Connected on 2012-06-05 10:30:00
from Cayuga, New York, United States
- 9:19 am
- Bugscope Teamgood morning!
- Bugscope Teamwe will be putting the sample in shortly
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- 10:19 am
- Bugscope Teampresets are done and we are ready to roll
- TeacherGood morning. Frank here.
- Bugscope TeamWelcome Back to Bugscope!
- Bugscope TeamGood morning, Frank!
- Bugscope Teamyou have control; let us know if you have any problems
- Bugscope Teamand of course let us know when there are Q's
- TeacherOk. Will do.
- 10:38 am
- Bugscope Teamhello Team Awsome and Bug Beasts!
- Bugscope Teamplease let us know when you have questions
- Studenthi how are you
Bugscope TeamGood! We are ready to roll! Thanks!
- Studentwhat is this picture
Bugscope Teamthis is an image of salt crystals from a Wendy's restaurant
- Studentcool
- Studentcool
- Studentwhat is it
- Studentasome
- StudentWhat are these cubes
- Studentwhats in this piture
Bugscope Teamthis salt does not look quite like 'normal' salt; that's why we like to use it for Bugscope
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentit looks weird
- Studentis that a bug
- Studentis it a fly
- Studentis that a fly
- Studentis this its real color
Bugscope Teamin a way it is because we coated all of the samples with gold-palladium, so in reality everything in the 'scope now looks silver
- Studentwhat is this is it a fly
Bugscope Teamyes it is!
- StudentA buggy???
- Bugscope Teamthis is a housefly, kind of beat up
- Studentwhat kind of bug
- Studentyes
- Studentthis is so cool
- Studentwhat is it
- Studentis it a horse fly
Bugscope Teamit's a regular housefly, doesn't have slashing cutting mouthparts like a horsefly
- Studentwhy does it have hair on its legs.
- Studenthow old is this bug
- Studentis it hair
- Studentis it a fly head
- Studentwhy is it so hairy
- Studentwhy were there cube like things on it
- 10:43 am
- Bugscope Teamwe are using electrons to image, not light. The primary electrons hit the sample and we get secondary electrons that bounce back to a detector. The detector reads a signal and gives us this topographical image. Sometimes you will see electron images in color, but those were false colored afterwards
- Studentwhat are the hairs for
Bugscope Teamthey are sensory -- they help the insect sense touch, wind, hot/cold, and also sense chemical smells, or actually any smells
- Studentwhat is the thing coming out of the eyes
Bugscope Teamthe eyes are on the very sides of the head. They are the lighter bumpy parts. The middle top of the head is where the antennae are
- Studentits a bird
- Studentwhat is that apendege???
Bugscope Teamthat is its proboscis -- its sponging mouthparts'
- Studentwhat is this picture
- Studentis that a stinger to a bee
- Studentwhat is the thing sticking out
- Studentwhat is coming out of the opening
- Student@ Beaver- Everyone is asking that
- Studentis it a bee
- Studentis this a misitqo
- StudentNo
- Studenthow many eggs do they lay in a lifetime
Bugscope Teamhouseflies are said to lay up to 500 eggs during their life; I'm sure it varies
- Studentwhat is the spike
Bugscope Teamit is a stinger on a wasp
- Studentis it a stinger of a bee
Bugscope Teamwasp stinger
- Studentis that the stinger sticking out
Bugscope Teamyes it is
- Studentwhat is that thing sticking out
Bugscope Teamthat is the stinger
- Studentcool
- Studentwhy does it look like a tounge
Bugscope Teamits a very sharp tongue, then
- Studentis this part of the abdomen
Bugscope Teamyes it is coming out of the abdomen
- Studenthow long is the stinger
Bugscope Teamlooks like it is around a millimeter long, maybe a little less
- Studentis that a leg in the background
Bugscope Teamthere is a leg that is out of focus to the right
- StudentHow do you reply to a question
Bugscope Teamwe can click on the question to sort of capture it on this end
- Studentwhat is this picture i
- Studentwhat is it
- Studentwhat is that is it a bee head
- Studentis it a head
- Studentwhat type of bee is that
Bugscope Teamthis, now, is an aphid, which is a tiny plant pest
- Studenthow much poison does a wasp inject into its prey
Bugscope TeamI'm not sure, but it doesn't use it all up; it can sting repeatedly
Bugscope TeamDepending on the type of wasp the volume can range from as little as 2 micrograms to as much as 15 micrograms
- Studentis this the head or is it a dust mite
Bugscope Teamit's a little bigger than a dustmite
- 10:48 am
- Studentare
- Studentthe pic is so awsome
- Studentwhat are the holes on the side there
- Studentis this insect toxic
Bugscope Teamno but they are agricultural pests
- Studentis there legs
- Studentwhat part of the head is this
Bugscope Teamit's the front of the head: you can see its antennae, its compound eyes, and the base of its proboscis
- Studentwhat are the things sticking out
Bugscope Teamthe antennae, on the top
- Studentis this insect poisenous
- Studentwhy
- Studentwhere are the eyes
Bugscope Teamthey are the bumpy round parts on the sides of the head
- Studentwhat is the ittle hairs for
- Studentis it toxic/
Bugscope Teamno but it does kill plants, if there are enough aphids
- Studenthow many small eyes are in this compound eye
Bugscope Teamhard to tell; looks like about 100 ommatidia per eye
- Studentdo wasp have compound eyeies
Bugscope Teamyes they do!
- Studentwhat are the fuzzy things
- Studentwhat is thi
- Studentthis bug kills plants? how?
Bugscope Teamit sucks the juices out of the leaves
Bugscope Teamit eats them. It also exudes a honeydew substance that some species of ants like to eat. But the dew isn't good for the plant.
- Studenthow do you tell a male from a female insect
Bugscope Teamsometimes you can tell easily, for example, by size or coloration; sometimes you cannot tell at all unless you can see inside the insect
- Studentare the things on the top of the head antenna
Bugscope Teamyes they are
- StudentAWSOME
- Studentis this a upside down log
- Studentis their a nose
Bugscope Teamthey don't have noses, but they use some of the setae to sense chemicals -- to smell with
- Studentwhy is their a space in the middle
- Studentis that an upper claw
- Studentwhy does it look like it has dust all over it
- Studentis this a swamp insect]o
- Studentdoes this kill plants too
Bugscope TeamI think they can, but they do not seem to be as bad as aphids
- Studentis it a proboscist
Bugscope Teamno this is the end of a leg, where the claw is
- Studentis this upside down log
Bugscope Teamthis is the tip of one of the legs
- Studenthow does an electron microscope get so close
- Studentis it warm or hot blooded
- Studentis this a foot of an insect
Bugscope Teamyes it is!
- Studentwhos sj
- Studentok
- Studenton the claw is that mold
Bugscope Teammostly what we see are very small round particles called brochosomes
- Studentwhat is it
- StudentIs that mold on them?? IDK what that lumpy stuff is...
Bugscope Teamsome of the stuff we don't recognize either
- 10:54 am
- Studentwhy does it have spikes
Bugscope Teamthe spikes help it sense whether it has something in its grip, or whether its claws are bent upward, stuff like that
- Studentwhat is this insect
Bugscope Teamthis is a leafhopper
- Studentcan this hurt humans
Bugscope Teamno I don't think so
- StudentA leafhopper
- Studentis that the tip of a leg?
Bugscope Teamyes it is!
- Studentwhy is there stuff on the claw
Bugscope Teamall that stuff are brochosomes. They are nanoparticles that only leafhoppers make
- Studentwarm or cold blooded
Bugscope Teamcoldblooded
- Student what are the baby insects called
Bugscope Teamlarvae
- Studentit looks like it has ice sickles
- Student how much money does the microscope cost
Bugscope Teamthis microscope cost $600,000 13 years ago
- Studentis that a spike sticking out
Bugscope Teamyes it is!
- Studentwhere does it live
- Studentwhat is that hole
- Studentwhats a leaf hopper
Bugscope Teamit's a true bug that is in the family called Cicadellidae
- Studentwow thats alot of money
- Studentcool
- Bugscope Teambugscope started in 1999!
- Studenthow old is it
- Student13 yrs ago??
Bugscope Teamyes we have had the 'scope for a little more than 13 years, and we have run Bugscope for 13 years now
- Studentwhy is the spike in the middle of the eye??
- StudentWhere is this part of the body located
Bugscope Teamthis, now, is the head
- Studentwhy does it look like square
- Studentis this a compound eye
- Studentis this an eye of a fly?
Bugscope Teamyes it is!
- Studentwhy does it look like ice or squares and
Bugscope Teamit is a hair, which when we see them on insects we call a seta
- Studentwhat is this
- StudentWhats the spike in the middle?
Bugscope Teamthat is a sensory seta that lets the fruitfly know when the windspeed is high, for example
- Studentare those particals on the eye
- Studentwhat are the dots on the eye
- Studentdo bugs with compound eyes run into things alot
Bugscope Teamthey see very well, generally
Bugscope Teamsometimes yes. cicadas and bumblebees tend to bump into things a lot
- Studentis it gooy
- Studentwhy are the eyes square when in pictures they look round
- Studenthow much does it wigh
- Studentare these the lenzes of a compound eye
- Studentis it the lense of a compound eye
Bugscope Teamthe things that look like couch pillows are ommatidia -- the individual eye facets
- Studentwhy are they white
- Studentwhat are baby insects called?
Bugscope Teamlarvae, usually
- Studentis that dirt between the eyes
- Studentcoool
- Studentis this a eye or maybe a compound eye
Bugscope Teamit's part of a compound eye
- Studentwhat arer the little dots all over it
- 10:59 am
- Studentwhat is the thing sticking out of it
- Studentwhat are those things that look like crumbs?
Bugscope Teamthere nay be some bacteria there, and then a lot of dirt and debris
- Studentwhat is that spike
- Studenthow many germs do outside flies have
Bugscope Teamit really depends
- StudentI do think it is a compound eye
Bugscope Teamyes it is
- Studentwhat type of fly is this
Bugscope Teamit's a fruitfly
- Studenthow many lenses are on one compound eye
Bugscope Teamthere are more on flies than on an ant. Some ants will have around 20 lenses, while this fruit fly has maybe 100's
- Studentwhat is that pointy thing sticking up in the middle square in the right bottom coner of it
- Studenthow much does it weigh
Bugscope Teamway less than a gram, not sure
- Studentwhy is there a spike sticking out of it
Bugscope Teamthe spike helps tell the fruit fly the direction of wind currents
- Bugscope Teamnow we're looking at the part of the body called the thorax, which is what the arms and legs are attached to
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentis this hair on legs
- Studentwhat is in side the holes
- Studentis it a nest
- Studentis a bugs felers involved with cacthing prey
Bugscope Teamsometimes, and sometimes they help taste prospective food
- Studenthow large is the thoracic spiracle
- Studentwhat is mold spores
- Studentwhat is a thoracic spiracle
- Studentis this and thangled mess
Bugscope Teamthis is a bunch of setae (hairs) that are covering a spiracle. A spiracle is a breathing hole for insects. So the hairs are there to help keep particles out
- Studentwhat are mold spores
Bugscope Teammold spores fly through the air on wind currents and can land, like little seeds, and start to form fungus, or mold
- Studentdo these move
- Studentcool
- Studentwhat are thoses stringy things???
Bugscope Teamthose are setae that protect the spiracle from getting debris inside
- Studenthow does it move
- Studentwhat are the things that look like strings for
- Studentdoes a bug choose what it eats
- Studentare those germs on it
Bugscope Teamthese are pollen grains
- Studenthow does pollen get stuck in a spider web
- Studentdo the hairs sence things
Bugscope Teamthey are connected to nerves under the cuticle, which is what the shell of the insect is called
- Studentor they are pollen in spider webs
- Studenton the last pictrue what is the spike on the eye
Bugscope Teamthat was a hair that helps tell the fly the direction of wind currents
- Studentwhy does the pollen look like you can just open it?
- Studentwhat kind of spider lives there
- Studentwhy does it look like the pollens cracked
- Studentwhat are the things on the top of the spider web
- Studentthats cool
- Studentwhat is on the pollen in a spider web
- 11:04 am
- Studentwhy does the pollen group up
- Studentwhy does it look like there is clams in it
Bugscope Teamthe things that look like clams are pollen, which comes in lots of different shapes
- Studentwhat plants are these pollin grains from
Bugscope Teamwe do not know for sure, maybe grass?
- Studentwhat are the natural prediters of a bug?
Bugscope Teamother bugs, birds, bats, mice, voles, moles...
- Studentwhat kind of spider made this web
- Studentwhy is the pollen in the spider web
Bugscope Teamit probably got stuck to the spider web
- Studenthow large is the pollen
Bugscope Teamit is about half the width of a human hair- around 25 micrometers
- Studentwhat kind of spiders have pollen grain
Bugscope Teamthis spider was outdoors, and that is where pollen is, generally
- Studenthow did
- Studentis the spider in this picture
Bugscope Teamit is next to the web
- Studentwhat plant is the 6pollen grains from
Bugscope Teamwe don't know, sorry
- Studentwhat type of pollen is it from
Bugscope Teamnot sure. ragweed pollen look like balls with spikes all over them
- Studentcool
- Studentare bugs canibule
Bugscope Teamsome are, like assassin bugs, ambush bugs
- Studenthow many scales are on the wings
- Studentis the hole thing the size of a human hair
- Studenthow many scales on them
- Studentis that a plant
- Studenthow many scales are on a wing
- Student?
- Studentit is it ??????????????????????????????
- Studenthow many scales are on a wing
Bugscope Teamthousands!
- Studentwhat are the scales used for
Bugscope Teamthe scales do a lot of things, one of which is coming off the wings easily so if the insect flies into a web, the scales get stuck but the insect can get away
- Studentwhat are the scales used for
Bugscope Teamscales are similar to feathers on a bird. The scales also give the insect color, and can sometimes help protect them
- Studentwhy does it look like leaves???
Bugscope Teamthey do look like leaves, or kind of like feathers
- Studenthow many scales are a butterfly
- Studentdo bugs eat other bugs
- 11:09 am
- Studentwhy are there lines onthem
- Studentwhy is there black spects on there wings
- Studentdo butterflys need powder or scales to fly
Bugscope Teamyes they cannot fly if they have lost too many scales, which appear to us to be powder except at this kind of magnification
- Studenthow come you cant see these without a microscope
Bugscope Teamthey are super small -- they look like fine powder to us
- Studentis it the butterfly wing
Bugscope Teamyes it is!
- StudentWHY DO THEY SPLIT??????????????
Bugscope Teamthey aren't splitting. They are all individual scales. There may be some scales that are forked while others are more round, and maybe that helps with giving the scales different structural colors
- Studentwhy are they so curved
- Studenthow many scales
- StudentWhat are the botches
- Studentwhat color are they
- Studentare they poiseness
Bugscope TeamI don't believe they are; it's not likely an advantage to the insect to have poisonous scales. but Monarch butterflies do have milkweed toxins in them, so actually in this case I could be wrong
- Studentwhat is on its body
- Studenthow old is it
Bugscope Teamprobably a few weeks
- Studentis this insect poiseness
- Studentis that a mouth
Bugscope Teamyes this is the spider's mouth, or close to it
- Studentwhat are strings on the spider fangs
- Studentwhat type of spider
- Studentis that hair on its body
- Studentare those hair or feelers
Bugscope Teamthese are hairs, and there is some web silk stuck here and there too
- Studentwhat are all those little strings
Bugscope Teamsome of that is web
- Studentwhere are the fangs
- Studentwhat type of spider is it
- StudentWHAT IS A RETENTOIN PLAN???????
- Studentwhat type of spider is it
- Student*RETENTION
- Studentwhat are the string like things
- Studentwhere are the fangs
Bugscope Teamyou can see one curving from the left up to the center of the image we see now
- 11:14 am
- Studentwhat are the spikes connected to
- Studenthow old is it??
Bugscope Teamnot sure about this, probably a few weeks
- Studentcool!
- Studentwhat kind of spider is it
- Studentare those hairs
- StudentIS THAT Hair on the fangs
- Studentwhat type of spider is it
- Studentwere is the spider
- Studentwhat kind of spider is this
Bugscope Teamit's a small female spider, but we don't know what kind
- Studentare those legs of an insect
Bugscope Teamthose are the spider's legs
- Studentwhat is that white thing
- Bugscope Teamsee its eyes?
- Studentwhat is behind the spider
Bugscope Teamthat is doublestick carbon tape that holds the specimens onto the stub
- Studentwhat are those dots
Bugscope Teamthose are (were) bubbles in the tape
- Studentwhat kind of spider is it
- Studentwhere are the eyes
- Studentno i can not see its eyes where are the eyes
Bugscope Teamthey are up north now, we are looking so closely we cannot see them now
- Studenthow ols is it
Bugscope Teamabout 4 weeks
- StudentAre those teath in the back of the mouth?
Bugscope Teamthey look like teeth, but technically they are not; they are hardened spines that help the spider grip its prey
- Studentis that a ant hea
- Studentwhat are the dots on its head
- Studentis it the ears
- Studentdo all of the hairs sense
Bugscope Teamsome of them do not -- some are called urticating hairs, and the spider releases them to cause irritation and itching
- Studentis the circle in the middle its nose
- Studentis that an eye are there eyes compound
- Studenthow much do you get paid every week
- Studentwhat are the dots on the side of the head
- Studenthow long is a spiders leg
Bugscope Teamit depends on the spider -- the ones we saw earlier were likely about a cm long
- Studentforget it
- Studentis it an ant head
Bugscope Teamyes it is!
- Studentis that an eye
Bugscope Teamthat was where the antenna was
- 11:19 am
- Studentdo ants bite
Bugscope Teamsometimes they do for sure
- Studentis that hair on its body
Bugscope Teamtiny hairs, called microsetae
- Studenttha is cool
- Studentare they hairs
- Studentcan you magnify it any more
Bugscope Teamyes you can, whoever is driving the microscope
- Studenthow large are the eyes
- Studentwhat are the lines
Bugscope Teamthe lines were likely where some of the tiny setae were
- Studentwhat are those LARGE big bumps
- StudentIs that one side broken???
- Studentis that a wasp stringer tip
Bugscope Teamyes it is!
- Studentwhy does it look so dull but when they sting it hurts alot
- Studentwhy is there two
Bugscope Teamit slides side to side to cut into your skin
- Studentwhen ants do bite does it hurt a lot little or not at all
Bugscope Teamthat depends on the ants. Some will just bite you and it will be like a slight pinch, but others may bite you and then spray an acid into the wound, which would hurt a bit more
- Studentis it supposed to split at the end
Bugscope Teamyes that helps it cut
- Studentwhat is the line for
- Studentwhat are the points that stick out of the wasp stinger
- StudentIS THE ONE SIDE BROKEN??????
Bugscope Teamyes one tip is broken
- Studenthow sharp canthe stinger be
Bugscope Teamit has to be sharp enough to cut into what it is stinging but not to break off
- Studentwhat are those points called
- Studentwhy does it have to parts to it
- Studentdo the spikes help it with its protection
- Studentwhat re the points called
Bugscope Teamthey are like sawteeth; likely they are called barbs, not sure
- Studentis it a saw and if it is, how many points does it have
- Studentwhy is one longer than the other
Bugscope Teamone is broken
- Studentare the points called barbs
- StudentiS IT SUPPOSED TO BE BROKEN??? if not why is it??
Bugscope Teamit just shows us that the wasp was using it; it is not supposed to be broken from the get-go
- Studentis that bacteria on it
Bugscope TeamI don't think there are on this.
- Studentdid +
- Studentwhat are the clearish things on the stinger
- Student are the points called barbs
Bugscope Teamthey could also be called serrations
- Studentwhat do they do??????
- Studentdo the points help get prey
Bugscope Teamthey help cut, like serrations on a steak knife
- Studentis it broken because it got in a fight orr what??
- Studentwhat are those dots called
- Studentis the stinger supposed to be sharp
Bugscope Teamyes it is
- Studentcan wasp kill animals or people
- Studentwhat do the barbs do????????????????
- Studentdo wasp stingers hurt
Bugscope Teamthe stingers themselves are like a very small needle, but it's the venom that really hurts
- 11:24 am
- Bugscope Teamstingers are modified ovipositors, meaning that they can also lay eggs if that is the kind of insect that lays eggs
- Studentwhat kind of wasp is it
- Bugscope Teamthe most painful wasp sting comes from the smallest wasp called the fairyfly
- Studentwhy are the edges of the stinger un even
Bugscope Teamthey slide side to side when they cut into your skin
- Studentis it a tick or a flea
- Studentwhat are those spiky thing
- Studentdoes it bite if it does willl it hurt
- Studentwhat are the spikes at the top
- Studentwhy does it not look like a lady bug????????
Bugscope Teamthis is what ladybugs look like before they metamorphose into the cute little beetles we normally see
- Studenthow old is it????
- Studenthow long does take a ladybug to mature
- Studentare the spikes on its head for protection??
Bugscope Teamyes I think a lot of the spikes or spines we see are for protection from being eaten
- Studentis it a ladybug larva
Bugscope Teamyes it is!
- Studentare they this big and and are they live in the ground
- Studentwhat are the spike things on top of its head
Bugscope Teami think those help protect the larva from being eaten
- Studentwhy are there spikes on its chin
- Studentthanks
- Studentmmmm
- Studentabout how old
Bugscope Teamthis is the stage that last about 2 to 4 weeks
- Studentwhy do we not see them
Bugscope Teamsometimes we do, but they do not fly and are not that obvious
- Studentsorry about that it was a mistake
- StudentIs the larva a female or a male??
Bugscope TeamI am not sure we can tell, with ladybugs
- Studentwhy is there a hole on the leg
Bugscope Teamthat is where a leg broke, most likely after it died. When insects die, they dry out and their limbs become very brittle
- Studentwhy does it look so fat
Bugscope Teamthis is the time for it to eat as much as it can so it has energy to metamorphose, first into a pupa and then into an adult
- Studentthankyou
- Studenthow can you tell if thats a male or a female
Bugscope Teamwe cannot tell; I'm not sure if anyone can with ladybugs
- Studentthank you we learned so much
- Studentsorry bout that pickle thing logan was typing
- StudentTHANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!
- StudentWe're guessing a female since its a LADYbug
Bugscope Teamyeah really
- TeacherThank you very much Bugscope team!
- 11:29 am
- Studentthis is soooo cool
- Studentthank you very much, we learned a lot. hopefully we can do it again. thanks foryour time
- StudentThank you for answering our questions
- Student how do you tell the difference between a male and a female bug
Bugscope Teamit is very hard to tell the difference. Males tend to be slightly smaller
- Bugscope TeamThank You, everyone!
- Studentthank you very much
- Studentis it a male or femaile
- Studentthank you very much bug scope team!!!!!!!!!!
- StudentTHANK YOU!!!!
- Bugscope Teami have no idea Punisher. Sorry
- StudentTHANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!! BYE
- StudentTHANK YOU SO MUCH FROM THE BEAVER! :)
- Bugscope TeamWe enjoyed working with you.
- Studentthank you soooooooooooooooooooooooo much
- StudentBYE
- StudentBYE!
- Studentthank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentsee you next time
Bugscope Teamsee you next time!
- Studentthank you with our questions
- Studentbye
- StudentBYE
Bugscope TeamBye Ant!
- Studentthis was so funnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bugscope TeamSweet!
- Bugscope Teamsee you next year!
- Studentthanks again bye ;0
