Connected on 2009-10-05 09:00:00 from , LA, US
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- Bugscope Team 'scope is pumping down
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- Bugscope Team Cool looks like we are ready to roll.
- Bugscope Team hey there. welcome to bugscope
- 9:00am
- 9:05am
- Bugscope Team Good Morning!
- Bugscope Team This is one of the fly's six claws.
- Bugscope Team this is actually on the moth
- Bugscope Team they have claws too
- Bugscope Team Oops I am sorry -- no wonder I didn't see the pulvillus.
- Bugscope Team I should have know from not seeing any tenent setae, and also from the scales in the background and along the left side of our view here.
- Bugscope Team known
- Bugscope Team we think this is a dragonfly and not a damselfly or owlfly (they all look similar), because dragonflies usually have a rounder head
- 9:11am
- Bugscope Team when we go up close we can see one of the jaws
- Bugscope Team Hi Becky!
- Bugscope Team hey everyone!
- Bugscope Team Wow hello everyone!
- Bugscope Team Welcome to Bugscope!
- Student what is that
- Student what is this
- Student what is this
- Student hey what's up sonic
- Bugscope Team this is the head of a dragonfly
- Student hello
- Bugscope Team you can see its eyes on either side
- Student hi
- Bugscope Team hello emicole
- Bugscope Team it would have antennae but they fell off
- Student Who the heck is this?
- Student hello scot'
- Student is this hapening right now
Bugscope Team yes this is all live. Your class can control the microscope at any time
- Bugscope Team you can barely see one of its jaws
- Student what in the world is this thing
- Student really? are u scanning it right now
Bugscope Team yes you can't see it, but there are electrons scanning over the sample and giving us this image you see
- Student I don't no what this is Linghting
Bugscope Team this is a dragonfly
- Student hey what up
- Bugscope Team this is the Bugscope Project -- we are writing to you from the University of Illinois, and as Cate says you are driving a scanning electron microscope from your classroom.
- Student hey
- Student Wow!
- 9:16am
- Student where is the microscope
Bugscope Team the microscope is in the basement of Beckman Institute here.
- Student awsome
- Student Cool
- Student who did that!!!!!
- Student hey
- Student people this is a head of a dragonfly
- Student HAHAHA!
- Student cool
- Student it is getting closer
- Bugscope Team right now I am driving, but your teacher has control of the 'scope when she wants
- Student hi xavior
- Student coolcoolcool
- Student wow
- Student hey emicole what up
- Student i think i can see the jaw
- Student hi lexi
- Student hey WHO is sonic?
- Student nothing
- Student nx,bhndgjngkyedgt
- Bugscope Team here we see one of the jaws, which is under the clypeus -- the platelike thing on the front of the face
- Student xavier is Sonic
- Student idk how to move the microscope
- Student duh
- Bugscope Team Shauna would you like control?
- Student whos becky
- Student Oh...
- Bugscope Team I can see that Sparky is driving
- Student wyd
- Student hey what happ
- Student what is this
- Bugscope Team this is one of the fly's claws
- Student hey xavier
- Student its an ant
- Student SPARKY!?
- Student thats cool
- Student who's retard
- Student IT IS A SPIDER
Bugscope Team no we don't have any spiders for you to look at today
- Student :)
- Student really cool
- Bugscope Team you can see that it has little pads next to the two claws at the end of this limb
- Student who is retard
- Student yeahhh...
- Bugscope Team the little pads make up the pulvillus, which has what are called tenent setae on it
- Student }::{
- Student me
- Student ok
- Student whos retard?
- Student whos retard
- Student hey jack
- Bugscope Team this is a fly
- Student AWWW WHY NOT DUDE
- Student fly claw
- Student cool
- Student yes
- Bugscope Team tenent setae are sticky and help the fly cling to glass, or to the ceiling, or to vertical surfaces
- Student i'm retard
- Student why dont u have spiders
Bugscope Team we didn't have any spiders to use
- Student hahaha
- Student xavier's now sonic1 people
- 9:21am
- Bugscope Team you can take the mag up if you wish to explore a little further
- Student this is cool
- Student ok xavier
- Student i know
- Student Tt is a fly claw?
Bugscope Team that's right
- Student OMG x3 NOT COOL
- Student sparky is about to change it
- Bugscope Team the samples we are imaging today are in the vacuum chamber -- the specimen chamber -- of the scanning electron microscope (SEM)
- Student does anyone know what this is?
- Student Angelina;Nina#9,this is cool! It's fun studying something...
- Student who
- Student woa what is this
- Bugscope Team now we are on the fly's compound eye
- Student fly eye
- Student is this a fly eye
- Bugscope Team now we see some of the individual facets of the compound eye, as Cate says
- Student wow
- Student is this a fly eye?
- Student eww
- Bugscope Team each hexagon you see is a single component of the eye and is thought to each acquire an image and send it to the brain
- Student it has dandruf in its eye
- Student the fly has stuff in its eyye
Bugscope Team sometimes the insects cannot help being dirty
- Student what is this ?????????????
- Student It's a fly eye!!!
- Bugscope Team the hexagons are called ommatidia
- Student is this a fly eye
- Student cool
- Student Jake are you jockm
- Student what is that?????
- Student ?????
- Student yall are smart
- Student EEWW!
- Bugscope Team this is on a stink bug
- Bugscope Team this might be where it's stink stuff comes from, but we aren
- Bugscope Team aren't sure
- Student what is this scan of?
- Student woah
- Student that is cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Student collage what is this ANSER ME!!!!
- Student yikes!!! look at all this!!!
- Student Ity looks like a upsidedown jungle
- Student it does
- Student yeah it really does
- Bugscope Team those vine-looking things are hairs that when found on insects are called setae (see-tee)
- Student who is lightning
- Teacher I think it looks like someone forgot to brush their teeth
Bugscope Team ooh yeah
- Student yes it does
- Student YUP
- Student funny
- Student hey Mrs. Willims
- Bugscope Team in this case the function of the setae is to keep stuff from getting in the opening, like nose hairs
- Student eww that is gross mrs.willliams
- Student it looks like a mase of thorns
- Bugscope Team stink bugs are said to be repulsed by their own smell
- Student it looks like a scarap
- Student ;(
- Student weird
- 9:26am
- Student but awsome
- Teacher I wonder what the puffy things are at the top of this picture
Bugscope Team I am not sure but I believe they have to do with dispersing the odor, keeping it from irritating the stinkbug. Can't remember where I read about that.
- Student who is lightning
- Student king kong is brennioffnft
- Student i wonder
- Student what is this ?
- Student i want to know what the spikes are on the hairs
Bugscope Team the spikes are part of the filtering apparatus, to keep dust from entering the exoskeleton
- Student cells?
- Student i wonder what those bumps are at the top
- Student what is this
- Student brennon is king kong
- Bugscope Team this is a spiracle, it allows the insect to breathe
- Student what is this?
- Teacher Wow - this looks like the eye of Hurrican Rita.
- Student yeah
- Student interesting
- Student whats this circle does?
Bugscope Team it is a spiracle, which is a breathing pore
- Student it does
- Student Mrs.Willams this is REALLY FUN!!!
- Student oh that is very cool it looks like a ant whole in the ground'
- Student whats this circle do
- Bugscope Team this of this opening as being similar to our nose
- Student i KNOW
- Student This looks like a the moon with lots of holes
- Teacher Is this a water bug?
Bugscope Team this is some kind of hemiptera -- a true bug. this one is not a water bug
- Student cool!
- Bugscope Team if an insect wants to hold its breath it can close these
- Bugscope Team this is on a true bug
- Student it looks like an ant whole!!
- Student cool but holey
- Student The circle is a mtrue bug spiracle
- Student this is a spiracle?
- Student what is a true bug
- Student Wow! that's awsome!
- Student what does it look like
Bugscope Team if you take the magnification down you can see more of where we are
- Student what type of bug is this
- Student this is weird.
- Bugscope Team a true bug is known for its long proboscis, which is used to pierce into plants or insects and retrieve the juices from them
- Student does this have hairs
- Bugscope Team and a proboscis is a type of mouth part
- Student this is cool what is the type of bug
Bugscope Team it is some kind of true bug -- of which there are many. as Cate said they are characterized by having piercing mouthparts
- Student what is it?
- Student it looks
- Student is it a breathing area?
Bugscope Team yes it lets air into the trachaeae
- Teacher giant water bugs are only about an 1 and half inches long - this spiracle must be really small
- Student it looks like a geisyer
- 9:31am
- Student ew what is in there?
- Student it looks like a soar
- Student it looks like a guyser
- Student that must be sharp
- Student it looks like it got split
- Student YUCK!!!!GROSS!!!
- Student it looks like a cave
- Student gross!
- Teacher do you realize how small this really is if the bug is only an inch long!
- Student why do bugs have opening instead of breathing throw there mouth
Bugscope Team insects breathe through spiracles rather than their mouths
- Student into the what!!??
- Student are does teeth?
Bugscope Team there are teeth there
- Student it looks like a crab claw in side of it
- Student this has to be extremely small
- Student It looks like it split from the first pic. we saw!
- Student it looks like a wound
- Student this is cool and it is very big on a scan but small on a bug
- Student it looks like a tube
Bugscope Team it is the opening to a tube, so you are correct
- Bugscope Team here is a different claw
- Student is it a bug claw?
- Student it looks like a catipillar
- Student THIS IS SO COOL!!!!!
- Student looks like a crab claw
- Student it looks like snail with spikes
- Bugscope Team claws are found on all adult insects. they are used to grasp onto things like their food or whatever they are walking on
- Student It looks like a spider about to attach its claw to a branch!!!!
- Student What is this is it a claw?
- Student Why are they called true bugs?
Bugscope Team someone decided long ago that this type of insect was the only 'true' bug
- Bugscope Team if you look at the micron bar in the lower left of the image you can get an idea of the magnification, plus if you click on the micron bar you can get more information about the status of the microscope
- Student is this a worm or something
- Student whoa!! THIS IS FREAKY AND AMAZING AT THE SAME TIME!!
- Student It is a claw of what bug?
- Student it looks like a worm with jaws
- Student is that a type og bug?
- Student it looks like it is a germ
- Student it looks like a caterpiller with no legs and with claws
- Student what r the round things on the hairs
Bugscope Team those are little droplets of liquid
- Student are does spikes used for catching food?
Bugscope Team the spikes are setae (see-tee), and they are often sensory
- Student it looks like a birds mouth
- Student wow
- Student It looks like a poisonis cattipillar with claws!!!!*****:P*****
- Student but what is it?What does it do?
- Student it looks like a grasshopper
- Student what type of insect is this and what is it doing
- Student ok
- Student what kind of bug is it
- Student What is it on??
- 9:36am
- Student it looks like the bottom of a bug
- Student what are all the leg looking things
- Student is that a cock roach
Bugscope Team this might be a bedbug
- Student it looks like tangled up jungle
- Student That looks like a one of those flowers that sucks things in!!:P
- Student they are legs
- Student it isnt a spider cause they dont have any
- Student how many hairs does this bug have
- Student it looks like a spiders legs holding a grasshopper
- Student so, what is it?
- Student a lot
- Student is it on a bed
Bugscope Team that is double-stick carbon tape in the background
- Bugscope Team the legs are all clasped together so it looks like a mess, but the head is there to see
- Student a bedbug it looks cool
- Student Yuk!
- Student Maybe a lillypad????!!!!
- Bugscope Team the bubbles in the background is from carbon tape we stick the insects on
- Student doesn't it look like a jungle
- Student wheres the head at
Bugscope Team top of the little dude is the head, and we are looking at it on its back
- Student no
- Student is it an ant
- Student how many babys can this bedbug have
- Student What are the circular things in the backgrond?
- Teacher I didn't know they had jointed legs - that is pretty cool!
- Student what r the bubbles in the background
- Student if you can see it almost looks like a head at the top
- Student It looks like spiders legs attaching they're legs to eachother!!!!:P
- Student arent bed bugs really small
Bugscope Team you can see them, but yes they are pretty small
- Student can it swim
Bugscope Team probably cannot swim
- Student what are the hairie things
Bugscope Team the hairy things are setae, which insects use to help them sense their surroundings, since they have what functions like a coat of armor (the exoskeleton) on the outside of their body
- Student what r the hairy things for?
- Student Are the pokey thingies spikes???
- Student What r the hairy thigs
- Student is that a shrimp?
- Student yeah what are does hairs
- Student what kind of bug is it
- Student wheres the mouth
- Teacher So the hairs are like tiny sensors
- Student is it a lend bug?
- Student Is that a poisonis catterpillar with a claw??
- Student so it is feels things
- Student do they sense motion
Bugscope Team compound eyes are very good at sensing motion, and the setae -- the mechanosensory setae -- are good at feeling things touching them, of course
- Student is it a land bug?
- Bugscope Team insects have their hard armor-like exoskeleton where it's tough for them to feel sensations, so they have these hairs poking through that are connected to nerves underneath to let them know what's going on
- Student what kind of bug is this
- Student ooo
- Student how many haors do they have
- Student cool that is neat and intresting
- Student Like sensors
- 9:41am
- Student how many hairs do they have
- Student where does it live
- Student ummm, okay.
- Student whoa!!
- Student what bit the cricket
- Bugscope Team we don't know where it lives exactly or how many hairs (too many to count!) Insects are a lot hairier than they seem
- Student it looks like a wave
- Student what bite the cricket
- Student it looks like it would be dead
- Bugscope Team these are bite marks on a cricket. something was chewing on it after it died
- Student That looks like a broken iceberg!!!
- Student what bit it
Bugscope Team we don't know -- maybe a dustmite, maybe a dermestid beetle
- Student it looks like a meteor hit the moon
- Student what bit it
- Student With seceret passage ways
- Student do you know what animal ate it
- Student what creature bite it?
- Student is the face hollow
Bugscope Team parts of it *are* hollow, especially now that it is dried out
- Student a frog/
- Student what part of the face is it
- Student crickets dont have bones
- Student it looks like it has rocks on it
- Student what part of the face was it bite on
- Bugscope Team it was bit near the middle of the face near its mouth
- Student did it eat its eyes
- Student can you see any bone in there
Bugscope Team insects are invertebrates, so they have no backbone, and not only that but they have no bones at all
- Student what's that??
- Teacher What part of the cricket is this?
Bugscope Team if you take the mag down maybe you can tell. I didn't see where this was when Cate set it up.
- Student what is that pokey stuff?
Bugscope Team the pokey ball is the pollen grain. the other stuff are hairs
- Student it looks like the inside of a germ
- Student Who's CEC
- Student r those hairs
- Student pollen
- Student what is that thing on the side of the picture
- Student the pollen looks wierd
- Student is that pollin?
- Student Is that long thing a bone or something like that??
Bugscope Team it's a spine of some sort, likely a mechanoreceptor
- Student yes
- Student how did it get pollon on it
- Student is that a part of a bee?
- Student it is pollen grain
- Teacher I read that some bugs use these brochosomes to clean themselves. Is this right?
- Student where is the mag
- Student i'm bug
- 9:47am
- Student is that stuff hair
- Student whats that blotchey stuff near the big tube looking thing
Bugscope Team that is a big clump f dirt most likely
- Student can a bug get the brochosomes of the pollen
- Student what is this? I'm very confused.
- Student what are the tubes
- Student is that pollen
Bugscope Team not all of the stuff is pollen. just the round ball near the middle of the screen. the rest is most likely dirt
- Student i don't know sparky'
- Bugscope Team brochosomes originate on leahoppers
- Student EEWWW
- Student why does pollen look like spikes
- Student eeww
- Student weird
- Student is that the leg or something
- Student can someone please answer me?
Bugscope Team sonic sorry I missed the question
- Bugscope Team they can be carried in the air and can move to other insects
- Student or is that the polle
- Student what are those fang looking things
- Student really weird
- Student is that spike atooth
- Student what is the white stuff
- Student What is this?
- Teacher I think this is a leg??
Bugscope Team yes we are on the leg still
- Student is it a cricket arm
- Student cool
- Student are does hairs
- Student nobody answers me :(
- Student it looks like a tooth
- Student what is the what tude with puffy stuff on it at the bottom
- Student what is the claw connected to
- Student what part of the body is this
- Student That's okay, Scot.
Bugscope Team Sorry someone called and I had to talk with him for awhile about another microscope
- Student r those small spikes trigger hairs?
- Student it looks like a leg
- Student do all bugs have setae
Bugscope Team we think that all bugs do have setae of some sort
- Student sorry i meant to say what is the white stuff that is kind of puffy on the thing at the bottom
- Student The clump of dirt looks like someone got wet sand in between they're fingers and just let the wet sand drip or flow out!!!! It is really cool!!!!:P
- Student that cricket looks like it has tons of germs on it
Bugscope Team the thing is we do not see bacteria, yet. we could if they were there
- Student whats that stuff next to the leg
Bugscope Team the clumpy-looking stuff is dirt
- Student Is that clump of stuff dirt???
Bugscope Team some kind of dirt, yes
- Student what is this?
- Student so how dd the pollen get on that part of the bug
- Teacher Scot - isn't there something on cricket legs that help make the "chirping" sound they make?
Bugscope Team yes they rub their back legs to make the noise
- 9:52am
- Student what part of the body is this
- Student Are those pointy thingies teeth???
- Student what is the white puffy stuff at the bottome cate?
- Student the dirt is every where
- Student does anyone know what this is?
- Bugscope Team There is a method to calculate the temperature based on the number of chirps: Temperature=50+ (Number of chirps per minute-40)/4
- Student how does the dirt get on them
- Student it looks like there is moss on there leg
- Student why do they have pollen on on them
Bugscope Team this guy was probably crawling around near some flowers
- Bugscope Team Cate just told me that crickets rub their forewings to make those sounds.
- Student maybe like hairs
- Teacher Hey class - did you know the warmer the temperature the more noise they make at night???
- Student cool
- Student NOPEE!!!
- Student yes
- Student But it is cool
- Student no i didnt
- Teacher There are special songs for courtship, fighting, and sounding an alarm
Bugscope Team kind of like people
- Student io
- Student coolio
- Student are they cricket wings?
- Student do theys bug go under flowers for shade
Bugscope Team yes they do, sometimes
- Student that was zack that did that
- Bugscope Team and some scales
- Student it looks like fur
- Student tthat looks like leaves and branches on a tree
- Student it looks like a dirty room with clothes on the floor
- Student what in the world is this either scot or cate
Bugscope Team we are on the moth antenna now
- Teacher Are the mold spores the long hairy things?
- Student scot how do u know all this stuff?
Bugscope Team we have done this a lot, but we are continually surprised -- we always learn new stuff
- Student scales on a bug
- Student what are the hairy stuff on the bug
Bugscope Team those are hairs- or rather when hairs are on insects they are setae
- Bugscope Team the squished balls are mold spores
- Student what's this?
Bugscope Team this is a moth antenna
- 9:57am
- Student cool the antennae has a lot of stuff on it
- Student is there tissue on it
- Student it looks like a rug with nasty stuff in it
- Student Bug is who he is do not worry about him
- Student is this pollen
Bugscope Team those are not pollen, although they look much like it. they are smaller, and they are mold spores
- Bugscope Team the hairs are called setae (sea-tea), and they help insects to sense their environment
- Student oh,thanks scot
- Student can someone answer any of my questions?
Bugscope Team sonic I am so sorry -- let's try again, what was it?
- Student cool
- Student what is the round stuff with a flat bottom near the middle
Bugscope Team those are mold spores!
- Student whats in the middle
- Student is the hairy stuff pollen
- Bugscope Team we are seeing the antenna magnified, so we are seeing all the little hairs and features on it close up
- Bugscope Team mold spores... cool huh?
- Student are the pointy things the antennas
- Student is there tissue on it?
- Student i see with my little eyes two ears
- Student how big are mold spores
Bugscope Team you can see that the are 5, 6, 7 microns in diameter
- Student is this stuff spores
- Student moths have mold on there antennas eww how odes it form
- Student can we get on this at our hoyuse
Bugscope Team yes you can use bugscope where ever you can use a browser
- Student what is this?
Bugscope Team this is a portion of the antenna on the moth
- Student odes is does
- Student is that a small wing by the middle
Bugscope Team it is a scale -- a wing or body scale
- Student it looks like there are acorns in it
- Student are these mold spores
- Teacher did you know moth antennae sense smell and navigate flight
- Student how big can mold spores grow?
Bugscope Team they don't grow any bigger than they start out
- Student are those long hairy things legs
Bugscope Team no those are hairs, insect legs would have a claw at the end
- Bugscope Team but lightning if there are no sessions running, you won't be able to see anything
- Student cool
- Student ah man
- Student you mean house noy houyse
- Student can molod spores grow?
- Student what is the white leaf looking thing at the top right almost
- Student i hoope there is always a session
- Student is this mold spores
- Bugscope Team let's take the mag down so you all can see where you are
- Student is that a wing near the hairs
- Bugscope Team this is the stink bug head
- Student is this a stink bug
- Student the face
- Bugscope Team the thing coming down the middle is a proboscis, which it uses to stab its food
- Student it looks like mosquito
- 10:02am
- Student u can actually tell what this is
- Student is this a female
- Student what are the circles on the slin?
- Student what part of the hjead r we
- Student probably
- Teacher Yea - remember the female mosquito - OUCH
- Student are those holey things breathing holes for the stink bug
- Student what are the little circle on the bug
Bugscope Team those are where setae (little hairs) are coming out from the exoskeleton
- Bugscope Team the two things coming up from the head are its antennae, and the round things on the side of the head are its eyes
- Student the eyes look like fly eyes
- Bugscope Team mold spores germinate like seeds do, and hyphae come out and spread around
- Student it looks like there are hills
- Student are those compound eyes on the side?
Bugscope Team yes they are
- Student how does it stinl
- Student what r the two connected round things at the top of the head
- Student that is cool
- Student are the holey things breathing holes
Bugscope Team yep, those breathing holes are called spiracles
- Student does it have compound eyes
- Student it looks like a water bug
- Student how does it make stnk
- Student how big is it really
Bugscope Team about a centimeter long
- Student how big is an average stinkbug
- Student are these animals dead\
Bugscope Team yes they are all dead. it would be hard for them to be alive in the microscope since we keep the chamber where the insects are under vacuum, plus we are shooting them with electrons. And if they were walking around they would be hard to get a good image anyway!
- Student why does this stink bug give off stink
Bugscope Team to keep from being bothered by people or other insects or birds
- Student yikes!!!!
- Student the legs get attached from holes in the underside
- Student its an insect
- Student is it dead
Bugscope Team yes the insects today are all dead
- Student is that long thing the spine
Bugscope Team that is the proboscis, which is what it uses to eat
- Student how long is this bugs life span
Bugscope Team it varies greatly, but i think most insects in the wild live less than a season
- Student angelina dont ask dead bug questions
- Student wow! That short?
- Student how big is an average stinkbug?
Bugscope Team I think 1 to 2 centimeters around here
- Student whats that hole
- Student what is the hole
- Student what tat hole
Bugscope Team that was where a pin had been inserted; this was from someone's collection
- Student is that black hole thing what it uses to suck things
- Student coudnt you put a tack through it
- Student wat is that
- Student what is tjis new pic of
Bugscope Team this is a housefly
- Student cool
- 10:07am
- Student what is that?
- Student yuk\
- Student fly eye and legs
- Bugscope Team it is not really a picture -- it is a live image from the microscope
- Student did you cut the fly eye open to let us see the inside of the eye
Bugscope Team not this time
- Student are the hairy things what it uses to smell with
- Student y is it calle a house fly
Bugscope Team because they are often found in someone's house
- Student house flys are pests
- Student hey what the scan of right now
Bugscope Team this is the thorax and part of the abdomen of the fly
- Student is that hair sincers
- Student yeahhhhh.........
- Student is that a fly?
Bugscope Team yes it was
- Student can u cut it open for us once
Bugscope Team lightning the samples are in a vacuum chamber, and it would have to be opened to do that
- Student what's this
- Bugscope Team there's the pollen grain. the sample moved a little since the preset was made
- Bugscope Team here's a bunch of pollen grains
- Student what is this
- Student wat is that
- Student is that pollen
- Bugscope Team pollen grains, so pretty
- Student what are the little bunches of that stuff
- Student o never mind
Bugscope Team we can try it next time
- Student so this is like pollen on an ant but grains
- Student pollen grains yep
- Student thats a lot of pollen on a ant
- Student ok
Bugscope Team I have done it before, for a guy who studies fruit flies
- Student how big are pollen grains
Bugscope Team they are about 20-30 micrometers
- Student what is that?
Bugscope Team that looks like the tip of the proboscis of one of the true bugs
- Student im bug
- Student cool
- Student wats that
- Student is that pointy stuff sensors
Bugscope Team yes they are kind of like taste buds
- Student what r the spikes on the new scan
Bugscope Team this is the tip of the proboscis of a true bug. the little spikes are hairs again, but these are most likely for tasting
- 10:12am
- Student who is bug
- Student im nancy,HAHA
- Bugscope Team this
- Student how sharp is this
Bugscope Team we can see from the micron bar that it does not seem super sharp, but it is small and sturdy enough to pierce the surface of a leaf, or maybe a fruit skin
- Student that looks like a fishes scales
- Student what is this?
- Student wats this
Bugscope Team those are moth scales, kind of like feathers
- Student it looks like induvidual scales
- Student i didnt know moths had scales
- Student these look liike leaf bugs huddled together
- Student i didn't know that moths hd scales
- Student what r they
- Student is that sincers
Bugscope Team those in this case are not sensors
- Student cool!!!!!
- Bugscope Team if you caught a moth and it was slick, powdery, that would be because the scales were coming off in your hands
- Student are those used for flying
Bugscope Team they are used for flying, we think, but also to help escape from a web, as Cate says....
- Student so then ur hands would be dirty from scales and all iky
- Bugscope Team moth scales can act as a defense for the moth. if it gets stuck in a web, it can let some of the scales go and get free
- Student do they fit on good
- Student so not feathers but scales
- Student why do they have scales???
- Teacher Hey everyone - I think scales have something to do with the color of the moth. I know that it has something to do with butterfly colors. Amazing!
Bugscope Team the scales have pigment in the tiny holes we see, and in addition, the shape of the scale can produce colors on its own, called structural colors
- Student wow i am not logged of
- Student awesomme
- Student why do they have scales
Bugscope Team the scales 1) help them fly, 2) as your teacher says, they can produce color that helps identify them to other moths, and 3) they can be shed when the moth lands in a web, allowing the moth to slip away
- Student can a moith shed its scales when they get old'
Bugscope Team they probably shed scales over time, but they don't grow back
- 10:17am
- Student like fish
- Student are they used for breathing
Bugscope Team no they have nothing to do with breathing. insects have spiracles for that
- Student yes they can
- Student scot,wat school do u teach at? i mite go there when im older
Bugscope Team this is the University of Illinois. It is a good school, especially for science.
- Student nice observation
- Student why does the moth have mostly bare spots and filled spots
- Student scot
- Student will the scales grow back if they loose them
- Student would skin have color with out the scales
Bugscope Team someone told us no, but I am not so sure
- Student byyyyyyyyy
- Student zack is bug haha
- Student by
- Student see u guys
- Student bye u guys when r u logging us out
- Student bye guys see ya later
- Bugscope Team Thank You!
- Bugscope Team sparky, don't forget to check out your member page, it has all the chat and images from today's session, http://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2009-023
- Student i wonder what that is
- Bugscope Team See you next year?
- Student thanks for the scans
Bugscope Team Thank you for the good questions, Nina.
- Student yono thank you
- Bugscope Team there's another session tomorrow from this same school i think?
- Student by guys thanck for the info
- Teacher Scot - this was amazing! Can we get a printout of our conversations with you?
Bugscope Team all the chat and images are saved to your member page, which you can view anytime: http://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2009-023
- Student see u!!!!!!!!
- Student ya
- Student thx a lot
- Teacher Of course, will you send me info so we can participate?
- Student wahhhhhhh
- Bugscope Team that member page is also in the original email we sent to you after you applied for bugscope
- Bugscope Team the next session is Wednesday, and then Thursday
- Teacher Also - is it possible to join in on another session? October 13th we have a showcase of technology at our school. I would like to do this on that day with my class.
Bugscope Team there is a session on October 13th from 8:30 to 9:30 our time, and it will also have runnover time of 1 hour
- 10:22am
- Bugscope Team here is your member page, again: http://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2009-023/
- Bugscope Team so you could log in as guests for that session and then possible drive from 9:30 to 10:30 if they are done
- Bugscope Team possibly, that is
- Bugscope Team possibly drive
- Teacher Can I join in?
Bugscope Team certainly once that school is done we can let you drive
- Bugscope Team you can login as guest on any session, however, we do need to focus attention to the school that is currently having a session, just as we don't want another school diverting attention away from your session when you are online...
- Bugscope Team but you should feel free to login as guest on any session... sure thing. no problemo.
- Teacher THank you thank you thank you!!!!!! I totally understand!
Bugscope Team Thank You!
- Teacher I will also remind Meg about her session tomorrow. Thanks you for everything - see you on the 13th.
Bugscope Team Meg's session is Wednesday, and she also has one Thursday
- 10:30am
- Bugscope Team over and out, nice session everyone
