Connected on 2011-03-25 12:30:00
from Hamilton, Ohio, United States
- 12:12 pm
- TeacherHey hey!!
- Bugscope TeamYay!
- Bugscope TeamHello!
- TeacherSorry to be "Dr. Ray"...sounds so official
- Bugscope TeamCate is cruising around and I am clicking these into presets
- Bugscope Teamis everything working on your end?
- Bugscope Teamanything you need?
- TeacherThis is going to be a dumb question--but how do I log my students in as students?
- Bugscope Teamyou should be able to go to the login page, and if Student is not an option use Guest
- TeacherOK--that is what I thought. I don't see student as an option
- Bugscope Teamyeah sorry maybe that is browser specific and we don't see it because we never use it
- Bugscope Teamhey dr. ray- those "hair" patches on either side under the legs- are they gills?
- TeacherWe can confer driving power to guests, right?
Bugscope Teamyes we can
Bugscope Teamyes
- Bugscope Team'scope and I can, anyway
- Bugscope Teamthis is mayfly
- 12:17 pm
- TeacherThis is the mayfly? They should have gills under their armpits and along the abdomen
Bugscope Teamyes
- TeacherHi Chelsea, hi Brennan
- GuestHi
- Bugscope Teamwe think the stringlike things are the gills on the mayfly, Dr. Ray
- Bugscope Teamas in the preset
- Bugscope TeamHello Moserb
- Bugscope Teamwasp head
- TeacherOK--we'll take a look
- Bugscope Teamthe stonefly seems to have a different mechanism for breathing
- Teacherthose are some crazy antennae
- 12:23 pm
- TeacherI think this is a moth
- GuestIs this still a stone fly
Bugscope Teamno this is a tiny moth
- Bugscope TeamNickey we are making the presets, so we're bouncing quickly from specimen to specimen right now
- GuestThank you
- Guesthello
- Guesthello
- TeacherBrochosomes!
- GuestDr. Ray.. What are we suppossed to do/
- TeacherI am expecting quite a lot of guests today...I hope the server can handle everyone!
- Guesthey Dr. Ray! what are we looking at?
- Guesthow small is the super small mosquito
Bugscope Teamwhen we get back to it you can check it against the micron bar
- TeacherThis is a longhorned beetle!
- 12:28 pm
- TeacherStand by..we will "start" at 1:30
- GuestShould we take notes?
- Bugscope Teamthe connection time is 1:30 your time, so we could be a bit late setting up
- Guestokay.. and are we supposed to be able to hear anything?
- Bugscope TeamDr Ray do you know what this is? It's like a 6-legged aquatic rolypoly?
- Guestwhat are we supposed to be doing?
- TeacherWe will ask and answer questions as soon as the Bugscope people are finished with the setup.
- GuestHi Austin
- TeacherThe unknown is a water penny beetle larvae
- GuestWill you tell us when it actually starts
- Bugscope Teamwe are ready to roll -- sorry it took a little while for the sample to pump down; just one housefly to go...
- Teacheryes
- 12:33 pm
- Guesthi dr. annie ray!
- Bugscope Teamokay we are good
- GuestSo we just watch and read the text?! I feel so cool chatting with Dr. Annie Ray
- Guestla la la
- GuestChitin?
- TeacherWe are go
- GuestWhy do I keep getting disconnected?
- TeacherThis is a fly head
- Guesterrrr chiton*
Bugscope Teamchitin is correct
- Guestim dazed and confused dr ray
- Bugscope Teamyes you do
- Bugscope Teamtry it out
- GuestWhat is a fly head?
- Bugscope Teamthe fly looks like it just jumped out from a dark corner and is trying to scare you
- Bugscope TeamYou have control.
- Guestheyo
- Bugscope Teamwe are dealing with huge lag today
- GuestIs that THE Ardag?
- Bugscope Teamyes you have control
- Bugscope Teamfor some reason things are not working nearly as fast as normal
- GuestFly?
- Guestthe one and only
- GuestArdag where are you?
- StudentAre we supposed to be doing something?
Bugscope Teamyou could be driving the microscope if dr. ray wanted to confer control to you!
- 12:39 pm
- Guestlooks cute
Bugscope Teamthey always looked kind of gross to me when I see them all close up with setae sticking out everywhere
- Guestkind of looks like you joeabj
- Guestearth
- Guestwhat is this?
- Guestwhat are we supposed to do?
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head of the longhorned beetle
- Bugscope TeamDr Ray's class we are so sorry about all of the problems; it's like the connection is very poor right now
- GuestI don't have a picture anymore
Bugscope Teamhit refresh, for that
- Bugscope TeamDr Ray please let us know if we should confer control to anyone
- GuestLook at those mandibles
- Guestis this the beetles top side or bottom
Bugscope Teamthis is the ventral side -- the bottom
- TeacherArdag, want to drive?
- GuestArdag is a genius!
- Guestdont mess this up ardag
- GuestArdag, you are the man
- GuestWhat are the structures called that look like mini hairs
Bugscope Teamsetae
- Guesthow are we going to be tested over this.... he never shows us pictures..
- Guesthow are we going to be tested over this.... he never shows us pictures..
- TeacherSetae help the insect to sense its environment
- Bugscope Teamsometimes the mini hairs -- the really small ones -- are called microsetae, or trichae, or microtrichae
- Bugscope Teamsometimes the hairs are just called spines or bristles or hairs
- Bugscope Teamardag has control if he wants it
- 12:44 pm
- Guesthahhaahaha
- Bugscope Teamthe hairs are mechanosensory, or chemosensory, or thermosensory
- GuestThis is gross. Yay bugs
- Bugscope Teamthings seem now to be straightening out a bit
- TeacherScot, do I have control of the scope?
- Guesti wanna drive
- GuestArdag click on a preset
- Guestlove me some JAMO
- Guestpalella, what are we lookin at
- Guesta bug
- TeacherArdag, click on a preset\
- Guesteveryone wants you to take charge captain lets go step up
- Guestdiatoms?
Bugscope Teamthere are diatoms on some the aquatic insects
- GuestCommandant Ardag, please explain the current state of affairs.
- GuestDr. Ray, Justin Smith and I went to a different building to get internet access.
- GuestAre those hairs setae also?
Bugscope Teamyes most of the fine hairs we see are setae
- 12:49 pm
- GuestWhat is the setae for again?
Bugscope Teamsetae can be mechano- (touch) sensory
- GuestIs it eating it's arms or is that just another Structure that come out of the mouth
- Bugscope TeamSetae works to give senses to the insect
- Bugscope Teamthey can also be chemo- (pheromones or chemical scents) sensory
- Guestjamo
- Bugscope Teamthey can also be thermo- (hot/cold) sensory
- Guestgive it to lil boss!
- Bugscope TeamThe palps are seen here coming out of the mouth area. They often look like the insect was eating another insect
- Bugscope Teamsetae can also serve other purposes, such as the tenent setae that help insects stick to surfaces
- Teachercan you confer driving ability to B. Davis?
Bugscope TeamB Davis should have control
- GuestWhat the purpose of the palps?
Bugscope Teampalps are used for manipulating food, or prospective food, including tasting it
- GuestIs that the "jaw bone"?
- Bugscope TeamHere's a cute water beetle- a whirligig I believe
- Bugscope TeamIt's head is similar to a ladybug's
- GuestWhere is the mouth?
Bugscope Teamthe mouth is often obscured, even when we are looking at the face, which of course we are not right now
- 12:55 pm
- Guestlets check out the mosquito
- GuestArmand is the man.
- Guestive only got half a picture
Bugscope TeamTry to refresh the browser. It might help
Bugscope Teamtry hitting refresh on your browser; we are having a lot of failed connection problems today, worse than ever, and this is important to us with Dr Ray -- we are sorry for the problems
- Bugscope TeamWe believe these are the mayfly gills
- Guestim disconnected
- GuestWhat is that?
- Guestjamos connected
- Guestgimme that wheel
- 1:03 pm
- GuestWhat are the little stringy things?
- Guesthand over the keys
- TeacherThese are the gills of a mayfly
- Guest:'(
- Guestmay I have the control?
- GuestLets roll
- TeacherIt is advising and room selection day and I think the internet is all clogged up
Bugscope Teamwe are having problems with our server
- 1:08 pm
- Guestthis stinks :(
- TeacherCan you give me driving power?
- TeacherStudents, you are dismissed...this is a bit unexpected]
- 1:14 pm
- TeacherWe are having internet problems
- Bugscope TeamHey Chas don't know if you can see this but we were able to close everything down finally.
