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Live Session Transcript

Connected on 2009-05-19 14:30:00 from , CO, US

1:56pm
Bugscope Team wow, I am early
Bugscope Team or late

Bugscope Team Yeah early sorry I did not see you earlier.
Bugscope Team Cate and I are setting up.

Bugscope Team Annie! What is this?
Bugscope Team this is a mantsfly

Bugscope Team Mantispidae
2:02pm
Bugscope Team Awesome. Thanks. Doc.
Bugscope Team pretty awesome, isn't it?

Teacher HI Guys, we are back
Teacher Sorry we are a little late
Bugscope Team We are fine -- we are still setting up.
Bugscope Team look at the bacteria!
Student hi!!!!
Student what is this
Bugscope Team Hi Te Amo!
Student wow thats crazy
Bugscope Team this is the eye of a leafhopper
Student whatup
Student hi!!!!
2:07pm
Student hey
Student :( i cant se
Student thats crazy
Student Hi!!
Student hi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Student sup
Student Heyyy
Student hey
Student nm manu?
Student what is this
Bugscope Team Te Amo click on F5 to refresh your browser
Student what kingdom is this bug in
Bugscope Team The kingdom Animalia
Student what animal is this
Student HEYYYYY
Student ///
Student ???
Student hola\
Student sup
Student Wow this is so cool
Student sup hana montana
Student hihihihihihihihihihihihihi
Student What about the phylum?
Bugscope Team Arthropoda
Student hi jeff
Student thats cool
Student wow
Student what is this bug
Student this is awesome!!!
Student what is that
Student hi there
Student What is the gray thing?
Student Wow it looks weird
Student grrrrrr this is making me mad:/
Student What kind of bug is this?
Student Where is this animal found
Student what bug is this??
Student what are looking at specificly?
Bugscope Team You guys we are still working on the presets for your session.
Student What is the phylum
Student mmmm it looks tasty
Student omg!!!!!!
Student Whatis the Genus and species
Bugscope Team I am not sure if we are going to get to the genus and species level of this insect...there are probably only a handful of scientists in the world who could ID this insect to genus and species
Student What part of the bug is this?
Student what does this animal do
Student Hi people
Student OMGEEEEEE!!!!
Student does this bug have little hairs on it's legs? why?
Student what presents?
Student hi ARIC!!!'
Student what is this
Student what is an electron microscope
Student what do you do
Bugscope Team Annie it is Cicadellidae isn't it?
Bugscope Team I think so
Bugscope Team It has a weird face
Student what is the main part of your job?
Student how is an electonic microscope work?
Student hay te amo
Student what is a cicadellidae?
Bugscope Team Cicadellids are leafhoppers
Student what type of animal is tat?
Student this is a praying mantis right?
Student holoy jenkers that looks cool whats it genus
Student *that
Student looks like a bees nest
Student What type of bug is this?
Student Is this bug alive?
Student whos! bob!!??
Student what is this part of the bug?
Student what is this insect's scientific name??
Bugscope Team This is an insect in the order Homoptera, in the family Cicadellidae. That is about as good as we can get with the ID. There are very few people, mostly leafhopper experts, that could identify the genus and species
Bugscope Team Te Amo hit Refresh on your browser -- the little thing that looks like an circle-arrow
Student what is the genus?

Student wow
Student shoes
Student what is in the background
Student it looks like a bug
Student is a leafhopper big
Student hiiiiiiii
Student What is the Cardada thiny?
Student it is a bug
Teacher Are you guys still setting up?
Student what is this thing called
Student what is that
Student haha... whats that
Student what part of the leaf hopper is that?
Teacher I can't seem to control the scope
Student how many antena does it have they look tasty
Student What Biome can they be found in?
Student yo scotj what is a cicadellidae
Student whats a leaf hopper
Bugscope Team This is a leafhoppe!
Student figure ti out
Student dose this have eyes
Bugscope Team okay I just unlocked control Mrs N
Bugscope Team are they there now?
Student what kingdom is it in?
Bugscope Team Check out the answer to this question on the lower left corner of your screen
Student what is a Cicadellidae??
Student does this thingy haves eyes????????????
Bugscope Team the eyes are streamlined into the side of the head
Student how do you know if its a male or a female??????
Bugscope Team leafhooper
Student thi kim
Student what does streamlined mean?
Bugscope Team It means that it has a smooth profile and doesn't have a lot of pieces sticking out.
Bugscope Team we can see the eyes -- they're smooth, on the sides below the antennae
Student what is an electron microscope annie?
2:12pm
Student where does it live?
Student where can i be found
Student ya i could imagine that
Student what does the leafhopper do?
Bugscope Team It sucks plant juices and can transmit plant diseases
Bugscope Team this is a bug, and I think it is a true bug
Student where can they be found?
Student it looks like a dust mite
Student hey hey
Student so any body gonna
Bugscope Team they live in bushes
Student what does the animal eat?
Bugscope Team Plant sap
Bugscope Team among other places
Student don't eatit that is discusting
Student o ok
Student ya
Student what does it eat?
Student does it have hairs are they pointy or soft
Student ?
Student what other animals are thier
Student how big is this? like a cm long??
Student what kingdom is it in?
Student what is this

Student ahh
Student this is a fruit fly??? ewwwwwww

Student cool eyes
Student thats ugly
Bugscope Team okay this is cool
Student do they eat fruit?
Bugscope Team They actually eat yeast that lives on rotting fruit

Student it is

Student what eats this fruit fly?
Bugscope Team fruit flies are pretty low on the food chain. Pretty much anything bigger than it will eat it, even us if we accidentally swallow it!
Bugscope Team really anything that can catch it, like a bat or a bird or a dragonfly, or a toad
Student cool bug!!
Bugscope Team yes Te Amo
Student What are the bumpy things at the top?

Student omg
Student oh wow it looks like his eyes have hair on them! so they??
Student do fruit flys eat fruit???
Student how many pairs oif legs does this friut fly have?
Bugscope Team three pairs of legs
Student how big does a fruit fly get?

Student cool
Student why is it called a fruit fly??
Bugscope Team They buzz around rotten fruit
Student What do they eat?
Bugscope Team they eat the enzymes made by rotting fruit.
Student what the

Student do fruit flys eat.....fruit???cuz it would kinda seem like it
Bugscope Team they eat yeast that lives on rotten fruit
Student Do flies have an exoskeleton?
Bugscope Team Yes, all arthropods have an exoskeleton
Student Does a fly grow legs in its head and are they adventagous

Student what does a fruit fly eat?

Student why is it called a fruit fly? Does it eat fruit?
Bugscope Team they are called that because you will often find them flying around your ripe fruit
Student are the eyes bigger than its brain
Student how long is the bug in cm?
Student why is it attacted to fruit?
Bugscope Team The same reason as you are attracted to pizza, because it smells yummy to them.

Student no in feet?

Student what do the hairs do
Student ahh
Student why do they call it a fruit fly if they dont eat fruit?

Student how long is it in feet?
Student oh i got the answer
Bugscope Team it's a fruit fly because they are found around fruit, but as Annie says they feed on yeast that grows on fruti
Bugscope Team fruit
Student What is the niche for the fruit fly?
Bugscope Team I guess they are decomposers
Student oh. how sharp are his fangs?? can they hurt you??
Bugscope Team it doesn't really have fangs; it has tiny sucking mouthparts, can't hurt you
Student why do they call it a fruit fly?
Student What are those neddles used for
Teacher Shay 12 would like to drive the microscopes for awhile please
Bugscope Team shay has control
Student Why do they have hair all over their arms?
Student why does it need fangs
Student can the fangs be poisonous?
Student how does it eat
Bugscope Team it spits up on its food, which makes it liquify, then it sponges it all up
Student What are the pointy stinger like things? are they to grab food?
Bugscope Team all those pointy things are not stingers, but are hairs!
Student what is it's nich?
Bugscope Team they are decomposers, or saprophytes--they feed on fungus

Student what is that?
Student amazing
Student ghjjkfhrdhdigh:IOW
Student whos in control
Student What is its role?

Student shaiana is in control
Student that looks rreeeeeeaallllllllllllllyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy wierdd!
Student what ecosystem do fruit flys live in?????????????????????????????????????
Bugscope Team They live anywhere there is rotten fruit and vegetation...so almost all ecosystems...even in the desert!
Student wasssssup?????
2:17pm

Student why are the eyes so big
Student this is a little creepy
Student wow
Student What are those neddle things used for?
Student Can i drive the microscope?
Student so it would be really bad if they went extinct
Bugscope Team There are many different species of fruit fly and there are other decomposers, but I think that it is bad when any species becomes extinct
Student if they feed on fungus then y is it called a fruit fly
Bugscope Team Because they buzz around rotten fruit
Student This is really cool!!!
Student no you can
Student What are the bumps on the eyes
Bugscope Team those are all the individual facets, called ommatidia, of the compound eye.
Student Why are some of the hairs longer then others?
Student im kufik,

Student ]
Student WOW!!!
Student i think its used to eat
Student mn
Student do they have antenne or whatever
Bugscope Team All insects have antennae
Student what is this?
Student no can II do the micro scope arfter shayna?
Student so it would be really bad if they went extinct?
Student what is a tarsil??
Bugscope Team you can relate it to our hands
Student Is that it butt
Bugscope Team the hair, or setae or microsetae or trichae or microtrichae help the fruit fly sense things around them and also probably provide a little more surface area for lift in the air
Student what is this picture of?

Student what is that?

Student so they don't actually EAT the fruit
Bugscope Team right, they eat the yeast that is breaking down the fruit
Student idk
Student wow
Student can they live in our house?????
Bugscope Team Absolutely

Student what are the spikey thinggsss?
Student WOW!!1
Student what is that?
Student clawas
Student what are the bumps
Student what is that
Student wwhat are the claws coming out of it
Student What is the tarsal for
Student how powerful is this micro scope? how big is it?
Student oh ok
Student are those pokey things hair?
Student I looks like a weapon
Student what are the spikes for?
Student What are those sharp things?
Bugscope Team those are all hairs. You'll find that insects are a lot hairier than they seem! That's because since they have a hard exoskeleton, it is hard for them to feel things, not like how we can feel things with our skin. So they have lots of hairs that are attached to nerves found underneath the exoskeleton that will give them the sense of whats around them
Student mrs.nielson can i control the microscope?
Student what would happen if they went extinct? do you think that could happen?
Student it looks like a comb mrs n just giving an observation
Student how many bones do they have?
Bugscope Team No bones!
Student What are those neddle things used for?
Student anything could happen sammisam
Student How do thet affect the food chain?
Bugscope Team The feed on yeast, and they are eaten by spiders and other small arthropod predators
Student what is that
Student how do they eat?>
Bugscope Team the pokey things are tiny bristles that help the fruit fly sense things it might be touching
Student how big can they get?
Teacher Yo24 would like to have control of the microscope for awhile please
Student so do they eat fungus or fruit more????
Student This question is for Annie. Why do they have the spikes. is it for protection?
Bugscope Team The spikes are called setae. They serve many functions. Some setate sense smell or taste, some setae sense touch. Some setae are spiky for protection or to help them do something, like dig.
Student what is this picture of on here
Student were does it live
Student oh thanks
Student does it just eat fruit?
Student would they eat plain fruit in our house without the yeast?
Bugscope Team They generally prefer rotting fruit
Student how big can they get?
Student how big can they get?
Student how big can they get?
Student how big can they get?
Student are the torns hard
Student where is this located on the fly?
Bugscope Team this is the end of one of the arms
Student ewwwww that is sooo gross they have no bones!!
Student what are torns?
Student how big can they get?

Student how do they move
Student what is that
Student what are we looking at??
Bugscope Team this is a spider
Student that looks like my brother
Student have they had any genetic mutations?
Student does this strucure grab things
Student can they become extinct? what would happen
Student what is this?
Student oo is that a spider?
Student Is that a spider??

Student is that the spiders fangs?
Student what is that?
Student what is that
Student that looks like austin
Student What is the phylum of the spider?
Bugscope Team now we are looking at the tongue of a bumblebee
Student looks like grapes
Student what is that
Student is that a tongue? why does it look like that??
Teacher Can Yo24 have controls of the scope for while
Bugscope Team yo24 has control!
Student what is this bugsa scientific name!
Bugscope Team This is a bumblebee probably in the genus Bombus. Probably Bombus impatiens if it was collected in Illinois
Student Do they have any spical defences?
Student omg that is so cool!!!!!!!
Bugscope Team this, now, is the tongue, or glossa, of a bumblebee, as Cate said
Student wow! how do you know all this!?!? i feel stupid
Student What are those long hairy like structures?
Student that looks like austin
Student what is the predator of this??????
2:22pm
Student what is on the tip of the tonge
Student this is so confusingg!
Student why does it look like that
Student why is the touge hairy
Bugscope Team the tongue is hairy so it can collect pollen

Bugscope Team often bees have some form of bomba in their name, it seems
Student that looks like austin
Student can i try

Student how does it have a ball on the end of the touge
Student if this is a bee does the end of the tongue help get pollen?
Student whats all this stuff on the tonuge?????
Student What are the tiny bristles on the tounge

Student what is that?
Student ew
Student wow i wish i knew this much about insects!!
Student do they eat anything else? like besiddes polun
Bugscope Team They eat pollen and nectar
Student why is that? hairy?>
Student i meant pollen
Student what is bomba in their name?
Student is that a antena

Student If the tounge is so hairy wont it pick up other things besides pollen?
Bugscope Team Bumblebees don't usually put their mouths on anything they don't want to eat

Student probley not
Student mrs.neilson can i control the scope
Student hi johnny test
Student what is this?
Bugscope Team there is a bird called a bee eater, and there are other birds that like to eat bees, plus dragonflies like them
Student spiky
Bugscope Team this is the fruit fly compound eye
Student Whays that???
Student this is cool
Student hope?
Student what animal is this
Student what is this??!!1
Bugscope Team it has lots of spikes which are all hairs, or setae
Student What are the spikes for?
Student whats that?
Student can i control it
Teacher Can Hopey have controls for awhile please?
Bugscope Team hopey has control now
Bugscope Team or I should say we can go to over 600,000x but 200,000x is about the max for good images
Student wow jnthats alot
Student whos yo24
Student is that hair or like something else????? cuz it looks icky:P
Bugscope Team those are hairs, they are used to sense wind movement
Student what is the circles with hairs

Student is that the max for an electron microscope

Student What are the pointy thingas
Student how many hairs does it have
Student what are the bubble-type things beneath the hair?
Student how many eyes to the fruit flys have????
Bugscope Team too many to count! The eyes take up almost the entire area of the head

Student What is this part of the bug? What is this bug?????
Student Do bees posion kill there eaters

Bugscope Team now you can see the bumpy things, which are the ommatidia
Student how big is the eye of a fly?
Student what are some of their adaptations?? like y r their eyes like that?
Student what part of the body is tyhis?
Student what is the predator of this fly?
Student wait; this is a bee?????
Bugscope Team this is a fruit fly now
Student Are fruit flies poisionius?
Bugscope Team No
Bugscope Team no they're not poisonous
Student what bug is this?
Student i thought we were looking at fruit flys?
Student what is the spiders loong name??? lol
Student do the eyes have any protection like how on frogs they have the nicotine membrane for seeing underwater
Bugscope Team The little setae protect the eye from dirt
Student do you learn new things about these insects from these bug scopes?? i'm learning a lot!
Bugscope Team I did an entire chapter in my dissertation using the microscope. So, yes, we learn all sorts of new things about insects using the SEM
Student is that skin
Bugscope Team it's not skin -- it is a chitinous exoskeleton, made of material like our fingernails
Student what is the diffrence between a bumble bee and honey bees
Bugscope Team honeybees have barbed stingers that once they sting something they die, because the stinger stays in the victim
2:27pm

Student change the pic
Student is this a window?
Student what is this
Student this is a baby cricket head
Student what is this?
Student yesaah
Student What is that
Student aq brain?
Student what is that??///
Student *yeah\

Student Does it have a brain?
Student What are those long things?
Student it looks ded
Bugscope Team yeah hana it is dead, sorry

Student o its a babay cricket head
Student tat coo
Student is that a tube
Student is that a noose
Student is it just the head?????????????????????????????????????????
Student What are the predators of fruit flies
Bugscope Team Spiders, other predaceous insects like praying mantises
Student nose*

Student how do crickets reproduce?
Student that looks like dzc
Student do bumbelbee's have soft skin
Student woahhh\

Student IS it true that when a bee stings you their stinger comes out and they die?
Bugscope Team some bees when they sting you, yes that is true

Student what is the difference between a fruit fly and a fly?
Bugscope Team All fruit flies and flies, but not all flies are fruit flies. Fruit flies are in the family Drosophilidae.
Student What do fruit flies eat?
Student that looks like dzc

Student what is that cate3
Bugscope Team we are looking at a small cricket
Student what is that

Student :P you guys are mean to me:(
Student does it have worts
Student what part of the body is this?

Student what is the class
Student What are those vain like things
Student what is the phylum?
Student where do u live
Student ahh
Student what are those little creviises?
Student can i control the scope?
Student What ecosystem can you find them in
Student can grass hoppers kill you???
Bugscope Team Not under any normal circumstances
Bugscope Team so a honeybee has a barbed stinger and leaves the stinger in you along with a little pump that is sort of like an outboard motor to pump the poison into your skin
Student Is that empty space the mouth?
Student Whats the genus and species??
Student is that their brain?

Student are they all cut up??
Bugscope Team Yes, usually we can not fit a whole insect on a stub

Student Are there special adaptations for the mantisfly?
Bugscope Team Yes, it has large eyes to see at night, and raptorial front legs for capturing prey.
Bugscope Team inside of the microscope
Student that is soooo cool!
Student o wow that is awesome
Student another window! whoa now a bathroom looking thing
Bugscope Team this is what we are looking at
Teacher THank you very much
Student wow that is kool!!!

Student what kind of bugs are these?
Student WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ha thats what were using??
Student how many bugs are there?
Bugscope Team we try to fit as many insects as we can on one aluminum disk. Today we have an ant, leafhopper, japanese beetle mantisfly, spider, cricket, bumblebee, part of a paper wasp nest, and a fruit fly
Student That is HUUUUGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bugscope Team this is a vacuum chamber with the critters on that round platter
Teacher Hopey can have control again thanks
Student can i control the scope?
Student where can fruit flies be found?
Bugscope Team In every ecosystem except the arctic where it never gets above freezing
Student where do u live
Bugscope Team We are all in Urbana Illinois.
Student can i control the scope
Bugscope Team Mrs N you have control now
Student ANT HEAD
Student Are grass hoppers and crickets realated to each other?
Bugscope Team Yes, they are in the same order, Orthoptera
Student he
Student looks like my mom
Bugscope Team ooh
Student i
Student thats kinda ugly no offence to the buggy thing
Student dose it have eyes
Teacher Mikele would like controls please
Bugscope Team ok mikele has it
Student What are the fuzzy things on its mouth?
Student NO duh
2:32pm
Student are there any special adaptations for the Mantisfly?
Student of course you can
Student johnny thats not nice
Student ANT HEAD!!!
Student Where are ants found?
Student i was just kidding that doesnt look like my mom
Student how big are these ants?

Student What are those round things on the side?
Student illanooss>?
Bugscope Team see the compound eyes?
Student what kind of ant is it
Bugscope Team I am not sure...I am not an expert on ants. Sorry
Bugscope Team oops not now

Student whagt is in the mouth?
Student is it puking
Student are bees and grasshoppers related?????
Bugscope Team Only in that they are both insects. They are in very different insect families.

Student what is in the ants mouth?
Student looks like man lil brother
Student hey that looks like hana montanas mom
Student You live in illinois????!!!!! I USED TO LIVE THERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Student is there something in the mouth of the ant

Student is it puking????
Student is there something in its mouth?
Student is there something in the mouth?
Student hey that is not funny
Student ya jonny test loser
Student this looks sooo creep!
Student is that an anthead
Student Are the bugs dead?
Bugscope Team all the insects are dead. It would be kind of mean to stick them in a vacuum, where they can't breathe, then shoot them with an electron beam!
Student these are all dead right?
Bugscope Team any
Bugscope Team any
Bugscope Team ant
Student is this overwhelming with so many students?
Bugscope Team it keeps us moving for sure
Bugscope Team there
Student jonny test is a loser

Student are the eyes behind the antennas?
Bugscope Team that's right!
Student What biome can be found in?
Student what is this

Student paper wasp nest

Student what is it made out of
Bugscope Team Wasps make the paper for their nests by gathering wood pulp and chewing it up. So the nest is made of spit paper.
Student do they have ears?
Bugscope Team lots of insects do not have ears but they can sense vibration
Student omg
Student what is this?
Student is this an animal? or jst a nest?
Bugscope Team this is a paper nest
Student thats cool
Student how are they made?
Student What class would you find a cricket in?

Student Do wasps actualy make paper?
Student ouchh!
Student so wat would u say is a major adaptation for it

Student what is the difference between wasps and honey bees??
Bugscope Team There are many many many types of wasps, but only one real species of honey bee. Bees have forked hairs on their body, they are truly social, and they have pollen baskets on their hind legs
Student So is at an animal?
Student what is all the bumpy things on the thingt???
Bugscope Team those are pollen grains
Student does the nest have anything to protect itself
Student how do they make their nest?
Student is the nest really made out of paper?

Student What are the large circle things on the bee?

Student yo what phylum is this in?????????????
Student how do you know what a wasp nest looks like?
Student Why are arachnids not considered insects??
Bugscope Team They have eight legs, eight eyes, no antennae, and only two body segments.
Student ya
Student Are these made of woodspit?
Bugscope Team insects have six legs, for starters, and arachnids, as adults, have eight
Student What are those hexagon things?
Student cool beans
Student do the bees have any other protection, besides its stinger?
Bugscope Team Not really, they rely pretty heavily on that stinger.
Student this is for scot J what is this

Teacher happy birthday would like control please
Student who is baby girl
Student what are the lines??
Student baby girl is megan
Bugscope Team Happy Birthday has control
Student hey hey camron
Student megan you always get your ?'s answered
Bugscope Team we try to get everyone but sometimes we just cannot keep up
Bugscope Team the lines are part of the surface of the exoskeleton
2:37pm

Student what is that

Student she used to be tamu

Student Can the fruit fly eat other than yeast on fruit
Bugscope Team you can grow fruit flies in special medium, so they will eat other stuff as well

Student its fine! sorry we are asking allot!!
Student what part of the boddy is this/
Bugscope Team this is one of the legs, up close

Student :) i feel specail lol but do the hairs on a bee keep them warm like ours do....kinda?
Student are you near the bugs we are looking at?? like in the same building?
Bugscope Team I am not, I am at my apartment, packing to get ready to move
Student :) this is really cool!!!
Bugscope Team we're glad you think so!
Student do bees reproduce?
Bugscope Team yes, the queen bees lay eggs
Student where are these insects found
Student wat is that
Student o ok!

Student Are you there with the bugs?
Student i get it now!

Bugscope Team this is the tip of the glossa now, oops gone
Student Yes bees reproduce, how do you think more come about?
Student why only the queen bee?

Student there is only one queen bee, right?
Bugscope Team in a honey bee and most bumblebee hives there is just one queen
Student Why does it have hairs on it?
Bugscope Team the hairs have lots of functions, including tasting the air, feeling motion or touch, registering hot or cold...

Student where do all these animals come from?
Student why wont u all answer my questions
Student how many eggs does the queen bee lay?
Student Why is there only 1 queen bee and she has to lay all the egg? cant there be multiple?
Bugscope Team Not in a honey bee colony...one queen only is the rule!
Student a loy

Bugscope Team the background is doublestick carbon tape we stick the insects on-- it looks all bubbly

Student wow annie it's amazing how you can concentrate and do this at the same time!! thanks for taking the time to do this with us!!
Bugscope Team Thanks Sammisam...it is a nice break for me.
Student why

Student YA THANKS A BUNCH!!!!

Student do the hairs keep them warm? and bees have tounges?
Bugscope Team bees have tongues -- the tongue is called the 'glossa,' and I think it is likely that some of the fine hairs do keep the bees warm, but they are 'cold-blooded'

Student
Student wow this is werid!

Student how much hair do they have on their tonge?
Student what are some adaptations

Student bye:(
Student nevermind

Student Do bees eat all the necter they collect?
Bugscope Team no they store a lot of it -- that's how you get honey and the bees don't seem to mind

Student ah ok
2:42pm
Student what is thid
Student what are some adaptations of these insects

Student kreepy

Student where are the eyes?

Student is the queen bee the only one that makes the babies
Bugscope Team yes she is

Student what is the tuby thing>

Student How big is the brain?
Bugscope Team About 1/3-1/8 of the size of the head

Student the crickit head
Student does the queen bee collect pollen/nectar?
Bugscope Team No, she doesn't forage for food

Student what is going on

Student How many legs do they have?
Bugscope Team all insects have 6 legs

Student Is that the wing
Student if they save the honey, doesn't it get hard and kinda hard to eat eventually???
Bugscope Team No, that is the wonderful thing about honey. It never goes bad!
Student do u no wat the population of bees are

Student what is this??

Student is that an arm
Student does the queen bee have a bigger stinger than the other bees?
Bugscope Team No, I am not sure if she had a real stinger.
Bugscope Team this is the fruit fly claw
Student what are all the sharp things
Bugscope Team one of the six claws it will have
Bugscope Team with a claw at the end
Student hairs?

Teacher hawkdawg 2065 would like controls please
Bugscope Team now he/she is 65
Student what do they use that for?
Student Do these have eukaryotic or prokaryotic cells
Bugscope Team Eukaryotic. Only bacteria have prokaryotic cells
Student Do the bee larva go into a coocon like a butter fly or just grow and adapt?
Bugscope Team Yes, there are bee pupae, just like there are butterfly pupae. Bee pupae are not wrapped in a cocoon thought
Student what are the claws used for? eating or to protect itself?
Student ok wow thats good

Student hiiii
Student do bees make cacoons like butterflies?
Student EUKARYA
Student what is thiss
Student cool skin

Student Ha its ok i didnt know that either
Bugscope Team though we do have bacteria on one of the insects
Student what is that

Student what bug i sthis?
Bugscope Team This is a Japanese beetle
Student wat is its niche
Bugscope Team It is a herbivore
Student can all bugs swim???????????????????????????????????????
Bugscope Team no
Student yeahh what is ittt????????????????????? ;?
Student nvm
Student whts that
Student yes it is
Student wat is that?
Student I wouldnt think so but i might be wrong
Student are those anntenne??
Student how many pairs of anntennea do they have/
Bugscope Team one pair of antennae, unlike lobsters
Student are there any incests with closed circulitory system
Bugscope Team No, they all have an open circulatory system

Student What type of circulatory systems do they have?
Student what bugs caan swimm???
Bugscope Team Aquatic beetles and bugs, a few species of wasps. baby dragonflies and larval and pupal mosquitoes
Student are those claws on the front?

Student ah thx for answering my ?!!! lol
Student Are there any special adaptations for any of these bugs
Student do bugs even HAVE blood???
Bugscope Team they have a fluid called hemolymph
Student jeffy
Student we knew that
Student what??
Student what is this

Student cool
Student do theyhave a heart yo and how if hoe hwhg
2:47pm
Student THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Student kk thx!! we have to go=^-^=
Student thank you scientists we have to go
Student Thanks dog gotta go
Student THANK YOU WE HAVE TO GO
Student thank you scientists!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Student THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have to go-I had so much fun!
Student thanks we have to leave
Student i made new friends 2day!! lol thx and i will miss you going to social studies. lol
Student thank you very much for your time
Student thank you we have to go.
Student thank you for chating
Student Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bugscope Team thank you for your attention and for all the questions!
Student THANK YOU but byebye:(
Student thank you so much for answering our questions we have to go
Student THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ANSWERING ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS! YOU GUYS WERE A BIG HELP! WE GOT TO GO NOW SO THX AND BYE!
Student bye bye
Student Thank you so much, i bet this was really hard. sorry we asked so many questions. GTG (got to Go) Thanks agian!!!!!! it was so much fun!!
Bugscope Team like Annie said, insects have an open circulatory system, and the inner components of the body are bathed in hemolymp
Student Thank you so much for taking your time to answer all of our questions it was cool to have you answer them!!
Bugscope Team hemolymph
Guest What is the red liquid when a butterfly emerges from the pupa?
Bugscope Team it is bug blood and dissolved body parts
Bugscope Team i dont think annie would have gone through all the trouble of getting a phd if she didnt have at least a small amount of fun with it
Bugscope Team Thank YOu!
Student thanks bye!
Bugscope Team Bye Swimchick.
Teacher I will be back in a few minutes with the next class,thank you
Bugscope Team Cool.

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3:03pm
Teacher Hi guys, here come the next batch!
Bugscope Team Hi Labyrinth!
Guest What are we looking at in the picture?
Bugscope Team this is a scale that was found on the fruit fly i think? It doesn't belong to the fly hthough
Bugscope Team hi everyone!
Bugscope Team Mrs N you should have control now
Student what is this thing
Bugscope Team this is on a partially decomposed insect I did not recognize
Student thanks
Student hello scientists
Bugscope Team Hi C17
Bugscope Team oh ok scott
Student what is this ]
Bugscope Team this is a single scale
Bugscope Team I found it when I was trying to reset things betw. sessions.
Student What is this
Bugscope Team this is a scale from a moth or butterfly or mosquito or perhaps even a silverfish
Student what kind of bug is this
Bugscope Team this is an unidentified insect, kind of in bad shape
Student Yo scientists
Student What is this?????
Student Hey its kit kat
Student what other bugs are there????
Bugscope Team we have a leafhopper, japanese beetle, mantisfly, fruit fly, bumblebee, spider, ant, cricket, and part of a paper wasp nest
Student hello
Student what is it
Student ???
Student hola
Student who is bubble
Student YO YO!!!!
Student hi people
Student ya
Student so this is a fruit fly
Bugscope Team no this is on another type of fly that we dont know
Student hey bubbles
Bugscope Team let's go the leafhopper
Student ok
Student ok

Student This looks like a moth but I'm not sure so what is it ?
Student what is that
Student what am I looking at
Student is that hair all over the bug????
Bugscope Team insects are a lot hairier than they seem, this is because they use those hairs to feel whats around them. Similar to how we feel things with our skin
Student What is that?
Student dude what is that
Student Hi!
Student How long does this incest usualy live?
Student what is this bug

Student so what is this?
Student is this some sort of ant
Student cool head

Bugscope Team this is a bizarre-looking critter -- a leafhooper
Bugscope Team hopper
Student hi
Bugscope Team leafhopper
Student Is that like its mouth?
Student this is a leafhopper

Student what is that
Student thats realy cool

Student it is a leaf hopper
Student woah
Student I don't know
Bugscope Team it has piercing mouthparts so it can drink sap
Student what is the laef hoppers sintific name???
Student Wats purpose does a ;eaf hopper have
Student This grasshopper is kinda cool
Bugscope Team the eye!

Student What is this
Student whats that :O
3:08pm
Student That looks so cool
Bugscope Team you can see it now
Student wicked
Student What is that??
Student whoa
Student what is tht

Student does it have teeth
Bugscope Team no insects have teeth; this has piercing mouthparts that stick into plants so it can drink sap
Bugscope Team leahoppers are small, usually green insects that, just as its name implies, hops on small plants
Bugscope Team the mouthparts now
Student what is that
Student is this th ear
Bugscope Team insects dont have ears, This is its proboscis, which is like an elephant's trunk
Student EWWWW!!! It looks so gross
Student so where is this found?
Student HOW DOES IT EAT?
Student is that hair
Student Is that like a nose? o_o
Student where is its face
Student What are we lookingat on its body
Student woh it has hair
Student Are those th legs
Student is that the legs?
Student is there more
Student What part of the body is this?
Student were can these bugs be found?
Student wait so how do insects hear then?
Student I think thats the head
Student How long does this bug live for
Student what part of the bug is this
Student Then how do they eat
Student is this the eye
Student Can this bug jump high or far
Student What insect is this
Student what are we looking at now
Student y do u wont me to go out with haily
Bugscope Team it's a tough life
Student Where r the eyes?
Bugscope Team the eyes are on the sides of the head
Student in frount of you
Student ok
Student where is it found?
Teacher Labyrinth 120 would like to have controls for a while
Bugscope Team labyrinth has control
Student so how do they hear?
Student donavon stop!!!
Student can somebody show the eyes?
Bugscope Team this is the head, and the thorax
Student Where is this bug usually found?
Student how big is the eye on a fly
Student what is this part
Student does this bug have multiple heads
Bugscope Team just one head

Student is this a grasshopper
Bugscope Team it's a leafhopper

Student do bug have multie vison

Bugscope Team its kind of like he is wearing a helmet
Student how big is it in rill life
Bugscope Team it's about a cm long, maybe
Bugscope Team that is its head
Student Why are its eyes all crooked ?
Student why is it all wrinkled up
Student ohhh :0

Student whatsthe differencebetween the 2 insects?
Student what color is this bug?

Student What is this insects nich
Student Is it like a grsshopper

Student are u ganna show another bug????
Bugscope Team this is a Japanese beetle
Student hi ppl
Student ok

Student EWWWWW!!!!!!!!
Student hi sebastion ha ha
Student Whats the difference between a leafhopper and a grasshopper. Dont they mean the same hing?
Student is that a mouth
Student are the leafhopper and grasshopper related?
Bugscope Team no they aren't, they are both known for hopping though!
Student thing*
Student is tht te mouth
Bugscope Team the clubs are antennae
Student Cool
Student is this its mouth
Student are they dangerous do they have any posins
Student this is kid of scary!

Student What is that ?????
Student weres its eyes
Student kind
Student oh dude its all hairy ha ha
Student what color is the japanese beetle?
Bugscope Team it was kind of a brownish color
Bugscope Team hopper
Student what is this???????
Student ohhh
Student R they found in japan
Student whar are those claws on the head

Student wat do they eat??
Bugscope Team here is a fruit fly claw
Student where ar the eyes on the leafhopper
Bugscope Team you couldn't really see them too well, but it had bug compound eyes that were really streamlined into the head
Student whats that?
Student EW ! :O
Student where is the japanese beetle found?
Student woah! what is this!
3:13pm

Student what is this
Student tht is VERY hairy
Student why do frut flys have claws
Bugscope Team all insects have a claw at the end of each leg

Student wow that is cool
Student how long do they live?
Student oh..its an ant
Student That is nasty!!!
Student is that a ant
Student wierd

Bugscope Team and so the claws could hardly be felt

Student EEEEEWWWWWWWW

Student can this bug harm you?

Student what type of ant is that?

Student eew
Student wow... SCARY!
Bugscope Team the claws are used to grab onto things like food
Student whats in the background of the ant picture
Student are ants blind
Student Wh is it all crumpled up???
Student why dose it have annteas coming out of its eyes
Student is it s black ant
Student okay
Student no ants aren't blind
Bugscope Team most ants are pretty blind, but that ant had small compound eyes. Ants don't really rely on their eyes too much since they live in the ground-- they rely on their antennae for sensory information
Student what kind of food do they eat?
Student Y do ant bite

Student What kind of ant is this
Student Sweet
Student is that a worker ant
Student i hate spiders
Student ewww grows
Student what kinda spider is it
Student omg i do not like SPIDERS????
Student where do these things live in the world??
Bugscope Team many of these insects live all over the world, except perhaps in Antarctica
Student THAT IS A SPIDER EWWW!
Student what kind
Student i hate spiders
Student what is the antennaes used for?
Student Wat kind of spideriz this
Student THERE IS ALOT OF HAIR ON THESE BUGS???????? IS IT SO IT CAN KEEP THEM WARM?
Bugscope Team no it serves a different purpose than the hair we have does. Their hairs are more like what our skin does for us. It help let them know when they bump into things, the temperature of things, and in special hairs it lets them know small/taste

Student i gave aracnephobeia!! a fear of all bugs and spiters

Student WHAT KIND OF SPIDER IS THAT
Student is that the mouth
Student how can u tell wat sex they are?
Bugscope Team sometimes you can tell because the male has large palps on either side of its face
Student whats the hair for
Student o.o
Teacher Can you please show them what the microscope looks like
Student wow what r they 4
Student what is all the hair for
Student Whats the purpose for hair on the spider?
Student What is the hair for?
Student what do the hairs do???
Student sweet thanks Cate
Student WHY DO THEY HAVE HAIR AROUND THEIR MOUTH?!?!?!
Bugscope Team the hairs help them taste and also to feel
Student Whats the pourpose of the hair

Student what is that

Student Wat kind of skelaton does a spider have???
Bugscope Team it has a sort of exoskeleton like an insect, but its body is pretty soft

Student Thats soo coooll
Bugscope Team those are paper fibers from a paper wasp nest

Student palps? whatrthose
Student DUDE. what is that :/
Student What is the purpose of these insects the hair and all??
Student why does the spider have hair all over the spider why not on the legs?

Student whats that
Student what is the hair for agian
Student 88
Student What is this?
Bugscope Team this is part of a paper wasp nest

Student so wat sex is this ant
Bugscope Team most ants you see are female. Females are the worker ants. The males get waited on and their only purpose in life is to mate
Student what i sthat?
Student is this still a spiter
Bugscope Team this isnt actually an insect, they are individual strands of paper
Student no a wasp
Bugscope Team you can see the paper
Student how do thye use hair to tast things

Student what is it made of?
Student whats that

Student What is this ???

Student is that a leg?
Student is a paper wasp nest?
Student wow

Student whats a paper wasp?
Bugscope Team it's just a special type of wasp that builds its nest usually on the side of the roof or house, and the nests are made of paper and the wasp's spit

Student how is that the tongue of a bee
Student Why is there hair on the tounge
Bugscope Team most ants you see are female. Females are the worker ants. The males get waited on and their only purpose in life is to mate
Student what is the paperwasps nest made of?
Bugscope Team this is the tip of the glossa, or tongue
Student why do bee have hair on their tounge
Student what i the hair on the toung 4?
Student WHY IS THERE HAIR ON THE THONG??????
Bugscope Team the hair on the tongue helps the bee collect nectar from flowers
Student what is the hair on the toung for
Student what's the hair on the tong for
Student how close can you get
Student what is the hair on the tounge for and the bubble things for
Student haha
3:18pm
Student what is this?
Student BEES !
Student do bees taste
Bugscope Team yes bees and many other insects have things called palps around their mouths that allow them to taste/smell food
Student what is it's main use for the tonge
Bugscope Team to drink nectar
Student oh

Student how r we able to control this throough on the computer
Student what is this?
Student what is that

Student can I try the microscope
Teacher Thank you! Sebastian would like controls
Bugscope Team go ahead sebastian!
Student thats so cool
Student cool thanks cate!
Student http://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/axis_cache/current_image.php?expireCacheWith=1242764364789
Student Can bublebees see?
Student their eyes are some weird
Student how do they coutof the eye
Student Whay is the eye so small
Student why does this eye look like an egg?
Bugscope Team it looks like an egg so the bee can see well -- the shape gives it good peripheral vision
Student What are the lumpy things on the eye
Student why is the eye shaped like that
Student IS THAT HAIR ON ITS EYE
Student why do they have hair on their eye
Student This is so cool
Student is that the abdomen?
Student is this the eye agian
Student why dose the bug have hair on the eye
Student how many eyes does a bee have?
Student SORRTY ABOUT THE HOLE THOUNG THING I MENT TO SAY TOUNGE!!!
Student what is this?

Student What is the purpose of the hairs?/
Bugscope Team hairs on a bumblebee serve a dual purpose. They allow the bee to sense the environment around them as well as have pollen grains cling to them
Student Why does the eye have hair
Bugscope Team the hair (setae) help the insect determine windspeed or wind direction
Student why does the bee's eye have hair
Student does it have senceroy stuff on its eye
Student how close can you get
Student it the eyes
Student what is the eye of?
Student how big r the microscopes u use?????
Bugscope Team this electron microscope is about the size of a large desk with the actual electron column the size of a fridge next to the desk component
Student why do they have hairs on its eyes?

Student WHAT U CANT SEE ANYTHING
Bugscope Team windthing hit the refresh button on your browser -- the circular arrow
Student is that the paper wasp nest

Student ANNIE WHAT Are we looking at please tell me

Student if they have hairs then why arent they mammals
Bugscope Team insects have 6 legs and an exoskeleton, mammals have 4 legs and an endoskeleton

Student what is this??
Student is that the leg of a ant?
Bugscope Team now we're on the spider again
Student WHAT IS THAT
Student what is that ?!!?! :O
Student how many speice of bees are their in the world
Bugscope Team there are said to be 20,000 species of bees in the world
Student whhaat is that
Student is a paper wasp nest really made of paper
Student ISNT THAT A SPIDER
Student How do thehairshelp the spider
Student Waht is this???
Student Where is this spider found
Student watis it
Student what type of spider is this?
Student that is scary
Student what are the hairs used for???
Student WHY IS IT THAT WHEN U SEE THE BUGS U REALLY CANT TELL THAT THERE IS HAIR BUT WHEN U LOOK LOSER U CAN SEE ALOT OF HAIR WHY IS THAT????????
Student Where is this spider found

Student why are spiders so hairy
Bugscope Team spiders have special hairs like the bumblebee, but instead of specializing in grabbing pollen, they sense vibration
Student what are those??!?
Student wow
Student cool
Student Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Student what's that
Student sweet
Student WHAT IS THAT?
Student what family is that spider in??
Student wat r those
Student look at tje jair
Student that is a cool eye
3:23pm
Student is that the eye
Student is that its hair
Student wow!!! are these the eyes?
Bugscope Team yes those are the ommatidia, the individual facets of the eye
Student whats that
Student are those the spiders eye
Bugscope Team this is the fruit fly eye! The spikes are hairs between the facets of the compound eye that help sense wind movement
Student COOLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!

Student THOES ARE ALOT OF EYES!!!!

Student WHY DO THEY HAVE HAIR ON ITS EYE LIKE THAT?!?!!

Bugscope Team focus

Student why do they have hair on the eyes
Student why does they hav hare on its eye
Student what does the hair on the eyes do?
Student What does compuund mean

Student why does the fruit fly's eye have hair

Bugscope Team this is 200,000x but you need to focus at lower mag and then go up

Student where are fruit flys found
Student wouldnt having hair on the eyes make the insect see less clearly?
Student fghjkl;;likjuy
Bugscope Team The spikes are hairs between the facets of the compound eye that help sense wind movement

Bugscope Team try focusing now
Student hiuh
Student dis is borang
Student may I try the microscope

Student :))

Teacher Fox186 would like to control for awhile
Bugscope Team fox has control
Student cooll!!!
Student cool
Student :)
Student what exactly is this
Bugscope Team we are looking at a closeup of a fruit fly compound eye. fruit flies have a total of 5 eyes- 2 compound eyes and 3 ocelli (which are simple eyes that act as a sort of built in GPS)
Student hi
Student good job sabastin ha ha
Student yes
Student ;)
Student ho
Student hi
Student ok
Student why dose it look like it has scales on the eye???
Student can we see something else plz?
Student THNX cleatus

Student Whats the bigest bug there?
Bugscope Team the biggest we have in the microscope is this bumblebee, but the biggest bug in the world is a lobster!
Student yeah lets see something else
Student what up
Student What is this
Bugscope Team these are pollen grains on the bumblebee
Student what does a fruit fly do?
Bugscope Team it hangs around fruit and eats the mold that is associated with fruit
Student what is that
Student Cool thats the pollen
Student why does it need so many eyes?
Student WOW WHT IS THAT

Student cool
Student on a beee
Student Hi cate.
Student those are pollen grains are you serious

Student lobsters are bugs? how
Bugscope Team lobsters aren't really bugs - they have two sets of antennae for starters
Student A lobster is a bug?
Student Pollen on a beesleg
Student is this the fruit flys skin
Student lobsters are bugs?!

Bugscope Team really lobsters aren't insects though, they are crustaceans like rolypolys
Student oh wow!
Student What are the bubbles around the hair
Student oh
Student a lobster i a bug?
Bugscope Team the biggest insect is a goliath beetle
Student that is cool
Student what does a praying mantais do??/
Student oh
Student do we have a pill bug
Bugscope Team not today
Student hi mouse

Bugscope Team this is the head of the fruit fly
3:28pm
Bugscope Team lobsters cant be classified as insects because of the number of antennae they have
Student cool where do they pick up the pollen grains
Student Cool
Student oh
Student what is on it's eyes?
Student does bugs eat animals
Student why is their pollen on the bee's legs
Bugscope Team the bee cruises around in flowers and could not avoid pollen if it wanted to
Student ia that a ant
Student Cant tje littlefangs come out
Bugscope Team fruit flies don't have fangs because they drink their food. they don't need to chew it
Student the
Student yess
Student why are the eyes fury
Bugscope Team they're furry so the fly can use them to gauge wind speed
Student how long have flys been around for?
Student So do the antennae act as like sunglasses?
Student HOW BIG IS THE GOLIATH BEETLE
Bugscope Team Goliath beetles measure from 60â€“110 millimetres (2.4â€“4.3 in)
Student its eyes look like their made of honycomb
Bugscope Team yes they do!
Student how big are they
Student What with all the littel dots on the eyes
Bugscope Team the little dots are the individual facets of the compound eye, called ommatidia
Student ?????
Student how do they see
Student Little

Student it is cool looking
Student ccvvvvvvkljhgfkljkgghugig
Student what is the mouth used for
Bugscope Team the mouth is set up to suck up liquids
Student whoa!!!!
Student does it have a nose

Teacher Roxy 131533 would like to manipulate the microscope for awhile
Bugscope Team Roxy has control now

Student how many eyes do they have
Student what's the biggest bug in the world.
Student do we have a butterfly
Student ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,uffffffffffrioytssssssssrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrruhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhfkdrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrdkuyirtryyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyhjiourtyy kmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmfhttknjjjjjjjjtymmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmiuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut.....drty6ifugifgujfguiuyfhjfhjf
Student where is the mouth
Bugscope Team the mouth is to the right and down on the head
Student wow gross
Student what are those things on the fruit flys nose
Bugscope Team it doesn't really have a nose -- those are the antennae
Student i knew it did something like that
Student is this a bee?
Student What is the bug laying on
Student how many eyes does it have
Bugscope Team hundreds of eye facets, and five eyes
Student zomzom zom

Student Do the ommatidia do

Student what type of bug is this
Student look at the hairs
Student Whoa!!!!
Student whats this?

Student why do they need so many eyes
Bugscope Team since fruit flies are flying insects, they really need good vision. That is why they have such HUGE compound eyes. And then they have the 3 simple eyes we cant see today, which are located on the top of their heads that can only tell whether it is light or dark. These are used to triangulate where it is
Student Do flies have claws or pinchers?
Student cvdbgg
Bugscope Team it would have two compound eyes and three ocelli, which are simple eyes of the top of the head
Student why does it have wiskers
Bugscope Team the whiskers help it feel its surroundings and in some cases taste things

Student why are none of my questions being answered
Student cool
Student Why do they have hair all over their bodys?????????
Student Do they have swimmerets
Student is this a bee?:
Bugscope Team this is a fruit fly
Student Y do fruit flys like attacku
Student wow that is a lot of eyes. what bug do we have that has the most eyes
Teacher The presets have not shown up on Roxy's controls
Bugscope Team hit refresh
Student dose it have a nose
Student why are there tones of little bubbles in a bugs eye
3:33pm
Student is there any bug that doesnt hav hair on it
Student why do the eyes look scaly?
Student do fruit flies eat fruit
Student the legs have'nt come out of the head yet
Bugscope Team those are not legs but tiny palps that look like legs
Bugscope Team that is, try refreshing the browser to see the preset choices
Student why does it have so many eyes
Student Waht do the hair in between the facets of the eyes do?
Student why do bugs have multipul eyes
Student Why do they have so many eyes and why do I keep getting logged out without my say so????????
Student are those two thing in the mouth are its tounge
Student why do the legs come out of the head?
Bugscope Team those are palps that the insect uses to taste and manipulate its food
Student Are those hair practicaly called wiskers?
Bugscope Team insect hairs are very similar to cat whiskers
Student Why Why
Student does it chew its food
Bugscope Team it doesn't chew; it gets its food as a liquid
Bugscope Team no it sponges the liquid up with its mouthpart
Student Why
Student Is that the fly's mouth ???
Bugscope Team to the lower right is the mouth. to the left is a compound eye and to the middle top of the screen is part of one of its antennae
Student go to somthing else
Teacher Roxy is having difficulties with the computer can you please give controls Kenzigirl?
Bugscope Team Kenzigirl has control, and we are sorry about the control, Roxy
Student what does triangulate mean
Bugscope Team it means that it can compare the views and get an idea of distance or direction from doing that
Student Cate ur nice!!
Student :)
Student what
Student hi
Student What is the fruit flys method of self defence???
Bugscope Team its method is to fly away as fast as it can! Its eyes allow it to see movement really well, especially with the use of the hairs it has on the eyes that sense wind movement. So when you try to swat them, we think it would appear as a hand coming in slow motion toward them
Student Can KITKAT!!!!! controll now
Student Waht do the ommatidia do?
Student what are the lilttle compact things thatlook like horns
Student why do they have wiskers
Student does it have teeth?
Student dose it chew food???
Student why do they have so much hair on them?
Student can somebody change the picture? i'm getting grossed out
Student T888 WHY DO YOU ASK OBVIOUS ?'S
Student Choose something else PLEASE !@!!!!
Bugscope Team there you go Kiba
Student How many bugs are there
Student zoom zoom zoom
Student can kit kat controll
Student hi muffin
Student do they have teeth?
Student so it only has five real eyes
Student what kind of bug is this?
Student YES HOW MANY BUGS ARE THERE
Student Can somebody change the picture

Student okay can we see something else now?
Student how fast can it fly
Student why do they have so much hair
Student How many eyes can bugs have??/
Bugscope Team insects can have six, as adults
Student ello =D
Student what is that
Student can kitkat controll!!!!
Student WHY DO THYE HAVE HAIR ALL OVER THEIR BODY
Student do they have teeth?>?
Bugscope Team no but a lot of insects have a hinged jaw that opens like a gate instead of how ours open up and down
Student iz that the pollen
Bugscope Team yes this is pollen
Student does the bug have eyes?
Student do they have teeth?
Bugscope Team they don't have teeth -- no insects have teeth, although they may have hardened mouthparts

Student wat r the hairs used4
Student HOW BIG ARE THEY
Student thank u
Student i meant 2 something we havent seen be4
Student what is this agian scientist
Student HOWLONG DO THEY LIVE FOR?
Bugscope Team fruit flies can live for around a few weeks. The average life span for an insect is a season long, but if an insect can migrate like a monarch butterfly or hibernate over the winter like a lady bug than they can live for around a year
Student HEY CASS!!!!! :)
Student Can they eat
Student when do u know they r adults
Student what bug is this?
Student Y didnt the pollen come off
Bugscope Team the pollen is kind of sticky
Student kendell lol ur bugging me
3:38pm
Student how do they chew then
Student is the bee's skin scaley
Bugscope Team the exoskeleton is kind of scaly
Student OK
Student why do bumble bees die after they sting you???
Student what is a fuirtflys niche?
Student sohow does the pleen getoff
Bugscope Team it could be rubbed off; it could stick to something else
Student What is a niche
Student how big can a fly get
Student Is there anything else to see no offense...
Student iare these the legs or the hair

Student wat is that
Student Does a bee die after stinging a person???
Bugscope Team honeybees die after they sting, but other bees and wasps can sting repeatedly
Student is an ant heas
Student ew
Student can some bees kill you if they areposinis
Bugscope Team they can if you are allergic
Student wat is this

Student sorry
Student HOW LONG DOES THE POLLEN STAY ON FOR?
Student Going too fast here slow DOWN plese thank you :)...
Student is a fruit fly have stingers or any other way to defend itself??
Bugscope Team no it has to depend on seeing well and flying quickly as well as in a complicated pattern

Student this looks loke a spiter
Student i want to know also

Student a spider?
Student COMFORTING...
Student WHAT IS THAT

Student Y do beessting humans
Bugscope Team it is usually in self defense. Most bees aren't aggressive (except for killer bees) and will usually just go about their business. Wasps are very aggressive and if you get to close to their nest they will sting you
Student is this the skin
Student what is this
Student Who is muffins??
Student Hey how come you never answer my questions
Bugscope Team C18 it is hard with all of the questions going by, sorry

Student What is the difference of a bee and a honey bee?
Student why can bees only sting once in their life
Bugscope Team their stinger has a pump attached to it like an outboard motor, and they have only one of those; losing it is drastic

Student what is this?

Student What are we seeing here???
Student what does a fruit fly live in
Student im ilove muffin
Student Is that dirt on the ant?
Bugscope Team yes the ant does have some dirt on its body and mouth
Student What do eyebrows do
Bugscope Team our eyebrows help keep moisture out of our eyes
Student Its ok scot i am sorry for flipping out
Bugscope Team it's hard to keep up, no problem

Student this a tail\
Bugscope Team this is the abdomen
Student how r ants sooo strong like bull
Student NO DAH
Student whats in the tail
Student IS THAT THE BUTT...
Student no boy lover is shelly
Student why does it have hair on its butt/
Student how much hair dose it have
Student How drastic is it to lose there stinger
Bugscope Team well it kills them; it must be attached to the body well enough that when it is gone it leaves a big hole
Student does this ant have a stinger
Bugscope Team no, but some ants do have stingers

Student what do the eyebrows do
Student wha t do tghe eye brows do
Teacher Mell would like final control of the scope
Bugscope Team mell has control
Student Well what does itmeeean :O
Student cool
Student WHEN DO ANTS REST?

Student what does the fruit fly live in??

Student nhyuk
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Student whats a smarticle

Student can a honey bee live after stinging tho?
Bugscope Team no because they will bleed out and die after they sting someone
Student so what exactly is the difference between a honeybee and a bumblebee
3:43pm
Student what is this

Bugscope Team this is the edge of the world
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Student hygdct
Student Do some ants have stingers?
Bugscope Team yes fire ants, for instance have a stinger
Student Kool
Student CAN FIRE ANTS FLY?????

Student do some ants have stingers
Student Ty
Student that you
Student THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Student Thank you
Student fasdfahjdfadjfa;lsdjifaajksf
Student thank you all\
Student thank you so much
Student THANKS MY MAN
Student Thank you GUyss so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Student Xie Xie!!!
Student THANK SINTIESTS FOR EVERYTHING.
Student WADLES LOVES SUMMER!!! thank u people!!!
Student THANKS FOR ALL THE GREAT INFO!!!!!!!
Student This was so cool
Bugscope Team thank you for driving the microscope and for all your questions
Student holme skilllet
Student !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Student thank you that was cool
Bugscope Team Thank you!
Student THanks GUYS peace out have the moon shine down with good luck
Bugscope Team Thanks Kiba
Student bye!!!!!
Student THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU ANSWERED ALL MY QUESTIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!Thanks 4 all the GREAT info!!:))))))
Student thank you
Student CALL MEEE :D
Student FJAFJAKLDFJ
Student bye bye
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Student thank you thank you see you later ok please peply !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bugscope Team See you! Thank You!
Student thanks for the bug scope thing it was awsome
Bugscope Team Bye!
Teacher Thank you so much for all your hard work
Teacher The kids had a great time.
Teacher Will a survey of some sort be sent for feedback?
3:48pm
Bugscope Team thank you. and as always you can access your chat and images at your member page at http://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2009-033/
Bugscope Team as well as get to a feedback link from there too
Teacher Thank you for everything. This is the first time I've seen the kids so engaged. You guys rock!!
Teacher I will be doing this again next year.
Bugscope Team we like to hear that!
Teacher See ya guys
Bugscope Team see you again next year

School Name	Sierra Middle School
School Homepage	< LEFT BLANK >
Location
Community	Suburban
Type	Public

Subjects Taught	Science
Grades Taught	7th Grade
Number of Students	120

Project Title	Anatomy/Structure
Insects To Study	< LEFT BLANK >
Project Description	t is our goal to expose the students to new and exciting technology. In addition we will be studying comparative anatomy/ classification, and adaptations during this unit. We would like the students to have an opportunity to share in such an amazing experience. I have four sessions of Biology and would love to have the chance for each of the classes to participate. WHERE THEY HEARD ABOUT BUGSCOPE

Session 2009-033 with Sierra Middle School

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