Mountain Ridge Middle School
Session 2011-087

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Connected on 2012-04-13 10:30:00 from Douglas, Colorado, United States

• 8:54 am
• Bugscope Teamsample for today's session is pumping down
• 9:16 am

• 9:24 am

• 9:31 am

• 9:37 am

• 9:44 am

• Bugscope Teamwe are making presets.
• 9:51 am

• 9:58 am

• Bugscope Teamyay! Welcome Back!
• 10:04 am
• Bugscope TeamCate and I are finishing up the presets. This is cool -- a diatom!

• Bugscope TeamMs N can you read this/can you respond?
• 10:09 am
• TeacherHey Scott and Cate, we have one internet connection.
• Bugscope Teamsweet!
• Bugscope Teamoh wow
• TeacherKids don't come in until 9:30
• TeacherI will ask their questions for them and perhaps let one work the scope through my computer
• Bugscope Teamso you're using Mi-Fi?
• Teacherperhaps, not sure
• TeacherA sprint hot spot
• Teacherseems to be working
• Bugscope Teamyou have control now; we are finished setting up
• Bugscope TeamCate is heading up to her aerie.

• Bugscope Teamthis is a female
• 10:25 am
• Guest Entomologisthi
• Bugscope Teamhi Joe!
• Bugscope Teamhey joe!
• Guest EntomologistAwesome
• Guest Entomologisthi cate, hi scott
• Guest Entomologistwe have a diatom?
  Bugscope Teamyeah it's on an insect we don't recognize...

• Bugscope Teamthis is it - it has long wings, past its body

• Bugscope TeamJoe do you know what this is?
• Guest Entomologisthmm
• TeacherHi guys, students are here and ready to go

• Bugscope TeamCool!
• Guest Entomologistlooks like it has chewing mouthparts and 4 wings?
• Guest Entomologistbest guess is a booklice?
  Bugscope Teamwhoa
• Guest Entomologistit looks tiny, so a psocopteran of some sort would be my guess
• Bugscope TeamMs Nielsen you have control. Please let us know when you have questions, of course, and let us know when we can help.

• Bugscope Teamyou have 2 logins for teachers. is there a log in you prefer we give control to?
• Bugscope Teamthe log in nielsen has control, but if nielsenm is better, let us know
• 10:30 am
• Bugscope Teamit has a diatom near the base of one of its antennae, so it must have crash landed into some dirt, or water
• Teacherkids want to know what the bumpy the
  Bugscope Teamthe insects are mounted on doublestick carbon tape; that is the background we see
• Bugscope Teamalso, there is some silver paint where the background is smoother

• Bugscope Teamsee the compound eyes, antennae, mouthparts?
• Bugscope Teamalso you can see four of its six claws
• Bugscope TeamHello Valdes!
• Guesthello
• Guesthello
• GuestHi
• Guesthi peoples
• Bugscope Teamwow. where are you from?
• Guestwhat is this a picture of?
• Guestkyle
• GuestHow many legs does this bug have
• Guestwhat is this insect under the lens
• Guesta place
  Bugscope Teamfunny
• Guestthis is cool
• GuestHello
• Guesta lot
• Bugscope Teamit's a flying insect we have not fully identified yet
• Guestwhat type of bug is this?
• GuestHi
• Teachercan spillman have control over the scope please
  Bugscope TeamSpillman is the supreme ruler.
• Guestthis is a moth right
• Guestis this a fly
• Guesthow many hairs does thing have??
  Bugscope Teamyes a lot! There are hairs all over the body. The hairs, which we call setae, help the insect sense what is going on around it. It can't feel through its tough exoskeleton like we can with our skin

• 10:36 am
• Guestwhat are the furry things?
  Bugscope Teamthe whole insect is covered with setae; note Cate's answer.
• Guestfour that you can see

• GuestO thats really cool
• Guestthanks
• GuestWhat is that

• GuestHow many legs does this bug have
  Bugscope Teamsix legs -- all insects, as adults, have six legs
• GuestDoes this bug have good ey sight
• Guestis this the face?

• GuestWhat is that?!?!?!?!?!?!

• GuestWhy did you choose this profession?
• GuestWhat part of this bug is this
• Guestwhat are the things sticking out of the black parts on the face of the bug
• Guesthow big is this bug
  Bugscope Teamyou can get an idea from the scalebar to the lower left of the screen. the one was about a centimeter long
• Guestit looks like there are bumps on the bug, what are they for?
• Guestwhy do the bugs need hair on their bodies? Does it help with their niche?
• GuestWow your job is cool
• Guest Entomologistthis is the head
• Guestwhere is this bug found?

• Guestthe mold spores are the black dots correct?
  Bugscope Teamno we haven't got there yet -- they're very small

• Guest Entomologistthe compound eye is that oval thing you see at the bottom right corner that is slwly disappearing
• Guestwhat part of the bug is this?

• Guesthow many eyes does this bug have?
  Bugscope Teamflies have 2 compound eyes, which are the big parts on the side of the head, and then they have 3 simple eyes at the top/back of their head

• GuestSJ What is your profession?
  Bugscope TeamI am an electron microscopist. I have a degree in English and Biology.
• GuestWhat type of bug is this?
  Bugscope Teamthis is a female housefly.
• Guestwhat are the small black holes
  Bugscope Teamthose are holes in the carbon tape that we use to stick the insects on.
• Guestmold im guessing

• Guesthow long does it take for the sea salt to dissolve?

• Guestwhat is the name of the beatle that fights for the females?
  Bugscope Teamlots of them do. a rhinoceros beetle, for example
• Guestclose
• GuestWhat majors and clases do you need to take to get this job

• GuestHow many eyes dose this have
• Guestis this the eye?
• Guest Entomologistyea for the most part, my job is awesome!

• GuestWhy do the bugs have mold sopes?
  Bugscope Teamthey show up quickly on dead insects
• GuestDo you guys enjoy your job
  Bugscope Teami like my job. I get to look at insects with students like you, and i also get to image other students' samples, which aren't always insects

• Guestferguson make a comment
• GuestOk
• Guestit looks... differant
• Guestewe hair in eyes
• GuestSo how do you use the bugscope for your job?
  Bugscope Teamthis is an outreach program we created and have run for 13 years
• Guestthis is cool
• GuestCate whats your profession
  Bugscope TeamI am the same as Scot. I am an electron microscopist. I have a degree in Physics though
• Guestwhat is in their eyes?
• Guestthe*
• GuestWhat are the hairs behind the head?
• GuestWhat do the dots do for the misquito on the head?
  Bugscope Teamthose are individual eye facets
• Guesti hate misquitos
  Bugscope Teammosquitos can be very deadly too!
• GuestDo you know how many of these microscopes are in the world
• Guestwhat does the siphon do on a mosquito?
• Guestdoes the hair serve a perpose?
• Guesthow much do these microscopes cost?
• TeacherCan hodges please have control of the scope for a bit?
  Bugscope Teamhodges has control
• Guestwhere do they suck thr blood from?
  Bugscope Teamthe proboscis has what is called a fascicle in it. the fascicle has four cutting blades, a siphon tube, and something else I don't recognize, all pressed together
• GuestCan you turn on the inner camera
• Guest Entomologistthe hair on the insects are used for sensory purposes, so they can feel their environment
• Guest can we see internal camera on microscope please???
• 10:41 am
• Guestcan we see the inside of the microscope please?
• GuestDo you ever get to name a bug?
  Bugscope Teamsometimes we can

• Guestcan u turn on the internal microscope?
  Bugscope Teamjust a minute...
• Guestcan you turn on the internal camera in the inside of the camera

• Guestsea salt
• Bugscope Teamsometimes it is too dark to really see well
• GuestWOW THIS IS SO COOL
• Bugscope Teamthe electrons come from above, and the sample is at the bottom
• Guestcool
• GuestThat is so cool is the white thing the bug
  Bugscope Teamyeah that is the moth
• Guestok cool acan you please give it back to hodges
• Guest How Do the Mosquitos suck blood and use it?
  Bugscope Teamonly the females suck blood. They need a blood meal in order to reproduce. They have a long proboscis, which is like an elephants trunk that has little tubes in it for sucking and little cutting parts to cut into the skin
• GuestHow long did you have to go to college for this job?
• Guestok cool can you give it back to HODGES
• Guestok cool can you give it back to hodges
• Guestok cool can you give it back to hodges
• Guestwhy is it useful to know what the texture of salt does?
  Bugscope Teamit isn't, actually, but it is interesting to us

• Teacherperfect! Hodges would like to try and control it for a bit longer :)

• Guestwhat is the difference of wendy's sea salt and sea salt or is there one?
• GuestWhat is the best part of your guys job
• Guestthats cool
• Guestwhy does it look crumbly?
• Guestthey look giant
• GuestI always thought that they were little circles!

• Guesti thought they were small circles too.
• Guestwhy are they squares

• Guestover sized sugar cubes
• GuestHow its this one grain? Because they look all sperated can you explain?
• Guestthat is really cool
• Guestwhy does the sea salt look moldy?
  Bugscope Teamit has a grainy surface
• Guesttrue story Valdes

• GuestWhat is sea salt used for in nature?
• Guestcool, like if there made of carbon and stuff like that
• GuestWe eat that???!!!!
  Bugscope Teamyes we do, at least if you have wendy's. Other restaurants may use slightly different salt
• TeacherDeangelesek would like a shot at the scope
  Bugscope TeamDeangelesek has control
• Guestwhere does the sea salt come from?
• GuestWhat is the best part of your job
  Bugscope Teamthis is one of the super fun parts, but also -- we get to see all kinds of cutting edge research in many different disciplines
• Guestwhere do you get the salt?
• Guest Entomologist sea salt is used to make the ocean salty
• GuestIt looks so WIERD!!!!!!
• 10:46 am
• Guesthow long did you have to go to school for this job?
  Bugscope Teamit is helpful to have gone to college
• Guestthey look like sugar cubes
  Bugscope Teamsugar cubes don't look so pretty but it's the same idea
• Guestthis is interesting
• GuestWhat was the most interesting bug you have seen on the scope? (Details or design)
  Bugscope TeamI really like weevils, ticks, mites, and leafhoppers

• Guestwhat new things have you found out with microscope?
• GuestHow many years of college did it take?
• Guesthow many legs does it have?
• Guestso how is wendy's sea salt different then and regular sea salt

• Guest Entomologistsea salt is just the type of salt that's been evaporated from ocean water
• GuestHow did you find out about this job?
  Bugscope TeamI had someone call me -- I'd had a microscope like this in my last job. Cate just appeared here one day and started working.
• Guestwhat have you discovered anything really weird/interesting using the scope????

• Guest Entomologist2 legs per body segment
• Guest Entomologistso lots!
• Guesthow many legs does that have
  Bugscope Teamnot sure, maybe 40?
• GuestWhat are some of the cutting edge things you get to see sem

• Guestwhy does a millipede have so much hair on its legs?
• Guest Entomologistsorry i meant 4 legs for body segment
• Guestwhat is the biggest thing that you looked at
• GuestAre the hairs on the legs sensors for feeling things?
  Bugscope Teamyes they often are; sometimes the hairs are thermosensory, and sometimes chemosensory
• GuestWhy dose the milipeade curl up or is it dead?
  Bugscope Teamall the insects are dead. Bugs tend to curl up when they die because they dry out. As they dry out, their tendons which moves their legs and body shorten

• GuestDo millipedes actually have a million legs?

• GuestIs the eye the bummpy part?
  Bugscope Teamyes it is
• Guestwhat is those pokey things?
  Bugscope Teamthose are the legs

• GuestWow. This is cool. This is making me want to do this job.
  Bugscope Teamawesome
• Guestthis is making me hungry
  Bugscope Teamhaha
• Guesthave you ever mistaken a dead bug and something bad happened to the scope because it actully was not dead
• Guestwhat are the ridges?
• Guest Entomologistthis is its outside
• Guestwhere is this found
• GuestDo the segments enable the bug to move
• Guestis this inside of it or outside?
  Bugscope Teamit is curled up into a ball with its head near the center
• Guest Entomologistthe ridges look like they're grooves on their body
• TeacherCan sack try to scope please?
  Bugscope TeamSack is the supreme commander now
• GuestAre you collage students?
• Guesthow far can you magnifi??
  Bugscope Teamthis microscope can magnify to around 200,000x and still see things, if there is anything to see at around 2 nanometers. There isn't usually anything interesting at the mag on insects

• Guest200,000 thats like way better the the microscopes we use at shool

• Guestwhat have you discovered anything about the millipede using this scope?
  Bugscope Teamwe don't see them that often, but it does tell us, for example, that it has compound eyes
• Guestwhat are the ridges in the skin?

• GuestCate why does the eye look like that?
  Bugscope Teamcompound eyes are made up of ommatidia, which are the facets of the eye (like a diamond). They each can see a part of their environment around them
• Guestcan you see atoms or just cells?
  Bugscope Teamwe can see cells, but we need another kind of 'scope to see atoms. we have those too.

• GuestIs that ball the joint?
• 10:51 am
• Guestwhat are the bumps?

• GuestWhat are the segments pr ball and joint called
• GuestWhat are those bumps?
• Guestwhat are the bumps?

• Guestwhat are the bumps near the eye?
• Guestif you have a scope that can see atoms what does it look like

• GuestWOAH so they can see different things at the same time?
• Guestcan we see some cells?
• GuestWhat is your favorite insect to zoom in on? The millipede is cool.

• Guestwhat are we seeing
• Guestcan you see the organelles in the cells?
  Bugscope Teamyou can with a transmission electron microscope, but here we are looking only at the outer surface of the sample
• Guestwhat is that
• Guestwhat are the ridges?

• GuestDo you guyes have a bug that is opened up to see the inside and study that?
  Bugscope Teami don't think we do. They aren't always interesting to see, because the insects are all dried up. So all the insides are dried up too
• Guesthow many bugs are studied are in one year
• GuestHow far do you have to zoom in to see a cell?
  Bugscope Teamwe could see them at 5000x no problem
• Guestit looks like a duck
• GuestWhat are the things on the eye?
• Guestthere is a duck there
• Guestwhat are all the things all over the eye??
• GuestWhat is the thing that looks like a duck

• Guesthow many eyes do flys have?
• GuestCan we see some cells??
• GuestCan we sell cells??
• GuestWhat can you see thats smaller than a cell>/
• Guest*?

• GuestSorry See cells
• GuestWhat a TEM??
• GuestWhen you see the cells, can you see all the things in the cell?
• Guesthow many eyes does the fly have?
  Bugscope Teamwell they have 2 compound eyes and 3 ocelli. The compound eyes have hundreds of ommatidia on them on the fly
• Guestif you look to the side it looks like mountains
• GuestAre those hairs?

• Guest Entomologistdepends on the species flies have 2 compound eyes and sometimes also simple eyes
• GuestWhat are coming out of the pores
• Guestwhat is the TEM
  Bugscope Teamtransmission electron microscope
• Guestwhat is this??
• GuestHow did you feel when you guys first saw your first cell or atom, and was it inspireing

• Guestwhat are the bumps around the hole?
• GuestWhat is a ant spiracle
• Guesthave you ever looked at the human skin?
• Guestwhat are the ant's spiracle used for

• Guestthanks
• Guestbye
• GuestThank you!
• GuestThank You
• Guestthank you for your time
• GuestTHANK YOU
• GuestThanks Aton that was fun
• Guestthank you guys soo much!!!!
• GuestThank You So Much!
• GuestThank you!
• GuestThank you guys. this was really cool
• GuestWell GOTTA GO THANKS ALOT?
• GuestThank You!!
• GuestThank you to so much for letting us do this
• Guest Entomologistspiracles are holes insects use to take in oxygen
• GuestThanks You guys rock at your jobs!!
• GuestThank you for your time. It was very educational.
• Guestthank you for your time and showing us this awsome stuff
• 10:56 am
• Guest Entomologistthey lead to their tracheal system that brings the oxygen to each cell
• Bugscope Teamthank you for looking at the insects with us today. Sorry we didn't get to all your questions
• Bugscope Teamwhoa sorry I had people coming in to climb up into the ceiling
• GuestWhat bug is it?
  Bugscope Teamwe are on the ant right now
• Teachercan chaplinl have controls please?
  Bugscope Teamthey have control!
• GuestWhat discoveries have you made in recent years? and along with rainwater what bug is it
  Bugscope Teamlots of people from a huge variety of labs use the microscopes, and what they find is mostly incremental information -- little pieces of info at a time

• Guestwhat are those spikes in the whole
  Bugscope Teamthose we think are a kind of filtering apparatus that keeps large things from coming into the tracheae
• Guesthi
• 11:01 am

• Guestwhat bug is it
  Bugscope Teamthis, presently, is part of a scorpion

• Guestwhat is the hair on the claw used for?
• Guestis that hair on hair claw
• GuestHello

• Guestpanda
• Bugscope Teamthe scorpion grabs its prey with these long pincers, and then it stings it
• GuestWhats the max magnification of the microscope

• Guest Entomologistyea those are hairs on the claw

• GuestWhy are they shaped like cubes?

• Guestthanks joe!

• Guestwhat are those things
  Bugscope Teamthe toothlike elements help hold the prey, and the setae help the scorpion feel that it is gripping something
• Guestwhat is this

• TeacherIs Joe the guest etomologist?
  Bugscope Teamyes he is!
• Guesthi joe
• Guestsalt tastes awful

• Guestdoes this help if their is a keystone from one animal

• TeacherThat is awesome!

• GuestMoths have scales? does that make them reptiles
• Guesthow old are moth scales
• Guestthats looks really cool but why are they open?
• Guestwhat do moths use scales for?
• GuestWhat is that web stuff

• GuestBUTTERFLY LICK SALT OFF TURTLES EYES
• GuestThis is salt?
• Guestis this the wing of the moth?

• Guestwhat kind of bud is this
• Guestwhat are the circles/holes
• Guest Entomologistthis is a stink bug
• Guestare those pores on this insect?
• Guesthow long have u been a entomologists
  Bugscope TeamCate and I are electron microscopists but have been working with insects for many years now

• Guestis this a view from under the head??
• GuestWHat is this spider like web
  Bugscope Teamthat was a moth scale. The structure gives the scale color when the light refracts on it

• Guestwhat are those dots

• Guest Entomologistit sucks on plant juices
• Guest Entomologistmost of the time
• Guestcool

• Guestwow
• Guest Entomologistsome stink bugs are predators

• Guestwhat r the dotts
  Bugscope Teamthe dark spots are pores that are filled in with some sort of oil

• GuestAre those pores on the stinkbug?
  Bugscope Teamthey're places that hold a kind of sensory setae

• GuestIs that a cut
  Bugscope Teamyes a crack

• 11:06 am
• Guestwhats the crack from?

• Guestwhat are the cracks from?
• Guestis that a crack on the skin

• GuestWhat is the crack?

• Guestwhy do thay have cracks on the skin
• Guestwhy are there cracks in the skin

• GuestWhat are those cracks?

• Guestwhy do you think the stinkbug has those cracks

• Guestwhat is the bump for?

• Guestcan you zoom so we can see the cell
  Bugscope Teamthere's a thin film on the cuticle, but normally we cannot distinguish individual cells this way

• Guestjoe what is the coolest thing to look at in the scoop

• TeacherCan rainwaterb manipulate the scope?
  Bugscope Teamthe microscope needs to pump to a high vacuum in order to image the samples. If there is water, it won't be able to pump down, or it will just take a long time

• Guest Entomologistthe crack is probably just damage from transport or something else?

• GuestCan we see a cell of the stinkbug

• Guestdoes the stinkbug have pores? is that what the holes are on its skin
  Bugscope Teamthey are said not to be very happy about their own smell, so they have absorbent elements on their cuticle that keep them from smelling themselves

• GuestWHAT IS THE MAX MAGNIFICATION POSSIBLE WITH THE ELECRON MICROSCOPE?
  Bugscope Teamthis microscope can magnify up to 1 million x, but you won't be able to resolve anything above 200,000x, allowing you to see nano-sized particles.
• Guestwhat is happinig
• Guesthappining
• Guestwhat are the things you use electron microscope for?
• TeacherHow can we get close enough to see a single cell?
  Bugscope Teamit is not possible this way because the chitin is all grown together. if we find some bacteria, those are singles cells, of coursde

• Guest Entomologistthey are all cool to look at, i guess from this set, the mosquito scale/head is cool to look at
• Guestits rough even when you get close down in
• GuestWhy is it grey
• GuestWHAT IS THE SMALLEST THING YOU HAVE EVER SEEN WITH THE MICROSCOPE
• Guestits rough even when you get close down in
• Guestwhat are some other things you can look at

• Guestwhat is that
• Guestwhat other things do you use besides bugs on the electron microscope
• Guestwhat are the types of thing the scoop is use for
  Bugscope Teampeople use it to see what their samples look like, including things they have designed and fabricated as well as biological samples, and even cells they have grown
• Guestis that its eye ots attacking?
• Guestusing this microscope, is there a way to tell the difference between sea salt and the other kind of salt?
• GuestWhat are those claw things
• GuestWhat are they types of things you use for the electrone microscope?
  Bugscope Teamsome people image crystal structures, or structures on a leaf. Some people look at bone or carbon nanotubes. We image a wide variety of samples with this microscope
• Guesthow long have u been a entomologists and do u like your job

• Guestwhy does it have those lines going down its body
• GuestIs that a bug on a bug
• GuestHave you had any break throughs recently using Electron microscope
• Guestthat so cool
• GuestWhat are all the little sections on this millipede?
  Bugscope Teamthat allows the millipede to bend. If it were made out of one piece it wouldn't be able to curl/bend or hardly move at all
• Bugscope Teamthis is the silica shell of a diatom, which lives in the water normally but is found in dirt as well, once they die
• Guest Entomologistso that's a diatom, it's the most abundant photosynthetic cell on earth
• Guestwhat is that and is it eating away the other cells?
• TeacherRainwaterb would like control.
  Bugscope Teamthey have control. Sorry
• Guest Entomologist*in a given ecosystem, usually
• Guestwhat is the cell that we are looking at now attached to?
• GuestWhy is there a webbed appearance on the cell?;)
• Guestis that a hair
• 11:11 am
• Guestwhat are those slots
  Bugscope Teamthey likely do some kind of filter-feeding when they are in the water
• GuestIs that a cell

• Guest Entomologisti need to stop hitting return before i finish my sentences
• Guestis that cell eating other cells?
• Guestare those hairs on the back?
• Guestwhy can you see the whole in the skin
• Guestwhat are those lines on the cell

• Guestwhy are the holes for the hair so large?
  Bugscope Teamit shows us that they can move, and that movement is translated to nerves beneath the cuticle

• Guestwhat are those ridges in it
• GuestWhat species does this cell belong to?
• GuestHow long does it take to prepare the machine to look at something
• Guestwhy are there lines on the cell
• Guestwhat are those lines on the thing
• GuestThat looks like a cell with other cells on it
• Guesthowcome the cell has texture
• Guestwhat insect is this of the cell pic
  Bugscope Teamthis is on the book louse, or whatever exactly this insect is -- I'm sorry we did not recognize it
• Guestwhat is those spots on that single cell
• GuestDo you ever look at live bugs with the microscope or do they have to be dead so they cant move?
• Guestwhat are those ridges on the cell?
• Guest Entomologistthis is not an insect, but rather a an algae

• GuestWHAT IS THAT
• GuestWhat is coming out of the eye?
• Guestcan you still get a clear picture like this when you go down as far as you can?
  Bugscope Teamwhen we take pictures we slow the beam down and also bring the sample closer to the electron source. that gives us an advantage we don't have right now
• Guestwhat is coming out of its eye ball
• GuestIs that hair coming out of its eye
• Guestwhat is coming out of the eye
• Guest Entomologistthe mosquito is full of scales and hairs
• Guestare those its eyes? the large multi circle objects
• Guestare those feathers on the head?
• Guest Entomologistthe hairs are so they can sense their environment
• GuestWhy is there hair comming out of the eye
• Guestwhy is their a bunch of hair on the mosquito
• GuestDo you ever look at live bugs with the microscope or do they have to be dead so they cant move?
• Guestjoe
• GuestAre there hairs coming out of its mouth
• Guest Entomologistthat "feather" is actually its antenna
• GuestDo you ever look at live bugs with the microscope or do they have to be dead so they cant move?
• Guestjoe
• Guestthe cells that make an insect, do they repair the body the same as are cells repair us?
• Guesthow many scales to a mosquito have
• Guestdo u like your job and how long have u been doing this
• GuestDo you ever look at live bugs with the microscope or do they have to be dead so they cant move?
• Guestwhy is there hair coming out of the eyeball?
  Bugscope Teamthat thing that looks like a ball with a hairy stick poking out is the base of the antenna.
• Guest Entomologista lot of scales, not sure how to quantify that, sry
• GuestDo you ever look at live bugs with the microscope or do they have to be dead so they cant move?
• Guestwhat part of the mosquito is used to bite?
• GuestWhen the moscito bites is it cells that comes out of there mouth into the humans skin? If so then what types of cells are they?
  Bugscope Teamit is remotely possible that someone else's blood cells could come back out, but mostly it would be bacteria cells, which are smaller
• Guest Entomologistthe eye is actually the part that looks all bumpy with little circles
• GuestWhat are the antennas used for
• Guestjoe
• GuestWhy do only females bite humans
  Bugscope Teamthe females need the protein from a blood meal in order to successfully lay their eggs
• TeacherCan Mark control the scope for a bit?
• GuestWhat is the thing in the bottom right corner with the scale things
• Guestso do mosquitos have hair all of there body so that they can sense everything around them
  Bugscope Teamyes they do! and most insects are the same
• 11:16 am
• GuestSo do they lay eggs when they bite you

• Guest Entomologisti like my job alright, i haven't been doing bugscope long, i work in a lab studying beetles that bore holes in wood
• GuestSo when the moscito bite why does it itch so much?
  Bugscope Teamthe saliva irritates our skin
• Guest Entomologistso i get to be out in the forest a lot, it's great
• GuestWhy is the skin of the mosquito look like scales
  Bugscope Teamthe mosquito is covered in scales. They have scales like moths, butterflies, and silverfish (another type of insect)

• Guestcan we see the entire bjug
  Bugscope Teamyou can ask the person who's driving to take the mag down
• GuestWhat are the things that are poking off of the antena?
• GuestWhy does the eye look like popped raisins?
• GuestDo you ever look at live bugs with the microscope or do they have to be dead so they cant move?
  Bugscope Teamwe can look at live insects, but it can be difficult to image them and they could move making it hard to see them
• GuestIs this a female or a male mosquito?
  Bugscope Teamthis is a female; you can tell by the antennae, which are frilly in males
• GuestSo the saliva is made out of bacteria?
• Guestwhat are those small balls
• Guestit looks like peach fuz
• Guesthow much venom does a mosquito hold to make it itch so much
• Guest Entomologistthe mosquito's mouthpart is modified into a hard piercing sucking apparatus, like a straw
• Guestdo the insects cells help the bug as much as human cells help us? or are they the same
• GuestWhat senses are the hairs for? Just feeling or other senses too?
• Guestwhat are the small balls next to the antenna?
• GuestWhy is there hair on the eye
  Bugscope Teamwhen we see hair on the eye it is often mechanosensory -- touch sensitive
• Guest Entomologistthat's what it uses to bite us
• GuestWhy are there diffrent shapes on the left

• Guest Entomologistthe bubble wrap stuff is the eye
• GuestHow do the scales benefit their body or protect the body?
  Bugscope Teamhaving scales helps with temperature regulation and also protects the insect from spider webs
• Guestjoe what happens if u put a bug that does not need air in the scoop
• GuestWHere is the mouth?
• Guestwhat is the white netting looking thing?

• Guestcan you tell if this a male or a female? if so how can you tell? are there systems like humans'
• GuestDo you always look at dead or alive bugs
• GuestSo when you itch your moscito bites it spreads which irritates our skin even more, right?
• Guestwhat is that gash
  Bugscope Teamthe mouth opening
• Guest Entomologistinsects have compound eyes, so what you're seeing there is actually individual eyes called ommatidia that make up the compound eye.
• GuestWhats the point of having hairs if its so small it may not benefit the bug?????
• Guest Entomologistmosquito is a type of fly, so some flies have scales but most do not
• Guestdo all insects have hair on its head that you can only see when you're really close up?
• GuestDo flys have scales?
  Bugscope Teammosquitoes, which are a kind of fly, do
• Guestis that the mouth to the right?
• GuestIs that a protective lens on the eye?
  Bugscope Teamno it does not really have any protection
• GuestWhat is the thing in the bottom right corner with the scale things on the mosctito
• GuestHow does the bumpy surface on the eye benefit?
• Guestwhat happens if you bug put a that does not need air in the scoop
• Guestwhy do flys have hair ???
• Guestwhere are the eyes is that the thing on the left?
  Bugscope Teamyes that is one of the compound eyes
• GuestWhat is a palp?
• Guesthow long have you been doing your job and what are your favorite things
• GuestWhy can only horse flys bite you and other flys cant?

• Guest Entomologistyou probably would itch more if you scratch the area because you're irritating the nerves in that area more
• Guestis that the eye!?!
• Guestare those cells on the eye
• TeacherWhat type of researches use this microscope? We did watch the video about different uses for it. Anything recently you have found interesting?
  Bugscope Teambiologists, materials researchers, the self-healing polymer people, pollen and seed people, leaf people, people who are making microchannels out of corn protein
• 11:21 am
• Guestare thoose cells all bunched together

• Guestif mosquito is consider a fly then why dont flys bite
• GuestWhat is that sponge looking thing on the eyes
• Guestare those bumps the cells?
• GuestWhat are microchannels?????????
• Guestahh i see. thanks joe
• GuestWhat is the thing in the bottom right corner with the scale things on the mosctito
• GuestWhy are they hexigons
  Bugscope Teamthat is the best shape for close-packing round objects into a spherical shape, so you see it a lot, includin when people stack fruit
• GuestHow do all of these sections of the eye help them see better then us humans?

• Guestwhat happens if you bug put a that does not need air in the scoop
  Bugscope Teamit can hold its breath for awhile; it could live if we let it out soon enough
• TeacherCan taylorschley have control for a bit?
  Bugscope Teamtaylor has control
• Guestare all of those little circles there to help the vison
• Guest Entomologist@mircetics: flies and most insects have hairs so that they can sense their environments better since they all have a hard exoskeleton

• Guesthave you guys found any research on anything other then insects? like animal cells?
  Bugscope Teamyes we have, lots of animal cells, and human cells -- blood cells, for example

• GuestAre those things hairs?
• GuestDoes our eye have texture like the moth
  Bugscope Teamno it does not -- ours are quite different

• Guestwhere is the claw on the bug
  Bugscope Teamthere is usually one at the end of each leg
• GuestYou said they have an exoskeleton, does that mean that their skeleton is on the outside of their body and not the inside?

• GuestMosquitos have claws???\
  Bugscope Teamyes they are at the end of the legs
• Guestwhy are some "bumps" on the eye larger and smaller than others?
  Bugscope Teamthey are generally the same size but you see small differences

• GuestWhat is the thing in the bottom right corner with the scale things on the mosctito
  Bugscope Teamthat was the tip of the proboscis

• GuestDoes our body have texture similar to the mosquitos
• GuestWhy does that look like a ruber ducky??
• Guestare thoose scales?
  Bugscope Teamyes they were!

• GuestWhy so the mosquito have mold spores?
  Bugscope Teamonce an insect dies they gather quickly
• GuestWhat are they now

• GuestThere are mold spores on the eye?!
  Bugscope Teamsometimes, yes

• Guestdo mosquitos live in water when they are young and have u seen one that is in the scoop

• GuestHow can the eye see if it has mold on it?
  Bugscope Teaman insect can rub stuff off of its eyes
• GuestWHY DOES IT LOOK LIKE A DUKKY

• GuestHow much is an electron microscope worth$$$?
• Guesthave you ever seen a catipiller underneeth this
• Guestwhy are there so many hairs on th eantenna
• GuestDo ants anttenas have hair on them?
• GuestWhat's inside the antenna?

• GuestWHY IS IT SOOO BIG!!

• 11:27 am
• Guestwhy do they have multiple eyes and not just one big eyes
  Bugscope Teamit is better in giving the insect the ability to see all around it without moving its head; also, compound eyes, with many facets, are more responsive to movement -- the insect is able to see motion very quickly

• GuestAre the hairs feelers?

• GuestIs it true that ants smell with their antennas?
• Bugscope Teambees can see ultraviolet
• Guestwhat is the hairs

• Guestdo animal and insects cells look different under the microscope? like theyre blood cells?
  Bugscope Teamif you were to culture the cells, I think they would look similar
• GuestHOW MUCH DO THESE MICROSCOPES GO FOR NOWDAYS???

• Guestthank you for your time
• GuestThank you :D
• GuestThank you!!!!

• Guestthank you so much for your time!! this was cool!!
• Guestthank you
• GuestThank you soooooooo much for your time.
• GuestThank you so much for your time. Have a great day!:)
• Guest Entomologistthey use their antennae for lots of things, recognize nestmates, enemies, food etc...
• Bugscope Teamants rely on their antenna to give them chemical feedback. They give other ants chemical signals
• GuestThank you for your time!
• GuestThank you for your time! That was a really cool experience

• TeacherI have another class coming in a minute :)
• Guestwhat is an ants antenna used for, is their a certain purpose?
  Bugscope Teamthey do a lot of communication via scent, and the antennae are the prime sensor for that chemical communication
• Guestthank you for your time i really injoyed it thanks again
• GuestThank You for your time and for answering all of our question!! Have a fantabulous day!
• GuestThank you all scientists for the time you toke out of your day to answer any of our questions!!!!
• Guestthank you for your time spent with use i really enjoyed it!!!!!!!!:)
• Guestthank u .............................................................................love ...........you ......joe
• GuestThanks so much!
• Guesti love you joe
• GuestThank you for all the information you have given us and the time you took out of your day to shre with us!
• Bugscope TeamThank You!
• GuestThank you for your time. i earned some pretty cool stuff. Have a nice day :)
• GuestThanks, I think it's time for me to go. I learned a lot about the electron microscopes!
• Bugscope Teamwe had a good time and enjoyed working with you
• Bugscope TeamThank You!
• Bugscope Teamphew! Joe I am glad you are here to help!
• Guest Entomologistheh np
• Bugscope Team(I changed my login on the SEM to Scot.)
• 11:32 am
• Bugscope Teamthis session goes to 1:30 if you have time to stay with us that long
• Guest Entomologistit'd be less confusing if i can also do the replying thing, but i'll just do the @ thing so it's more apparent who i'm replying to
• Guest Entomologisti might actually
• Bugscope Teamyeah you need to be able to reply better
• TeacherCan lavauxm have controls of the scope?
• Guest Entomologistbut i'll be gone for a short bit in between i think
• Guest Entomologistabout 10 min or so around noon
• Bugscope Teamyeah it is pretty clear we need to make that a priority
• Guest There are hairs on ant antennas?
• TeacherThanks for being here Joe!
• Guestwhat do the hairs do for the antenna?
• TeacherYou were great.
• Guest Entomologist@nelsonal, yup!
• Guest Entomologist@nielsnm, no problem.
• Guest Entomologistit's my pleasure
• GuestWith the bug scope can you all tell how many hairs are on one ant??
  Bugscope Teamthere are too many to count, for us
• Guesthow many hairs on average are on an ant?
• GuestWhat was the smallest thing u magnified on?
• GuestWhat do you resarch with this microscope?
  Bugscope Teamwe train people to do their own research, and we help ensure that the 'scopes work optimally so they get the best images
• Guestwhat else do you look at? And do u love what you do
• Guestw
• GuestWhat are the little indentions on the ant?
• Guest Entomologist@diehlt the hairs usually are used in mechanosensing, so they can sense movement nearby,
• GuestWhat's the main purpose for the ants antennas?
• Guestwhat are the hairs on the antantennas there for?
  Bugscope Teamthe hairs, which are called 'setae' (see-tee), are chemosensory, thermosensory, and mechanosensory.
• Guestdo the ants use there antennas to feel?
  Bugscope Teamyes but more often to smell -- to pick up chemical signals
• TeacherAny chance Lavauxm can try the scope out ? :)
  Bugscope Teamthey have control
• GuestDo u use this microscope for human research?
  Bugscope Teamnot very often

• 11:37 am
• GuestWhat are the little dots on the ant???
  Bugscope Teamthose are dried up spots of goo. Maybe an oil they got into

• GuestWhat is at the base of the hair?

• GuestWhat is your favorite thing to look at with this microscope?
  Bugscope Teamleafhoppers, mites, ticks, sometimes carbon nanotubes

• GuestWhat is the most interesting thing you have reserched?

• Guestwhat is the best thing you have discovered with this microscope!
• Guestwoah!

• Guesthave you discovered anything new?
  Bugscope Teamlots of our users find out new things about their samples, every day
• GuestWow

• GuestHow did you get this job?
• Guest Entomologist@smithe that's the ant
• Bugscope Teamoften what people find is that the principle they are studying is not as simple as they'd thought at first

• GuestThis microscope is POWERFUL
• Guestwhat are we looking at now/
  Bugscope Teamthis is an ant, all curled up
• Guesthow did you kill the ants to get them to use for research
• Guest?
• Guest Entomologistright now its head is facing down and you're looking at its back

• Guestwhy is the leafhopper one of your favorites?
• Guestdo insects have to be dead to be under this
  Bugscope Teamit is better if they are -- we don't want to be hurting them

• Guesthow long have you been doing this?
  Bugscope Teami've been doing this since 2005, but bugscope has been around since 1999!
  Bugscope Team13 years!
• Guesthow did you get this job?

• GuestHow long have you been working with the electronmicro scope
  Bugscope Teamfulltime since May 1983.

• GuestWho invented the microscope?
• GuestWhat else is bug scope used for?

• GuestHow has this technology developed from ten years ago?
• Guestwhat do hairs do for the fly?

• GuestWhy do bugs have many eyes in one instead of just one eye like humans?
• Guestdo you catch thease bugs?
  Bugscope Teamsometimes we catch them. Most of these insects were caught by Scot

• Guestdoes this give you a lot of information about things you have questions about? Also have you ever done anything with human cells or anything
• Guestwhat can you discover with this microscope!
• GuestOnce you look at a bug do you dispose of it or store it for later use?
• Guestwhat do you mainly look at under a microscope?
  Bugscope Teamwe work with materials scientists, biologists, biomaterials people, and they look at a huge variety of stuff
• Guestwhat is the smallest thing you have looked at?
  Bugscope Teamcarbon nanotubes are pretty thin, a few nanometers wide
• TeacherCan Fischal1 work with the scope a bit?
  Bugscope Teamgot it!
• Guest Entomologist@lanere, they have compound eyes, this allows them to detect motion better, and in many cases, see better in the dark, however, they lose resolution, so what they see is more mosaic, and less high definition
• GuestHas anybody had the idea of using the electron microscope on something besides bugs or insects?
• GuestDo you use a normal scope still or just this one?
• GuestHow many types of bugs have you studied?
• 11:42 am

• GuestCan you use this to cure cancers or diseases for humans?
• GuestDo you guys use more then bugs?
  Bugscope Teamyes we look at for example, chemicals that are used to neutralize explosives

• GuestCan you use this scope to find any diseases?

• Guestwhat college digery do you need to yous one of of these as a job
  Bugscope TeamI have my degree in Physics. Scot has degrees in biology and english. Some sort of science background is helpful to get a job like this.

• GuestHow many different species of insects have u used this on?
• GuestWhy do bugs have so many eyes instead of one

• Guesthave you ever discovered a new type of bug before with the scope?
  Bugscope Teamwe have imaged or helped people image hundreds of wasps that had never been described before
• GuestIn 2017 will the technology be more developed in the scope?

• Guestdo you work with new bugs every day?
  Bugscope Teamwe don't reuse insects, so yes we do. But we sometimes will still look at the same kinds of insects like flies, moths, mosquitos
• GuestWhy does the eye look loke there's nettin over it? For pretection?
• Guestw
• Guest Entomologist@prokoschsj the hairs called 'setae' are for chemo-, thermo- and mechnosensory
• Guestwhat is the most complex bug or creature you have studied under this?
• Guesthave you discovered anything new with the microscope?
  Bugscope Teamwe often find that things do not look or work quite like we'd imagined they did
• Guestwhy does it have a lot of hair

• GuestWhat is on its eye and why?

• GuestHow can you tell if bugs have eye cancer since were looking at the eye of a moth right now?
• GuestHas anyone tried to modify the electron microscope to have the ability to look at things such as animals?
  Bugscope Teamyes! there are a variety of modifications, and this 'scope has some of those

• GuestHow many electrons are used to create the image?
  Bugscope Teamtrillions

• Guesthow many of us does he see with his eye

• Guestwhy are moths so furry?
  Bugscope Teamthe scales, which are actually also setae, help with thermoregulation, pattern recognition, and also help the moth escape from spider webs

• TeacherCan prokoschsj to a crack at the scope?
  Bugscope Teamgot it!

• GuestCan you use this to cure cancers and diseases for humans?
  Bugscope Teamwe can use it to help people identify cells that are cancerous
• Guest Entomologist@prokoschsj it may also have something to do with thermoregulation, since most moths are active at night, but not all of them are hairy so...
• GuestWhat bugs are u still trying to understand?
• Guestwhy does mold grow on the fly?
• GuestWould you be able to inlarge a cell so see all of the orgonelles?
• GuestWhy are there so many bumps on the eye of insects?
• Guestwhat is one of the most intresting bugs to look at under the microscope?
  Bugscope Teammites, leafhoppers, weevils....
• GuestHow often do you use this microscope
• Guestdo you know why their eyes are a hexagons?
  Bugscope Teamthe hexagons are the best shape to fit the curve of something round. You can fit the most of that shape in the area than any other shape

• GuestHow do the electrons get the picture?

• Guesthow far can the scope be magnified!
  Bugscope Teamit can be magnified to around 200,000x and still be able to resolve details.
• Guestwhat is the largest object you have looked at under this?
• GuestWhy are bugs skin so jagged?
• Guestdo bugs have hairs through out their whole body

• 11:47 am
• Guest what is the biggest addvans in scince by yousing this
• Guesthow far can you magnify the scope
• GuestCan you find out a way to stop the growth of cancerous cells?

• GuestIs the micro scope only used on bugs or are they also used for other creatures?

• GuestHas anyone modified this type of microscope to look inside of something, (like an organ) and zoom in as far as now.

• GuestWhat is the coolest thing you've researched?

• GuestIs this one little hair?
• Guestare you guys all in the microscope room together

• GuestWhere did you go to school to get this job?
  Bugscope Teami went to school at Southern Illinois University and the University of Illinois
• GuestHave you always had a passion for science and the microscope?
• Guestare the hairs on the flys legs used to sitck to walls?
• Guestwhy does mold grow on the fly?
  Bugscope Teamit is always in the air, and when the fly die it grows and spreads

• Guesthow big is this microscope?
  Bugscope Teamabout like a very large desk with a tall component at one end -- about 7 feet tall

• Guestwhat is the most interesting bug to magnify

• GuestDo you have to replace the electrons or do they last forever
  Bugscope Teamwe use an electron gun that shoots multiple electrons at the sample. Sometimes it needs to be replaced.

• GuestDo you catch them alive or find them dead?
• Guestw

• Guesthow many legs does a millipede have?

• GuestWhy do bugs fingers look like claws?
  Bugscope Teamthat's what they have- claws. All the legs end in a claw

• Guestooooooooo
• Guestwhat is you favorite bugs to magnify!
• Guestwhy are cells so hard to see?

• Guest Entomologist@deeringm they have 4 legs per abdominal segment

• Guestwhat are the hairs on the eye

• GuestWhy did you chose to be a scientist?
  Bugscope TeamI did it to try to bring up my gpa, which was not very high
• 11:52 am
• Guestwhat are the hairs on the on mosquito?
  Bugscope Teamthey help it sense its environment, because it does not have skin or ears, for example
• Guest Entomologist@hothemdr I want to see some copepods! (although they're crustaceans and not insects)
• GuestDo you have to replace the electrons?
• GuestWhy does this insect look like a doll?
  Bugscope Teamit's super cute, isn't it?
• Guestwhy do you like to look at bugs for a living
• Guestyaaaaaa
• GuestWhat are the small circles that look like eyes?
  Bugscope Teamthose are the pedicels -- the bases of the antennae
• Guest Entomologist@SJ until they all realize that's a mosquito

• GuestWhat is that on the side of its face?

• Guest Entomologistbuzzkill!

• TeacherCan smothersj control the scope?
• Guest Entomologistthe eye is the bubble wrap like area on the left

• Guestdo*
• Guestwhy do you like to look at bugs for a living
• GuestWere are the eyes?
  Bugscope Teamthe compound eye is on the left
• GuestDo they have eyes
• Guest Entomologisteach "bubble" is an ommatidia that makes up its compound eye
• GuestHow do you think the electron microscope will help us in the future?
• GuestWhat are the circles on the side of the head for?
• Guestwhy does the skin look like bubble wrap?
• Guestwhat is the skin of a mosquito made of
  Bugscope Teamit is made of chitin, which is the same stuff your fingernails are made of
• Guest Entomologist@deeringm yup!
• GuestWith the Wendeys sea salt, are all grains of salt cubes?
• Guestdo mosquitos die after a curtain amount of bites?
• Guestis that its eye
• GuestWhy do they need to suck blood to reproduce though?
• Guestwhy do bugs have different shape patterns on their skin? are they for a purpose?

• Guestwhat are the things that look like scales?
• GuestIs science your favorite subject in school?
• GuestHow much does this cost?
• Guestwhy do mosquito stay away from bug spray?

• Bugscope Teamoh sorry joe.

• Guestœ∑´´®†¥¨ˆøπåß∂ƒ©˙∆˚¬Ω≈ç√∫˜˜µµµµ,.÷≥≥≥≥÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷æ……¬æææææ“π‘“‘‘“‘“‘‘‘≠–––––≠≠≠«

• GuestHow many bug species are living?
• Guest Entomologistno prob, i mess that up all the time

• Bugscope TeamSafari locked up in my office
• GuestHow much do these scopes cost?
  Bugscope Teamabout $600,000
• GuestAre those pollen spores (oval shapes)?
  Bugscope Teamyes they are!

• TeacherCan smothers take a shot at the scope?
  Bugscope Teamsmothersj has ultimate control!

• 11:57 am
• Guestare these scopes easy to break
• GuestHow big is the scope
  Bugscope Teamit is like a large long desk with a tall column, about 7 feet high, to one side

• GuestWhat is the apporxamate weight of this telescope
• GuestHow much money do you make with this job?

• Guestwhat do you primarly look at in bugs
• GuestHow come a grain of salt is square?

• Guestwhy does the salt have holes in it?
• GuestCan we break this thing from here?
  Bugscope TeamThankfully not.
• Guestwhat's salt made up of?

• GuestThe salt has a so different perspective than our human eye!

• GuestHave you ever looked at chemical reaction under the scope?
• GuestWould you say its worth the $600,000?
• GuestCan you only find out how things on the outside of an organism work or can you find out how things on the inside of the organism work also?
• Guestwhat do you primarly look at in the bugs itslef

• Guest Entomologist@prokoschsj, atoms of Na+ and Cl-. seasalt probably has other minerals and such in it
• Guestitself sorry
• GuestHow come you decided to be a person to work with bugs?

• GuestTHANK YOU!
• GuestThank you so- much it was so fun!
• GuestThank you so much!! :)

• Guestthank you sooo much
• GuestThank u for your time hope we can do this again

• GuestThank You for your time!! :)
• Guestthank you so much :)

• GuestThank you so much for letting us use the microscope!
• GuestTHANKS!!!!
• GuestThank You

• Guest Entomologist@pomeroyc because they are cool, like bowties.
• GuestThank you soo much! This was so cool! Cant wait to do it again :)

• Guestsup

• GuestThank you so much for doing this live interaction! I really enjoyed it!!!
• GuestThank you so much, that was a lot of fun!
• Guestyeeep

• GuestThank you so much for your time I really appreciate it! Ya'll have a fantastic day!!!!!!!!
• Bugscope Teamthe sea salt from Wendy's also has magnesium carbonate in it

• Guestfischal1 loged off but she says thank you too
  Bugscope Teamtell her Thank You!

• Guestwhy do mosquitos stay away form bug spray?
  Bugscope TeamThe repellants are made of chemicals that either mask the skin's scent or deter them away
• Guestcheese

• GuestUSing the microscope are you able to see what inside salt makes it disolve?
  Bugscope Teamwe can make it dissolve and re-form with this microscope, in another mode of imaging
• GuestThank you!!!!! :)

• Bugscope TeamThank You Everyone!

• 12:02 pm
• TeacherSo..most of the kids are going to lunch, however some are going to stay in and play. There will only be a few. If you could let Wilsonn have control for a bit that would be great.
  Bugscope Teamwilsonn has control
• Guest Entomologistok brb!

• GuestWhat is this?
  Bugscope Teamthose were hairs (setae) on the edge of this pedicel
• Bugscope TeamI am sitting at the microscope, so I can control it a bit more quickly.

• GuestWow.

• Bugscope Teaminsects have lots of sensory setae that make up for not having noses and skin

• Guesthmm. What are the bumps on the skin?
  Bugscope Teamthose are folds in the membrane at the base of this antenn
• GuestCan you guys control it for a while and show us more?
  Bugscope TeamI just modified the focus so you can see where we are more quickly. Are you sure you want us to drive?
• GuestYeah, I'm sure.
• Bugscope Teamplease let us know when anyone wants to drive on her/his own
• 12:07 pm
• Guestis that the cell
• Bugscope Teamthis is a diatom, and an individual cell, yes
• GuestWhy is the skin wrinkly?
  Bugscope Teamit's not really skin, but when it dries out it does get more wrinkly
• GuestWhy does our skin feel so smooth to the touch but in the picture it is roung and bumpy looking
• Guestis that a cell?
  Bugscope Teamyes it is
• Guestcool
• Guestdoes our skin look like that and does our cells lay at the top of the skin
• Bugscope Teamyes this is a diatom
• GuestWhat is it, then?
  Bugscope Teamits made of chitin, which is a protein that forms a shell
• Bugscope Teamthey are generally found in places like streams. They are algae
• Guestwhat is the coolest thing u have seen in the scoop
  Bugscope TeamI like mites.
• Guestcool

• 12:13 pm
• Guestis that hair
• Bugscope Teamlooking at bone with a different type of detector is fun
  Bugscope Teamyes!
• GuestWhat do you mean by a different type of detector?
• Guesthow much is the electron microscope
• Guestcan you zoom in a little?
• Guestwhat are mites
  Bugscope Teamthey are arachnids that live on other insects like parasites
• Guestwhat is a dectectr
  Bugscope Teamthe detector collects the electrons that bounce back from or out of the specimen
• Guestthat is super cool :3

• Guestwhat do mites look like
  Bugscope Teamkind of like flat beetles, or weird small turtles
• Bugscope Teamthese are the simple eyes on the top of the fly's head, called ocelli
• Bugscope Teamthese look much like spider eyes
• Guestwhat is the hardist part of your job
  Bugscope Teami think how to prepare the samples can be the hardest part. Insects are easy, but not all samples are.
  Bugscope Teamactually for me it is the paperwork and dealing with contracts as well as trying to buy expensive things and making the justifications for that
• GuestHow many (big) eyes do the flies have
  Bugscope Teamthey have 3 of these more simple eyes, which are used for navigation. They also have 2 bigger compound eyes on the sides of the head
• Guestwhat is the advans in science while yousing this
  Bugscope Teampeople find out information about their samples that they did not know before
• Bugscope Teamwhen people work with us, they are using one or two or more different means of getting information about their samples, but they are studying them in lots of different ways
• 12:18 pm
• Bugscope Teamwe have a large variety of microscopes in a series of rooms, and people use the microscopes they need to get the information they want to find out
• Guestis that a hole in them
• Guestit looks as if the hair is different sizes. does it have different lengths like we do or is it something different

• GuestDo you think that we can look at something else?
  Bugscope Teamsorry Wilson
• Guestcan one of us it

• Guestscary
• Guesti know that frogs have a clear coating over the eyes do other animals have anything similar to that we could see
  Bugscope Teaminsects and comparable arthropods do not have anything protecting their eyes, unless you count the setae that sometimes cover them, as with a bee or a fruitfly
• Guest Entomologist@jensenel birds?
• Bugscope Teamthis is a mosquito -- did you already look at this?
• Guest Entomologistoh i misunderstood the question
• Bugscope Teamthis is a female mosquito
• Guestdo u like cholate milk
  Bugscope Teamuh oh. Hi Pandaman!
• Guesthi
• GuestCan someone control?
  Bugscope TeamRosack I gave you control...
• GuestI don't think that question's relevant.
  Bugscope Teamhaha yeah

• GuestI was talking about the Chocolate Milk question.
  Bugscope TeamDude I agree.
• Bugscope Teamthis is cool

• Bugscope Teamyou can see the scales on the mosquito's limbs.

• Guestcooolllll
• GuestCool!

• Guestsry
  Bugscope Teamhey we are fine - let us know when you see something in the 'scope that you have questions about
• GuestWhat scales??
  Bugscope Teamthe things that look like potato chips are scales
• Guest Entomologistthe ridged things that look like potato chips
• Guesty do they need scales
• 12:23 pm

• Guest Entomologistthe scales do different things depending on where they are

• GuestHows you're day goin?
• GuestWhy are they flat?
  Bugscope Teamthey fit fairly close to the exoskeleton, but they are also loose enough to fall off when for example the insect flies into a spiderweb
• Guestoooooooooooohohhhhohohoho
• Bugscope Teamgood driving!
• Bugscope Teamscales are modified setae -- the hairs
• Guest Entomologiston the legs, they make it so that the mosquito doesn't sink into the water
  Bugscope Teamcool I didn't know that
• GuestWhat are the other ways an insect can die (besides the spiderweb)?
• Bugscope Teamthey also help many insects with thermoregulation
• GuestScott do u text
  Bugscope Teamyeah but not in this contect
• GuestCole p

• Bugscope Teamduh not in this context
• Guest Entomologistyea it has something to do with the contact angle

• Guestsry
  Bugscope Teamhey no sweat, Dude

• GuestTHAT LOOKS LIKE POTATO CHIPS

• Bugscope Teamthere...
• Bugscope Teamthe scales are also responsible, for example in butterflies and moths, for the colors we see
• Bugscope Teamthe shape of the scales interferes with visible light and gives us what are called structural colors
• Bugscope Teamscales can also have pigment granules within the finest features we see now, so they can have normal colors as well
• GuestOn the "potato chip" looking things the lines that separate the little tiny lines why are they so deep.
• GuestCOOL
• GuestIt's amazing how such small insects have such cool adaptations.
• GuestYEH I Agree
• GuestYeah, I think they look like potato chips, too. Why do they have ruffles?
  Bugscope TeamI think the ruffles help make the scales rigid, much like the potato chips, so they don't bend easily
• 12:29 pm
• GuestWould you mind giving jensenel control?
• Guest Entomologist@jensenel, they're called scales, a modified type of setae
• Guestcan we look at the compound eye

• GuestThank you so much for your time. I really had a great time:)
• GuestI think it's time for me to leave. Thanks for teaching us a lot about this!
• Guestthank you got to go
• Guestwhat is the coolest thing you have ever don on this
  Bugscope Teamlooking at carbon nanotubes is cool. looking at brochosomes, which are produced solely by leafhoppers is cool. one of the best things we do is help researchers get great images of their samples -- we know how to make the 'scopes work a little better than they do, often, and it is great to be able to help

• Bugscope Teamthank you, Everyone!
• Guestbye love u
  Bugscope TeamThanks, Pandaman!
• Bugscope Teamgreat to get to work with everyone today
• Bugscope TeamThank You!
• TeacherHi there, the troops have returned from lunch. Thank you for taking the time to chat with a few of our students during their lunch break :)
• 12:34 pm
• Hi Neilson, are we still on then?

• oops sorry about spelling
• Nielson do have another class or two?
• TeacherI have two left
• TeacherThis one and the next one
• TeacherCan I possibly get control of the scope?
  just a couple of minutes, sorry -- I have to get the vacuum back up.
• TeacherNot a problem.
• TeacherWe are up until 12:30 my time correct?
  when we had that last batch of kids I thought we were done -- wasn't watching the clock.
• Bugscope TeamI think Scot got confused and vented the chamber a little early
  exactically
• Teacherno problem. We can sit and chat.
• Guestwhat is one of the best bugs you looked at
  I really like weevils, mites, leafhoppers...
• Guestwhat is the coolest thing that you looked at on the microscope
• GuestDo you know why the pictures from the microscope are in black and white instead of color pictures?
• GuestSo what is the best parts of your jobs on the SEM
• Bugscope Teamthe cooler insects to look at tend to be the smaller ones
• GuestWhy do you like looking at bugs?
• GuestHow long does the whole process take to prepare the microscope?

• GuestWhat are you going to do with the information after you are done researching?

• 12:39 pm

• Guesthow many bugs do you look at a day
  Bugscope Teamwe look at bugs usually just twice a week, when we do this
• Guestwhat bugs do you study the most?

• Guestwhat are the little pores for

• GuestHave you ever looked at something from a human? If so, what did you look at?
• GuestWhat types of cells do you guys look at?
  Bugscope Teamblood cells, bacteria of all types, fibroblasts, osteoblasts, nerve cells, muscle cells
• TeacherCan mainridgeh take a shot at the scope?
  Bugscope Teammainridgeh has control

• GuestHow many times do you guys use the ESM everyday?
• Guesthow do the little hairs help the bug?
  Bugscope Teamthey help the insect feel what is going on. They can't really feel anything through their exoskeleton. It would comparable to you wearing a suit of armor
• GuestWhat are some of the biggest diffrences between the bugs?

• GuestWhat are the bumps?
  Bugscope Teamthey are dried droplets of fluid
• Guestwhy is the eye shaped like hexagons?
• Guestwhat are all the small dots?
• Guestwhy are there so many hairs?
  Bugscope Teamthey have a lot of uses to the insect, depending on what sense they are using

• Guestdo each hair feel everything
• Bugscope Teamif something brushes the hair, the insect will feel it
• Guesthow many of those dots are there on the eye?
• Guestwhy are the eyes shaped like a hexagon
  Bugscope Teamthe hexagon shape is best for closepacking things that are essentially round into a spherical shape, so we see that a lot
• Guestcan you see other things that are bigger then small bugs
  Bugscope Teamyes, but not as a whole. Only parts of it.
• GuestHow many hexagon are on the bugs eye
• Guestwhy are there little circles in the moth eye
• Guestis the bug dead or alive when you put it under there
• Guestare all the bumps in the eyes like small pupils

• Guesthow many tiny hexagonal shapes are there on it
• Guestcan flies see every direction
  Bugscope Teammore directions than we can at one time, and also they can sense motion much more quickly
• 12:44 pm
• GuestDoes it ever get confusing as to what you are looking at?
  Bugscope Teamyes!
• GuestIs the eye of moth have anything in common with a basketball as in texture?
  Bugscope Teamlooks much like it, yes!
• Teachercan Rwalsnc try it for a bit?
  Bugscope Teamgot it!
• Guestdo snakes have that same ability like in flys?
• Guestwhy are some dots bigger than others?
  Bugscope Teamthey are close to the same size but we do see variation

• Guesthow do the bumps help the bug?
  Bugscope Teamnot really sure unless they somehow help polarize the light

• Guestwhen you look at a bud what are some things you are looking four
• Guest Entomologist@kingmg, no the bugs are dead

• Guestwhy are the legs spirls
• Guestare the bugs alive in the microscope?
  Bugscope Teamnot they are dead

• Guest Entomologist@chavez b, what did you mean by same ability?

• Bugscope Teamno they are dead, I should have said, like Joe
• Guestwhat are the really big legs near the head?
  Bugscope Teamthose are antennae
• Guestwhat are the hairs on its legs?
• Guestis that his head
• Guestwhy do they curl up
• GuestAre those hairs on the body?
• GuestAre the little hairs for sense on the legs?
• Guestare those scales near the top?
• Guestcan millepedes lose a leg and grow it back
• Guestwhat adaptations have you noticed with the millepede since you looked at the bug through the microscope?

• Guest Entomologist@rinkera The really big leg you are referring to is the antenna.
• Guestdo you guys use bugs that are alive?
  Bugscope Teamno; it is best if they are dead; it would be cruel to use live bugs

• Guestwhay would it be cruel? does it hurt them?

• Guesthave you ever looked at a live one?
  Bugscope Teamwe had a live chrysalis in the microscope once, and a Monarch hatched out later, after we took it out
• GuestWhere do you get the bugs?
• GuestWhy do millepedes have so many legs
  Bugscope Teamit helps them support that long body

• Guestwhat do the bumps on the side of their head do
  Bugscope Teamsome of those bumps are the compound eye, is that what you mean?
• Guestwhat are the bands with lines across them used for
• Guestdo you use the SEM to see the amount of legs or lines on its body
  Bugscope Teamwe could if we wanted

• Guesthow many legs do millepedes have
  Bugscope TeamI think this one has about forty.

• GuestDo millipedes have the same hairs to sense as spiders do on there legs?
  Bugscope Teamno, not that I have seen.
• Guestwhat are the hair in the claw
• Guestare those pores with hair coming out of it?
  Bugscope Teamyes in a way -- they are pores in the exoskeleton
• GuestIf in the future you can find out even more on the ESM and make it bigger could we look at a human maybe?
• Guestwhat is that
• 12:49 pm
• Guestis a scorpion claw also poison?
• TeacherCan Breel have control for a bit?

• GuestWhy does the scorpian claw have all the little hairs?
• Guest Entomologist@rinkera yes, the millipede has an exoskeleton made from chitin, pretty similar in hardness to your fingernails

• Guestwhat are the jagged parts made of?
• TeacherI mean lukeb :)
  Bugscope Teamgot it!

• Guest Entomologist@madesianjw if i had to guess, those are probably mechanosensory hairs, so that they can sense movement

• Guestwhat is that

• GuestWhat is this? What is it used for
• Guestwhat are the holes that the hair comes out of
  Bugscope Teamthey are holes in the exoskeleton
• GuestDo all bugs have hairs on their body to feel around them?
• Guestwhat are the little circles on the hair
• Guest Entomologist@popwskiaj, no the claw does not have poison, the poison in only in its tail
• GuestAre the hairs water-wicking(water proof)
• GuestWhat are we looking at exactly?
  Bugscope Teamthis is the fly pulvillus

• Guesthave you ever gotten "mystery" a fragment to identify?

• Bugscope Teamthe pulvillus is covered with tenent setae, as Cate said

• GuestHave you guys ever tried Dust?

• GuestIs that a certian kind of salt?
• Guesthow does salt get in to cubes??????
• Guestthe stuff that looks like dust on each grain of salt what is that?
• Guestwhat is the most interesting to look at under the microscope
• GuestWhy are there some indentations on the salt?
• Guestwhat else do you use the ESM for other then insects?
  Bugscope Teambacteria, corn proteins, carbon nanotubes, eukaryotic cells
• GuestWhat kind of thexture does the salt have?

• GuestHave you guys ever tried Dust?
• GuestDo you know why the grains of salt are cube shaped?
  Bugscope Teamsodium and chlorine form cubic crystals

• Guestwhy dose it look fuzzy on the salt
• Guestwhat is this?
• Guestwhat is that hole?
• TeacherWhat type of data do you find from looking at corn proteins? Or why would you look at corn proteins?

• Guestwhat part of the ant is that
• Bugscope Teamsalts are made of lots of other chemicals as well
• GuestHave you guys studied a cell?
  Bugscope Teamwe do sometimes look at cells in the microscope. We can't really see into a cell with this microscope but we can with some of the other one we have
• Guestwere is this located on the ant
• 12:54 pm
• GuestWhy does it look like there is a light inside?
• GuestWhat is the diffrence between the old wendy salt and the new wendy salt?
  Bugscope Teamthey changed their salt at some point and started using this new sea salt, which is bigger and rounder
• GuestDo you know why ants breath through their armor?
• Guestwhat is "spiracle"
  Bugscope Teamit is a pore in the exoskeleton, one of many, that the insect uses to breathe
• Guestwhy is the inside of the spericle white
• Guestis that the inside of the body
• GuestHow many spiracles are there on an ant?
  Bugscope Teamnot sure 8 or 10?
• GuestAre there muscles in the holes that help the ant breathe?

• Guestwere do the holes go to
  Bugscope Teamthey connect to internal tubes that are called tracheae
• Guest Entomologist@knightw, the points probably help eliminate larger particles so they don't get inside?
• GuestWhy are there holes in the moth scales?
• Guestwhy do moths need scales? I thought they had hair...

• TeacherCan rinkera control for a while?
• GuestIs there a reason they have this kind of texture or form?
• Guestwhat do the bumps do
• Guestwhat are the scales made of?
  Bugscope Team chitin, which is the protein the exoskeleton is made of
• Guesthave you ever tried to zoom into a piece of pepper?
  Bugscope Teamno we haven't. We have seen sugar crystals, but they aren't as exciting to look at

• Guest Entomologist@kingmg not all moths have hair, but all moths have scales on their wings. Helps them escape predators and from spider webs
• GuestWhy are the scales so flakey?
• Guesthow do moths have that texture of their scales
• GuestDo the moths use their scales as a type of armor?
  Bugscope Teamthe scales come off easily, so if the moth flies into a spiderweb it can shed its scales and possibly get back out safelt
• GuestWhat is the most complex organisim you have seen under the microscope?
• Guest Entomologistyou'd be amazed how little of their wing the moths actually need to still be able to fly

• GuestAre the scales pourous
• Bugscope Teamommatidia with mold spores
• GuestWhy are the eyes bumpy?
• Guestare thoes eys
• Guestwhat are the tiny lines across the eye?
• GuestDo moths use these scales to protect themselves?
  Bugscope Teamthey can use the colors on the scales to ward off potential predators or to camouflage. They can also shed a few scales to get loose from a web.
• Guestwhy is mold on the eye?
• Guesthow did mold grow on their eye
• GuestHow does mold grow onto the eye?
• Guesthow do flys get mold in their eyes
• GuestHow has the technology of the microscopes increased to let us see these amazing close ups?
  Bugscope Teamwe have been able to get better and better resolution using better means of generating finer streams of electrons
• Guestdose the mold efect its sight
• GuestDoes the mold hurt the fly?
  Bugscope Teamnot really, but when it dies it helps make it rot
• GuestCan th flies feel the mold on their eye, like we can feel something on our eye?
• TeacherCan madesianjw have controls for a bit?
  Bugscope Teamgot it!
• Guesthow did mold get in the fly's eye
• Guest Entomologist@weisers the compound eye is a collection of ommatidia (units of the insect eye), so the bumps you are seeing is that

• 1:00 pm

• GuestDo you think when a bugs eye has specs on it does it look like smudged glasses
• Guestdoes the mold effect the flys seeing
  Bugscope Teammost of the mold probably showed up after the fly died, but if the mold was on the eye while still alive, the fly would just clean it off using it's front legs

• Guesthow do misquitos help our ecosystem?

• Guestis that a fealer
• Guestwhat is that thing coming out of the eye

• GuestIt looks like the mosquito doesn't have eyes... do they have eyes?
• Guestis that the part that goes intoour skin?
• Guestwhy is there hair on the eye

• Guestthankyou
• Guestthanks
• GuestThank you! Have a good day!
• GuestThank you!!
• GuestThank you! Deuces.
• GuestDo you know what virus created the mold?
  Bugscope Teammold spores come from mold that has established itself and is actively decomposing whatever it is on
• Guestthank you have a great day bye!:)
• GuestThank you so much that was a lot of fun
• Guestthat was fun
• Guestthank you!!!!!!!
• GuestThank you so much for the amazing oppertunity!
• GuestThank you it was very fun and educational.
• GuestThank you so much this was awesome!!
• GuestThank you
• Guestthank you
• Bugscope TeamThank You!
• Guestyou were AWESOME THANK YOU WE LEARED ALOT
• GuestThanks you a lot!
• GuestThank you for letting us see these AMAZING pictures!!!!! This is really cool! Have an excellent weekend!
• Guestthanks scot and joe
  Bugscope Teamand Cate!
• TeacherThanks! One more :), then we're done :)
• Teacherof course Cate!!
• Bugscope Teamthanks!
• TeacherHere they come ! :)
• Bugscope Teamyay!
• Bugscope Teamlet us know if you have any questions!
• 1:05 pm

• GuestWhat are the little hairs on the millipedes eye? are they important
• Guestwhat is use of the sem for you
• Guestare these pictures real? they look kind of fake to me.
  Bugscope Teamthey are all real and are live images of samples that are actually in the microscope
• GuestHas the electron microscope ever been updated or improved since it was invented?
• Guestcool
• Bugscope Teamthe eye is the bumpy part
• Guestwhat are the pointy things that are on the right?
• Guest Entomologist@doruskyi those are its legs
• Guestis the ESM a big machine?
• Guestwhats the wendy's salt is that like the salt from wendy's
• Guestwhat are bumps just about in the center of the millipede just above the hole?
• Guestwhat is that a Pic of?
  Bugscope Teamthis is a millipede
• Guestwhat is the ring next to its legs
• Guest Entomologist@gayk, this is a millipede, it's a detritovore
• GuestAre the pictures always in black and white or can they differ in colors
• Guesthi
• Guestwhat are all those little hairs?
• Guest Entomologist*detritovores eat decaying plant and animal matters, sometimes also poop
• TeacherCan you please allow Clementss control?
  Bugscope Teamclementssv has control
• Guestor what looks like legs

• Guestwhat year was the machine invented in
• Guestwhat are the fibers by its legs

• Guest Entomologist@mijalicje those little hairs are sensory hairs, they can be for chemicals, mechanical sensing or thermosensing

• Guesthow has this invention changed your reasearch
  Bugscope Teamthe scanning electron microscope allows researchers to see the surface of their sample better.

• Guestwhat are the spikes
• Guestwhats the wendy's salt is that like the salt from wendy's
  Bugscope Teamyes that is right

• GuestNext to the hairs are like these bump looking flakes... What are they?

• Guest Entomologist@fatianowsp, that's the millipede's compound eye.

• GuestWhat are the small little bumps?
• GuestWhat do you enjoy most about the electron microscope?

• 1:10 pm

• Guesthave you made any discoveries in the last few days or weeks
• Guesthmmmm

• Guestwhat are we currently looking at

• Guestwhat are inteanas used for?
  Bugscope Teamthe antennae kind of work like eyes, but they read signals. They read chemical signals from other things

• Guesthow long have you been working with an electron microscope?
• Guestwhat are the little spikes
• Guesthave you discovered anything that could help understand more about bugs or a certain species

• Guestwhat are all those spickes for?
• Guestwhat are the claws for
  Bugscope Teamthey are like hands for the insect. They help them hold onto things
• GuestDo scorpions have hairs on their claws for to sence and feel items?

• Guestthanks
• Teachercontrols
• Guestwhat are the scorpian claws for
• TeacherCan you give stewartb
  Bugscope Teamhe has control

• Guestare all bugs that hairy?
• GuestWhat are those little hairs on the scorpion claws
  Bugscope Teamthey are there to help the scorpion get a good grip on its prey.
• Guest EntomologistWhat kind of fly was this, do you know?

• Guestdid you kill the bug your self?
• GuestAre those hairs visible to the human eye?

• Guestare these bugs dead
  Bugscope Teamthey are all dead, yes. It is helpful to get nice images to have everything dried out
• GuestWhat magnification can a electron micro scope have

• GuestAre the hairs like censors?

• Guest is all the hair used for sencing things?
• Guestwhat makes this microscope work
• Guesthow do you dry them out
• Guest Entomologist@stenbergcl the claws are used to grasp the scorpion's prey

• Guestwhat magnification can you go up to?
  Bugscope Teamaround 200,000x, but there isn't usually anythng exciting to look at with that mag
  Bugscope Teamwhen looking at insects
• GuestHow many "Fingers/Claws" (or what ever it is called on the flys hand) are on a fly per hand

• GuestWhat year was the microscope invented?
  Bugscope TeamTEM about 1931, SEM (this) in the 50's with the first commercial 'scope in 1965

• Guest Entomologist@martinezt, ludivigkr yes those hairs are for sensing things
• GuestWhat is the purpose of the tiny hairs on the claw do?
• Guestwhy is there wendy's sea salt on here when everything else is bugs
  Bugscope Teamjust to show that this microscope can look at more than bugs

• GuestAre we using more than one microscope? How can we see so many different pictures and bugs?
• Guesthow do you dry them out

• GuestWho invented this microscope?
• 1:15 pm
• Guestare the bugs dead or alive?
  Bugscope Teamthey are all dead right now
• GuestWhat is the largest insect you have currently studied?
• Guesthow big is this bug

• Guestare those self defense spikes?
• GuestAre the fly's claw sharp?
• GuestWhat does blood look like under the microscope
  Bugscope Teamred blood cells look like donuts with almost-holes in them

• GuestHave you had any new discoveries lately?
• Guestwhat is the spiky things for?
• Guestdo you have any new discoveries
• Guesthave you had any new discoveries in your lab
• GuestWhat is the largest insect you have currently studied?
• Guesthow powerfull are the pinchers

• Guestwhat is the differnces between the salts?

• Guestwhat are the cube like figures

• Guestwhat is wendys salt
• Guestwhat are the boxes or cubes used for
• Guestcan you put live bugs in tunder the microscope
  Bugscope Teamyou can, but it is a little difficult to image them, especially if they started to move
• TeacherCan gaddisc use the scope for awhile?

• Guesthave you discovered anything new in salt?

• GuestHave you had any new discoveries in your lab using this microscope?
  Bugscope Teami don't think we have had any discoveries we personally have made. We have helped researchers make discoveries of their own or at least confirmations in what they thought would happen

• GuestWhat kind of bugs are used in this microscope?
  Bugscope Teammostly smaller ones -- big ones like cicadas are not that interesting
• GuestDo use the same bug over and over or do you have multiple bugs?

• Guestwhy are the salt grains square
  Bugscope Teamthe way the sodium and the chlorine fit together makes cubes -- it is really kind of cool

• GuestWhat would you say the most amazing insect to study?

• GuestIs salt supposed to look like that?
  Bugscope Teamoften it looks a little smoother but this is sea salt and also has magnesium carbonate in it

• Guestis that the kind of salt we eat
• Guestwho invented the telescope

• Guestwhat is the biggest thing you can look at under the microscope?
  Bugscope Teamthe stage limits are about 1.75 inches -- one and three quarters of an inch

• GuestWhat is the power source of the microscope

• Guest Entomologist@gayk yup, @mijalicje it's salt from a wendy's restaurant
• GuestHave you ever put live bugs under the microscopes?
  Bugscope Teamscot has put live mites in the microscope. No one else wanted to help because they were mites that could cause you to itch if they got on you
• Guestis there a difference at looking at a live bug or a dead one under the microscope
• 1:20 pm
• Guestwhat is the smallest bug you have seen under the microscope
  Bugscope Teamwe have seen mites, which can be 100 micrometers or so long. if you consider bacteria to be bugs we can see them, at about 2 microns long

• Guestwhy is the salt so rough?

• Guestwho invented the microscope
  Bugscope Teamseveral people. one was Ernst Ruska
• Guestis looking under the microscope something you love to do and the reason you love going to work in the morning?

• TeacherCan gaddisc use the scope for a bit?
  Bugscope Teamgot it!
• Guestthanks
• Guestwhen was the first microscope used?

• Bugscope Teamthe guy who invented ESEM, this microscope, is named Gerry Danilatos

• Guestwhat is this?
• Guestwhat are the spikey things on the hair
• Guesthow do you name the body parts
• GuestHow are we seeing so many different things all at once?
  Bugscope Teamwe have a lot of samples on one stub, and when you click on one of the presets, the microscope drives to that place on the stub
• Guestwhat are these hairs used for?

• GuestAre theses used as a sensor for the fly?

• GuestWhat is the greatest achievment that has been made using this microscope
  Bugscope Teama hundred or so people have received their PhDs using it

• Guesthow does it see small things with a laser and can you see in the ant spiracle plz :)
• Guestwhat is the smallest organism you can look at
  Bugscope Teammites are pretty small.

• GuestWhat is that cirlce?
  Bugscope Teamthat is a spiracle, which is a breathing pore insects have a number of
• Guestwhat is the spikey things in the hole
• Guestwhat are the spike things inside that circle?

• Guest Entomologist@mijalicje mites, although they're not bugs/insects
• GuestIs using the microscope easy to opperate where it is stationed at?
• GuestWhy are there so many ridges in it?

• Guesthow much energy does the microscope use?
• Guestwhen the insects are dead does it change anything internally?
• Guestcool
• GuestWhen was this microspoce invented?
• GuestDo you need any qualifications to become a scientist who uses an electron microscope?
• Guestwhat is the fly tenent setae?
  Bugscope Teamthey are special hairs near the fly's claw that help the insect to walk on vertical surfaces like a wall
• GuestHave you solved any major problems having to do with bugs by using this microscope?

• Guestwhy are their holes in there and why are they so tiny?
• Guestwhat is the power source of the microscope and how much power does it require

• Guestdoes old salt start to get holes in it?
• Guestwhat makes it different from regular salt?
• Guestwhy are we back to salt?
• Guestwhat is the moth scale used for?
  Bugscope Teammoth scales provide temperature regulation, sometimes color -- both structural and pigment derived, they protect moths when they fly into spider webs, and they function kind of like feathers
• 1:25 pm
• TeacherCan fatianowsp have a go at it?
  Bugscope Teamthey have control!
• Guesthave you used this microscope to cure illnesses
  Bugscope Teamwe have worked with cancer researchers who used the microscope to identify circulating tumor cells
• Guestcool
• GuestHow much does each microscope cost?
  Bugscope Teamthis one was $600,000; it depends on options kind of like a car

• Guestwhat makes the microscope so expensive
• GuestCan you see cells with this microscope?
• Guestwhat upgrades are there?

• Guestwhere do you get dead bugs from? Do you have some that live in a lab that you use?

• Guestcan anyone like me get me or shane

• Guestdoes all old salt get like this or just sea salt?
  Bugscope Teamit's all a bit different and we have not looked at enough to be able to say for sure

• Guesthave you furthered any research on AIDS with this microscope?
  Bugscope Teamno i don't think we've done anything with AIDS
  Bugscope Teamfor AIDS research we would work with the transmission electron microscope (TEM)
• Guestcan anyone get one like me or shane
  Bugscope Teamthey are expensive but you could do it
• Guestoh
• GuestDo you preserve the bugs to observe them later?
  Bugscope Teamwe almost always just throw them away and use new bugs for new participants
• TeacherDid we lose you?
• GuestDo all bugs have hair? scales?
• GuestThanks
• Guestthank you!!!
• GuestGRACIAS!!!!!!
• Guestthank You
• Guestthank you
• Guestthank you this was so cool
• GuestWhat upgrades are there?
  Bugscope Teamlike working with wet samples, collecting x-rays, using hot stages or cold stages, stretching samples...
• GuestThank You!
• GuestThank you you guys!
• GuestTHANK YOU SO MUCH! I HAVE LEARNED A LOT FROM YOU!
• Guesthanktay ouyay
• Guestthanks
• GuestThank you! Have a good friday! :)
• Guestthank you sooo much for taking time out of your day to answers our questions
• GuestThank you for letting us use bug scope!
• Guestdo you think that future findings will be done with the micro scope or will we have to upgrade it further to find better things
• 1:30 pm
• Guestwhen you became a scientist where you aware that you where going to use the ESM?
  Bugscope Teamnot me. I had a class in which the professor told us how hard it was to prepare samples for TEM, and it was a surprise that I started doing it.
• TeacherScott, Cate ??
  Bugscope Teamyes!
• GuestThank you for everything!
• Guestthank you for this thing
• Bugscope TeamThank you, Everyone!
• Bugscope Teamhttps://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2011-087
• Bugscope Teamthis is your member page, which has transcripts of today's session on it as well as images
• Bugscope Teamis anyone there?
• 1:45 pm
• StudentWe lost you