Connected on 2012-11-19 09:30:00
from Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
- 8:02 am
- Bugscope Teamwe are starting to make presets
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- Bugscope Teamwe are ready to roll
- 9:29 am
- TeacherHi! We are logging on.
- StudentHi
- Bugscope Teamhi!
- Bugscope TeamHello!
- Bugscope TeamWelcome to Bugscope!
- Studentthats amazing
- Bugscope TeamWelcome back, Mrs. V!
- Bugscope Teamthis is a super tiny caterpillar, so small you can hardly see it
- TeacherWow! I am amazed at all of the awesome presets! Thanks!
Bugscope Teamnice samples
- Studentwoah
- Studenthi there
- TeacherI am so excited to be back. I look forward to this all year.....and collect samples like a maniac. :-)
- Studentwhat are we looking at currently?
Bugscope Teamthese are crochets on the hind legs of a caterpillar
- Studenthello
- Bugscope Teamthe hooks help the caterpillar stay on whatever plant it is holding onto
- Studentwow
- Studentwhat is that?
- TeacherPlease transfer driver to M.Romon, II
- StudentThat is really cool
- Studentthese are amazing
- Bugscope Teamwe are looking at the hooks, called crochets, on a tiny caterpillar's prolegs
- Studentmove around m
- Studentwhat is that
- StudentAre those it's legs?
Bugscope Teamthose are prolegs, which are in addition to the six normal legs the caterpillar has
- Studentthat is really cook
- 9:34 am
- Studentr those dots pimples?????
Bugscope Teamno those are most likely microsetae, or tiny hairs that help sense something like touch
- Studentthat is so awesome
- StudentCate do you like your job
Bugscope Teamyes. It never gets boring. When I am not chatting with people on Bugscope, I am helping other users image their samples.
- Studentwhat is it
- Studentis that the feet
Bugscope Teamit is the feet at the back end of the caterpillar; 'prolegs' are kind of like 'proto' legs
- Studentwoah
- Studentwhat are we looking at
Bugscope Teamthat was a super tiny caterpillar you sent
- Studento
- Studentsj what is ur name
- Studentthat's amazing!
- StudentIs that the mouth
- Studentthat is so cool
- Studentthat is really cool
- Studentwhat part of the caterpillar is it?
- TeacherKids, think about how much more magnified these are than what we looked at in class!
- Studenti dont like when it gets blurry
- Studentwow are those its eyes and mouth
Bugscope Teamthe eyes were on either side of the turret thing sticking out. The mouth is a bit further away
- Studentvery cool
- Studentlook at the bronkosomes please m
- Studentthis is fantastic
- Studentthat looks like a spider
- Studentoh i see it now are those legs
- StudentWOW!!!
- Studentwow
- Bugscope Teamthe DaddyLonglegs was collected by Nick
- Studentcan u magnify as muckh as poossible
- Studentno its not Jonathan
- Studentis that the mouth?
- Studentwhat are those hairs
- Studentbout to see a mite
- Studentwhats thatwhs
- Bugscope Teamand this is super cool
- Studenthi scot how long have u been doing this job
- Studentdo the assassin bug
- Studentthat is sweet
- TeacherLet's take a good look at each "bug" before skipping to another, please!
- Studentare you guys in college?
Bugscope Teamwe are done with college, but we work at a university
- TeacherCheck out that compound eye!
- Studentthe compound eye!
- Studentwhat is on its eye?
- 9:39 am
- Studenthow old are you scot
- Studentzoom in more
- Studentit looks like water
- Studentit looks like a golf ball
- Bugscope Teamyou can see that it has probably 1500 ommatidia -- the individual facets of the eye
- Studentwhat big eyes you have
- Studentkeshav is driver
- Studenthow do you put the gold on the bugs
Bugscope Teamwe use a sputter coater machine. It uses a current and argon gas to react with a metal target to create a plasma that basically gently rains metal down onto the sample
- Studentmagnify more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentits like looking at an egg
- Studentwhats on the eye?
Bugscope Teamthere is often a bit of dirt or a film of fine debris
- TeacherPlease transfer driver control to Keshav. Good job driving, M!
Bugscope TeamKeshav is the Supreme Ruler now
- Studentthanks m!!
- Studentwoah
- Studentmaybe
- Studentwow is the gas toxic
Bugscope TeamI don't think so
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentoh my gosh!
- Bugscope Teamthese are a kind of mold spores
- Studentthat is sooooo cool
- StudentScot you're funny
- Bugscope Teamthey are right next to the mite
- Studentis that mold
- Studentwhat made you want to study bugs scot
- Studentits so bumpy
- Studentwow
- Studentit looks like the mold has pimples
- Studentwhat are the bumps doing on there
- Studenthahaha Olivia
- Studentthis is incredible
- Studentthat is awesome
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentawesome!!!!!!
- Studenttaking it to the max
- Studentwow what are those
- Studentmore
- Studentlooks like a part of a bee hive
- TeacherGood question Jafar!
- Studentare these like adams
- Studentor are we not zoomed in enough?
- Studentwhat is a tenent setae
- Studentit kind of looks like a christmas tree
- Studenti dont think so
- Studentit does Nora
- Bugscope Teamon the brochosomes you could not go too high in mag because there is a kind of distortion from the electron beam hitting the sample
- Studentwhat r adams. do u mean atoms
- TeacherKeshav, you are doing a great job driving!
- 9:44 am
- Studentthat looks like a factory
- StudentWOW
- Studentare those pours>
- Studentwhat does antennal mean??
- Studentlittle holes!!!
- Studentthis is pretty cool
- Studenthow do u coat the bugs in gold
- Studentthat is aawsome
- TeacherWhat bug is this?
Bugscope Teamwe are on a moth
Bugscope Teamor a silverfish
- Studentwhat are brochosomes
Bugscope Teambrochosomes are nanoparticles, usually about 250 to 400 nm in diameter, that are said to be produced solely by leafhoppers. they are thought to help keep eggs from drying out, but leafhoppers also 'anoint' themselves with them.
- StudentI can see the eye and mouth
- TeacherThis is the silverfish I surprised in my bathroom.
- Bugscope Teamthe silverfish got kind of beat up
- Studentew
- Studentthat is discusting
- Studentwhat is this
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentit looks like a doctor suess tree
- Studentlooks like feathers are hanging off of it
- Studentits amazing
- Bugscope Teamthis is the antenna of a small moth or fly you sent, likely a male because it has these ornate features
- TeacherThat's art!
- Studenthow do you switch the presets so fast?
- Studentno it looks like a doc sues animal
- TeacherI've never seen anything like that before.
- Studentornate features?
- Studentwow
- Studentzooom plz
- Studentwat r those
- Studentthat is awesome
- Studenti see the compound eyes
- Studentit looks like a face!!!
- Studentlooks like a stingray
- Bugscope Teammale moths have lots of chemoreceptors on their antennae
- TeacherThere is a lot of dirt ("juju") on this one.
- Studentthose compound r sweet
- Studentwhat are chemoreceptors
- Studentis that a bee hive?
- Bugscope Teamtwo of the heads fell off
- Bugscope Teamthese are some of the ommatidia
- Studentthats cool!!!!!
- Studentit has two heads?
- Studentit looks like a +
- TeacherGreat job driving Keshav! Charlie to drive next please.
- Studentwhat is that symble
- Studentright
- Studenthow many heads are there
- Studentthey look like they have crosses on them
- Bugscope Teamthe surface of the ommatidium is dried a bit, and slightly shrunken
- TeacherOmmatidia = facets of compound eye?
Bugscope Teamyes that's right
- Studentwat r facets
- Student.
- Studentsorry
- Studentthis is cool
- Studentwat r those patterns
Bugscope Teamsometimes they are hexagonal in shape, which is the best shape to fit the surface of something curved
- 9:50 am
- Studentoh
- Studenthoo is drivin\
- Studentinteresting
- Studentwhy do they have that x on the eyes
Bugscope Teamthe thing that looks like an x is a place where some of the bristle-like setae have crossed
- Studentthat is so cool!!!!!
- Studentcharlie's driving
- StudentIt has hairs
- Studenthuge cheeks
- Studentwow
- Studentsoooooo many
- Studentso do they have setae on their eyes
- TeacherWe're getting great pictures of the compound eyes!
- Bugscope Teamthe vestiture is made of microsetae
- Studentreally good pics
- Bugscope Teamit would be better if the person driving would take time to focus a bit here
- StudentWhy are there dots between the circles
- Studentdo bugs blink?
Bugscope Teamno they don't have eyelids. If they need to clear something off their eyes or antennae, they will use their front legs. You might have seen a fly land and do this
- Studentwhat are the dots in between the big dots
- Studentthey look like honeycombs
- Studentare those circles or hexagons
Bugscope Teamthey look hexagonal
- Studentmicrosetae?
Bugscope Teammicrosetae are tiny setae (setae are the things that look like hairs); microsetae do not go through the cuticle to nerves beneath, like setae do
- TeacherWow! Fabulous images! Go Charlie!
- StudentWhat is in that in the eye
- Studenty did it move
- Studentare those like fingerprints
Bugscope Teamin a way. when the insect is alive, they may not be so prominent
- Studenthow weird is that
- StudentWHAT DOES ANTENNALL MEAN?
Bugscope Teamantennal means related to the antenna
- Studentits moving!!
- StudentIts is moving
- Studentis that a paresite
- Studentwhat is that white dot
Bugscope Teamthat is a seta that is pointed toward us and kind of hard to distinguish
- Studentit is MOVING
- Studentits alliivve]
- Studentwhy is it moving?
- Studenti just saw it mave!!
Bugscope Teamyes the electron beam is putting a lot of energy there and making it move
- Studentright
- Studentso true olivia
- Studentwhy is it moving. Im scared
Bugscope Teamthe electron beam is strong enough to move it a little
- Studentwhy is the white thing moving?
Bugscope Teambecause at high mag the electron beam heats up parts of the sample
- 9:55 am
- Studentno
- Studentso its coming back to life???? im confused
Bugscope Teamyes it is coming back to life
- TeacherThat is so cool. I don't ever think we've seen that happen in one of our sessions before.
- Studentits like being jolted wit enrgy
Bugscope Teamthat is what is happening
- Studentoh
- Bugscope Teamthis is the leafhopper
- Studentoh im not confused any more
- Studentwow thats cool
- StudentIs that does that mean its like frankenstine
Bugscope Teamhaha Yeah
- Student4
- Studentwat made u guys want to study bugs
Bugscope Teamwe do this because it is super interesting, and insects/arthropods are almost endlessly fascinating
- Studentwhat does sem stand
Bugscope Teamscanning electron microscope
- Student4?
- Studentthanks
- Studentits kind of sparkling
- Bugscope TeamJacky I am sitting at the SEM, and I am logged into this computer as SEM
- Studentoh
- Bugscope Teamthe tiny white things we were seeing were brochosomes
- TeacherCharlie, fabulous job driving! Next driver is Nora, please.
- Studentwow
- Studentits art!!!!!
- Studentthey look like little brains
- StudentIt looks like popcorn
- Studentlooks like coral
- Studentlooks like the moon or a different planet
- Studentit's so lumpy
- Bugscope Teamwhen I sit at the SEM, I can use its controls to fix the focus for us more quickly
- Studentcool
- StudentSOOOOOOOO much magnification
- StudentOMG
- 10:00 am
- Studenthyper active magnification
- StudentMORE magnification
- StudentKEEP GOING IN
- Bugscope Teamleafhoppers have what is called a 'self-anointing behavior' in which they spread brochosomes on their cuticle
- Studentits soooo lumpy
- Student/
- Studentwhoops
- TeacherWhen you have a chance, Nora to drive please.
Bugscope Teamgot it!
- TeacherThanks!
- Studentits a mmmaaaaarrrrtian
- Studentnora
- Studentare those eyesseds
- Studentlook at the leafhopper proboscos]\
- Studentgo to the probiscus
- Studentis that his mouth
- Studentzoom in all the way\
- Studentwhat does proboscos mean?
- TeacherI think these tubes are where the antenna were??
- Studentthe antennae look like eyes and the compound eyes look like cheeks!!!!!
- StudentMalpigihian tubules?\
Bugscope Teamthey are tubules inside the body of the insect that help with excretory and osmoregulatory functions
- Studentits amaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaazing
- Studentwhat type of eye is that
- Bugscope Teamthis is where the antenna is broken off
- Studentis that a mouth
- Studentwhat are those spikes
Bugscope Teamthe spikes are little bristles that help the fly sense when something is touching it, or wind
- Studentits an antennae
Bugscope Teamit
- Studentr those setae
- Studentwhat are pedicels?
- Bugscope Teamit is the base of the antenna, called a pedicel
- Studentgo to the compound
- Studentwhat does proboscos mean?
- Bugscope Teamnow we see the fly's whole head
- StudentWhat are the hair for?
- Studentspeechless
- Studentwhat is the highest magnification power did you use to observe a bug
Bugscope Teamwe probably don't go much higher than 100,000x on an insect
Bugscope Teamwe don't usually go above maybe 70,000x because of the distortion we see at super high mags
- Studentawesome
- TeacherThank you so much for including the kids names on the labels!
- Studenttthat isss awesommmmeeeeee
- Studentit is puffy
- StudentWhat are the hairs
- Bugscope Teamor, as Cate said, 100,000x
- TeacherI meant.....cool!
- TeacherNo wonder it is difficult to swat a fly; they have so many sensory hairs and giant eyes!
Bugscope Teamthat's right! And their compound eyes are great for seeing motion. They probably see your hand coming at them and it's moving in slow motion when they see it
- Studentthats cool
- 10:05 am
- Studentits @@@@@@@@@@oooout of this world
- Studentwhy are there so many hairs
Bugscope Teamthe hairs are called setae, and they help the insect sense its environment
- Studenthow many setae does an average bug have?
- Studentare those sensory hairs
- Bugscope Teamsome setae are mechanosensory -- touch and wind sensitive
- TeacherRemember...we talked about setae a bit. You also learned about setae when you studied earthworms in lower school.
- Studentthis is really cool
- Studentwow
- Bugscope Teamsome setae are thermosensory, for hot/cold sensing
- TeacherNow you can ask more specific questions about setae if you want to know more!
- Bugscope Teamsome setae are chemosensory, for smell
- Studentinterwesting
- Bugscope Teamthis is the face of a mondo big boy bumble bee you sent
- Studentit looks like there are theeth
- Studentthere are a ton of hairs
- StudentBBBUUUMMMMBBLLLEEEE BBBBEEEEEEEEEEEE
- Studentwhat is strangest bug you have magnified
Bugscope Teamthere are some hexapods, like springtails, that are not even insects
- Studentteeth
- Bugscope Teaman insect could have thousands of setae. or even hundreds of thousands
- TeacherKeshav is on fire with asking great questions!
- StudentChose one nora
- TeacherI keep trying to get springtails to send in.....they are sooo tiny!
- Studenthow do u coat the gold
- Studenthow many setae does an average bug have
Bugscope Teamthousands
- StudentMrs. V who brought this one
- Studentsweet
- Bugscope Teamsee the mandibles on either side of the stipes?
- Studentawesome
- Bugscope Teamthe mandibles open side to side, like a gate
- Studentzinc? isnt that a metal
- Studentdo you get a lot of bugs sent in
Bugscope Teamyes we do
- TeacherHardened with zinc? That sounds like something out of the xmen. What bug has that?
Bugscope Teamsome ants, for example, will have zinc in the tips of their mandibles
- Studentyay
- StudentGriffin
- Bugscope Teamhere we see some mold spores -- oops out of the image now
- StudentGriffman!!!
- TeacherPlease transfer driver power to Griffin, please. Great job driving, Nora!
Bugscope TeamGriffin is the Supreme Ruler now
- 10:10 am
- Studentzinc is an underwater source, right?
- TeacherIs this the wheelbug we sent in?
- Studentgo to the wheel bug
- Studentwhat are those holes
Bugscope Teamwe think they are chemoreceptors -- we think they may be pores that collect smells from the air, such as pheromones, but we are not at all sure
- Bugscope Teamyou can see the tiny assassin bug's legs now, to the left of the moth
- Studentamazing
- Bugscope Teamnow we see his head, and his proboscis
- Studentit really is
- TeacherI would never have known the legs of that bug were THAT spiky without this. Cool and a bit scary.
- StudentŒ„´‰ˇÁ¨ˆØ∏ÅÍÎÏ˝ÓÔÒÚÆ
- Bugscope Teamit is a spiny little dude
- Studenttrue dat
- Studenthas there been anything alive while you are looking at it through the microscope
Bugscope Teamusually things are dead. It helps to have the insects dead and dried out to look at them because they have to be in a vacuum. We can look at things in a lower vacuum state with some moisture, and scott has. The other thing that is difficult when things are alive in the microscope is they tend to move around so it's hard to image them. They also tend to not like being hit with the electron beam
- Bugscope Teamthe proboscis is folded down so we cannot quite see the tip
- Studentare those germs
Bugscope Teamnot there, but we can see germs when they are present
- Studentdo they eat 's?
- StudentGriffin can we look at the wheel? please?
- Studentyeah plllllllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaasssssseeeeeeee?
- Studentk
- Bugscope Teamthis fly's head is crushed, a bit
- Student\
- Student
- Studentthat is the best
- Student
- Studentnot cool
- Student
- Studentjohn stop
- Bugscope Teamyou can see that the assassin bug has raptorial forelimbs like a praying mantis
- Studentthis is serious
- Studentits incredible
- 10:15 am
- Bugscope Teamthis assassin bug does not have a wheel on its dorsal side
- Bugscope Teamnow we see what is likely dried hemolymph
- Studentno h in my name except for the one after the tr
- Studentthat looks weird
- Studentpoor bug
- Studentwht is an assassin bug?
Bugscope Teamit is an insect, a hemipteran, that attacks other insects and sucks the juice out of them
- TeacherDo you kids understand what "raptorial forearms" means? (Very cool phrase, btw)
- Studentdo they eat ?
- Studentdo u mean a literal wheel?
Bugscope Teama half wheel
- Studentwhats a Mckayla mouth?
- Studentoh thx SEM
- TeacherWhat is a McKayla mouth?
Bugscope Teamits mouth is bent to one side like the gymnast's when she is not happy
- Bugscope TeamMcKayla Moroney
- Teacherlol, like your comparision
- Studentbye
- Bugscope Teamthis is a kind of flexible tissue we see on insects sometimes
- StudentThanks bye
- Studentthanks
- Studentthanks
- TeacherTime to go. Please sign out and say bye...not in that order.
- Studentthx
- Studenti really enjoyed this
Bugscope Teamsweet
- Bugscope TeamThank you, Everyone!
- Bugscope Teamthanks for all your great questions!
- Bugscope TeamWe enjoyed working with you, and you sent the most awesome specimens
- TeacherNew class will be here soon.
- TeacherNew class coming in. PLease switch control of scope to me.
Bugscope Teamyou are the Supreme Commander
- 10:20 am
- TeacherWooohoo! Love being Supreme COmmander! :-)
- Bugscope Teamthe new class should be able to log in with new names
- Bugscope Teamyou can see one of the spiracles, further south on the thorax
- TeacherAm I far south enough?
- Teacherspiracle showing?
Bugscope Teamthat might be a spiracle
- Bugscope Teamlet me go back to the SEM and check
- StudentWHat are we looking
- Teacherspiracle!!
- Bugscope Teamthis is a spiracle on the thorax of the assassin bug
- TeacherKids are here and loggin in!
- 10:25 am
- Bugscope Teamspiracles are what insects breathe through
- StudentHello
- Bugscope Teamthey can open and close them to ensure that they get air but also do not get dried out
- StudentCOOOL
- Studentmoo
Bugscope TeamHello, Owen
- Studenthi people
Bugscope TeamHello JC
- Studenthello
- TeacherAppropriate chat, as discussed, please!
- Students a cool thing
- Studentmoo moo moo'
Bugscope Teamthese are invertebrates, you know
- TeacherNo more mooing, please. Sigh.
- Studentokay i did
- Studentyolo
- Studentwho is nate
- TeacherNate to drive, please.
- Bugscope Teamcows are vertebrates, with endoskeletons; insects are invertebrates and have exoskeletons, which is why they have so many setae covering their cuticle
- Studentokay, i thought it was another random guy
- Studentwow, that is an assassin bug head
Bugscope Teamthis, now, is one of its spiracles
- Studentwow
- Studentlooks like coral
- Bugscope Teamspiracles lead inside the body, to tubes called tracheae
- Studentgrass!
- StudentWoah it's like maggots poking out.
Bugscope Teamhaha yeah
- Studentthats creepy
- Studentgrass is on his head
- Studentwhat is that
- Student????
- Studentwhat are those
Bugscope Teamthose were part of the filtering apparatus of the spiracle
- Studentnvm
- Studentit has a mohawk lol!
Bugscope Teamthat's right!
- Studentthat is so cool!!!
- Bugscope Teamsuits of armor are kind of like exoskeletons
- Bugscope Teamit's a small moth, like a clothes moth
- StudentWhat are those things poking out of the eyes?
Bugscope Teamthose are setae, or hairs
- Studentwhat are those hairs?
- Bugscope Teamyou can see setae, and also scales, which are a form of setae as well
- Studentdo you like your job
Bugscope Teamit is super fun much of the time
- Studentlooks like a frog on it's eye
- Teacherjuju=dust, dirt, debris
- Studentwow a eye i think??
Bugscope Teamyes you are correct! it is a compound eye
- Studentis that a beehive
- 10:30 am
- Studentno its an assassin bug head still
- Studentwhat is that
Bugscope Teamthis is the side view of an assassin bug head
- Studentwhat are those lines
- StudentRequiesta in pace senior assassin
- Studentthe eye looks like a dome
- Bugscope Teamthey have long skinny heads like beaker from muppets
- Studentwhat are those things that look like maggots
- Studentthey look like maggots
Bugscope Teamewww
- Student?????
- StudentIs that little pod its eye?
Bugscope Teamyes
- Studentanother eye
- Student??????????????????? for fancyquinn54
- Studentwow
- Studentcreepy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- StudentMOTH MAN!
- StudentWoah that's so much setae!
- Studenti dont like that thing
- Studentwhat is that
- Studenthairs
- Studentis that bacteria on the eye
Bugscope Teamwe can see bacteria but need to be very close to the surface for that -- they are usually about 2 micrometers -- 2 microns -- long
- Studentthere like little dots
- StudentIt's like the inside of a Pomegranite!
- Studentor bubble rap
- Studentwwwooowww
- Studentthey look like bubbles
- Bugscope Teammoths are covered with scales, as are butterflies, silverfish, mosquitoes, and few other insects
- TeacherExtreme close-up.....back up!
- TeacherThese look a little dried out/deflated.
Bugscope Teamyes they are!
- StudentMAGNIFICATION WAS OVER 9000!
- Studentwhat is that?
- StudentIt's a zombie bug!
- Studentoh.
- Studentweevil?
Bugscope Teamyes they are sometimes called snout beetles
- 10:35 am
- Studentwhat is a weavel
Bugscope Teamthey are insects with snouts like anteaters.
- Studentwhat are those little lines??\
- Studentmore lines?????
- TeacherWhat is that part? A mouth?
Bugscope Teamit is hard to tell just where we are; I think just outside of the mouth
- Studentto close
- StudentMOUTH HOLE!
- Studentwhy a snout beetle?
Bugscope Teambecause they have what appears to be a snout, or long nose
- Studenthow is that a mouth
- TeacherThanks for your great driving, Nate!
- Studentoh, okay. i thought it was because it kind of looks like a pig.
- Student)
- Bugscope Teamthis looks like a joint on this part of the head
- Studentthat is cool
- Studentwow!
- StudentShark attack!
- Studentthat is sickkkkkkkkk!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Student(to Scot
Bugscope Teampigs have snouts, that is fair
- Studentthanks
- Studentnate are you freezing?
- Student!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????? what is that
- Student!!!???
- Bugscope Teamthis is cool because the caterpillar is so small
- Studentsoooo cool
- Studentwhat is that?
- StudentCLaws
- Studentwow they look like little ahirs
- Studenthairs
- Studentcreepy
- Studenttotally
- Studentwhat are the holes
- Student?
- Studentyeah, you're right
- Student???, im lost
- Studentmagnified over 9000 time Jacob
- Bugscope Teamyou can see mold spores to the upper left in an earlier lower mag view of this part of the antenna
- Studentwow, i didn't know that
- Studentwow
- Studentoops it is under
- Studentcrazy
- Studentit looks like bean sports
- Bugscope Teamthese are tenent setae on the pulvillus of a fly
- StudentThis is so cool
- Studentnow over 9000
- TeacherI had to check under the microscope to make sure I was actually sending in a caterpillar and not just some dirt....that's how small the caterpillar is.
Bugscope Teamyeah it was super tiny. good eye!
- Bugscope Teamwhen we get too close the electron beam makes them charge up with electrons
- Studenti need a thesaurus to find synonyms for "cool"
- Studentwhat was that
- Studentcool a mite
- 10:40 am
- Studenteeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!
- Bugscope Teamthis is a mite -- we have never had anyone send us a lone mite before
- Studenti hate mites because they are in people
- StudentBOSS
Bugscope Teamhaha Yeah!
- Studenthow about sweet, rad ect joey
- StudentIkea BOSS nate
- Studentcracks
- StudentWhat is it grabbing on to?
Bugscope TeamI put it on the doublestick carbon tape using a fine paintbrush with ethanol on it
- Studentcracks
- StudentSweet!
- Studentawesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Bugscope Teamthis looks much like the compound eye of a mosquito
- Studentcoooooooollllll
- Studentthe EYE!
- Student:)
- Studentthats awesomw
- Studente
- Studentthose r deflated
- Studentcool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- TeacherWoohoo! Another critter I had to doublecheck uder the scope (the mite). We tried to find tiny things to send in. :-)
Bugscope Teamthere is a trail of tiny things on the stub that I did not have time to make presets of. but they were mostly very dry and flattened out
- StudentThey look like biscuits after being in the oven for too long!
- Studentthey look like salt cubes
- TeacherDo a lot of compound eyes from different insects look similar close up?
Bugscope Teamsome are kind of hard, and some have a thin film that as we have seen, dries out a bit
- Studentit looks like a face
- TeacherI sent them in kind of late...sorry. But thanks for giving it a shot! I'm really happy that you did as many presets as you did.
- Bugscope Teammoth compound eyes have fine features at higher mag
- Student≠–ººª•¶§∞¢£™¡`œ∑´®†¥¨ˆøπ“‘«åß∂ƒ©˙∆˚¬…æ
- Studentis that a head or a mouth
Bugscope Teamthe mouth is to the lower left\
- Studentwhat is that?
- Student-_-
- Studentoops
- TeacherMold spores on there?
Bugscope Teamyes! good eye!
- Studentoh, i see it
- StudentI like
- Studentthese bugs are so cool
- Student do they eat them
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head/body of the leafhopper
- Studentˆ
- Studenthow long have u guys 1 been doing 3 this
Bugscope Teamit'll be 14 years on March 19
- TeacherNo more apples, please. We are getting distracted!!
- Studenti like
- StudentApple spam Nooooo! Anyways what do these little things come from?
- Studentokay mrs. v
- Studentit looks like diomonds
- Bugscope Teamwelcome to nanoscale
- TeacherNext driver is Jacob DS. Thanks, Jon! Good job!
- Studentsoo cool
- Studentdiamonds
- 10:46 am
- Bugscope Teamthey are usually about 250 to 400 nm in diameter; that is the wavelengths of UV to visible light
- StudentNANOSCALE IS COOL
- Studentwhat is nanoscale
Bugscope Teamthe scale of size in which we are working at billionths of a meter
- Studentwhat is that
- Studenthow many times have WT done this, do you know
Bugscope Teami don't know off the top of my head.
- Studentis that mold?
Bugscope Teamsorry missed it
- Studentlooks like scales
- Bugscope Teamthese are scales
- StudentIt's like seashells
- Studentwhat are those?
- Studentthey look like flower pedals
- Studentdoes it have scales
Bugscope Teamthis silverfish has scales, which help it escape spiderwebs
- Studenthi
- TeacherOwen and everyone else, no more random characters!
- Studentlooks like pedals
- Studentdo you do a lot of these sessions a year
- TeacherSilverfish are crazy little things. They are silver and when they move, they wiggle like fish...hence the name.
- Studentbugs
- StudentSILVERFISHY!
- StudentIs it the mouth?
- Studenthow long does it take
- Studentto write a responser
- Studentthe brochosomes things
Bugscope Teambrochosomes are produce in the Malpighian tubules of leafhoppers and applied to the cuticle surface for some unknown reason; they may help with thermo- or hydroregulation, if there is such a thing
- Studentx the r
- Studentsorry
- Studentgood i spelled it right
Bugscope Teamhaha
- StudentTomorrow is meh birth day!
- TeacherSee the carbon tape in the background.
- Studentwhat is the coolest bug you have ever scope
- Studentvery cool
- Studentyea
- TeacherThis silverfish is pretty tiny. Hard to tell on this.
- Studentwhat has been the coolest bug you ever scoped
Bugscope TeamI like mites, and I like earwigs because they have mites, and I like collembola -- the springtails
- Studentsorry i said it again
- StudentSwimmin silver fishy
- Studentscot is writing 2 replys at once
Bugscope Teamit's the way the software delays, sometimes
- Studentw33ow
- StudentFly away Fly!
- 10:51 am
- Studentbig eyes!!!
- Studentwhats the dome thing?
Bugscope Teamthis is a fly's compound eye, and you can see it has some kind of juju on it'
- Studentjoo joo!
- Studentwat is that
- TeacherJuju?
Bugscope Teambasically particles that don't belong on the insect, like dust or dirt
- Studentthat a lot 5 of dirt
Bugscope Teamyes it is
- StudentÔÔ
- Studentwhoops
- Studenthappy meh birth day owen
Bugscope Teamthis is Jody Foster's 50th birthday
- TeacherGood driving Jacob! Owen to drive next, please.
Bugscope Teamowen has control!
- StudentHappy 50th B-Day Jody Foster
Bugscope TeamDude you are the Supreme Ruler now
- Studentha!
- Studenti was looking at the other insects. whats a mckayla mouth?
Bugscope Teamher mouth is held sideways like that when she is unhappy
- StudentAll hail the supreme ruler. Mayonnaise.
- Studentokay.
- Studentmayonnaise?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
- Bugscope Teamthis is a daddy long legs spider
- Studentso cool
- Studentit looks like crab eyes
- Studentoh yah
- Studentwo33w
- Studentwhy mayonnaise?
- Studentvery cool
- Bugscope Teamit has a kind of turret-like head, and it does look quite like a carb, as Eli said
- TeacherBack up.....too close.
- Studentis that the mouth?
Bugscope Teamthe mouth is down south and hard to make out
- Studentyeah, too close. i want to see the mouth
- 10:56 am
- Studentnanoscale yaaaaayyyyyy
- Studentscot is STILL writing a reply
Bugscope Teamsorry what was it about
- Studentto that mold stuff thingies.
- Studentlooks like beeds
- Studentthey look like barnacles
- StudentBROCHOSOMES
- Studentokay, MRS. V
- Studentwhere was this?
Bugscope Teamthis is on the head of the leafhopper
- Studentcool!!!!!!
- TeacherEli, good comparison!
- TeacherRemember, kids, you need to be patient both with replies and with microscope.
Bugscope Teamsometimes the software seems to hang up; sometimes we need to refresh and the reply will show up
- Studentile ife is a city in Africa that is from about 1000 ad
- Studentjacob
- Bugscope Teamthis is super high mag, and there is too much electron energy in one place right now
- Studentthat looks like a waterfall
- Studentso cool
- Studentthat looks like the moon
- Studentnot that assassin bug]
- Student:]
- TeacherBack up!!!!!
Bugscope Teamit is helpful that everyone can see that they really are driving a $600,000 scanning electron microscope -- these are not fixed images
- StudentOne of the claws things is broken! :O
- Studentwhere is it broken?
Bugscope Teamnear the top
- Studentlooks like little antennae
- Studenthow tiny was this tiny caterpillar
Bugscope TeamI think it was about a millimeter long
- Studentthat looks like a crochet hook
- Studenttop right
- Studentoh yeah i see the break
- Studentso cool
- Studentso cool
- Studenttiny!!!!!!!!!
- TeacherSorry, Scott. There was much grousing here from the peanut gallery. :-)
Bugscope Teamhaha We are fine here.
- 11:01 am
- Bugscope Teamthis is a proleg, at the back end of the caterpillar. it also has six normal legs\
- Studenti think it looks like a keyboard without the letters
- Bugscope Teama proleg is kind of like a 'proto' leg
- Studentbefore the hairs things
- TeacherOwen, thanks for driving! Please give Emma the controls!
Bugscope Teamemma has it
- Studentok
- StudentIt's so... Glowy.
- Studentgood job OWEN
- TeacherYes, good job Owen!
- Bugscope Teamthis is the very large super fuzzy caterpillar now
- Bugscope Teamit is covered with mold spores
- Studentgo 0 emma
- Studentgood job wen
- TeacherThis was the white caterpillar, I think.
Bugscope Teamsome of those have venomous setae
- StudentCool Eli
- Studentawesome!
- TeacherLook at the detail on that setae!
- Bugscope Teamit would be better to drive down the center
- Studentwat is that
- Studentwhats that
- Studentwow
- StudentSo FUZZY!
- Bugscope Teamthings like these setae charge up with electrons readily; it is hard to get a good coat of gold-palladium on fine setae like this
- TeacherFabulous image!!!
- Studentthis is so cool
- TeacherWhat is all over the setae?
Bugscope TeamI believe those are the same mold spores we have seen elsewhere today
- 11:06 am
- TeacherWow. Lots of mold here at WT. :-)
- StudentSpiffing image my good chap, care for a spot of juju?
- Studentthanks
- Studentthank u
- StudentTANK U
- Studentthank you !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentthanks scot and cate!
- Bugscope Teamwe put as much as 20 nm of gold-palladium on Bugscope samples
- Bugscope TeamThank You, Everyone!
- StudentI THINK ITS THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN!
- StudentBYE!
Bugscope TeamBye!\
- Bugscope Teamthanks for a great session everyone!
- TeacherTime for the kids to go to lunch. I'll stay and drive the scope until my next class comes in at 12:40 if that's ok
Bugscope Teamno problem!
- TeacherExcellent!
- TeacherI am such a bug geek....and proud of it!
Bugscope Teamhaha
- Bugscope Teamyou have control of the microscope Mrs. V
- 11:11 am
- TeacherDid the kids forget to log out? I'm still seeing their names.
Bugscope Teamthey may have. we can always kick them off on our end
Bugscope Teamlast time I took their names off
- TeacherLooks like some did forget. Thanks for logging them out!
- Bugscope Teambrb
- Bugscope Teamokay I am back. please let us know when you have questions or can use some help from out end
- Bugscope Teamour end...
- 11:16 am
- Bugscope Teamthese are the soft portions of the super tiny caterpillar
- Bugscope Teamunless we critical point dry specimens like this from ethanol, they will shrivel when they air dry
- Bugscope Teamhere when you try to focus, if it goes out of focus just go the other direction; it's up and down. if that is not obvious
- Bugscope Teamfocusing remotely can be tedious
- TeacherThis is awesome. soft parts...are they on the belly or the back?
Bugscope TeamI think we are on one of the sides of the body
- Bugscope Teamthe legs are to the right and the top of the body is to the left
- 11:22 am
- Bugscope Teamthe caterpillar has six normal legs, since it is of course an insect; toward the back of the caterpillar is where we find the protolegs
- TeacherThese are the legs?
Bugscope Teamyes where we are now
- Bugscope Teamthat's one of the legs
- Bugscope Teamthe leg is just barely south of where we are now
- Bugscope Teamyou can see the stemmata now
- Teachereyes?
- Bugscope Teamthe eyes
- Bugscope Teammany caterpillars also have silk glands in the head
- TeacherDo caterpillars just have simple eyes?
Bugscope Teamyes they do -- I don't believe they ever have compound eyes
- TeacherMaybe a dumb question.....but why do they have silk glands on their heads?
Bugscope Teamto help them hold onto things, and also of course they may be building cocoons at some point
- Bugscope Teamto get ready for the Next Big Thing
- 11:27 am
- TeacherThanks. I never thought about a silk gland on the head...just on the rear end. Very interesting....and again proving nature is weird. :-)
- Bugscope Teamrecently they have found that some spiders have silk glands elsewhere as well, not just at the tip of the abdomen
- TeacherThat's cool! Makes sense since a spider depends on spinnerets for so much.
- 11:32 am
- TeacherMore mold? Maybe I didn't get these into the freezer soon enough. :-(
Bugscope Teamthat may be some silk
- TeacherTHAT would be cool!
- TeacherIf there is one, I mean
- TeacherWhich would be the silk gland in this image?
Bugscope TeamI was thinking it would be the one to the right, with the spikes coming out, but that also looks like a palp
- Bugscope TeamI'll get on the SEM and take a look
- TeacherTHanks. That's what I thought you meant. Either way, awesome since this caterpillar is SOOO tiny.
- TeacherMy next class will be here in 5 minutes or so.
- Bugscope Teamawesome
- StudentLAGGGG
- Studentwhats this
- TeacherThanks!
Bugscope Teamwe really do not know unless we see silk coming out; these may all be palps, and chemosensory setae of various types
- 11:37 am
- Studentthats amazing
Bugscope Teamwe are on a tiny caterpillar
- StudentWhat are we zoomed in on?
Bugscope Teamthis is the tip of a seta of some sort on a caterpillar's face
- Teacherregardless, I am amazed at the zooming power!
- Studentcoool, what is this?
Bugscope Teamthis is the side view of the caterpillar face
- Bugscope Teamthe bumps are the simple eyes
- Studentwow
- Studentnow what is it
- Bugscope Teamwhen we use the microscope for research we move the samples much closer to the electron source, to the pole piece, and we get better resolution. for Bugscope we keep a long working distance so we can get a sense of perspective
- TeacherAs you can see, we are being invaded again. :-)
Bugscope Teamhaha Yeah!
- Studentwhats this
- Studentwhat is that
Bugscope Teamthis is a bunch of mold spores
- Studenteww
- Studentfrom the caterpiller?
- StudentHello everybody!
- Studentcool beans
- Studenthi
- StudentWhat is this?
- StudentHello!
- Studentbug scope
- StudentHey
- StudentIs working at bug scope fun
Bugscope Teamyes this is a lot of fun for us
- Studentokay ian
- Studenthi this bug is cool
- StudentType chat text here then hit the return key
- Studenthi
Bugscope TeamHi Teo
- StudentWhat are we looking at?
Bugscope Teamwe are looking at the antenna of a moth
- Studentit looks kinda like a jelly fish
- Studenta Moth hmmmmmm
- Studentwhat are those fuzzy things
- 11:42 am
- Studentwhat is that1111
- StudentWhat is this?
- Studentwhat is that111111
- Studentwoah cool
- Studenthello
- Studentwhat is that!!!!!!!!!!!!
- StudentIt is very fuzzy
- Studenthehe fuzzy
- StudentHow long have you been doing this?
Bugscope Teamit will be 14 years in March
- Studentpeople look at the chat there are answers in it
- Studentvery fuzzy
- StudentWow
- Studentwow
- Studentwoah
- Bugscope Teamwe are looking at features of the moth antenna right now
- StudentThat pictues HUGE!
- Studentcoooool
- Student30801 times
- Studentyuppers
- StudentThat is very very big MAGNIFICATION!
- StudentDoes it use those fuzzy things to feel?
Bugscope Teamthe setae are used to feel, to smell, and to sense hot/cold, as well as to provide thermoregulation in some cases
- TeacherI've LOVED driving....but it's Kayla's turn now.
- Student30000+ times?
- Studenthow far does the microscope magnify
- Student?
- StudentHow can the microscope do that?
- StudentHello
- Student*gapes*
- StudentHow high DOES it go?
Bugscope Teamwe can take useful publishable images at 200,000x if we are lucky and the sample does not get too heated up by the electron beam
- Student*gasp*
- Studentwoah what is that?
- Studentis this a silver fish
- Studentwow
- Studentwhat are the scale like things for
- Bugscope Teamthis is a silverfish -- you can see its scales, which are actually also setae
- Studentit looks like a lilipad
- Studentcool!
- StudentThose things remind me of flower pedals...
- Studentare those scales
- Studentit is scaley
- StudentWow. This is really cool!
- Studentthey look like lilypadsd
- Studentyeah they do kind of
- Studentthis is a cool bug\
- Bugscope Teamthe scales come off easily, like when you rub a butterfly's wings, and that helps save them when they run into a spiderweb
- Studentor are they like hairs
- StudentWhat are the lines that are going diagonally?
- Studentis there anyway to go fullscreen on this
Bugscope Teamyou could try to get your browser to go full screen if it isn't already
- Studentits so tiny
- 11:47 am
- TeacherKayla to drive, please
Bugscope Teamkayla has control
- Studentdo the lines going down have any signifigance?
- StudentIT LOOKS LIKE A FACE
- Studentits striped
Bugscope Teamthe stripes are kind of like the ridges in Ruffles potato chips -- they provide stability
- StudentHow high do you usually go?
Bugscope Teamwe go anywhere from 100-100,000x on a normal day. We can go higher or a tiny bit lower if we wanted
- Studentwoah are those compound eyes?
- Studentit look so creepy like from a horror movie
- StudentThese pictures look happy and cool :)
- Studentcool how would a spider see it
Bugscope Teamspiders generally do not see that well but sense vibration quite well
- StudentThis is so weird.....
- Studentit looks like it has multiple parts to its body.
Bugscope Teamyes! this is a daddy longlegs spider
- StudentWhat is that?\
- StudentHAIRY
- Studentoh i never knew that
- Studentwhat is the lowest magnification that you can go to?
Bugscope Teamabout 44x, maybe 37x
- StudentIT IS VERY SCRUNCHED UP
- StudentNo?
- Studentis this the daddy longlegs body because it looks a lot mor complex than 1
- StudentWhat is that?
- StudentDon't you go as low as 1x
Bugscope Teamno
- Studentone
- StudentI think I'm going to barf
- StudentWhat are the spikes on the body for?
Bugscope Teamthe large spikes are a kind of protection
Bugscope Teamthe spikes are setae, or hairs, and they help with sensing what is around it, like sense of touch
- StudentIs that a bug?????
Bugscope Teamnot sure what the round thing is
- Studentthis is disgusting
Bugscope Teamhaha Yeah!
- StudentSTOP SCREAMING
- StudentWHAT IS THAT LITTLE THING IN THE MIDDLE.
Bugscope Teamwe are not sure, but it was covered with some sort of film
- Studentlol
- StudentWhoa.................
- StudentBlech
- StudentBIG EYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentwhat are those little spines?
Bugscope Teamthose are sensory setae, mostly
- Studentwhat are the things on the wings?
- StudentWhat kind of bug is that?
- Studentthe eyes look like speakers
Bugscope Teamhaha That's right!
- Studentof the head
- Studentwhat are those things on top in the middle?
Bugscope Teamthose were the bases of the antennae
- Studentlooks like golfballs
- Studentare those compound eyes?
Bugscope Teamyes they are
- Studentthis looks really cool.
- Studenthow many of those little dots are there?
- StudentThey look like orbeas
- StudentOr are they always like that?
- Studentblurry...
- StudentYeah they do...
- Studenthigh def
- 11:53 am
- TeacherThank yoU!
- StudentThnx
- Studentthank you
- StudentWOW
- Studentnicee
- TeacherLots of wows here!
- StudentThats close up, its blury
Bugscope Teamthere you go, Matt
- Studentwhat are the little lines on each little eye?
- Studentthey look like veins
- Studentdoes this microscope have xray
Bugscope Teamyes it does
- StudentThey almost look like mushrooms!
- Studentso cool
- Studentare those things on the eye parasites?
Bugscope Teammostly just juju
- Studentthey look like fingerprints.
- Studentbouncehouse
- StudentThat looks really cool
- Studenthow do you focus it?
Bugscope Teamit's easy when you're at the microscope, like I am now
- Studentwhat is juju
- Teacherjuju=dust,dirt, debris
- StudentWhat are the spikes between the eyes?
Bugscope Teamthose are setae, or hairs. Sometimes these hairs help tell the insect the direction of the wind currents
- TeacherThat's awesome!
- Studentvery wrinkly
- Studentdoes it see a different picture out of each one
Bugscope Teama slightly different view of the same thing
- StudentWhat are those zebra like thingys
- TeacherWhy are there patterns on the ommantidia?
- StudentWhat is that straw-like thing
- Student?
- Studentare those lines on the eyes like your thumb finger prints, each one different?
- Studentit looks like a brain in the back
- StudentAre those lines on the eyes veins?
Bugscope Teamno those are just some wrinkles from when the eye dried a little after the insect died
Bugscope Teamno we are way beyond veins, and insects do not generally have veins
- Bugscope Teamthe image distorts when we go too high because the electron beam heats up the sample
- Studentthis is so cool and kind of disgusting
- Studentawesome
- Studentwhat is an eye fasat?
- Studentthey are like fingerprints
- Studenthow many schools contact you normally in a day?
- StudentWhat is that?!
- Studentlooks like a claw
- Studentit looks like it has spikes
- Studentoh
- Studentawesome
- StudentHow many eye fasats are there
Bugscope Teamthere are likely a few thousand, on some moths and some wasps there can be as many as 17,000 ommatidia per compound eye
- Studentsweeeeeet
- Studentis there any way to identify a certain bug
Bugscope Teamsure!
- Student It looks like a dog with its mouth open
Bugscope Teamhaha
- 11:58 am
- Studentzoom on the eye like thing
- Studentis that the eye?
- Bugscope Teamthis is a very small assassin bug
- StudentThat sort of golf ball?
- TeacherThe long thing on the right (out of view currently) is it's mouth
- StudentAre those little things on the bug parasites?
- Studentit looks like it has worms
- Studentits a compound eye
- Studentmini worms!
- Studentwhat are the worm-like thingys?
- Studentit looks like a bunch of little things are crawling on it.
- Studentare they hairs
- Bugscope Teamsomeone in the class before said they looked like maggots
- Studentthey are so cool
- Studenti mean like a certain type not all bugs of course you can tell one bug from another
Bugscope Teamentomologists write keys that you can follow to figure out just what species you are looking at
- Studentawesome
- TeacherHow small was this assassin bug?
Bugscope Teamit was less than a cm in length
- Student+
- Studenttheres hairs on it!
- StudentAre those little things on the bug parasites?
- Studentare the super mini maggots skin
- Studentwhat are the maggot thigs
- StudentWhat is that little bump in the middle?
- Student:{
- Bugscope Teamthey are just setae I believe, or hairs
- Studentwhat are those little things that look like magots?
- Student:{
- Student:}
- Student:{
- Studenthow many schools contact you normally in a day?
- Studenthow many unique images this size would it take to cover this whole bug?
Bugscope TeamA few hundred?
- TeacherEnough mustaches.
- Studentmoustache man :{
- Studentthat looks really cool
- StudentWhat is that bump to the right?
Bugscope Teamthat is the base of a seta that is broken off
- Studenttis really bright at the bump
- Studenthow big is the bug\
- StudentAha
- Studentlooks like a tornado
- Studenti maent to say its but tis works
- Studentmeant
- StudentThis is great focus for something this big
- Bugscope Teamremember that insects are invertebrates and have exoskeletons, which is kind of like if you were wearing armor
- Studentor magnified
- Studentit looks like that thing is an antennae.
- Studentwhats that its so bright
- Bugscope Teamthe exoskeleton is made of chitin, like a shrimp shell\
- Studenthow strong is the exoskeliton
- StudentWhat is that?
- Studentthis is soo cool
- Studentlooks like an island with the top of the palm tree cut off
- Studentshrimp is delicious :D
- 12:03 pm
- Studentwhat would happen if an insect did not have an exoskeleton?
Bugscope Teamit would be super soft and not well protected against being eaten
- Studentdoes the magnification penetrate the bugs exoskeleton
Bugscope Teamthe electron beam does penetrate, to some extent
- Studentis that a proboskis
- Studentcool can i have a picture of that
- Teacherproboscis=mouthpart
- Studentthats amazing.
- StudentWhat is that large hair-like thing?
Bugscope Teamright now we are looking at the stylet of the leafhopper -- the piercing part of the piercing mouthparts
- Studentit looks like mold
- Studentis that pollen on the straw
- Studentwhat are the things on it?
- Studentlike thing'
- Studenthow long has bug scope been around?
- Bugscope Teamthe tiny white things on the shaft are brochosomes
- StudentWhat are those white bumps on it??
Bugscope Teambrochosomes
- Studentsoooooo cool
- Studentthey look like riandrops
- Studentits like a forest
- StudentWoah what are those things??
- Studentaliens of the future!
- Studentor flowers
- Studentof glowing bulbs
- Studentthe whole thing looks a little bit like a cristmas tree
- Studentis a forest of glowing bulbs
- StudentWhat is that?
Bugscope Teamthis is part of the pulvillus of the fly -- it's a pad that has lots of what are called tenent setae on it that help the fly cling to surfaces
- Studentwoahhhhhp
- StudentJELLYfish
- StudentIs that a nose
- Studentlooks like the frownie brownie
- StudentWhat are those things???
Bugscope Teamthose were tenent setae that help the insect walk on ceilings, for example
- Studenthe needs to take a shower
- Studentamazing
- Student!
- Studentis that pollen
- StudentWhat are the bumps on the eyes?
- StudentThat looks like a whole seprate face
- Studenti love kings
- Studentwhat are those things on the eye??
- Studentwhere you get frownie brownies
- Studentcan you look at the mold
- StudentKings
- StudentAre those spikes or hairs?
- Studentyou dont have kings.
- Student what is this
- StudentWhat are those hairs?
Bugscope Teamthey help tell the fly how to navigate the air currents
- StudentI want one of their castles.
- Studentawesome
- TeacherGood job, Liam!
- Studentcan u look at the mold
- Studentthe frownie brownie is a logo which is a brownie frowning Scot
Bugscope Teamum Thank You
- Studentits a copy off eatin parks smiley cookies
- Studentit is a bronie that has a frosting frown
- 12:08 pm
- Studentcreepy coolo
- Studentbrownie
- Studentnot bronie
- Studenthhhhhairy
- Studentcan we not talk about brownies
- Studentwhy are we talking about frownie brownies which i have never heard of before?
- TeacherWe have "Frownie Brownies" here at a local restaurant chain. They are that restaurants answer to another chains "Smiley Cookie".
- StudentBrOwNiEs
- Studentwoa what are those spot things
- StudentMmmm...Brownies...
- TeacherBack to bugs.....:-)
- Studentthank you mrs v
- StudentBUUUGGGGGSSSS
- Studentawesome
- Studentcool hairs.
- Studentfocas
- Studentim starving..... Lets Eat Bugs
- StudentAre those setae?
- StudentTEO!!
- Studentteo, i don't eat bugs
- Studentcan you please stick to bugs
- StudentScot can you focus that please?
Bugscope Teamlooks like you got it
Bugscope Teamnicely
- Studentwhat isana
- Bugscope Teamit seems to have some dried goo on it
- Studentare you looking forward to thanksgiving
Bugscope Teamyes in a way
- StudentMmm...Turkey...
- Studentkian really?
- Studentlet us stick to bugs por favor
- StudentDon't make me hungry
- Student-_-
- StudentPat
- StudentAre those hairs setae?
Bugscope Teamyes, and some of them are for proprioception, which is self-sensing
- Studentno faces
- Studentcoool
- StudentPatrick most of the things you are saying are MMMMM
- Studentoops
- Bugscope Teamyou can see the mandibles at the top, arched
- Bugscope Teamand you can see four palps
- StudentBut they make me RAVENOUS
- StudentWhat are mandibles?
- Studentmandiblesss
- Studentkian!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentnice :)
- TeacherAwesome job, Isaac!
- Bugscope Teamand you can see one antenna as well as some mechanosensory setae
- Studentcool
- Studentmandibles for eating turkey
- Studentzoom zoom
- Studentcool bug
- Studentzoom in
- StudentWhat are the hairs? are they also setae?
- Studentwhat are those hairs on the mandiblesss?
- Studenttge mandibles have little hairs
- Studentthe
- Studentkian stop
- StudentAre beetle mouths usually dirty
- TeacherHuh...there's one thing we sent in that doesn't have mold on it. Hooray!
- 12:13 pm
- Student cool hairs
- Studentno mold
- Studentmechanosensory? what is that
Bugscope Teamit means they can sense touch and wind, like cat or rat whiskers
- StudentIt looks like a bull
- StudentWhat are those two hairs in the middle?
- Student+++
- StudentI see dust I think
- Studentthey look like bull horns
- StudentWhat are those bull horn things
Bugscope Teamthose are more sensory setae
- Studentyeah
- Bugscope Teamsome setae are thermosensory, for hot/cold
- Studentwho is driving isaac?
- Bugscope Teamsome setae are chemosensory, for scents, chemical smells, pheromones
- Studentwhta does that even meen
- StudentIt looks like a rock
- Studentah
- Teacherjuju=dust, dirt, debris
- Studentooooo
- Studentexplosion!
- Studentcrystals!/
- Studentlooks like a mushroom cl
- Studentjuju means dust or something of the sort
Bugscope Teamyes
- Studentcloud
- Studentit look like a rock....huh ....................
- StudentYES! got it right
- Bugscope Teamthis is pretty cool
- Studentholly
- Studenti mean cool
- StudentHuh. That must be really small!
- Studentzoom zoom
- StudentIt looks cool and hairy
- Studentwho is up next
- Bugscope Teamthese guys also seem to produce webs; we have found them on the undersides of leaves
- Studentcool
- StudentWhose the next driver?
- StudentI just said that
- TeacherThis sucker was so small that i had to double check with a microscope to make sure that I actually had it in the packaging (and not a piece of dust or something)
- Studentamazing!!!!1
- StudentWhat's that white hair?
- Bugscope Teami'm surprised you could see a single mite at all
- Studentit is small
- Studentwow great observation jonah
- 12:18 pm
- Studentthanks teo
- Studentwoah coolio mite mustve been hard to catch
- TeacherI made it a challenge on our collecting field trip to catch tiny things. I think M may have caught this mite.
- Bugscope Teamwe had to pick it up with a fine brush, wetted with ethanol
- Studentyou are welcome
- StudentWhat is that white thing??
Bugscope Teamit is some sort of sensory seta.\
- Studentcan i have a little help focusing?
- Student\/
- Studentit is the sun....
- StudentYAY
- TeacherGood job driving Isaac! Our next driver is.................DREW!
Bugscope Teamdrew is up!
- StudentCan i drive at home
- StudentBe Happy Drew!
- Studentisaac is done driving
- StudentGo DREW
- Student'
- Studentfly head
- Studentoops
- Studentwhoops
- Studentdrew step on the gas driver
- Studentwow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow
- Studentccrrepy
- Studentits hairy
- Bugscope Teamamd now a mondo bigboy caterpillar
- Studentno spaming
- StudentThat is MOLDY!!
Bugscope Teamyes it is
- StudentIsaac
- StudentWoah has some intese facial parts
- Studentno its juju
- Studenthe needs to take a shower too
- Studentwhat do you want ian]
- Bugscope Teamstemmata are what caterpillar eyes are called
- Studentstop spamming
- StudentWhat are those moldy stuffs
Bugscope Teamthey are mold spores
- Studentlittle maggots is what they look like
- StudentLOT of mold
- Studentor peas
- StudentIt is dirty
- StudentJUJU
- Studentwow great view
- TeacherStemmata.....what a good extra credit question that would be....hmmmm
Bugscope Teamhaha
- Studentno please no!
- Studentair bubbles....................
- Teachermold spores
- Studentyum sprinkles
- Studentjuju
- Studentwhat a closer look?
- Studentlooks like tiny air bubbles
- Studentplease do give us another question; just to make jonah mad
- Studentyou should eat one then
- Studentno isaac
- Studentis the bug molding because it is dead
Bugscope Teamyes it is
- 12:23 pm
- TeacherDrew, could you please check out the mayfly head after you've looked at this? I don't think anyone has looked at it yet
- Studenti have said a lot
- Studentnot really
- Studentof course
- Studentyes
- Studenti don't have that much homework right now
- Studentthey look like mittens
Bugscope Teamor boxing gloves
- Studenteeew theres mold on the mold
- Studentlook at my questions scroll down
- Studentwell ten more questions would.
- TeacherYes, I left that particular caterpillar in a container on my back porch after it died and forgot to put it in the refrig.
- Studentno
- StudentNo problem
- Studentlooks like spider legs
- Studentlag
- Studentwell it says mayfly head
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head of what looks like a mayfly, a female since it has ovipositors
- Studentcan you zoom in on the mouth
- StudentThis that a stick sticking out of it on the right of it's head?
- Studentahh mayflies are so awesome they are really ugly bugs
- Studentno
- StudentDunno...
- Studentwhere is liam
- Studentteo liam ran away.
- Bugscope Teamscott said it looked like a mayfly and I said the head looked like a cricket head. We weren't totally sure either way so I went with Scott's guess
- Bugscope TeamCate already said it looked like a cricket, and it does. But it was long and yellow green, slender
- StudentI just stopped paying attention, to avoid getting sick
- Studentwhoah what are those spikes
- Studenthairy legs
- Studentit does a bit...
- Studenti think it is a cricket
- Studenthow ould you get sick its ona computer screen
- Studentdont not pay atention its facinating stuff
- Studentlooks like a cricket?
- StudentWish I could stay on this longer...
- Studentlooks like spikes
- Studentnot really
- TeacherThat thing confused the heck out of me. We tried all sorts of things to identify and tree cricket looked closest in our books and websites.
Bugscope Teamits head is what makes it look for sure like a cricket, and also its ovipositors
- Studentis that an attenae
- Studentthanks for your time
- StudentThank you!
- StudentThanks for your time!!
- Studentwe gots to gos
- StudentThank you, goodbye and what not
- StudentThank you, Peace out!!
- Studentpeace out bra
- StudentIt was a great expirience
- Studentduces
- StudentSO LONG AND THANKS FOR ALL THE FISH!!!
- StudentPeace Out
- Studentthanks u guys r awesome
- Bugscope Teamthanks everyone!
- TeacherCan I control the scope for the 2 minutes we have left?
Bugscope Teamyou have control
- Bugscope TeamThank You Everyone!
- StudentHappy turkey day and PEACE
Bugscope TeamThank you Kian
- Bugscope Teamthis is the leafhopper stylet
- 12:28 pm
- Bugscope Teamthe rest of the proboscis is above, but this is the part that goes into leaves
- Bugscope Teamyou can see now that the stylet has two halves
- TeacherAre those brochosomes that are everywhere on this?
Bugscope Teamyes all the white dots are
- Bugscope Teamnow we can see the ovipositors
- TeacherI hopped off the tree cricket before I saw your comment. Darn.
Bugscope Teamthey were kind of hard to see with all of the legs and wings and stuff
- 12:34 pm
- TeacherSo this is the top of the probscis
Bugscope Teamyes the blunt part; the stylet is normally inside it, or much of it is
- Bugscope Teamthanks for a good session
- TeacherSorry, I know it's time for you all to go. Thanks so much for the wonderful session! I could do this all day. I really appreciate your patience with the students and with me.
Bugscope Teamthis is really fun for us. we have worked with far wilder kids; that is no big deal at all. they were really nice. some smart ones
- Bugscope TeamThank you, also, for all of the cool insects/arthropods.
- TeacherThanks! Have a great Thanksgiving! :-)
- Bugscope TeamYou Too!
- Bugscope TeamBye!
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