Connected on 2015-02-26 10:30:00
from Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States
- 8:42 am
- Guestew
- Guestthis is kinda cool
- Studenthaha Alright we are good to go.
- Guesthey Scott
- StudentThis is Scott, your host... logged in as a student
- Guestis that an ant?
- Guesthey y'all
- Bugscope Teamyes this is an ant
- Guesti am the real tasha
- Guesti am the real tasha
- Guestsuper mega tacos
- Guestthis is cool
- Guesthey
- Guesti love you
- Guestnah
- Guesttasha were you at fym
- Guestwhat kind of ant is this
- Guestwhat are we looking at
- Guesti have a question
Bugscope Teamok
- Guestobvously
- Bugscope TeamI'm not sure what kind of ant this one is.
- Guestis this ant dead
Bugscope Teamyes it is
- GuestHI
- Guestheyy
- Guestyea
- Guesthey
- StudentAll yall gay
- Guestsleep emoji
- Guestyou guys are wild
- Guestthis is ms . prince can we change to a diffrent insect
- GuestWhat is this?
- Guestwhat are the white dots?
- Guestthat mosquito head looks cute
- Guestwhat are those hexagons
- Guestword
- Guestis the skin peeling?
- Guestwhere are the eyes
- Guestit looks like snake skin what is that actually a part of?
- Guestdat mosquito head though
- Guestwhere is the eye of the mosquito?
- Bugscope TeamMs Prince you should now be able to log in as Teacher.
- Guestwhy is it flaky?
- Guestit looks like leaves
- Guestwhat is that bubbly cluster
- GuestWhat are the little hair like projections comin out of it?
- Studentit looks like a dead flower
- 8:48 am
- Guestwhere does it suck from
- Studentariel shut up
- Guestwords
- Guestis that cluster the eye
- Guestand are we allowed to magnify or not?
Bugscope TeamKarma I just gave you control.
- Guestnah
- GuestThanks Scot!
- Guestda fuq
- Guestscots my roommate
- Guestit looks like a snake
- Guestwe back
- Guestits not a snake
- Guestwhat is that
- Guestyour not a snake
- Bugscope Teambecause of the issues we had setting up, I did not make all of the presets I wanted to make for you today.
- Guestthat bug is buggin
- Guestits all could scott
- Bugscope Teamso I may want to go find some things that are not presently available to you.
- Guestlmaoooo
- GuestXD
- Studentscot you got tht loud
Bugscope Teamhaha Yeah
- Guestno questions to scott
- Studenteverybody getting in trouble...stop ittttt
- GuestMs Foley is the best
- Guestis that the eye
Bugscope Teamyes that was the compound eye, composed of a number of ommatidia, or individual facets
- Teachermrs. Prince here, I'm gonna read what's been going on.
Bugscope Teamyay!
- GuestMalik said that Ms Foley
- Guesttell me im pretty
Bugscope Teamyou are pretty
- Guest yall in trouble
- Guestits a bug
- GuestMs Foley i appreciate everything you do for malik
- Studentim snitchinon all yall
- Studentwhat are we looking at now?
Bugscope Teamthis is a mosquito, Nikki
- Guestopp
- GuestOh ok
- Guestare those legs
Bugscope Teamyes they are
Bugscope Teammost of them
- Guestwere is the stinger
- Guestwhat is the top part of the mosquito? It looks like a jellyfish head?
- Guestwow like the 7th time someone asked what it was
- Guestwhere is the mouth
Bugscope Teamat the tip of one of the things that looks like a leg
- Teacheris the center object, the body, and the head is to the left?
Bugscope Teamyes!
- Guestwhat......
- Studentwhere is his heart
Bugscope Teaminside
- 8:53 am
- GuestMrs. Prince im confused b
- Guestthat bug has my hairline
Bugscope Teamhaha
- Studentscot stop sneak dissin me b
Bugscope Teamsorry...
- GuestBOY
- Guestwhat is this?
- Guestwhat is that
- GuestWhat's this?
- Guestwhet is that?
- StudentBOYYYYY WHO THT LOOK LIKE
- Guestis that a praying mantus
- Guestrated R
- Teachera weevil head
- Guestis that its head?
- GuestI dont know what this is
- Guest'scope
- Guestso im guessing theese are all of bugs ..
- Guestthat bug look familiar... stefan
- Guestwhat is this?
- GuestWhat is a weevil?
Bugscope Teamthey are sometimes called snout beetles, and they usually infest grain, and cotton
- GuestWhat do weevils eat?
Bugscope Teamgrains, like wheat, and also things like cotton plants
- Studentweevil these nuts
- Studentlong neck boy im on u
Bugscope Teamhaha Yeah
- Teacherthese guys are entomologists, they study bugs
- Guestwhere do weevils live
Bugscope Teamall over, but often they are found in association with grains
- Studentim sorry stefan :(
- Guestis this thing dead?
Bugscope Teamyes it is!
- Guestwhere do they live? i never seen them in NJ
- Guestwhy dem legs criss cross apple sause
- Guestare they in the same classification as grasshoppers? or praying mantis'?
Bugscope Teamno they are different
- Guestare all the things your showing us dead?
- Guestdo they live during a certain time of year or all year long?
Bugscope Teamin climates like ours, only when and where it is warm
- Studentcome to my telly
- Teacheris the head the probe-like thing. if so, do they not have eyes?
Bugscope Teamthey have eyes; I may be able to drive us there
- GuestYO STEFAN
- Guesthow do they mate?
Bugscope Teamkind of like many insects
- Studenthey
- Studentbrownskin not ready
- GuestWhat you want brownskin
- GuestWORD
- Guestall the images are dead now you know!
Bugscope Teamthe images are live images from the electron microscope but the specimens are for sure dead -- they are in a vacuum
- Guestflylo get fri.ed
- Guestyo scot respond
- 8:58 am
- Teacherthe SEM microscope has a vacuum chamber for the specimens
- Guestare these big
- GuestScot wassup
Bugscope Teamsorry Brownskin, a little frantic here yet
- Guestyo dat bug is supercalafragalisticexpialadosious
- GuestI AM THE REAL TASHA
- Guesti have a catfish
- Guestcan we change now? this things scares me
Bugscope Teamhaha alright
- GuestNo im Tasha
- Studentigh scot chill...
- Guestyou my room mate scott
- Teachersometimes you open up a 5 lb bag of flour and see bugs, i guess they could be weevil
Bugscope Teamexactically!
- Guesteewwwwww
- Guestew
- Guestwhat kinda flour u got
- Guestewww what is that :(
- Bugscope Teamthis is awesome
- Guestis that a spider?
- Guestlooks like a uhhhhhh
- Studentare theese safe around kids
- Guestis that its butt or is that a chicken
Bugscope Teamthere might be a 3rd choice
- Guestcrab legs
- Guesthey mom
- Bugscope Teamthis is a trapjaw ant from Brazil
- Guestscot you doing big things boy
- Guestis this a tic
- Guestare these venemous..?
- Guestthats why ya name scot
- Studentdo they have eyes?
- Guestwhat does it eat
- Guestwith one T
- Bugscope Teamit has one of the limbs from another ant in its mandibles
- Studentdoes theese bite kids
- GuestT for Tasha
- Guestwhy is called a trap jaw?
- Guestso you can't find them in america?
Bugscope Teamnot this species
- Guestscotch tape
- Guestscotch tape head
- Studenthey guys
- Guestscot tape
Bugscope Teamhaha
- Guestweres the stinger
- Gueststop it
- Guestis it a bed bug?
- Guestcan they get me sick if i get bite by it
Bugscope Teamno but it would be like a wasp sting
- GuestSCOTCH
- Guestwanna hear my mix tape scot?
- Studentlmao
- Studenthello americans
- Guestlmao
- Guestboy if you don't get
- Guestive heard they live in India, is that true?
Bugscope Teamalmost certainly
- Teacherlog off, who ever is impersonating as Ms. Foley - Scott can drop you if I ask
- Guestwhat is the actual color of the ant?
Bugscope Teamreddish brown
- Guestno scot cant
- Studentwhere are the eyes
- Guestwhy does it look hairy on the legs
- Guestwhat does it eat
- Guestwhat does it eat?
- Guestscot how you boy?
- 9:03 am
- Studentcuz its hairy..df
- Guestis that the teeth the thing thats curled up
Bugscope Teamthey don't have teeth but they do have hardened mandibles -- the jaws
- Guestoh dont do it
- Guestis it edible
- Guesthey tasha
- Guesthi tasha
- Guesthow you feelin
Bugscope Teamstoked that this is working right now
- Guestsome people like to eat bugs so what if you eat this one
Bugscope Teamnot much protein, so small
- Studentwhat is coming out of the top of the skull looking thing?
- Teacherscot please see my text (phone) for who to drop. thanks
- GuestThese ants are carnivorous, are there similar ants to this?
Bugscope Teamyes there are
- Studentwhat if i eat a spider
- Guestif you put chocolate on it will you die
- Studentlmaoo
- Guestwhy am i so dumb
- Guest*sleep emoji*
- Guestcus you asked that question
- Guestscot can they take doo doos?
Bugscope Teamyes like people and all kinds of animals; in insects it is called 'frass'
- StudentSCOT WHY ARE U FADING ME
Bugscope Teamsorry Flylo
- Guestwell he loook like he gotta take a frass
- Guestwe are all going to get suspended...see y'all in 10 days
- Guestayo flylo leave scot alone
- GuestAre they in any way related to spiders?
Bugscope Teamnot at all -- they are insects, and spiders are arachnids
- Studentyall hear about derrick rose?
- GuestWhat do they eat?
Bugscope TeamI think they are opportunistic feeders -- they are omnivorous
- Guestleave the backetball alone?
- Studentlol
- Guestthe parcc is next week, suspend me pls
Bugscope TeamI heard about that on the radio this morning
- Guestscot you heard about derrick rose?
- Guestwho wanna bet on this mayweather fight?
- Guestwere can i find these insects
Bugscope Teammany places, once you know just where and how to look
- Guesthe got insect knees
- Studenti do
- Guestfollow me on twitter
- Guestabout how big is the size of this ant?
Bugscope Teamthis is about 2 cm long
- Teacherscot please check your phone for next drop
- Studentnext bug.
- GuestAre they lethal to humans? If someone were to get bit, would it be life threatening or not?
Bugscope Teamno harm but painful
- GuestCan you eat them?
- Guestyeas
- Studentdo they have venom
- Studentscot dont check it
- StudentCHANGE THIS IMAGE PLEASE
- Guestbenny don't even have a computer
- Teacheryes please
- Guest*sleep emoji*
- Guestim backkkk
- GuestEwww this like the grape
- 9:08 am
- Guestwhy are all of these pictures zoomed in
Bugscope Teamyour teacher can take the mag down
- Guestyou thought i was finished!!! where my boy scot at
- Guestsup guys
- Guestsup
- Guestoh god i hope not
- Guestscot we have an issue.. im lost
- Guestscot i got a question
- Studentscot do these things fly?
Bugscope Teamvery few of them do, the queen and certain of the males
- Guestlike what is the name of this
- Studentok scot dont respond...
- Studentare those scisors next to it?
Bugscope Teamhaha Yeah
- Guestabout that loud
- StudentIM THE TEACHER AND IM LOST
- Guestso do they have a hierarchy like bees then?
- Studentwhy are these things in color?
- Guestqueen? do these stay in heards?
- Teacherthat was not mrs. Prince
- Guestwhat do they eat?
- Teacherblue is kids, red is teacher
- Studentewwwwwww
- Teacherscot please remove blue Mrs. Prince
- Guestis that a tick?
- Guestewwwww what is that
- Guestyou know what that looks like...
- Studentnot to close scot!!!
- Studentwhy is it so hairy?
- Studenttht look like a vi...nvm
- Guestlisten to ms foley .. dont ruin it
- Studentpubes??
- Guestright mom
- Guestthis look like a final boss in a video game
- Teacherwhen bodies decompose, the maggots come in and eat the body
- Guestlike metroid
- Teacherthe bugscope team don' usually have maggots
- Studenthow does this relate to forensics
Bugscope Teammany insects help eat things when they die, and they do that at certain times, often, so you can tell how long something has been dead by which insects have gone after it
- Guestthanks mom
- Teacherbut if we actually had a bug, we could send it and they could put it on the scope
- Studentwho ever asked who flylo is...i want the fade
- Studentgotta ask so many questions mom
- Guestsup mom
- Guestim not ready for this
- Studentno problem swoozie
- Guestwhat is forensics
- Studentyour werent ready in the first place
- Studentms foley you got that loud after school
- Teachertake off Jamil Gilmore
- Guestwhat kind of beetle is it?
- Guestthanks scott
- Studentim tellin ms foley
- Guestwhat kinda of bettle is this
- Guestis it a dung beetle?
Bugscope TeamI don't believe so
- Studentwhy do beetles usually look smooth but this one is hairy?
- Studenta lightskin bettle
- Guestare there different types of weevils
Bugscope Teamyes, many
- Guestdo all insects eat dead flesh
- Studentwhat is dung?
- Teacherdoes that mean it eats dung?
Bugscope Teamsome of them do
- Guestwhere is this beetle indigenous to?
- Guestdung
- Guestpoop
- Studentdung
- 9:14 am
- Guestthe eyes look weird
- Teacherno - not all insects eat dead flesh
- GuestTrap king plays no games
- Studentwhere do u see eyes
- Studentpls tell me
- Guestthat looks like a dirty butt cheek
- StudentPLS
- Studentduhr herro
- StudentNEXT RUDE COMMENT IM SNITCHIN'
- Teacherour block ends at 10:27 - we are gonna end the session at 20 after so you kids can fill out the reflection sheet
- Studenttht look like my friend jose
- GuestWhat is the little circles
Bugscope Teamthose were the ommatidia -- the eye facets
- Teacherbugs have rods and cones like we do in back of our eyes
- Studentto dark scoot
Bugscope Teamsorry
- Guesty'a
- Guestwhat are we magnifying ?
- Studenteww
- Studentew
- Studentew
- Guestcan it swim?
- Guestwhat kind of sight do they have? tunnel vision?
- Studentew
- Guestwhy does it have so much hair?
- Studentthis is so interesting i hope all my children are learning :)
- Guestnot my queen
- Guestdarkskinn you listen to Roll Up by Wiz Khalifa before you go on dates
- Studentis this the eye?
- Guestit looks weird
- Studentpoop
- Studenti cant get to you all cause im cripled
- Guestis that a dragonfly?
Bugscope Teamit looks like a small dragonfly, but I don't think it is. it is a fly, though
- Student..
- GuestIt look's like a Venus Fly Trap
Bugscope Teamyes it does!
- Guestim back
- Guestwhat do beetles eat
Bugscope Teamall kinds of things, but there are all kinds of beetles
- Guestwhat kind of sight do they have? tunnel vision?
- Studentscot how do you know this stuff.
- Guestthat looks like corn
- Studentomg
- Guestare we looking at the eye
- Studentwho is flylo
- Guestit aint over
- Guestthank you scott!
- Guestyou
- Studentdo you make money from this
- Studenton a scale from 1-10 how pretty am i?
- GuestThanks scott
- Studentchris..
- Studenti need to make money for all my kids
- Guestwhats up scott
- 9:19 am
- Guestthanks scott
- Bugscope Teamthe images we see are not in color because we are using electrons rather than light to collect them
- Guestthank you
- Guestthanks scott you da man
- Studentthank you scot!
- Guestgg scot
- GuestThankssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss
- Studentthanx scott love ya:*
- Studentthank you so much for educating all my children
- Guestwatch your back scot
- Guestscot
- Guestthank you so much
- Guestyou shall not pass?
- Studentthanks cuh
- StudentSCOT I NEED THAT 8TH AFTER SCHOOL WASSUP $40
- Bugscope Teamthe electrons are super small -- smaller than the wavelengths of visible light
- Guestms prince you didnt thank him
- GuestThank you Scot for this BugScope. Goodbye.
- Studentim flatbread..
- Guestbah!
- Bugscope Teamso what we see comes to us as signal, in grayscale
- Guestscot u got ig?
- Guestscot eat a frank
- Guestk bye
- Guestlike deadass
- Studentbye bye
- Bugscope Teamthank you for connecting this morning, and I am sorry about the glitches in the beginning
- GuestWE OUT
- Guestwow
- Guestwell smke that loud after this my b
- Teacherthanks scott
Bugscope TeamThank you! See you again soon!
- Teacherplease "hibernate" until our next session at 11:30!
Bugscope Teamhaha -- I'll get an iced tea and then make some more presets
- Bugscope Teamvery happy we were able to connect!
- Bugscope Teambrb!
- 9:30 am
- Bugscope Teamk I am back in my office
- Bugscope Teamin a few I will be back at the 'scope and finish out the presets
- Studenttest
Bugscope Teamit worked!
- 10:00 am
- 10:10 am
- 10:16 am
- 10:25 am
- Studentcant log in as me
- StudentMrs prince here
- Studenti'm off to the library - will sign in reach by phone
- Bugscope Teamhi
- Bugscope Teami can remove your previous login so you can
- Bugscope TeamI can log you out as you, and you can log back in as yourself.
- Bugscope Teamduh or Cate can
- 10:31 am
- 10:37 am
- Bugscope Teamhi Samantha!
- Bugscope Teamthis is a mosquito with its head turned to one side
- 10:43 am
- Bugscope Teamits eyes are a bit deflated
- Student.
- Bugscope Teambe sure to let us know if you have any questions
- Bugscope Teamhi Irii!
- Bugscope Teamor if you want to know more about something you see
- Bugscope Teamwe found that one of our mosquitoes had two mites on it
- StudentSo, why are it's eyes deflated? Is that a typical thing that happens after a bug dies?
Bugscope Teamyes they dry ot
Bugscope Teamoops dry out
- Bugscope Teaminsects have an exoskeleton, like a shell, or like armor, but some of the comp
- Bugscope Teammosquitos are a little softer than some other insects, so they will deflate more easily than a beetle, which has a harder exoskeleton usually
- Bugscope Teamsome components of the body are soft and dehydrate
- Studenthey homies
- Studenthey bro
- Studentwhats poppin
- Studentit looks crazy
- Studenthi guys !!!
- Studentah
- Studentsup ya
- Studentah
- StudentWhat are mites?
Bugscope Teamthey are tiny arthropods, some related to spiders, that live on insects and people etc.
- StudentWhat is this ?
Bugscope Teamit a mosquito's face
- Student.
- StudentAyo Yoooo!!!!
- Bugscope Teamhi all!
- Studentlette lette ow ow ow
- Studentmoo moo
- Studentlmaooo
- StudentOuchhhh
- Studentgio
- Studentight sssgetit
- Bugscope TeamAs you can see by the deflated eyes, this mosquito plays for the New England Patriots.
- Bugscope Teamyou can see that the compound eyes, made up of individual facets called ommatidia, are a bit dried out
- Bugscope Teamthe piece coming off to the right is the base of the proboscis
- Bugscope TeamThe eyes, when viewed at a very high magnification, are usually pretty interesting, as are the scales you can see on the head and proboscis.
- Bugscope Teamthis is a female; we can tell because it does not have ornate antennae
- Studentsoooooo....
- Studentexcuse me scot what is this ?
Bugscope Teamthis right now is the head of a mosquito
- 10:48 am
- Studentwhaaaa?
- StudentWhat is this ?
Bugscope Teamthis is the head of a mosquito on its side
- Studentok ?
- Studentok
- Studenthelp me
Bugscope TeamWhat's up, SAD DAD.
- Studenthelp me please
- Bugscope Teamthe mouth is towards the right in the middle. it has a long proboscis as its mouth
- Student.\
- Bugscope Teamits head is torqued to one side like you just said something to it that it totally didn't get
- StudentIs there a cause of death or-
- StudentDo all bugs have little hairs on them...? I just noticed that the mosquito had hairs on it and was curious.
Bugscope Teamyes! they're called setae
Bugscope Teamthey help the insect with sensing many things like heat, position, movement, etc
- Bugscope Teamit has little scales all over it
- Bugscope Teamlike when you say something to a
- Bugscope Teamdog
- Studentah ahh ahhhh
- StudentThis is dumb
Bugscope TeamThanks, Nicky.
- Bugscope Teamand the round bumps on the top and bottom are the ommatidia, or individual components, of the compound eyes
- Studentthis looks intteresting.
- StudentSo the setae are like sensors of sorts? Similar to how a cat's whiskers help them feel around spaces?
- TeacherMrs Prince here. Nickgg?
- Studentscott can i have control of the sem
Bugscope Teamyou have it!
- Bugscope TeamWho is in charge of exploring? You can click on a part of the image to move around, or jump to a preset, or use the +/- buttons at the top to zoom in or out, etc.
- Bugscope Teamthis is a palp, one of the sensory mouthparts of an insect
- StudentOh boy
- Bugscope TeamDeandra is now in charge.
- StudentWhat is that?
Bugscope TeamThis is a palp on a beetle. ARGH. Scot beat me to it. I'm on a slow connection here.
- TeacherSamantha, the hairs is why you often can't swat a fly with your hand - the hairs feel the breeze coming first and he moves
- Studentwhat is this ?
Bugscope Teamask Deandra to take the mag a bit lower and you can see where it is.
- Studentwhat is a beetle palp?
Bugscope TeamIt's kind of like a little arm near the mouth of an insect (a beetle in this case) that helps taste the food and then bring the food to the insects mouth
- Studenti want control
- Studentlol
- StudentAre insect mouth parts terribly complex? If this is only one part and it seems to complex, then the rest of an insect's mouth parts must be equally complicated...
- Studentis that dangerous
- StudentDEANDRA TAKE THE MICRO LOWER
- Studentwhere is the palp located?
Bugscope Teamnear the mouth
- Studentwhat is a palp ?
- Studentsem?
- Guesthi scott!
- Studentwhere do you find bettle palps?
- StudentDROP THE MAG
- Studentwhy does deandra even have control
- Studentwhat is a palp
- Studenthi Alex from laptop
- 10:53 am
- Studenti really dont even know what this is
Bugscope Teamwe are using a scanning electron microscope to look at insects up close
Bugscope Teamhave you see Bladerunner? They use an SEM in that movie.
Bugscope TeamImagine the head of a beetle, if you looked closely, there are things that look like little arms. this is an extreme closeup of one of those arms.
- Bugscope Teamthe one with a star has control. currently nickyg has it
- Studentscott how do i make the mag lower?
Bugscope Teamon the top of the window you should see a plus and minus for magnification, plus some other controls
Bugscope Teamyou may need to scroll down on the browser to see the controls
- Student:/
- StudentAlex from laptop ?
- Student;;
- Bugscope TeamDeandra try now -- it looks like I had not given you control as I thought, sorry.
- StudentAlex from laptop?
Bugscope Teamthat is one of our guys
- StudentWHO IS IRII
- Studenti
- Studentnot me
- Student( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Soooo how about that magnification
Bugscope Teamhaha we're working on it
- Teacherwhen a body dies, bugs eat it
- Studentoh
- Bugscope Teamsweet!]
- Studentcute
- Bugscope Teamgood job driving!
- Studentwhen the body dies, bugs eat it
Bugscope Teamand bacteria and fungus, etc.
- Studentbugs can carry "A disease"
- Teacherwhat are those geometric shaped things?
Bugscope Teamthose are the ommatidia -- the individual eye facets
- Studentgross
- Studentwhat is on the bug's head?
Bugscope Teamthe little leaflets are scales, right now, you're looking at a mosquito head from the side. The eye is that backwards c shape and the mouth parts are going towards the bottom left
- Student( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
- Studentnot all bugs
- Studentants head
- 10:58 am
- Student...........................................
- Student( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
- Student( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
- Student( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
- Studentdisgusting
- Studentwoahh
- Student( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°
- Studentthanks joe!
- Student( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
- Student can i get control ?
- Studenti want control
- Studentcan i have controle
- StudentRELLO44 WANTS CONTROL
- Studentcan i get control scottie?
- StudentAnt dandruff
- Studentcan i have control
- Studentim freeeeeeeeeee
- StudentSwing the control this way
- StudentDon't bugs get diseases too? I used to have an ant farm and I heard that could happen.
Bugscope Teamyes! they do
Bugscope TeamAbsolutely. Fungi, bacteria, viruses.
Bugscope TeamInsects can also pass disease. Malaria is a good example in people. Many plant viruses are spread by aphids.
Bugscope TeamWe use some of these fungi and viruses to kill insects that attack crops
Bugscope TeamIf you've ever hear of "BT corn", it makes use of a toxin produced by a bacteria to kill insects. The toxic was originally from a bacteria (which is where the "BT" comes from), that would cause the insect's esophagus to swell shut, starving it. Like an allergic reaction.
- StudentCAN I HAVE CONTROL
- Studentlemme get that
- StudentPLEASE
- Studentwhat is it
- StudentPLEASE
- StudentHey Scott can I have control please?
Bugscope TeamTSmack you have control now.
- Studenti dont want control
- StudentThanks T and DW for the info~!
- Bugscope TeamOr, not. :)
- Bugscope TeamMRS. PRINCE 2 will let us know who should have control.
Bugscope Teamoops sorry Daniel-san.
- Bugscope Teamhee hee
- Teachercas can have it
- Bugscope TeamThis is an ant. ants tend to have smaller eyes with less facets (ommatidia) than some other insects since they rely on their vision much less, and spend quite a bit of time in dark tunnels where vision isn't the most useful.
- StudentWhat is that
- Studentwat is this
- Studentewwwwwwwww that is gross looking
- StudentWhat is a haltere?
- StudentWhat is this?
Bugscope TeamIt is called a haltere. It is used to help stabilize flies in flight.
- Bugscope Teamthis is a haltere
Bugscope Teamit works as a sort of gyroscope to help flies fly
- Student???
- Studentgross bro
- StudentThis doesnt look like a ant
Bugscope Teamsorry i'm on a bit of lag, the ant was before this
- Studentewww
- Bugscope Teamhalteres are hindwings that have been modified to beat with a frequency opposite that of the wings in flies.
- Studentbruh >_>
- StudentThat looks like a deflated balloon...
- Studentwhy
- Studentis that an eye?
Bugscope Teamno this is the haltere, i am on a bit of a lag and it was for the thing before this
- Bugscope TeamMosquitoes have these as well because they are also Dipterans
- StudentWhat is your job like?
- Studentdo you guys get paid for this ?
- Studentwhat do you do for a living ?
- 11:03 am
- StudentTHAT LOOKS NASTY
- Studentwhat is that
Bugscope Teamthis is a haltere on a fly. or was. it beats opposite the wings to provide balance
- Studentdo you guys get paid for this
- Studentthe picture changed
- Studentway do u do in life
- Studentis this an occupation ?
- StudentNeat. Kind of looks like a crab sort of creature....... Though, what is it?
- Studentso a wing?
- Bugscope TeamDiptera is the group that all flies are put in - the haltere is a defining characteristic of Diptera
- Studentdo you guys enjoy doing this ?
Bugscope Teamyes we do! It's fun getting to play with a $600,000 SEM, and also to show it off, in a way
- StudentWhat is that symbol next to the 500?
Bugscope Teama Greek 'mu,' meaning 'micro,' so mu m means a micrometer or a micron.
Bugscope TeamIt represents 1/1,000,000th of a meter. As a centimeter is 1/100th of a meter, and a millimiter is 1/1,000th of a meter, a micron is 1/1,000,000th of a meter.
- Studentwhy do this pic eye look like egg
- Studentthat's goat
- Bugscope TeamThose structures that look like little arms are actually the beetle's antennae
- Studentwhat are those things coming down their face?
Bugscope Teamthe big things we see that look like submarine sandwiches are lamellated antennae
- Studentis this a job ?
- Studenthow much shmoney do you make ?
- Student$600,000?
- Studentheyyy
- Studentwhen can i start?
- Studentyayy
- Studentwat is dat
- StudentHopefully not with too many people in different languages! That would be confusing... but interesting..
- Teacherthese guys have chatted with hundreds of groups all over the world
Bugscope Teamwe've been doing this almost 17 years
- Studentthat is alot of bred
- StudentWOWWWWW thats a long time
- Bugscope Teamthis is awesome
- TeacherCass can have control next
Bugscope TeamCass is the supreme ruler now
Bugscope TeamDang, this connection is too slow. Usually I beat you to it by 30 seconds or so. :)
- Studenta creature
- Student:)
- Bugscope Teamthe first time we have seen mites from a mosquito
- Studentanswer my question plese
Bugscope TeamWe volunteer our time, but working with the microscope is part of Scot's full-time job as manager of the facility.
- Studentit lokks infected
- Studentlooks*
- Bugscope Teamthe mite is also softbodied, like spiders are, so it is shriveled\
- Studentomg what is that
Bugscope Teamit is a mite that had presumably been feeding on the mosquito
- Bugscope Teamit's a little mite
- StudentWorking with those microscopes and looking at insects/bugs would be awesome. I can't stand a few insects out there but I'd love to examine...
- Studentso what is your job ?
Bugscope Teamwe train people to run microscopes to do their research, here at the University of Illinois
Bugscope TeamI'm an Entomologist - so I study insects :) however, I also study ticks which are not insects
- Studentwe in jersey !
- 11:08 am
- Bugscope Teamthey can be found on other insects. bugs on other bugs
- Studentcan i have cintrol
- Studenti want to work with you guys
Bugscope TeamI know the university has summer internship opportunities for high school students. Maybe you can sometime!
- Studentit is polen !!!!!!!!!!
- StudentJESUS CHRIST WHAT IS THAT
Bugscope Teamyou can see that it is about 300 microns long, about 0.3 mm.
- Studentwhat is this
- Studenteggs
- Studentchicago?
Bugscope Teamabout 3hrs south of Chicago
- StudentEggs?
Bugscope Teamthose are pollen grains, lily pollen grains
- StudentEGGS?
Bugscope Teampollen
- StudentOhh thanks
- StudentDo you guys have a IG
Bugscope Teamnot sure what you mean
- StudentWith everyone here it's like a constant flow of ADD and a game of "Guess the Picture"...
Bugscope Teamlike herding cats
Bugscope Teamhaha
- Studentis that a fly ?
Bugscope Teamnope it is a beetle
- Studentis that a fly?
Bugscope Teamthis is a cucumber beetle
- StudentWHOA thats rad
- Studentbeetle
- Studentbeetle
- Studentwhere are they found
Bugscope Teamthese are found in association with plants, all over
- Bugscope TeamThis is a cucumber beetle, the eye is on the right side (the bumpy surface sphere), and its mouth parts are pointing directly up near the centere
- Teacherthey are found in vine crops
Bugscope TeamThank you, Mrs Prince!
- Bugscope Teamhere we can see another kind of pollen
- Teachercrops like cucumbers, grapes, squash
Bugscope Teamalso corn
- Bugscope Teamwe are looking at the mandibles of an ant here
- StudentWhy is it called cucumber beetle?
Bugscope TeamThey like to eat cucurbits (squash, cucumbers, pumpkins). The larvae are a real pest because they attack the roots of corn, causing the corn to fall over (lodge). They also pass lots of bacterial diseases around. They are a HUGE economic problem.
Bugscope TeamTo make that a bit clearer, the larvae can feed off the roots of corn. The adults like to chew the flowers, leaves, and skin of fruit on various types of squash plants.
- Studentfire burn toast
- StudentIt looks like an abstract art picture...... Mandibles look like this up close? Neat!
- Studentno
- Studentwho is rg
- 11:13 am
- Studentcan you turn it to pollen cassyah omg
- Studentwho is sad dad LOL
- Studentcan sad dad have the power
- Teachernext controller - B-singh please
Bugscope TeamB-Singh is now the ultra commander
- StudentB_SINGH
Bugscope Teamoops sorry
- StudentThanks Guys
- Teacheri wonder what chem companies have done to pesticide these guys
Bugscope TeamYou mean the cucumber beetles? Every single one of them. In fact, that BT corn was developed to kill the larvae.
- Studentsupreme ruler >>>
- Studentwhat is that
- Bugscope Teamthis is cool
- Studentalright cut it out
- Studentcan i have control now
- Teacherproduct called X-clude is used, but it looks like that cucumber bugger is a tough one to get rid of
- StudentDo insects that get examined often have their "last meal" caught in their mandibles? If so, seems none of them bothered to brush or visit their dentists.
Bugscope Teammaybe not so much the last meal caught in their mandibles as much as, last meal regurgitated.
- Studentthis is so fun i am enjoying myself i am grateful for this opportunity to be in this live chat :)
- StudentEeewwww cooooooolll!! Thanks for the info, Joe.
- Studentstep poppin
- Studentwow thankyou m8!
- Studentis it true that the government puts insects like this into some of our foods ?
Bugscope TeamNo.
Bugscope TeamInsects are used for food coloring and other things, but the government does not place insects into our foods.
Bugscope Teamprobably not -- they are not centralized like that, and there would be no reason.
Bugscope Teamit's not so much that the government puts insects in our food as it is insects putting themselves in our food
Bugscope TeamThe government does allow a certain amount of insect parts to be in food, but as the government isn't in the food manufacturing business, the government does not intentionally put insects in there.
Bugscope Teamit's just an unavoidable part of food, dependent on the food, insect parts are allowed to be in it (60 fragments per 100 grams or so, depending)
- Studentwat is dat
- Studenthow many years of college of this did you guys gave to take for this job?
- StudentSome of these insects look like they're dramatically posing for their close ups..... hehhe
- Studenthave*
- Studentewww
- Teacher Bacillus thuringiensis BT is chromosomally altered crops
Bugscope TeamYes, genetically modified organism. The gene for producing the protein that causes the reaction is in corn used for cattle feed.
Bugscope Teamthey have had problems with weeds evolving in response to the alterations, so it's a kind of arms race with nature
- 11:19 am
- StudentWhat is that
- Studentword ya not gonna answer my question
Bugscope TeamAre you asking about the trapjaw ants?
Bugscope Teamwhich question?
- Bugscope TeamSad Dad how are you doing now? You can tell your kids about this...
- StudentCan you answer mine?
- Studentyea the trapjaw
- StudentDoes that stinger just puncture, or does it have poison in it?
Bugscope TeamIt punctures and has venom in it
- Studentthanksᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
- Studentdoes this have poison
- StudentIt's facinating how insects have such complicated parts while humans don't. Is it likely that it's a evolutionary responce due to their small size?
- Studentthe trapjaw
- Studentwhere are they found?
Bugscope Teamwhat were you referring to?
Bugscope TeamTrapjaw ants are found in a lot of places, in the US they're mostly restricted to the South i think.
- Studentthere*
- Studentwhaaaatttttttt
- Studentyoooo lmao
- Studentwhat was it
- Studentoh thanks joe
- Studentis thier enough to venom to slump a human?
Bugscope Teamit just hurts like a wasp sting
Bugscope TeamIf that person has an allergic reaction, then yes. Some allergic responses to stings and bites can be quite serious.
- Studentso..does the insect have the same reaction as the wasp?
- StudentWhat does the venom do?
Bugscope Teamit's main purpose is to cause pain to what ever it is attacking (the amount of pain it can cause varies from an species to ant species)
Bugscope TeamAnts will only really attack something though if it is disturbing the nest or threatening the ant itself
- Studenti will tell my kids scotj this is so beautiful
Bugscope Teamwe can look at all kinds of things with the SEM, and we can also collect x-rays from the samples that let us know what elements they are made of.
Bugscope Teamwith SEM we can image 3-dimensional objects at high resolution. with TEM we can image objects that are so thin and or small that they are almost 2D.
- Studentcool
- Studentwat evaporation does this do
- Studentᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
- Studenthuman
- Studentᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
- Studentᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
- StudentWhat is a proboscis
Bugscope Teamit's a tube that insects use to drink food.
- Teacherwhat is a haltere again?
Bugscope Teamhalteres are modified hindwings found in Diptera that beat opposite the beat of the two wings and have a kind of gyroscopic, stabilizing effect on flight
- Studentisnt a proboscis like a nose?
- StudentSo it can basically cause slight paralysis
Bugscope TeamMore of it releases digestive enzymes into what it's attacking - not really paralysis. Wasps usually do that
- Studentwhat is a probiotic ? (off topic )
- Teacheris this one SEM with multiple stages? or
Bugscope TeamJust one stage here. We've modified the size of it to handle larger specimens.
- Studentwhat kind of food do they eat?
- Studentcan it hurt somebodfy syestem nd brain
- Teacherwhat is the range of mag for your SEM
Bugscope Teamwe can take the mag to over 200,000x but there are few samples that look good, like good enough for publication, at that range..
- 11:24 am
- Studentmoooooiee
- StudentWhat is the range of mag for your sem
Bugscope Teamwe can go from about 17x to over a million, but 200,000x is about the best we can do for publishable images
- Studentwhy do ants carry the leftover pollen?
- Studenttufff
- Studentis it on purpose?
- Studentnice question sam ah
- Teacherisn't a proboscis like a nose?
Bugscope Teamit is more like the mouth i would say.
Bugscope TeamThe insect antennae are more of the insects nose
Bugscope Teamin terms of smelling, for breathing, insects have breathing holes on the sides of their bodies called spiracles
Bugscope Team*antennae, in terms of smelling are more the nose
- Studentcentipe or naw
- StudentWHAT!!!!!!
- Studentsad dad is stealing questions
- Studentwhat kind of food do they eat?
Bugscope TeamIt depends upon the insect in question. Are you referring to ants or another one in particular?
Bugscope TeamInsects will eat everything: meat, plants, fungi.
- Studentwhat is a haltere again?
Bugscope TeamHalteres are the reduced 2nd wing pair found only in Dipteran (flies, mosquitoes) which help with stabilizing flight - this is why it's so easy for house flies to flip themselves upsidedown to hang on the ceiling
- Studenthow do we let these suck our blood?
Bugscope Teamwhen mosquitoes suck your blood they may have an anesthetic that prevents you from feeling what is happening
- StudentIs the fur on the fly claw sharp?
Bugscope Teamnot to us, but this fly does seem to have a lot of stiff, bristle-like setae that may protect it from being eaten, for example
- Studentwhy???
Bugscope Teamwas this the question about leftover pollen?
- StudentThat's very interesting thank you SCOTJ
- Studentyes
- Studentwhy do they got spike
- 11:29 am
- StudentWhy do they have so many spikes and stuff"
Bugscope Teamsome of the spikes are for self-sensing, called proprioception; some are for sensing touch, or wind, or hot/cold, or smells
- Teacherfinal 10 min guys - we will start thanking them at 12:32
- Teacheri read somewhere that only female mosquitos bite us
Bugscope Teamthat is true
Bugscope Teamthe females need the blood to produce eggs and provide them with nutrition to grow
- StudentNectar, I hear, IRII
- StudentThank you everyone. I had a great learning experience from this. Thank you guys once again
- StudentThanks ・ᴗ・
- Teacherguys - don't forget to write down your nickname on your papers and your comments
- Studentdo you guys have any contact with the CDC at all?
Bugscope Teamno, not unless we're in some kind of trouble
- Studentbrandon what
- Studentwow
- Studentme too yall, yall great!
- Teacherthis image is less than the thickness of a human hair!!
- Studentthen what do the males eat?
Bugscope Teamthey eat nectar, or sometimes they just don't eat
Bugscope Teamfemales will drink nectar as well
- Bugscope TeamThank you, Everyone!
- StudentWhat KSHEA
- Teacherstart thanking, and last GOOD commenting and finish your response sheets
- StudentThanks guys!
- StudentThank You!
- Studentthank you !
- StudentScot you're a cool dude
Bugscope Teamhaha Thank you!
- Teacherthe guys don't eat?
Bugscope Teamthey drink nectar
- Studentttyl
- Studentthanks brodies
- TeacherScot - we go right into the next period - with a 6 min passing time
Bugscope Teamsuper cool
- StudentThank you everyone for taking the time to answer some of our questions, this was facinating and certainly opened up more thoughts on my future career choices!
- StudentAIGHT IM OUT ADIOS ARIBADARCHIE NE HOW CHOW
- Bugscope Teamthanks everyone!
- StudentBye ・ᴗ・ ♥
- StudentARIVEDARCHIE
- 11:34 am
- StudentARIVADARCHIE
- Bugscope Teamarrivederci!
- StudentARRIVERDERCI
- StudentLING LING CONG POW CHICKEN
Bugscope Teamsomeone is hungry
- StudentARRIVERDARCHISCOTCHI;LFJ;LAISFJKLFJ;LASGJDASGFKLJ
- Bugscope TeamBye everyone!
- StudentWONG TONG SOUP
- StudentEHHH ROLL
- Bugscope Teamnext class in just a few
- Bugscope Teamthis is awesome
- 11:41 am
- Teacherwelcome Period 6
- Bugscope Teamhi all
- Bugscope Teamhello!
- Teacherlets start with something with an eyeball
- Teacheranyone have your project - or work to hand in, put it in the IN BIN at the center table
- Bugscope Teami gave you control for now mrs. prince
- Bugscope Teamhi amanda
- Bugscope TeamHi Amanda!
- 11:47 am
- TeacherAmanda - do you want to ask the bugmeisters a questions
- Studentyes
- Bugscope Teamthis is the head of a moquito
- Studentwhat do i ask tho ?
Bugscope Teamhey you can ask what this is, or why is it not in color, or who is DW?
Bugscope TeamAnything you want!
- Bugscope Teamor what are the round things
- Bugscope TeamThis is a mosquito's head from its left side, the bumpy surface area is the eye, the donut shaped thing infront of it is the base of an atenna that has broken off, and the leaflets you see all over are scales, the mouth parts are pointing down and to the left.
- Studentwhy is this pic not in color ?
Bugscope Teamwe are using electrons rather than light; electrons are much smaller than the wavelengths of visible light, so what we see is signal, in grayscale, from the secondary electrons that come back from the specimens
- Studentohhh cool
- Bugscope Teamif you ever see scanning electron microscopy images, or transmission electron microscopy images, in color, it is false color
- Bugscope Teamthis scanning electron microscope allows us to see specimens with 2-nanometer resolution
- Studentlitty
- Bugscope Teamhello Everyone!
- Bugscope TeamWelcome to Bugscope!
- Studentheyyyyy
- 11:52 am
- Bugscope Teamyou are running a $600,000 scanning electron microscope (SEM) from your classroom
- Studentlol
- Studentcool
- Studentoh! this is a live group chat!?!?!?!?
Bugscope Teamyes it is :)
Bugscope TeamAhh, the Turing Test! Are we people or machines answering your questions? How do you know?
Bugscope Team(Sorry. A little nerd humor there.)
- Studentmicropscope
- Studentaye
- Studenthi
- Studentjames
- Studenthi kenny
- Studenthey look its javan!
Bugscope Teamhaha
- Studentcome to the game lighhhh
- Bugscope Teamthis is an ant
- Studentno luci
- Studenthi
- Studentsomebody say hi to me
Bugscope Teamhi
Bugscope Teamhi
- Studentna ah im supreme
- Studentcome to the rac (Rutgers) tonight at 6pm championship game lets get it $5 for students #3Peat
- Studentis that lebron james
- Studentat Rutgers ayyyyy
- Studentme too\
- Studenteat it like cheesecake
- Studentwhat are we doing
Bugscope TeamRight now Shay is master of the universe. She controls driving around. Be nice to Shay.
- Studentyo i lost my phone
- Bugscope Teamthe mandibles (whih is used to break its food up) are seen on the bottom center left
- GuestLebron James
- Studentthats coo
- Studentwho shay
- StudentLebron Jay
- Studentwho shay
- StudentHow do we use the microscope
Bugscope TeamThe person with control can click on a point to move (sorry, no drag or swipe just yet). Or you can use +/- at the top to zoom in or out. Or you can jump right to something using the presets to the left. Click on the blue arrow to see those.
- Studentponder lol
- Studentshay were u at doe
- Studentponder lol
- Studentheyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
- Studentshutup rehan
- Studentslay me
- Studentyall uglyy
- Studentwhere on a trip in our favarote rocket ship
- GuestChill Everybody
- Studenteww
- Studentill eat your hand
- Studentwhat is that?
- Studentshup up
- Studentyall talk too much
- Studentwhos controlling the microscope?
Bugscope TeamShay
- Studentfollow me @Sanandrea96
- Studentidk
- Studentima beetle
- 11:57 am
- Studentrlly?
- Teacherok guys impress me with your comments and questions and you shall receive the microscope control. mhwha ha ha
Bugscope TeamNice :)
- Bugscope Teamthis is a scarab beetle
Bugscope Teamthe two large bean shaped things in the front are its antennae (used for smell)
- Studenthuh
- Studenttoungue
- Studentswank shut up lmaooo
- Studentmy cpu went crappy
- Studentis that its tounge
Bugscope TeamYou see some palps there, which help the beetle taste its surroundings. It serves as a tongue.
- Studentyoure a lil nitvh
- Studentchewbaka
- Studentits a beetle
- Studentwhat bug is that
Bugscope Teamscarab beetle
- Studentlbdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdfdflllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllbllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
- Studentfly
- Teacherok i will tell scot to drop people if you dont behave
- Studentlebron james
- Studentwere can you find a pollen
- Studentum...
- Teacherthat 's ok
- Studentwhat is a pollen
- Teacherback to my stage question from last period... so you have multiple specimens on a stage in the vacuum?
Bugscope TeamYes. If you want, Scot can turn the camera on so you can see them.
Bugscope Teamyes we do. they are all sitting on a carbon-tape covered aluminum stub
Bugscope TeamCate generally packs out the stage with a bunch of things. We prefer smaller insects over the big ones so there are more things to see.
- Studentha
- Studentwhats the athmattics
- Studentwhy is it getting dark
Bugscope Teamit's going through a goth stage
Bugscope Teamsomeone is tinkering with the brightness and contrast
- StudentWhat's a goth stage
Bugscope Teama bad joke
- Studentfemale mosquito
- Studentwhere is pollen found
- Studentsrry big wrd
- Studentwhy is this image moving?
Bugscope TeamProbably because Shay is clicking on the picture. Where you click is what will be in the center of the next picture.
- Studentwhere are you guys located?
Bugscope Teamcentral illinois, urbana-champaign
- Studentwhat do they eat
- Studentwhat is a weevil head
- Studentwhere do they sleep
- Student»DWThey like to eat cucurbits (squash, cucumbers, pumpkins). The larvae are a real pest because they attack the roots of corn, causing the corn to fall over (lodge). They also pass lots of bacterial diseases around. They are a HUGE economic problem
- Studentaround a tree or something
- Studentwhere are they found?
Bugscope Teamscarab beetles are found worldwide
Bugscope Teamsome of the more famous examples would be from egypt, used by ancient egyptians as jewelry
- Studentwhat are we looking at
- Bugscope TeamThere's what the stage looks like.
- Studentis that a microwave??
- Teachergive control to amanda - she impressed me with her comment
- Studentwhat is this?
- Studentthats was up
- Bugscope TeamYou can see all the bugs on their backs.
- 12:02 pm
- Studentheyyy
- Teacheryou are looking at a stage in a vacuum sealed SEM (electron microscope)
- Studentprobably because they are little and can like mess with the evidence at a crime scene
- Studentpass the host u laggin
- Teacherit is 3 - 4 ft tall (see photos on busscope website some other time)
- Studentis it rlly?
- Bugscope TeamAmanda has control now.
- Studentcan this bug hold DNA?
Bugscope TeamAll living things we are aware of have DNA.
Bugscope TeamAnd probably a lot of things we are unaware of.
Bugscope TeamDNA controls every aspect of how every living organism develops. The environment influences how all living things develop, but it is DNA that defines what is possible.
- Studentwhats the different between cucumber beetle head then a regular
- Studenthow tall are they? 6 foot 2?
Bugscope Teamwho?
- Studentwhat does bug has to do with forensic ??
Bugscope Teaminsects can be used in forensics, because depending on the location, time of year, etc..., the way a body is broken down is very specific. so you can get a good estimate on time of death and other info.
- Studentsome type of MITE
- Studentwhy are these bugs so dag on big?
Bugscope TeamOh, these are the small ones. You should see the giants that turn up in fossils sometimes. :)
- Teacherin reality the image is less than a hair thickness
- GuestHi Kenny!!!!!!!
- Studentits scales
- Studentwhat are those things that look like leaves?
Bugscope TeamThose are scales. They're like little tiny feathers.
- Studentmosquitos have hair on their legs?
- Studentcan i get control now ?
- Studentits legs and antenni
- Studentshut up ray aint nobody have time for your questions
- Studentoooo cool
- StudentI love you all
- StudentWhat are scales used for in a mosquito?
- Studentto sense
- StudentHow big are the bugs in real life?
Bugscope TeamEverything you're looking at today is less that 1cm in length, I believe. Cate would know.
- Studentwhat are the 3 prong looking things on its face
Bugscope Teamthe three prongs pointing towards the bottom left are its mouth parts, the longest one being hte proboscis, or the part that bites you
- Studentwhat does the guys do
- Studentare all of those shapes together its eyes
Bugscope Teamyes, those small panels are what make up the insect's eye - each panel is called an ommatidium
- Studentso the hair on them are like the antennae on ants?
- Teacheronly the females bite us, the guys dont bite
Bugscope Teamthat's right. the males will either not eat at all as adults or they will drink nectar
- Teacherhuman males could never -not eat
- Studentyes bugs do bite
- Studentwhy don't male bugs bite?
Bugscope TeamMale mosquitos don't bite because they don't need the proteins found in blood. The males feed off flower nectar.
- StudentHow do male mosquitos get their nutrients?
- StudentWhat are the long hairs near the scales used for?
- Bugscope Teamwe try not to put the really big insects in here, like cicadas. if students really want to see cicadas, then i will cut up the insect, because it takes up the whole stage area
- Studentwhy is it b+w
- Studentdo the females eat the males like spiders
- Studentthey could hold a lot of blood
- StudentWhy do the females bite? to reproduce?
Bugscope TeamYes. They need some of the proteins in order to produce eggs.
- Studentthey use the blood for food
- Studentso the females can lay eggs on you
- Studentcan it feel things ?
- StudentSo why don't female bugs eat flower nectar as well?
- Studentdo they bite other animals too? like dogs and cats?
Bugscope TeamYes. Most anything with blood.
- StudentDo they only like human blood?
- Studentthey reproduce to have babys
- Teacheri remember scot you said that groups can send you bugs to prep
- GuestWhat happens to our blood when a mosquito bite us
- Studentits legs
- Studenthow much nectar can they drink?
- Studentsweet blood
- Bugscope Teamthe females need the bloodmeal to lay eggs
- Studentmosquitoes drink nectar?
Bugscope Teamyup, males drink only nectar, females a combination of nectar and blood.
- Studentwho eats these things
- 12:07 pm
- Studentyes
- Studentwhy is the bug so dry lookin?
Bugscope TeamThey've been dead for quite some time. The inside of the microscope is in a vacuum. If they weren't dried down, then the bugs would pop like popcorn when the vacuum gets going. (All the water inside would cause them to explode.)
- Studentmales drink only nectar, females a combination of nectar and blood.
- Studentperfectly
- Guestwhos is cole_world
- Studentlol
- Studentlol
- Studentwhy males dont bite ?
- Studentwhen the blood enters the mosquito does is it oxygenated or not (red or purple)
- Studentoooo thats violent
- Studentyeet
- Studentyeet they are
- Guestwhy is it in black and white
Bugscope Team"we are using electrons rather than light; electrons are much smaller than the wavelengths of visible light, so what we see is signal, in grayscale, from the secondary electrons that come back from the specimens" - Scotj
- Studentwhos shay ?
- Teacheri hereby hand over control to godcila for the cintilating comment about reproduction
Bugscope Teamgodcila has control
- Studentits obvious its old
- Studentboy you better give me the control after
- Studentare they attracted to certain blood types
Bugscope TeamI don't believe they are, but perhaps T or Joe can answer that better. I do know that certain body chemistries seem to attract mosquitoes more than others. That's from personal experience/observation, and unlikely, in that situation, to be due to cosmetics, etc.
- Studentlol
- Studentwhen the blood enters the mosquito does is it oxygenated or not (red or purple)
- Studenty'all funy
- Guestcause ur usernmae is risctricted. bigbootylover
- Studentare there purple mosquitos?
- Studentwhat is the bug doing
- Studentgoodness.....
- Studenty cant i get a reply back to my questions
Bugscope TeamYou asking about the male mosquitos? If so, they exist to fertilize the eggs of the females. Otherwise, they're lazy - don't help out around the house, etc. ;)
- Studentdo yall get paid for this...Tf
Bugscope TeamScott gets paid because he is the All-Knowing-Microscope-Guru; however most of us (including Scott) volunteer our time for BugScope because we enjoy the work and love to be apart of educating people about insects :)
- Studentwhat do the guys do
Bugscope Teamthe male mosquitoes drink nectar for energy and to survive for the week or so that they are alive as adults and try to find females to mate with
- Studentshut up Amar
- Studentwhat da answer
- StudentWhat is this image of?
- Studentwhat is a weevil head?
- Studentso when you neckin
- Studentsorry
- Teacherscot - stand by for a block
- Studentyour not my dad!!
- Studenthow long are the parts that they drink blood with?
Bugscope Teamit varies from species to species - but I'd say on average ~ 4mm
- Teacherblock bigboot
- Studentnot rlly im sorry :(
- Studentlol
- GuestI am your dad fym
- Studentthats wasnt me it was kenny
- Studentman yall nasty
- Studenttyping sorry
- 12:12 pm
- Teacheri am impressed with nicolex comment
- Studentneck?
- Student-_-
- Student._.
- StudentWhere can i move the picture to find its mouth?
- StudentWhat competition?
- Studentwhat competition?
- Studentwhen the mosquito sucks your blood is the blood oxygenated or nope
- Studentwhat comp?
- Studentwhat cometition?
- Teacherfor SEM control
- StudentIs writing a reply
- Guestwhat competition
- Studentwhats SEM?
- TeacherNicoflex3 has control next
- StudentWhere do weevils live?
- Studentwhen the mosquito sucks your blood is the blood oxygenated or nope
- TeacherSEM is a type of electron microscope
- Studentmalaria?
- Studentthis is c00l
- Teacherthe specimens are put in a vacuum - no air
- Studentasks if weevils are sharp? alrdy answered?
- Studentlover2
- Studentwhy no air ?
- StudentMosquito nets have found a whole slew of alternative uses from fences that keep livestock contained, rope, soccer nets, and even soccer balls.
- Teacherand electrons are bombarding the specimen sending back images, kinda like radar
- StudentSo if the females drink blood and nectar what do they feed the baby females? Blood and nectar?
Bugscope TeamThis is actually a good question. The females lay eggs in water, then abandon them. The eggs hatch to produce small larvae that eat microscopic organisms in the water until they're ready to molt into adults.
Bugscope TeamThe larvae don't need much water to live in, so if you have a blocked gutter on your house, or a bucket that has a bit of rainwater in it, that's enough to get mosquito larva in it. They can usually find enough debris and stuff in that small amount of water to grow to be adults. Always empty buckets and anything that collects rainwater as soon as possible to stop skeeters.
- Studentthis tuff
- Studentelectrons?
- Studentyo
- Studentso what is it
- Teacheronce i opened a bag of flour and saw bugs, they must have been weevils - yuck
- StudentWhat's a weevil ?
Bugscope TeamWeevils are small insects that are commonly found attacking grain products, such as flour.
Bugscope Teambut they can be quite large in Spain there is a Palm Weevil that is about 1.5inches long!
Bugscope TeamWellllll... guess I'm not sleeping tonight. Thanks, T!
- Studentnot a Weavile ofcourse
- Studentare those the arms?
- Guestwho's in control?
- Studentok so whats a true big head
- Studenti got roaches at home can i send em to u
- StudentFemales are typically the only mosquitoes that feed on blood, and they do it because they need the protein to help develop their eggs. Without it, the eggs don't mature to the point that the female mosquito can lay them for hatching.
- Studentcould those bugs in the flour couldve been stink bugs
- Studentwhat about in new jersey ?
- StudentIv
- StudentDoes this stinger have poision?
- Studenttrap jaw straight from the trap house
- Studentneedles... stingers....
- StudentIve never heard of this
- StudentWHAT CAN A FLY EYE DO TO YOU
- Teacherswitch control to Nicolex3
- Studenthow long is the stinger
- Teacherafter the stinger thing
- Studentpoison
- Studentit looks like a bee's stinger
- Bugscope TeamNICOLEX3 is master and commander!
- Studentnext time, can we do arachnids?
- Guestall dem hairs by his stinger
- StudentLOL
- 12:17 pm
- Studentandrea get off google
- Studentcan it sting humans?
- Studentand i was blocked really..... really
- Studentis that the back?
- Bugscope TeamDeflated eye.
- Studentshhhhhhhhhh
- Studentneph where u at
- StudentWhy does its eye look deflated?
- Studentwhat is this?
- StudentHow does the structure of a fly's eye help with it's function?
- Studentwhy does its eye look deflated?
Bugscope TeamIt is normally filled with fluid. But when we dried it down to put in the vacuum, it deflated.
- Studentyes we doin arachnids next >:P
- Studentew mesh
- TeacherScot - in general do you have arachnids - one of the kids asked me
- StudentOH
- Studentit needs glasses
- Studentok
- StudentIS THAT MESH WHAT PROTECTS THE EYEBALL
Bugscope Teamthat is the 'eyeball'
Bugscope TeamGood question. Those are actually components of the lensing system. That is, those are little lenses to focus light.
- Bugscope Teamtest
- StudentUGH
- StudentNO
- Studentmy bad
- Studentwhat is the stinger for
Bugscope Teamto paralyse its prey
- StudentWelcome to Arbor Intermediate School! We are a community of learners that includes students, teachers, support staff and parents. The 2014-15 school year includes activities that are designed to promote a balance between academic and social development for all students, and our teachers and staff members are dedicated to creating a positive and supportive learning environment. Please explore our website and keep in touch with the latest news about events, activities, notices, and classroom happenings!
Bugscope TeamUh, thanks?
Bugscope Team:)
- Studentthis isnt the honors class clearly
- StudentWhat is that in the back?
- Studentcan flies feel pain in their eyes?
- Studentdont the holes send the vision in differnt angles
- StudentDo you need to get hospitalized if you get stung by one?
- Studentis that like an eye socket?
- Studentdo flies see through every little hole in their eyes?
Bugscope TeamIt's hard to know exactly how a fly "sees" (that is, interprets its surroundings) but yes, that whole structure gives the fly vision.
- StudentCHANGE THE PICTURE
- Studentdo they have more sense then normal flyies do
- Studentis there any dirt there?
Bugscope TeamLooks like a lot of it. Lots of that stuff just laying about on the surface is probably dust, dirt, misc fibers, bits of other bugs, etc.
- Teachereye site - like the blind guy from star trek that could see with out eyes
- Studentthats a pedophile there!!
- 12:22 pm
- Studenthead
- Teachercontrol to jjso716
- Studentbug needs a shape up
- Studentwhats the leaf looking things on top of the eye
Bugscope Teamthat seems to be a scale
- StudentWhat is that on the bottom? is that hair?
- Studentsqueeze-SQUEEZE-squished
- Studentit should got to cheifs
- Studentwhat part of the bug is this?
Bugscope Teamthat was part of the head around the eye
- Guestis that the bug hair?
Bugscope Teamyes some was
- GuestHow does the bug eat?
- Student5$ cut with a part on the side at chiefs
- Studentwho ready to go home
- TeacherCan you answer the blood - oxygen question?
Bugscope TeamI'll try, but I can't find it. Can it be repeated?
- Studentbye mitch
- Bugscope Teamsorry I have been doing tours and answering phone calls
- Studentwhat is it?
- Teacherj l 86 hummmm
- Studenthai
- Studentwhats good
- Studentwhy are flys attracted to garbage?
Bugscope Teamthey might like the rotting food. or they are garbage eaters and will eat pretty much anything. wasps can be the same way, which is why you might see more of them around garbage areas
- Bugscope Teamplease let me know if there's something I need to do that I've missed...
- Studentthats J.L.86 to you ma'am
- GuestHeloo Everybody
Bugscope TeamHi Mich2!
- Bugscope TeamI switched control to JJ. Sorry, Mrs. P. DIdn't see the request until now.
- Teacherbigboot is redeemed
- Teachermich2 can go
- Teachermich2 is not in our groupo
- Studentwho mich ?
- Studentgimme a wolf spider pls
- GuestYo theres a party tomr @ my house come!!!!
- Studentdo u have recluse spiders
Bugscope TeamWe do not. I don't believe there are any in our supply of specimens, and they aren't commonly found in our area.
- Studentwhen a mosquito drinks blood is the blood oxygenated or not
Bugscope Teamit may or may not be. because the blood comes from veins, closer to the surface, it may be less oxygenated
- Student*insert eye emoji*
- Studentbyob?
- Studentbyob
- Studentmich what state you live in
- Guestew!!!!!
- Studentewwwwwwwwwwwwwww
- Guestbigbootylover2 what kind of username is that?
Bugscope Teampretty much all spelled out
- StudentGET YO MITCH AS OUTTA HERE
- Studentmichigan duh
- Studentany ants?
Bugscope Teamtoday yes!
- Studenti no u not coming for me mich2
- Guestyall too funny on here
- Studentwho gonna scoop
- Student339washington ave
- Studentk .
- Studentdo bugs decompose
- Studentwhat type of name is mich2
- 12:27 pm
- Guestbigbootylover2 is a sucky name fym
- Studentwill mosquitos drink blood from dead things or do they have to be alive?
Bugscope Teamalive as far as i know.
- Studentwhy does this image look like this
Bugscope Teamit was glowing, wasn't it!
- Studentyeah
- Studentcucumber needed
- StudentAYEE MEEETOO
- Guestthat looks like a white girl butt
- Studentthats for the girls team right?
- Studentits Mewtwo
- Student:D lamooo
- Studentthis person got no life SMH ^^^^^^^
- Studentinserts laughing emoji lmfaoooo
- Studentlmaooooo
- StudentWhy does the Queen Ant have a bigger lower body than the other ants? if that makes sense
Bugscope TeamJoe can confirm this, but I'm pretty sure it is because the queen ant (and bee/wasp/etc.) is an egg-laying machine.
Bugscope Teamyes she has a huge abdomen so that she can lay the thousands of eggs that may be found within
Bugscope Teamyup. the queen has an abdomen that can stretch out quite a bit to accommodate all the eggs she will produce
- StudentWhos in control of the microscope right now?
- Studentme
- Studentare their butt- OK ABDOMEM, some type of mixer?
- Bugscope TeamI took mich2 off, sorry.
- Teachermich2 leave - this time was booked for a class and if you want time you can book it i had to wait for this
Bugscope TeamScott nuked mich2.
- Studenthow long are the beetles antennas?
- Studentmich2 mad ashell
- Studentaww mich
- Studentrip mitch
- StudentMIIIITCH
- GuestI'm backkkkk
- Teacherthere is a god, um i mean a scot
- StudentAWWWW
- Studentfree my boy mitch
- StudentWhy do a lot of insects have like 8 little segments for leg?
Bugscope Teamit helps them articulate, helps them get around
- Studentlamooooo mitch
- Studentlmaooo mich
- StudentHE BYPASSED HER
- Studentyoo
- Studentmitch works for the fbi
- Studentum Joe, mutation?
Bugscope Team?
- StudentWho do their wings go away once they mate?
- Studentmich who are you ???
- Studentwhats good
- Studentwhat do yall want
- Studentto see
- Studenthe will be back. Hes mitch
- Studentwhat are the antennas used for
- Studentmich can get fragged
- Studentughhh shannon im not off u foh....
- Studentalex-test were u at
Bugscope TeamAlex is one of our guys who was checking in earlier. Likely he is busy upstairs in the Vis Lab.
- Studenthow long are beetles antennas?
- Studentcan flies drink tea?
Bugscope TeamThey can, but it would be unlikely that they'd do so unless it was that southern, sweat tea. They'll go after the sugar, but plain tea has little to attract them aside from the water.
- GuestI'm at Starbucks come find me!!!! I'll pay for you
- StudentOK
- Teacherback to business pleaess
- Studentyo order me something
- StudentPeppermint Mocha
- Studentwhich one ? lmaoo
- Studentplease*
- Studenthey mitch
- Studentmich out of here
- Teacherok scot thanks - you can end the chat now I'll take the kids back to class
- StudentPls hun?
- Teacherthank you
- Studentnoooo mitch2 buy me starbucks
- StudentAWWWWW
- Teacherwe will end a bit early today
- Studentmitch2 bacc
Bugscope Teamgot rid of him again
Bugscope Teamhe'll get tired of being dumped, but I am sorry he keeps getting on
- Studentnooooooo
- 12:32 pm
- Studentfoh
- Studentbye guys, go wolverines !!!!
- Gueststop leaving
- Studentmitch if u got a white van an sell candy out of it
- Bugscope TeamThank you, Everyone!
- Bugscope Teamwe can lock out future users logging in if you want
- Studentill start stakin u foh
- Studentbye mich2
- StudentMITCH!
- Studentlater
- Studentfollow me on the gram at moeticjustice
- Bugscope TeamWe appreciate getting to work with you.
- Student@moeticjustice
- Bugscope Teamthank you for joining us today
- Bugscope Teamthanks, bye
- Studentme too rehan_is_life
- Studentlook like a m ahhh
- Bugscope TeamSorry for the annoying mich, Mrs. Prince! :(
- Bugscope TeamCate reminded me that we can ditch Guests completely. I should have done that sooner.
- Bugscope Teamgood bye!
