Connected on 2012-10-30 09:30:00
from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 8:28 am
- Bugscope Teamsample is in 'scope and 'scope is pumping down
- Bugscope Teamthis is a CCD camera view of the inside of the microscope vacuum chamber
- Bugscope Teamwe are waiting for the vacuum to get better so we can turn on the electron gun
- Bugscope Teamalmost there
- Bugscope Teamsoon we will start making presets for this morning's session
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- 9:00 am
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- 9:13 am
- Bugscope Teamgood morning, Guyana!
- Bugscope Teamwelcome to Bugscope!
- Bugscope Teamcan you see this?
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head of a large beetle
- Bugscope Teamtoday's school is due to connect in about 12 minuteds
- Bugscope Teamminutes..
- 9:20 am
- Bugscope Teamplease let us know if you have any questions
- Bugscope Teamgood morning, Marion!
- Bugscope TeamWelcome to Bugscope!
- Bugscope Teamthis is the compound eye of the beetle you sent
- Teacherhi the class will be logging in shortly.
Bugscope Teamgreat!
- Bugscope Teamyou have control, and we are ready to roll
- Bugscope Teamin addition to the beetle you sent, we have a millipede, a centipede, a housefly, a spider, a yellowjacket, rolypoly...
- Bugscope Teamalso an earwig, a female
- 9:26 am
- Bugscope Teamthis is the spider
- 9:32 am
- Studentwhat is that bugs name
- Studentcool
- Bugscope Teamthis is a spider
- Bugscope Teamwe are looking at it from beneath its chelicerae; its fangs are in the forefront, and its eyes you can see along the top of the the view here
- Bugscope Teamthe chelicerae, or chelicers, are like large jaws that hold the fangs
- Student Very interesting
- Bugscope Teamthe fangs are folded inward toward each other
- Bugscope Teamyou can see lots of setae, as you also see in insects and other arthropods
- StudentI never knewhat close up a spirder looked l
Bugscope Teamthey are pretty fearsome looking
- Bugscope TeamI am sitting at the SEM and can control it directly. SEM = scanning electron microscope.
- Studentinteresting
- Bugscope Teamspiders have lots of sensory setae, and some of them also have what are called urticating hairs, which they can release when they are bothered.
- Bugscope Teamurticaria is itching, and the urticating hairs are an irritant to, for example, a dog sniffing the spider
- 9:38 am
- Studentis that a type of spider
- StudentWhat type of spider is this ?
Bugscope Teamthis is some kind of house spider, sorry I don't know which
- Studenthow big is the bug?
Bugscope Teamit was about 1.5 cm in diameter when it was alive
- StudentInteresting!
- StudentWhat are the pointy thigs on the spiders body
Bugscope Teamthose are some of the setae, which we think of as hairs
- StudentHow long does this spider live up to ?
- Studentcool dose it kiil its own food
- Studentwhat are those things sticking out of the spiders body
Bugscope Teamthose are setae that help it sense its environment
- Studenthow many bugs are in the world
Bugscope Teamtrillions, and hundreds upon hundreds of thousands of species
- Studentwhat happens when a bee dies
- StudentWhy arent spiders insects
- Studentare the pointe things on the spider is that needles
Bugscope Teamthose help the spider sense its surroundings
- StudentIT the spider paralized
- Student?
- StudentIs this spider dead or...?
Bugscope Teamyes it is dead
- Guesthow big are the bugs
- Studenthow big is the bug now when its dead?\
Bugscope Teamabout a cm in diameter. Cate took some of its legs off so we could see it better
- Studentwhen a spider has a baby what does it look like
- Studentdo all spiders have fangs
- Studentwhat type of spider is this?
Bugscope Teamit is some kind of house spider
- Studentwhy does spider spin silk
- StudentIs the spider poisonous?
- StudentAre spiders harmful to humans?
- Studentis that hair
- Studentdo all spiders have venom
- StudentHow much babys can a spider have each day
- Studenthow do spiders create the silk for their web
- StudentWhy arent spiders insects
Bugscope Teaminsects have six legs; a head, thorax, and abdomen; and two antennae. spiders have eight legs, no antennae, a cephalothorax (head/thorax...)
- Studenthow big can this spider grow up to
- StudentIf a spider bites you does it die ?
Bugscope Teamno it does not die
- Guesthow much bugs are posionous
Bugscope TeamI think a small percentage, but many insects have chemicals they use to protect themselves against ants'
- 9:43 am
- Studentcan spider live in the water?
Bugscope Teamsome live on the water, but I am not sure about beneath it
- Studentare there different types of web ,materials other than silk
Bugscope Teamthere are different types of silk
- StudentWill spiders ever run out of the silk used to make webs
Bugscope Teamnot if they eat. they actually are capable of recycling web
- StudentHow long does it take a spider to make its web ?
Bugscope Teamsometimes a few hours
- Studentcool
- Studenthow big can this spider grow up to
Bugscope Teamprobably only 2 cm or so
- Studenthow big can this spider grow up to
- Studenthow long can a spider live
- StudentIf we were to touch the spider would you feel those pointy things in its hair?
- Studenthow do spiders create the silk for their web
Bugscope Teamthey produce it from their spinnerettes
- Guesthow long dose a spider live for
- StudentHow long will it take a spider to build a web?
- Studentoh that is retty small
- Studentdoes a spider brat
- Studentreally
- Studentwhere do the ants go in winter?
Bugscope Teamunderground, usually
- Studenthow long can spider live
Bugscope Teamthat depends on the spider. It may only be a couple weeks or in the case of a spider like the tarantula, one could live for up to 12 years!
- Studenthow many know species of spiders are there in the world
- Studentabout how long does it take for a spider egg to hatch
Bugscope Teamit really depends on the kind of spider; sometimes a few weeks, sometimes more
- Guestwhat d
- Studentyes they are kevonte
- StudentAre spiders a prey to other insects ?
Bugscope Teamyes they are, but they are not insects themselves
- Studenthow much eggs can a spider make
- Studentyes
- Studenthow does a spider get babys
- StudentIf all insects in the world were put on a scale and all humans were put on another scale which would weigh more?
- StudentHow do spiders protect themselves
- Studenthow much eggs can a spider make?
- Studenthundreds of spider lukeasha
- Studentwhy do the hairs on a tarantula cause an irritated feeling to organisms
Bugscope Teamsome of the hairs are spiny and get caught in the nostrils
- StudentWhat do spiders eat?
Bugscope Teamthey feed off the liquified insides of insects or small animals (if it's a big spider)
- StudentAre there other arthropods that prey spiders?
Bugscope Teamyes
- Studentwhat kinds of spiders are there in the world?
- Bugscope Teamone reference says there are 37,000 spider species. I am not sure if that is correct
- Studentare spiders predators or prey
- StudentWhat does a spider eat when they don't get any other insects to eat?
- StudentWhat are those things called what spiders use to bite ?
Bugscope Teamspiders bite and inject venom through their fangs
- StudentWhat do spiders eat?
- Studentwhat kind of spider is it?
- Studentwhich spider has enough venom to kill or paralyze a human
- Studentwhere does that bug come from
- StudentWhy are insects only being seen in some times of the season
- StudentPlants, other insects,...?
- Studentwhat are spinnerettes
Bugscope Teamspinnerettes are where the spider usually spins webs from. They are at the end of the abdomen
- 9:48 am
- StudentHow do spiders protect themselves
Bugscope Teamthey are often predators, and they also release, some of them, urticating hairs; they are also often cryptic and don't expose themselves much
- Studentwhat is a yellowjacket
Bugscope Teama kind of wasp
- Studentwhat is on the beatle
- Studentwere are there eyes
- StudentWhat is that insect in the picture
Bugscope Teamthat is a live image of a dead beetle
- Studentwhat type of animal eat spider
Bugscope Teambirds or lizards might. I'm sure there are some other small mammals that do too
- StudentWhat type of beetle is this?
- Guestwhy does this beetle have a strange mouth
- Studentis that the head or thorax
- Studentwhat do spiders eat
Bugscope Teamthey are almost all carnivores, and they mostly eat insects and other spiders
- Studentwhat type of spiders are dangerous
- Studentis that the top of the beatles head
- Studentwhat family is beetles in
- Studentcan beetle harm our bodys
- Studentwhere is the mouth piece
- StudentAre there beetle in the water?
- StudentWhat do beetles eat?
Bugscope Teamall different kinds of things; there are hundreds of thousands of beetle species
- Studentwhat is the lifespan of the beetle
- Studentwhat are those big bumps on its back
- Studentwere it eye
- StudentAre beetles a threat to other insects ?
Bugscope Teamsome could be, by outcompeting them for food
- Studentis the beetles head hard or soft
- Studentare there any little bugs on the specimen
- Studentare giant water bugs a species of a beetle
- StudentCan beetles be dangerous
- Studenthow long will beetles live
- StudentHow does this insect survive it the world?
- Studenthow many types of beetles are in this world
Bugscope TeamI think 180,000 but I am not sure
- StudentHow does a beatle feel like
- StudentIf alll insects in the world weere put on a scale and all humans were put on another scale wich would weigh more?
Bugscope Teaminsects
- StudentAre the any living creature on this insectt?
- Studentwhere is there atenna
- StudentWere there any mites on this beatle
- Studentare spiders predator or prey
Bugscope Teammostly predator. They help take care of pests most of the time
- Studenthow long will beetles live?
- Studentwhat are those black dots in the middle of it back
- StudentWhat type of beetle is this
- StudentHow does this insect survive in the world?
- Studentwhat kinds of organisms other than insects do the beetles eat
Bugscope Teamsome eat plants and fungi as well as dead mammals, birds, etc.
- Studentwhere does it breat
- Studentwhat type of beetle is this
- Studentwere there use to be mits on the bittle?
Bugscope TeamI don't think this one had mites
- Studenthow do beetles get rid of mites or other small insects on their bodies
- Guesthow many different spiders are there
Bugscope Teamthere are about 34,000 known species of spiders in the world
- Studentcan a bettle kill a preymantis?
- Studentwhat are those circle things on top of the beetle's body?
- Studentdoes the beetle live on land or water
Bugscope Teammost of them on the land
- Studentwhat would a beetle be attracted too and how could you catch one easily
- Studentwhat is beside the eyes
- Studentcan a spider kill a humen
Bugscope Teamthe black widow and brown recluse can but only in rare cases when somebody is weak or sick
- Studentwhere is there atennna
Bugscope Teamyou can see the bases of the antennae here
- StudentWhat do beetle eat and what eats them?
- StudentWhat are the dots on this insect
- StudentYes!
- StudentHow much does 1 insect weigh?
- Studentwhat do beetles eat
Bugscope Teamit varies, of course; almost anything that is edible
- Studentare beetles dangerous to humans
- Guestcan insects harm people
Bugscope Teamyes. The deadliest insect is the mosquito. It can carry many diseases like west nile virus
- Guesthow do spiders make spider webs
- StudentHow many beetles does it take to create their habitat ?
- Studentwhat are the advantages and disadvantages of this specfic beetle?
- Studenthow many sences do beetles have
Bugscope Teamthey have an advanced sense of smell; many insects do. otherwise they are much like us
- Studentwhen a bee stings you does do any harm to us
Bugscope Teamif you are allergic to the venom in the sting than it could be potentially fatal
- 9:53 am
- Studenthow does this beetle breathe?
Bugscope Teamthrough spiracles, which are kind of pores in the cuticle
- Studenthow can they sense there food
Bugscope Teamoften it is via smell
- StudentHow much does 1 insect weigh?
- Guestwhat do spiders eat
Bugscope Teamother spiders and insects and sometimes small rodents, etc.
- StudentWhat percent of spiders are poisonous?
Bugscope Teamalmost all are venomous, not poisonous
- Studentis a worm and insect
Bugscope Teamno. to be an insect, the adult form needs to have 6 legs, 2 antennae, a head, thorax, and abdomen
- Studentwhere are there eyes?
Bugscope Teamyou cam see them on the left and right -- they are compound eyes
- Bugscope Teamoops 'can'
- StudentAre there more insects then humans?
Bugscope Teamyes for sure
- Studentcan a spider kill a preymantis?
- Studentis beetle an insect
- Studenthow do beetles reproduce
- Studenthow much babys can a beatle have
Bugscope Teama beetle could have as many as 500 babies in her lifetime
- Studentis that bug harmful?
- Studentis there a group of beetle that work together
- Studentwhat do beetles like to eat and how could you attract one easily
- StudentWHat is this picture about
- Studentwhat are those bumps on the bug
- Studenthas there curretly been other insects living on the beetle
- StudentHow much does 1 insect weigh?
Bugscope Teamthe goliath beetle, which is the biggest beetle in weight, can weigh up to 4 oz
- StudentIf a swarm of mosquito's bit a human what will happen ?
Bugscope Teamthe human would be very itchy and could contract a disease if the mosquitoes carried any
- Studentwhat is that big bump right there
Bugscope Teamthat is the compound eye
- Studentwhich insect is the most dangerous
Bugscope Teammaybe mosquitoes
- StudentAre humans and beetles alike?
Bugscope Teamnot really no. They have an exoskeleton, while ours is on the inside of our bodies. Even their blood is different
- StudentWhat are those bumps?
- Studentwhat is the name for this beetleÉ
- Guestwhat is so special about this beetle
Bugscope Teamit is part of the whole web of existence, and sometimes we don't know how important certain species are until they are gone
- StudentWhat are these parts of the body?
- Studentwhat is this on the piture
- Studentis there any small bugs that live on a beetle
- Studentwhat parts is this showing
- Studentat the bottom of the beetle there is like little hairs sticking out what are they\
- Studentwhat is this part
- 9:58 am
- Studenthow long does it take for an ingured bug to heal
- Guestwhat is type is the beetle? water,dung etc.
- StudentCan a mosquito bite any other insects ?
Bugscope Teami suppose it's possible, but they wouldn't want to. They need a human blood meal to reproduce.
- StudentWhat are the marks on the bug?
Bugscope Teamsome of those are from fighting
- Studentwhat are on the beetle organs or things part of there body
- Studentwhat are we looking at
- StudentMosquitoes fight?
- StudentDo beetles have the same organs as humans?
Bugscope Teamnot really; inside they are quite different
- StudentIf a mosquito bites a human does it die because of our thick skin ?
Bugscope TeamNo, they have cutting mouthparts that are perfect for cutting into our thick skin. Female mosquitos need our blood to have the energy to reproduce
- Studentfighting each other
- Studentwhat part of the body is this ?
Bugscope Teamthis is the head
- Studentare mosquitoes danfgerous to humans
Bugscope Teamyes because they are disease vectors
- Guesthow long is the bugs claw
- Studentwhat do mosquitoes do with the blood that they suck from humens
Bugscope Teamthey convert it to energy so they can reproduce.
- Guesthow do insects move even when they get stepped on?7
- Studentwhere do the beetles live?
Bugscope Teamevery continent
- Studentare these the feelers on the beetle
- Studentis this a thorax
Bugscope Teamthis, now is one of the large beetle's tarsi
- Studentwhat insect is this
- Studentwhat does the claw help them do
- Studentwhat are those thing sticking out of the beetle claw
- StudentWhy does a claw have so many blades on it?
- StudentAre the beetles claw a threat to other insects ?
- StudentIs that how they attack their prey?
- StudentWow those look scary up close
- StudentHow long is the claw
Bugscope Teamwe can see from the scale bar at the bottom of the screen that it is about 3/4ths of a millimeter
- Studenthow much claws does it have
- Studentis the claw sharp
- Studentdoes the spicks on the beetle claw really needed for survival
- StudentHow much does 1 insect weigh?
Bugscope Teama goliath beetle can weigh up to 4 oz, but the tiniest of insects would be much much less
- Guestare there alote of types of beetle?
- Studentif a mosquito bites a humen and we push to muchblood to them what will happen?
Bugscope Teamusually they can keep from getting too much blood, so they do not pop
- Studentdoes that claw have scencors
Bugscope Teamyes it does
- StudentWhat are those spikes on the claw?
- Studentwhat is on the beatles arms
- Guestmosquitos i ment
- Studentwhat are the shap things?
- Studentis this beetle a predator or prey
Bugscope Teamprobably both is the best answer
- Guestdo claws protect or have venum?????
- Studentdoes it use claws to dig?
- StudentWhat are those spikes on the beetles claw?
Bugscope Teamthey help tell the beetle when it is brushing up against something
- Studentwhich type of beetle is dangerous
- Studentif the claw scares a human will it hurt
- Studentwhy r they section on the claw
- Studentis it a consumer or a producer?
- Studentwhat are those thing sticking out of the claw
- Studentdo beetles have bones
Bugscope Teamtheir shell is their bones. They have an exoskeleon- their bones are on the outside
- Studentwhat signal do the beetles use to warn there prey to beware
Bugscope Teamsometimes it is their coloration, and sometimes it is their horns, for example, or a quick flaring of the wings
- Studentdo they use this claw to attack their prey
- Guesttype chat information here
Bugscope Teamyes
- Studentcan a beatle eat grass hoppers
- StudentIf a beetle is very hungry would it it an other beetle?
- Studenthow long is its claw
- Studentwhat do the beetle`s use thier claw forÉ
- Studentwhat do they use the claw for
Bugscope Teamthey use them to grab or hold onto things. Similar to how we use our hands, though they don't have opposable thumbs
- 10:04 am
- StudentWhat insects can a beetle eat
- Studenthow sharp are the claws?
- TeacherWhat specific adaptations are visible in this micrograph?
Bugscope Teamthis is a live image... we can see that this beetle does not have a pulvillus or pulvilli, so it cannot cliimb walls, but it can likely grasp well.... and it can sense with those setae/bristles...
- Studentif a beetle were to attack you what would happen
Bugscope Teamyou would win, likely
- Guesthi amanda
- StudentHow long is the claw?
- Studentdo beeetle hav bones
Bugscope Teamno they have an exoskeleton, like almost all insects; they do not have bones, and no insect has bones
- StudentWhat do mosquito do when they suck our blood ?
Bugscope Teamthey first use cutting mouthparts to cut into our skin, then they insert a tube that injects the area with an anticoagulant so the blood won't clot. Then they use a tube to suck the blood out of the area.
- Studentdoes the sections bend
Bugscope Teammaybe a bit
- Studentwhat are leeches considered
Bugscope Teamthey are a type of worm
- Studentare beetles invertabraes or vertabraes
Bugscope Teamthey do not have bones, so they do not have backbones, which is what vertebrae are, so they are invertebrates
- Studenthow long can a beetle live
Bugscope Teamusually 6 weeks or so but sometimes much longer
- Studentare you going to show other bugs ?
- StudentARE FEMALE WORMS BEETLES?
Bugscope Teamno
- StudentDo spiders have bones?
Bugscope Teamno
- Studentwhat are those thing sticking out of the beetle claw
Bugscope Teamsensory setae, including some that are self-sensing
- Studentdo beetles bite?
Bugscope Teamthey could. Asian ladybugs can bite for instance, and it can hurt
- Studenthow sharp are there claws?
- Guestwhy do beetles mostly feed on leaves as seen in the Spring time
- Studentis it a consumer or a producer?
- Studentwhat is the fastest insect
- Bugscope Teamsome insects, although they do not have bones, have calcium and other minerals like zinc in their jaws, for example, to make them harder and last longer
- Studentthere 2 big claw like things sticking out the end of the claw
Bugscope Teamthose are the claws
- Studentoh
- StudentCan a beetle die when they're claw gets pulled off or broken ?
Bugscope Teamsometimes, if it opens the body up and all of the hemolymph leaks out
- Guestdo bee have bone
Bugscope Teamthey don't have bones like us, but their outer shell works to give them structure
- StudentCould the claw cut a persons skin?
Bugscope Teamsome of them can, and some beetles can bite and make you bleed
- StudentWhat is a pullvilis ?
- 10:09 am
- StudentHow can a spider walk without bones?
Bugscope Teamthey have tendons in their legs that they can tighten or loosen to move them around
- Bugscope Teaminsects have exoskeletons, which are like suits of armor might be to us
- Studentis it true that spiders have 8 lives
- Studentwhat is hemolymph?
Bugscope Teamit is the fluid, like blood, that is on the inside of the body
- StudentHoww many eyes do spiders have?
Bugscope Teamusually they have eight
- Student is anticoagulant located in mosquitos slavia
Bugscope Teamyes it is!
- Studentwhat are those white dots
Bugscope Teamthe white dots we see now are setae sticking up toward us
- Studentwhat can poison lady bugs do to a person
Bugscope Teamthey could taste bad or smell bad. That's about it
- Studentwhat is setea?
- Studentwhat are beetlse atrracted to and how could they be caught easily
- Studentdo they have black skin?
- Studenthow strong is the exoskeleton for the beetle
- Studentwhat is a pullvilis
Bugscope Teamit is a pad that is covered on one side with fine sticky hairs called tenent setae that help the insect cling to surfaces -- see the fly claw, for example
- Studentwhat do beetles eat
- StudentWhat is a pullvilis ?
Bugscope Teamit's a pad of setae, hairs, near the claws that have special hairs to help the insect walk on vertical surfaces like the wall
- StudentWhat is setea?
- Studentwhere is this bug come from
- Studentwhat is the life cycle of a spider
- Studentcan this bug harm you
- Studentwhat are the white holes on the beetle
- Studentwhat are the white holes on the beetle
Bugscope Teamthe things that look like holes are setae pointing toward us
- Studentcould the claw be a harm to humans
Bugscope Teamif the claws are big enough they could give us small scratches
- StudentDoes a beetle have bones.
Bugscope Teamno they do not -- no insect or similar arthropod has bones
- Studentwhat family is the beetle from
- GuestDO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH INSECTS ARE IN THE WHOLE WORLD?
Bugscope TeamAt any time, it is estimated that there are some 10 quintillion (10,000,000,000,000,000,000) individual insects alive
- StudentAre the beetles claw very pointy ?
Bugscope Teamsometimes they are quite sharp
- Studenthow long can a spider live?
Bugscope Teama male tarantula could live up to 12 years, but that is on the extreme end. Other spiders could live for just a few weeks
- Studenthow big is this beetle
Bugscope Teamabout 2.3 cm long
- StudentHow many baby's can a insect make in one day?
- StudentDoes this bug have any parasites
Bugscope Teamnot that we have seen
- Studentinsects were alive before any other species right?
Bugscope Teamthere were microorganisms first
- StudentCAN SPIDERS GO A DAY WITHOUT EATING ANY FOOD
- 10:14 am
- StudentWhat type of insects were on the earth first
- Studenthow strong is the claw
- Studenthowlong can lellive
- Studentis this beetle ast
- Bugscope Teamoops 'species'
- Studentare they in a group who stays together
Bugscope Teamsome do and some do not
- StudentHow many baby's can a insect make in one day?
- Studentis this beetle fast
- Studentwhere does beetle live and who may live with them
Bugscope Team Beetles live everywhere they can be found on land and in water.
- StudentWhat is the classification of this insect
- GuestHOW MANY KIND OF SPIDERS ARE THERE
Bugscope TeamI read one reference that said 3900 species but I am not sure that is correct
- Studentwhat type of beetle are their
- StudentWhat countries are beetles mostly seen
- StudentCAN BEETLES MATE WITH OTHER INSECTS
Bugscope Teamno. not successfully, and I don't think they try
- Studentwhat are the spikes on the claw for?
- Studenthow many type of beetle are there
Bugscope Teamat least 180,000 species in the worlld
- Studentwhat is that
- Guestwhere do bugs go in the winter
Bugscope Teamsome insects will migrate, like the monarch butterfly. Some will find places to overwinter, like our homes
- Studentis the insect harmful?
- Studentcan they resist coldness
Bugscope Teamit slows them down; some of the fine setae (microsetae) we see help with thermoregulation
- Studentare those pointy things hair on the beetle
- Studenthow big beetles grow up to ?
- Studentare those more clawsé
- Studenthow can it effect living things?
- Studentcan insect mate with other types of insects
Bugscope TeamI don't think they would want to. They are attracted to certain things in their own species like pheromones that only one of their species would make
- Studentwhat is that?
- Guestwhy do bees die after stinging a human?
- Studentare the claws of a crab similar to a beetle like this
Bugscope Teamyes they would be similar
- StudentWhat is a Yj Claw?
- Studentwhat is this insect
- Studentdo insects have organs similar to humans
- Studenthow long is it
- Teacherwould this beetle be a member of the Adephaga family?
Bugscope Teamit could be -- the word is derived from 'gluttonous.' and a large number of beetles come from that family.
- Bugscope Teamthe beetle you sent us might be part of that family yes
- StudentWhy do all the claws look like blades?
- Studentdo yellow jackets use their claw to sting?
Bugscope Teamno, they use their stinger located at the end of their abdomen
- StudentHOW BIG IS IT
Bugscope Teamplease look at the micron bar to the lower left and you can compare. let us know if you do not know what a micron is.
- Bugscope Teamthe yellowjacket stinger is a preset too
- 10:19 am
- Bugscope Teammicron = micrometer = 1/1000th of a millimeter
- Studentis the claw dangerous or poisonous
Bugscope Teamno not at all
Bugscope Teamwell, they could use their claws to help hold onto you if they want to sting you over and over again
- Bugscope Team200 microns = 1/5th of a millimeter
- Studentwhat does yj mean?
- Studentwhat is a yj claw?
- Bugscope Teamthere are six legs and six pairs of claws on a beetle, usually
- Studentare there hairs on the claw
Bugscope Teamyes there are. Some help to tell the insect when it is touching something. Others may help the insect to walk on walls
- Guestare there claws on any other insects
- Studenthow many parts are there to the yj claw
Bugscope Teamtwo claws, dozens of microsetae, the pulvillus we see now, lots of sensory bristles
- StudentCAN SPIDERS GO A DAY WITHOUT EATING FOOD
Bugscope Teamthey can sometimes go for months
- Studentdo lady insects just have babies without a mate?
Bugscope Teamsome can. Drone honeybees are from unfertilized eggs- meaning there was no mate involved
- StudentHow many babies can a insect make in one day?
Bugscope Team2500 eggs per day for some queen bees
- StudentWhat does yj stand for?
- Guestcan claws hurt people
Bugscope Teamnot badly usually
- Studentonce a bee or wasp loses their stinger do they die or do they grow back another stinger
Bugscope Teamonly honeybees lose their stinger when stinging a mammal. And yes they do die. They end up bleeding out
- Studentdo bees only eat honey??
- StudentWhen a bee stings an person, does that bee die or does it cause damage to their body?
- Studentwhy is nessesary for the claw to have hair
- Studentwhat is a yj claw
- StudentHow much days can a grass hopper go without thier heads
- Studentis this specific beetle an invasive species to canada or usa
Bugscope Teamwhat we are looking at now is a yellowjacket claw. I am sorry we do not know 'specifically' what species of beetle you sent
- StudentWhere do the insects go in the winter, do they die?
- StudentWhen a bee stings an person, does that bee die or does it get damage?
- Studentcan you find this beetle in canada or some other place
- StudentIs the preying mantis claw similar to the beetles claw ?
Bugscope Teamthe praying mantis has raptorial forelimbs that close on toothlike projections to hold prey firmly; they are quite different
- 10:24 am
- Studentcan this beetle hurt you in self defence
Bugscope Teamsome can bite but the one we were looking at had small jaws that could not likely hurt you
- StudentWhat kind of insects can live without thier heads
- Studentdo all bees or wasps inject venom into their vicitm through their stinger
- Studentwhat is longer a preying mantis or the YJ claw
- StudentWhy might this beetles claw similar to a hook ?
- Studentcan baby beetles breathe through the egg
Bugscope Teamthat is a good question; I believe they get oxygen through fluids but not through the wall or shell of the egg
- Studentwhat are those things on its mouth
- StudentWhat are those 4 thigs there
- Studentwhat is the long thing that is close to the mouth
- StudentBye
- StudentDoes the stinger on the yellow jacket affect humans in the same way as a bee sting?
Bugscope Teamyes it does. They don't inject as much venom with one sting as a bee does though.
- Guestbye
- Studentthank you for the chat
- Studentwhat are those parts uesd for?
Bugscope Teamwhen we see an insect's mouth it is immensely complicated to us. we see two sets of palps, which are feeding feelers, and we see the antennae, and we also see the mandibles
- Guestbye bye!
- Studentbye halla at u l8ter :)
- Guesthow long does an eggs takes to mature??
- StudentBye, thank you for answering my questions l8ter
- Studentbye scientists cate and scot thanks for ur time to anwer our questions
- StudentWhat does the beetle use to eat ?
Bugscope Teamthis one seems to use its mandibles to pierce its food
- StudentHow long does it take for bee egg to hatch?
Bugscope Teamit takes 21 days for a worker bee egg to hatch. Worker bees are the fmales
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