyears and years, but that does not mean you could not drive the microscope; and you always keep learning anyway
- Studentwhat type of materials are used to grab or look at them??
- TeacherCan you please give H&L control?
Bugscope Teamgot it
- Studentare the bugs under the microscope right now
Bugscope Teamthey are inside the vacuum chamber, so essentially Yes
- Studenthow do you get the microscope right on the bugs because when we used microscopes we barely found the bugs
Bugscope Teamthat is sometimes a problem with super tiny samples
- StudentDo you cut open the bugs or does your micro scoop see through their skin?
- Studentare electrons produced or are they just there???
- Studentwhat education do you need to study this ?
- Studenthave you guys had this job your whole life
- Studentwhere do you study at??
Bugscope Teamwe are at the University of Illinois in champaign-urbana, IL. But to get the jobs we have, Scott has a degree in biology and I have one in physics.
- StudentWhat education do you need to use the E microscope
Bugscope TeamI have a degree in English and Biology, and Cate has a degree in Physics
- Studentwhat do you need to know to use a E microscope?
- Studenthow did you get the internet to controll the microscope?
- Studentwhy does that bug have spikes?
Bugscope Teamthey are hairs that are often used to help the insects feel what is going on around it. It can feel when it bumps or comes near something-- like cat whiskers
- Studenthow many years do you need to to study to do your job?
- 12:36 pm
- Studenthow do you control the microscopeto get right on the bug
Bugscope Teamthere is a combination of mechanical movement and movement controlled by electromagnetic fields
- Studentis it possible to have a colored picture
- Studentdo the hair sense anything?
- Studentdo they have these kind of jobs in the military to maybe study exzotic bugs
- Studentcan you look at an individual cell?
- StudentHow many years did you guys Mr.scot and Ms.cate have to go to college in order to get this job
Bugscope TeamI have a bachelor degree so 4 years
- Studentcan you actually look at a cel;l
- Studentdo all bugs have spikes for there sense of touch?
Bugscope Teamgenerally I think yes, they have some type of setae that relay that sense to their nervous system
- Studentcan we look at a cell?
- Studentcan you look at an idividual cell??
Bugscope Teamyes we can, like when people want to look at blood cells of various types
- Studentcan u look at i=an individual ceel
Bugscope Teamyes we can
- Studentwill you look at one
- Studentare you working on your masters?
- Studentwhat are those balls on the eyes?
- Studentdo you get paid to answer our question or are you doing an intership?
- Studentwhat are the individual balls on the eyes called?
- Studenthow do you control the microscope do you use like a stick or do you use a computer
Bugscope Teamit has computer control plus some manual controls
- Studentcan you magnify so small that you can see through pores
- Studentwhat happens if an animal pops?????
- Studenthow far can you magnify before the image starts to deterioate
- StudentWhat's Contrast?\
- Studenthow much enerrgy does it require to use it.
- Studentcould you look at different cells like cancer or a virus like the flu?
Bugscope Teamif we wanted to look at virus we would use the TEM, the transmission electron microscope, which is down the hall
- Studentt
- TeacherCan you give shorty beasts control of the scope
Bugscope Teamgot it!
- StudentWhat's Contrast?
- StudentNow that you know what the bug is do you know what type of diseases it can ge?
Bugscope Teamwe usually get that info by reading, but for example we have seen bacteria on ticks
- Studentwhy does the fly have a hair inbetween each eye??
- Studentdo you guys use scalples to cut the bugs
- StudentHow fragile is the lens?
- Studenthow small is a virus?
Bugscope Teammaybe they average 50 nanometers...
- Studenthow many microscopes do you have that can look at other things
- StudentCan you magnify over 1 million times magnified?
Bugscope Teamwith the TEM we can but not everything perfectly
- Studentso are there different electron microscopes for different things?
- 12:41 pm
- Studentis it hard to control the microscop?
Bugscope Teamno it is really pretty easy -- you could do it
- Studentwhat kind of bacteria can you find on the bugs??
Bugscope Teamthe ones we have seen are bacilli -- the rod-shaped bacteria
- Studentwhat discoveries have been made from this microscope?
- StudentWhat discoverys have been made using this microscope?
- StudentWhat discoveries have there been made using the microscope?
- Studentcan you find diseases in bugs
- Studenthow many microscopes can you have in all
- StudentWhat's Contrast, please?
Bugscope Teamcontrast is the difference between black and white, in way; like how black and white a sample appears compared to how gray it might be
- StudentHow fast are the electrons traveling
- Studentsorry the question was how many microscopes do you have
- Studentcan you magnify snake skin?
- StudentIs it possible to get that type of disease by touching the bug???
- Studentwhat are the different pillars on the toung?
- Studentcan you see the blood cells if you are looking at a mosqito that is carrying blood
- Studentwhat does sonicate mean?
- Studentwhat does sonacate mean?
- StudentHow far magnification can you go?
Bugscope Teamusually with this 'scope about 200,000x max
- Studenthow many insects are there in the world that have been discoered
- Studentwhats the worst disease that you can get from a bug??
Bugscope Teamplague, from fleas, perhaps is the worst
- TeacherCan you give Ciana/Carter control of the scope?
Bugscope Teamgot it!
- Studentwhat is a polepiece?
Bugscope Teamit's the area where the beam comes out and hits the sample
Bugscope Teamin the case of this microscope it is the last part of the metal tube from which the electrons come
- Studentwhat discoveries have been made using the electron microscope?
- StudentWhat's a sonocate?
Bugscope Teamit's similar to how an ultrasound works, but is a bit more intense. So intense that it can shake the particles, often shaking off the debris like dirt
- Studenthave you ever looked at a misquito or a bug with HIV/AIDS
- 12:46 pm
- Studentif you can see our hair without a microscope, if you feel a fly, can you feel the peaces of hair
- Studentwhy did you pick this job?
Bugscope Teami like all things science, and working in a lab with tons of microscopes I get to experience many field of science at once. It is fun and never seems to get boring
- StudentHow come everything is always grainy what are the main most important parts of an Electron microscope
- StudentCan you see a prion with this microscope?
Bugscope Teamnot with this 'scope; even with a TEM it would be hard to see something that made sense
- Studentwhat does a proboscus look like of a mosquito ?????
- Studentcan you see the dandriff/lice on a bug if it has it??
Bugscope Teamlice are often big enough that we can put them on individually but we can see mites on other insects yes
- Bugscope Teamprions are misfolded proteins
- Studentwhat are the pillar like things on the tongue?
- Studentcan you see a virus that has a virus?
- Studentdid the world find most of the worlds bugs through this
- Studentcan u magnify something thats like powder?
- Studentif you get ancient maskito blood will you be able to make dinosaurs like in Jurassic Park?
Bugscope Teami think there is a video debunking what they did in Jurassic park. Basically no we wouldn't be able to do it
- Bugscope Teamcan you click on the yellowjacket for one of our guests?
- Studentif you zoomed in all the way can you see the dna of a cell
Bugscope Teamit would look kind of like much, or strings
- Studentdo you beleive that viruses are alive or not
Bugscope Teamthey are not really alive -- more like half alive
- StudentCan you see amino acids with the scope?
Bugscope Teamthey would not look like the chemical drawings we see
- StudentHow can viruses be half alive?
- StudentHey How long does it take for the Energy to power up.
Bugscope Teamthe 'scope is on all of the time, but it takes a few minutes to vent and then to pump down
- Studenti think are alive!
Bugscope Teamyou could be right, but it is a different kind of life
- TeacherCan you please give Turtle/Soccer 107 controls of the scope?
Bugscope Teamgot it!
- 12:51 pm
- Studenthow long have you study this??how much bugs do u study each day
Bugscope Teamwe don't usually study bugs -- we help people work with all kinds of samples besides bugs
- Studentwhyis the adaptation for flies and wasps/bees do they have lots of seperate eyes?
- StudentWhat are the little hairs on the yellowjacket's head?
- StudentEwwwwww that is grottttytytytyyt
- Studentcould you see the ribosomes ?
Bugscope Teamno you would need to use a TEM, or transmission electron microscope to see the little parts of a cell. For TEM the electrons pass through an ultrathin sample, heavier things will look darker. Usually when you see an image of a cell, and especially if it is black and white, then it is a tem image
- Studentwhat is your opion on the gene theroy
Bugscope TeamI think they are finding that it is more complex than they imagined, or than they outlined at first
- Studentis this a program like this that we can use a tem
- StudentIs there there are program for the TEM?
- StudentHow can viruses be half alive/
Bugscope Teamthey are poised to be able to do things given the right circumstances
- StudentTHat is only a face a mother coould lovve!!!!!!!!!
Bugscope Teamha Yes!
- Studentif a virus infects a living thing can an insect or arachnid get a virus
- StudentHow does a compound eye work?
Bugscope Teameach facet, or bump, on the eye will collect an image, not always with visible light waves, and put them together in the brain. Much like how our brain assembles 2 images from our eyes to make 1 image that our brain sees
- Studenthow long does it take to study one bug or any kind of animal???
Bugscope Teamreally a long time, so it is broken up into different functions
- Studentwhat are the spikes below the antenna
- Studentare there different eyes within one eye or is it just one eye that may move in many different directions at one time allowing it to see things all around?
- Studentis there another program to use a tem
Bugscope Teamno, not here at least.
- Studentcan we use a tem
- Studentcan we use a tem
- Studenthow long does it take for the microscope to zoom in over one hundred thousand
Bugscope Teamjust seconds to get there, and then a minute or so after focussing to take an image
- StudentDo flies see the image upside down like us and have the brain flip the image?
- Studenthow many scientists do you work with, If any?
- Studentwhy do flies and bees/ wasps have the adaptation of many different eyes
- Studentwhat are the different functions you guys go though to study an insect??
- Studentdo you ever think that there is something that bacteria would have to look from a microscope to see a smaller organism
Bugscope Teamha yes
- StudentCan we please use a TEM please please
- Studentwhat direction can the eyes move
Bugscope Teamah, unlike our eyes, their eyes do not move. Which is why they can sometimes have eyes that cover almost their entire head and give them a 360 degree view of the area around them. Sometimes insects can move their head around as well.
- Studentare we looking at the teeth of the actual wasp?
Bugscope Teamyou are looking at the jaws of the whirligig beetle; insects do not really have teeth but they do have hardened jaws
- Studentcan bacteria get viruses?
Bugscope TeamI think you could say yes they do
- Studenthey are bugs allowed to be alive during this test
- Studenthow many people do you work with?
- 12:56 pm
- StudentBugs can spin there head around 360 degrees??
- Studentwhat is the most dangerous disease you've ever seen on a bug?
- Studentis there a microscope to zoom in so far to see the common cold virus?
- Studenthow many eyes do flys have alltogether
Bugscope Teamthey have 2 compound eyes, which can be made up of 100's if not 1000's of ommatidia, or facets, and then they have 3 simple eyes called ocelli, which they use to triangulate the position of the sun and help keep them upright. so 5 total.
- Studenthow many people or scientist work on one bug??
Bugscope Teamsometimes one person works on the taxonomy -- where it fits into the classification of all insects, but someone else might study its gut bacteria, for example, or how its eyes work
- Studentif viruses are harbored into insects could the electron microscope see the virus?
- TeacherHow big are these bugs on the spinner?
Bugscope Teamyou mean inside the microscope? the stub they are on is 1.75 inches in diameter
- Studentif you had a cold or something comunicable can other bugs get that
Bugscope Teami don't think the viruses pass from human to insect. Rarely do they go form insect to human, and if that happens, like in the case of the mosquito or tick, the virus is not affecting them
- Studenthow many species of bugs are there?
Bugscope Teamhundreds of thousands
- Studentcan you see eggs on the microscope?
- StudentHey Can you please tell us if the EM is open to the whole scientific community
- Bugscope Teampossibly a few million species of insects
- TeacherCAn you please give Tanner control of the scope?
Bugscope Teamno problem, got it!
- Studentcould we use bugs to study different viruses to help us find cures
- Studentwhat is the most mutated bug you have ever seen??
Bugscope Teamhard to say --you could say a cockroach, and you could also choose a specialist like a batbug
- Studentwhat is a batbug??
- StudentHey R u Smart?
- TeacherJust an FYI we have 5 minutes left until you go to your next class.
- Studentdo insects breath air
Bugscope Teamyes but not through their mouths -- they breathe through their spiracles, which distribute air inside the body via tubes called tracheae
- Studenthow long do you stay in the lab? how much do you get paid just to stay in the lab?????
Bugscope Teamprobably 9.5 hours a day, and what we get paid varies
- 1:01 pm
- TeacherScot and Cate, my last class comes in at 12:08 and we'll go until 12:50, is that right?
Bugscope Teamyes!
- Studentwhat is a batbug?
- Studentof a insect breathes air can it get smog in its body?
- StudentCan some bugs (that aren't water bugs) survive in water for a certain amount of time? If so, how long?
Bugscope Teamyes they can. They can close their spiracles, which are their breathing holes, and well, hold their breath. How long they can hold their breath depends on the insect I think. Roaches can hold their breath a long time.
- Studentcan we use bugs to study viruses to help us find cures?
- StudentWhat are spiricals
Bugscope Teamthey are little pores on the sides of each body segment (often) that can be opened and closed to let air in or out
- Studentwhat part of the beetle is this
- Studentcan you tell the diference from a bug with a virus from one without
- Studentcould i buy a mini electron microscope at like a science store?
Bugscope Teamno a tabletop SEM still costs too much for the average consumer. You would also still have to go through the manufacturer to get it, I believe
- StudentIf you drown a wasp and take it out can it come back to life?
- Studentwhat is your favorite bug to look at under the microscope
- Studentcan we use bugs to help us study different viruses to help us find cures?
- Studenthow many years do you have to take in college to be a scientist? what classes do you have to take?
Bugscope Teamit depends on what kind of scientist; at least 4 years, but many people here go on for another 5 or 6 or more
- StudentHey Cate WHat colledge degree do you have to have to use the microscope
Bugscope TeamTo use the microscope you don't need any really. We teach other students that don't have a degree to use the microscope all the time. For my job I have a bachelor degree in physics and Scot has one in biology and in english
- StudentWhich bug is closest related to humans?
Bugscope Teamwow I am not sure
- Studenthow many people do you work with each day?
Bugscope Teama few a day can come on the microscope. If they didn't sign up a lot of time, then more could be fit into the schedule. 3-4 people on average for this one a day
- Studentwhat is a batbug? and where does it live?
Bugscope Teambatbugs often live in attics where bats can also get in, or they live in caves, and they are quite like bedbugs
- Studentdito
- StudentThank you
- Studentthank you
- StudentTHANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentthankyou
- StudentThank YOU!!!!!!!!!!
- StudentThank you!
- StudentTHankssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!so much!!!!
- Studentthank you SCOTT AND CATE!!!
- StudentThank you for your time!
- StudentTHANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentthank you
- StudentTHANK YOU SCOT AND CATE
- Studentthank you for your time in trying to answer all of our questions!!! Thank you!! :)
- Studentyour awesom
- Studentthank you very much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentbye bye thanks
- Studentthaknkyuo very much
- Studentthank u from pauly d from the jersey shore
- Bugscope Teamthis is really fun for us. Bye!
- StudentThank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is the first time that we've stumped a scientist!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bugscope Teamha ha
- 1:07 pm
- Bugscope TeamI'm afraid we can be easily stumped, but we do know how to look most things up
- Bugscope TeamI think you have to know how to phrase your question, like designing an experiment, to get the answer you want.
- 1:13 pm
- TeacherHi Scot and Cate here they come :)
- Studentwhat am i looking at?
- Studentwhat am i lookin at here?
- Studentwhat type of phylum is this in?
- Bugscope Teamthis is a leafhopper
- Studentwhat bug is that?
Bugscope Teamthis is a leafhopper, which you often see as little green things that hop around when you walk in taller grass
- StudentDoes this bug have a virus?
Bugscope Teamit would be hard to tell if it did
- Studentwhy is it in black and white?
Bugscope Teamwe are using electrons to image this insects of light. Electrons are smaller and can see finer detail than light can
- Studentwhat is this?
- Bugscope Teamthe phylum is arthropoda
- Studentwhat addaptations does this bug have
Bugscope Teamit has an odd adaptation that it uses to keep its eggs moist
- TeacherCould you please give Peykin control of the scope?
- Studentis this a flea
Bugscope Teamno it is a leafhopper, bigger than a flea
- Studentwhat collage degree do you have
Bugscope TeamEnglish and Biology for me, and Physics for Cate
- Studentwhat kind of a microscope do you need to see this
Bugscope Teamyou could see it with a dissecting microscope
- 1:19 pm
- Studentwhat kind of microscope do you use to get this close to an animal
Bugscope Teama scanning electron microscope
- Studenthow old do you think this bug is?
Bugscope Teami think they live for around a season long, so assuming this is an adult, maybe a few months old
- Studentwhat type of college degree do you have Cate?
- Studentdo you take the pictures
- Studenthow many legs does it have?
- Studentwhere is this usually found?
- Studentwhat do the spikes on its legs do for the bug?
Bugscope Teamthey are often like cat whiskers- they allow the insect to feel when things come close to it or they bump into things
- Studentwhats the smallest bug you could see with this microscope??????????!
- Studenthow big is this leafhopper?
- Bugscope TeamAn additional and unique character of leafhoppers is the production of brochosomes, which are thought to protect the animals, and particularly their egg clutches, from predation and pathogens.
- TeacherCan you possibly show this class what the scope looks like?
- Bugscope Teamthat is a clip, below, that I got from Wikipedia..
- Bugscope Teamthis is what the inside of the microscope looks like
- StudentHow many cells does this have
Bugscope Teamprobably hundreds of thousands to a million
- Studenthow many bugs do you get a year
- Studentit isn't as bib
- Studentdoes it use those feather things because it is blind? like and adaptation?
Bugscope Teamit is not blind -- it has compound eyes on the sides of its head
- Studentbig
- Studenthow many eggs does it lay per year
Bugscope Teamthey can reproduce up to 6 times during their life, but I;m not sure how many eggs they lay at once. And they can live for up to a year, sorry. They can sometimes overwinter in your house.
- Studentyas i thought
- Studenthow does the electron microscope work?
- Studentwhat part in the food chain is the leafhopper?
Bugscope Teamwell it is a herbivore, and it gets eaten by larger things like ambush bugs
Bugscope Teamonly thing they feed on are plants, as scot said, so they are just above the bottom of the food chain
- StudentBOB SAGGET!! whats the one thing you cant see in tha microscope?
- TeacherCAn you give Peykin control of the scope?
Bugscope Teamthey have control
- Studenthow does the eloctron microspope work
Bugscope Teamwe beam high-energy electrons at samples that are conductive and in a reduced atmosphere -- a vacuum. we get secondary electrons back from the surface of the sample, and because we are constantly scanning the images constantly update
- StudentBOB SAGGET!! whats the one thing you cant see in tha microscope?
Bugscope Teamcolor!
- Studentis the leaf hopper like a grass hopper???
- Studentwhere does the leaphopper live
- StudentBOB SAGGET!! whats the one thing you cant see in tha microscope?
- 1:24 pm
- Studentwhere does the leaphopper live
Bugscope Teamgrassy areas. They like long grasses like prairies
- Studentdoes this bug have any ansestors
Bugscope Teamits ancestors would look like it but be a little more primitive, and perhaps larger
- Studenthow many eyes does this thing have and what kind of animal is this
- StudentHow many years have you been in school???????????????????????????????????
- Studenthow far can the leaphopper jump
Bugscope Teamit seems like 10 or 15 m inches, probably depends on the species
- Studenthow many legs does this leaphopper have?
Bugscope Teamit's an insect, so 6
- Studentwhat are the adaptations for this bug for that claw
- Studenthow old are bugs?
- Studenthow many claws are on one of those?
Bugscope Teamthey have a claw on each of their legs at the ends, so they have 6 claws
- Studentwhat is the purpose of the "pores" or "little hairs"
- Studentwhy does it have spikes on its skin?
- Studentdo you go out and find these bugs?
Bugscope Teamsometimes we do, or we will find them in our homes, or people will send them to us
- Studentwhere did u go to college
Bugscope TeamUniversity of Kansas, and Cate went here, to the University of Illinois
- StudentCould this bug cause you any harm or infections?
- Studenthow long can bugs live???
Bugscope Teamdepends on the insect. Most insects live for around a season, but sometimes they can overwinter or migrate so they can live for a year or longer
- Studenthave these bugs ever been known to live in a different envirement?
- Studentwhats the coolest bug you have looked at??????????????????????????
- Studentwhy are they're larger claws than the other ones?
- Studentis there any form of poison on these bugs?
Bugscope Teamnot that we know of, but many insects have chemical defenses against ants
- Studentr those good colleges
Bugscope TeamI think so, esp. Illinois
- Studentwhat is its skin made of?
Bugscope Teamit doesn't have skin, it has an exoskeleton, which are bones on the outside. They are made of chitin- the same stuff our fingernails are made of
- Studentwhat is the leafhopper's purpose
Bugscope Teamit feeds on plants, so it is likely considered a pest
- Studentcan you feel these bugs crawling on you? Or are they too small?
- Studentwhat is their defence system against other bugs?
- Studenthow big is this bug with out using a micro scopeee
- Studenthow sharp are the claws
Bugscope Teamwe can sort of see how sharp they are, but you know they are very small
- Studenthow close to are there organs with humans
Bugscope Teamnot much like humans
- Studentcan bugs die from viruses
Bugscope Teamyes
- 1:29 pm
- Studentjow many haairs does it have
Bugscope Teamhundreds and maybe thousands
- StudentCan we get viruses from bugs?
- StudentCan you see bacteria and viruses on the bug
- Studentcan we get viruses from bugs
Bugscope Teamyes in some cases
- Studentare these bugs harmful to humans?
- Studentwhat kind of cases can we get viruses
- Studenthow do you know what kinda of bugs your looking at???
Bugscope Teamwe compare them morphologically -- by shape, mostly
- Studentare the bugs eyes just like regular human eyes?
- Studentif these bugs could give us viruses what kind of viruses would they be?
- Studentwhat are they
- Studentcan bugs live in are body when wer 3?
Bugscope Teamthere are tiny mites that live on you, like in your eyelashes
- Studentwhat bugs can give us viruses?
Bugscope Teamthe deadliest insect is the mosquito, you can get a whole slew of viruses from them. like west nile virus, malaria, yellow fever
- Studentwhat is the most dangerous bug
Bugscope Teamoverall probably the mosquito
- StudentCan bugs shed?
- Studentare spiders dangerous
- Bugscope Teamticks can carry some viruses as well
- Studentwhat makes the mosqutio bites itch?
- TeacherCan you please give Jordan and Avery control of the scope?
- Studentwhat is the smallest bug that you know of?
Bugscope Teamfairyfly, which is actually a small parasitic wasp with a very painful sting
- Studenthow many yellow jackets are there usually per bee hive?
- Studenthow big is the yellow jackets tounge
- StudentWhat is the bug with the most important job??
- Studentcan bugs live in bugs
- Studentwhat is the worst case of west nile?
- Studentis the yellow jacket and the leahopper closely related?
Bugscope Teamnot at all actually. A leafhopper is a type of true bug, an insect with a piercing mouthpart, and a wasp is related to bees and ants
- Studenthow are the bees able to fly
- Studentcan someone die from a mosquito bite
Bugscope Teamyes if they are weak or don't get treated
- Studentwhat does the tongue of the yellow jacket do to help it adapt to other foods?
Bugscope Teamit is shaped so that it can easily collect liquids
- Studentcan you die from yellow jackets bites
Bugscope Teammaybe if you were allergic and went into shock
- Studentwhen a bug "molts" what happens
Bugscope Teamit's like when a snake sheds its skin, they climb out of the molt or shell that used to be their exoskeleton
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- StudentHow can bugs get infections from other bugs?
Bugscope Teamone way is by hanging out together, and one is by stinging or biting
- TeacherCan Avery/Jordan have control of the scope?
Bugscope Teamthey have control
- Studenthow has the mosquito evolved over time to make it one of the most dangerous animals
Bugscope Teamprobably in its ability to sense CO2 and/or body heat
- Studentare bug ever found in fossils???
Bugscope Teamyes they are
- StudentHow many different kinds of this bug are there
- StudentWhat does this bug use it's hair for?
- Studentwhy have bugs evoled to be small?
- Studentthank you scot
- Studenthow do you get rid of bed bugs
Bugscope Teamit is pretty drastic, but often it involves discarding all fabrics and your mattress etc.
- Studentwhat are we looking at
- StudentWhat r we looking at right now
- Studentwhat does that rough skin do to help the bug
Bugscope Teamit's not really skin -- it is more like a shell, and the roughness often gives it strength
- Studentare some mosquidos more deadlyer then others? why or why not?
- StudentCan bugs get the flu just like humans? or do they have their own illnesses?
Bugscope Teami dont know if they can get the flu, but they do have their own illnesses.
- StudentCan bugs live inside a human?
Bugscope Teamyes they can
- Studentdoes gloss on the yellow jacket's tounge help it to protect itself from viruses fom other bugs it eats?
- Studentcould this shell molt?
- Studenthave pine beetles evolved so that chemicals dont affect them
- StudentCan bugs find their way out of the human body???
Bugscope Teamwhen they grow they worm their way out of your skin or go into your digestive tract
- Student what is the halters
- Studentdo any kind of bugs carry aids or that kinda of disease?
- Studentcan this bug hear as well or better then humans?
- StudentDo bugs taste the food they eat just like humans do?
Bugscope Teamyes, they have little chemoreceptors that are like our tastebuds on their palps, which are little mouthparts
- StudentWhy do bugs go inside the human body????
Bugscope Teamit might be that part of their life cycle is completed there
- Studentdo all insects have ears
- StudentDo all bugs have hair?
- TeacherCan you please give Pillowpetters control ?
- Studentare those the ears of an insect?
Bugscope Teamusually they do not have actual ears but hear by sensing vibrations in the air or the ground
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- Studentwhat do illnesses doo to buugss
- StudentCan you name one bug illness? And what does it do to the bug?
Bugscope Teaminsects can get fungus that takes over their brain and makes them climb to high places, where the fungus can spread via the air
Bugscope Teamthey can get a bacteria infection that can be treated with antibiotics
- Studenthow has this bug evolved over time
Bugscope Teamactually flies once had four wings, and now they have two plus to halteres
- Studentwhat do these hairs do to help the bug to survive
- Studentw
- Studentdo u know everything about bugs
- Studentwhat do you do for a living
- Studentdo the fly halteres make a significant diffenerence to the fly?
- StudentWill the bugs in the future become bigger?
- Studenthow complex are flies compared to humans
- StudentWhy are bugs so small? And how does being small help them????
Bugscope Teambeing small helps them breathe efficiently; thankfully they cannot get too big because they cannot supply oxygen efficiently to the whole body if they are above a certain size
- Studentin a scientific prediction what do you think the yellow jacket will look like 100 years from now
- Studentwhat is your degree
Bugscope TeamEnglish and Biology, and for Cate, Physics
- StudentWhy do flies have thousands of eyes???
Bugscope Teamit helps them see a larger area at one time and also to sense changes in the visual field very quickly
- Studentcould this bug live inside another animal??
- Studentwhat do you do for a liveing why do you know so much about bugs?
Bugscope Teamwe have been doing bugscope for so long that we just naturally learn it. Like taking an entomology course over and over again
- TeacherI know you are super busy, any chance pillowpetters can get control of the scope?
Bugscope Teamthey have control
- Studentthat is awesome and how long do u have do go to school to do this
Bugscope Teamwe have been paying attention to entomologists and reading about insects for years, just from doing Bugscope, but we did also go to college
- StudentDo insects see in color?
- Bugscope Teamoften an insect can climb into someone's ear on accident because it is a moist warm area.
- Studentdo any bugs live in the freezing weather
Bugscope Teamsome insects are far better than others at surviving the cold; some ants, for example
- Studentdoes this eye have hair on it like humans do?
- Studentwhy do bees live in hives?? and how do bees make honey????
- Studenthow long did u go to college
Bugscope Team5 years
- StudentWhat's on the eyes?
- Studentcould any bugs live inside another bug that lives in a different envirement
Bugscope Teamthey do as eggs or larvae quite often
- Studentwhy do dragonflies have 4 wings and others only have 2
Bugscope Teammost have 4. diptera, or flies have 2 because they have a pair of halteres that beat opposite their wings to help give them balance.
- Studentif so would it effect the bug in any way?
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- Studentdo the many eyes on the fly see diffrent things or do they see the same thing ehen they are flying around
- StudentCan insects go into other animals???
- Studentwhat is the purpose of the bug being so small
Bugscope Teamit means the overall survival of the species is likely better if only because there is abundant food if you are small
- Studentwhat color does this bug see?
- StudentDo bugs see in color?
Bugscope Teamsome more than others, and some see certain colors better than others
- Studentcan a spider rip your skin?
- Studentare the adaptations similar to ours in a certain way?
- Studentwhy are flies born as larva and not flying
- Studenthow many bugs are there in highlands ranch colorado in the zip code 80126
Bugscope Teamprobably millions, easily
- Studentdo bugs drink water and if they could could they drink soda or koolaide
- Studentd
- Studentdo some bugs live off of viruses? do they help thm live
- Studentdo all insects have six legs?
- Studentis there a microscope that can see viruses
Bugscope TeamThe TEM or transmission electron microscope can see the fine details of viruses and cells. If you see an image of a virus in a movie, it's most likely a tem image
- Studentis there anyway you can find a virus in a bug and if you can, can you cure it
Bugscope Teambugs don't live long, generally, so it is unlikely you can cure it. still you should be able to find it by looking at the hemolymph, for example, using a TEM. tranmission electron microscope
- Studenthow do bees make huny and how come there the only bugs that can?
- TeacherAny chance we could give controls over once more to Purple Pandas?
- Bugscope Teamoops transmission electron microscope = TEM
- StudentWhich bug is the most similar to humans?
- Studentwhat was the earliest bug and what adaptations did it have
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- Studentwhat do the hairs on the wings do to help the bug???
Bugscope Teamthe hairs likely increase the surface area without affecting weight so much, so they help provide lift, in the air
- Studentif two different bugs where to mate would it become a problem for human life
- StudentWhich bug is the most similar to humans?
- Studentdo the bees stingers help them make honey????
Bugscope Teamno. bee stingers are also ovipositors, so that is where the eggs come out if they are fertile. Honey is made when the bee ingests nectar in a special stomach, and then mixes it with their mix and spits it out
Bugscope Teammixes it with their spit*
- Studentwhat is the biggest thing a bug could eat?
Bugscope Teamthere are spiders and praying mantises that can eat small birds and lizards
- StudentWhy do queen bees have a dot on their back?
- StudentWhy do bed bugs bite us three times????
- Studentcan the same species of bugs be cannibals?
Bugscope Teamyes especially if their normal food source is not available. Spiders will often eat each other
- Studentdo some types of bugs live in space?
- Studentwhat is that?
- Studentdo flies really puke every time they land?
Bugscope Teamno, just when they want to eat something. They spit up on the food to help dissolve it, and then they slurp it all up. YUM
- Studentif one bug had a viruse do you think it would it be possible for it to be passed onto another bug?
Bugscope Teamyes
- Studentwhy do queen bees have a dot on their back?
- Studentwhat was the eirliest bug and what adaptetions did it have
- StudentWhich bug is the most similar to humans?
Bugscope TeamI am really not sure. If there is an answer, we might find out from the entomologists next week when they come in
- Studentthank you
- TeacherTHank you so much for your time and expertise with the bugscope. We thank you very much. What an amazing experience for our kiddos.
- StudentThanks bro
- Studentthank you
- Studentthx
- Studentthank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentthank you!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentthanks
- Bugscope TeamThank You!
- Studentthank you thank you thank you thank you thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- StudentTHANKS! Have a good rest f your day!
- Bugscope Teamthanks for hanging out with us and asking such good questions
- StudentTHANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH!!! Learned alot :
- Studentgracias amigo thanks
- Studentthanks :)
- Studentyour wolcome
- Bugscope Teamhttp://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2010-077
- Studentthank you soooooo much scot and cate it was fun talking!!!!!!!! BYE!!!!!!!!!!! We had tons of fun
- Bugscope Teamyes very good questions
- Bugscope Teamyes we will be here
- TeacherThanks Scot and Cate. Will you be our scientists tomorrow as well?
Bugscope Teamyes we are the only people who do this, presently
- Studentbuy
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- TeacherYou guys are awesome!! Thank you for responding to my students so well. They have lots of questions :)
- TeacherOur time looks like between 7:45-10:15 Mountain Time? Is that right?
Bugscope Teamthat's what we have for CDT, so if the time zones are the same right now, yes
Bugscope Teamoops, we are off by an hour
Bugscope Teamyes that should be right
- TeacherThank you!!!
- TeacherSee you tomorrow.
- Bugscope Teamsee you!
