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Live Session Transcript

Connected on 2008-02-23 17:30:00 from Urbana, IL, US

4:23pm
Bugscope Team pumping down...
Bugscope Team 2.2 x 10-4
4:32pm
Bugscope Team 1.5 x 10-4...
Bugscope Team juicy bees
Bugscope Team yo cate
4:38pm
Bugscope Team it's ready; Cate just showed up; Riley and I should be heading over in 10 or so...
4:43pm
Bugscope Team hi y'all..it's Annie
Bugscope Team the entomologists are all really interested in this session because they donated the specimens!
Bugscope Team hey what up grrl?
Bugscope Team this is Scott, still
Bugscope Team just hangin out...I just plugged in the other projector
Bugscope Team oh my gosh scott you are going to get a kick out of douchey-mc martyrdom's hair!
Bugscope Team stingless bee!!!
Bugscope Team no sting
Bugscope Team Alright we are setting out in a minute. 369 7334. as if anyone would need to call.
Bugscope Team gotcha...is chas coming?
Bugscope Team hammuli
4:50pm
Bugscope Team yes, so do honey bees have cool hairs on their hind legs?

Bugscope Team should have
Bugscope Team we are not going to be able to do admin chat tonight
Bugscope Team is this the honey bee or the stingless bee?
Bugscope Team honey
Bugscope Team frozen ones
Bugscope Team right, ok
Bugscope Team what about the pupa? Did it turn out?

Bugscope Team yeah i think so, ill go there next
4:55pm
Bugscope Team heres your pupa
Bugscope Team on its side
Bugscope Team did you want to drive around and look at it?
Bugscope Team hey dudes
Bugscope Team its tongue got kind of hidden i guess, i tried to pick its best side
Bugscope Team It looks cool...we want to look at the setae later
Bugscope Team hey alex, you are cool
Bugscope Team on the prothorax
Bugscope Team :P
Bugscope Team we have projectage
Bugscope Team oh yay
Bugscope Team whose stinger is this?

Bugscope Team honey bee
Bugscope Team there were 2 but i think the other honey bee's broke
5:00pm
Bugscope Team :(
Bugscope Team this is cool though
Bugscope Team did any of the varroa mites turn out?
Bugscope Team ehhh not really, scott can tell you about that
Bugscope Team ok...it was an outside chance

Bugscope Team like winter tomatoes
Bugscope Team stingless bee
Bugscope Team aint it cute?
Bugscope Team too cute
Bugscope Team i love stingless bees because they dont sting!
Bugscope Team now annie is really annie

5:07pm
Bugscope Team test
Bugscope Team these the hairs you were talking about annie?
Bugscope Team on the bumblebee leg?
Bugscope Team Annie says "sure!"
Bugscope Team (Scott)
Bugscope Team what are they called?
Bugscope Team Annie-chan wants to see the ants.
Bugscope Team ok ok hang on

Bugscope Team thats the bottom half of the stub
Bugscope Team hey we are cool, Otaku... take your time.

5:13pm
Bugscope Team so the gnaphogenys looks weird
Bugscope Team thats how annie spelled it, but google didnt find it ;(
Bugscope Team Annie says she didn't spell it. I am sure that is helpful to know.

Bugscope Team Eyeball.
Bugscope Team juju
5:19pm
Bugscope Team this is the argentine queen

Bugscope Team Hi Suzi!
Bugscope Team This is Scott...
Guest Hi
Bugscope Team Using a laptop Alex is logged into.
Bugscope Team Where are you?
Guest Midland, Michigan
Bugscope Team Cool!
Guest What am I looking at?

Bugscope Team We're setting up for the annual (24th) Insect Fear Film Festival.
5:24pm
Bugscope Team fire ant stinger
Guest Cool!
Bugscope Team This is someone's stinger.
Bugscope Team oops the 25th
Bugscope Team hammerhead
Bugscope Team this is a leaf mimic
Bugscope Team so Suzi Cate is at the lab with the 'scope setting up presets for this evening
Bugscope Team its head mimics a leaf...we think
Bugscope Team this is awesome
Bugscope Team and we are at the auditorium getting ready for an onslaught of kids
Bugscope Team but it will bee awhile
Guest Ha Ha
Bugscope Team the girl scouts will be here at 5:30
Bugscope Team Once Cate is done with the presets, Suzi, we may be able to let you drive, if you are still here and if you wish.
Guest This is great! I've been telling my family about this site.

Bugscope Team Cate can let us know when she is ready.
Guest I wish I could stay, but I'm on my way out. Will be back another day. Thanks!
Bugscope Team Hey Thank You for checking us out!
Bugscope Team im ready
Bugscope Team Awesome this is pretty cool.

5:29pm

Bugscope Team pupa!

Bugscope Team pupa is left of the honey bee

Bugscope Team Riley is driving.
5:34pm

Bugscope Team i really like the leaf mimic, its so different looking

5:39pm

5:44pm

Bugscope Team Cate, this is Annie...did we put the termites on??

Bugscope Team no

Bugscope Team i realized too late that i forgot to critical point dry them >.

Bugscope Team Oh no!

Bugscope Team (this is Annie)

Bugscope Team how many annies are there!?

Bugscope Team :p

Bugscope Team I am the only one...I logged out and back in

5:50pm

Bugscope Team Cate, where is the stingless bee?
Bugscope Team can you drive me there?
Bugscope Team its number 5 in the presets

5:56pm

Bugscope Team how are you holding up cate

Bugscope Team im doing ok, thanks

Bugscope Team welcome to bugscope

6:01pm

Bugscope Team hi bee!

Bugscope Team cool, trapjaw ant!

Bugscope Team looks like an alien

Bugscope Team we should be happy trap jaw ants aren't really this big!
Bugscope Team o.o that would be scary
Bugscope Team how are you holding up cate?
Bugscope Team umm im ok
6:06pm
Bugscope Team just ok?
Bugscope Team still sick a bit?
Bugscope Team yeah ive got a cold now too
Bugscope Team sorry
Bugscope Team its all right
Bugscope Team im getting used to being sick now I guess

Bugscope Team Cate: Hi, this is Umesh. Thanks for being there for us.

Bugscope Team hi umesh, yeah it's no problem being here

Bugscope Team Get well, Cate. I hope you are better soon.

6:11pm

Bugscope Team ill try
Bugscope Team thanks

Bugscope Team hi Queen Bee

Guest Is that an ant??

Bugscope Team this is a bee

Bugscope Team i think
6:16pm

Bugscope Team ah no this is an ant, you are right!
Guest Cool.
Bugscope Team this is a queen ant

Bugscope Team these are little hair on a bumblebee
Bugscope Team these are just the legs, there is no bee attached to them, if you were wondering
Guest I didn't know they had all those little hairs. Weird.
Bugscope Team annie kind of mutilated the bee the leg was attached to
Bugscope Team yeah, insects are very hairy
Bugscope Team trying to remove the stinger
Bugscope Team it's something most people don't know because they rarely see insects so close up
Bugscope Team the hairs are called "setae"
Bugscope Team the insects use those hairs to sense their enviornment
Guest How is that pronounced?
Bugscope Team sea-tea
Bugscope Team see-tee
Bugscope Team or how alex said it :)
Guest Do you know what root it is from, or the origin?
Guest Of the word, I mean.
Bugscope Team we think latin, but we are not sure
Bugscope Team good question, i never thought about it

Bugscope Team it has a latin ending

Bugscope Team seta is singular, setae plural
Guest Ah, okay, thanks.

Bugscope Team cool
Bugscope Team do you like insects?
Guest That was the one in the blue hat, by the way.
Bugscope Team it means bristle in latin
Guest Insects are awesome.
Bugscope Team ha!
Bugscope Team okay
Bugscope Team i'm the guy in the yellow shirt
Bugscope Team heh

Guest Yeah, you're sitting like a yard away.
Bugscope Team insects are cool. did you know that this microscope can magnify up to 800,000 time
6:21pm
Guest No, I didn't.
Bugscope Team but when we look at insects it's better to look at 20x to 20,000x only
Guest That's pretty cool.

Guest Does it lose focus if they are magnified more than that?

Bugscope Team yes!
Bugscope Team these are called hamuli, they are like hooks that will hook 2 pairs of wings together

Guest Oh, okay!
Bugscope Team you are a very good typists, you must work a lot on computers. that's cool

Guest I love computers, yeah.

Bugscope Team cool
Guest Do we have to be "Queen Bee"? It's kinda cheesy...
Bugscope Team no, you can be anyname you want
Bugscope Team click on logout

Guest She chose a bad name, I am mad now.
Bugscope Team yo!
Guest I was totally going for just 'Emma,
Guest '
Bugscope Team emma and mir? like the space station?
Guest but noooo!
Guest There's a space station called Emma and Mir?
Bugscope Team well, no, there is a space station called mir
Bugscope Team but emma is just a name

6:27pm

Guest We're off to watch the movie.

Bugscope Team ok, thanks for taling with us

Bugscope Team how are things going over there?
Bugscope Team it's very busy
Bugscope Team packed
Bugscope Team that's great!
Bugscope Team emma and mir were too girls, totally into bugs. had fun talking to them
Bugscope Team annie is talking to a little boy
Bugscope Team scott and his bro and hanging out
Bugscope Team umesh is thinking of ways to promote bugscope
Bugscope Team chas is thinking tech stuff
Bugscope Team lei lei is here too
Bugscope Team wow didnt know he was coming
Bugscope Team a movie is about to start, so it's going to clear up a bit

Bugscope Team hi joe, welcome to bugscope
6:32pm
Bugscope Team this is a fire ant, looks like a broken stinger

Bugscope Team it's not broken i'm told

Bugscope Team notice all the "hairs" on the insects
Bugscope Team insects are very hairy

Bugscope Team to me that stinger still looks like it would hurt if it were broken
Bugscope Team the hairs are called "seta", or "setae" for plural.
Bugscope Team insecets are very hairy!

Bugscope Team that is one hairy eye
Bugscope Team cool

Bugscope Team the setae on the eyes are through to be mechanosensory
Bugscope Team that is they help the insect sense it's environemnt through mechanical motion
Bugscope Team some setae are chemosensory, they help the insect sense the environment through chemical means
6:37pm
Bugscope Team hey axor
Bugscope Team hi axor

Bugscope Team this is a bee eye (honey bee i think)
Guest how many hairs
Bugscope Team thousands

Bugscope Team insects are VERY hairy

Bugscope Team they use those hairs to sense their environement

Bugscope Team hi fhermes!
Bugscope Team welcome to bugscope

Bugscope Team this is an ant

Bugscope Team specifically a trapjaw ant
Guest so is this a mandable
Guest sorry about the spelling

Bugscope Team the trap jaw movement is the fastest biological movement in the world

Bugscope Team now that's a compound eye
Guest which ant is this?

Bugscope Team trap jaw
6:42pm

Guest where does it live?

Bugscope Team hmm, i don't know.
Bugscope Team annie would know, annie is sitting to your left, talking to the kids
Guest hey annie
Guest helloooo
Bugscope Team central and south america
Bugscope Team according to wikipedia

6:48pm

Bugscope Team what is this?

Bugscope Team notice the focus is slightly out, you can adjust focus as well

Bugscope Team this is the ant head

Bugscope Team leaf mimic ant head
Bugscope Team cool

Bugscope Team you are doing a great job of driving fhermes!

Guest what are hamuli?

6:53pm

Bugscope Team they are hooks that will hook together 2 wings if an insect has 2 pairs of wings

6:58pm

Bugscope Team Annie is driving for Sydney.

7:03pm

Guest chat
7:08pm
Guest i want to clear the red text

Bugscope Team Annie is driving.

Bugscope Team i gathered that
Bugscope Team We're looking at the beginnings of hairs on the pupa.

Bugscope Team Sydney is interested and we will have to set a session up for her to see this in the 'scope.
Bugscope Team ok

7:14pm

7:20pm

Guest cate, do you remember which bee this is?
Bugscope Team is this just the legs?
Bugscope Team if it is its a bumblebee
Guest yup...just a leg
Guest which one, the big one or the one that I smushed
Bugscope Team smushed
Bugscope Team i ran out of room for the bug one
7:25pm
Bugscope Team big*
Guest that's ok

7:48pm

Bugscope Team oo someones movie!

7:53pm

Bugscope Team hello iphone!

Guest hi Cate

7:58pm

8:03pm
Bugscope Team Hi Cate = Mr Scott says it time to shut down
Bugscope Team ok

School Name	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Department of Entomology
School Homepage	www.life.uiuc.edu/entomology
Location	Urbana IL, US
Community	Suburban
Type	Public

Subjects Taught	Community Outreach
Grades Taught	Other
Number of Students	200

Project Title	25th Annual Insect Fear Film Festival
Insects To Study	We'll put something together
Project Description	Insect Fear Film Festival time again! The IFFF is a community outreach event organized by the Department of Entomology and the Entomology Graduate Student Association. Admission is free and we expect between 800 and 1000 attendees. In addition to films depicting insect "fear," we have face painting, live insect displays, and, for the past two years, a thrilling Bugscope demo.

Session 2007-082 with University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Department of Entomology

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Live Session Transcript

Connected on 2008-02-23 17:30:00 from Urbana, IL, US