Connected on 2010-11-15 08:00:00
from Swanton, VT, US
- 6:11 am
- Bugscope Teamstill coating sample, will start pumping down soon
- 6:23 am
- Bugscope Teamsample is now pumping down
- Bugscope Teamnow just waiting for vacuum to be good enough to start electron gun
- 6:36 am
- 6:41 am
- 6:47 am
- Bugscope Teamnow making presets for today's session
- 6:52 am
- 6:57 am
- 7:02 am
- Bugscope Teamgood morning, Gary!
- Bugscope TeamWelcome to Bugscope!
- Bugscope Teamtail hooks, larva 2
- 7:08 am
- Bugscope Teamplease let us know when you are ready to go; in the meantime we're making a few more presets
- 7:15 am
- Guesthi
- GuestGood morning!
- Guest good morning everybody
- Bugscope TeamGood Morning!
- Guestwhats up
- Guestgood morning
- Guesti am ready
- GuestWe r ready
- Bugscope TeamI'd like to see if we can get a look at the moth face and then I'm done
- Guestwat up
- Guestsam u r annoying
- Guest okay
- Guestthat is kool
- Bugscope Teamalright we are ready to let you all drive
- Guestwhat
- Guestokay
- GuestIt's ok!
- Guestits ok
- Guestthats okay \
- Guestits ok
- Guest:)
- Bugscope Teamgood morning, Gary!
- Guest:p
- 7:20 am
- GuestHe is not logged in yet
- Bugscope Teamha Chad do you want to drive?
- GuestYes
- Guestme too
- Bugscope TeamI gave you control of the 'scope
- Guestgood morning
- GuestMR. Lashure Chad
- Guestwhen do we drive
- Guesthi everyone
- Guesthi
- Guestokay thx
- Bugscope Teamthis is the coiled proboscis of a moth
- Guestthis is cool
- Guestok
- Guestcool
- Guestwow what is this thing?
- Guestthis is really awsome i like this
- Guestit looks kida weird
- Bugscope Teamwith moths it is hard to find areas that do not charge up in the electron beam
- Guestthis is cool
- Guestis it a moth?
- Guestoh
- Guestokay
- Guesthow is it hard
- Guestso none of it change in the mouth
- Bugscope Teamwhen these guys feed, they push hemolymph into the tube, into the proboscis, to make it roll out like a party favor
- GuestHow do we move the scope to a differt location on the moth
Bugscope Teamyou can change the mag to a lower mag, that will help
- Guestwhat do i dooo
- Guestooo this is interesting
- Guestyou ju=st wait
- Guestit is fun
- Bugscope Teamthen you can click on the image itself to make the 'scope center on that area
- GuestOK thanks
- GuestGood morning
- Guestthats cool
- Guestso funnnnnnnnnnnnn
- Guestgooooooooooooood mornin
- Bugscope Teamoops I can't reply on that interface
- Guestits getting biger
- Guestweird but cool
- Bugscope Teamthis is Scot, also
- Guestwhen do we do our drive
- Guestmonica that is a realy long name is that u and caitlyn together
- Guestthis is awesome okay
- Guesto ok
- GuestDo u have our samples?
Bugscope TeamYes I critical point dried them on friday. I put some other types of insects on as well.
- Guestokie dokie
- Guest:)
- TeacherI am logged in
- Guestscot have you been working with this stuff for a while?
Bugscope Teamalmost 12 years
Bugscope Teamyeah as long as Bugscope has been going, since March 1999
- 7:25 am
- Guest Good mornig everybody
- Guestgood morning
- Bugscope TeamHello Mr L!
- Guestyeah you are logged in
- Guesthello mr.lashure
- Guestgood job mr.l
- GuestHello Mr.L
- Guestthis is fun
- Teachergood morning class
- Guestgood morning mr l
- Bugscope Teamnow you can see the proboscis, and one of the eyes, and to the upper left a wing
- Guestwow thats cool what kind of other stuff do you guys work with on the microsopes?
- Guesthi MR.L
- Guestthis must be a very constructed microscope
- Guestthat is awwwwwwwweeeeeeesssssssssssooooooommmmmmmmmmeeeeeee
- Guest:)
- Teacherdid you get our caddisflies?
Bugscope Teamyes we did. There are a few other insects on here today as well as your caddisflies
- Guestsooooooooo ccccccccccoooooooooooooooooooooolllllllllllllllllllllll
- Guesti like this :)
- Guesta moth
- Guesta moth eye
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head of the moth
- Guestwoops it is the head not the eye'
- Guestwhen do we start
- Guestwow ya'll say too much cooolls?
- Bugscope Teamthe caddisflies are to the far west and a little south
- Guestseriously it looks like a moths eyes
- Guestcan we do a diffrent slide now
- Guestwhere is the head
- Bugscope TeamI just gave Carmeline control
- Guestwhen do we get to drive
- Guestloll
- Bugscope Teamif you pull the leftside screen up you can choose from one of the presets there, and the 'scope will move to that place
- Bugscope Teamum a mosquito, a boy mosquito
- Guestit is the eyesssssssss
- GuestWHO?
- GuestJust me now
- Guestthat looks sooo cool look at all the eye balls
- GuestU r controling now ?
Bugscope Teamdude Carmeline has control
- GuestcOol !!!!!! :)
- Guestthank you for telling
- Guestwell thats what i think are eyeballs
Bugscope Teamno foolin'!
- Guestthat is so awsome
- GuestLol
- 7:31 am
- Bugscope Teamyou can see the kind of extra frilly antennae the males have
- Guesti like this
- Guestyeah
- Bugscope Teamthis is one of your critters
- Guestwow is that the caddisfly
Bugscope Teamyes it is!
- Guestthere is a ton of the little eyeballs
- Guestdust mite
Bugscope Teamvery large one
- Guestcool!:) awesome
- Guestis that the body!
Bugscope Teamto the left, yeah
- Guesti want the caddis fly
Bugscope Teamlot of protein for you
- GuestWhat part
- Guestno it is the head caddisfly
- Guestyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
- Guestim soo riter
- Bugscope Teamso you drive by clicking on the screen, and the 'scope drives in that direction -- recenters in that direction
- Guesthe told me itt is a body!!!!
Bugscope Teamto the left is the body of this one
- GuestThis thing is cool
- Guestit wont let me!!!!!!!!!
- Guestwho is driveing
- Guestyes it is monica
- Guestooo wait never mind we fixxed it
- Guestis that the body
- Guestooo its blury
- GuestNow it is focused
- Bugscope TeamI did some of the driving.
- Guestthere is some really big and small and weird looking critters
Bugscope TeamI think those plant-like things are gills
- Guesthis arm is broken\
- Guestcool
- Guestlol
- Guestthat is so cool it looks like arms
- Guestooo ok thanks\
- GuestHis arm is broken lol
Bugscope Teamyeah Cate busted it up putting the sample together
- Guestoowell it still looks cool
- Guesthaha its okay
- GuestHow Long did u have 2 train 4
- Guestyeah
- GuestWhat are those line are they a bunch of legs?
Bugscope Teamthere are six legs; we also see the segments of the body
- Guestwho is driveing now
- 7:36 am
- Bugscope Teamhey if i busted it, there would be no more leg :p
Bugscope Teamyeah if I did it you'd see a big hole where the forceps stuck through it
- Guestlol
- Guesti want to drive
- Guesti wanna iwanna
- Guestok thanks
- Guestno i doo
- Bugscope Teamyou know you can click on any of the presets to get the 'scope to drive to that place
- Guestwoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow
- GuestIt looks so cool
- Bugscope Teamit takes a little while to figure out the controls
- Guestwow
- GuestOne of the bugs looks like a snail
- TeacherWe have only 15 minutes for this class and another one comes in -- could students drive for less time?
- Gueststop askin jeeze ya'll are like dogs beggin for food givem a break?
- Guestoo god what did i do
- Guestits goiing to eat me
- GuestScot how long did u have too train
Bugscope TeamI've been doing this for a long time, but this 'scope is easy to use
- Guestfruit fly!
- Guestooo okay
- Guestso col it looks like the head and face of the fruit fly
- GuestO
- Guestits going to eat me
- Guestcan i drive
- Guestcan i have a turn after plezzzzzz
- Guestno me
- GuestWhat on earth is this?
- Guesthaha i bet your brain is smaller just kidden its wayy bigger
- Guesthahahjk
- Bugscope Teammost of the fruit fly's brain is dedicated to visual processing
- Guestwe should do a cricker face
- Guest?
- Guestyup
- Guesthow do you get the brain out/
Bugscope Teamyou can cut it with an ultramicrotome
- Guestya it is fun and u still get paid
- Guestwaht about now the same
- GuestI hate those thigs
- Guesti think that fruit fly is smarter thban me lol
- Guestwhat power is this on?
Bugscope Teamabout 704x now
- Guestwere did cate go
- 7:41 am
- Guestcan i drive plezzzz
- Guesti think it is smarter than me after you took the brain out lol
- GuestWOW!!! mason
- GuestWhat is this?
- Guestsam u should b the last 1
- Guestscot how many kinds of bugs and how many do you see each year ?
- Guestoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
- Bugscope Teamokay Samantha you are the supreme ruler
- Guestof what
- Guesthaha shes a begger
- GuestYuck!!!!!!!!!
- Guestoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Bugscope Teamthis is some kind of vorticella or something, from the water
- Guestewwwwwww
- Guestda microscope
- Guestshe finaly made u break
Bugscope Teamheh yeah
- Guestawesome
- Guesthaha
- Guestscott what made you want this job?
- Guestwoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow
- Guesti like like this too because u play around 2
- Guestoooo it lookws bumpy
Bugscope Teamthose are the ommatidia -- the individual facets of the eye
- GuestgreaT WALL OF CHINA
- Guestthis is so much better then class!!
- Guestthis is an eye?
Bugscope Teamyes it is
Bugscope Teama compound eye
- GuestWhy is there like a patern on this?
Bugscope Teamthe hexagonal shape is best for closepacking, and also the best shape for a domeshape
- Guestthats mean and nice/
- Guestthat looks cooll
- Guest?
- Guestwhat is this
- Guestthat is so weird
- Guesti love this it is raly cool
- GuestZOOM OUT MORE\
- Bugscope Teamthere can be thousands of ommatidia in the eye of, for example, a large wasp
- GuestIts larva
- Guestooo shes just piccing a new won right now
- Guesthaha
- Guestcan i have a turn plez
- Guestwhat is this
Bugscope Teamthat was the mandibles of one of the caddisfly larvae
- Guestcan i have control next
- Bugscope Teamthis is one of the tail hooks
- GuestThis olooks like a horn
- Guesttrust me i spell better in reall life
Bugscope Teamheh yeah this is kind of fast for me'
- GuestDON;T TELL PEOPLE WHAT TO DO EVEN THOUGH I JUST DID!!
- GuestYEAH
- GuestWUT
- GuestSAM YOU DID GREAT
- Bugscope TeamTyler you have it now...
- Guesti bet nobody is stopping
- Guestthis is real life
Bugscope Teamsweet
- GuestYEAH YOU SHOULD
- 7:46 am
- Guestmay i plez have a turn after
- Guestthat is sweet
- Guest4 mins leftv \
- Guestleft*
- Guestlool they do
- GuestThe tail hooks look like horns
Bugscope Teamto us they closely resemble the claws of other insects
- GuestYEAH WHAT CHAD SAID
- Guestyaaaaaaaaa thanks scott for letting me drive
Bugscope Teamnp
- GuestThsi is soo cool
- Guesthaha everyone stopped typing 4 a min
- Guestis it cool to drive
- GuestIk he is weird
- Guestwhy does it look like corn
- GuestTHE DUDE NEXT TO ME IS playing rune scape\
Bugscope Teambusted!
- GuestLOL
- GuestLOL
- Bugscope Teamso this is one of the diatoms -- the silica based critters
- Guestwhat is this?
- Guestthat was really fun driveing but i really did not now how to use it
- Bugscope Teamoops and now the tip of the mosquito proboscis
- GuestThis is a good experiance or however you spell it!
Bugscope Teamglad you're having fun
- Guestodd
- Guestis it cool to drive
- GuestYa it is interesting
- Bugscope TeamTaylor you have it now
- Gueststop asking questions give him and her a brake
- Guestthanx
- Guestthis is so cool that we can see what your doing from a different country
- Bugscope Teamthese are scales
- Guestyaaaa
- Guestwhat is this
- GuestNO sj is on
Bugscope Teamsj is me on another confuser
- GuestO i c
- Guestyaaaaa tyler u did good
- Guestoh thats nice of her:)
- Guestwut
- Guestthank u for leting us useing the electron microscope
- Guesttoday
- GuestWhat is this?
- GuestIt looks like a part of a pineapple stick kind of
- Guestchad if you put o i c together it spells oink almost lol
- GuestThis looks like cloths
- Bugscope Teamsome of those high-mag places I had to tweak on the 'scope to make them look good again
- GuestBlack
- GuestIS IT COOL TO DRIVE ?
- GuestDo you like confusing us? Hahahaha
- Guestthat one was like a waterfall
- Guestare those scails
- Guestwoow gills\
- GuestWhat is this
- Bugscope Teamscales have holes to help make them lighter and also the holes refract the light making the scale have color
- Bugscope TeamKirsten I just gave you control
- Guestslow down taylor jesss
- Bugscope Teamthis is a bunch of debris on the body of one of the caddisfly larvae
- GuestThank you well got to go bye
- Guestthank you
- Guestthank you
- Guestthank u bye scott and cate
- Guestthank u
- 7:51 am
- Guestbye peace
- Guestwe have 2 log out now bye thanx alot
- Bugscope TeamBye!
- Bugscope Teamthanks for trying out bugscope today
- Guestbyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
- Guestbye ill miss u
- Guestbye
- Guestthanks scot for giving use control
- Guestthx sooo much
- Guest!! :)
- Bugscope TeamBye You All!
- Bugscope Teamthat was fun
- Guestthe next class will be in soon!
Bugscope Teamtotally cool
- Guestthis one is like a whole bunch of sticks and brush thanks got to go have a good day it was nice talking with you about bugs
Bugscope Teamthanks GL
- TeacherI'm still on waiting for the next class
Bugscope Teamokay I gave you control as Mr L
- Bugscope Teamso interesting that these setae are brushlike
- 7:57 am
- GuestGood Morning
- Guestgood morning
- Guestgood morning
- Guestgood morning
- GuestGood morning
- Guestgood morning
- Guestgood morning people
- Bugscope TeamHello!
- Bugscope TeamWelcome to Bugscope!
- Guestthank you
- Guestthanks
- Guestthank you
- Guestthank you
- Guestthank you
- Bugscope TeamI just now gave Emma control of the 'scope
- Guestthis is cool
- Guestok
- Guestwhat give me control
- Bugscope Teamon the left, if you click on the arrow, are the presets
- Guestyes it is intresting
- Guestok
- Bugscope Teamyou can click on a preset to have the 'scope drive to that place
- Guestok
- Guesthey
- Guestwhat kind of bug is this
Bugscope Teamthis is a caddisfly
- Bugscope Teamwhen you are on the sample, like now, you can change the mag, the focus, etc. and you can also click on the image to get the 'scope to center on that place
- GuestI dont know Roni
- Guestgood morning
- Guestme ethier roni and tif
- Guestcan i change pics
Bugscope TeamEmma can drive now
- GuestHello poeple
- Guestthats cool
- Guestgood moring
- Bugscope Teamso only one person at a time can drive
- GuestJoey'
- Guestwhat should i look at
- Guesti dont no i am a confusing person
- Guestthis is soo cool
- Guestwhat is the best bug
- Guesthow many pictures are there of bugs
- Bugscope Teamand I am sitting near the microscope, so I will sometimes tweak the focus if it looks like I might be able to fix something more quickly from here.
- Guestwhat is the pic
- Guesthi u guy
- Guestcool
- Guesthey scot
- Guestwhat is this pic of
- Guest umm.. what type of bug is this??
- Guestwhat is this picture
Bugscope Teamwe are looking at the head and some of the segments below the head, of one of the caddisfly larvae
- Guestwhat pic
- 8:02 am
- Guestoh, so she can change the picture that we see?
Bugscope Teamyes
- Guestok
- Guestwhat is it of
- Guestohh ok I get it now
- Guestgood moring
- Bugscope Teamokay I just gave Katelynn control of the 'scope
- Guesthi
- Guesthey scot what is this picture of can u help us out
Bugscope Teamthis is the head of a caddisfly larvae you sent us
- Guestcool
- Guesto thanks
- Guestwhats this
- Guestwhat is this for
- GuestI dont know
- Guestwhat is that ?\
- GuestAre there water bugs
- GuestKatelyn what is that
- Guesthow many bugs are there in this thing?
Bugscope Teamsix or eight...
- Guesto thet is so cool
- Guestwow
- Bugscope Teamright now we are looking at a claw
- Guestthis is cool and intresting
- Guestwhat is this pic
- Guestooooo these pics are wierd but awesome
- Guestwhy does the criket compound eye look like snake skin.
Bugscope Teamyou are seeing the individual facets of the eye, and they're hexagonal
- Guestwhats this pic
- Guesti didnt know a criket has a claw
Bugscope Teamlots of insects have claws, we've found
- Guestidk
- Guestwhat is this??
- Guestis that cells?
- Bugscope Teamthis is a fruit fly compound eye
- Guestso that is what the eye looks like ?
- Guestgood morning
Bugscope TeamGood morning!
- Guestohhhh cool
- Guestcan you change it to a cricket face
- Guesti want control of the micro scope
- Guestgood moring
- Guestwhats this pic of
- Guestwhats that?
- Guesti think its a matress i really dont know
- Guestwoah what is that
- Guestwow!
- Guestjune bug head
- Bugscope Teamthis is a beetle head
- Guestewwww
- Guestohh cool
- Guestwow thats cool.
- Bugscope TeamZach I gave you control. Good Job, Katelynn!
- Guestcool
- Bugscope Teamthe thing that looks like a putter is an antenna
- Guestim not in control any more
- Guestits a beatle head nathan
- GuestIs that a germ
- Guestya it is cool
- Guestcrickets are ugly up close
- Guestcool
- Guestwhat is the specks on the bug ?
- Guestwhat are these things
- Guestwhat is this it is cool
- 8:07 am
- Guestwhats that ??
- Guestwhat is this pic
- Guestthere are really cool bugs and bug parts on here this amazing
- Guestthis looks like a tornado
- Guestis that a snake
- Guestwhats this
- Guestwhat is that
- GuestNate Why would that be a snake
- Guesthey nate
- Bugscope Teamit is especially cool here to see the eye through the center of the proboscis
- Guestwhy is it swirly
Bugscope Teamwhen the proboscis isn't in use it's curled up. When it wants to drink something hemolymph (bug blood) filled the proboscis and it unfurls like a new years noise maker
- Guesthow much does the micro scope cost
- Guestwhat is that
- Guesthow much does a eletrone microscope cost
- Guestidk good question
- Guestmoth something
Bugscope Teamthe proboscis is the mouthpart, like a straw
- Guestis that an eel
- Guestyeah good question
- Guestwhat is that
- Guestnow this looks like a fungus on a tree
- Guestomg
- Guestwow
- Guestwhat? what is a probosics?
Bugscope Teamit's a mouthpart used for drinking liquids. kind of like an elephant's trunk
- Guestis that a coral reef
- Guestno nate its an eye
- Guesto dont get what this is ?
- Guesthow much is it now
- Guestthis is sooooo cool
- Guestis this a bees nest
- Guest no\
- Guestthat is cool
- Guestwwhats this
- Guesty did u give joey control i wasent done yet
Bugscope TeamZach you are still it.
- Guestsomeone change the pic!!
- Guestis that a matress
Bugscope Teamthis is a fruit fly compound eye
- Guestwhat are those?
Bugscope Teamthose are eye facets of the fruit fly
- Guest chang the pic !
- Guestweired
- Bugscope Teamhead of one of the caddiscly larvae
- Guestis this a beetle
- Guestawsome
- Guest what is that ?
- Guestwhy does it have lace type things on its feet?
- Guestthat is cool what is that
- Guestneat
- Bugscope Teamthey have a flat head like a civil war soldier cap
- Guestcool
- Guestits a locust,
- Guesthow much does the it reper
- Guestis that like a tick or something
- Guestthey are neay
- Guesto cool!
- Guestare those feelers?
- Guestthis is awesoem
- Guestthe have hair??
Bugscope Teamthey have tiny setae that look like hair to us and are sensory
- Guestawesome
- Guestoh cool
- Guestwhat is it?
- Guestthat is relly awesoem
- 8:12 am
- Guestis that hair
- Guestcool
- GuestLIKE THE MOON AND THE STARS
- Guestchange the pic!!! please
- Guestthat bug really needs a bath cause thats gross
- Guestit looks like a bugs back or something
- Guestcool hair
- Guesthow big is the microscope ?
Bugscope Teamit's about the size of a large tall desk. it has its own water, air, nitrogen, AC, etc.
- Guestthat is a big hair
- Guestthey look like worms
- Guesthow many pics are there
Bugscope Teamas many as you all make by driving the 'scope
- Guestawsome
- Guestis that a fly??
- Guestcool
- Guestso cool
- Guestis that a fly??
- Guestthat is cool what is it
- Guestfly?
- GuestWhat do they use those hairs for
Bugscope Teamthey need those hairs to feel what's going on around them. They have an exoskeleton that is like a suit of armor to us. If we wore a suit of armor we wouldn't feel anything touch our skin. The hairs they have are connected to nerves underneath the exoskeleton allowing them to feel, taste/smell, among other things
- Guestwhat is this thing?!
- Guesthow many times can it like zoom in?
Bugscope Teamit can go above 200,000x but that is about the limit for publishable images
- GuestLIKE THOSE LARGE WORMS UNDERGOUND
- Guestwaht r the things on the side ?
- Guesthe yscot
- GuestWOW
- Guesthey scot
- Guestis that a fly?
Bugscope Teamyeah it is a fruit fly, and this is the head
- Guestthis is sooo cool
- Guestthat looks fake
- Guestwoooooooooooow
- Guestoh .
- Guesthairy
- Guestthat is big is the microscopes
Bugscope Teamabout 8 feet long, 4 or 5 feet deep, and 6 feet tall at one end
- Guesteye philip
- Guestthis is AWESOME! how do u get the insects
Bugscope Teampeople send them, and we catch them
- Guestwhy do there eyes look like big dots?
Bugscope Teamthis is a compound eye,which means it has facets called ommatidia
- Guesthow do you vew it all the way through the computer ?
- Guestthat was wired
- Guestthat is cool
- GuestFOOD
- Guestlooks like bubble wrap
- Guestno
- Guestno
- Guestwhat are those line things between its eyes?
- Guestthat look like bubles
- Guestwow
- Guestdo you guys have to put these pictures on here?
Bugscope Teamthese are all live images, with a sample inside the microscope
- Guesto so people just send bugs to u and then u put them under a microscope for our entertainment and for science. Cool!
- Guestnate
- Guestthat is huge
- Guestwhats that ?
- Guestnate
- Guestcan i have control again
- Guestis that a germ
- Bugscope Teamthe ommatidia have little bristles sticking out between them that sense windspeed and direction
- Guestwhat is that
- 8:17 am
- Guestya that looks cool
- Guestwooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow
- Guestwhats that
- GuestNATE
- Guestcool
- Guestwhat is that big oval thingf
- Guesthow big is the microscope
- Guestcool
- Guestgo Cheyenne
- Guestthats right
- Guestcool
- Guestyea man thats awsome
- Guestdo microscopes have color, so u can see the color of the bug in magnifacation?
Bugscope Teamelectron microscopes work a little differently than light microscopes. They use electrons, which can see much finer details (as small as 2 nanometers with this microscope) and the detector collects a signal. So it's black and white
- Guestwow!
- Guest:)
- Bugscope Teamwhoa gnarly this is the head of the cricket
- Guestniiiiiiiiiiiiice
- Guestnate
- Bugscope Teamyou can false color electron images though
- Guestikr
- Guestso cool!
- Guest Nate
- Guestnate
- Guestwhats that?
- Guestclick on the male misquito head pleaz cheyenne
- GuestNATE
- Guestwhats up
- Guestwwwwhhhat is THAT
- GuestNATE!!!!
- Bugscope Teamthe mouthparts are toward the bottom of the image we see now
- Guestno it is not
- Guestnm u
- Guestcan we change the picture or zoom in please?
- Guestit loooksss wierd!
- Guestthats so cool
- Guestclick on a picture that has more detail pleassee
- Guestthat is cool scot
- Guestis that big thing in the middle its nose??
- Guestnice awsome cool
- Guestyes go with olivia please
- Guestwhat is that bump on its nose?
Bugscope Teamnot sure why it is a bump, but likely that shape gives it some strength
- Guesthow big is the microscope
- Guestwhat is that
- Guestoh
- Guestare these arms
- Guestits a raceway
- Guesty does it look like it has hairs coming outta his sides and horns?
- Guestis that a BUG
- Bugscope TeamOlivia now has control
- Guestare those claws?
- Guestwhat is that
- Guestidk thats also a good question
- Guestwhat are those things that looks like horns
Bugscope Teamthat is how the larva hooks onto the substrate, like the bottom of the stream'
- Guestwhat are those lines???
- Guestnope their hooks
- GuestHOW BIG IS THE MICROSCOPE?
- Guestsweeeeeeeeeeeet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Guestohhh thanks scot
- Guestthat is cool scot
- Guestwhos scot
- Guestwhy does it look like horns like elephants?
Bugscope Teamit's a good shape to have for tusks, claws, and tail hooks, apparently
- Guestok, what is that.....
- Guestawsome
- Guestwhat is this??
- Guestit looks furry
- GuestWhat are these?
- Guestit looks like worms
- Guestyou
- Guesthow big is the microscope
Bugscope Teamlike a large desk with a high part at the end
- Guestwhat is that
- Guestwhats this
- Guestyuuuum
- Guestit looks like twigs, and yare they all over the place?
- Guestu stole my quetion
- 8:22 am
- GuestHOW BIG IS THE MICROSCOPE? i would like to know
Bugscope TeamKatelynn it has its own personal room.
- GuestTHIS IS SOOO COOL!!!
- Guestlarva
- Guestthanx u
- Guestworms
- GuestHOW BIG IS THE BICROSCOPE
- GuestLARVA LOOKE Cool
- Guestyea man
- Guestit looks like it was weaved, and why does it look like corn?
- Guestdiatom larva?
- Guestewww worms how do they look like worms
- GuestLIKE THOSE BIG WARMS NATE
- Guestlooks like corn
- Guestwhy does it have sections?
- Guestit looks likehoney comb
- GuestScot what is this
Bugscope Teamit's a diatom
- Guestit looks like waffles
- Guestwho is ESEM????????
- Guestthat look like corn YUM
- Guestwhats diatom?
- Guestim hungry
- Guestwhat are those holes for??
- GuestO
- Bugscope Teamdiatoms are silica-shelled one-celled creatures in the water
- Guestit looks like ice cream
- Guesta bug
- Guesthow many people do u have working there ?
- Guestwell lunch is far away
- Guestit is a larva
- Guestyum
- Guestor corn
- Guestwhat are those sections?
- Guesthow many people work with this microscope
Bugscope Teamscott and I manage it and do some projects with it, but the microscope has many students from the university that use it for their projects too
- Guestwhat kind of larva is that
- Guestthis dude has a name
- Guestnice zach
- Guestwhy and what are those
- Guestawesome
- Guestcan we look at the june bug
- Guestjust kiding
- Guestwhy does it have holes everywere???
Bugscope Teamthe live portions of the diatom stick through the holes, in some cases
- Guestis this part of the inside of an animal???
- Guesthow many people do u have working there ?
Bugscope Teamjust Cate and me right now
- Bugscope Teamronicv I gave you control
- Guestnice
- Guestwoah!!!!!!! it kinda looke like lobster tails
- Guestwhat kind of BUG IS THIS
- Guestbeetle
- GuestI have no clue what this is. What is it?
Bugscope Teamthis is a june bug head
- Bugscope Teamit's a type of beetle
- Guestwow thats cool
- Guestscot
- Guestwhya reb't any of these images in color?
- Guesthow many people work with this microscope
- Guesthairy
- Guest*why arent
- Guestjune bug head looks cool
- Guestis that cool or what
Bugscope Teamthat was the junebug's face up close
- 8:28 am
- Guestthats right
- Guestwhy do they have alot of hairs?????
- Guesthave you guys ever ran outt of pictures to put on here?
- Guestis that the mouth
- Guestwhat is in those sections
- Guestwhy arent any of theses images in color?
Bugscope Teamwe are getting the images as signal from the electrons that come back to us, and the signal is in shades of grey
- Guesthow many bugs do u have and how many people work with this microscope?
- GuestCOOOOOLL
- Guestwhy does it have a split thing in the middle
- Guestok
- Guestwhatis this??
- Guesti dont get the pic
- Guestwhat is tht?
- Guestwhat is this
- Guestdid you guys find the bugs or did you buy gthe slides already made??
Bugscope Teamyou sent some of the critters we're looking at now
- Guestwho has control now
- Guestlots
- Guestwheres the collor
Bugscope Teamelectrons do not show color
- Guestwow that is cool
- Guestwhats a stub
Bugscope TeamI'll show you, just a sec...
- Guesto cool i asked that questio three timess
- Guestfish head?
- Guesto no
- Guestcool dude
- Guestcool
- Guestctae what is that
- Guestwow
- Bugscope Teamokay this is the inside of the microscope
- Guestwhat type of microscope?
- Guestthats
- Guestcoooooooooooooooooooooool
- Guestcool
- Guestlooks small
- Guestthats the microscope
- Guestthat ia cool
- Guestthats inside the microscope???!!!!
- Guestis that the micro scope
- Guest do you have a brighter pic
- Guestthanks esem but who r u
- Guesthow big is it
- Guestthat thing must be huge
- GuestTHAT IS BIG
- Guestthat is so cool
- Guestbye!
- Guestbye
- GuestBY
- Guestbye seee you later
- Guestby
- Guesthow big is the mocroscope
- Guestthis was fun :)
- Guestsee you later
- Guestbye
- Guestbyyyeeee this was funn thanks !!!
- Guestby
- Guestbye
- Guestbye we have to go now
- Bugscope Teamoh no!
- Bugscope TeamBye!
- Guestthank you !!
- Guestthank you
- Guestthank u
- Bugscope TeamThank You!
- Bugscope TeamThat was fun!
- Bugscope TeamESEM was me, at the 'scope console.
- Teachernext class on thier way
- 8:33 am
- Bugscope Teambe right back
- Teacherhow are they doing?
Bugscope Teamoh I think very well
- Teacherthe other class is here
- Bugscope TeamCool!
- Bugscope TeamWe are ready to roll!
- Bugscope Teamlet us know when you have questions, and when someone new would like to drive
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head of a male mosquito
- Bugscope TeamMr. L you have control right now.
- 8:38 am
- Bugscope Teamokay I just gave Peyton control
- Guesthi
- Guesthi jacob
- Guesthahahaha
- Guesttell me what this is
- Bugscope Teamyou can see the compound eyes, which normally don't look this good when the insect dies.
- Guestwow thats really intersting!
- Guestwow
- Bugscope Teamfemales do not have super frilly antennae like the males do
- Guestright hannah.. hahaha
- Guestwhat is this
- Guestshut up ben
- Guestit looks funny
- Teacherstop it
- Bugscope Teamthe donut like things at the bottom of the antennae (not the eyes) are called pedicels
- Teacheror silent lunch for all of you
- Guestit does
- Guestlooks so wierd
Bugscope Teamyeah it does
- Guesto cool donuts
- Guestits grosssss
- Bugscope TeamHanna I just gave you control
- Bugscope Teamso you can drive the 'scope
- Guestno
- GuestThe eyes are realy big in compareison to some of the other parts of it
- Guestthat has so many eyes
Bugscope Teamwasps, some of the larger ones, can have 5000 ommatidia per eye
- Guestscary
- Guestamazing
- Guestim scared
- Guesti'm kinda scared now.
- GuestAWESOME
- Guesti have no clue hannah
- Bugscope TeamHanna you can choose from among the presets on the lefthand screen
- Guestwhatis this
- Guestwow, talk about good vision
- Guesthow long does a misquitoe usually live?
Bugscope TeamI think only a few weeks, normally.
- Bugscope Team3 to 4 weeks...
- Guestit looks like mini hexigons
- Guestthis is pretty cool
- Guesthow long is that in mosquito years
- Guestyeh
- Bugscope Teamso the hexagonal things are the ommatidia
- Guestwhat is that
- 8:43 am
- Bugscope Teamthe things that look like feathers are scales
- Guestwhat is this
- Guestscaryyyy
- GuestDONUTS
- Bugscope Teamscales are good for helping you get out of a spider web
- GuestI dom't know
- Guestwhat are those oval looking things on the misqueto?
- Guesthow long is this
- Guestwhat is this thing
Bugscope Teamto the far right is where the antenna comes out. to the left some scales can be seen
- Bugscope Teamif you fly into a spider web, the scales will stick but you might be able to leave them behind and get out
- Guestits u sara
- Guestwow this microscope is realy powerful, how many times does this multiply the mosquito's size
- Guestwhat is this
- Guestwhat theee heckkk
- Guestjkjkjk
- Guestwhat is that
- Bugscope Teamthat is some kind of sea creature that lives on the surface of the caddisfly larva when it is in the water
- Guesti don't think i'm going to eat today
Bugscope Teamha
- GuestWHAT IT THIS
- Guestwhy
- Guestlarva**
- GuestIt looks like a baren waste land
- Guestthis is cool thing
- Guestits a lava of some sort
Bugscope Teamit's a little one-celled filter feeder, like a vorticella
- Guestp[
- Guestgross
- Bugscope Teammag here is 888x
- Guesti didn't just do that it was jacob
- Guestwhat is this
- GuestThis is werid in so many ways
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head of one of the caddisfly larvae
- Guestwow
- Guestwhat is that
- Guestya what is it
- Guestcool
- Guestwhat is this
- Guesthi
- GuestOHMYGOSH I LOVE CADDISFLYS
- Guestwe found a few of these at the river
Bugscope Teamthis is one of those you sent
- Guestis that its head
Bugscope Teamyes it is, in profile
- Guestwest nile virus
- Guestthts wierd
- Bugscope Teamthe jaws are to the south center, and you can see one of its claws
- Guestwhat kind of larva is this?
- Guestits is its butt
Bugscope Teamno that is where the tail hooks are in another one of two presets
- Guestgross
- Guesto
- Guestwow jacob
- 8:48 am
- Guestwhat is this picture of
Bugscope Teamthis is a live image from the scanning electron microscope
- Guestits a virus that birds get from misqioutos and you die
- Guestokay
- Guesthah
- Guesthahaha whats west nile virus
Bugscope Teamit's one of the bad viruses mosquitos can carry and give to humans. One of the reasons why mosquitos are the deadliest insect
- Teachercan someone else drive?
- Bugscope TeamSara I just gave you control of the 'scope.
- Guestthey have a lot of hair
- GuestO wow this is so cool. you can realy see the little hair like things and the jaws
Bugscope Teamwe are lucky to have this kind of equipment here
- Guestthey carry malaria to right?
- Teacherthanks
- Guestwear are the jaws
Bugscope Teamat the lower end of the head
- Guestwhat is that
- Guestwho is sj
Bugscope Teamit's Scot, but on a different computer
- Guestlooks like a rino
- Bugscope Teamwest nile virus is generally flu like symptoms
- GuestWHAT?
- Guestit looks intresting
- Guestwhatis this
- Guestthanx for the info cate and sj ;)
- Guestare those horns
- Guestare those claws
- Guestthis looks gross, like a bedbug or somethin'.
- Guestare those claws
- Guestwhat is this
- Guestwow, It realy looks different than they do to the naked eye
- Teachercan we see what the scope looks like?
Bugscope Teamyeah just a sec
- Guestwhy would it have horns olivia
- Guestit looks like claws
- Guestisnt that a honey comb
- Guestthat loooks like hekogons
- Guestit looks like my calculater i got at staples.
- Guestwhat is this
Bugscope Teamthis is the fruit fly compound eye with setae (bug hairs) sticking out between the facets
- Teachersarah doesn't want to drive anymore
- Guestwhat is that
- Guestwhats tht
- Guestwow
- Guesti wannna drive
- GuestAWSOME!!!!!!!!!
- Guestthis is very cool
- Bugscope Teamk this is the inside of the 'scope - the vacuum chamber
- Guestthats huge!!
- GuestThat looks complicated
- Teachercool
- Guestyou should puit a disected frog on
- Guestthats big
- Guestwhat is tht
- Guestoh
- Guestman eater
- Guestoh, jeez.
- GuestWOW!!!!!!!!!
- Bugscope TeamTucker I just gave you control.
- Guestwoot woot tuckers driving!!
- Guest*blank screen*
Bugscope Teamif you have a blank screen try hittng the refresh button
- Guestis that a bug
- Guestoh yeahh tucker!
- GuestWhat in world is that
- Bugscope Teamthis is the mouth of the june bug
- Guestwhat is this
Bugscope Teamthis is a junebug, which is a beetle
- Guestwhat is that
- Guestwhat is that
- 8:53 am
- GuestIt has horns
- Bugscope Teamthe outside of the mouth...
- Guestwhats tht
- Bugscope Teamnow a fruit fly
- Guestwhatis that thing
- Guestthats a bee
- Guestjunebugs are gross. they feel salty and they get stuck in peoples ears. i saw it on discovery channel, or something.
- Guestnow what is it
- Guestis this a bug
- Guestis that a fly
- Gueststop changing so fast
- Guestnooo
- Guestwhat is this
- Guestwoow man what is this?
- Guestwhat isd that
- Guestwow that looks like it came from another world.
Bugscope Teamyeah it is a different way of living
- Guestis*
- Guestwhat is that
- Guestwhat is that
- Guestwhat is that
- Guestewww
- Guesthmm.
- Guestit looks like s flower
- Guestwhat is that
- Guestwhats this
- Guestthat looks painful
- Guestis that its acid shooter?
Bugscope Teamit's the tip of the mosquito proboscis. on a female the sharp parts that go into your skin would be inside
- Guestclaw
- Guestwhat is it
- Guesthow can u guys tell the differce??
- Guestit looks scarry
- Guestlooks li
- Guestweapon of a bug
- GuestI WANNAH DRIVE
- GuestSTOP CHANGING SO FAST!!!!!
Bugscope TeamMikayla I just gave you control of the 'scope.
- Guestno
- Guestwhat is this
- GuestNOO
- GuestMICKEY HAS CONTROLLLL
- Guestwow what is that
- Guestthat looks cool
- Guestew, tapeworm??
- Guestwwwwwwwwwwwooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwww
- Guestloks like a snake tail
- Bugscope Teamthis is the coiled-up proboscis of a moth
- Guestis that a snake
- Guest it is swirly
- Guestlooks*
- Guestscary
- Guestit looks like snake skin
- Guestgrems
- Guestcool\
- GuestI t looks like a coiled up hose
Bugscope Teamit kind of is. This is a proboscis that belongs to a moth or butterfly. It's the feeding tube
- Guesta coiled up hose? really.. haha. this looks like a raisor blade or something
- Guesto so cool It looks a lot smaller in real life
- Guestwow thats kind of weird
- Guestnevermind haha
- Guestmhm hair someone should lok at a flea or a tick
- Bugscope Teamwhen it wants to use its proboscis to drink some nectar, it can uncoil it by forcing hemolymph (blood for insects) into it like a party favor
- Guestlook**
- Guestis that a eye
- Guestwhat is that
- Guestwhat is that
Bugscope Teamthis is the part of the haltere that senses motion
- Guestben wants to drive
- Guestcool
- Guesto cool thats a technical way of eating
- Guestfocas this more
- 8:58 am
- GuestTHAT LOOKS LIKE A CORN COB
- Guestthere goes peyton using his big words
- Guestthts diatom larva
- Guestis that a bug
- Guestwhat is that
- Guestwhat is that it looks nasty!!!
- Guestwhat is it
- Guestim a banana
Bugscope Teamnon sequitur
- Guestwhy is it not in color
- Guestwhat in the world is this
Bugscope Teamit's a diatom -- a silica shelled water crreature
- Guestwow
- Guestlooks like a rino
- Guestwow!!!!!!!
- Guestwhy is it not in color
Bugscope Teamwe are imaging using electrons instead of light and when the detector gathers the electrons, it reads a signal that outputs an image to us. We can use false coloring but that is only after we have already taken the image and start processing it
- Guestwhat is that
- Guestwhat is tha thing
- Guestwow
- Guestcool
- Guestwhat
- Guestits a cricket face
- GuestIT LOOKS LIKE A SPEAR HEAD
- Bugscope Teamthis is one of the ovipositors of the cricket, now
- Guestscary hah'
- Bugscope Teamthis is whay crickets use to lay eggs
- Guestidk
- Guestmicroscope****
- Guestit should not be scary ben!!
- Guestcool
- Guest awsome
- Guestfruit fly head
- Guestwhat is that
- Guestcool
- Guestdon't know
- Guestpeyton you shouln't be correcting people all the time haa and this is really weird
- GuestWHAT KINSD OF FLY IS THIS
Bugscope Teamthat was a fruit fly
- Guestyou are a long ways away
- Guestwhat fly is this
- Guesthannah and i are so going to work there when we get older
- Guestwhat is that
- Guestcool this is very coool
- Guesthow do u get into working there?
Bugscope TeamCate just appeared one day. She has a physics degree. I have a degree in English and one in biology
- GuestI WANNAH DRIVE
- Teachermikayla is getting tired
- Guestyeah
- Guestdo you need a degree
Bugscope Teamone of our guys does not have a degree and does really well
- Guestcool that is
- 9:03 am
- Guestis that a wing
- Bugscope Teamokay Jacob is now the supreme ruler. Good job driving, Mikayla!
- Guestoh, okay nevermind.
- Bugscope Teamreally if you have a chance to go to college that is almost always the best way to go
- Guestwhaqt are those things
- Guestwhat is this
- Guestwow
- Guestwhat
- GuestBLACK
- Guestwow
- GuestGRAY
- Guestprobably
- Guestsooo? do u just go up there and be like hey! i want to work here or do u have to go through a long prosses and work your way up?
Bugscope Teamyou have to be lucky in some ways, but you can make the effort to be in the right place at the right time
- Guestcccccccccccccooooooooolllllll
- Guestwhat is that
- Guestdo you go to work every da y
Bugscope Teamsometimes Sat and Sun
- Guestidk
- Guestaaaaaaawwwwwwwssssssssoooooooommmmmmmmeeee
- Guestwow
- Guestwhat is tht
- Guestcoooolll
- Guestis that hair
- Guestwow what is that
- Guesti know this is stupid but arn't bugs like full of germs?
Bugscope Teamwe would see them if they were covered with bacteria, for example. in our experience they are remarkably clean
- Guestis that fur
- Bugscope Teambut Chloe when we look at ticks we often see bacteria
- Guestit looks like a rlly hairy squirrel
- Guestlol
- Guestwhat is this
- Guestwhat is that
- Guestwow that is one hairy bug, what are the hairs for?
Bugscope Teamthe hairs are sensory
- Guestloooks like hair
- Guestwhat is that
- Guestwerid
- Guestit looks like a messed up mouth
- Guestso its sense of tuch is realy developed?
- Guestis that its hand
- Guestwhat is that
- Guestit looks like a tick up close
- Bugscope Teaminsects have an exoskeleton, which is kind of like wearing armor, and the setae stick through that armor so that the insect can sense its environment
- Guestdo you get bugs every day to look at from other people
- Guestso the people that writing in the green r u teachers or students
- Guestso like i woundn't have a reason to have aracknaphobia because spiders don't have germs... like house spiders or whatever you call them...? haha i feel so dumb
Bugscope Teamno it was a good question, and we didn't know better until we got to see them up close
- 9:08 am
- Guestwhat is that
- Guestwhta is this
- Guestwhat bug is this
- Bugscope Teambut spiders have venom that can (some of them) cause necrosis -- it can rot your skin
- GuestI DONT WANT TO DRIVE ANY MORE
- Bugscope Teamwe are teachers, in a way, though
- GuestTHANK YOU
- GuestThank you
- Guestthank you
- Guestwe have to go but thank u for all the answers :)
- Guestthank you for working with us we enjoyed it
- Guestbye see ya later
- Guestthank you
- Guestbye thank you for this oppoutunity
- GuestGIVE IT TI ISAHAH
Bugscope Teamok Isaiah is the supreme ruler
- Guestthankyou
- Guest thank you
- Guestthank u for leting us on your site by
- Guestahh okay. well i only hate spiders cause i was told they have alotta germs and everything.
Bugscope Teamwe don't see nearly as much bacteria as people think. We do find that ticks have a lot of bacteria on them though
- Guestthank you for the experience, It was realy interesting
- Guestthank you
- Bugscope TeamSorry Isaiah.
- Bugscope TeamThank you!
- Guestthank you ya
- Bugscope TeamHey Thank You!
- Teachernew class is coming in
- Bugscope TeamMr L I will be right back.
- Bugscope TeamMr L is the supreme ruler now
- 9:15 am
- Bugscope TeamK I am back
- Guesthii
- Guesthi
- GuestInteresting...
- Bugscope TeamHello!
- Bugscope TeamWelcome to Bugscope
- Bugscope Team!
- Guesthi david
- Bugscope Teamthis is the face of one of the caddisfly larvae you sent
- Guestwhat kind of bug is that
- GuestWell, hello Scot
Bugscope TeamHello David!
- Guestwhat are we looking at?
- Bugscope Teamyou can see the mandibles now
- Guestoh cool
- Guestohh ya
- GuestWhat are we looking at?
- Guestwhat am i looking at?
- Guestplease
Bugscope Teamyou have control
- Guestcool
- GuestLooks painful to be bit with =/
- GuestRawrrrr
Bugscope Teamheh
- Guestwhat r we looking at
- Guesthey jerry stone
- Guestcam it bite
- GuestRawrrrr
- Guestwhat are we looking at?
Bugscope Teamthis is the face/mouth of a caddisfly larva
- GuestKodi, no offense, but you have some issues
- Guestmy car
- Guestso what am idriving/?
Bugscope Teama $600,000 scanning electron microscope
- Guesthi scot
- GuestThis is very cool!
- GuestOK thanks Scott
- GuestThis is confusing.
Bugscope Teamwhat do you want to know, Ali?
- Guestokay awesome
- Guesthi
- GuestCAn we look at something els?
- Guestcan we look at something else?
- Guestcan i drive
- Bugscope TeamJ you can click on one of the presets to go someone else on the stub
- GuestWhat are we looking at? How do you drive, or is that only jon
- GuestWhat is it
- Guestcan i drive?
- 9:20 am
- GuestEverybody asking to drive, shoulda seen that coming
- GuestWe
- Guestare
- Guesti saw this at the river when went to the river :()
- Guestcan i drive
- Guestcan it bite
Bugscope Teamit can't right now. They are dead, but when it was alive it could. The jaws are pretty tiny though so it won't really hurt
- GuestIT
Bugscope Teamquite so
- GuestOOh, what's this?
- Guestoh cool
- Guesthi i lick pie
- Guesthow will we know if we are driving?
- Guestis this a snake?
- Guestits a caddisfly
Bugscope Teamnow we've moved to the coiled proboscis of a moth
- GuestawRFxstrjryasasrgthdy
- Guestits a caddisfly
- GuestITS A MOTH!
- Guestthats so cool
- Guestohh is that a snail?
Bugscope Teamyou can see the compound eye right through the center of the coil.
- GuestA moth probisic.
- GuestIt looks cool
- GuestMakes me think of a snake
- Guestahhhhhhhh it looks like isnake!!!!!!!
- Guestwere do we look?
- Guestwhat is it?
- Bugscope TeamALSEB you have control now
- GuestIT'S A MOTH!
- Guestwhat is it
- GuestMakes me think of a video game joke =D
- Guestso is this something we sent in?
Bugscope Teamthis is something Cate put on the stub to supplement what you sent
- TeacherAlseb is not on right now
- Guestcan i drive???
- GuestALSEB has to leave the room.
- GuestALSEB has to leave the room.
- Guesta dead snake with it skin falling off
- Guestcan i drive\
- Guestis it a moth
Bugscope Teamthis is part of the moth -- the strawlike proboscis
- GuestALSEB has control, right?
- Bugscope TeamRiley has control now.
- GuestWhat part is this of the moth?
- GuestIt looks like a long snake
- Guestwhat is it?
- Guestso this moth is dirty I guess!?!
Bugscope Teamit cannot help being dirty after it dies; it's probably sat around somewhere for a little while
- Guestwho is driving
- 9:25 am
- GuestOdd, just lagged out
- Guestwhat part of the mouth is this
Bugscope Teamit's the tube through which the moth feeds
- GuestWhat part is this of the moth?
- GuestWhat is a Proboscis? It's part of a moth right?
Bugscope Teamit's a feeding tube for this moth where it drink nectar through it
- Guestwhos drivving
Bugscope TeamJohn just this sec I gave you control.
- Guestohh so is that chuncky stuff food?
- Guestis the chukcky suff food?
- GuestOh, why is it entangled with dirt and leaves, or cunks and what not.
- Guestmaybe a eye ball
- GuestThat's making me hungry now, oddly enough
- Guestthe mouth tube looks weird
- Guestwhat is this?
- GuestCan I please drive?
Bugscope Teamwe'll plan to get you next
- Guestis that a dagon fly
- Guestwhat is this?
- GuestLooks like Corn or a Pineapple
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head of a male mosquito
- Guesta really small tree?
- GuestThankyou
- GuestFly Larvae?
- Guestis that a fly?
- Bugscope Teamyou can see the compound eyes, and you can see the frilly antennae males have
- GuestWhat is this??
- Guestdead fly
- GuestWhat is it?
- Guestis that a miskito
- GuestMale Mosquito!
Bugscope Teamthat's right
- GuestYes, yes it is. I am always right!
- GuestWhy is the eyes look like that?
Bugscope Teamthey are dome-like so the mosquito can see in all directions
- Guestoh thank you
- GuestSickk
- Guestthanks for leting me drive, but can i drive agian?????????????????
- GuestWhat is underneath the Mosquito, whats the background?
- Guesthow long do you work on this
Bugscope Teamthis has been running (Bugscope) for 11+ years
- Guestdo you do this full time or do you switch out with people
- Bugscope Teamyou can tell it's male when it has really fuzzy/frilly antennae
- GuestNo, we all want a chance.
- GuestThis is very cool
Bugscope TeamI just gave you control. Gabrielle.
- Guestis that a fly if iming right?
- GuestWhat kind of bug is this?
- Guestwhat are the prickles?
- Guesthow many dots do they approximently have/
Bugscope Teamthe dots are the facets of the eye, and mosquitos have hundreds of them. The more facets there are, the better eyesight they have
- Guesta bug leg
- Guestis this the same bug but just from a differrent view?
Bugscope Teamthis is the tip of the abdomen of the mosquito
- Guesthow many things have u looked at under this microscope?
- 9:30 am
- GuestI'm back!
- Guestthats cool
- Guesthair?
- GuestWoah...
- GuestSome type of beetle head?
- Guestis it a head?
- Guestare those lines hairs?
- GuestWhat kind of bug or thoer thing this is?
Bugscope Teamthis is a june bug
- Guestwhat is THAT??
- GuestIt looks like a crab in its shell
- GuestIs this a junebug head, or something else?
Bugscope Teamyou are correct
- GuestHow do you pick the driver?
- Guestwhat is this?????
- GuestI assume the driver is jsut completely random?
- Guestwhat is that?
- GuestI cant see it good it is a blare
- Guestis this an electron microscope?
Bugscope Teamyou are using a scanning electron microscope yes
- Guestwhat are we looking at now
Bugscope Teamthis is one of the gills, or what we think are gills
- GuestHow do you pick the driver?
- GuestIt looks like a bed sheet
- Guesteye
- Guestcool
- Guestfrom what animal did this skin come from
- GuestI can only imaghine the size of that microscope...
- GuestWow this os cool it is snake skin?
Bugscope Teamthis is a compound eye
- Guestthis is like snake skin
- GuestAn eye of a cricket
Bugscope Teamyeah we are looking at the compound eye
- Guestbed bugs
- Guesthow long have u used this microscope?
Bugscope Teamalmost 12 years
- GuestWhat eye of what bug?
- Guesthow big is this microscope
- GuestHow do you choose the driver?
- GuestIs this Microscope hooked up to the computer or is this Microscope programmed into the computer?
- GuestThats a really long time
- Guestis this an eye? And if it is whos eye is it?
- GuestHow does the microscope work
Bugscope Teamwe beam electrons at the samples in the vacuum chamber, and secondary electrons come back from the surfaces of the samples, and they are collected as signal
- GuestOf course, I'm always right/
- GuestHow do you choose the driver?!
- Guestwho has controll??
- 9:36 am
- Guest can i drive
- Guestwoah
- Guesthow big is this microscope?
Bugscope Teamthere are 2 main components to the microscope. The body of it is about as big as a fridge, and the computer part takes up the space of a large desk
- Guesta bug shell
- GuestCan you pick a different driver please?
- GuestIs this a skin sample os srots?
- GuestCan we have a different driver, I want a chance. How do you choose drivers?
- Bugscope TeamAli I just gave you control
- Guestis that skin
- GuestIS there only one you microspe you can use?
Bugscope Teamwe only have this microscope for bugscope, but we have many microscopes in the lab
- Guesthow many electrons does it take to view the object
Bugscope Teammillions upon millions; it is scanning constantly
- Guesthow big is this microscope
- Guestme to sometimes
- GuestWhat are the sharp things?
- GuestIgnore J for the most part
- GuestUgh, the chat interface is driving me nuts
Bugscope Teamsorry dude
- Guestparasite
- Guestwhat are the prickle things
- Guesthow big is this microscpope?!?
- Guestwhat are the sharp things?
- GuestAre these slides just pictures or are they fixed slides???
Bugscope Teamthis is all live. the bugs are in the microscope and we are actively imaging them
- Guesthow do you know how to work the electron microscope
- Guestoh cool! ; )
- GuestHow big is the microscope
Bugscope Teamit is about the size of a large desk
- GuestWhat is your favorite part about this assinment
- Guesthow many times dose the scope magnify
- GuestWhat is this that we are focused on, I know it's a fruitfluy compound eye, but what is this circular thing.
- GuestReally, I expected it to be much larger than that
- Guestcomment
- Guesthow do u get this slide
Bugscope TeamCate mounts the samples on doublestick carbon tape on a stub 1.75 in. in diamter.
- Guestthat ant that big
- GuestSick
- Guestclaw
- Bugscope Teamand we coat the samples with a fine layer of gold-palladium
- Guestthis looks sort of 3D
- GuestLooks a bit like a lobster claw
- Guesta junebug claw
- GuestDo you have to have propper trasining to work the microscope?
Bugscope Teamyes. We train people to use it.
- Guestwho is driving???
- GuestDo you have to have propper training to work the scope??
- Guestis that a wing
- 9:41 am
- Guestearwirth back
- Guestso how many images of bugs do you have?
Bugscope Teamin the Bugscope database there are thousands. but this is live imaging, so you're making new images as you control the 'scope
- GuestCricket face!
- GuestCan quest come in real life and use the scope?
Bugscope Teamsure!
- Guestso does the microscope like move over there when we control it?
- GuestCricket face... looks, well, messed up
- Guesttick face
- GuestIt looks like a face
- Guestso do you guys study bugs for a living?
Bugscope Teamno we train people to do their own research using this and a bunch of other microscopes
- GuestA head of a cricket
- GuestIS this a fun job to have?
- Guestis it a face?
- Guesthow big is a leg of a cricket
- GuestWhat are those hair things on its legs?
- Bugscope Teamso the 'scope is like a large desk but has a 6-foot-tall column on one end. and it has its own water, air, electricity, nitrogen. it has its own room.
- GuestCricket hear through there legs! Thanks you for anwseriong my question by the way.
- Guestdo you guys know how many times this scope can magnify
- Guestthe side of a bug?
- Guesthow do crickets hear/
- Guest6 feet tall, wow!
- GuestIs that a bug on that bug's legs?
Bugscope TeamDude I think it is a broken-off limb, but we do see other insects/mites sometimes
- Guesth
- GuestEither way, it sounds painful
- Guestthis site is a interesting way for schools to use microscopes without having to buy microscopes!
- Guesthow does the electron work
- Guestare those lines hair
- Bugscope TeamSorry I keep hitting a combination of keys that close the software down for me.
- GuestHE'S WATCHING YOU
- GuestIts a fly by the looks
- Guestthe microscope is kind of like a person with its own water and room and all ha ha
Bugscope Teamthat is right -- a $600,000 person
- GuestCan you change the driver, I believe somebody else should get a turn, like TaylorD
- Guestwhat are those hair things on the bug legs?
Bugscope Teamthose would be hairs, called setae (pronounced see-tee). They let the insects feel what's going on through their exoskeleton
- GuestCan bugs see like we can?
- 9:46 am
- Guestthat is alot of money for that machine
- Guestim confused???????? cumputer to slow just seeing randomly wierd blobs of magnified bugs.
Bugscope Teamwas that a question? we do this so people can see a world they normally cannot.
- Guesteggs
- GuestHow much does it weigh?
- Guestdo they have ears
Bugscope Teamno but their use their antennae to fulfill that role
- Guestk/
- Guestoh
- Guest...Woah
- GuestCan bugs see like we can?
- Guesthow much would you say that the scope weighs
- Guesthow much does the microscopes weigh
- Guestwow it almost looks like some sort of underwater coral or something
- Guesthair on a bug
- Guestwhat is that?
Bugscope TeamI think the things that look like thick-legged spiders are gills
- GuestAlmost looks like some type of moss growing off of a bug
- Guestim so confused
Bugscope Teamsorry let us know if we can help
- Guesthow many times can this microwscope magnify??
Bugscope Teamit can magnify a few hundred thousand, but for insects, we don't usually see much beyond 40,000x
- GuestWhat is all the stuff around the bugs??
Bugscope Teama lot of it is debris from being in the water
- Guestis this legs?
- GuestThank you for lettting Taylor be the driver.
Bugscope Teamnp dude
- Guestthat was help full thank you!
- Guestare those legs?
Bugscope Teamthey're gills that collect oxygen from the water
- Guestleg hair?
- GuestHaha.
- Guestthats a lot of magnifyiong'
- Guestcan i drive please//
- Guestcan it be shown in color?
Bugscope Teamonly after it has been false colored, but our software doesn't do that
- Guest??
- Guestwhy is its alwasys black and wite?
- Guestwhy is it all in black and white?
Bugscope Teamwhen we use electrons to image, they are smaller than light, which is why we can see better than you can with a light microscope, but the image shows up as signal, in levels from white to black
- GuestAre we able to see these bugs in color?
- Guesthow does it pick people to drive
Bugscope Teamscot or I can pick out who to have drive
- 9:51 am
- Guestby
- Guestthank u
- Guestthank you for your time
- Guestthank you for your time
- Guestthanks
- GuestHey, thanks for your time, we gotta go eat lunch now =D
- Guestthank you this was so fun!!!!!!!
- Guestthank you for your time
- Guestbyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
- GuestThnak youfor letting us use your microscope.
- GuestThank you, it was an amazing expirence, that we probably wouldn't have with mircoscopes otherwise. I appreciate you answering out questions. I leaned some new stuff. It was amazing!
- GuestThank you for letting us use this interesting/hepful site. I had a lot of fun!!!
- Bugscope TeamThank You All!
- 9:56 am
- Bugscope TeamMr L is that it?
- Bugscope Teamhttps://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2010-083
- Bugscope Teamokay we are folding up the tents. Thank You!
