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- Bugscope Team hello mrs. mcgehee, welcome to bugscope
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- Teacher Hi!
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- Teacher We are getting the kids set up on the computer right now. We'll be ready in a bit
- Bugscope Team glad to see you this morning, network is just fine today :)
- Guest hi - I am a technology teacher in Fort Mill, SC I have sessions in May and wanted to get a live preview.
- Bugscope Team ok, we are ready for you're students anytime
- Bugscope Team your students, i mean...
- Bugscope Team iSurffer we should be going in a few minutes
- Bugscope Team this is where we're parked, for now, on the hindlimbs of a Japanese Beetle
- Bugscope Team hello students, welcome to bugscope
- Student ok
- Bugscope Team Good morning MariPat, Mina, Alexis, Brooklyn, Ki-Ki!
- Student good morning scot
- Student Good Morning to you Scot!!
- Student Good morning Admins!
- Student good morning awesome people
- Bugscope Team Let us know, you all, when you have questions about what you're seeing. You can see the claws on the screen now, right?
- Student How are you today
- Student Hi Vnnesa
- Bugscope Team we are doing pretty cool, we enjoy doing bugscope
- Bugscope Team we are good, ready to roll, this is a good sample today, on the stub in the 'scope
- Student What insect is that?
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- Student hi
- Bugscope Team this is a japanese beetle, the claw of it
- Bugscope Team magnified 93x
- Student hi scott whats that picture
- Bugscope Team Hi Ty!
- Student hi
- Student What color is this bug? Where does it live?
Bugscope Team it's color varies, but it is way more colorful than just black and white. the beetles originated from japan, but they are now found in lots of other countries as well
- Bugscope Team these are some of the hindlimbs of a Japanese beetle
- Student What color is it?
- Student what does it eat
- Student About how big is this bug?
- Student How big is this bug
- Bugscope Team we don't see color in the 'scope, but this is kind of a metallic green-gold in life
- Student hi scot,scottand alex
- Bugscope Team it's a little less than a centimeter in length
- Student What dose it eat
- Student That is so cool!
- Student wow! What does it eat?
Bugscope Team japanese beetles can be quite a pest,they consume plants and leaves and such, sometimes specific plants that people are trying to grow
- Student Good morning
- Student how old is the bug
- Bugscope Team Mrs M you can drive around if you would like
- Student how big is an aphid
Bugscope Team Tia the aphids vary in size, but they are generally small. Some of those in the 'scope today are twice the size of others.
- Student Where did you find this bug?
- Student what is that wierd thang
- Student Thats Pretty Cool
- Student How big can this type of beetle get to alex
Bugscope Team well, i think it can get to 3/4 of an inch maybe, the biggest ones...
- Student Can you see the claws in real life?
Bugscope Team you can see the claws but of course they are small, hard to make out
- Student what kind of bug this is
- Student this is hairy
Bugscope Team it is surprising how hairy insects often turn out to be
- Student Where did you find / get this bug?
- Student Where did you find this bug?
Bugscope Team people send us bugs, save them for us, and we don't always remember where they came from. This might have come from Cate, from around here.
- Student Doed this bug have any spikes
- Student oh that is cool
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- Bugscope Team i think these are the bugs that you guys sent us, right scott?
Bugscope Team not sure...
- Student is there other bugs
- Student How does the Japenese beetle defend it's self?
- Bugscope Team now this is the very edge of the scope stage, try not to go off.
- Student How can you tell whether it's a boy ora girl
Bugscope Team sometimes the female is bigger than the male, and sometimes the patterns are different, and sometimes it is very hard to tell
- Student Dose it hurt when the cawls pinch you
Bugscope Team well, it wouldn't hurt a human, but it would hurt another bug, probably
- Student is this the same bug
- Student in the picture of the fruit fly head how did you mack the picture so close up
Bugscope Team you are looking at live images from an electron microscope, it can magnify up to 800,000x, so we can see TONS of small stuff
- Student How big is This bug?
- Student it's so cool
- Student do they eat chiggers
- Student what eats aphids
Bugscope Team ants eat aphids; actually lots of insects eat them
- Student What color is this bug and what does it eat?
Bugscope Team it comes in many different colors, green, blue, it's really cool looking. it eats plants and stuff, berries, etc.
- Student how big is it
- Student what is it on
- Student what is it and what does eat
- Student Were do they live
- Student does it live on peoples hair
Bugscope Team these are probably about the size of lice, but they don't live in your hair. They are found on plants
- Student how big is a bettle anteena?
Bugscope Team check out the scale bar in the bottom left of the image, that shows you a bit.
- Student What color is the one you have?
- Student How old can these aphid's get?
- Student doesn,t it fly around the trash can
- Student How big is this bug?
- Bugscope Team you can see from the micron bar in the lower left corner how large or long some of the features are
- Student Is this insect really small?
Bugscope Team this is only a few millimeters long, and the aphids we've had lately have been either black or white
- Student Dose it have a hard shell?
Bugscope Team Alexis that is a good point. Most insects have a harder exoskeleton, but aphids have soft bodies that do not air dry well -- they shrivel up when they die.
- Student thank you
- Student How big is this bug?
- Bugscope Team check out the scale bar in the bottom left of the image. one um is one micron, that is equal to one millionth of a meter
- Student where does it live?
- Student Wow they are pretty small.
- Student Dont ladybugs eat aphids?
Bugscope Team yes they do! They are natural predators of aphids, which is why ladybugs aren't considered pests
- Student Where does he live?
Bugscope Team you find them the leaves of plants, or on the stems, and they are usually sucking fluids out of the plants
- Student Can aphids carry bacteria to other people?
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- Student Do they have wings?
Bugscope Team some aphids do have wings
- Student Where does ths bug live/
Bugscope Team well, it's going to live in some kind of moist environment, with lots of plants around it
- Student how big is it
- Student What do ladybugs eat?
- Student What is there shell pattern?
- Student Well how do ladybugs see the aphids if they are green like the plant they live on?
Bugscope Team They are not always green, but even if they are, they have to move, and the movement will attract predators.
- Student this is scary
Bugscope Team BOOOOOO!!!
- Student Is the skin ruff or hairy?
Bugscope Team well, insects don't have skin like humans, they have an exoskeleton, and those hairs are sensors, they are called setae (see-tee)
- Student is a ladybug a beetle ?
- Student how does it survive
- Student What is the shell pattern of this bug?
- Student this is ffreaky looking
- Student where dose an aphid live
- Student Is this bug an Inverterbrate?
Bugscope Team yes it is an invertebrate, meaning it does not have a backbone; it doesn't have any bones at all
- Student is that hair on the bug?
Bugscope Team those hairs are called setae (see-tee) and they help the insect to sense its environment, like cat whiskers
- Student how many babies can aphids have at once
Bugscope Team Females are reported to produce 1.6 to 3.75 nymphs per day over a 15 to 20 day reproductive cycle.
- Student What is the shell pattern?
- Student hahaha
Bugscope Team sorry, bad joke, huh? :)
- Student 'dose this bug have a shell
Bugscope Team it has an exoskeleton made of chitin, or cuticle, but that in this case is very soft
- Bugscope Team Each female can produce about 50 to 200 nymphs during her life span, and these nymphs (which are all females) can begin reproducing in 7 to 10 days.
- Student Then what does it have in it's body if they dont have bones?
Bugscope Team well, it has organs and fluids and guts and stuff like that. the exoskeleton keeps all its insides... inside
- Student is that its eye
Bugscope Team that is the compound eye, and it is a little shrunken from what it would be in life
- Student coooooool
- Student these fruit fly is really ugly
- Student this is worst than the other one
- Student how much does it wheigh
- Student Why are there eye like that in sections?
- Student Is that bug big?
- Student Where do they live
- Student what is chitin?
Bugscope Team it is the same stuff your fingernails are made of. It is a pretty tough material
- Student its ok it was funny
- Student What is the scale pattern on its neck?
- Student Are insects colored blind?
Bugscope Team interesting question, i think they vary from species to species, but some see in two colors, kind of like dogs, so yes, they have limited color sense, i think...
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- Student are the eyes scaly ?
- Student do they eat fruit?
- Student why dose this bug have like hair all over him
Bugscope Team those hairs (setae) help him sense his environments, like cat whiskers
- Student What do they eat?
Bugscope Team fruit flies eat the enzymes that are produced from rotting fruit. You might notice them if you let fruit get overripe in your kitchen
- Student the fruit fly looks hairy
- Student What is the scale pattern on its neck?
- Student that is ugly
- Bugscope Team Some insects can see more colors than we can, as well. Some can see UV light, for example, and we cannot.
- Student Where do most bugs like he / she live?
Bugscope Team fruit flies live all over, and of course they seem to show up wherever there is fruit
- Student can fruit flies bite you
- Student Scott:your bug is harocious
- Student What is the scale pattern on its neck?
- Student do they have legs
- Student that thing looks furosous
- Student Do fruit flies bite?
- Student thats a cool head
- Student Do fruit flies bite?
- Student how long do they live
- Student Do fruit flies eat bugs?
Bugscope Team fruit flies cannot eat other insects; they have sponging/sucking mouthparts
- Student How long is this bug?
- Student these are our bugs or not
- Student Do fruit flies bite?
- Student +do the maggets eat the fruit too?
- Student What is the scale pattern on its neck?
- Student how does it eat
Bugscope Team it has sponging mouthparts. So it first "spits" on its food to liquify it, and then it sponges it back up to eat it
- Student on its eye is there other eyes
Bugscope Team Ty there are hundreds of ommatidia -- the individual facets of the eye, which are all like tiny lenses and can produce individual images. The fruit fly, like many other flying insects, also have three ocelli (simple eyes) on the top of its head.
- Student wow this kinda creepy
- Student what is that wrinkley thing on it ?
Bugscope Team if you are talking about the thing going off to the right, that is one of its wings. Fruit flies have 2 wings
- Student is it true that they vomit on their food to eat it?
Bugscope Team yes, totally
- Student What is the scale pattern on its neck?
- Student Do fruit flies actualy like fruit?
Bugscope Team well, yes, the sugars in fruit have lots of nutrients i believe
- Student they have long legs?
- Student how can u like bugs
- Student What is the scale pattern on its neck?
Bugscope Team i'm not sure what scale patter?
- Student Why does it look wrinkley?
Bugscope Team I believe those are the veins in the wing
- Student their ugly
- Student do they stay with there baby when they lay them
Bugscope Team fruit flies lay eggs, and i'm not sure if they stay with those eggs
- Student do they posin the fruit
Bugscope Team No they don't poison the fruit, but since it is rotting, you probably wouldnt want to eat it anyway
- Student how long do they live ?
- Student By its eye?
- Student what are those circles on him near his leg
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- Student What is the circle by the eye?
Bugscope Team i'm not sure, we moved, sorry vanesa
Bugscope Team one of the circles, on the thorax next to the eye, was the spiracle
- Student where is the bug
- Student does it feel weird touching the bugs
- Student Are fruit flies as big as the every day flies we see?
Bugscope Team No, they are very small, so small that sometimes when I put them on the sample holder, I'll end up decapitating them without realizing it if I'm not careful!
- Student what is that sack by its leg!
Bugscope Team that is the haltere
- Student What does it do?
Bugscope Team well, it eats for fuel, and reproduces to keep the species alive. other than that it just hangs out and buzzes...
- Student what haltere means
Bugscope Team the haltere is a modified hindwing that beats in a motion opposite that of the wing and provides balance to the fly as it flies
- Student what is a haltera
Bugscope Team a haltere is like a punching bag, it helps the fly keep it's balance during flight, it bounces back and forth on the abdomen of the fly
- Student What do the baby flies eat?
- Student do the magets have hair
- Student What does the spiracle do?
Bugscope Team the spiracle is a breathing hole. insects don't breath like humans, instead they have holes near their abdomens which air goes into and feeds them air
- Student how long do they live
- Student That is really small!
- Student what are those big circles for near his leg
- Student why do you all like them nasty,ugly,little bugs?
Bugscope Team we like them because they are super interesting; they are life forms unlike ours that exist all around us
- Student dos it feed on people
- Student Wow.
- Student Are there Spiracles small in real life?
Bugscope Team oh, yeah, pretty small
- Student How many eggs does this particular bug lay in 1 pregnency?\
- Bugscope Team that number may change in the wild
- Student Wow, those are alot of eggs!
Bugscope Team Fruit flies have lots of predators so it has to have lots of eggs to ensure that at least one goes on to mate again
- Student How big are these real bugs?
- Student why does it eat fruit
Bugscope Team well for energy so it can survive
- Student How long do fruit flies live?
Bugscope Team Most fruit flies live less than two months
- Student whats the difference between a fruit fly and and a regular fly
Bugscope Team first, fruit flies are generally smaller, and second, they have a more specialized diet compared to houseflies
- Student thanks
- Student how can you find what bug it is?
Bugscope Team we often have an entomologist online to help ID the bugs, she isn't on today, sorry :(
- Student How big are these bugs>
- Student What would happen if fruit flies were extinct?
- Student If all of the fruit flies dided what will happen?
- Student What do baby flies eat?
- Student what would it be like if there were no fruit flies
- Student i like disecting bug they look so alsome
- Student How big are these bugs?
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- Student are u guys students or old people
Bugscope Team we are old people :)
- Student can we see another bug
Bugscope Team sure, ask mrs. M to click on a preset
- Student Do there family members punch there haltere since you said it's like a punching bag?
- Student what is the difference between a regular fly and a fruit fly\
Bugscope Team Tia one major difference is size; fruit flies are smaller. Houseflies also eat other things; they don't have the same diet as fruit flies.
- Student How old are you guys
Bugscope Team i'm 38
- Student how old
- Student What would happen if they were extinct?
- Student What would kill all of the fruit flies in the world?
- Student how old are you cate
Bugscope Team 24
- Student how old are the bugs
- Student u older than the teacher but its alright
- Bugscope Team here are pictures of us: http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/who_are_we
- Student What would happen if fruit flies were extinct
Bugscope Team i'm not sure, that's a very complex question to answer
- Student How old is that bug?
- Student What would kill all od the fruit flies in the world?
- Student Do they have a predator?
Bugscope Team pretty much everything bigger than it will eat it
- Student do they live in water
- Student is that a bug
Bugscope Team this is a water boatman. They live on the water
- Student an they swim
- Student how old is this bug
- Student Where does this bug live?
- Student What type of bug is this?
- Student how many bugs are in the us
- Student When it moves it's claws does that shell thing lift up?
- Student what dose it eat
- Student What color is it?
- Bugscope Team this is a water boatman, it lives in water mostly
- Student what dose this bug eat/
- Student Can it swim?
- Student does it have eye
- Student what r the prickly hairs
- Student About, how big ig this bug??
- Student What color is it?
- Student Is this bug color blind?
- Student About how big ig this bug??
- Student where did you find it
- Bugscope Team in mexico, the water boatman is considered a delicacy, and they harvest and eat them in large quantities
- Student what are those dots on this bug
- Student What clor is this bug?
Bugscope Team kind of brownish
- Student does the water boatman go in the bathtub or sink to drink water off of it
- Student how many legs does it have
Bugscope Team it has six legs; insects as adults all have six legs
- Student Aere these bugs big?
Bugscope Team nope, they are longer than wide, the longest being about 13mm or so
- Student where is the mouth
Bugscope Team it is covered up by its palps (which are used to manipulate or taste food). The palps are the hairy pointy things that make it look like it has a mustache
- Student do they live in water
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- Student Is this bug color blind?
- Student Is the microscope you are using expensive?
Bugscope Team totally. it cost about $750,000 in 1998
- Student What o they eat?
- Student Where does this bug live?
- Student how many eyes dose it have
Bugscope Team It has 2 compound eyes
- Student Does it crwal or jump like a grass hopper
- Student What are there predators?
Bugscope Team some water boatman are preyed upon by different amphibians including the Rough-skinned Newt
- Student Are they color blind?
Bugscope Team Vanessa we are not sure. Likely they can see some colors.
- Student can they hop like lice
- Student Can it fly
- Student Wow!!!! thats expensive?
- Student cate is it blind??
Bugscope Team No but it also might not have very good eyesight. If it doesn't have very big eyes it usually means it has poor eyesight
- Student dose it have a hard shell
Bugscope Team Tia the water boatman has a hard cuticle like many beetles.
- Student Alex: What does this bug eat and what eat''s it?
Bugscope Team water boatman eat amphibian plant material, and they are eaten by other larger amphibians
- Student What do they taste like?
- Student How many bugs do you have at your lab to experiment on?
- Student do you have a ant
Bugscope Team we don't have an ant today, sorry
- Student Can they see at all?
Bugscope Team Yes if you look at the head you can see that it is rounded on the corners, and those rounded areas are the eyes.
- Student where are you guys
Bugscope Team we are at the university of illinois, in the middle of illinois
- Student dose this bug have pro legs\
- Student Do you have a ant that we can see please
Bugscope Team Alexis we do not have any ants today. The closest relative to an ant is the wasp.
- Student are those claws
- Student wich are ure favorite bugs
Bugscope Team i like mites, they are bugs that live on bugs
- Student what is this bug
- Student it looks nasty
- Student what are thoes hair like things
- Student alllllllllllllllllllllll that is sad
- Student Hey, my dog has ear mites!!!!
Bugscope Team ack! yeah, mites are nasty little dudes
- Student Why are some catipillars hairy?
Bugscope Team it is a defense mechanism mostly. A bird or some other predator won't want to eat it if it has long hairs to bother its throat. Some caterpillars have itchy hairs so that helps them out more
- Student so thats a caterpillar
- Student what dose it eat
- Student I got to look at them under the microscopes at the vet, they were nasty
- Student How many legs do caterpillars have?
- Student Why do some cattipillars are hairy?
Bugscope Team well, those hairs help insects to sense their environment, they are called setae (see-tee)
- Student whats a proleg
- Student scott why is it when u hold a catipiller it is sticky on your hand
Bugscope Team what we see, on the prolegs, is one of the reasons caterpillars may seem sticky in your hand
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- Student do cattipillars have enimies
- Student where did you find it
- Student Are those claws on tbug?
- Student how did my mosquito fail appart
- Student what is that
- Student Cate:Does any of these bugs bite?
Bugscope Team if they were able to bite you, you probably wouldnt feel it. The reason you feel a sting or a spider bite is mostly because of the poison they inject into you
- Student Do all cattipillars have hair?
Bugscope Team Probably all of them have setae, which are like little sensory hairs.
- Bugscope Team this is the head, and you can see that it has five or six little eyes on each side of the head
- Student Can catepillars hurt trees
- Student does this bug have a soft shell
Bugscope Team yes they are soft bodied
- Student do caterpillars have inteanas
- Student Do they bite?
- Student alex does the catipiller have teeth
- Student How many legs do caterpillars have?
- Student why does it turn into a butterfly
- Student Can they put anything in you?
- Student what i meant was can a lot of catepillars hurt trees like a cucoon of them
- Student how many legs does it have
Bugscope Team The number of legs that caterpillars can have varies with the kind of caterpillar and sometimes with its stage. The caterpillars of some tiny leaf-mining moths may have no legs at all. Most caterpillars of the larger moths and butterflies have 3 pairs of true legs, and most have 5 pairs of prolegs on their abdomen. So the best answer would be that most often they have 16 legs.
- Student Can alot of catterpillers hurt trees?
Bugscope Team Yes if there are too many caterpillars they can eat the leaves of a tree and damage it that way.
- Student how do u know when a caterpillars r poisonus
- Student Can they put anything in you?>
- Student How old is this bug?
- Student How long dose it take for the callapliter to turn into a butterfly?
- Student Is catterpiller blood really, GREEN???
- Student Can some cattipillars be poisonuis?
Bugscope Team there are a few Stinging caterpillars of various shapes, sizes and colors. Stinging caterpillars possess hollow quill-like hairs, connected to poison sacs, that are used as defensive weapons. When these hairs are touched they break through the skin releasing the poison. Reactions can range from a mild itching to the more severe pain, dermatitis, and even intestinal disturbances.
- Student u guys dont know that right
- Student scot are those bumps onthe face the eyes?
Bugscope Team Yes! Cool, I think.
- Student Is catterpiller blood really, GREEN??
- Student how does it eat
- Student those are a lot of legs
- Student does the color of the caterpillar depend on the type of butterfly it will be
- Student Is catterpiller blood really, GREEEN?
Bugscope Team it can appear green or yellow or clear; when you mash a caterpillar the juices from what it has been eating mix with the hemolymph -- the 'blood' -- which is usually fairly clear
- Student what is that tube on its head
Bugscope Team i think that's some kind of small antenna, or proboscis of some kind?
- Student Whats the best way to get cattipillars off your tree?
- Student What is the best way to relocate caterpillars?
- Student whats the best way to relocate caterpilers fff
- Student why does it molt
- Student Whats the best way to relocate catipillars/
- Student off of trees
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- Bugscope Team Alex, I think it might be an antenna
- Student do caterpillers camoflage
Bugscope Team oh yes, some are very well adapted to hide on plant leaves and such
- Student How do you relocate them?
Bugscope Team well, i'm just not sure vanesa, sorry
- Student What is the best way to relocate caterpillars off of trees?
- Student can you move them off your tree without hurting them/
Bugscope Team you can pick them up and move them but it is not very efficient
- Student are they simeller to slugs
Bugscope Team they are different from slugs, which are more like snails. caterpillars will eventually form a chrysalis and metamorphose into butterlfies
- Student cate do catipillers have teeth
Bugscope Team no, but they do have jaws to munch on leaves with
- Student what happens if caterpillers extint
Bugscope Team if they were to go extinct, then there wouldnt be any moths or butterflies,which is VERY BAD. There would be no pollination from them going on and lot of flowers and plants would probably go extinct too. Just like if the bees went extinct
- Student this catepillar is the uglyest thing i'v ever seen
- Student IS THAT ITS EYES?
- Student can i name it
- Student What color is this catpillar?
Bugscope Team well, they are often green, which helps them to stay camouflaged in their environment: plants
- Student why is it like that
- Student Is That its nose
- Student Do house flies really live in houses?
- Student Is thats it's mouth/
- Student that thing that is open is it his mouth
Bugscope Team Kia that is the mouth; you can see the tongue, which has little hairs sticking out of it. It is good that people do not look like that.
- Student what is that opening on his head
- Student Do house flies really live in houses?
Bugscope Team totally, i'm sure you've seen them in your home at times?
- Student Are catipillars a big part of pollination?
Bugscope Team caterpillars themselves arent, but what they turn into after that stage is (butterflies and moths)
- Student its tongue looks like a cactus
Bugscope Team yeah, i agree, neat huh?
- Student what happens if it touches you?
- Student why is this bug hairy/
Bugscope Team those hairs are called setae, and they help it to sense its environment. some setae are chemosensory, and others are mechanosensory, meaning they sense chemicals or movement
- Student Are catipillars a big part of pollinatipn?
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- Student is that bacteria
- Student yes if i look like that i am goin to look ugly.
Bugscope Team well, looks don't matter as much as other things, right?
- Student Is it true that flies vomit on everything they land on?
- Student Whats that stuff on the hairs of its mouth
- Student Why is this bug's mouth so hairy?
- Student what are those dots on it mouth
- Student does it have a suction cup
- Student Do catipillars eat other bugs or anything besides leaves?
- Student is that food on its hair
- Student is that bacteria sticking out of his/her tougne
Bugscope Team Ki-Ki bacteria are usually just a few micrometers (microns) long. We can see them, for example in preset 1.
- Student what are the dots on its mouth
- Student THIS BUG SHOULD SHAVE
Bugscope Team hahaha nice! This fly is hairy yes. But the hairs are used so it can taste/smell/feel what is going on around it
Bugscope Team no, because then it wouldn't be able to sense it's environment!
- Student is that food left over
- Student ever heard of toothpaste buggy?
- Student is that the rest of his food on those harry things?
- Student Do catipillars eat anything besides leaves or even other bugS?
- Student that stuff that is on its tougne LOOKS LIKE BUGERS
- Student This bug needs to go to : "how to brush your teeth.com
- Student how many times does it flap its wings in a min
- Student can they fly whithout a wing
- Student what are those dots in his mouth
- Student what is that
- Student Do they eat bugs or anything else besides leaves?
Bugscope Team Not that I know of. Caterpillars mostly eat the leaves of flowering plants and trees, using their powerful jaws (mandibles). Caterpillars are very limited in their diet; many species will only eat the leaves of a single type of plant. They usually eat only the plant that their mother carefully chose to lay their egg on.
- Student Does this bug eat plants?
- Student Do flies really vomit on everything they land on?
Bugscope Team They often spit saliva on things they want to taste or slurp up. But they don't vomit on everything they land on.
- Student how big is it
- Student Cool, this bug looks like an alien?
- Student if you were a fruit fly where would you live
- Student Can common houst flies carry bactiria to other people
Bugscope Team technically they could carry bacteria to people and surfaces
- Student How do they go to the bathroom
Bugscope Team well, they expel waste as well
- Bugscope Team mrs. M, we drove off the edge, so we click on a preset for you, you should have control back now
- Student Why do wasps sting?
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- Student were you ever stung by a wasp
- Student do wasps attack bees
- Student if you where did it hurt
- Student whats the best way to remove a stinger
Bugscope Team only the honeybee will leave the stinger in you after a sting and die. Wasps and bumblebees will not leave the stinger in, allowing them to sting you multiple times!
- Bugscope Team i don't think i was ever stung by a wasp, a bee yes, but not a wasp
- Student Can wasps be posionus?
- Student how many specis of wasp are there
- Teacher I think my computer was messing things up. We're trying to look at the wasp stinger
- Student Does this wasp really sting or did they just name it anything/
- Bugscope Team if one is allergic to stings, then yes it could hurt, make you all swollen and stuff
- Student that wasp is skinny
- Student Are wasps and dragonflys enimies cause at my house they fight and they are dead everywhere!!!!!!!
- Student Do people study the organs of a fly?
- Student does it have poison in its stinger
- Student can wasps be friendly
Bugscope Team wasps are very aggressive mostly. You want to leave them alone. Bees are usually less aggressive (except for killer bees) and some bees don't have any stingers at all!
- Student ok
- Student what do they eat
- Student dose the wasp die when it stings you?
Bugscope Team No because its stinger did not get left behind. The honeybee dies after stinging you because a part of it's muscle goes away with it allowing it to bleed out and die
- Bugscope Team there now look we had to move it a little from when we set it
- Student Do people study organs of bugs???~~~
Bugscope Team yes, they are called entomologists, and they study all kinds of things about insects, not just the insides
- Bugscope Team you can see that the stinger is serrated, and you can see that this one is in two parts that help it cut into your skin
- Student Is it true that they bumble bee does not sting? ( That fat yellow and black ones)
- Student Do dragon flys and wasp go to war .Ithink they do how about you
- Student how do you remove a wasps stinger
Bugscope Team Tia the wasp pulls its stinger out. Those of some bees will stay in you, and there is a muscular pump like a little outboard motor that continues to pump venom into your skin. I think the best way to remove those stingers is by brushing them sideways out of your skin, like with something sharp. Of course you are not trying to cut yourself but gently remove the stinger without squeezing out any more venom.
- Student alex what is a wasp related to?
- Student do they attack bees
- Student what do wasps eat ?
Bugscope Team well, wasps are generally parasitic as young, so they feed on other insets. but later in their life they can feed on nectar
- Teacher Thank you for fixing it!
- Student What color is this bug?
- Student Are wasps and dragonflies enimies? They fight and are dead all over my back yard!!!!!!
- Student At km house!~!!
- Student do they eat bees
- Student if not what do they eat
- Student Are wasps and dragonflys enimies? They are dead all over my backyard!!!!
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- Student where do wasps live and what do they eat
- Student pouchs
- Student Are they?
Bugscope Team sorry, i just don't know canesa
- Student what is that
- Student Is it true that bumble bees dont sting?
- Student i dont have anything to tell u do u
- Student do wasp make honey?
- Student Are wasps and dragonflys enimies? TThey are dead around my house and backyard!!!!
- Student do moths have baby pouches
Bugscope Team no they lay their eggs on plants
- Student Are wasps related to honey bees?
Bugscope Team They are not closely related. Wasps are related to ants, though.
- Student answer my question
- Student now please
- Student Do they only sting you if you bother them?
Bugscope Team Well...since they are aggressive, if you get too close to their hive/home, they will sting you as well. But say you are at a picnic and you see one, it will only sting you if you go after it usually
- Student so the wasp pulls its own stinger
Bugscope Team that is right, and it can sting again
- Student Do wasps sting?
Bugscope Team yep
- Student Do they sting if you bother them?
Bugscope Team yep
- Student cate can a moth hurt u?
- Student i opoligize i wasn't my manners
Bugscope Team it's ok keerah, we are trying to answer all questions, but it's hard to keep up sometimes. and we don't know everything. :)
- Student What are the spiky things on this bug???
Bugscope Team Jordan the spikey things are the little spines on the proboscis of the moth that allow it to cling to the inside of a flower as it collects nectar.
- Student are the spikes hard or soft
- Student could u answer our questions please
- Student Do they sting if you dont bither them?
- Student wat r the spikes on the moth
- Student Cate- Do bumble bees sting?
- Student are moth cousins to butterflys
- Student have you ever goten stung by one
- Student udiuoidssgyoifuoduof\
- Student Do they sting if you dont bother them?
Bugscope Team well, yes, wasps can be aggressive, humans should always be careful around wasps
- Student can wasps sting multiple times
Bugscope Team yes they can!
- Student alex are moths dangerous
Bugscope Team well, i don't think so, they are more an annoyance to humans
- Student can anythinng eat a wasp
- Student do bumble bees sting?
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- Student pardon je suis francaise
Bugscope Team oui, un little bit
- Student Will theWill they sting you if your just sitting there?
- Student whats the best way to avoid being stung by a wasp
Bugscope Team well, if you see one, then there is probably a nest around, don't go near a wasp nest!
- Student u talk french
- Student can anything eat a wasp
Bugscope Team well, no, i don't think an elephant would enjoy a wasp
- Student Will they sting you if you dont bother them at all?
- Student bye
- Student don't moths have a specail dust to fly
- Student can beetles bite you if you touch it
Bugscope Team yes sometimes they bite you if you are bothering them or if they are confused and think you are food
- Student Goodbye!!!!!
- Student Thank you for your time
- Student how old can a wasp get
Bugscope Team they usually only live through the season
- Bugscope Team thanks students, you all had some great questions!
- Student do bees have a mouth
- Student bye alex
- Student Goodbye thanks for your time!!!!!
- Student Thank you for the wonderful bug project, guys!!!!
- Bugscope Team thanks for your great questions!
- Bugscope Team Thank You!!!
- Student do bees have a mouth
- Student Thanks al0t!!
- Bugscope Team mrs. M, all the chat and images are saved to your member page: http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/members/2008-126
- Student thanks for your time!!!!
- Student good bye thanks for your time with me
- Bugscope Team you are welcome
- Student THANK YOU AND GOOD BUY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Student bye cate and scot
- Student how old can a wasp get
- Bugscope Team That was fun, you guys. Thank you Abby. Good bye!
- Student goodbye!!!!!!thank you
- Student thanks alot
- Bugscope Team no problemo
- Student ITWAS NICE MEETING THE ALL OF YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Student how old can a wasp get
Bugscope Team Usually, as Cate said, just one season and that's it.
- Student oh that is cool
- Bugscope Team Thank you Vanessa.
- Bugscope Team thanks for such great questions
- Bugscope Team bye bye
- Student Thanks sooooo much for the bug projet I really enjoyed it ;)
- Bugscope Team mrs. M, all the chat and images are saved to your member page: http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/members/2008-126
- Student dUCES!
- Student mrs.mcgehee said bye
- Bugscope Team are wild!
- Teacher We need to leave now because we have another class coming in! Thanks for your time!!!
- Student AUTIUOS
- Bugscope Team good bye mrs. mcgehee!
- Bugscope Team Over and out! Bye!
- Bugscope Team adios
- Bugscope Team chowzers
- Student bye this was really fun
- Bugscope Team thanks tia
- 9:00am
- Student duces!!!1!
- Bugscope Team are wild!
- Bugscope Team mrs. M, all the chat and images are saved to your member page: http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/members/2008-126
