Connected on 2014-03-07 07:00:00
from York, Pennsylvania, United States
- 5:57 am
- Bugscope Teammicroscope is pumping down
- TeacherHey Scott
- TeacherEverything looking good?
- Bugscope Teamyes so far
- Bugscope Teamthe sample, which you can see now, is pumping down
- Bugscope Teamonce it reaches vacuum, I'll turn on the electron beam and make some adjustments, then start finding and storing presets
- 6:05 am
- Teachersounds good
- Bugscope Teamyou can see that you have control of the microscope
- TeacherMy students will be entering around 8am
- Teacheryeah...looks good
- TeacherI will be back soon
- Bugscope Teamsuper cool
- 6:13 am
- Bugscope Teamplease do not try to use the microscope while we're setting up
- 6:19 am
- 6:25 am
- 6:31 am
- 6:36 am
- 6:42 am
- 6:47 am
- Bugscope Teambe right back to finish up
- 6:54 am
- TeacherKids will be entering in like 5 minutes
- 6:59 am
- Bugscope Teamhello Everyone!
- Bugscope Teamwe are ready to roll
- StudentHEY
- StudentHi
- Bugscope Teamwhat we see right now on the screen is a grasshopper's compound eye
- TeacherWe are ready when you are scott
- Studenthola
Bugscope TeamHola!
- Studenthey
- StudentHi
Bugscope TeamHi!
- Studenthey
- StudentHI SCOTT!
Bugscope TeamHello Maddy and Ashley!
- Studentsup yo
Bugscope Teamwhat's up?
- Studentola
- Studenthayo
Bugscope Teamhayo Matt and Anthony
- StudentWhat is the thing above the eye on the grasshopper?
- Bugscope Teamthis is a small beetle
- Studentmaybe
- StudentIs he eating??
Bugscope Teamjust thinking about it
Bugscope Teamthey have so many mouthparts, sometimes, it looks like something else is in there
- Studenti think
- TeacherThose are some nice compound eyes
- Teacherhaha
- Studentlol
- StudentOkay
- Bugscope Teamthey often have two mandibles, or jaws, but unlike ours they open side to side
- Studentlolz
- Studentthats weird
- Bugscope Teamthey also have four palps that help them taste and also maneuver food into their mouths
- StudentWhat is a palp?
- Studentwhat are chemosensors??
Bugscope Teamit's what they smell and taste with. almost all insects are very sensitive to chemicals in the air and that they can touch
- Studentwhat are palps
- Studentit looks like he has a mustache
- StudentWhat are palps?
Bugscope Teamthey're accessory mouthparts that help an insect eat
- Studentnahh
- StudentLooks like hes wearing a shirt
Bugscope Teamhaha yeah
- TeacherSorry Scott...Just tried to change pics
- Studentwhat is that?
- Studentis he died
Bugscope Teamyes all of the insects/arthropods are dead and also coated with gold-palladium
- Studentfangs had me like
- Studenti forgot to say something intellegent
Bugscope Teamhaha sometimes it's hard to do
- Studentsure
- 7:04 am
- Studentit is so cute
- Studentnevermind
- Studentthose fa
- Studentmistype
- Studentohhh okay!!
- Studentwhy does the spider have fangs
Bugscope Teamthey feed by injecting venom into their prey; the venom dissolves the inner organs of the prey, and the spider sucks it all up like a milkshake, or I guess a protein shake
- Student?
- Studenthes hairy
- Studentis that teeth
Bugscope Teamnot exactly but they do have minerals in them like our teeth that harden them
- Studentcool that's cute
- Studentthat spider is hairy
- Studenti said that
- Studentthat is a really gross spider
- StudentHow big is a spiders mouth
Bugscope Teamthey don't really have a mouth since they suck up their meals in liquid form
- Studentok thanks
- Studentscot
- Studentfood
- Studentwhat kind of spider is it
Bugscope Teamwe always tell people they're wolf spiders.... actually often we cannot tell
- Studentanything
- Studentwhat do spiders mostly eat??
Bugscope Teamthey prey on insects and other spiders, other arthropods
- Studentis his leg broken at the top screen
Bugscope Teamyes is is
- StudentScots cool\
- StudentHe is one hairy spider
- Studentwhy is the spider hairy evrywhere?
Bugscope Teamthe hairs are sensitive to vibration
- Studentouch
- Studentyay something intellegent boom
- Studenthow do they liquify their food?
Bugscope Teamthe venom they inject dissolves it, and somehow they can still drink it up -- like it does not affect them
- Studentdid that hurt him ot her
- StudentCOOL!
- StudentWhat is the size of an wolf spider?
Bugscope Teamoften about the size of your thumbnail, but they vary, of course
- Studentdo spiders have nerve cells
Bugscope Teamyes but inside
- StudentWow that is very small
- Studenti hate spiders
- 7:10 am
- Studentdo you know how the spider could have broke its leg
Bugscope TeamCate, when she made today's sample, broke some of the legs and palps so we could see the fangs and chelicerae and eyes
- TeacherScott - can we see the pseudoscorpion
Bugscope Teamdoes the preset not work? sorry
- Bugscope Teamthere
- Studentwhat is that hole
- StudentDo these hurt people
- Studentcan those hurt humans
Bugscope Teamthey are so small and I don't think they sting
- Studentok good
- StudentAre they venomus?
- Studentwhy do they live in books and eat book mites
- Studentwhat do they use the claws for
Bugscope Teamthey prey on things like clothes moth larvae, so they are actually good
- StudentWhat is book lice?
Bugscope Teamthey're tiny arthropods that seem to feed on the glues used to assemble book binding
- Studentwhat is that giant eye looking thing
Bugscope Teamnot sure which...
- Studentthat one has long hairs
- Studentnever mind
- Bugscope Teamassassin bugs do kind of the same thing spiders do
- Studentare those his eyes on the sides
Bugscope Teamyes they are!
- Studentwhy are they called the assassin bugs?
- Studentthis is fun
Bugscope Teamawesome
- Studentwhere do they come from
- Studentit got a sword
- Studenthow does the assassin bug kill things
- 7:15 am
- Studentare assassin bugs hurtful to humans or animals?
- Studentwhat does an assassin bug look like?
- Studentwhat is a swere fly
- Studentdo these hurt humans
Bugscope Teamthey can hurt you when they plunge their proboscis into your finger but it is temporary
- Studentdo sewer bugs smell?
- Studentwhats a sewer fly
- Studentflys**
- Studentwhat is a sewer fly
Bugscope Teamthey are little black super hairy flies that we find in bathrooms
- Studentwhere is sewer fly found
- StudentIs a sewer fly, a fly that lives in the sewer? i wonder, is it?
- Studentthats digusting
- Studentwhere are most of these scorpions live like what contenent or state?
Bugscope Teamthese live in temperate climates as well
Bugscope Teamnot really sure
Bugscope Teampseudoscorpions can be found everywhere, even in cold regions.
- Studentin bathrooms thats NASTY
- Studenthi joe!
- Studentheyyy joe
- StudentJOE!!
- StudentWAZ UP JOE
- Studentdo sewer flys live in a sewer
Bugscope Teamyes they do -- in or near, or in bathrooms\
Bugscope Teamyou can find them in a lot of drains
- StudentHAYO JO!!!!
- Bugscope Teamhi!
- Bugscope TeamJoe is an entomologist
- Studentsup joe
- Bugscope TeamI'm an electron microscopist...
- Studentcool!
- TeacherFor the next class, do you want to switch the images like every 3-5 minutes so the students can see them?
- StudentBYE
- StudentGTG
- Studentbye
- StudentBYE!!!!!
- TeacherScott, I don't think I can change the images anymore
Bugscope TeamI'm going to stop and start the server, see if that helps
- Studentbyeeeeeee scott and joe
- StudentBye Joe and Scott!
- Studentbye my heros joe and scot, i will never forget you!!!!! bye
- Studenth
- Studentyour a beast
- Bugscope Teambye!
- StudentBYE JOE AND SCOTT!! I HAD FUN LEARNING ABOUT GROSS BUGS!
- Bugscope TeamBye everyone! Thank you!
- Studentbye
- Studentbye
- 7:20 am
- StudentBye Scott and Joe. Have a nice day!
Bugscope TeamBye!
Bugscope TeamYou too!
- TeacherSo for the next class, do you want to change the insects for me?
Bugscope Teamwe would like you to do it, if you can
- Teacherok...will do :)
- Bugscope Teamof course we can do it, but I'm hoping you can take advantage of that option
- Bugscope Teamso let us know when it doesn't work
- Bugscope Teamthis is totally awesome
- Bugscope Teamwe can tell it's a male 'cause it has those super cool antennae like a male mosquito
- Bugscope Teamcompound eye and anterior tentorial pit
- Bugscope Teamboy that is just the fuzziest thing
- Bugscope TeamMr. H let us know if you would actually prefer that we change samples for you. Certainly we can do it.
- Bugscope Teamthey are hard to prep 'cause of all the hair
- 7:26 am
- TeacherIt would be awesome for you to change samples for us
Bugscope Teamnp DaddyO
- Bugscope Teamthis is the coiled-up proboscis of a moth
- Bugscope Teamwhen they fly it's better to have it coiled up, of course
- Studentwill you be my friend
Bugscope Teamsure!
- StudentLike its nose?
Bugscope Teamkind of, like an elephant;s nose
- Studentthe nose of what
- StudentWhy are there spikes on right side?
Bugscope Teami believe those are hairs
- Studenthi
- StudentAre they similar to a butterflies?
Bugscope Teamyes they are
- Studentwhat are the pointy things
- StudentIs it old
Bugscope Teamat least several months
- StudentCool
- StudentIs the hairy thing part of the moths face?
- Studentit looks like a cinnamon bun
- Studenta nasty one
- StudentAre those hairs or spikes
Bugscope Teamsome are hairs and some perhaps are spikes that help the moth hold onto the inside of a flower when it is sucking nectar from it
- StudentWhat side is it facing?
Bugscope Teamit's looking to the west
- Studenthow does it stay roled up?
- Studentwhat is it
- StudentIs that an ant?
- Studentis it dea
- Studentis that a ant head
- Studentthat looks like something that is on my dog
- Studentewwwwwwww
- 7:32 am
- Studentis it a dust mite?
- StudentWhat is that?
- Studentis it a buggy
- StudentAn ant
- Studentits a mustash
- Studentthats nice
- Studentpringles
- StudentIt looks like a wrapped up mummy ant
- Studentwhy is it in black and white??
Bugscope Teamwe're using electrons rather than light to collect these images, and electrons are super small -- smaller than the wavelengths of light
- Studentthats a beutifle mouth but i dont want to kiss
Bugscope Teamhaha
- StudentWhat kind of ant is it?
- Studentdo you like pokemon\
- Studentis it uhhhhh a f
- StudentWhy are there hair on the mouth part?
Bugscope Teamthe hair helps them sense when they're touching something, as well as sensing heat and also chemical odors\
- Studentit loks like a crazy old dead guy
Bugscope Teamhaha
- StudentWhat kind of ant is it?
- Student?
- Studentwhat is it laying on
Bugscope Teamit's sticky tape
- Studenta fly
- StudentIs that a fly
- Studentthats nasty
- Studenthow do they open up? do they have muscles in it?
Bugscope Teamthey push hemolymph, which is their version of blood, into it, like we blow in one of those New Year's toys
Bugscope Teami think that coiling is due to that, but the uncoiling is actually due to muscles, but it's been a while...
- Studentit looks weird
- Studentwhy so many mouth parts
- Studentwhy do they have two mouths
- Studentwhy does a beattle have all those mouth parts??
- StudentDo ants need their hair to stay warm?
Bugscope Teamprobably to some it helps them regulate their temperature
- StudentWhat is in its mouth?
- Studentor beatle
Bugscope Teambeetle
- Studentdo they have the same eyes as flys
Bugscope Teamthe same idea -- they have compound eyes
- StudentDoes the hair on the beatles have the same affect as the ant's hair?
Bugscope Teamyes it is sensory, often, in various ways
- Studentwhy are the eyes on the side of the head
- 7:37 am
- Studenthow big is the real beattle head?
Bugscope Teamwe can see from the micron bar on the lower left that it is about 2 mm wide
- StudentAre the antenae covering the eyes?
- StudentWhy do they have so many mouth parts?
Bugscope Teamthe different parts of different functions, for example, since they don't have hands, some of those parts help with manipulation of hte food
Bugscope Teamthey can also be responsible for tasting the food
Bugscope Teamand mandibles can help with breakdown into smaller chunks
- StudentThe eyes that are on the beetle are compond eyes
- StudentWhat are the things coming out of its mouth?
Bugscope Teampalps, setae (hair), and the side by side parts are the mandibles
- TeacherI will change some pictures too :)
- Students that teeth
- Studentwhat are the bubbles on there eyes
Bugscope Teamthose are individual lenses called ommatidia
Bugscope Teaminsects have compound eyes. they see things in a mosaic of sorts
- StudentHow many lenses are on their compuond eyes?
Bugscope Teamit differs from a very few with some ants to as many as 30,000 per eye with some hornets and also with dragonflies
- StudentIs that its stomach
Bugscope Teamthe thing called a gaster is the ant's stomach
- Student*the
- Studenthow do u kill it with out smashing it
- Studenthow many eyes do spiders have
- StudentDoes all spider have fangs?
Bugscope Teamyes
- Studentwhat happened to th leg??
Bugscope TeamCate broke some of the legs off so we could see the chelicerae and fangs
- Studenthow long is a average spiders leg
Bugscope Teammaybe 2 cm, hard to guess -- there are so many spiders
- Studentwhat type of spider is this???
- StudentWhy do ALL of the pictures look like they are covered in dust?
Bugscope Teamthe images are live, and they are a bit grainy; when we actually use the microscope to collect research-quality images we slow the beam down and take our time; the images look better then
- Studenthow many sections does a spider have. ex insects have head, thorax, abdomen
Bugscope Team2. cephalothorax and abdomen.
- Studentcan a spider regrow a leg or not
Bugscope Teamonly if it is one of the kinds of spiders that molt
- Studenthow deadly is their venom?
Bugscope Teamdependent of species
Bugscope Teamand also who the intended target is.
- StudentWhy are some legs really skinny and some thick?
Bugscope Teamas they reach the ends of the legs they are thinner, usually -- they taper
- Studentis it poisonous or nawwwww
Bugscope Teamthey are all poisonous to some extent
- Studentcould a spider realy turn a human into spider man
- 7:42 am
- TeacherCan you guys go to the assassin bug for me
- StudentIt makes it sticky
- StudentDoes the hair on the body do anything?
Bugscope Teamit helps them pick up vibration, which helps them sense their environment
- Studentwhy do they have hair on their legs
- StudentDo the hairs make it sticky
- Studentscary or naw
- Studenthow big are the fangs
- StudentWHat is that?
- StudentWho is SJ
- StudentWHOS SJ??
- Studentwho is Sj
- Studentwho is sem
- Studentit looks weird how does it eat/what does it eat
- Studentahe is a person
- Studentno*
- StudentDo they have simple or compound eyes?
- StudentIs the bumps the eyes?
- Studentsem why you know talk
- StudentHow did it gets it's name??
- Studenthow big r they
- StudentWhat does the ASSASSIN BUG DO?
- Studentnvm...
- Bugscope TeamSEM is the computer running the microscope, so I am not always sitting there
- StudentWho is SEM?
- StudentIs that the head?
Bugscope Teamyes it is
- Studentwhy are theyu called the assassin bug
- Studentwhy is it called the assassin bug
- Studentwhy is it called the assassin bug called the assassin bug?
Bugscope Teamthey kill other bugs
- Studenthow do spiders walk upside down
Bugscope Teamthey have hairs on the tip of the legs that help them hang on to surfaces.
- Studentwhat type of eyes do these things have??
Bugscope Teamthey have more like simple eyes (spiders do)
- TeacherWe have time for one more bug
- StudentHow did it get its name??
- StudentWhat kinda eyes does it have?
- Studentwhy is it called the assasin bug
Bugscope Teamthey feed on other insects
- StudentWhere is it from?
- Student?
- Studentis that poisonous
- StudentWhere is the Sodo Scropine found?
- Studentit wants a hug
- Studentcan it kill you
Bugscope Teamsome of them transmit diseases that can kill you, but the cannot kill you by themselves
- 7:47 am
- Studentwhat does his claws do
- Studentwhere is the scorpion found?
Bugscope Teamthis can be found in your house. it is very small and is not really a scorpion. they feed on things like the moths that as larvae eat your wool clothing
- StudentHow long are there claws?????
Bugscope Teamlooks like about a millimeter
- Studentit looks like a crayfish
- StudentDoes the scopian have six legs?
Bugscope TeamI think it has eight, kind of hard to tell
- Studentwhere is its barb
- StudentCan scorpines climb walls
- Student?
- Studentcan it kill someone ... or nawwwww
Bugscope Teamno it is so small and it doesn't sting like a scorpion
- TeacherScott - can you go to the grasshopper head
- StudentAre there claws the only type of protection they have?
- Studenthow big are they?
Bugscope Teamthis is only like 5 millimeters wide
- StudentIt has an exoskeleton
- Studentso nawww?
Bugscope Teamyup. nawww
- Studentwhy is there a line near the pincher thing?
- StudentDoes this scropion have a stinger on its tail?
Bugscope Teamnope.
Bugscope Teamthese guys have no tail nor stingers
- StudentWOW
- Studentbye thank you for talking to us!
- Studentim like stupid can you not use so many big words?
Bugscope Teamhaha sorry -- but we know you can learn new words
- Bugscope TeamThank You!
- Bugscope Teambye!
- StudentIs that an eye?
Bugscope Teamyes it is!
- StudentBye guys
Bugscope TeamBye!
- 7:53 am
- TeacherNext class will be signed in soon
- Teacherthanks guys
- Teacherhow we doing? haha
Bugscope TeamI'm sorry some of the presets do not work; happens sometimes.
- Bugscope TeamSome of them I need to go to the microscope and move manually.
- Bugscope TeamBut otherwise we're fine. We're used to lots of questions.
- Bugscope Teamthis is the grasshopper head -- a very large grasshopper. we can see that the head is actually cracked open
- 7:58 am
- Bugscope Teamhello!
- Bugscope Teamwelcome to Bugscope!
- Bugscope Teamthis is a small super hairy fly
- Bugscope Teamwe can see one of its compound eyes
- Bugscope TeamHello Everyone!
- Studenthi!
- StudentHI!
- Studenthello
- Studenthello
- Bugscope Teamawesome
- Studentis this a male or female sewer fly
Bugscope Teamwe think it is a male because it has super ornate antennae like many males of other species do
- StudentDAT SPIDER DOE
- Studentello govnar
- StudentHOLA
Bugscope TeamHola!
- Studenthi there. im excited to see the bugs up close
Bugscope Teamsuper cool
- Studentallo
Bugscope Teamallo!
- Studentcan you show a roach head
- StudentTHATS DOPE
- StudentHi
- Student?
- Studentwoah that spider is cool
Bugscope Teamwe can see its eyes, on the top of the cephalothorax, and also the big things in the front called chelicerae, and also the fangs, at the bottom
- Studentdo you know what kind of spider that is?
Bugscope Teamnot sure
- 8:03 am
- Studenthow big is that spider irl?
Bugscope Teamwe can see from the micron bar on the lower left that it is likely just a couple of centimeters in diameter
- Studentit looks like a fossil
- Studentneat
- Studentcan you show a roaches back please?
Bugscope Teamsorry we can look at only what is inside the vacuum chamber right now
- Studenta butterfly
- StudentWhoa Thats Cool, What is that?
Bugscope Teamit's the tongue (proboscis) of a moth
- Studentokay thanks!
- Studentthis is cool
- Studentmouth part
- Studentit looks like a jumping spider or a little bgger
Bugscope Teamyou are likely right
- Studentthats a good question
- StudentIs it possible to make a genetically inclined spider by like mixing to species of spiders and making a whole new species with different abilities then different spider. Like that one spider on spiderman? PLEASE REPLY!!!!
Bugscope Teamyes
- Studentthat looks odd
- Studentbutterfly mouth part
Bugscope Teamit sticks straight out for feeding
- Student Hi I am Ben P.
Bugscope TeamHi Ben P.!
- StudentHi
- Studentit loothat looks like a ant head
- Bugscope Teamthis is an ant head for sure
- Studentwow
- StudentCreepy
- Studentdisgusting...
- Studentsertain spiders poison like black widdow
- StudentAmusing
- Studentsorry i had a lot of typos
- Studentbut most spiders dont have poison glands in pa
- Studentso ur safe
- StudentAnd what would happen if that spider bit somebody. Wuld it give them potntial powers or could it poison them?
Bugscope Teamjust poison them
- Studentis it possible to croos breed all of the insects in the world to make an aweosme mtant insect?
Bugscope Teamnot really but you could take advantage of certain genes
- Studentyes, is that possible
- Studentdo you have any pics of a tarantula hawk wasp?
- StudentHow many species of spiders are there???
- Studentcan all animals regrow body parts?????
- StudentSuch Insect and Whats that Hair
- StudentCALLED
- StudentAre ants the smallest insect?
- 8:08 am
- TeacherCan you guys put up the pseudo scorpion
- Studentwats the hair called
- Studentcan you send genes from a male wolf spider to a female black widdow?
- StudentWhat insect to you see the most of?
- Studenti think gnats are the smallest insects
- Studentwhat do you think is the coolest photo
- Student@ben and jacob Maybe but I would like to hear it from a professional :D
- Bugscope Teamthere is something called a fairy fly that is supposed to be smallest
- StudentIs that called cilia like on a cell
- Studenti heard of the fairly fly
- Studenttfairy
- Studentok that is cool
- StudentDo you just get insects of do you get small animals to?
Bugscope Teamwe can get parts of small animals. the sample has to be dry
- StudentWhat insect do you see the most?
- Studentomg i cant spell
Bugscope Teamme neither
- Studenti know that the biggest insect is the goliath eetle
- Studentbettle
- TeacherScott - I can't control microscope anymore...Can you start just switching the pictures
Bugscope Teamthere is only one of me now, sorry
- Studentoh ok
- Studentcan they hurt a human?
- StudentWhere do these bugs come from
- Studentsay 123 if you like pokemon
- Studentdo you have a pic of the giant eetle
Bugscope Teamno I am sorry -- they are too big for the 'scope
- StudentAre termites insects
Bugscope Teamyes
- StudentIs there a certain name for the claws of the Sudo Scorpion?
- Studentwhat is that sj
- 8:13 am
- Studentdo you have a pick of a praying mantus?>
- StudentAre their different species of termites?
- StudentIs there a insect that can shrink themselves?
Bugscope Teammany can flex their bodies so they fit in small spaces
- Studentthats cool
- StudentThat is SO cool
- Studentyes
- StudentDoing crunches\
- Studentjusr=t wondering
- Studentthe amdomen looks like an eye
- StudentR.I.P
- Studenta hord of ants in africa ate a new born baby; i red it on animal planet wiki
Bugscope Teamthey can do that'
- Studentcant an ant carry over 100x is body weight
Bugscope Teamsome seem to be able to do that
- Studentnice
- StudentWhat kind of bettle?
- StudentIt looks like on of the prize grab arms
- Studenti mean can an insect eat someone alone, with no other insects
Bugscope Teamhaha Thankfully not.
- StudentIs the claw used for cutting?
Bugscope Teamthey are used for grasping like we use our hands
- Studentdo you have any pics of alligators?
Bugscope Teamyes
- Studentcoolio
- StudentWHAT ARE THE LITTLE THINGS STICKING OUT OF THE LEG
Bugscope Teamthose are setae, which are sensory hairs
- Student????
- Studentwh
- Studentat
- Studenthas it ever happened, has an american cockroach ever had a child crossbreed with a madagascar hissing cockroach?
Bugscope Teamnot that I know of
- StudentWhat insect do you see the most of?
Bugscope Teamflies and ladybugs
- Studentdo you have a pic of a gater
Bugscope Teamyes
- Studentdo you have locusts
- Studentuncross those arms boy
- Studentscot do you know what the biggest bug and the heavyest one is
Bugscope TeamGoliath beetle might be heaviest, but there are also walking sticks in the Tropics that can be 21 inches longs
- 8:19 am
- Studentwhats your favorite insect?
Bugscope TeamI like leafhoppers and weevils and earwigs
- StudentWhen we had the coacroaches one of them started bleeding on me randomly. Why do You thnk that is?
- Studentcan you show the pic of the gater
- Studentear wigs are all over in my house
- Student????
- StudentWhat is your favorite insect?
- Studenti love bugs, i dont see why other people hate them. they are natures beuty
- StudentWhy do insects only have white blood not red blood
Bugscope Teamthe red in our blood is from iron; I'm not sure if insects have iron in their blood although it is called hemolymph
- TeacherScott - Can you put up the assassin bug
- Studentdo you have a gnat
- Studentwhat is the coolest picture
- Studenthow many insects do you have pics of?
Bugscope Teamnot that many; note that this is live imaging you are doing -- they're not really pics
- StudentOh okay. That's pretty cool
- Studentwhat is the largest moth/butterfly, because a couple of summers ago there was a brown moth on my front door
- Studentit was about if you streach out your fingers and hand
- Studentthats how long
- StudentWhen we had the coacroaches one of them started bleeding on me randomly. Why do You thnk that is?
- Studentdo you have a pic of a sydney funnel web spider? i heard that they are the most venomous spider in the world!
- Studentcool
- Studentaround how many buges come in
Bugscope Teamfew hundred per year
- Studentcan an assasin bug's venom hurt humans?
- Studentbye
- StudentBye
- Studentbye!
- StudentBye!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Studentbye
- StudentBYEE!!!
- StudentThanks for this oppertunity guys bye
- Studentbye i had lots of fun
- Studentbybybybybybybybybybybybybybybybybybybybybybybybybybybybybyby
- Studentbig boys byeeeeeeeee\
- Studentwow, bye
- Studentbyybybybybybybyb
- Studentbye everyone! thanks scott!!!
- Bugscope Teamyesterday we go to image zombie cells
- Studentand sj!
- Bugscope TeamThank You!
- 8:24 am
- TeacherStudents will be back around 10am...that cool?
- Bugscope Teamyes I am taking the time to re-do some of the broken presets
- Bugscope Teamthank you for your patience
- 8:44 am
- 8:49 am
- Bugscope TeamI've tested all of the presets now, all I can access with this login... Should now all be clickable.
- Bugscope Teamgrasshopper head
- Bugscope Teambeetle
- TeacherCool...looks good
- Teacherstudents will be in soon
- Bugscope Teamtwo different kinds of palps
- TeacherI will switch pictures and they can ask questions
- Bugscope Teamfeel free to keep testing
- 9:01 am
- Bugscope TeamHello!
- Bugscope TeamWelcome to Bugscope!
- Studenthi scot\
- Bugscope Teamthis is a small super hairy beetle
- StudentThanks for doing this for us!
Bugscope TeamThank you!
- StudentThats amazing
- Bugscope Teamyou can see its compound eyes, on either side of its hea
- StudentWhat type of beetle is it?
- Bugscope Teamhead...
- Studentwow what is that picture
- StudentWhat type of beetle is this?
- Studentit looks like a bundle of rope
- StudentThat is awesome!
- Bugscope Teamif you look at the micron bar on the lower left you can estimate its size. 500 microns is a half millimeter
- Studentthis is intereting
- Studentwhat kind of bettle
- Studentthats really cool!
- Studentthat picture looks like a spider creepy
Bugscope Teamthere's a spider in the 'scope today as well
- Studentit looks like T
- Studentwhy is it called a sudo scorpion
- Studentthats really cool
- Studentwhat are the parts of a scorpians
- Studenthow big do they get
- StudentHow powerful is the poison?
- Bugscope Teampseudoscorpion. it looks like a scorpion but really isnt
- StudentWhere did you find that?
- Studentcool
- StudentNeat
- Studentwhere is it?
- Studenthow big can they get?
- Studenthow long are the arms on the scorpion?
Bugscope Teamwe can see from comparison with the scale bar that they are about 6 mm across
- Studentwhat citie is it in
- Student@Scot thanks
- StudentI remember when I used an electron microscope at the Redlion high school
- StudentIs it venomous?
Bugscope Teamno i dont believe it is
- Studenthello cate!!!!
- StudentWhere does it live
- Studenthow long have they been earth?
- Studenthow big do they get
Bugscope Teamthey stay pretty small -- they actually live in people's houses and are said to be helpful because they eat clothes moth larvae, for example
- Studentwhat is it
- Studentwhat is that
Bugscope Teamthis is what you were waiting for, Amber
- Studentwhat kind of spider?
- Studentwhy is it soooooooo harry
- 9:06 am
- Studenthairy
- Studentwhat kind of spider is it?
- StudentSo this spider could be in my house? Eww
- Studenthow big is this spider
- Studenti like spiders
- StudentAre there any measurements between millimeters and microns, like a name for 10 microns or 100?
Bugscope Teammicrons are also called micrometers; I don't know if there is a decamicron...
- StudentWhere is this spider located?
- Studentsooooooooo coool
- Studentwhat kind of spider?
- Studentwhere is it usually found?
- Studentwhat are little hairs called
- StudentHow big can they get?
- Studentwhat type of spider is it
- Bugscope Teamthe head is actually the cephalothorax because with spiders the head and thorax are fused
- Bugscope Teamit goes deci, centi, milli, micro, nano
- Studenthow tall are they
- Studentwhat is this
- Studentcool what are the parts of a spider
- StudentWhat adaptations does the moth have
- StudentWhat is that?!
- StudentCool what is a chelicer?
- StudentWhat kind of butterfly is this
- StudentI meant moth
- StudentWhat is the retention plan?
Bugscope Teamthat is a joke -- it means that when the fangs are used the ridges behind them keep the prey from getting away
- Studentwhat kind of moth
- Studentwhat kind of moth is it?
- Studentwow. How long are their proboscisis
Bugscope TeamI think this one could be 2 cm
- Studentwhat kind of moth is it?
Bugscope Teami'm not sure what kind it is. it is brown
- Studentthats a long mouth
- Studentit looks like a giant water slide
- StudentWhat are the thin on the screen that look like thin staws?
Bugscope Teamright now -- those are setae, which are insect 'hairs'
- StudentThat is amazing
- Studenthow many kinds of spiders are there
Bugscope Teamthere are 4000 known species of spiders in the US alone
- Studenthow long s the proboscus
Bugscope Teamwe think about 2 cm long so it can reach into flowers
- Studentwhat is a assasined bug
- StudentThat is creepy
- Studentwierd eyes
- Studentthanks scot
- Studentdoes it harm you
- StudentWhat Is The Hair On The Inside Of The Tube
Bugscope Teamsome of what we saw was fungus, and some was hair that belongs to the moth
- StudentWhat do the Assasin Bugs usually eat and where do they live?
- Studentok
- Studentsounds scary
- StudentWhat do they eat?
Bugscope Teamthey eat the blood of other insects
- StudentWhat is an assasin bug?
Bugscope Teaman assassin bug feeds on other insects, actually in a similar way to spiders
- StudentHow big do they get
- Studentcan it harm you
- StudentWhy was there fungus on the inside of the tube?
- Studenthow big is it?
- Studentwhy do they curl up there proboscus
Bugscope Teamso they can fly more efficiently
- StudentWhat Types Of Insects Do They Feast On?
- Studentwhat kind of colors can be
- 9:11 am
- Studentwho is cate
Bugscope TeamCate is an electron microscopist; she put today's sample together for us.
- StudentCOOL
- StudentIt would probably be something like decacron, actually.
Bugscope Teamlike 10 microns? we'll start using that
- Studentwasps are pretty creepy...
- StudentWhat are the dark marks on his eyes?
- Studentwhat is this!!!!!!!!!!!
- StudentWhat type of wasp is that? aah
Bugscope Teamit's a large one, not sure if we know what kind
- Studentit looks like its rotting
Bugscope Teamit could be a little bit. It also kind of looks like it has scales all over its face
- Studentwhy does it have tiny things on it face?
Bugscope Teamthose are (many of them) scales from insects like moths and butterflies
- Studentyes. thats a wasp
- Studentghsghf
- StudentWhat happened to it's one antennae?
Bugscope Teambroke off after it died
- Studentthats a wasp?!
Bugscope Teamyeah isn't she cute!?
- Studentwhat colors can they be
- StudentWhere are the simple eyes?
- StudentWhat are the little marks all over it's head?
Bugscope TeamI think they might be scales. Scot would know better since he made the presets
Bugscope Teamyes they are scales from insects that have wing scales
- StudentHow does it eat?
Bugscope Teamnectar, sugary liquids...
- Studentwhat is it
- StudentHow dense exactly are bee hairs, to be able to carry pollen?
- StudentHow do they react to different music
- Studentwhy is it missing an antennae
Bugscope Teamit either broke off in the mail or we broke it, by accident
- Studenthow big are they
- Studentwhat is that
- StudentLooks pretty cool
- Studentis that a mouf
- Studentthat thing is uuuuglyyyy
- StudentThen how were there moth scales on it
Bugscope Teamthey are really loose, and they stick on other insects when, for example, they're in the same container
- Studenthow strong are their jaws?
- StudentWhat Does A Wasp Use A Antennae for?
Bugscope Teamit uses it to receive chemical information, like from other wasps
- Bugscope Teamants are related to bees and wasps
- Studentwhoa
- Studentin my life
- StudentThanks@Scott
- Studenthow do ants eat
Bugscope Teamthey can chew with their mandibles -- the jaws
- Studentthat is the creep thing i ever saw
Bugscope Teamhaha
- Studentthey look like horns
- StudentThey look like bulls' horns
- Studentit looks like my cats claws
- Studentthat looks like a bird clay
- Studentwhy do the jaws overlap
Bugscope Teamthat seems to be the way they almost all are
Bugscope Teamsorry not a real explanation, but maybe the length gives them more leverage
- Studentwhat is this bug?
- Student all do
- StudentWhat Are The Small Hairs Around The Claw?
Bugscope Teamthey are mechanosensory setae, or specials hairs that tell the insect when something is touching them- gives the insect a sense of touch
- Studenthe looks broken
- 9:16 am
- Studentall of them have brains of some sort
- Studentcool! thanks cate!
- StudentAre antennae the only parts of an instect to have nerves, or just contain the highest concentration?
- Studentit looks like a sea anenema
- StudentHAIRY!!!!!
- Studentit look fake
- StudentWhat does sewer flies eat?
- Studentanemona*
- Studentdo all compound eyes look like
- StudentThe Hair Is Crazy
- StudentWhy is there a big crack in it's head?
Bugscope Teamwhen the insects die, they dry out and become brittle. It is easy to break them. It is most likely it got the crack after it died
- Studentwhat is a sewer fly
Bugscope Teamthey're black flies we find in and around the bathrooms here in the Nerd Paradise
- StudentWhat does a sewer fly do?
Bugscope Teamhang out around bathrooms and be annoying
- Studentwhat is that egg like thing
- Studentor do all insects have brains
Bugscope Teamyes they all do
- Student#whoa
- StudentHaha scot
- Studentis a Sewer fly like a normal fly
Bugscope Teama super hairy normal fly
- Studentwhoao
- Studentbabay eggs
- Studentwhoa
- Studentwhat is that on
- Student#awesome
- Studentbaby eggs
- Studentthat is gross
- Studentwhat bug is this
- Studentthats gross
- StudentWhat is that??????
- Studentwhat are those holes?
Bugscope Teamthe hole to the upper right of the compound eye is called an anterior tentorial pit, and it is the outer portion of an internal support of the head structure
- StudentWhat is the process of a caterpillar growing wings during metamorphosis?
- Studentthanks scot
- Studentwhat IS that?!
Bugscope Teamthis is one of the pseudoscorpion's limbs, the tip of the limb
- Studentwhat is that a clae to
- Studentwhat is the funnel like shape above its claws?
- Studentits wierd
- Studentwhere can you find an assassin bug @scot
Bugscope Teamusually hanging out on plants waiting for some tasty insect to come along
- Studentwhat is the claw to
- Studentwhat is the diffrence between all the flies
Bugscope Teamthere are many, so there are many differences. one difference is in mouthparts, which can be slashing/cutting, or sponging, or piercing/sucking
- Studentwhats the thing in the top left corner?
- Studentwhat are the things that looklike antlers
Bugscope Teamthose were the claws, I think
- 9:21 am
- Studentok thanks
- StudentSpiders have claws
Bugscope Teamyes they do, very small
- StudentWhy are spiders so hairy?
- Student#bugsareawesome
- Studentby
- StudentHow many species of nats are there?
- Studentcool and neat and informational and gooodbye
- Studentbyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyye!!!!!!!!!
- Studentbye
- Studentwhat are those
Bugscope Teamright now we're at low mag on the spider
- Studentthats sooooo weird n by scott and cate
- Studentbyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
- Studentbye bye cate and scott
- StudentBYE!!!! Thanks for everything!!! :)
- StudentGoodbye thanks for the pictures
- StudentThanks for the bug showcase! Bye!
- Studentbye!
- StudentBye @scot and @cate thank you, you rock #bye
- Studentwhat do they use the claws for
Bugscope Teamkind of like we use our hands, except maybe not for typing
- Studentbye scott and cate thank you for everything
Bugscope TeamThank You!
- StudentIM RADICAL LARRY!!!!!!! by:3
Bugscope TeamBye!
- Student by-byyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!
- Bugscope Teamthank you. bye!
- Student:D
- StudentAlso, bye! and thank you for your time!
- Bugscope TeamThank you Everyone!
- TeacherWe will be back around 11am
- Teacherthank you so much
Bugscope Teamsuper cool
- 9:50 am
- Bugscope Teamspider face
- 9:58 am
- Bugscope Teamso the reason spiders do not poison themselves when they inject venom into their prey and then drink it all back down is because the liquid goes to their stomachs rather than into their limbs
- 10:05 am
- StudentHi scot
- Studenthi
- StudentHi Guys
- StudentHi Scot
- Bugscope Teamhi!
- Studenthi scot
- Studenthi cate
- StudentHi scot
- Studenthello
- StudentHAII
- Studentheyo homeskils
- Bugscope TeamHello! Welcome to Bugscope!
- StudentHey guys!
- StudentHola
- StudentWHATS BUGSPOCE/
- StudentJust Kidding Scot
- StudentWhats up Scoot
Bugscope Teamnot too much, I hope
- StudentWhat does that mean
- Studenthi
- Studento
- Studentwhats bug scope?
Bugscope Teamyou are controlling a $600,000 scanning electron microscope in Illinois from your classroom
- TeacherScott - I am having problems moving the picture...
- Studentthats cool
- TeacherCan you switch them around
- Studentthats a lot of moolah
- StudentWoah
- Bugscope Teamhigh resolution scanning electron microscopy
- Studentwhat is the thing in the spider mouth
Bugscope Teamthe big fat tube parts are the chelicerae. They move the fangs. The curved part at the bottom of them are the actual fangs
- Studentawesome i hope we dont break it
Bugscope TeamLooks like Mr. Heisey just did.
- StudentOh no!
- Teacheroops
- StudentIm sorry
- StudentHow old are you Scot
Bugscope Teamunbelievably old. I
- Studentwhat is the furry stuff on it
Bugscope Teamwe can see that the head (the exoskeleton) is broken
- StudentThat's one big compound eye.
- Studentmoths have ugly heads
- Studenti agree
- Bugscope Teamnow we're o the moth, which also has a mondo big boy compound eye
- Student?
- StudentWOAH
- StudentWhy is the moth furry
Bugscope Teamthe fur does a number of things, including protecting the moth from spider webs
- StudentIs the ant hairy?
- 10:10 am
- Studentthe ant looks scary
- Studenti like that one
- Studenthaha
- Studentits proboscis looks cool
Bugscope Teamit's all coiled up until it is used
- Student@Kade Jared I think like 6 inchs
- StudentHow long is the avrage probocis rolled out?
Bugscope TeamI think this one is about 2 cm
- StudentWhy are compound eyes so hairy?
Bugscope Teamthey aren't always hairy. They sometimes have hair to help them feel when something brushes up against the eye, or to help feel the direction of wind currents when flying
- Studentoh cool
- StudentI didnt know that ants are so hairy
Bugscope Teamnot all are quite as hairy as this one
- StudentIs the ant head bigger than the body
Bugscope Teamnot really but it seems like it's close
- Student@Michael Julian its 2cm not 6inches
- Student@Cate that's awesome.
- StudentCould bugs still live if they lost their compound eyes
Bugscope Teamuntil something else ate them
- StudentOh well sorrrryyy
- Studentclaws*
- Studenthi cate!
- StudentIs there book lice in everybook
Bugscope Teamnot in every book, I'm sure
- StudentHow big is the scorpion?
Bugscope Teamyou can see the scale bar in the lower left hand side says 2 mm. So it looks like it is around 5-6 millimeters big
Bugscope Teamwith its big arms held out that is
- StudentWhy does it have hairs on the claw
- Studentwhat are the hairs for
- Studentummmm. for protecting it
- StudentHow much pressure can the scorpion put on its paws?
Bugscope Teamnot sure we know that; they are so small they cannot affect us, not these; but this is a pseudoscorpion, which are generally super small and do not hurt people
- Studentcan it kill someone
Bugscope Teamno not likely. it is waaaay small and not venomous
- StudentDo they use their claws to protect them from their predators ?
Bugscope Teamclaws are kind of like hands are to us, except of course for typing
- Studentwhy are the claws hairy on the scorpion?
Bugscope Teamthey have sensory setae (hairs) that let them know when they have grasped something for sure. they do not have skin like we do that has nerve endings in it
- Studenthow long can it live
- StudentWhats the longest a bugs ever lived?
- StudentWow that's ton of mouth parts
Bugscope Teamyes exactically
- Studentnice
- Studentlooks like a bee hive
- Studentwhat are their predators
- StudentIt looks like it has a mustache
Bugscope Teamsometimes they have what looks like an upper lip hanging over their mandibles. I don't know what it is used for.
- Studentcan you only put bugs on the micrsope?
Bugscope Teamwe put lots of other small things in the microscope; it is unusual to look at bugs here, except for Bugscope
- StudentThat's weird
- 10:15 am
- Studentdoes it have a head?
- StudentHow many eyes are in a compound eye
Bugscope Teamthere can be only 10 or 12, and there can be 30,000 for example in a large hornet or a dragonfly
- Studentwhere do you find thees
- Studenti cant find one
- Studenthow many compound eyes does an ant have ?\
Bugscope Teamthey have 2 compound eyes, but within each eye they have a few facets- maybe up to 50, on each eye
- Studentwow
- StudentUp to how big do the compounde eyes get
Bugscope Teammaybe a few millimeters in diameter with a large insect
- StudentEvery single bug in this is cool.
- Studenthow do they walk on those thin little legs
Bugscope Teamgood question! they are pretty light, I guess
- Studentcan the flies be mistaken fo rmoths
Bugscope Teamsometimes
- Studentthats scary
- StudentWhere can assassin bugs be found at
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head of an assassin bug. the compound eyes are on the sides of the head, and down the middle we see part of the proboscis
- Studentthats a lot of hair
Bugscope Teaminsects are often hairier than they seem to the naked eye
- StudentThat looks like a kraken
Bugscope Teamhaha Yeah
- Studentcool
- Studentdo you know why they are called assassin bugs
Bugscope Teambecause they kill other insects and arthropods
- StudentWhy are they called Assassin Bugs?
Bugscope Teamthey like to attack and kill other insects
Bugscope Teamthey stab the insect with their proboscis and drink the hemolymph (bug blood)
- Studentok
- Studentwe are not lea
- Studentwhere do assassin bugs live?
Bugscope Teampretty much everywhere; they have a niche wherever other bugs live
- Studentcould a mosquito kill you?
Bugscope Teamit could if it gave you a disease that would kill you or badly affect your health, like maybe West Nile virus
- StudentDoes the ant have a stinger?
Bugscope Teamthis one doesn't -- I looked this morning, earlier
- Studentwhat is the west nile virus
- StudentAnt-tastic
- 10:20 am
- Studentwhats on the bottom of the ant
Bugscope Teamthis is the gaster, which is the abdomen, or stomach; beneath it is carbon tape
- Studentdo you always kill the bugs before you put them on the microscope???
Bugscope Teamyes -- usually they are already dead. if we want to kill them we freeze them for several days
- StudentWhat are their predators?
Bugscope Teamlizards and birds probably. maybe even some mice
- Studentwhats with the different layers
Bugscope Teamon the gaster, it makes movement easier since the layers can shift -- like armor
- Studentbye
- StudentBYE GUYS.
- Studentbyeeeee
- Studentbye cuzzz
- Studentbye bye
- Studentbye cate and scoot
- Studentbye scott and cate
- StudentSee'ya later, Guys!
- Studentbye cate and scot
- Studentlates
- StudentBye Guys :)
- TeacherWe have to get going...anything else you need from me?
- Studentthank you!
- Studentnpe
- StudentThanks
- StudentBYE CATE, BYE SCOT
- Bugscope Teamno we're good -- you could fill out the evaluation form that should have been part of the original email
- Bugscope TeamThank you Everyone!
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