Connected on 2011-09-26 11:00:00
from Kitsap, Washington, United States
- 10:04 am
- Bugscope Teamgood morning!
- Bugscope TeamI am going to get the sample out of the sputter coater in a minute and put it into the 'scope.
- Bugscope Teamnow you can see that the sample is in the 'scope
- 10:09 am
- Bugscope Teamthe 'scope is now pumping down
- Bugscope Teamis anyone there right now?
- 10:15 am
- Bugscope Teamwe're starting to make the presets now
- 10:20 am
- 10:26 am
- TeacherI am here now.
- Bugscope TeamYay!
- Bugscope TeamWelcome back to Bugscope!
- TeacherTrying to remember how to log in my 13 student teams.
- TeacherGot it!
- Bugscope Teamyou should be able to select Student, rather than Teacher, and you will not need to use your password each time.
- Bugscope Teamtotally cool -- looks like you were there before I finished typin'
- 10:32 am
- StudentIs that a moth?
- StudentIs it a moth?
- Bugscope Teamyes a tiny one, like the kind that come out of Mexican jumping beans
- StudentWhat are the spikes?
- StudentWhat are those sharp things?
Bugscope Teamthose were the cercopods of the earwig -- the pincers
- StudentIs that a leg?
- StudentWhat are we looking at?
Bugscope Teamthis now is a mite on one of the cercopods
- StudentAre those claws?
Bugscope Teamyes those were the moth's claws, just one pair
- StudentWhat are the circles with stick-like things sticking out of them?
- Bugscope Teamthis is so awesome
- 10:37 am
- Bugscope Teama mite walking on the earwig's foreleg
- StudentIs that a bee mite
- Studenthow sharp is it?
- StudentIs that a head?
- StudentWhat are the sharp things?
Bugscope Teamthose were bristles, or setae, on the earwig's leg
- Guestwow
- StudentAre those hairs?
Bugscope Teamyes in a way -- they are often sensory hairs
- StudentIs that a leg?
- StudentWhat are those tiny bugs?
Bugscope Teamthey're mites that probably come from the soil and like to live on insects like earwigs
- StudentWhat part of the bodt is that?
Bugscope Teamit's the upper thorax, the chest area, and it is the side
- StudentHow small are mites
Bugscope Teamyou can see that they are less than 200 micrometers long, so less than a fifth of a millimeter long
- StudentWhat is the stuff that looks like dirt?
Bugscope Teamsometimes it really is dirt
- StudentWhat kind of mite?
Bugscope Teamwe don't know, but we see them fairly often
- StudentWhat part of the bug is that?
- StudentHow long do fly's live?
- StudentAre the mites eating?
Bugscope Teamwe think they feed off of stuff that the earwig does not eat, but we are not sure
- StudentWhat is it
- StudentHow many legs does a mite have?
Bugscope TeamI think these have eight legs -- they are related distantly to spiders
- StudentWhy is it really dirt?
Bugscope Teamit is hard to tell just what it is
- StudentAre all of those mites?
- 10:42 am
- StudentWhat are those rice things ?
- StudentWhat are those?
- GuestAre all those things mites?
Bugscope Teamnow, this is pollen
- StudentAre those eggs?
Bugscope Teamthey're pollen from a stargazer lily
- Studentis all pollen bumpy?
Bugscope Teamsometimes it is surprisingly smooth
- Studentwhat tipe of pollen is it?
- StudentWhat is that?
- StudentDoes the earwig feel the mite?
Bugscope TeamI think it can if it runs over those sensory hairs, but it might feel like pressure more than something walking on it
- StudentHow many mites are on an average bug?
- Studentis that pollen?
- GuestWhat is that brick like thing?
Bugscope Teamsalt from a Wendy's
- StudentWhat are those cubes?
Bugscope Teamgrains of salt
- Studentwhat is that?
- StudentAre those eggs?
- StudentIs that more pollen?
- Studentare those mites?
Bugscope Teamthose were onecelled silica shelled creatures that live in the water --- diatoms
- 10:47 am
- StudentIs that it's mouth?
Bugscope Teamyes it is - it is a predator in the water
- StudentIs that eggs?
- Studentwhoa what is that?
Bugscope Teamthose are the gills
- GuestThat looks cool
Bugscope Teamha yeah Gnarly
- StudentAre those larvae
Bugscope Teamthey're the gills of the caddisfly larva
- Studentcool.
- Guestgills for what?
Bugscope Teamoh so it can breathe underwater
- Studentcool
- Guestwhat is that?
- Studentwha-?
Bugscope Teamhaha
- Studenthow many dots are there
- Studentso cool
- StudentHow big is it's eye?
- Guestwhoah
- StudentIs that a bug in its eye?
Bugscope Teamthis is a green true bug -- Hemiptera
- StudentIs that its mouth the long tude?
Bugscope Teamyes it is!
- GuestWhat is that? a leg?
Bugscope Teamthe legs are in the way of the eyes
- Studentwhat is that
- StudentWhat is that
Bugscope Teamit's a green true bug of some sort, probably feeds on leaves and stems of plants
- StudentWhat is that long tube?
Bugscope Teamthat is the proboscis
- Studentis that water?
Bugscope Teamno water in the 'scope today
- Studentoh
- Studentohh
- 10:52 am
- Studenthow many dots in the eye
Bugscope Teamthere are maybe a hundred ommatidia, not very many compared to a wasp or fly
- StudentThats so cool
- StudentIs it green
Bugscope Teamyes but of course we cannot tell because we're using electrons rather than light to get these images from the microscope
- StudentWhat is that?
- StudentIs that the end of its tube mouth
- StudentDo they have mites?
- StudentIs that a leg?
- StudentWhat are those hairs for?
Bugscope Teamthe hairs are sensory -- some for smelling, some for touch, some for hot/cold...
- Guestwhat is that?
Bugscope Teamthis is the tip of the proboscis
- StudentWhat is that sharp thing?
Bugscope Teamthis is what it uses to stick into a plant to get the juice out
- Studentis that bug fuzy?
- StudentHow long does a friut fly live?
Bugscope TeamI think usually just a few weeks
- StudentHow big is the SEM
Bugscope Teamabout as bug as a large desk, with a tall column on one end, over 6 feet tall
- StudentIs that dust on it?
Bugscope Teamyes there is dust and dirt
- Student how sharp?
- Bugscope Teamhere we can see some tiny mold spores on the center of this part of the tarsus
- Studenth
- Studentare those spikes
- StudentWhat are bee's nests made of?
Bugscope Teamdifferent stuff, sometimes dirt and sometimes held together with saliva
- Studentwhy is it so hariy
- StudentHow much dirt can it carry?
- StudentIs that pair of claws
Bugscope Teamsharpness is measured by the radius of curvature at the tip -- those are fairly sharp but you would hardly feel them 'cause thet are so small
- Studentdo all bugs have nests?
- 10:57 am
- StudentWhat does the claw do?
Bugscope Teamit helps it grasp things, comparable to what we do with our hands
- StudentWhat part helps it hold on?
Bugscope Teamthe claws can often pinch together to grab small things
- Studentwhat tipe of moth is it?
- Studenthow tall is it
- Studenthow long do moth live
Bugscope TeamUsually just part of the warm seasons -- a few months
- StudentAre those mites?
- StudentDo the antenne curl
Bugscope Teamlet's go look
- Guestwhat is that?
- Guestare those scales on the moth's wings? (lower right area)
- Studentare those scales
- StudentHow many species of bugs and insects can fly?
- Studenthow long are the wings
- StudentWhy is it hairy?
Bugscope Teaminsects have an exoskeleton, which is like a shell or a coat of armor, so they cannot feel things touching their skin -- they have no skin. the hairs stick through the cuticle, shell, armor, chitin, and help them sense their environment
- StudentHow many moths are in the world?
Bugscope Teamthere are maybe 150,000 to 250,000 species of moth in the world
- Bugscope Teamthis is a tiny moth like you might find in your closet
- Guestis this specimen awake, or dead?
Bugscope Teamit is dead and dry
- 11:02 am
- Guestok
- Studenthow far can the SEM zoom i
Bugscope Teamwe can go to over 200,000x when we use it to look at other samples
- StudentAre those wings?
Bugscope Teamyou can see only the tops of the wings
- Guestare they dangerous?
Bugscope TeamI don't think they are dangerous
- StudentDo black ants bite ?
Bugscope Teamsome of them do, and some of them sting
- GuestIs that a head?
- Studentis that the eye
- Bugscope Teamants are almost all female, except for the few you see with wings. and they have different jobs. the soldier ants will guard the nest and often hanve large mandibles to bite you with
- StudentHow many dots are on that eye?
- StudentHow many eyes does an average eye have?
Bugscope Teamit really depends, but it can easily be in the thousands of individual ommatidia\
- StudentWhat do flys eat?
Bugscope Teamthis one spits up digestive juices that dissolve what it wants to eat, and then it sponges that all up
- GuestAre those mandibles in the center of the image?
Bugscope Teamthis does not have mandibles; instead it has sponging mouthparts
- Studenthow big is the wing
- GuestWhat is that?
- Bugscope Teamthe other things on the head near the mouthparts were palps, which you can also see here
- Studentdo all bugs have nests
Bugscope Teamno, and some are solitary as well
- StudentWhere are the eyes?
Bugscope Teamon either side of the head, wide spaced apart
- 11:07 am
- GuestIs it upside down?
Bugscope Teamthis is a Japanese beetle, and its head is facing us, rightside up
- Bugscope Teamyou can see the lamellated antennae
- Studenthow big is the beetle
Bugscope Teamit's about a centimeter long
- Guesthow long is it
Bugscope Teamabout a centimeter, maybe a bit longer
- Guestdis
- Guestwhat are lamellated antennae?
Bugscope Teamthey have different sections that can fan out; they look kind of like submarine sandwiches
- StudentAre those it's antennae?
Bugscope Teamyes they are!
- Guestgusting
Bugscope Teamha yeah you get used to it
- GuestIs it upside down?
- StudentWhat is the heaviest beetle?
Bugscope Teamthere is a beetle called the Goliath beetle that is about the size of your fist and pretty hefty
- GuestThat looks wierd
- StudentWhere exactly is the mouth?
Bugscope Teamyou know it is always hard to tell, exactly; hard to see
- Guestim guesing that is an arm ?
Bugscope Teamthis is one of the antennae
- Guestyum
- Guestlamellated antennae!!!
Bugscope Teamso the layers are called lamella
- GuestThat looks like a submarine sandwich.
Bugscope Teamha Yeah exactly!
- Guestyumy yumy in my tumy
- Guestanother blown up hairy sandwich
- Guestand prickly
- StudentIs that hair?
- 11:13 am
- Guestwhat do the hairs do?
- Guestdo the hairs come through the exoskeleton? what is their purpose?
- Guestnuthing
- StudentAre those mites?
Bugscope Teamnot here...
- StudentArwe those scales?
- Guestin my mind
- StudentWhat does the claw do?
Bugscope Teamthe claw helps it grasp thjings
- Guestwhat do the hairs do?
- Studentare those hairs
Bugscope Teamkind of like hairs, but they help the insect sense its environment
- Guesthi theo
- Guestguess
Bugscope Teamlunch, probably
- Guestyum
- StudentDoes it have hair?.
Bugscope Teamthey don't have hair like mammals, but they have lots of what are called 'setae,' pronounced see-tee.
- StudentDo flies have mites?
- Guestwhat are pulvillus?
Bugscope Teamthe pulvillus is the pad between the claws here that helps the fly stick to the ceiling, for example
- Guestpeneat buter and japanese beatle YUM!!
- Bugscope Teamthe pulvillus has what are called tenent setae on it that stick to things
- StudentIs that a claw?
Bugscope Teamyes it is
- Guestdo crickets have pilvillus?
Bugscope Teamno, and it means it is difficult for them to climb
- Guestlooks like a cracker
- StudentWhat is that?
Bugscope Teamthis is the pulvillus, with all of its tiny tenent setae
- Guestim hungry
Bugscope TeamI guess so!
- Studentare those spikes
- Bugscope TeamI'm going to the microscope so I can make some changes in the image more easily
- Guestare thos pad like things the pulvillus?
Bugscope Teamthose are the suction-cup or sticky pad-like ends of the tenent setae
- 11:18 am
- Guestwow
- Guestwhen insects sense their environment, is it for temperature?
Bugscope Teamsome of the setae sense hot/cold
Bugscope Teamso yes you are right!
- Guestthis delicous
- Guestyes it is
- Guestare those the sticky stuf?
Bugscope Teamthere is a lot of juju on there as well
- Guestthe potty
- Guestpotty
- Guestwhat is juju?
Bugscope Teamit's what we call stuff we don't recognize, like dried slime
- GuestTHAT LOOKS COOL
- Guestlooks like squid
- Studentwhat is that
- Guestyum
- StudentWhat do earwigs eat?
Bugscope Teamthey eat plants, and parts of plants
- Guestwhere are the eyes?
Bugscope Teamthese are the eyes, to the left
- StudentWhat climate do earwigs live in?
Bugscope Teammostly temperate climates, as well as in the Tropics
- Guestare tose mandibles
Bugscope Teamwe saw some of the mouthparts, and the mandibles were among them
- Guestdsjc
- StudentHow big do they get?
- StudentAre those bumpy spot oer there the eye
- Guestis there an animal on it?
- Guestmite?
Bugscope Teamyes!
- Guestnevermind
- Guestyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
- Guestthanks :)
- Guestits bben speared
Bugscope TeamI think it walked around those bristles on the legs
- Guesteirhioghio5hg5iuoe4
- Guestwhat is the mite doing?
Bugscope Teammaybe looking for a snack
- StudentHow big is that mite?
Bugscope Teama little less than a fifth of a millimeter long
- Guestin it's leg?
Bugscope Teamon the earwig's leg
- Guestwow
- 11:23 am
- StudentWhat is the mite on
- StudentIs that mite alive?
- Guestbacteria
Bugscope Teamwe could see them if they were here. they are about 2 micrometers long, or 2 microns
- StudentDo earwigs have a portective exoskeleton?
Bugscope Teamyes they do
- Guestis this deep fried
Bugscope Teamno it is dry and we coat it with gold-palladium to make it conductive
- Guestwhat Tony???
- Guestgold
- Guestgold wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwww
- GuestI WANT GOLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Guestwhat is a micron?
Bugscope Teamit is the same as a micrometer -- it is a millionth of a meter
- Guesti LOVE gold
- GuestWOW
- Guesthow much bacteria is on it
Bugscope Teamwe have not seen any yet
- Guestwhy do we want mites on our eyelashes
- Guestdo bugs get bacteria
- Guestis the mite upside down?
Bugscope Teamthe earwig is upside down, and the mites are so far pretty much rightside up
- StudentDo mites have hair
- Guestoh.
- StudentDo earwigs have hearts?
Bugscope Teamnot like ours -- they are kind of like little pumps, but there are no veins and arteries.
- Guestdo bugs get diarea
Bugscope Teamthey can
- TeacherMay my student teams have control of the microscope? I'd also like to ask some of the other participants to please be appropriate and model appropriate responses.
Bugscope Teamteam 1 has control now
- Studentwhat are those two dots on the bug?
Bugscope Teamthose are mites
Bugscope Teamif that is what you were referring to
- Guestdont zoom plz
- Studenthow long are the mights legs
Bugscope Teamlike 30 microns?
- 11:28 am
- Guestare there like mites on a mite?
Bugscope Teamthere can be. I have seen photos but never encountered them myself
- Studentcool
- Bugscope Teamif you click on a preset and what you expected is not there, it may be because the insect has dried a bit and the area moved since I made the preset
- StudentDo mites have a shell?
- Guestsorry miss willson i did not know there were young children in the presence
- Bugscope TeamMrs Wilson please let me know when you would like to change the team controlling the 'scope
- StudentDid he lose a leg?
Bugscope TeamI think we just did not see all of the legs, but it for sure happens
- Guestholy inch a ladas
- Guestwhat are those spiky parts?
- TeacherTeam 2 is ready
- GuestWOW! What is that?!
Bugscope Teamthis is the compound eye of a fruitfly, and you can see that it has lots of mechanosensory setae on it
- StudentWhat happened top the eyes?
- StudentWhat are those sticks
Bugscope Teamthose are setae that help the fruitfly sense wind speed and direction
- StudentWhat are the broken things?
Bugscope Teamthey're setae that have broken off from handling
- GuestWha??
- Guestgood bye im going to eat bbbbbbbbbbbbbbuuuuugsssssssssssss
Bugscope Teambye Martin!
- Guestjk
- Guestdid one of the sticks break off?
Bugscope Teamyes
- Studentis that pollin on the eye?
- Guestaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
- GuestWOW
- GuestWhat is that thing?
Bugscope Teamthey live underwater and eat other insect larvae, for example
- 11:33 am
- Guestholy mites
- Bugscope Teamthings grow on them, and they also trap diatoms in the setae on their surfaces
- Guesttheo thaiyb
- Studentdo caddisfly larva have teeth?
Bugscope Teamthey have mandibles that function like large jaws, but they don't have true teeth like we do
- TeacherTeam 3 is ready.
- Guesttheo thaiyb is
- StudentBig setae?
Bugscope Teamyes
Bugscope Teamyou can think of setae, some of them, as comparable to rat or cat whiskers
- Guestbubbles
- Guestwhat are the fuzzy things by the mandibles
Bugscope TeamI'm sorry -- I'm not sure now.
- Guestmartin huddleston
- Bugscope Teamthis is a special kind of salt
- Guestwhat are you doing?
- Guestwhat kind
- Bugscope Teamthat forms these cool looking Aztec like cubic crystals\
- StudentHow is it special?
Bugscope Teamnormal salt is smooth
Bugscope Teamlike normal table salt is cubic but smooth on the sides
- TeacherTeam 4 now
- Guestwas this salt deep-fried or exposed to extreme heat?
Bugscope Teamactually we think it has an anticaking agent added to it, but really we do not know
- Guestwhat are those flaky things?
Bugscope Teamsuper tiny particles, maybe salt, maybe other debris
- 11:38 am
- GuestCOOL
- Bugscope Teamwe would be able to see bacteria at this level no problem; they are usually about 2 microns long
- Bugscope Team142,000x!
- GuestOMG!!! THAT IS SO AWESOME!!!!!
- GuestHoly cow!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Guestomg......................................
- StudentWhy cant we see bacteria?
Bugscope Teamonly because there are none where we have looked so far
- Bugscope Teamyou can see those jagged lines from vibration
- StudentWhat is it?
Bugscope Teamthis is just super high mag on the salt granules. really not much to see.
- GuestThat was cool
- Guestl
- Guesth
- GuestWOW THAT IS SOO COOOOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Bugscope Teamif we went to the head of the small fly it is possible we could see nanoparticles called brochosomes
- Guestwhy eyes
- Guesto yea
- Bugscope Teamyou can see that the broken-tipped seta is fluted
- Guestshesh
- 11:43 am
- TeacherTeam 5 is ready
Bugscope TeamTeam 5 are the Supreme Commanders now.
- Guestha
- Bugscope Teamoops now try...
- Bugscope Teamthose are antennae, on the front of the fly's head
- Guestse ya im going to have jap bettle sandwicch
- Bugscope Teamthere is a pad like part and a branched part called an arista
- StudentIs that fly eye dented?
- GuestTHAT WAS AWESOME!
- StudentWhy is the eye dented?
Bugscope Teamprobably just from drying out
- StudentIs that cloth?
Bugscope Teamlooks like it, doesn't it; it is the cuticle the eye is made of
- Studentwhat are the long hairs for?
- Bugscope Teamto the lower left we see one of the spiracles, through which insects breathe
- Guesthjfvibvbief
- Guestbvhjwbv
- StudentAre those feathers
Bugscope Teamthose are scales, from a moth probably
- TeacherTeam 6 is ready
Bugscope Teamteam six are now the potentates
- 11:48 am
- GuestThat looks really cool!
- TeacherTeam 7 now. Moving along.
Bugscope TeamTeam 7 now own the 'scope
- Bugscope Teambeetle head!
- Student'
- Bugscope Teamyou can see all of the mouthparts -- two pairs of palps, and the antennae, and the mandibles, which are thin and narrow
- Bugscope Team(me focussing)
- Bugscope Teamteam 8 now has the reins
- Studentthat is really cool
- Guestclaw
- Guestwow
- Bugscope Teamthis is the claw, one of the claws, of the Japanese beetle
- Bugscope Teaminside the tarsus is a long tendon called an unguitractor that lets the claw open and close
- StudentDo they have an exoskeloten?
Bugscope Teamyes they do
Bugscope Teamsome parts of the exoskeleton are more flexible
- TeacherTeam 9 is up next.
- Guestwhat do the bumps do?
- 11:54 am
- Guestbob
- StudentIf we had compound eyes, would our eyesight be stronger?
Bugscope Teamyou would have trouble getting sunglasses, but you would see changes in the visual field more quickly; it depends on what kind of insect you would be -- you might be able to see UV light
- GuestI WANT TO HAVE COMPOUND EYES!
- StudentAre they bones?
Bugscope Teamno -- because insects have an exoskeleton, there are no bones, but sometimes the claws or mandibles can be hardened with zinc, for example
- Guestwow
- Studentdo bugs have ears
- StudentWhat are those bumps
- StudentWhoa.
Bugscope TeamAlso, if you had compound eyes you would have much better peripheral vision -- you could see more without moving your head
- TeacherTeam 10 is eager to try.
Bugscope Teamgot it!
- StudentWhat is that hole?
Bugscope Teamsorry I missed it. it may have been an anterior tentorial pit if it was on the head
- Bugscope Teamthis hole is a spiracle, and the thing we are looking at now is the haltere, which balances the motion of the wings on two-winged insects -- like flies
- Bugscope Teamthe haltere is like a heavy punching bag that moves opposite the motion of the wing
- TeacherTeam 11 is set.
- StudentDo bugs sleep?
Bugscope Teamthey do not sleep but may enter a state of somnolence in which they are really slowed down
- 11:59 am
- StudentWhat are those,hairs?
Bugscope Teamsome of those are microsetae, which do not feel things but help for example with coloration and with thermal regulation -- keeping the body temperature steady
- StudentIt looks like the fur is wet?
Bugscope Teamit probably was wet with some fluid, like hemolymph, that then dried
- TeacherTeam 12 is up.
Bugscope Teamteam 12 are now the supreme rulers
- Bugscope Teamtotally cool
- Bugscope Teamthe mite
- Bugscope Teamsweet
- StudentWhat do mites eat?
- Bugscope Teamwe don't know how mites feed, and for example whether they live on fluids that they suck up through the cuticle or they eat food that the insect has dropped
- TeacherAnd our last team, 13, is set.
Bugscope Teamrock and roll
- StudentI'm sad that this is almost over.:(
Bugscope Teamyeah me too, but it has been a lot of fun!
- StudentDo bugs sleep
Bugscope Teamthey don't really sleep, but sometimes they rest
- Studentcool
- Bugscope Teamthis is a spiracle
- Bugscope Teaminsects breathe through the spiracles
- Bugscope Teamyou can for sure see that there is dried fluid there
- GuestAre the guests going to get a chance to control the microscope?
Bugscope Teamafter the class leaves I can let you drive
- 12:04 pm
- Bugscope Team10 microns is five bacteria long
- Studentthank you and goodbey
Bugscope TeamThank You!
- Guestok. THANKS
- GuestGOOD LUCK
- Bugscope TeamThis has been a lot of fun.
- StudentThank you bugscope and good-bye!
Bugscope TeamThank You! Good Bye!
- TeacherOn that note, we will say good bye and thank you. We saw a lot of cool things.
Bugscope TeamBye!
- Bugscope Teamhttp://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2011-062
- Bugscope Teamyour member page, below:
- Studentthank you and bye
Bugscope TeamBye!
- StudentThank You , this was soooooo much fun good bye :)
Bugscope TeamBye!
- GuestGood luck with school
Bugscope TeamYou ahve control...
- Bugscope Teamum but I cannot spell, obviously
- Bugscope TeamMYP I will be right back. Please don't crash anything ;)
- Guestok
- 12:09 pm
- Bugscope Teamokay I am back, on the SEM
- Bugscope Teamyou are at such a high mag that there is nothing to see, at least here
- Guestok
- Bugscope Teamand I am back as well
- Bugscope Teamthis is one of the flies
- Bugscope Teamif you want I can show you something here
- Guestcool
- Guestsure
- Guestwow! what is that?
- Bugscope Teamnot seeing what I want yet...
- Guestholy freaken cow!
- GuestIs that like a moralle mushroom?
- Bugscope Teamthis is a film on the fly's face, and I am looking for some tiny particles I had seen earlier
- Guestcool!
- Guestthat looked like a venus fly trap!
- 12:15 pm
- Guestlace
- Bugscope Teamthose two things are brochosomes, which look like wiffle balls, kind of
- Guestis there bacteria on there?
Bugscope Teamhaven't seen any yet
- Guestcool
- GuestWOAH!!!
- GuestWHAT IS THAT?!
- Guestwhat are brochosomes?
Bugscope Teamthey are particles produced only by leafhoppers
- Bugscope Teamand they are true nanoparticles
- GuestREALLY COOL
- Guestanother one of the brochosomes?
- Bugscope Teamno good ones yet -- Yes that was one -- to the left is a mold spore
- Bugscope Teamgo ahead and drive if you would like
- GuestThat is really cool! Thanks!
- 12:20 pm
- Bugscope Teamso I had said earlier that when we run Bugscope we do not have full high-magnification capability
- Bugscope Teamthat is because we keep the sample at a long working distance
- Guesthow big is the mold spore?
Bugscope Teamyou can see it's about 4 microns long
- Bugscope Teamif we were working at a short working distance we would have better resolution at high mag
- Guestok
- Guestwhat is that web like thing?
Bugscope Teamit is probably the remnants of dried liquid
- Bugscope Teambacteria produce -- some of them -- a biofilm that looks like that when it dries
- GuestIs the mold spore supposed to look bumpy?
Bugscope Teamit is a bit dried and shrunken
- Bugscope Team(me)
- GuestWhat is that?
- Bugscope Teamthese are the silica shells of diatoms on the exoskeleton of the caddisfly larva
- Guesthow big are they?
- Bugscope Teamabout 10 microns long
- GuestTHAT LOOKS SOOOO COOL!
- 12:25 pm
- Guest* diatom
- GuestIs that a diathom?
Bugscope Teamyes they come in a huge variety of shapes
- Guestare all diatoms the same size?
- Bugscope Teamno, but close, in a range
- GuestSo about 10 microns?
Bugscope Teamyeah
- GuestIs that another diatom?
Bugscope Teamyeah there are lots, and parts, and some of what we see are setae as well
- Bugscope TeamMYP I am going to shut down and get some food...
- Guestok.
- Guestwhat are inside diatoms? are they hollow?
Bugscope Teamnow they are hollow but once they had living critters in them
- Bugscope TeamThank you for logging on today.
- GuestThankyou bye
- Bugscope TeamBye!
- Bugscope TeamSee you another time!
- 12:30 pm
- GuestThank you for your extra time and control of the microscope!
Bugscope Teamno problem
- Bugscope Teamthat is the inside of the microscope
- Bugscope TeamCCD camera view
- Bugscope TeamGoodBye!
