Connected on 2014-11-06 15:30:00
from Champaign County, Illinois, United States
- 3:16 pm
- Bugscope Teamwe are ready to roll
- 3:26 pm
- 3:33 pm
- Bugscope TeamHello Dr Geetha!
- StudentHello world
- Bugscope TeamWelcome back to Bugscope!
- Studenthello scot
- Bugscope TeamHello John Doe!
- Bugscope TeamJohn Doe, the lead singer of the band X.
- Bugscope TeamHello That Gal!
- Studentwhat?
Bugscope TeamX was a kind of punk band.
- StudentI am not a singer
Bugscope Teamguitarist, then
- TeacherWe are finally ready
- Studenthello scot
Bugscope TeamHello Batman!
- StudentHi
- StudentI do not play music of any kind
Bugscope TeamLook up X, the band, when you have time.
- StudentHello
- Guesthi
- Bugscope TeamHello Y'all
- Bugscope TeamDr G has control, presently.
- Teacherwe need to get a few more students logged on
- Bugscope TeamTdot! You got that tick rap ready?
- Bugscope Teamawesome -- hello T.J.!
- Bugscope TeamStrumigenys rap in honor of the missing Josh.
- Bugscope TeamAs long as I can use old material ;0
- Bugscope TeamHello That Guy!
- Studenthello how are you
- Bugscope TeamYou bet. I'm going to have to bug out now, so Scot will have to keep you honest...
- Bugscope Teamplease let us know when you have questions...
- Studentso what is this
Bugscope Teamthese are the mandibles of a super tiny ant called a Plier Ant.
- 3:38 pm
- Studenthi
- Studenthi
- StudentThat is the coolest thing EVER!!!!
- Studentlarge teeth
Bugscope Teamyes, really
- Studenthello
- Studenthi
- StudentHello Scot
Bugscope TeamYay!
- Studenthi
- Bugscope Teamif you take the mag lower you can see where you are
Bugscope TeamI will do it.
- Studentwhat is that
- StudentWhat is that?
Bugscope TeamIt's an ant.
- Studenthellow
- Studentso what is this
- Studentwhat is taht
- StudentWOW!!!!!!!!!
- Guestcool
- Bugscope Teama flying ant called a plier ant
- Studenthi
- Studentthats cool
- Studentwouldn't want to be thats ants dinner
- StudentThat is cool
- Studentwow thats cool
- Studentis that an ant
Bugscope Teamyes it is!
- Student;)
- Studenthi happy horse
- StudentOoohhh i see the Mandibles now
- StudentHI
Bugscope TeamSo where is Exene, then?
- StudentWhat is that
- Bugscope Teamyou can see the ocelli on the top of her head
Bugscope TeamOcelli are simple eyes, and detect differences in light and dark, but give not visual image
- Studenthi
- Guestants look so different when you use a microscope
- Studentwhere is the eye
- Studentwhat typ of bug is that
- Studentwhats an ocelli
Bugscope TeamThey are simple eyes, they detect light levels and possibly has a role in movement orientation and circadian rhythm
- Studentwhere is the eyes
- Studentant
- StudentWhere is this place
- Studentants look WAAAY different up close
- Studentwhere is the compuond eye?
- GuestI have a question what is Robber
- Studentoh ok thanks
- 3:43 pm
- Studentthe ant
- Bugscope Teamthese have wings
- StudentHow can you tell the difference between male and female?
Bugscope TeamOne key aspect is wings - although the Queen Ant will also have wings
Bugscope Teammost ants that you see will be females. All workers are females.
- StudentI guess this is also a john doe
Bugscope TeamJane Doe
- Studenthello hi hi boby
- Studenthow much wieght can ants hold
Bugscope Teamsome ants can hold more than their own body weight
- StudentWhat are the specs on top of the ants head
Bugscope Teamthose are the ocelli
- Studentthats pretty cool
- StudentReally?
Bugscope Teamreally!
- Studentdo ants talk to people through their minds
Bugscope Teamyes but we do not hear them
- Studentcan you change the picture
- Guestwhat is different from a fire ant to a reqular ant
- Studenthi
- StudentCool!
- StudentThat is an assanin bug
- Studentwhat bug is that?
Bugscope Teamthis is a kind of assassin bug
- Studentwhy does the queen ant have wings
Bugscope TeamBefore mating queens use them to find mates
Bugscope Teamafter mating, the wings are shed.
Bugscope Teamor they're torn off by other ants
Bugscope Teammating is usually done mid-air too
- StudentCOOL!!!!!
- Studentcan they hurt you
- Studentcool
- Studentoh my
- StudentOuch
- StudentIM BACK
- StudentWHY IS IT CLOSE UP
- Studentwhat do assasin beatles do
- Studentcan they hurt people
- Studentwhat is the picture
- Studentcan we look at the rubicks cube
- StudentIt kind of reminds me of the underside of a horse
- Studenthow do assasin bugs die
- Guestwhat is the difference between a fire ant and a ant I see at my house
Bugscope Teamfire ants can sting you
- Studentsorry hunt
- 3:48 pm
- StudentWhat is the intina on their head
Bugscope Teamthe antennae are hard to see -- there is one going out to our right
- Studentor rather what does it do?
- StudentWhy are they called "assassin bugs"?
- GuestHow many different kind of ants are there
Bugscope Teamthere are said to be about 22,000 species
- Studentwhat do assasin bugs do
Bugscope Teamthey pierce the exoskeleton of other bugs and suck out the juice
Bugscope Teamsome can also spread disease, like Chagas. This is done by a specific type assasin bug
Bugscope Teamif you get Chagas, you just wake up dead.
Bugscope TeamThe disease spreading one is commonly called a Kissing Bug because it bites near the lips
Bugscope TeamDarwin is believed to be a victim of the disease
- Studenthow many bugs are deadly.
Bugscope Teamout of all the insects, mosquitoes are the deadliest
Bugscope Teammost insects kill us as disease vectors rather than poisoning us
- Studentis this the face or what is it
Bugscope Teamthis is the face
- Guestwhat is the most deadly kind of ant
- Studenthow do these bugs hunt
Bugscope TeamThey wait on top of plants and ambush smaller insects
- Studenthow big can they get up to be?
Bugscope Teamabout the size of a Volkswagen Beetle
- Studentcould you zoom on the eye?
- Studentlike zoomed outt
- Studentcan u change the pic
- Studentcan we see this bigger
Bugscope TeamDr Geetha can drive, and she can make it bigger
- Studentwhat is the bug
- StudentIs it standing on a glass
Bugscope Teamit is lying down on its back with its mouth facing us, and its fore legs splayed out
- Studentwhat is that
- StudentThat is cool
- Studentwhat is that
- Studentis a volkswagen beetle big?
Bugscope Teamthey can be big enough to fit in the palm of your hand, like in the Tropics
- Studentit is the mouth of the tickl
- Studentwhat is the bug
- StudentWhat part of the tick is that?
Bugscope Teamthis is the head; the center part is the hypostome and the sides are palps
- Studenthow much blood can a tick suck
Bugscope Teammaybe 2/3 of a milliliter?
- Studenthow close are we
Bugscope Team311x right now
- Studentwhat kind of tick is this
- Studenthow mutch blood can that thing suck
- Studentwhat are tawny ants in the scid and basic spectrum
- Studentis it venomes
Bugscope Teamno but it carries diseases and bacteria
- StudentAHHH!
- Guestwhat kind of ant is the deadliest
- Studentwhich bugs have the most poison
Bugscope Teamnone actually
Bugscope Teamharvester ants?
Bugscope TeamInsects are usually considered venomous
Bugscope Teambut yes, this ^
Bugscope Teampoison is through contact or ingested, venom is injected
- TeacherCan this be magnified more?
Bugscope Teamyou have control of the microscope. are the controls not showing up?
- StudentAre ticks commonly found in Illinois?
Bugscope Teamyes they are
Bugscope Teamyes!
Bugscope TeamWe have 3 very common ticks
Bugscope TeamThe blacklegged tick, the american dog tick, and the lone star tick
- Studenti dont wanna get a tick
- 3:53 pm
- StudentI think that the most toxic ant is a bullet ant
- Studentto answer the middle
- Studenthow long deos it take for you to die from a tick
Bugscope Teamusually you do not die, or not very soon at all
- Studentis that a deer tick
Bugscope Teamno - it is a dog tick
- Studentok
- Studentaren't these bugs called water bear
Bugscope Teamwater bears are much smaller
- Studentoh
- StudentMy mom was bit by a tick and has lyme disease now
Bugscope Teammy mom does as well
- Studentso dose mine
- Studentwhat is the oldest bug
- Studenthow much blood can a tick hold.
- Guestthat is a lot how many of them are deadly and how many of them hurt you
- Studentdose it suck blood
Bugscope Teamticks suck blood
- Guesthow many different kind of bugs are there
Bugscope Teamhundreds of thousands
Bugscope Teamit's estimated to be close to a million species
- Studentis that the mouth
Bugscope Teamyes it is!
- Studenteww
- Studentwhat is the big spot
- Studentcan we see the robber fly tenent setae
Bugscope Teamyes you can, please ask Dr Geetha to drive
- Studentit also is spread through deer ticks
- Bugscope Teamthat is weird looking
- Studentdo ticks have compound eyes?
Bugscope Teamthey do not have eyes at all
- Studentwhat is lime diesese
Bugscope Teamit's a disease spread by the black legged tick
Bugscope Teamit's caused by a bacteria
Bugscope Teamtechnically a few different bacteria can cause it, but they belong to the same genus
- StudentHow do they see?
- Studentwhat are the 2 wierd things
Bugscope Teammy guess is chemoreceptor, probably have something to do with taste?
- Guestwhat does a tick capitulum
Bugscope Teamthe central part sticks into your skin, and the side parts fold away
- Studentno Joe I meant what are the things next to the mouth
- Studentdoes lyme com from a ticks gut
Bugscope Teamyes it does
- StudentI thought that because my mom told me about ticks
- StudentThere are many tick spread diseases not just from the tick itself
- 3:58 pm
- Studentcan tick carry deadly dieses
- Studenthow many diesese are there if a tick bites you?
Bugscope Teamthere are a few tick bourn diseases: lyme, rocky mountain spotted fever, tularemia, tick paralysis and a few more
Bugscope Teamthey're spread by different ticks, though some ticks may spread the same type of disease. Black legged ticks are the only ones known to spread lyme
- Guesthow do they see without eyes
Bugscope Teamthey have strong senses of smell and can sense heat, and that is how they navigate through the world
- StudentTHE GHOST OF #YOLOSWAG!!!!!
- Studentwhat types of dieseases do they carry
- StudentReally Michael
- Studentwhat bugs are called water bears
Bugscope Teamnone - a water bear is actually a tardigrade
- StudentWHAT IS A TARDIGRADE
- Studentwhat is a tardirgade
- Studentwhat kind of tick is it
- Guesthow powerful is there senses of smell compared to a blood hound
- Studentwhats a tardigrade
- Studentcan a tick kill bugs larger than it's size
Bugscope Teamticks don't attack insects - they require blood meals
- Studentwhats a tardigrade
Bugscope Teamit's a super tiny creature that lives in algae and actually looks like a bear with six legs
- Studentcan ticks carry deadly diseases
Bugscope Teamyes - lyme & tick paralysis can be deadly
- StudentWhat is the common color for ticks to be?
Bugscope Teammostly red/brown or black, and can have patterns
- Studentwhat is the deadest tic
- StudentIs that a tick on its back
Bugscope Teamyes it is!
- Studentthat is a tick?!?!
- Studentwhat is the scariest you know
Bugscope Teama moth that drinks blood
- Studentwhat
- Guestwhat kind of food will a ant not take
- Teacherwe can move on to the next picture. I think I am ready to drive Scott.
Bugscope Teamokay go ahead!
- 4:04 pm
- Studentwhats a tardigrade
Bugscope Teamit's a strange little creature for sure lol
Bugscope TeamTardigrade is actually the phylum these guys are in
- TeacherAm I driving?
Bugscope Teamyou have control if you want to use it
- StudentWhat are the biggest and smallest bugs known to man?
Bugscope Teamwalking sticks are likely the longest
Bugscope Teamgoliath beetles or the weta are size/weight-wise
Bugscope Teamfairyfly probably close to the smallest
Bugscope Teamthere is a fly called a fairy fly that is supposed to be the smallest
Bugscope Teamoops
Bugscope Teamif you look at the scale to the bottom there, it's half the size of that bar at its largest
Bugscope Teamactually a wasp
- Studenthow many bugs are in the us
- GuestAre there more
Bugscope Teamyes
- Studenta moth that drinks blood?
Bugscope Teamthere is one, but but not in here
Bugscope Teamthe moth is in Siberia, everything in Russia is more metal.
- StudentWhat is the deadest tick
- Teacherhow do I do that?
Bugscope Teamyou can click on one of the presets to get the 'scope to go to that place
Bugscope Teamyou can also use the controls at the top of your page to change the mag, focus, contrast and brightness
- Studenthow many deadly bugs are there
- Studentdo bugs have claws.
- Studentwhat is the deadlyest bug
- Studenthow much bugs carry diesese?
- Studenthow many people die from bug borne bacteria
- TeacherI have been clicking on images and it does not seem to work.
Bugscope Teamplease try again
- Student;)
- Studentwhat is a tardigade
Bugscope Teamit is an eight legged micro animal. probably one of the toughest ones out there, able to survive in a number of harsh environments
- StudentYOUR NAMES ARE VERY CREATIVE GUYS
- Student:)!
- Studentwehat isd that
- Studentthank you batman
- StudentWhat is the hamuli part of
- Studentwhat is that
- Studenthow many bugs are in the world?
Bugscope TeamTrillions upon trillions
Bugscope TeamSpecies wise we have only described few - but ants really add to the biomass of insects (making there be trillions upon trillions of individual insects world wide)
Bugscope Teamand that is probably a low estimate still - there are a lot of individual insects out there
- StudentWhat is a hamuli
Bugscope Teamhamuli are the little hooks that help bees, wasps, and some ants clip their four wings together into two, for flying
- Studenthow long can the plier get on the ant
- Studentthere are over a trillion types of bugs in the world?
Bugscope TeamJoe says more like a million
Bugscope TeamI think TJ was saying in terms of number of individuals there are trillions, but in terms of species it's closer to a million
- StudentWhat's an ant hamuli?
Bugscope Teamthey're hooks that let the fore- and hindwings link together
- Guestwhich insect is most likely to outlive humans
Bugscope Teamroaches for sure
- StudentWhat is the deadest tick
- Studentwhere on the bug is that
Bugscope Teamon the hind edge of the forewing
- Bugscope TeamVampire Lord - do you know Marceline from Ooo?
- Studentwhat are the hair like things
Bugscope Teamsome are microsetae, and the larger ones are the hamuli
- StudentSo ants have wings
Bugscope Teamthe reproductive members do, and then usually lose them shortly after, shed or chewed off
- 4:09 pm
- Studentwhat bug is that
- Studentcan ants fly
Bugscope Teamsome can, usually just males and queens
- Studentwhat's a mite
Bugscope Teamit is a tiny creature that I believe is more related to spiders that lives on insects and sometimes on dust, and other places
Bugscope Teamagreed
Bugscope Teamsome mites live on eyelashes!
- Studenthow many bugs have you learned about
- Studentso reproductive ants can possibly have their wings CHEWED OFF?
- Studentwhat ias the deadlyest bug
Bugscope Teammosquito
Bugscope Teamdefinitely
- Studentare slugs bugs
Bugscope Teamno but they are invertebrates
- StudentWhat are those
- StudentWhat does it mean by micrometer? is it how large the screen is across?
Bugscope Teama micrometer is the same as a micron, and it is one one thousandth of a millimeter
Bugscope Teamit is also a millionth of a meter
- Studenthow many bugs have you learned about
- StudentWhat are those balls on the spore
- Guestwill ants take moldy food
- Guestwhich bug is the most likely to become endangered by humans and which bug is the first
Bugscope Teamthere are bugs we don't even know about yet, and they may live in sensitive envronments that we are not aware and could destroy without even knowing what lived there
- Studentmold spores really look like that?
Bugscope Teamyes, but there are different shapes as well
- Studentthat doesn't look like mold
Bugscope Teamit looks like gumdrops
- Studentcan i be in control.
Bugscope Teamyes you are now in control
- Studenthow many people a year die of bugs
Bugscope Teamabout 1 million people die each year from mosquitoes, so my guess would be somewhere close to that number
- Studenthow many bugs have you learned about
- Studentwill ants eat moldy food
Bugscope Teamyes they will
- Studentwhat are they
- StudentOK Scot but why does it say that at the bottom of the screen?
Bugscope Teamit's a scale so that you can estimate the size of the thing you are looking at (a ruler)
- StudentRubik's cube yea!
- Studentif ants eat mold wont they get sick and die?
Bugscope Teamsome ants grow mold, different kinds, and feed on it
- StudentWhat is a rubix cube
- StudentAre we using an electron microscope
Bugscope Teamyes you are!
- Studentpoor ant, dead and watched by hundreds of students
Bugscope Teamdead and famous
- Bugscope Teamyou can see bacteria now
- 4:15 pm
- Studentso the lady bugs can die from that bacteria
- Guestcan ladybugs kill or hurt people
Bugscope Teamnot really
- Studentdead lady bug, good, they literally stink
- Guestdo ladybugs hurt any other kind of insects
- Studentwhat is a Rubik's cube
Bugscope Teamit's a cube with 6 coloured faces broken up into 27 smaller cubes, and you have it perfectly set with the same colour on each side, but then your friends come and mess it up and you don't actually know how to get it back so that the colours aren't all messed up and you just end up chucking it at the wall.
- Studentis that really a Rubiks cube
Bugscope Teamyup
Bugscope Teamyes, Scot was a lead designer on the project
Bugscope Teamhaha Yeah
Bugscope Teamit's actually salt
- Studenthow can you focus it
Bugscope Teamwe change where the electron beam is directed
- Studentwhats an abdomen?
Bugscope Teamthat is what we call the rounded or pointy part of the insect opposite the head
Bugscope Teamit's the area where most of the insects internal organs are - just like us :)
- Studentcan i controle
Bugscope Teamyes you have it now!
- Studentcan i conntrol
Bugscope Teamyou are now the supreme ruler
- StudentWhat is a Robber fly
Bugscope Teamit's a sneaky fly that is snatches prey up mid flight
- Studentwhats a pulvillus?
Bugscope Teamit is a pad with lots of setae on it that help an insect stick to surfaces
- Studentis that a pinecone?
Bugscope Teamit certainly looks like one! but it's actually the foot of a fly
Bugscope Teamthis looks like it's where the tenent setae are, these help the fly stick to surfaces.
- StudentWhy is it called a "Robber Fly"?
Bugscope Teambecause it is a mean predator of other insectrs
- Guestcan ladybugs hurt anyother insects
Bugscope Teamthey kill other insects and prefer aphids
- Studentwhat is the big spot
- Studentwhat is the Rubik's cube that you have a pic of
Bugscope Teamthose are grains of salt from a Wendy's restaurant
- StudentFruit flies will stowaway on wasps?
Bugscope Teamno, this one most likely just got stuck with a wasp in the collection vial
- Studentcan the wasp sting the fruit fly
Bugscope Teamsome wasps can yes.
- Bugscope TeamI want you to see the robber fly before we have to give up the microscope
- Studentgood bey
Bugscope Teambye
- 4:20 pm
- Studentwow whats that
- Studentcan I control
Bugscope Teamyou have it now
- Guestwill ladybugs hurt other ladybugs
Bugscope Teamsometimes, the larvae will eat each other
- StudentThat's just the head? Nothing else? WHERE'S THE BODY?
Bugscope Teamhaha
Bugscope Teamit's there...
- Bugscope Teamhey a mite!
- Guestwhat is a Robber fly
Bugscope Teamit is a predatory fly that often catches its prey in the air
- StudentMay I gain control?
- Studentwhat do giant mites do?
Bugscope TeamI think it just happened to grow well
- Studentcan bugs feel pain
Bugscope Teamyes they can
Bugscope Teammost insects don't, fruitflies might be an exception
Bugscope Teamplease listen to Joe and not me.
- Studenthow do the fruit flies get the fruit
Bugscope TeamFruit flies actually don't want fruit at all, they want vinegar. What we call fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) are actually vinegar flies which is why they like to be on rotting fruit - rotting fruit produces vinegar juices for them to drink up
- Studentjust courios but how many bugs have you learned about
Bugscope Teammaybe a hundred, little bits
- Studentok scote
- Studentscot
- StudentWhat is a giant mite
Bugscope Teamit was a mite that was very large, surprisingly
- StudentIt looks like a beetle here
Bugscope Teamthis is a click beetle
- StudentCan we see the robber fly head
- Studentsice its a giant mite can you somewhat see it
Bugscope Teamyes we can see mites with our eyes, some of them
- Studenthow long have you been studying bugs
- Bugscope Teamthis is like a jackhammer
Bugscope Teamthat's used to stab insects
- 4:25 pm
- Guestbye
- Studentbye
- Studentbut arent mites tiny
Bugscope Teamyes; still we can see some of the larger ones
- StudentMay I control?
- Studentcan i contro;
- Bugscope TeamThank you, Everyone!
- Bugscope Teambye
- StudentThank you all for showing us these awesome photos it was fun bye
- Studentbye
- StudentHow does the compound eye work?
- Studenthow long have you been studying bugs
Bugscope Team3 years :)
Bugscope Teamfor me, only really since 1999
- StudentAdios Muchasos
- Studentwow
- Studentwhat is the spike
- Studentsince im batman?
Bugscope TeamDude I'm sorry, but we have someone coming in to use the 'scope in like 5 minutes.
- Studentthats mean
- Studentfarewell friends
- Studentand its years
- StudentWhat is this
- Studentt
- Studentbye see you later that means never or many ears later
Bugscope Teamwe'll see you next year Batman, same bat time, same bat channel.
- Studentthank you
- Studentthank you
- StudentI hope I will be back
- TeacherThank you so much Scott and team!!!!
- Studentthank you for letting us ask you questions
- Bugscope TeamThank you, Everyone!
- Bugscope TeamYay!
- Studentthankyou scott Joe and TJ
- Studentthanks bey
- StudentTHANK YOU!!!
- Studentthank you!
- Student*thank you
- Studentbye world
Bugscope TeamSee you next year, Batman!
- StudentThank sooo much for this once again awesome expierence i hope to have the amasing opportunithy to do this once again
Bugscope Teamyay!
- StudentBYE BYE I had sooo much fun!
- Bugscope TeamBye Everyone!
- Bugscope TeamBYE
