Connected on 2012-04-05 13:00:00
from Portage, Wisconsin, United States
- 12:11 pm
- Bugscope Teamsample is pumping down
- Bugscope Teamhello Saints!
- Bugscope Teamwe will be making presets for your session in a few minutes
- 12:18 pm
- Bugscope TeamHello Bell's Class!
- Bugscope TeamWelcome to Bugscope!
- 12:24 pm
- 12:29 pm
- 12:35 pm
- Bugscope Teamhello 2nd Graders!
- 12:40 pm
- Bugscope Teamthis is a ladybug claw
- Bugscope Teamwe are connecting with you at 1, correct?
- Bugscope Teamcan you see this, and answer?
- 12:47 pm
- TeacherYes
- Bugscope Teamsweet!
- Bugscope Teamwe have a couple more presets to save and we can let you control the 'scope
- Bugscope Teamplease feel free to ask us questions anytime!
- 12:53 pm
- 12:58 pm
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head of a large housefly
- Bugscope Teamyou can now drive, wherever you would like, and also please let us know when you have questions
- TeacherCan we see the mouth in this view?
Bugscope Teamthis is the mouth
- Bugscope Teampart of the mouth is folded or torn away
- Bugscope Teamflies like this tend to lap up their food. If it isn't liquid they will spit on it first to dissolve what they want
- Bugscope Teamhouseflies like this have sponging mouthparts, but they are broken or folded away here
- Bugscope Teamso we are looking right into the mouth
- TeacherThank you! They love it! We learned it's called a mop up mouth.
- 1:03 pm
- Bugscope Teamoften, with houseflies, you can tell the boys from the girls because the girls' eyes are far apart and those of the boys are close together
- TeacherNow we would like to see the eyes close up. Thanks!
Bugscope Teamnow we can see both eyes. can you tell if it
- Bugscope Teamcan you tell if it is a boy or a girl fly?
- Bugscope Teamin boys, the eyes sometimes almost touch each other
- Bugscope Teamnow we see the eye facets, from just one eye, up close
- Bugscope Teamthe eyes are called 'compound eyes' because they are made up of many lenses, called 'ommatidia'\
- TeacherThe vote is close, but the majority think it's a girl.
Bugscope Teamthat would be correct!
- Bugscope TeamYay!
- Bugscope Teamdo you recognize the shape of the eye facets -- the ommatidia?
- Bugscope Teamoh this is cool
- 1:09 pm
- Bugscope Teamsee the claws?
- Teacherlike a stop sign....
Bugscope Teamexactly!
- Bugscope Teamhow many sides does a stop sign have?
- TeacherThis is what holds onto us, not pokes us, correct?
Bugscope Teamyes it is!
- Bugscope Teamthis is the tip of one of the six legs of the mosquito
- Bugscope Teaminsects always have six legs
- Bugscope Teamyou wouldn't be able to feel the claws, unless the insect was very big
- Bugscope Teamthey have a head, a thorax, an abdomen, six legs, and two antennae
- Bugscope Teamyou can see that the mosquito has fine scales on its body, even on its arms, that look like seashells, or potato chips with ridges
- TeacherWhat are those black holes on the very end?
Bugscope Teamthose are places where there used to be hairs sticking out. The hairs fell off at some point after it died
- Bugscope Teamso pretty
- 1:14 pm
- Bugscope Teamthis is the tip of the part that bites us, and you can see that one of the cutting lancets, or stylets, is visible
- Bugscope Teamthe stylet is serrated, like a steak knife
- Bugscope Teamsee the rounds things with bumps on them?
- Bugscope Teamthey look like pollen grains, but they are smaller than pollen
- Bugscope Teammold spores
- Bugscope Teamthis is really cool too
- Bugscope Teamwhere we are now
- TeacherAre we under the wings?
- TeacherDo you know if this was really a lady bug or was it an Asian beetle?
Bugscope Teamwe are not sure, but in our area there are many more Asian beetles than ladybugs
- Bugscope Teamthis is one of the pads on one of the legs
- 1:19 pm
- Bugscope Teamladybugs are bright red with black spots. Asian beetles can range in color- light orange to dark orange, and may or may not have spots
- Bugscope Teamoops I mean pulvillus
- Bugscope Teamthe asian beetles also swarm while ladybugs do not
- Bugscope Teamthe thing at the top that is very bright is one of those pulvillus pads, and that is what helps the ladybug stick to a surface
- Bugscope Teamnow we see the claw, one of six
- TeacherThey smell bad too! We have a lot of them around here.
- 1:25 pm
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head of the Monarch butterfly you sent
- Bugscope Teamin the middle is the tongue, which is coiled up
- Bugscope Teamthis is a set of hooks called hamuli
- TeacherWhere would those be on a bee?
Bugscope Teamthey are on the back of the forewing
- Bugscope Teamwhen the bee flies, it hooks its fore- and hindwings together
- Bugscope Teamthe bee has four wings, and they are usually not hooked together
- Bugscope Teambut when it flies, it hooks the wings together so it essentially has only two, one on each side
- 1:30 pm
- Bugscope Teamthis is the bee's head
- Bugscope Teamyou can see its mandibles -- the forked jaws, in front
- Bugscope Teameach compound eye wraps around the head and kind of has a horseshoe shape
- Bugscope Teamyou can also see its antennae
- Bugscope Teamand on the top of its head you can see this mound, through the setae, called an ocellus
- Bugscope Teamthe ocellus is a 'simple' eye, compared to the compound eyes
- TeacherWhat is the bump in the middle?
Bugscope Teamthat is a simple eye, called an ocellus
- Bugscope Teamthere are actually three simple eyes there but we can see only the one right nwo
- Bugscope Teamnow...
- Bugscope Teamocelli are not very good at focusing, but they allow the bee to see where the light from the sun is compared to where they are
- TeacherDo they have an eye on each side? Then where is the third one?
Bugscope Teamthey have two compound eyes, on either side, and they have three ocelli, in the middle and on the top of their head
- Bugscope Teamwasps and moths and many other flying insects also have ocelli -- simple eyes -- on the tops of their heads
- Bugscope Teamyou can barely see smaller bumps on either side of the dome-like ocellus we see now
- 1:36 pm
- Bugscope Teamthe other ocelli are not smaller -- they are just further down on the top of the head
- Bugscope Teamthese are just a few of the ommatidia -- the facets of the compound eye -- on the bee's head
- Bugscope Teamthis looks like a piece of dried leaf, part of a plant, right on the compound eye
- Bugscope Teamhexagons are the best shape to fit something that is curving around. Gives you the maximum number of ommatidia in a space
- Bugscope Teamsome wasps have as many as 17,000 ommatidia on just one compound eye!
- Bugscope Teamthis is the bee's stinger
- Bugscope Teamit has serrations in it like those on the mosquito's stylet that help it cut into your skin
- 1:41 pm
- Bugscope Teamthis is a spur on one of the forearms of the bee
- Bugscope Teamit has little spines in it like a comb
- Bugscope Teamthe bee can use it to comb pollen out of its antennae
- Bugscope Teamyou can see a moth or butterfly scale stuck to the comb
- Bugscope Teamthe thing with the ridges that looks like a leaf is from a butterfly or a moth
- TeacherCool!
- Bugscope Teambees obviously cannot carry combs around in their pockets, so they have built-in combs
- Bugscope Teamants are related to bees and wasps, and they have combs as well
- Bugscope Teaminsects have a very advanced ability to smell
- Bugscope Teamthe antennae are covered with receptors that help the bee, in this case, pick up chemical scents from the air
- TeacherSome of these look like cones, rather than hairs, are those receptors?
Bugscope Teamyes! receptors have all different shapes, but those with the dull tips are what we think they use as one kind of chemical receptor
- 1:47 pm
- Bugscope Teamthis poor moth...
- Bugscope Teamyou can see its compound eyes very well. its ocelli are on the other side of the head so we do not see them
- TeacherWhat was wrong with him?
Bugscope Teamactually he was probably fine until he died, and then part of his face broke away
- Bugscope Teambutterflies, moths, silverfish, and mosquitoes, along with very few other insects, have lots of scales on their bodies
- Bugscope Teamthe scales are kind of like feathers are to a bird
- Bugscope Teamthe scales give them color so that they can either warn predators to stay away or they can blend in with their surroundings
- Bugscope Teammonarch butterflies are brightly colored to warn potential predators to stay away. They are poisonous because of the milkweed they like to eat.
- Bugscope TeamSpiders will even cut them free if the monarch gets stuck in its web
- 1:53 pm
- Bugscope Teamthis is super creeepy!
- Bugscope Teamwhen the scorpion stings its prey, the venom goes through that little pore, which does not look so small now
- Bugscope Teamnow you see the stinger we just looked at, and you can see where the venom is stored
- Bugscope Teamscorpions have claws, kind of like lobsters, and they grab their prey with the claws and then sting it
- Bugscope Teamthey actually chew their food
- TeacherThank you for everything!! This was great! We learned a lot!
- Bugscope TeamThank you!
- Bugscope Teamthanks for joining us today!
- 1:58 pm
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