Yankee Ridge
Session 2013-019

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Connected on 2013-04-11 10:00:00 from Champaign, Illinois, United States

• 9:03 am
• Bugscope Teamgood morning!
• Bugscope Teamsample is in the 'scope and pumping down
• Bugscope Teamsoon we will make a few small adjustments to the 'scope and then begin to make presets
• 9:14 am

• 9:20 am

• 9:26 am

• 9:33 am

• 9:40 am

• GuestHi Scott

• Bugscope Teamhello!
• Bugscope TeamI just gave you control, since you're logged on as a guest

• 9:45 am

• GuestI don't see the words I type showing up. is that in the window to the left?

• GuestAnd I don't see any messages from you either
• Bugscope Teamcan you see your chat below the image on the main screen

• Bugscope Teamyour screeen resolution needs to be changed

• GuestI still don't see any text from you anywhere
• 9:51 am
• GuestOK, i'm a dummy. I see the text!
• Bugscope Teamsweet!

• Bugscope Teamlet us know when you have questions

• Bugscope Teamare any of the kids going to be able to log in from other computers at YR?

• Bugscope Teamyou're doing a good job driving

• Bugscope Teamhello Kid!

• GuestI did a test kid from one of the kid computers and called it kid1
• Guesthi i'm kid1
• Bugscope TeamHello Kid1!
• 9:57 am
• Guestso I think it will work for them. they'll be here in a few minutes and i'll do a 2 min intro and get them started
• Guestmaybe at 10:15
• Bugscope Teamsuper cool

• Guestcan i control the microscop?
• Bugscope Teamwe can give you control

• Bugscope Teammosquito!
• Bugscope Teamthe two donut like things are pedicels -- the bases of missing antennae
• GuestOK great. Kid1 can do it. So I'll go see if the class is on the way
• GuestI assumed they were eyes or something like that
• Bugscope Teamonly one person can drive at a time so please let us know when you would like control transferred
• Bugscope Teamthe eyes are to the left and right and all around
• Bugscope Teamthat is, the small sort of shriveled spheres are the eyes
• Bugscope Teamthe areas that look like a bubble wrap sheet are the eyes
• 10:02 am
• Bugscope Teamthat's right!

• 10:08 am
• Bugscope Teamhello Luca, Valencia, Ivan, and Tionna!
• Guestthats creepy
• GuestHey scott
• Bugscope TeamHello Enderdragon, Sebastian, Norah, Sam, and Ella!
• Guesti'm going to barf
• Studenthi luca
• Guesthello. jhthjlithj
• Guestgnlbisfthoj
• Bugscope Teamthis is the head of a female mosquito
• Guesthi

• Bugscope Teammaybe you can barf virtually so as to make a smaller mess
• Studenthey hey hey this is deziree
• Studenthey valencia

• Guestwhat is this tionna??
• Studenthey tionna
• Bugscope TeamHey Deziree!
• Guesthey
• Studentyea

• Studentrawr
• Studentthat is nasty
• Guestits a mosquito
• Studenthello

• Guestoh thankxx
• Studentawesome sauce
• Studentno
• Guestis it up cloes
• Studenttrue that dez

• Studentwat is that
• Studenthey dez this is so awsome

• Studentoh
• Bugscope TeamYes it is up close for sure
• Guestcool
• Guestis this the stinger of the mosquito - Larsen's question

• Studentthis is fun talking
• Bugscope TeamThose ruffles potato chips you see are scales that are found all over the body of the mosquito
• Studentcool
• Studentikr
• Bugscope Teamthe things that look like bubblewrap on either side are the ommatidia -- the individual eye facets
• Bugscope Teamthey are presumably for escape/defense
• Studentyes
• GuestTIONNA!!
• Bugscope Teamsince they come off easily, they allow a mosquito to escape from the web of a spider
• Studentlol
• Guestthe bagels are the antennae?
• Bugscope Teamthe stinger is pointing toward us -- the white tube-like thing
• Studentwhat are those little bugs on that head?
• Studenthey eshah
• Guestugh... i hate mosquitos
• Studentscary

• Studentwhat ar those little bugs
• Bugscope Teamthe bagels are the bases of the antennae, which are missing
• Guestno
• Studentyes ?
• Guestwhat are those leaf things?
• Bugscope Teammosquitos are dangerous and deadly too
• StudentHI
• Studenti dont want to get bitten

• Bugscope Teamthose are the scales
• Guestoh so u cant say hi to me tanya
• Studentomg
• StudentSUP
• Studentwats that long thing??

• 10:13 am
• Bugscope Teamthe long thing to the left is one of the legs
• Studentlook at the size of the stinger!
• Studentwhat is that tube?
• Studentits THE STINGER HEEEE
• Bugscope Teamthe long thing is the proboscis, it's what the mosquito uses to bite
• Studentoh
• Guestits like a tube
• Guestwhy isn't it sharp?
• Studentthe stinger is cool
• Studenti mean blood
• Studentdevante
• Studentyah its cool
• Bugscope Teamit's a straw like device, that they suck up blood with
• Studentdoes it have teeth?
• Bugscope Teamthe central tube is the proboscis, and inside it is part of the fascicle -- the actually biting components
• Studentthat is so creepy!!!!!!!!
• Studentwhat is that little circle
• Studentit looks wrong
• Studenti waonder if it is not sharp how does it get blood?
• Bugscope Teamit's broken off here, which is why it isn't that sharp
• Studenthow do it poop out blood
• Guestas far as i know it has 2 parts to pierce the skin and suck blood
• Studentthe thing that sucks up the blood
• Studentsorry wonder
• Studentyeh tristan
• Studentwhat are those little plates
• Bugscope Teamthey do not have teeth, but they have four super sharp little stylets that cut into your skin
• Bugscope Teamthere are little sharp cutting tools that cut into skin like steak knives
• Studenthow come it doesn't look like a real mosquito
• Studentthis is fun and cool
• Studentwhat are those things all over him
• Studentthat is cool
• Guestits zoomed in really big
• Bugscope Teamthose are scales all over it
• Bugscope Teamlooks like the proboscis was broken off -- maybe it is stuck in someone's skin
• Studentwats that dark thing in long tube???
• StudentWhat the heck is it doing
• Guestdoes it have scales?
• Studentdose it just suck blood or eat???
• Guestdont spam question marks :(
• StudentWhere are the eyes?!
• Studenttt this is so cool

• StudentHi TT
• Studentthat was what i just said about that hole
• Guestnow another kid will be in control, they will switch computers- larsen
• Studentwhat is that big tube?
• Guestwow 3444x magnified
• Studentdo only female mosquito sucks blood ??????
• Bugscope Teamthe females suck blood so they have protein that will allow them to successfully lay their eggs

• Guestyah, only females
• Studentthis is cool
• Guestaww its so cute
• Studentwawat is that
• Studentlol

• Studentits cool
• Studenthey nya hows it goin hee

• Studentwhere are the eyes
• Studentwhy is the face so small tho???
• Studentits cute
• Bugscope Teamyes only females suck blood; the males either drink nectar from flowers or don't eat at all
• Studenthow does it eat
• Studentthat is kinda of coooooooool and wierd
• StudentWhere is it's eyes

• Studentdoes it have a nose?
• Studentare those legs on its face
• Studenthow come it doesn't look real
• Guestdoes it havce hair

• Studentwhy is it so big
• Studentdose male suck blood to ?
• Guesthow does it eta
• Studentwat does it eat?
• Bugscope TeamValencia this is more like a crustacean.
• Studentdoes it have a finger
• Studentwhy is that look like a toob in side the insect
• Studentwhat is it?
• Guestwhy doesn't it have eyes?
• Studentwhere are the eyes and how do they see

• Studentdoes it have it eyes
• Studentwhat do they eat
• Studentwheres the mouth
• Studentwere is its mouth
• Studenthey scot
• GuestWhy are there little spikes?
• StudentDoes is have hair?
• StudentWhat is the hole
• 10:18 am

• Studentwhere is his mouth awnser me !!!!!!!!!
• Studentthe mouth is at the bottom
• StudentAre those spikes teeth?
• Guestthat looks so wierd
• Studentdoes it have a shell

• Studentis that the mouth 0or his stomach
• GuestWhat are the bumps?
• Studentdose it die after its sucked the blood
• Guestwhares its eyes??
• Bugscope Teamthese arthropods eat decaying things

• StudentScot are those scales
• Studentdoes the roley poly have teeth or r they claws
• Studenthow often does it eat?
• Studenti'm very crious ????????????????????????
• StudentOMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Guesttanya the hands or arms
• Guestokay, heres a question... why are bugs so weird?????

• Studentthax
• Studentwhat is this scot
• Studentwhat does it eat
• Studentwhat is that t shaped hole
• Studentwhat are thoose long things
• Studenthow come it's teeth looks like a shark's teeth
• Studentcan it eat

• StudentWhat are the pointy thigs
• GuestHow does it eat
• StudentScot are those sensers
• StudentWhat do they eat
• Studentwhat are those little things sticking out
• Studentare those teetth
• Studentwhat are those pointy things for ?
• Studentteeth
• Studenthey scot why do rolypoly
• StudentWhat are those things? Dust?
• Bugscope Teamit eats dead things. dead leaves, plant materials, etc

• Studentthanx joseph
• Studentwhat is the poky thing
• Studentwhere the shell

• Studentare those pointy things teeth
• Studentthanks joseph

• Guestwhat are those folded tubes on its face are they legs
• Studentthey up in a ball
• Guestok thanks
• StudentAre those scales?

• Studentoh i thaught it was something diffrant sorry
• Guestspiky feet

• Studentdoes it have webs
• Studentoh wow is on its back
• Studenthi cate
• GuestCool, it has a shell
• Guestaww
• Studentthat ia awesome
• Studentdont the roll in a ball wen they get scared or sumn
• StudentEwwwwwwwwww
• GuestWow so cute
• Studentthy should cause they look sharp but it migt not eww l\the legs areer
• Guesthow many legs does it have
• Studenthow many legs or armssss
• Bugscope Teamthey roll into themselves, sort of like a ... armadillo?
• Studentwhats its shell made of
• GuestDavid you spelled stomach wrong
• Studentoh thats cool thanx joseph
• StudentWhy are some of the legs cut off
• Studentthe legs are wierd
• StudentDoes it have bones
• Studenthow many legs do they have
• Studentwhy are those hairs there
• Studenthey joe how do they eat
• GuestIt has an exoskeleton

• Guestright
• Studentlike 8
• Studenthey what is that
• GuestBeetle head?

• Studentkate ? wat is that
• Bugscope Teamthe shell is made of chitin a polysaccharide similar to what our fingernails are made of
• Studentwhat is this thing
• Studentwhat are the black spots?

• Bugscope Teampillbugs/rolypolys are crustaceans. they are related to crabs and lobsters
• Studentthis is very cool :0
• Guestoh wow that's creepy

• Studenthow do they eat
• Bugscope Teamroly polys have 7 pairs of legs
• 10:23 am
• Guestwhat was it holding?
• Studentok thank you
• Bugscope Teamso 14 total
• Studentwhat do they eat
• GuestWhy do the eyes have all those spots?

• StudentDoes it have wings?
• Studentlike are finger nails

• Studentwhat are bugs eyes made of
• Guestwhat does it eat?
• Bugscope Teamthose spots are the individual units of the eye
• Guesthow many teeth and eyes do it have
• StudentWhy is one of the tentacles longer?
• StudentOh wow i thought they had eight thanks
• Studentis that the mouth?
• Studentwere is the mouth

• Bugscope Teameyes are made of chitin- the same as the rest of its exoskeleton
• Studentdose the female and make look alike

• Guestcompoud eyes
• GuestWhy is the antennae broken?

• Guestok thanks cate
• Studentwhat are the eyes made of, what are the bumps for?
• Studentwhat are the bumps on the eye.
• StudentAre the eyes soft or hard?
• Studentwat are those umps
• Studentbumps

• Studentwhat are compound eyes?
• Studentthey look soft

• Guestit makes it see like 1000 angles of things at once or something

• Bugscope Teamthe bumps are the facets of the eye. They each can see an image

• Studentwhat are compound eyes
• Bugscope Teamthat's right luca
• Studenthmmmmmm?

• Studentwhatb is it
• Studentwow

• Bugscope Teameach of those bumps work together to create a complete picture for the insect
• Guestcool
• Studentthanx joseph
• Guestand its like a kaleidoscope
• Bugscope Teamthe result is sort of similar to a mosaic picture
• Bugscope Teamthe black stuff is oils, mostly -- things that did not get well coated with gold-palladium that makes the samples conductive
• Studentwhat are the black stuff
• StudentHow do they see through the bumps
• Studenthow can it see?
• Studentwhy is the mouth so big
• Studenthow do they see
• Studentwhy do they vanes on eyes

• Guestbecause its zoomed in

• Bugscope Teamall of the ommatidia are connected to the brain, which processes the images
• Studentwhat is this

• Studentwat is that

• Bugscope Teamand they often cannot see as well
• Studentwhat are the big bumps
• Studentwats the bumps
• Studentis that a spidert
• Studentthat does not look like a spider
• Bugscope Teamthis is the top of the spider's cephalothorax
• GuestWhy do the eyes look like lumps?
• Guestwhat happened to its legs they look chopped off
• Guest,,how many eyes does it have
• StudentWhy are the legs cut off?
• Bugscope Teamthose bumps are the spider's eyes
• Guesti liek spiders

• Studentwhat is that
• Studenteight legs right?

• Studentwhat are those little tube things
• Studentoh what type is is
• Studenthow come it looks like it's dead?
• Studentwhat are thoose big bumbs
• Studentdoes it eat
• Studentyes dez they have 8 legs
• Bugscope Teamsometimes their legs fall off -- they actually have the ability to make them fall off if they sense venom moving into them
• Bugscope Teamyes fez, 8 that's right
• Guesti see 8 eyes

• Studentis this psenon
• 10:28 am
• StudentWhat do that hairs do?
• Bugscope Teamthe bumps are the eyes -- exactically, Luca
• Studentwhy are there 6 legs
• Studentyes cate

• Studentwhy do they have them bumps
• Studentwow spiders are amazing!
• Studentwat type is it
• Guestwhat tipe is it

• Bugscope Teamthe hairs in insects and arthropods like spiders are sensory
• Student how many eyes are there
• Bugscope Teamthe hairs help the insect to feel what is going on around it. they don't have sensitive skin like we do
• Bugscope Teamthese hairs are called setae

• Studentwhy do thay have bumps
• Studenthow do they eat big things

• Bugscope Teamthey can sense vibration (including sound), touch, hot/cold, and also chemical scents in the air or that they touch

• GuestWhat are with the cracks?
• StudentWhere is it's mouth?
• Studentwhy are spider hair
• StudentHow do they feel
• Studentwhy are there cracks on its head

• Guest what are the crakes?
• Guestthe bumps are the eyes
• Studentwat are the small hairs
• StudentWhat are those cracks on his head
• Studentwith hairs
• Guesti know they look weird but not all eyes are the same
• Studentwhat are the bumps on the spiders head
• StudentWhy is the skin rigid?
• Studenthow do they eat big things
• Studentdoes it shoot out webs
• Bugscope Teamwhen they bit their prey they inject venom that immobilizes them and also dissolves inner organs so they can suck them up like a milkshake
• Studentwhat are those bubbles
• Guestwhy does it look cracked
• Bugscope Teamwhen they bite, I should have said
• Bugscope Teamthere could be some dried liquid on there and it cracked when it dried
• Studentok thanks
• Studentwhy are spider have hair

• Studentwat is immobilizes??

• Bugscope Teamspiders digest their prey items from the inside out, they ..vomit digestive juices onto their prey, then suck up the digested material
• Guestwhats that
• Bugscope Teamimmobilize means to make it so it cannot move
• StudentWhat is that?

• Studentare thoose its babys ????????
• Studentoh thanx scot
• StudentWhat tip of spider is it

• Guestants have compound eyes as well
• Studenthow come the eye look's like insect eggs?
• Bugscope Teamthe hairs, or setae, are important in allowing it to sense its environment
• Studentwat is that dark line
• Student?
• Bugscope Teamthese are facets of the compound eyes
• Guestthats an ant not a spider

• Studentthis is an ant eye
• Studentwat is the thing on the top and is it true can spiders die after rhaey ay there egg
• StudentWhat are those lines?
• Studentoh ? thoose are its eyes
• Guestwhy is it hairy
• StudentDo thay have hair for a reasond?
• Studentis it a spider that lives in the forest?[cate]

• Bugscope Teamyes Ants have compound eyes as well but they usually have far fewer facets
• StudentDo the hairs on the ant do the same things as the spider?
• Bugscope Teamthis is the eye of an ant, it's laying on its right side
• Guesthow many babbys can it lay at a time?

• Studentdoes it have compound eyes
• Guestoh i guess that's the ground
• Studentwatarethose hole
• Studentare those food
• 10:33 am
• Studentwhat is that?
• Bugscope TeamTim the hair helps them sense their surroundings
• Bugscope Teamyup, the hairs do the same things
• Guestyes it has compound eyes

• StudentWhat is it's skin made of?

• Bugscope Teamyeah Luca its the background, which is doublestick carbon tape

• Studentthanks luca

• GuestWhy is it separated?

• Bugscope Teamthey have an exoskeleton made of chitin
• Studentwhy do they have those bumps on its eyes
• Student??

• Guestwhat does it eat
• Studentwhy does it have hair

• Bugscope Teamthey don't really have skin -- they have an exoskeleton, which is like a shell, or like a suit of armor; that is why they need to have hairs that let them sense their environment
• Studentwhat are those hairs for
• Studentare their teeth small

• Studentis it true spiders die after they lay eggs and there babies fly away after they hacth
• Bugscope Teaminsects don't really have teeth, although they do have something called mandibles that accomplish the same task
• Guestdoes it have more that one hart?
• StudentHow does it eat
• Studentthe bumps are compond eyes right?
• Studenthow dose it eat
• StudentAre those teeth?
• Guestisn't chitin the fingernail stuff?
• Studentwhoa what are those hairs us for
• Studentwow
• Studentoh ok thanks scot
• Studentthanx scot and joseph
• Studenthis mouth looks complicated then humans
• Bugscope TeamChitin is similar to what our fingernails are made of, yes

• Studentwhat is the hair called on them?
• Studentcan they tast things
• Guestno the fingernail stuff is keratin

• Studenthow does it eat
• Bugscope Teamfingernails are made from keratin

• Bugscope Teamexactically, Veronica
• StudentWhat do they have in their mouth?
• Studentcan it sting with those pointy things
• Studentwhy don't they have teth they have to bit if they posin there prey

• Studentdoes it have

• Bugscope Teamyes they taste things with some of the specialized setae (the hairs), and other organelles on their antennae
• Guestthe mandibles are like the teeth but they're not really teeth
• Studentwhy do they have hair
• Studentthx
• StudentHey cate what are those little black things?
• Bugscope Teamokay the hairs are called setae, right?
• Studentis that the mouth
• Studentit looks like there was something in the spiders mouth

• Bugscope Teamthe background is double stick carbon tape that we stick the insects on

• Student(Cate )what are those thing.

• Bugscope Teamand they are sensory -- for touch, hot/cold, chemical sensing, thermoregulation...
• Studentwhat is that
• Studentare those compound eyes???
• Studentwat is that are they egg
• Guestwhats an ommatidia

• Guest What are the little dots?

• Bugscope Teamthis is the compound eye of a moth
• Studentwhat are the dots
• Studentwhat are the little dots?

• Studentwhy do the moth have tiny bumbs
• Studentwhat is the ommatidia

• Studenthow come the ommatidia looks like a honey comb

• Studentdo all insects have compound eyes

• Studentis this a moth

• Student is it moth and wat is that word ommatidai
• 10:38 am

• Bugscope Teamommatidia are the individual lenses, or facets, of the compound eye

• Studenti think the dots are scales
• Studentwhy are moths come to light

• GuestWhy does the moth look Scaley?
• StudentHow does it eat
• Studentdo the hairs do the same things as the ants

• StudentWhat are the wings made out of?

• Studentcate

• GuestAre those leaf things feathers? Or scales? what are they?
• Bugscope Teamthe wings are made of chitin
• Studentwhat does it eat

• Studentwhat dose it eat

• Studentdoes it have scales?

• Studentwhy does it have those long things
• Bugscope Teamthe scales come off easily, and one thing they do is help the insect escape when it flies into a spider web
• GuestI think they're the antennae
• Studentthe mouth looks like bark tearing

• Bugscope Teamthey're once again to aid the insect in escaping predators
• Studentwat does it eat
• StudentWhat tip of moth it is
• Bugscope Teamthe antennae are to the outside -- we cannot see them now
• Guestbecause they're out at night and need good vision

• Bugscope Teamadult moths feed on nectar from flowers
• GuestAre those breathing holes?
• GuestWhy does it have all those holes?

• Studentcan it see good with those big eyes
• Studentwhat are all of the little holes ?

• Studentok joseph
• Bugscope Teamthe holes are where there were once scales
• Guestoh
• Guestmaybe pores?
• Studentthanks
• Studentwat are thoose little holes on its body
• Studentthank you scot\
• Studentdo moth smell
• Guestthe scales look like wood cutouts
• Studentwhat are the little holes on the moths body
• StudentDo the holes connect to the brain?
• Guestwait it posted twice

• Studentdo moth smell
• Bugscope Teamyes it can see all around it with its compound eyes, and also it can register motion very quickly
• Studentdoes it breath
• Bugscope Teamthe holes are pores where scales used to be, but fell off

• StudentHow do moths toutch?
• Bugscope Teamyes moths and other insects can smell quite well
• Studenthey what are those little leafy things
• Guestwat are those long thing
• Guestare they scales
• Guest?
• Guestcool are those similar to feathers?
• GuestWhat are the feather things for?

• StudentWhat are those dots?
• Studentwhat are all of the feather looking things?

• Studentwhat are they made of
• Studentwas it a red ant or what
• Bugscope Teamthey are similar to feathers and may have an analogous function, to some extent

• Studenthow come they look like tiny feathers and arrows?
• StudentWhat is the wing made of?
• Studentdoes it ever eat other bugs
• Studentwat are thoose things on top

• Guestwat are those holes

• Studentwhat do the hairs do on the wings?
• Guestwhy does it look like wood

• StudentWhat is the huge tube next to the wing?

• 10:43 am
• Guestwow
• Studentwhat are those
• Studentwhy is there fethlers
• Guestare those hairs?
• StudentDo the wings have bones?

• Studentdoes it have scales
• Guestthose are scales
• Studentare those little hairs?
• Bugscope Teamnope, insects do not have bones

• StudentAre those hairs? If they are what do they do?
• StudentWhat tip of mosquito is that
• Guestinsects don't have bones, I don't think
• Studentlong things
• Bugscope Teamyup, those are scales

• Guestbye
• StudentWhat do they eat?
• Bugscope Teamyes they have scales, but they are not like snake scales

• Studentwat are those ;on things
• Studentscot are the scales on the mosquitos wings,do they need them?

• StudentWhat are those feathers made out of?

• StudentHow does it eat
• Studentis it a female mosquito
• Bugscope Teamthey eat nectar; when they are young they may eat wool
• StudentWhat are the lines for?

• Studenthow come it looks like carpet
• Studentwh dose it have lines in the wing
• Studenthow does it eat

• Studentscot what are the lines on the wing

• Bugscope Teamthe feathers -- the scales -- are made of chitin
• Studentis the mascetos wings have little arow looking things?
• Studentwhat are those lines on the mosquito's fins

• Bugscope Teamthe lines on the wings are much like veins, yes
• Studentwhy are the wings so bumpy
• Studentthe wings look like water reflecting on a wall
• Guestokay we have to go now
• StudentBYE
• StudentGood bye thanks i learned alot!
• Studentlearn how \
• GuestThanks a lot bugscope team!
• StudentME TOO
• GuestElla stole my words

• Studentbye guys
• Bugscope Teamhere we are looking at a single scale, however; those are ridges that make it less apt to fold up

• Bugscope TeamBye!

• Bugscope Teambye!

• Bugscope Teamthese are microsetae

• GuestThanks for your patience guys
• Bugscope Teamto the left, on the wing surface
• GuestThe kids are filing out
• GuestThey were pretty impressed
• GuestIt was a little crazy there at the beginning
• Bugscope Teamso no more kids today?
• GuestBut eventually I think they settled down
• Bugscope Teamlike, are we done or is there another group?
• 10:49 am
• Guestno I think this is it for today
• Bugscope Teamwe're sort of used to it getting crazy
• Bugscope Teamsuper cool
• Bugscope TeamThank You!
• GuestThank you very much too. Really appreciate it. the kids aplauded when it was over
• Bugscope TeamBye!
• Bugscope TeamSweet