Connected on 2008-10-27 11:30:00 from , AZ, US
- 10:49am
- Teacher hey all this is mr m
- Teacher i think you are early and my planning sucks
- Teacher I thought we had daylight savings time this weekend. it said so on my calendar
- Teacher My period 3 class doesn't start until 10:30 arizona time which is 12:30 your time. Then my period 4 class starts at around 11:35 Arizona time which is 1:35 your time. I hope this doesn't mess you guys up
- 10:54am
- Bugscope Team Hi Mr M--
- Bugscope Team I am sorry not to have seen your messages right away. Someone came in to talk to me.
- Bugscope Team In a minute I will run upstairs for food and bring it back to eat down here.
- 11:14am
- Bugscope Team Mr M I am back working on the presets.
- Bugscope Team We should be in good shape to run this afternoon -- when we schedule bugscope we have an extra hour at the end when we can.
- Bugscope Team the spiders don't look that good so far. The ants are in better condition.
- 11:20am
- 11:42am
- 11:47am
- Bugscope Team Hello all, sorry I am late!
- 11:57am
- 12:02pm
- Bugscope Team Annie they are not going to be able to start 'til 12:30 --
- Bugscope Team So things are running an hour later than planned
- Bugscope Team I just saw that email. I will be around, but I will be working on other projects.
- Bugscope Team I will check back in closer to time.
- 12:08pm
- 12:14pm
- Bugscope Team Hi Ryan
- Bugscope Team I am setting up presets
- Guest hi
- Guest hola
- Bugscope Team so you will see them as they are made...
- Bugscope Team Hola Cam
- Guest what are those
- Guest hello
- Guest hi these look cool
- Guest ryan wats up
- Guest nothin trey
- Bugscope Team I am sorry I won't have much time to talk for a few minutes as I do this. Ants and spiders today.
- Guest what is this bug scott
- Bugscope Team spiracle on red ant
- Guest where is this from
- 12:20pm
- Guest what is this
- Guest hi
- Guest what are we viewing
- Guest heyyyyyyyyy
- Guest what are you doing
- Guest nothing
- Guest oh me too
- Guest cool
- Guest this is a cool specimen
- Guest this object is awsom
- Guest woah.
- Guest coooool
- Guest hi
- Guest wow that is so awsome
- Guest what is this specimen
- Guest is that an eye?
- Guest this is awesome
- Guest red ant
- Guest I think these are all parts of ants.
- Guest cool
- Guest worm?
- Guest cam
- Bugscope Team yeah parts of ants
- Guest cool
- Guest man!!!
- Guest legs?
- Guest whats that
- Guest what part of a red ant
- Guest no spiders?
- Guest arms?
- Guest what kind of ant
- Guest i think an ant
- Guest sweet
- Guest yeah
- Guest is that hair
- Guest yes no doubt
- Guest wow
- Guest is it a spider
- Guest A couple different kinds of ants I guess.
- Guest sweet
- Guest is that part of its leg
- 12:25pm
- Guest cool
- Guest i guess
- Guest yeah
- Guest ya probably
- Guest is that a leg of something
- Guest are they sharp?
- Guest dose it bite?
- Guest its ugly
- Guest is it alive
- Guest wow
- Guest yes
- Guest can it be a pet?
- Guest no
- Guest how do you know
- Guest no
- Guest i dont know
- Guest if it was alive it would be moving
- Guest IS IT A FLEA?
- Guest ohhhh
- Guest can you hold it without getting bit?
- Guest I think they are just pictures Shane.
- Guest thats awsome
- Guest tell me?
- Guest i dont know
- Guest its dead
- Guest are those it's legs
- Guest no
- Guest what is that specimen
- Guest no alive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Guest i think so
- Guest no
- Guest spider
- Guest is it smooth on the surface
- Guest what is this?
- Guest ANT
- Guest oh
- Guest thats floting
- Guest frog head
- Guest look at the face
- Guest hi
- Guest its a red ant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Guest is that its head
- Guest is it an ant
- Guest it looks like its jaw
- Guest hi i am scared what do i do
- Guest yes
- Guest I think.
- Guest IT IS AN ANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Guest i think its a ant head
- Guest yes
- Guest I think it is an ant
- Guest maby
- Guest grose
- Guest it looks fuzzy
- Guest IT IS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Guest blury
- Guest cool
- Guest ya it does
- Guest cool beans
- Guest scoot
- Guest does this creature have hair
- Guest i like it
- Guest ant how long until a new specimen comes
- Guest grose
- Guest is that a knee?
- Guest yes
- Guest it looks like an ant
- Guest this is nasty
- Guest cam stop
- Guest wow this is amazing
- Guest nate
- Guest sweetnes
- Guest yes it is
- Guest spider
- Guest yo weres camron
- Guest is that hair?
- Guest matt
- Guest it a spider
- Bugscope Team this is the antenna of a Velvet Ant
- Guest no is that a new one
- Guest Awesome.
- Guest wow
- 12:30pm
- Guest cool
- Guest what is the stuff on the spicks
- Guest matt hainnes
- Guest cool
- Guest what is a velvot ant
- Guest his is cam
- Guest i have never heard of a velvet ant
- Guest awsome
- Guest this is so awesome i like this web site
- Guest me neither'
- Guest me neather
- Guest im going by
- Guest this specimen is soooooooooooo cool
- Guest buggy 1 whats up mmmmmmountaaainnnnnnnn deeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
- Guest weh
- Guest this looks like a knee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Guest what the heak
- Guest weird
- Guest grollia
- Guest what r the things that look like horns
- Guest It looks like aleg
- Guest glgfldifbgdilsgvduigvdguvfjkavjf
- Guest what is it
- Guest spider
- Guest what?
- Guest i wa just going to ask if these were all bugs then i remembered that bugscope duh
- Guest hey lauren i think there claws
- Guest baily victoria
- Guest what do you mean groilla
- Guest groilla it is a groolla
- Guest dude cam wats up
- Guest thats weirddddddddd
- Guest matt?
- Guest what do you mean
- Guest wow
- Guest claw
- Guest i think that they're spines like on the other specimens
- Guest how is this a velvet ant
- Guest are those claws sharp
- Guest yes
- Guest is this a wasp
- Guest groilla
- Guest OMG!!! this is sooooooooooooo sweet
- Guest yep
- Guest spider
- Guest Cause that is what scientists decided to call it Shane.
- Guest i am not saying that it is but it could be similar to it
- Guest no
- Guest wth
- Guest u know the blephs remember on the back of my paper
- Guest yuck
- Guest whats that
- Guest not yuck cool
- Guest red ant
- Guest i think that it is an ant of some sort
- Guest that looks like claws
- Guest silimer to what? milk and cookies
- Guest dose it bite
- Guest weird
- Guest hi
- Guest does it sting
- Guest it looks fuzz
- Guest Probably.
- Guest yeah
- Guest yah does it sting
- Guest dose it sting?
- Guest who is hockey rocks
- Guest it looks like a face
- Guest prickly legs
- 12:35pm
- Guest the face is cool
- Guest is that the stomake
- Guest maybe
- Guest prickley legs
- Guest can u hold it?
- Guest woh!
- Guest idk
- Guest what is this now
- Guest hey
- Guest wooo this is amazing
- Guest vinnie
- Student wht up
- Guest is that a leg?
- Guest hi
- Guest ikd
- Guest hey
- Guest whos skaters
- Guest ewww that is disgusting
- Guest hey
- Guest wats up skaters
- Guest hey what is this
- Guest it looks animated
- Guest looks like a fruit fly
- Guest Woah
- Guest cooooooooooooool
- Guest ya
- Guest what is this
- Guest it looks like a shell
- Guest fhfhf
- Student what up people
- Guest dude wats up gym buddy
- Bugscope Team Hi Skater!
- Guest nth much
- Bugscope Team Welcome to Bugscope!
- Guest what is that
- Guest IT IS A BODY PART TO AN ANT
- Guest no it doesnot
- Student wht up scottt
- Guest it does look like a shell
- Guest cool
- Guest oh thanks
- Guest hey scater
- Guest nope
- Guest What magnification is this?
- Bugscope Team this is the surface of the antenna of one of the ants you sent
- Bugscope Team 1635x
- Student wht up wht is this
- Guest is this live and what kind of microscope is it under
- Guest cool
- Guest were r u from skater
- Guest skater we are from greensburg P.A. where are you
- Guest sweetness
- Guest yes we are
- Guest hey scott is this ure web site
- Bugscope Team this is a scanning electron microscope at the University of Illinois, at the Beckman Institute
- Guest hey
- Guest yah skater
- Guest this is so interesting
- Guest thats cool scott
- Guest hola
- Guest Oh cool.
- Guest ya interesting
- Guest science is cool ..............................................................................................................
- Bugscope Team Yes this is Bugscope, and the people in Blue are the class we are working with today.
- Guest what do you mean scaning
- Bugscope Team Skater do you want to drive?
- Student i
- Guest kaylie r u hockey rocks
- Guest hola
- Guest how much does the mircoscope cost
- Student wow amzing to know things like this
- Guest what is this????
- Guest what is that
- Student thanks annie
- Student i know
- Guest what the heck MOTO X
- Guest hey
- Guest hi annie
- Bugscope Team no problem ;)
- Guest is it alive under the lens?
- Guest hi annie
- Guest how much was the microscope to c that much magno
- Bugscope Team This was over $600,000
- Guest this looks cool
- Bugscope Team Hi.
- Guest Woah,
- Guest wow
- Student hi
- Bugscope Team the samples are not live, although this is live imaging
- Guest woahhhhhhhh
- Student wht up
- Guest wow
- Guest woooowwwww
- 12:40pm
- Guest thats a loooooooooooooooooooooot
- Guest How you get the money?
- Student do you guys do this alot and do you like doing this job
- Guest OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Guest How'd*
- Guest r the spikes hair
- Guest nates back i had 2 go a web site
- Guest what are we looking at
- Guest nnnnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
- Guest what are we looking at
- Guest were are this specimens from
- Guest buy annie
- Guest bye
- Bugscope Team we do this three times a week when it is busy, like now
- Guest we have to go all of the blue people do
- Guest nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
- Guest bye bye bye bye
- Guest got to back to class bye
- Guest when
- Guest nate out
- Guest good bye
- Guest are got to go i will try sat and sun bye
- Bugscope Team Skater you may want to go to a lower mag so you can see better where you are.
- Student how do u control this
- Student microscope
- Bugscope Team Amphi21 I just gave you control
- Student help me i cant control it its goin wild
- Bugscope Team you can select from among the presets or drive or both
- Bugscope Team best thing is to take the mag down so you can see where you are
- Bugscope Team at high mag it is hard to know what you are doing
- Student what are we looking at
- Student what is diz
- Bugscope Team Ant face
- 12:45pm
- Bugscope Team okay this is a black ant
- Teacher hey all sorry we are slow getting logged in
- Teacher please give control to mr. m
- Student wat kinda ant is diz?
- Teacher the kids are a little slow
- Student no no [
- Student wat is this
- Bugscope Team Mr M you have control now
- Student a ant
- Student wat kinda ant?
Bugscope Team Unfortunately, I am not an ant expert, so I don't know.
- Student duh
- Student wat typ of ant
- Student an ant
- Student a hews this skater due?
- Student hahahahahahahahhahahahahaha
- Bugscope Team it's a black ant but otherwise we don't know much about it
- Student oh thats cool
- Student anzwer
- Student cool
- Student weird
- Bugscope Team we are looking at the underside of the head -- the ventral side
- Student serious? hews the skater dude???
- Bugscope Team above is the mouth
- Student who are u
- Student why u dont answer
- Student duh scott
- Student hahahaha alan sharif are poopy!!!!!!!!!!!
- Bugscope Team Mr M has taken us to one of the antennae of the other black ant
- Bugscope Team club what was the question?
- Student What kind of ant is this?
- Student black ant
- Student one of a kind
- Bugscope Team this is a black ant with long jaws, cool looking when you get to see them
- Student 22 what do u what
- Bugscope Team yeah sui generis
- Student what are we looking at right now
- Student nothing poopy's
- Student why does it have alot of hairs?
Bugscope Team Insects are covered with hairs (which we call setae). The setae help the insect to sense its environment through its thick exoskeleton
- Student jaime stop that
- Student wat?................
- Student wat does it eat?
- Bugscope Team the hairs are sensory: chemicals, temperature, and touch
- Student what dose this eat?
- Student anantsjaw
- 12:50pm
- Student 22 who are u
- Student what are we zooming on.???
- Student look over at the end?...............
- Student a jaw man
- Student what part of it is it
- Bugscope Team they eat lots of things -- many other insects have evolved defenses particularly against ants
- Student wht do they eat
- Student what your name
- Student o yea wat do they eat
- Student ohh tahts cool
- Bugscope Team this is like a twister ant
- Student what up
- Student they eat candy
- Student aaaaa hews amphi21?
- Student dont they
- Student is diz cool
- Student what is this?
- Student eww why does it have ALOT of bumps?????????????????
- Bugscope Team they like sweet stuff, of course, but they eat leaves, dead insects, insects they have killed...
- Student a ant?
- Student ewww
- Student jame is amphi 21 and gabriel
- Student what do ants eat?
- Bugscope Team lots of dirt
- Student dont they live til 8 years?????
- Student they eat dirt
- Student leslei they eat candy
- Student what are we looking at you have not aswer me??????????????????????????????????
- Student coooool!
- Student what kind of insects do they kill?
Bugscope Team They will pretty much kill anything that is not fast enough to escape.
- Student Hello????
- Bugscope Team Ants are really valuable as decomposers of dead stuff: rodents, birds, other insects, snakes, etc.
- Student watz up
- Teacher please give control to 22
- Student whos bug?
- Student pedro soy el sergio
- Student no its jamie
- Bugscope Team these are all from you -- all the insects/spiders are from you guys
- Student is
- Student wat
- Student weird
- Student oh its all wat we had.?
- Student o cool uis it hard wat u guys do
- Student what is this?
- Student how do you know they eat candy
Bugscope Team Different ants will eat different things, but some ants definitely will eat candy, fruit, discarded french fries.
- Student that looks awsome
- Student you havent replyed yet
- Student what is this
- Student alan soy francisco y sergio
- Student thank you!
- Student watz up
- Student dude that looks cool
- Student where do they live
- Student huz skater
- Student in places
- Student woaaaaaaaaah wat is this
- Student Who are u 22
- Student what is this?
- Bugscope Team purple and pink we have been so many places it is hard to reply
- Student whos bug pplz?
- Bugscope Team I know because I have seen them
- Student 22 is jaime
- 12:55pm
- Student whatz your name
- Guest Hi Mr. Miller, this is Chris.
- Student 22 is not jaime
- Student what dose it eat
Bugscope Team Ants eat many different things: dead animals, discarded human food, animal waste, plants, fungus. Ants eat almost everything
- Student ohhkay den gosh
- Student y isnt no one ansering our questions or comments?????\
- Student what old can dey live up 2
Bugscope Team Most worker ants will live a few weeks or so.
- Student wat up this is fu
- Student this is fun
- Student Who are u purple&pink
- Student what is this
- Student coiooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolllllllllllllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Student whatis those pointy things
- Student how old do they live up to?
- Student i ment my bad i had error on the computer
- Bugscope Team we don't know all of the answers, sorry
- Student aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllllllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnn
- Student hii
- Student 22 are lost?
- Student oh its ok then when did you get the ants
- Bugscope Team Ponerine: are you our ant expert here to identify the ants?
- Student who is popular kidz only
- Student yea how long do they measure up to
- Student Scott,
- Student why a few weeks
- Teacher Did you ask me a question?
- Student how do u now they eat candy?
Bugscope Team I have seen ants eating candy that is on the ground.
- Student no
- Bugscope Team yeah little superman?
- Student what dose it eat?
- Bugscope Team We have seen them eat candy
- Student whatz up cynthia
- Student is sergio
- Student so how strong are they
- Student and francisco
- Student AWSOMEEE, what kind of candy do they eat?!?!
- Guest Sorry I'm late, I logged in earlier and thought a different class was going.
- Student where have you seen them
- Teacher please give control to skater
- Student dose it hart when they bite?
Bugscope Team It can really hurt when they bite. Some ants can also sting--and that hurts too.
- Student ok
- Student what are you talking about ?
- Bugscope Team this is one of the limbs of a velvet ant
- Student how do ants have babies
Bugscope Team Like most insects, ants hatch from eggs. Unlike most insects though, all the eggs in a single colony are produced from a queen ant. Worker ants generally do no lay eggs.
- Guest Ah.
- Bugscope Team skater you have control
- Student hellow
- Student zuhey
- Student what
- Student what is this?
- Student up to how many babies can they have?
- Student whos idk
- Student ewwww
- 1:00pm
- Student IDK
- Student JOSH AND SAEL
- Student its harey
- Student what
- Student hey scot thanks for talking to us
- Bugscope Team you can see the stinger now
- Bugscope Team it has a lot of juju on it
- Guest But most don't have that many.
- Bugscope Team hard to make out
- Student doesnt it taste like watermelon because my friend has tasted it before
- Student OH OK THEN IM GOING TO EAT ONE!!JK
- Student cool
- Student it loks weird
- Student franky
- Student this is strange!
- Guest Some ants have a lemony flavor.
- Student wats the stuff around it?
- Teacher Its a little crazy over here but we are getting into it.
- Student look at the ant?
- Student what is hairy
- Student i'm not leslie i just put that name
- Bugscope Team lots of setae that make the wasp look like velvet
- Student this is grose!
- Student the ants must shave jk
- Teacher Chris, this was a velvet ant I hadn't seen before. Cream and rusty brown markings
- Student wat is this
- Student whoz dx baby
- Student lesp
- Guest Cool.
- Student lesli-
- Student what are all the tenticles for?
- Student sup franky!!
- Student why don't u shave it
- Guest Velvet ants are parasites in the colonies of real ants.
- Student is true i'm not leslie
- Student ye\
- Student yes
- Guest They lay their eggs inside ant nests, and then the larval velvet ants eat the larvae of the ants.
- Student nasty people
- Student a hews leslie?
- Student franky baboso
- Student answer dx baby
- Bugscope Team in part because of all the setae, it is hard to get this little dudette to look good
- Student hos bug
- Bugscope Team Male velvet ants have wings and fly, and they look more like regular wasps.
- Student WhOz SkATeR??
- Student go home Bestfriends
- Student no soi leslie
- Student dumbo kd
- Guest What magnification power?
Bugscope Team This is about 60 X
- Bugscope Team if we were to go toward the head we would see it is difficult to get an idea what is going on there
- Student nomas puse ese nombre
- Student how big are the ants..................
- Guest Nice sting.
- Student bugs yuor mean
- Bugscope Team we're at 59x on the microscope
- Student porke me justa
- Bugscope Team on the lower left
- Student oOo..........
- Student aaaaaaaa
- Student ok we no
- Student how can u tell if they are poisonous or not?
Bugscope Team Most insects with stingers have venom which they inject when they sting. Most insect stings are not generally harmful to humans. A sting may itch or burn for a while, but usually there are no long term effects unless you have an allergy
- Student why did u write dumbo kids you popular kds only
- Student Who iz H2O
- Student what is this?
- Student what do they sting with?
- Student ewwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
- Guest Is the number listed there the mag level?
- Bugscope Team this is one of the spiracles
- 1:05pm
- Student hahaha h20
- Bugscope Team mh try clicking on the micron bar
- Student Hello yooh dare
- Student what do u say H2o
- Student why is it so small?
- Student who are u popular kids only
- Guest They have a long stinger at the tip of their abdomen, which they use to inject venom (poison).
- Student this is so kool thanks mr miller
- Student it looks like a rabbit lol
- Student wat are the little hares thingy????
- Bugscope Team the little hairs are called setae
- Student answer pkdswo
- Student scot who do ants cary big food
- Student a rabbit!!!!!!
- Guest Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Lots of info -- thanks!!!!!!!
- Bugscope Team now we are looking at the spiracle
- Bugscope Team spiracles are little breathing ducts
- Student whatz up zuhery from sergio
- Student what are we looking at
- Student what is this ?
- Student OH THAT ♥ COOL !
- Student a hews surgio?
- Student anayeli!!!!!
- Student an ant
- Guest I can't tell from this view what kind of ant it is. Can you zoom out?
- Student que
- Student ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Teacher Please give control to amphi21
- Student nada
- Student los mexicanos calling uot the popular kidz onlyy
- Student gew are the popular kidz only?
- Bugscope Team bestfriends ants are very strong for their size
- Student nomas keria ablarles
- Student what is that big thing
Bugscope Team That is the ant's abdomen
- Student do you know what that big thing is for?
Bugscope Team The abdomen of an insect contains the digestive and reproductive organs. Worker ants do not reproduce, so their reproductive organs are reduced (generally speaking).
- Guest That is the abdomen, or the gaster, to really be accurate.
- Student what is that
- Student hahaha yeah they are?hahahah h20
- Student it's the abdomen
- Student is the popular kids joceline
- Student i Don't know what is the big thing
- Student idk
- Bugscope Team yes the ant abdomen is called a 'gaster'
- Student no!
- Guest In ants, bees and wasps part of the abdomen is fused to the thorax (the middle body segment), so what looks like the abdomen is really only part of the abdomen. It's called the caster.
- Student WAT R THOSE BALLZ?
- Bugscope Team this is the top of the head of a spider
- Student eeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Guest Sorry, gaster, not caster.
- Student noooooo we are the purple&pink
- Bugscope Team those are four of the eyes
- Student idk
- Student ewwww!!!!!
- Student what is that/
- Student what are those
- Student are those the eyes?
- Bugscope Team it is much like armor and serves a similar function
- 1:11pm
- Student i think so?
- Student they have four eyes
Bugscope Team Some spiders have 8 eyes
- Guest eyebrows? eyelashes?
- Student realy
- Student or part of it!
- Student they look nasty
- Student cooooooooooooooll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!lol
- Student who ever is controlin this hurry im sleepy
- Student those r eyes????????¿¿there HUGE
- Student they only two
- Student what is this
- Student y pak dizez mi nombre
- Student do want 2 play a game
- Student what
- Bugscope Team there may be more eyes but this is all we can see now
- Student can they see from all diferent angles?
- Student what is that
- Student this is kool!!!
- Student nomas
- Student wat is this
- Student ho are u las locas
- Guest monsterous
- Student it lloks like a bananna
- Student who is las locas
- Student ohh. wat are those things coming out of a whole??
- Student no puedo o ke
- Student wats that
- Student are those bannas
- Student are those banna's?
- Student are you talking to purple&pink
- Bugscope Team these are some of the spines on the velvet ant limbs, again
- Student y do u want to no
- Student nooooo
- Student they look like fangs or hair
- Student wat do they use there spines for
Bugscope Team The spines are different types of setae. The setae help the insect/spider to sense its environment through the hard exoskeleton. Some setae are mechanosensory, some are chemosensory.
- Student or bannannas
- Student a hews las locas?????
- Student las locas u want 2 do ehat
- Student oh well there weird loookiing?
- Student it looks like ewwwwwwww
- Student los ke esten disiendo cosas cayense el pinchi osi
- Student Im BoRd Yo!!!
- Student lool
- Student wat is this
- Teacher Well purple and pink ask more questions
- Guest bored -- yikes
- Student these is really kool
- Student estoy aboreda
- Bugscope Team purple and pink try driving now
- Teacher I can't imagine being bored here
- Student wow jocelyne yo krazy
- Teacher Please give control to los mexicans
- Student this needs to shave its legs
- Student ant leg
- Student WAT UP!!!!!!
- Student Who are u sup3RmAn&sPiD3RmAn
- Student ant leg
- Student haha mr.miller ur funny!
- Student hahahah i got more than u
- Student no agan caso estoi loco
- Student WAT ARE THOSE (JB)
- Student what is thiss
- Student ants need razors
- Student ok
- Student WeLL iF YoOh WOuLd rePLy DEn
- Bugscope Team This is an antenna
- Student whos america
- Guest Setae can also be defensive or help the insect move around, especially in insects that live in soil.
- Student they need to shave more yupp yupp johnny is rite
- Teacher Please give control to las locas
- Student who has gum!???¿☼¿¿¿
- Bugscope Team purple&pink you can drive now if you would like
- 1:16pm
- Student no on
- Student you dont care
- Student SKATERZ ar jcndjfnjdncmnc...
- Student whoz laz locaz
- Bugscope Team okay las locas have it
- Student wat do they sting with
- Student why
- Student yeaH HEWS LAS LOCAS?.........................
- Guest would these creatures enjoy looking at us up close
Bugscope Team Probably not...but, really, how could I ever know.
- Student no won!!!!!!!\
- Student i got gum who is that
- Student whoz got gum
- Student i got gum 2
- Student IDK?
- Student no one
- Student who are u Popularkids
- Bugscope Team And some insects actually emit pheromones through modified "hair pencils"--so setae also can be important in communications
- Student i think their legs?
- Student i got gum
- Student who has gum
- Student I GOT GUM WHO IS THIS
- Student i got gum
- Student SOME PPL...................
- Guest do males talk to females
- Student STOP IT
- Student stop jonny
- Bugscope Team Cool comb!
- Bugscope Team this is a place where a butterfly scale got folded over the comb
- Student is dat a butterfly
- Student what iz that
- Student ITS NOT ME ZYHEY
- Student .??
- Student ...........
- Student que onda
- Student :)
- Student who said it was you jony!
- Student yes
- Student my bad jonny
- Bugscope Team ants often have combs on their forelegs to help them clean their antennae
- Student who iz got gum
- Student hi
- Student hews bored.....
- Student nada y kon ustedes
- Student all the kids in this room please stop! and start asking questions! please.
- Student you know!!!!!!!
- Student ME
- Student what kind of insect is that
- Bugscope Team this is an ant, again
- Student AN ANT
- Student one of a knid....
- Student whoo is i got gum
- Student just tell uz and we willtell u who we are
- Student find out...........
- Student this is so kool
- Student ok
- Bugscope Team with a comb on it that we are imaging now
- Student AGAGIN AND AGAIN
- Student what part of the body is iot
- Bugscope Team you are driving a scanning electron microscope from your classroom
- Student who are we
- Student what is this jonny?
- Student is this there back
- Student oh WE THOUGHT IT WAS A BUTTERFLY
- Student nada tanpoco
- Student and then and then and then
- Student WHT IS THIS
- Student WHT IS THIS
- Student idk
- Student WHT IS THIS
- Bugscope Team it's the scale from a butterfly folded over the ant comb
- Student what do they sting with
- Student ho
- Student le entienden a esto0?
- 1:21pm
- Bugscope Team right in the middle of the image
- Student I WAZN T PAYIN ATTENTION
- Student who are whe
- Student never mind
- Student wat is that
- Bugscope Team they have stingers sometimes, and sometimes they bite
- Student hahahaha i got gum!!!!!!!
- Student is that a ant
- Student that looks cool
- Bugscope Team now you can see where we were
- Bugscope Team this is the leg, stretched out on the carbon tape
- Student yez mas o menos tu
- Student yes
- Student what is that
- Student CAN THEY CLIMB STUFF AND HOW
Bugscope Team Yes, they can climb. The cling to surfaces with the tenet setae and claws on their tarsi
- Student nooooooooooooooooo
- Bugscope Team the insects/spiders are stuck to carbon tape
- Teacher Please give control to superman and spiderman
- Student who is crazy boys?
- Bugscope Team and coated with gold-palladium
- Student ME
- Student with there legs
- Student are those their legs
- Student yes with there legs
- Student yeap
- Student idk!!!!!!
- Guest Skater, yes, ants can climb very well. If you look at the tip of the leg you can see claws. Also, they have a sticky gland between those claws.
- Student no mr.m
- Guest All of that stuff helps them climb.
- Student alan an d cherif
- Student THANKS
- Bugscope Team they climb using the little pads on their feet
- Student lool
- Student whoz i got gum
- Student COOOOOOLOLOLOLLLLL
- Bugscope Team 't have pads and they won't be able to climb so well
- Student nobody!!!!!!!!
- Student whose calle 13
- Student who is h20
- Student what is that scott
- Student mandenos algo0
- Student what kind of ant is this
- Student a ant
- Student VELVET ANT
- Bugscope Team insects often have a pad or more called a pulvillus that has lots of tenent setae on it that allow it to stick to vertical surfaces
- Student copy catters los calle 13
- Bugscope Team this is one of the tarsal joints on the velvet ant
- Student are ants tgvghyhtfthu
- Student estoy aburrida
- Student who is i got gum??????????????????????????????//
- Student girls
- Student who iz gum
- Student yo tambien
- Student WAT KIND OF ANT IS THIS
- Student idk
- Student hew iz H20
- Student what
- Teacher Please give control to crazy boyz
- Bugscope Team this is a wasp, called a velvet ant
- Student idklol
- Student can calle 13 be in chart
- Student ZUHEY IS H20
- Student HEWZ H20'S
- Student cool
- Student who is H20!
- Student stop asking that franky
- 1:26pm
- Bugscope Team alright Crazy Boys have it
- Student a zuhey really h20
- Student not the one
- Student ke podemos acer?
- Student whoz got gum
- Student WHOZ CONTROLING?!?!?!?!?!
- Student YES HER HART IS
- Student it is not zeuy
- Student who is h20
- Bugscope Team if you drive north you can see the head
- Student what
- Student STOP!!!!
- Bugscope Team which is kind of confusing to make out
- Student you
- Student pues a buscar la manera
- Student HOW DO WE SEE THE HEAD?
- Student whoz ameerica
- Student THOSE LOOK LIKE BANNAMAS
- Bugscope Team drive to the north using the controls
- Bugscope Team back to the antenna
- Student zeyu
- Student WHAT CONTROLS?
- Bugscope Team tho
- Student SUP!
- Bugscope Team lil' super we can give you the controls later
- Student wat is a seata
Bugscope Team a seta (plural setae) are hairs on an insect
- Student AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA HAIRZ
- Student khokhoptihoprtfgfglhgfp[hlfgph[lfgphlfgphffgl;
- Student HAHAHAHHAAHAHHHAHAAHAHAHAAHAHHAHAA
- Student you dont care who is america
- Student what up my pepz
- Student CUZ CRAZY BOYS ARENT DOING ANYTHING AND WERE REALLY INTRESTED!
- Student yezi do care
- Student ti moved
- Student calle 13 no sierbe pa nada
- Student wata
- Student yez i do cARE
- Student no\
- Student noo
- Student KNP[ING-0FGFP[HFGPHOP[HOFGPHOFPG[HOFPGGFCG;GPGKOG[GKG[GLGIB[[GGPG[P[FG[PGFPGP[GPGPGPG[GLG[]FL[]LGHP][OGFPFPGPHKD\DFHPFGOHPGH[OGHP[GHOGPHOGPF[HOGF
- Student it looks like a sandy desert
- Student ARE THEZE really hairs??
Bugscope Team Well, they are actually setae---they aren't really like hairs on your head or hairs on a dog
- Bugscope Team because theyn have an exoskeleton they need to also have a means of feeling what is around them
- Student sergio cayate la boca
- Student me
- Student WO ARE WNAT GU
- Student OHH OK THEY ARE CONTROLING SO THEY WILL DO IT!
- Student HAVE U EVER PLAYED SANANDREAS
- Student S
- Student hews h20!?
- Student SO THEY HAVE NO BONES IN THE INSIDE
- Student wow zuhey you are interesting
- Student not funny
- Student what are we looking at\
- 1:31pm
- Student urgfjhgireujykjtehgtejfwjghfihwejf
- Bugscope Team this is the top of the head of one of the spiders
- Student YUPYUP;U NOWZz IT!
- Teacher Those setae looked awesome
- Student ym
- Student awesome!!!!!!
- Bugscope Team the chelicerae are to the top of our view now
- Student ewwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
- Student WHERES THE EYE BALL?
- Student FRSJMHTTX,KULHYHYTGO;IUHPUUTFGDSVCXVFHFXCXSDXBFHGFHDKHGEVDLJDGLFUEALUYGBBVNBVDJHFVJHDG JAZRI
- Bugscope Team this is one of the eyes
- Student ANAYELI
- Student eye balls????
- Student ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
- Student the s
- Bugscope Team we can't see inside, but sometimes they look very much like people eyes
- Student jony
- Bugscope Team kind of creept
- Student GROOSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
- Bugscope Team creepy
- Teacher Please give control to america
- Student idk??
- Student I KNOW
- Student que
- Student grosty
- Student do you think these are kool pictures!
Bugscope Team yes, I do
- Student no!!!!
- Bugscope Team because we are using electrons rather than light to get the images we see, we cannot see beneath the surface
- Student not amerca
- Student DFGKJHDFJHEFUVJKDBJHYEAUSVKJ J LI VAW,MLI7 ,KUCWUVS,J B,KUIUSDCM VUDSFBI7 SD\JH\IU6 \ SDLJU\YT ADGI AD,JGCISDVKJT SDF76SVHGCR SGIU6 FSEJDHCRVSDG XUT SDJYT IUF CHJ TUT DSJLCYVUWEG FR
- Student maritza
- Student why do they have little bumps on thier eyes
- Bugscope Team some of the images are cool, for us
- Student ants
- Student asko america
- Student what
- Bugscope Team the little bumps are domes
- Student hews leslie???
- Student TO USE TO
- Student OHH IS THERE ALOT OF ANTS WE GAVE TO YOU?
- Student ??????????????????????????????????????????????????
- Student are they used for anything?
Bugscope Team The photos?
- Student Y R THYERE LITTLE HAIRS?
Bugscope Team The hairs (or setae as we call them) generally help the arthropod to sense its environment. Some setae sense smell or taste, or they can help to defend the arthropod
- Student whoz mariza
- Bugscope Team the images are yours, for your class
- Bugscope Team you can access them later
- Student mohawk?
- Bugscope Team that's why it is good to drive around and collect lots of images
- Student watomg
- Bugscope Team yeah the spider has a mohawk haircut
- Student omg
- Student whos calle 13
- Student la que tien los hugoz como rana
- Student OH OK. NEXT TIME WE WILL SEND MORE!
- Student omg
- Student byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
- Student BYE
- Student i will log on tomorrow pwase
- Student the four eye balls look like they are made out of wax!
- Bugscope Team now you can see more of the spider
- Teacher 3rd period over
- Bugscope Team it is rearing up
- Teacher thanks for stopping by chris
- Teacher 4th period is coming in
- Bugscope Team yeah Thanks Chris!
- Teacher Scott, do we have other presets for 4th period. They were looking at antennae and I sent some cool ones
- Guest Sure. Bye.
- 1:36pm
- Bugscope Team I am sorry we have all we had time to make for today
- Bugscope Team somewhere in here there is an insect that has placoid sensilla on the antennae, and I forget which it is
- Bugscope Team really cool too
- Bugscope Team Yay!
- Bugscope Team They're on the velvet ant
- 1:43pm
- Teacher Too bad, I sent some awesome antennae
- Bugscope Team this is pretty cool
- Teacher We'll do the best with what we have
- Bugscope Team not something you get to see often
- Teacher Please give me control so I can show the kids how to use the scope
- Bugscope Team Cate put spiders and ants on the stub for today.
- Bugscope Team You have it now.
- Bugscope Team Placoid sensilla are only found in hymenoptera (so far)
- Teacher So there are other insects on the stub not on the presets?
- Bugscope Team Mr M I am sorry we don't have the antennae on this stub
- Bugscope Team just spiders and ants
- Bugscope Team and the spider eggs and egg sac
- Teacher Our session for spiders was tomorrow do we use this stub again?
- Bugscope Team I think I put at least a part of each insect/spider on as a preset
- Bugscope Team we won't use this again
- Bugscope Team brb
- Bugscope Team Okay I see that we have a bunch of insects with cool antennae for tomorrow
- Bugscope Team this is the antenna of the velvet ant, up close
- Student what is this
- Bugscope Team so you can see a couple of placoid sensilla
- 1:48pm
- Bugscope Team We are looking at the antenna of a velvet ant
- Bugscope Team placoid means they are plate-like
- Student what isthis
- Student this is an antena
- Student what is this
- Bugscope Team insects and other similar arthropods need to be able to sense their surroundings, and they have setae and sensilla that allow them to do that
- Bugscope Team they can sense temperature, wind or touch, and chemicals (scents) in the air
- Student cactus
- Student what are the holes in the middle
Bugscope Team The small round holes are places where setae rubbed or fell off. They are sockets for the setae
- Bugscope Team some of the setae are analogous to rat or cat whiskers
- Bugscope Team some insects can also sense sound
- Bugscope Team through vibration
- Bugscope Team if you take the magnification down you can see where we are
- Student what is that leaf lik thang
- Bugscope Team on the velvet ant antenna
- Bugscope Team there are microsetae here as well as dirt and the placoid sensilla
- Bugscope Team now you can start to see where we are on the antenna
- Student what do the hairs help with
- Student what do the hairs do
- Bugscope Team the velvet ant is glowing because it is charging up with electrons
- 1:53pm
- Student is a velvet ant
- Student =]
- Student what type of ant is it
- Student why does it look that way
- Student hi
- Student chris
- Bugscope Team sometimes we cannot get a sample well grounded with gold palladium and it glows like this
- Student chris
- Student do nit write silly things
- Bugscope Team all of the samples we are imaging today are coated with a few nanometers of gold-palladium alloy
- Bugscope Team it makes them look silvery
- Bugscope Team to the eye
- Bugscope Team in the 'scope of course all we see are these gray scale images
- Student so um is it hard to answer us
- Bugscope Team the samples we are looking at are inside a vacuum chamber
- Student what are the things that look like sponge?
Bugscope Team I don't know which things you are talking about---can you be more specific?
- Student oh why do you need to coat a few nanometers
- Teacher How do the sensilla help the velvet ant?
Bugscope Team The sensilla on the antenna of the velvet ant most likely serve several functions. Some sensilla give the velvet ant information about its physical surroundings, the temperature, humidity. Some sensilla allow the velvet ant to taste or to smell. Sensillar can also keep away dirt.
- Bugscope Team sometimes it is hard to answer, yes
- Student do u injoy ur job????
- Student yea do u
- Student why is it hard to answer kids ?
- Bugscope Team lexie the sample needs to be conductive, and so we use a sputter coater to put a thin coat of gold-palladium on the surface of the sample
- Student what is it
- Bugscope Team lexie sometimes the questions come so fast we can't catch them all
- Bugscope Team and some questions require longer and better answers than we have time for
- Teacher Why dont many insects have these kind of sensilla
Bugscope Team I am not sure why. Perhaps it is a special adaptation in some of the "higher" hymenoptera
- Student hey mr. do you likeyour job
- Bugscope Team sometimes of course we don't know the answers
- Student do you see the stuff that isin the side of the hairs
- Bugscope Team Yes this is a cool cool job
- Teacher Please give control to smalls
- Student oh i still think thats cool
- Student ohh cool
- Bugscope Team some of the holes are where there used to be microsetae
- Bugscope Team and those placoid scales may be temperature sensors, not sure
- 1:58pm
- Bugscope Team could also be chemosensors
- Student is a leg
- Student is there lots of kids who go on this web site
- Student whaT THE c0o3st thinG @b0uT UR JOB?
- Bugscope Team this is the head of one of the spiders
- Student wat is this
- Student you guys stop moving the picture!!
- Bugscope Team we can see four of the spider's eyes here
- Student cool
- Bugscope Team brb
- Student why do the spiders need so many eyes
Bugscope Team That is a good question. Different eyes very likely sense different things, light, movement, length of the day. I am not sure if anyone knows for sure.
- Student hi amor
- Student do spiders have antena
Bugscope Team Nope, no antennae
- Student ok scott
- Student is it a eye =.>
- Student wuz up amor
- Student Do spiders have anntenas
- Student you guys stop writing silly things! >:(
- Student what kind of spider is thhis and is it poisunous
Bugscope Team I am not sure what type of spider this is, but we are pretty sure it is not poisonous. There are actually very few dangerous spiders in the US. The black widow spider, and the brown recluse are the two main poisonous spiders here. I am not sure if there are any others.
- Student ARE THOSE WRINKLES ON THE SPIDER
- Student what are those things that look like hairs?
- Bugscope Team spiders don't have antennae but they have lots of plumose setae that give them a lot of sensitivity to vibration
- Bugscope Team the balls are four of the eyes
- Student what part of the spider is this
- Student what the hardest part of working for bugscope..............?
- Bugscope Team you can see that there is some kind of dried film that is cracking on the spider's head there
- Student this is cool
- Student why is it cracking
- Student what is that!
- Student STOP DOING THAT =P
- Bugscope Team the hardest part is getting the samples to look good sometimes
- Student what is that?
- 2:03pm
- Student hi chris
- Bugscope Team this is one of the ants
- Student stop saying hi we are like rite across from each otther foreal
- Bugscope Team you can see that one of its antennae busted off
- Student how old do you have to be to work at bugscope
- Student ANT
- Student waz up
- Student cool!!
- Bugscope Team this is eye
- Student wat bouts us
- Student did you always want to work for bugscope
- Bugscope Team you can see that it is a real compound eye with lots of ommatidia
- Bugscope Team I always want to work for Bugscope
- Student yes we do
- Student i cant see!!
- Bugscope Team I am one of the people who started it
- Bugscope Team hit refresh if you need to
- Student how long has bugscope been out
- Student cool scott!
- Student STOP SAYING HI =[
- Bugscope Team this is the antenna, to the right
- Student does the micros scope take allot of energy to work
- Bugscope Team we will have been going 10 years in March next year
- Student thats super kool?☺= #
- Student Cool!!
- Student is that the mouth??
- Bugscope Team the microscope has its own power, water, air, nitrogen, AC, and its own room
- Student wow that is awesome it seems really fun i would like to study that
- Student ohh thats cool
- Student Scott is the antenaa?
- Bugscope Team I don't think it takes that much power, but we are running at 5000 Volts right now
- Student whos jokers ?
- Student THIS IS VERY COOL
- Bugscope Team only microWatts of powere
- Bugscope Team powere
- Bugscope Team power
- Student who are you
- Student whats that
- Student What do the hairs do?
Bugscope Team The hairs help the insect/spider to sense its environment
- Student who r u
- Student did you guys make the microscope? or did you buy it
- Bugscope Team here we are so close I don't know just where we are
- Teacher please give control to ironbrown
Bugscope Team I am not sure what type of spider this is, but we are pretty sure it is not poisonous. There are actually very few dangerous spiders in the US. The black widow spider, and the brown recluse are the two main poisonous spiders here. I am not sure if there are any others.
- Student they made it i thinkl
- 2:08pm
- Student do you need a scolarship to have your job
Bugscope Team No, that is the nice thing about jobs...they pay you, you don't need a scholarship
- Bugscope Team we bought this 'scope and I was hired to run iot
- Bugscope Team it
- Student HOW OLD ARE YOU=>
Bugscope Team I am 27
- Student hi nicole
- Student Scott... is that work hard for you?
- Student how much did it cost????♣
Bugscope Team Over 600,000 dollars
- Student who r u
- Student hi uguys
- Bugscope Team no this is fun -- we are lucky to have this cool equipment to mess with
- Student gggg
- Student Amor stop asking that!!!
- Student ohh
- Student what is your favorite insectes
Bugscope Team Longhorned beetles. They are wood borers with really long antennae
- Bugscope Team a little over $600,000, and you are driving!
- Student were people
- Student Dammmm!!!!
- Student x)
- Bugscope Team I like earwigs, flies, ticks although they are not insects
- Student dats VERY expensive
- Student ggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggggg
- Student Earwings are not insects??
Bugscope Team Earwigs ARE insects. They have six legs, two antennae, compound eyes and two set of wings. That qualifies them as antennae
- Bugscope Team this is another antennae with all kinds of sensory setae on it
- Student Cool
- Student do you have any crabspiders
- Student why does this insect have those holes
- Bugscope Team earwigs are insects but ticks are arachnids
- Student ticks arent insects then what are they♥☺♥☺
- Student COOL DO YOU LIKE WHAT YOU DO =/.
- Student Thanks Scott
- Bugscope Team hahah
- Bugscope Team INSECTS
- Bugscope Team hahahaa
- Student hi osvaldo
- Student xDD
- Bugscope Team lobsters are really big insects
- Bugscope Team Ticks are arachnids (not antennae)
- Bugscope Team SCOTT!
- Student hi alaxis
- Student have you ever ate a bug????
Bugscope Team Yes, several actually. I don't think they are really very good. They taste like dirt.
- Student how is a lobster an insect
Bugscope Team it isn't. Scott is being a pest
- Student i think thats how u spell ur nam
- Student e
- Student hi amor
- Bugscope Team Annie knows I am teasing her. Lobsters are not insects
- Student what are those dots for?
- Bugscope Team they have two sets of antennae, for one thing
- Student lobsters ARE insects!!!
Bugscope Team Nope, too many legs, too many antennae, and no wings. Lobsters are NOT insects.
- Student ok no
- Student Wowww!!
- Student ARE YOU BLOND
- Bugscope Team the tiny dots are bubbles in the doublestick carbon tape
- Student what type of bugs had u ate
Bugscope Team I have eaten ants, crickets, water bugs, caterpillars and meal worms
- Student rockstars be educational!\
- 2:13pm
- Student ok Annie!
- Student hi nicole
- Student then why do u eat the insects
Bugscope Team I wanted to try them.
- Student ok stop sauyin hi to me
- Student how old r u
- Bugscope Team eeeuuwww water bugs
- Student WERE TRYING TO WORK HERE?♥
- Student how long have you had this job annie and scott
Bugscope Team I have been in graduate school since 2003 and I have been helping with bugscope since late 2004
- Student ohhhhh
- Bugscope Team Annie has been working with us since she got here.
- Student THAT SAD I,M SORRY =P
- Student Do not ask that!
- Bugscope Team She is really good at this.
- Student pshh amor ur wierd
- Student when was that
- Student mr.miller say that!
- Student OH WATER BUGS ARE NEAT WHEN IM IN DA POOL I LIKE TO PLAY WITH THEM
- Bugscope Team I have been here since November 23 1998.
- Student JOKERS IT WASST AMOR IT WAS ME
- Student my birthday is on november 8
- Bugscope Team some giant roaches are also called water bugs
- Student xDD
- Student that's gross have you ate any?
Bugscope Team No. I wouldn't eat a roach. I have had chocolate covered ants though. I just don't like them.
- Bugscope Team I have only eaten insects by accident
- Student waz up people
- Student ARE FISH WATER BUGS
- Bugscope Team they taste like paper to me
- Bugscope Team no fish are fish
- Student ewwwww sicko
- Student do you like crabspiders
Bugscope Team What's to dislike about crab spiders?
- Student ARE YOU OLD AND FILL BAD =[
- Student WHEN U ATE AN INSECT ON ACCIDENT DID YOU LIKE IT
- Bugscope Team no I didn't like it
- Student fish
- Student ANSER BACK
- Student are there such things as spider pigs
Bugscope Team um, no
- Bugscope Team here we can see the business end of the spider
- Teacher please give control to kermit the piggy
- Student nothing ilke them i was wondering if you do
- Bugscope Team the fangs are in the middle
- Student WHY ARENT FISH INSECTS
Bugscope Team Fish are vertebrates: they have vertebrae and backbones. They do not have exoskeletons, they do not have antennae, they do not have wings. They are definitely not insects.
- 2:18pm
- Bugscope Team these are the chelicers, the chelicerae
- Student are there things that are insects that have to do with monkeys?
- Bugscope Team the fangs are below
- Student â•©cus thier fishâ•©
- Student WHY IS THERE A CRACK RITE THERE??? IS THAT TO SEPERATE THE EYES
- Student Have you ate earthworms??
Bugscope Team No, they don't seem so interesting. I have many other things that I would rather eat.
- Student why does it look like a cactus?
- Bugscope Team when a male spider does not want to get bitten by a female spider he puts web right here, where we are
- Student have you ever seen a spider pig
- Bugscope Team so the female cannot open the chelicers and bite him
- Student NO
- Student eww
- Student NOT ME
- Bugscope Team there are the fangs at the bottom of the chelicerae
- Student THIS IS VERY INTERESTING
- Student are you and anne marred
- Bugscope Team no.
- Bugscope Team I could never keep up with Annie.
- Student where do you get these magnifinescopes
- Student do u like her
- Student how can u tell the difference between a female spider and a male spider? can you tell by anntenaes
Bugscope Team You can tell by the length of their palps--which are part of their mouths. Males have longer palps than females.
- Bugscope Team Scott and I are friends
- Student IF YOUR THAT BORED THEN TALK TO YOUR FRIEND DNT GO ON AND SAY HI ON THE COMPUTER
- Bugscope Team you can tell by the palps, sometimes
- Student what up rockstars
- Student how sweet hehe
- Student friendssss
- Student what are palps
- Student when was bugscope invented
Bugscope Team in 1999.
- Bugscope Team That's the short answer
- Bugscope Team yeah 1999
- Student so is this a male or female and where is the papls
- Student what month
- Student HOW LONG DOES IT TKE FOR A SPIDERS EGGS HATCH
Bugscope Team Many spider eggs are deposited in the fall and they hatch the following spring. Just like in Charlotte's Web
- Bugscope Team I think this is a girl spider
- Student Do the male spider have babies??
Bugscope Team Well, even girl spiders don't have babies. They lay eggs.
- Bugscope Team the palps are long but not bulbous like I think they are for males usually
- Student PLEASE TAKE US TO PRE SET 7
- Student do u 2 get paid for doin dis
- Student CRIS AND BABY PHAT ARE GOING OUT
- 2:23pm
- Student NAAAAAAAAA
- Bugscope Team Annie does this for free.
- Bugscope Team I get paid because it is part of my day at work.
- Student do u get paid
- Bugscope Team Well, sort of free ;)
- Student how old do you have 2 b to do this job?
Bugscope Team A few years ago we had someone who was in high school who helped us out
- Bugscope Team But Annie does get to use the 'scope when she wants to.
- Student sohh
- Student PLEASE TAKE US TO PRE SET 7
- Student well .. im sorry i didnt mean to say babies!
- Student is annie spoiled?
Bugscope Team Depends on who you ask.
- Student josh adv nmx
- Student how old do you have to apply for the job
- Student THEY MAKE A CUTE MACH
- Student :S
- Student you guys are crazy
- Student but a specific number
- Bugscope Team Chas started working for us when he was 15
- Student are those macaroni shells
- Student What is that!
- Student THEY HAD 2EGGS
- Student WHY DO THE SPIDER EGGS LOOK LIKE PEANUTS♥☺
- Bugscope Team Annie is not spoiled.
- Student is there an available job
- Student the eggs??
- Student so when i'm 15 i can get a job?
- Bugscope Team they are dry, and the little spideys are gone
- Bugscope Team Chas was a special circumstance
- Bugscope Team yes Lexie
- Student GAP
- Student cool
- Student HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR A SPIDER TO HATCH ITS EGGS??
- Bugscope Team you can see the web that wrapped up the egg mass
- Teacher please give control to animals21
- Bugscope Team this is a closeup view of the web
- Teacher ooops animals 24
- Student HI NICOL
- Bugscope Team when you see one of those little white balls that spiders leave around -- this is one
- Student r those bubble gum pices
- Bugscope Team Spider egg masses are deposited in the fall and they hatch the following spring (usually)
- Student WHATS THIS???
- Bugscope Team that is web, used to make the egg case
- 2:28pm
- Student what are those circles?
- Student can i apply for a job after college
- Bugscope Team animals247 is driving
- Student is it sphagetti and chesse balls
- Student what are those circles!
- Bugscope Team by the time you get out of college there may be another job here
- Student IS IT TRUE THAT AFTER A SPIDER HAS ITS BABIES IT DIES
Bugscope Team Well, not immediately, but soon after, probably, yes.
- Student thats's a cereal ?
- Student ????/
- Bugscope Team the circles I think are little balls of web silk
- Bugscope Team there are tons of them on the egg surfaces
- Student cool!!!
- Bugscope Team Most of the people who work for Bugscope have other responsibilities at the Beckman Institute. Some people help researchers learn to use the microscope, some of us are students and our job is to conduct our own research, some of us are systems administrators. We all come together to do Bugscope, but it is not our full time job.
- Student THIS IS COOL BUT WAHT ARE THE STICKS THAT ARE HOLDING THE BUBBLES
- Student can ants or spiders breast feed?
Bugscope Team Nope. Only mammals produce milk for their young. There are a few species of flies that do feed their larvae "milk" which is produced from glands on the inside of the female's body. Then the fully grown larvae are actually "born." That is a really special circumstance though (in Tse Tse flies).
- Student UR FUNNY ROCKET
- Student \
- Bugscope Team no they can't breastfeed
- Bugscope Team they are more likely to eat their babies in many cases
- Student hahahahahhahahahahahahahahahhaa
- Student but y not? dont they have female body parts
- Student O SO WHY DOES IT LUK LIKE STICKS INSTED OF STRING
- Student how much do you get paid
- Student what is this
- Student thx amor
- Bugscope Team um yeah there is an anatomical problem as well
- Student SO MUCH
- Student Hi alexiss!!
- Bugscope Team smalls I get paid enough so that I don't have to have a second job now
- Student whos dolphins95
- Student Scott.. do you have kids?
- Bugscope Team nope no kids
- Student but dont they have female body part?
Bugscope Team They have ovaries and they lay eggs, but they lack breasts from which to feed. Obviously.
- Student Hi raven and Alexiss
- 2:33pm
- Bugscope Team I think of the grad students as my kids sometimes
- Student WTF
- Student WOW THAT LOOKS LIKE THOSE INDIAN HOMES (NOT TRYING TO BE RACIAL)
- Student who is dolphin95
- Student who wrote WTF!!!! :OOOOO
- Bugscope Team sorry Cupcake
- Student IS IT TRUE THATW EN A SPIDER HAS A BABIE IT CLD DIE
- Student HI SCOTT
- Teacher please give control to dolphins 95
- Bugscope Team this is one of the limbs of the velvet ant
- Student well i didn't know that!
- Student SORRY
- Student cup cape ur in trouble
- Bugscope Team hey no big deal
- Student is this the mouth
- Student OK
- Student mr .m though
- Student nicole and mora r funny!
- Student boo hoo
- Bugscope Team no this is part of the arm or leg of the velvet ant
- Student MORE WHOS THAT
- Guest hello
- Student AMOR NT MORA GET IT RITE JK ROCET LUV U♥♥
- Student whos erica
- Student it says MORA get it rite nikki
- Guest it looks like a wing
- Student who's erica11?
- Bugscope Team this is one of the ant combs with a scale, from a wing, wrapped around it
- Bugscope Team erica is a guest
- Student how many bugs do you know
Bugscope Team It would be impossible to know all the insects in the world. Many have not even been "discovered" yet.
- Student IS IT A FETHER
- Student NO MY NAMES NT MORA HELO THINK
- Guest im from gsms
- Student does she work with you?
- Bugscope Team it is much like a feather
- Student wats gsms
- Bugscope Team no she doesn't work with us
- Guest a school
- Student HOW LONG DO YOU STAY ON THIS WEBSITE ANSWERING QUESTIONS
Bugscope Team As long as the session lasts, we will be here.
- Student ohh
- Student oh
- Bugscope Team So, to answer the question, I don't know how many insects that I know. Lots.
- 2:38pm
- Student =]
- Student why do people in china eat bugs as dessret?
- Guest wht
- Student OH THANKS FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTION'
- Student ho erica11
- Bugscope Team scales are like tiny feathers, but they also have a function of letting butterflies, skippers, moths, and silverfish slip out of webs
- Guest what is that?
- Student wila
- Guest hi
- Bugscope Team this is the part of the ant foreleg that has the comb on it
- Teacher please give control to joojokers
- Student THATS RACES
- Guest oh cool
- Student STOP SAYING BAD THINGS JOKERS
- Bugscope Team the ant's body is to the east
- Student erica do you have kids?
- Bugscope Team Jokers is driving now
- Student how many insects do you have at bugscope
- Student thats chris
- Guest no!!!
- Bugscope Team we have hundreds of insects but not all good ones
- Student not ah
- Bugscope Team some of them are rotten
- Student BY BY BY BY BY BY BY BY BY BY BY BY BY BY BY BY BY BY BY BY BY BY
- Student BY THANKS FOR YOUR TIME WITH US I HAD A GREAT TIME N LEARNED ALOT THATNKS AGINU
- Guest yup
- Bugscope Team Thank you for the questions!
- Student by by by by by by by by by by by by by by by by by by by by
- Guest me
- Student BUYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY BUYYYYYYYYYYYYYY5
- Bugscope Team Is that it for Amphitheater?
- Student you rock
- Bugscope Team Thanks you all!
- Student bye you guys!!!!!!! thanks 4 everything!!
- Guest bye
- Student wait
- Guest huh
- Bugscope Team Bye you guys
- Bugscope Team Erica you have worked with us before, haven't you?
- Student some of us are still here
- Bugscope Team hey cool
- Guest yes i have
- Bugscope Team smalls you can drive if you want
- Bugscope Team that's what I thought
- Student no i`m 13
- 2:44pm
- Guest yup our school checks the website out sometimes
- Teacher smalls is going to stay with us a little
- Bugscope Team erica haven't you had a real session as well?
- Bugscope Team good smalls has control
- Guest i think
- Student do you have a favorite kind of insect
- Bugscope Team My favorite insects are longhorned beetles
- Bugscope Team they have very long antennae
- Guest wow that is cool
- Bugscope Team what does gsms stand for?
- Student are those scales
- Guest greensburg salem middle school
- Bugscope Team they are not really scales
- Bugscope Team cool
- Student oh
- Teacher im going to log on another comp this lag is killing me
- Guest =)
- Bugscope Team Mr M just log out and back in
- Bugscope Team or use safari
- Bugscope Team Ok everyone, Annie has to sign out because I have to go feed the parking meter. Thanks for the good questions!
- Guest wow they look like bubbles
- Bugscope Team this is one of the eggs up close
- Bugscope Team brb
- Guest ok
- Bugscope Team don't crash the 'scope while I am helping someone here...
- Bugscope Team Goodbye from Annie, only
- Teacher wow what is this?
- 2:49pm
- Teacher this is inside a spider egg?
- Guest i think eggs
- Student how much do the magnifinescopes cost
- Teacher sorry missed the chat, i see
- Teacher very cool
- Teacher please give me control
- Bugscope Team this is the egg itself, up close
- Bugscope Team got it Mr M
- Student i have to go i`m getting hungry
- Guest wow cool
- Bugscope Team this 'scope was about $600,000
- Guest wow
- Teacher cool now i see
- Bugscope Team now we are looking at one of those white ball-like things spiders make
- Teacher is this a leaf cutter ant
- Bugscope Team and this is the longjawed ant
- Bugscope Team it might be a leafcutter
- Guest in our school we have about 12 electric microscopes
- Teacher a student brought it to me. from tucson, AZ
- Bugscope Team that is probably why its head is that funny shape
- Guest is that a leg?
- Bugscope Team so it can hold the extra muscles
- Bugscope Team Erica this is the end of one of the legs
- Bugscope Team this is the claw
- Teacher wow
- Guest that is awesome
- Bugscope Team this ant would have difficult walking on a wall
- Bugscope Team now you can see the antenna
- Teacher similar to the black ant
- Guest wow i can almost see little hairs
- 2:54pm
- Bugscope Team you should be able to see them now
- Guest does that help them sense things?
- Teacher haha it is the same ant
- Bugscope Team yes they help them to sense
- Guest cool
- Bugscope Team yeah the same little dude
- Bugscope Team this is different
- Bugscope Team of course
- Bugscope Team this is a red ant
- Guest sorry guys i ave to go, when is your next session?
- Teacher much hairier
- Bugscope Team the antenna is charging up with electrons
- Guest have
- Bugscope Team tomorrow, Erica
- Guest ok thanks good bye!!!=)
- Bugscope Team and we have a session Wednesday as well
- Bugscope Team Thank YOu!
- Bugscope Team This is another red ant
- Teacher trying to get a few more images for my kids. for their project tomorrow
- Bugscope Team cool we have a few more minutes.
- Teacher wow, why the grooves on the body
- 2:59pm
- Teacher its ok but what do you have for tomorrow?
- Bugscope Team okay we have got to go
- Bugscope Team Ursula is here
- Bugscope Team Tomorrow lots of insects with antennae
- Bugscope Team but we don't have to look at antennae only
- Teacher Ok well they can search for 4th period then. We are using the images after to do a project
- Teacher no worries. Lets focus on spiders if you have some in there
- Bugscope Team okay I am taking the samples out of the 'scope for Ursula
- Bugscope Team she is on at 3 -- now
- Teacher if not we will change our questions around a little. Thanks for your time
- Teacher take care, see you tomorrow
- Bugscope Team Thank You.
- Bugscope Team See you tomorrow.
