Bugscope archived session

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Bugscope Teamwe are still working on the presets. PLease give us a few more minutes and then you can drive around

Bugscope Teamok we are done with the presets. Go ahead and drive around if you want
9:46 am

Bugscope Teamyou can see the mouthparts, one of the antrennae; the eyes are slightly out of the image to south
Bugscope Teamoh you can see some of the compound eye on the left
9:57 am
Bugscope Team'antennae'
10:04 am
TeacherHang n we are ready we are firdt grade with a wireless keybard and the ")" is nt wrking s000000000
Bugscope Teamso things are interesting on your end?
TeacherWHat are we l000king at?
Bugscope Teamthis is an earwig
Bugscope Teamfrom the underside
Bugscope Teamthey are cool -- and they often have mites
TeacherThe kids want t0 kn0w h0w ld y0u are and where are y0u?
Bugscope Teamthey're plant pests but they will also eat other insects
Bugscope Teamwe're here in Urbana, Illinois at the Beckman Institute, part of the University of Illinois

Bugscope Teamyou can see photos of us on the Who We Are part of the Bugscope home page
Bugscope TeamJoseph is younger as well
Bugscope Teamthis is the mouth, yes
10:09 am
Bugscope Teamyou can see the palps, mandibular and maxillary, and you can see the mandibles themselves, forked at the ends
TeacherKristina want t0 kn0w...bite its f00d, chew and then digest its fd. D0n't y0u lve ur "0"'s
Bugscope Teamlook! there's a pollen grain on the mandible!
Bugscope Teamthe mandibles we're looking at right now help grasp the food, and other mouthparts that are harder to see help chew it up

Bugscope Teamthe palps help taste the food and also help move it into the mouth
Bugscope Teamyes, the earwigs feed on a variety of foods, they can be predatory (eats other insects), feed on plants (small garden pest), and feed on decaying organic matter (nutrient recycler)
Bugscope Teamtheir cercopods/pincers at the end of their abdomen can help them capture prey items

Bugscope Teamsomething got to this earwig before we did and apparently found its cercopods to be very tasty

Bugscope Teamoh sad
10:14 am
Bugscope Teamnow you can see two mites!
Bugscope Teamhey! you can barely make out its compound eyes up there on that left side
Bugscope Teamthat's right -- the little bumps up there on the left are ommatidia

Bugscope Teamanother mite!
TeacherS0rry we have s0 many uesti0ns here. S0 much discussi0n. Is this the th0rax? What is c0nnecting the tw0 parts? We are trying t0 see its wh0le 0dy
Bugscope Teamthe area where there looks to be a bubble wrap, the bumps are the individual facets of the eye, each containing its own lens
Bugscope Teamthe thorax is just below the head here
Bugscope Teammost of what we see now is the head, and one of the legs, and the beginning of the thorax, and three mites

Bugscope Teamalso, this is the ventral side -- the underside of the insect
Bugscope Teamthe mites that Scot talked about could be harmful to the earwig, or not (many mites like to just hitch a ride to another destination)
Bugscope Teamin this particular case my guess is they're just hitching a ride, but i can't be sure.
Bugscope Teamsee the mite now?
TeacherThe legs have hair?
Bugscope Teamyes!
Bugscope Teamyes the legs have hair and also other body parts
Bugscope Teaminsects have hairs all over their body

Bugscope Teambecause insects and similar arthropods like rolypolies and spiders have an exoskeleton, they need to have something that helps them sense their environment through that exoskeleton, which is a kind of shell
Bugscope Teamthey don't have sensitive skin like we do
Bugscope Teamsome of these hairs also help them sense themselves
TeacherYes we see it we are l00king fr the abdmen
Bugscope Teamso they can tell where their limbs, etc.. are in relation to the body

Bugscope Teamthe hairs, most of which are called setae, or microsetae, or trichae, or microtrichae, or spines or bristles, are sensory
Bugscope Teamwe can help you reach the abdomen if you would like
Teacherplease

Bugscope Teamthe abdomen is very flexible; when earwigs pinch you they can bend it around quite a bit to get their cercopods in position
Teacher0k what is 0n that ab0men? why are there lines?
Bugscope Teamthe lines are segments, or actually joints, that make it flexible
Bugscope Teamthe lines are segments that allow it to bend a little bit
Bugscope Teamhaving an abdomen is much like having armor
Bugscope Teamso it needs to have joints or it would be quite rigid
10:25 am
Bugscope Teamusually we can tell male from female earwigs very easily
Teacherwish y0u c0uld hear all the discussin
Bugscope Teamglad everyone is excited!
Teachercan we see an0ther bug please
Bugscope Teambecause the females have cercopods that are straight, and the males have curved, 'bowlegged' cercopods

TeacherWe will 00m int0 t0 see the eyes...thanks f0r yur help t0day they l0ve this
Bugscope Teamthis is either the frons or the clypeus, one of the moving plates on the front of the face

Teacherwe are testing today and our schedule has changed.. we are off to lunch thanks for our session you are all great!!!!!!!!!!!

Name	Whitlow Elementary school
Location	Forsyth, Georgia, United States
Community	Suburban
Type	Public

Title	Insect are incredible!
Insects	specifics to be determined, we will study them all
Description	The students started with the Animal Kingdom! After studying the vertebrates we looked at the invertebrates. The students learned all about them and then chose an insect to study! Bug scope is the culminating fun event for their study. Hopefully they will be filled with facts ready to see them come to life before their eyes!