University of Illinois/Beckman Institute
Session 2011-002

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Connected on 2011-02-26 16:00:00 from Champaign, Illinois, United States

• 4:37 pm
• GuestHeh!
• GuestI know you are setting up--I will be quiet
• Bugscope TeamAnnie!
• Bugscope TeamYay!
• GuestI am away from my office where all of my passwords are kept, so I will just be a guest today :)
• Bugscope TeamI am setting up, Cate will be here soon, Leilei is heading over to Foellinger, as is Alex.
• GuestAre you hiding in the basement this year?

• Bugscope TeamWhen Cate gets here I will head over to IF3
• GuestIs it -20 out?
• Bugscope Teamno it is overcast and I think in the low 30's; there is snow in the back of my truck but it is mostly gone elsewhere

• Bugscope Teamso it is like really pleasant for IF3

• GuestYeah, that is nice for once.
• 4:42 pm
• GuestThrips!

• Bugscope Teamha you are helping me out already
• GuestMy students are really excited about Bugscope on Mar 25.
• Bugscope Teamgood deal

• GuestI will get some insects together soon.
• GuestI have a bunch of malaise samples, so I will send stuff in ethanol...well, sort of in ethanol.
• GuestThis is cool

• 4:48 pm

• 4:54 pm

• Bugscope Teamyou know it does not matter if there is not admin chat because we are 'open' on both ends this evening

• 5:00 pm

• Bugscope Teamhey did my name come out garbled?

• Bugscope TeamI see it worked this time
• Bugscope Teamwow this is so well preserved

• Bugscope Teamyo

• Bugscope Teamearth to bugscope, do i have the right session?
• Bugscope Teamhey DaddyO!
• Bugscope Teamyessir
• Bugscope Teamsup, biatches!
• 5:07 pm

• GuestHi hi

• GuestI am checking on a roast...be back soon. Ian is visiting.

• Bugscope Teamhey scott, i'll need you to authenticate to wireless when you get here. you can only login to UIUCnet with one login at a time, i'm on the windows laptop, but leilei forgot his netid password, the dingleberryhead...

• 5:12 pm

• Bugscope Teamok np holmes
• Bugscope Teamnever,ind, we goit ti figured out]
• Bugscope Teamyo my pimpin biatches
• Bugscope Teamso do you guys have everything you need?

• Bugscope Teamyep, we are good to go!
• Bugscope Teambe kid friendly mac daddy!
• Bugscope Teamyo got it dude
• Bugscope Teamme change name now
• Bugscope Teamthat was the Otaku talkin'

• Bugscope Teamwe are ready to roll!
• 5:17 pm
• Bugscope Teamyes sir
• Guestwasps wasps wasps
• Bugscope Teamone of your favorite insects right?

• Guestmeh
• Guestthey are really interesting...
• Guestommatidia
• Bugscope Teamshe was jokin', Kiddo
• Bugscope Teamheh
• Guest:)

• GuestDoors open in 40 minutes?

• Bugscope Teamyeah should bee

• Bugscope TeamHi to Ian!
• 5:22 pm

• Bugscope Teamyeah, 6PM right, there's tons of ento's setting up already

• 5:28 pm

• 5:34 pm

• Bugscope Teamcool presets scott

• Bugscope TeamThanks, Holmes. Cate made the sample.
• Bugscope Teamthis is a wasp that parasitizes cockroaches
• Bugscope Teamis the caterator going to join us tonight?
• Bugscope TeamShe is here.
• Bugscope Teamthey have a bucket of parasitic wasps that they are going to chow on a catepilar later on tonight
• Bugscope Teamwell, i guess not chow on it, but lay eggs in it?

• 5:39 pm
• Bugscope Teamyeah that is what they do do do
• GuestSome of M Allyene's work has shown that some of the wasps drink the hemolymph of the host after they oviposit.
• GuestInsult to injury
• Bugscope Teamstill the same thing
• Bugscope Teamoooh like little vampires
• Guestreason 1005 that I am happy I am not a caterpillar

• Bugscope Teamwe're glad you're not a caterpillar too
• Bugscope Teamscott, are you coming here?
• GuestPuts a nice perspective on life
• Bugscope Teamyes I am
• Bugscope Teammade us think of how the true to life spiderman would look
• Bugscope Teamoh wait, kaos is cate!
• Bugscope Teamyeah! Chaos and ESEM are like off-limits until Chas can figure out where they are and delete them
• GuestWhere did they go? Skynet?!
• 5:44 pm
• Bugscope Teamum yeah
• GuestI knew this day would come.
• Bugscope Teamskynet? you mean like in terminator?
• Guestyes...
• Bugscope Teamcool
• GuestOr like the malicious computer in than Xfiles episode?
• Guest*that*
• 5:50 pm
• Bugscope Teami have a funny xfiles movie story, but it's too long to tell over chat
• GuestAll of the original Xfiles are available on Netflix
• GuestTV shows
• Bugscope Teamscott, people are starting to pile up at the doors....
• Bugscope Teamdo you netflix to your tv?
• GuestTo my computer...still don't have a TV
• Bugscope Teamgotta reboot to install patches, back in a sec
• GuestOK
• Bugscope Teamgotta get a tv annie, i netflix to a 46" LCD, it is way cool
• 5:55 pm
• GuestI'll get a TV when I get a house...so in this economy, never
• GuestI don't have a good place for a TV in my apartment
• GuestI wonder if the same old Champaign figures will show up this year? The lady with the bike...the guy who asks how to have a species named for him...
• Bugscope Teamthere's an illini game right now too, so croud might be light?
• GuestThe crowd has never been light...not even that year when it was -20!
• Bugscope Teamheh
• 6:01 pm
• Bugscope Teamokay, we are ready to roll, doors open, i'm going to control the scope
• GuestOk...I will be here making idle conversation

• Guestwasp mouth

• GuestSo it seems that when an insect has a lot of closely packed ommatidia, it is probably active during the day

• 6:06 pm

• GuestTiny wasp!

• GuestYou can see almost all the mouthparts here

• 6:12 pm

• Bugscope Teamthese look like eggs but are pollen grains

• GuestThis is what aggravates peoples' allergies

• Guestcrazy wasp antenna!

• 6:17 pm

• GuestThese are all little setae that help the wasp to sense its environment. It has setae to smell, to taste, to sense the direction of the wind, and even for protection or for decoratiob
• Guestdecoration!

• Guesthellgramite?
• Guestnevermind

• GuestLook at its gills on its underside
• Guestit helps it to breathe underwater

• 6:22 pm

• Guest(BRB)

• 6:27 pm

• 6:33 pm

• Bugscope Teambumble bees are even hairier

• GuestBees are pretty furry

• 6:38 pm

• Guestnice caterpillar

• 6:43 pm

• GuestI have a stinkbug flying around my apartment

• 6:48 pm

• 6:55 pm

• Gueststinger

• Guestand...gone

• Guestit's back

• 7:00 pm

• GuestOK Cate, Scott, Alex, et al...have fun at the festival! Give my warm regards to all. I am out.

• Bugscope Teambye annie thanks!
• Bugscope Teamthank you, Annie!
• Bugscope Teamhow's it going on your end guys?
• Bugscope TeamCate mostly what we're doing is capturing kids and asking them to drive if they want.
• Bugscope Teamyou cannot see the chat screen very well, just maybe the first line.

• 7:05 pm

• Bugscope Teampretty crowded

• Bugscope Teamthey're starting the first presentations in the auditorium
• Bugscope Teamcool

• Bugscope TeamJackie and someone else are doing facepainting next to us.

• 7:10 pm

• Bugscope Teamthere's a big line for facepainting

• Bugscope Teamone of the 'wasps' is actually a male ant

• Bugscope Teamyou can tell by the petiole

• Bugscope TeamCate you would've noticed it had you made that preset.

• Bugscope Teamwhich one

• Bugscope Teamthis one?

• Bugscope Teamit was in the vial- just assumed they were all wasps

• 7:15 pm
• Bugscope Teamit's "parasitic wasp," between "wasp head" and "parasitic wasp 2"
• Bugscope Teamin the presets
• Bugscope TeamJim Whitfield pointed it out to me
• Bugscope Teamhuh cool

• Bugscope Teamoops sorry

• Bugscope Teamthanks for fixin' it

• 7:20 pm

• 7:26 pm

• 7:31 pm

• 7:37 pm

• Bugscope TeamCate what are you doing? Are you watching Dune?

• Bugscope Teamno just hanging out
• Bugscope Teami have a show on hulu im finishing up, and later I can listen to music or read a book

• Bugscope Teamit's slowing down a little

• Bugscope Teamwell it might pick up some

• 7:44 pm

• 7:49 pm

• 7:54 pm

• Bugscope TeamCate can we see the CCD image for a sec?
• Bugscope Teamhere it is!
• 8:00 pm
• Bugscope Teamokay Thank You!
• Bugscope Teamthe images would be black and white anyway because of the metal coating we give them. There wouldn't be much color if we could detect it. --Let them know that!

• 8:07 pm

• 8:12 pm

• Bugscope Teamhairy face

• Bugscope Teamneeds to shave!
• 8:18 pm

• 8:23 pm

• Bugscope Teamheh yeah

• 8:28 pm

• Bugscope TeamCate we are ready to shut down.
• 8:33 pm
• Bugscope Teamok
• Bugscope Teamthanks cate!
• Bugscope Teami'll take it down from here then
• Bugscope Teamneed me to do anything else?
• 1:39 pm
• Guestdoes the cephalodes ant have pinchers?