Session 2009-060 with Eugene Field Elementary School

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Connected on 2009-06-08 13:00:00 from , IL, US

• 12:07pm
• Bugscope Team yo Alex
• 12:20pm
• Bugscope Team welcome to bugscope!
• Bugscope Team we are setting up presets now
• Bugscope Team Good afternoon, Mrs Schaab!
• Bugscope Team just reached vacuum
• Teacher Great Thanks! Will we be able to do two sessions today? I'll have one set of kids from 1:00-2:00 and the second from 2:00-3:00.
• Bugscope Team you bet. we
• Teacher The kids also won't be in from lunch until 12:50 so we won't be longging on until 12:45.
• Bugscope Team are you talking eastern time, right?
• Bugscope Team oh i'm sorry, no, you are in central time, like us
• Teacher Central Time.
• Teacher I'm in Illinois too!
• Bugscope Team all sounds good

• 12:27pm

• 12:33pm

• 12:41pm

• Bugscope Team we're making presets for today's session

• 12:47pm

• Teacher We are about to get started logging in... Are you almost ready for us?
• Bugscope Team we are ready
• Bugscope Team go ahead and login
• Bugscope Team i just unlocked the session
• Bugscope Team ok, scott is going to make one more preset
• Bugscope Team but you can go ahead and login
• Teacher I'm going to give them the introduction and then we'll grab the laptops, thanks.
• 12:52pm

• Bugscope Team super
• Bugscope Team ok
• Bugscope Team hello diane, welcome to bugscope
• Bugscope Team this is a baby dragonfly, and I mounted it dorsal side up, for a change, so we can see the three ocelli -- the simple eyes, on top of its head
• Bugscope Team you can also see the compound eyes, at either end of the head, and the antennae, which are small and also broken
• 12:58pm

• Bugscope Team this is a little fly -- at first I thought it was a wasp, but it has halteres
• Bugscope Team its eyes cover most of its head, and in the middle of its head are its mouthparts, which are a little bit shriveled
• Bugscope Team the fly is mounted on its back, on its dorsal side, so we are looking at it ventrum up
• Bugscope Team Hi Jan!
• Bugscope Team Hello Lily, Joey, Alec, Raymond, Lexi, Eliza...
• Bugscope Team hi students, welcome to bugscope!
• Student hiya
• Student hello hi
• Student Hello Scott and Alex
• Student okay
• Student ok
• Student Hello! Nice to meet you!
• Student hello
• Student hi
• Student HEY!IT IS LEXI AND ELIZA WE CANT WAIT TO GET STARTED!!!!!
• 1:03pm
• Bugscope Team the things that are glowing on top of the fly's head are antennae, if you were perhaps wondering
• Bugscope Team cool, we are ready
• Student hello
• Student hi wats up
• Student hi
• Student Thank you
• Student We can't wait to get started learning about these specimens
• Student what is this
• Student hows it goin.what are we looking at
• Student Were ready too
• Student i can not wait : )
• Bugscope Team this is a small fly
• Student cool fasinating
• Bugscope Team see its compound eyes?
• Student what are the big circles on the sides? Cells?
• Student Me and my partner cant wait to get started!
• Student yes its cool
• Student is this a little fly
• Bugscope Team those are individual facets of the eye
• Student hello
• Student yes
• Student awsome!
• Bugscope Team each of those bumps is called an ommatidia, they have a lens in each one
• Student cool
• Student interesting
• Student Hello nice to meet you! This is going to be so much fun!
• Student thats cool
• Student THATS AWSOME
• Student what are the things at the bottom of the head
• Student cool
• Bugscope Team yes you can get an idea of the size by looking at the micron bar -- the scale bar -- to the lower left on the screen
• Student what is the big thing in the middle
• Student i like his eyes
• Bugscope Team those bent things are its forelimbs, and in the middle are its mouthparts
• Bugscope Team that's what it uses to suck up food, it's called a proboscis
• Student cool
• Bugscope Team if you want you can ask Mrs S to take the mag up on one of the eyes, for example
• Student what are the hairs at the bottom of the head
• Student how can you tell that its a fly?
  Bugscope Team for one, fly's usually have the largest compound eyes, because they need good vision when flying
• Student what are some parts on the fly's head
• Student what are the hairs at the bottom of the head
• Student how many times is the microscope at?
• Student She said she would
• Student How many eyes does this fly have
• Student what is the hair

• Student WHOA
• Student cool
• Bugscope Team this is now 304x
• Student AWSOME!
• Student fascinating!
• Student what is the strings of the flys head
• Student wow!
• Bugscope Team you can tell the mag by clicking on the scalebar
• Student why are there hairs in the mouth parts?
• Student what are the things on each side
• Student what is the thing in the middle of the eyes?
• Bugscope Team and then click again to make that all go away
• Bugscope Team this is its tongue
• 1:08pm

• Bugscope Team insects are very hairy. those hairs are called setae (see-tee), and they help the insect to taste/smell its food

• Bugscope Team there were those fine hairs

• Student what is the thing in the middle
• Student how many dots is there on the eyes
  Bugscope Team there could be a few thousand dots, or ommatidia
  Bugscope Team thousands of ommatidia facets
• Student what are we looking at?
• Student awesome what is that
• Student what are we looking at and what is the white thing'
• Student what are all the hairs for
  Bugscope Team insects are very hair. that is how they sense their enbironment
• Student what are we looking at
• Student COOL
• Student are these creatures dead or what?
• Student what are the hairs for
• Student what is that hair for.sucking up food?
• Student where are the eyes?
• Student ?????
• Student thet is cool!
• Bugscope Team we know it's a fly because it has only two wings, and it has halteres although we do not see them now
• Bugscope Team insects have a hard exoskeleton, and they can't feel with that exoskeleton like humans can feel with their skin. so those hairs are needed to transmit feelings to nerves underneath the exoskeleton
• Student this is so awesome my momwent to U of I
• Student what is that on the inside!!!????!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Student now we know
• Student What is that little white dot in the middle
  Bugscope Team looks like a pollen grain maybe?
• Student That is alot of dots
• Bugscope Team looks like pollen in the middle we should go see
• Bugscope Team can you take the mag up a little?
• Student what is inside!????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  Bugscope Team inside what?
• Student yes

• Student why is the fly hairy
  Bugscope Team lots of insects are much hairier than we would expect; it's because the hairs serve the function of nerve endings in our skin, but insects don
  Bugscope Team all insects have hairs, they are called setae (see-tee), they help the insect feel its way around
• Student cool

• Student what is the dot in the middle of the speciman

• Student WHOA!!!!!!!!!!
• Student Where are the eyes?
• Student polin from a flower?
  Bugscope Team yep

• Student what are all those hairs
• Student what are we looking at
• Student is that pollen?
• Student what is in the middle
• Bugscope Team t have skin

• Bugscope Team those hairs are kinda like cat whiskers, it helps the insect feel its environment
• Bugscope Team that is a pollen grain, and it looks like some web as well
• Student what are those lines
• Student how long hes it bin there
• Student do flies have skin
  Bugscope Team they don't have skin -- they have a kind of shell like a shrimp
• Bugscope Team insects have an exoskeleton and no bones inside
• Student what is the web from
• Student how does the pollen get in to the fly?
  Bugscope Team oh, pollen is floating around near flowers and such, so the fly musta picked it up in a flower garden
• Student what is the pointy thing

• Student what is that?????
• Student do they have bones
  Bugscope Team no they are invertebrates, meaning they don't have a backbone, but they don't have bones either
• 1:13pm

• Bugscope Team now we see the claw and another pollen grian
• Bugscope Team grain

• Student do flies have claws

• Student what do they use the claw for?
  Bugscope Team for scooping food, defense, climbing stuff, etc.
• Student what is that
• Student Where is the fly claw located on the fly?
  Bugscope Team it's at the end of each limb, each of the six limbs
• Student what are the strings
  Bugscope Team the strings were web, like from a spider
• Student do flies have nails
  Bugscope Team they have hardened cuticle that is much like fingernails, yes
• Student What is the pollen stuck to?

• Student what are the claws used for
  Bugscope Team the claws help it grasp things, like we would use our hands

• Student what are the indents in the nail
• Student do they shead
  Bugscope Team once they get wings they become adults and do not molt anymore
• Student can they lose their claws
• Student whats that large line thing overlapping the claw?
  Bugscope Team looks like a setae (hair)
• Student what is the object that lookes like a leave
• Student does the claw help the fly,in what way
  Bugscope Team to grab onto food, fight, or hold onto things...
• Student why does the claw thing have so many tiny edges
• Student what is that ball
  Bugscope Team i think it's pollen

• Student how come humans don't have all those hairs? Or do we?
  Bugscope Team humans have nerves in their skin, so we feel our environment through the skin. insects don't have that luxury, so insect hairs (setae) help the insects to feel it's way around, just like our skin does

• Student what are those long stringy things
• Student what is the sharp thing comeing out of the middle of the picture
  Bugscope Team that is a spine, probably a mechanosensory seta -- a touch sensor
• Bugscope Team the tiny hairs we see here are called tenent setae, and they help the fly stick to surfaces
• Student can we see theri wings
• Bugscope Team those hairs are: SETAE (pronounced see-tee)
• Student what do they call their "hair"?
  Bugscope Team they are called setae (see-tee)
• Bugscope Team insect hair = setae
• 1:18pm
• Student what is the duck like foot
  Bugscope Team I think that was the shape of that part of the tarsus. the last four or five segments of a limb are called tarsi

• Bugscope Team this is a cool looking moth
• Student AR
• Bugscope Team the two big compound eyes on either side, and the proboscis in the middle
• Student is that a tounge sticking out in the middle?
  Bugscope Team yep, but it's called a proboscis
• Student in the middle is that a tounge
• Bugscope Team the proboscis of the moth (yes the tongue) is all coiled up
• Student is the moth mostly made of hair
  Bugscope Team yes, moths are very hairy, but those are in fact scales, not hair
• Student do they have a tongue.
• Student What is that hair? What does it do for them?
  Bugscope Team those are moth scales
• Student thanks
• Student What is that thing surrounding the proboscis?
  Bugscope Team those are palps, ordinarily used to help an insect manipulate its food
• Bugscope Team for one, when a moth gets trapped in a spider web, it can release itself by shedding some of its scales
• Student what are those things in the back of his head?
  Bugscope Team i think those are anteena
• Student are the eyes smooth
• Student do the eyes work well?
• Student Are those anntenaes from behind the eyes
• Student what are fact scales? Do they help the moth?
• Bugscope Team antenna i mean
• Student what are the lines next to the tounge?
• Student how big is his eyes.bigger than ours!?????!!!!!!!!
  Bugscope Team oh no, much smaller

• Student do the antenas help
  Bugscope Team oh yeah, they sense things

• Student What are the scratches on the eyes
• Student what are those white things on the eye
  Bugscope Team those are the individual facets of the compound eye, called ommatidia, each one has a lens in it
• Student what is on the eye
• Student what are those things that look like wood chips on his eyes?
  Bugscope Team those are scales, which are kind of like tiny feathers
• Bugscope Team now we see some loose scales stuck to the eye
• Student does it have a puple
  Bugscope Team they don't have pupils in their eyes
• Student Why do moths like to chew on clothes? Does it have to do with some bod parts or something?
  Bugscope Team it's the caterpillars of the moths that like to chew on clothes
• Student are there hair on the eyes
• Student what is the thing next to the round circle or eye that looks like a tail what is it called
  Bugscope Team that is a scale that fell off the moth
• Student how many "mini eyes" do they have.can they see behind them
  Bugscope Team you can see that there are thousands, perhaps between 3 and 5000, and having eyes like that does give you better peripheral vision
• 1:23pm
• Student what is the stuff pealing on the eye
• Student what are those pieces on the eyes that look like wood-chips
  Bugscope Team those are scales
• Student How do antennas help the moth?
  Bugscope Team well it helps it to communicate, and the sense its environment
• Student do they see through the holes in their eyes
  Bugscope Team each bump on the eye has a lens in it, so the moth actually sees hundreds of images, and the moth brain puts those images together into one sensible vision
• Student what is on the eye
• Student does it have good eye sight
• Student Their hair, does it help them in any way?
• Student why are they attracted tolight
• Student how do the scales from the moth fall off?
  Bugscope Team well, they come off pretty easily
  Bugscope Team they are loosely attached; it's what makes them feel so silky
• Student oh thats cool
• Student do the scales fall off
  Bugscope Team totally

• Student does it have good eye sight
  Bugscope Team yeah you could say they have good eyesight

• Student why are they attracted to light
  Bugscope Team they are 'programmed' to orient by moonlight, and they get confused by lights

• Student how did the loose scales get on the eye
• Student what are those three things on the eye?
  Bugscope Team scales
• Student why are they so silky
  Bugscope Team they feel silky because the scales are soft and tiny, powderlike
• Student hi
• Student how come there's only a few scales and not a lot?
  Bugscope Team well, maybe there were more, but they fell off?
• Student do the "splinter"looking things on his eyes hurt or aggrivate him?!!!!!!!?????
• Student what are scales anyway?
  Bugscope Team scales are tiny structures that appear to function much like feathers do for a bird
• Student do moths have claws also
  Bugscope Team yes they have claws too
• Student how do the loose scales get on the eye
  Bugscope Team well, those scales get all over the place really, like cat hair does...

• Bugscope Team this is an ant head
• Student where are the eyes?
  Bugscope Team the eyes are on the sides of the head
• 1:28pm
• Student are we looking at a red ant or black ant
  Bugscope Team this was a red ant
• Student what are the claw things on the mouth?
  Bugscope Team those are the jaws
• Bugscope Team see the jaws? they open side to side, unlike our mouths
• Student if the ant is a red ant where does it get it's poision from
• Student are the antenas in spacey holes so that they can rotate?
  Bugscope Team totally
• Student what is the differance between a red ant and a black ant
• Student where is the toungs on the head?
• Student what is coming from his mouth
  Bugscope Team those are its jaws
• Student what are the three hairs where the nose would be
  Bugscope Team well, those are probably chemosensory setae, helping to smell its food
• Student if it is a red ant where do they get the posion?
• Student what is the difference between red and black ant
  Bugscope Team sometimes it's just color; it may be that they are different species, and it may be related to their diets
• Student do the antenes help and if they do in what way
• Student where is his nose!!!!!!????????????
  Bugscope Team insects don't have noses, they smell with chemosensory setae (the hair like things)
• Student does he have a nose
  Bugscope Team no nose
• Student where are the eyes?
  Bugscope Team on either side of the head, near the top of the head
• Student what are the things by the antena
• Student what are the things behind and on the side of the anteenas?
  Bugscope Team those are the eyes, compound eyes
• Bugscope Team some insects have things that function like noses
• Student what is more dangerous a red ant or a black ant?
  Bugscope Team I think it depends on the species; there are means ones in each color
• Student what are the tiny spikes on the ant head
• Student what do they eat
• Student how many different kinds of ants are there

• Student So ants just pick up crumbs if they look good, since they don't have a nose or do they feel it?
  Bugscope Team they can sense the food through chemicals, by using their chemosensory setae
  Bugscope Team oh they can taste -- they use their antennae much more than their eyes, and the antennae have lots of sensory setae that help that taste and smell

• Student what are he bumbs in the backround?
  Bugscope Team those are bumps in the sticky tape that we adhere the insects to
• Student can they hear
• Teacher Alec is going to start to drive the microscope.
• Student Since they don't have noses, do they smell? If so, how?
• Student do they have teeth
• Student why are there claws on the mouth?
  Bugscope Team the claws help the ant cut its food
• Bugscope Team i just gave control to alec_raymond
• Student whats the hing below the mouth
• Student *thing
• Bugscope Team or, is alec going to use your computer mrs. schaab?
• Student quite intresting
• Student no he isnt
• Student no he is using his computer
• Student why is there a whole in the ants chest
• Student alec is using his computer

• Bugscope Team ok, alec_raymond has control of the scope now
• 1:33pm
• Student what is inside the mouth
  Bugscope Team more mouhtparts, called 'palps'
• Bugscope Team Alec can drive now

• Student How long are the antennas in nches?
• Student how long are theantennas

• Student whats the thing below the mouth? Is it the body?
  Bugscope Team yep
• Student i mean in inches
• Student hi
• Student do they have teeth!?
  Bugscope Team they do not have teeth. sometimes the cutting features, like the tips of the jaws, have more calcium in them to make them better at cutting
• Student are those the teeth?
• Student what are all the things in the mouth and do they have tounges?
• Student is there teeth in this picture
• Student what do they eat!????other than our food when we picnic
• Student is it true ants can they lift mre than they weigh
  Bugscope Team totally true, 100% true
• Student Are all those little hairs nerves?
  Bugscope Team no, but they are attached to nerves underneath the exoskeleton
• Student Why is there hair in the mouth?
  Bugscope Team the setae in the mouth help the ant feel what it might be eating
• Student what is that little hole at the bottom

• Student what is a exoskeleton?
  Bugscope Team it is like a suit of armour, except it holds the insect together. insects don't have bones like humans do, so they need the exoskeleton to hold in all the insides, buts and stuff
• Student what are all the ]
• Student how many diferent kindsof ants are there
  Bugscope Team there are thousands of species

• Student what do they eat!!!!!!!???????
  Bugscope Team ants really like sweet stuff but will eat anything
• Student what is the are these?
• Student what is thata
• Student what are these
• Bugscope Team guts and stuff, i mean
• Student doant eat polin
• Student what are all of the different parts of the mouth
  Bugscope Team the jaws, the mandibular and maxillary palps, I don't know all of them
• Student whats that thing that looks like a ball? is it pollen?

• Teacher Alex & Raymond have done a great job! Christina_Andrea are going to control next please.
• Bugscope Team christina_andrea has control now
• Student what are the little fang things at the end of the fat line?
  Bugscope Team that is the claw
• Bugscope Team you can tell from the pad, called a pulvillus, that this beetle can climb walls
• Student why is it called a potato beetle
  Bugscope Team it is an important pest of potato crops, causing a real problem
• Student what is the swirly looking thing in the corner?
  Bugscope Team that is one of the craters in the doublestick carbon tape we used to mount the critters on
• Student if ants dont have bones how do they control themselves and move
  Bugscope Team they have thick armor -- the exoskeleton -- on the outside of the body
• 1:39pm
• Student hat are those tenticles?
• Student what is a tarsi
• Student what gave it the name patato beetle
• Student what is t potato beetle made out of
• Student ok
• Bugscope Team potato beetles can eat an entire potato crop, so it's important to keep them away
• Student WHat are the two little things on the stick?
• Student are those the claws at the end?
  Bugscope Team totally

• Student why does it live in a potato?
• Student why is it fuzzy on some parts
• Student why does its name have the word potato in it
  Bugscope Team because it is a pest to potatoes
• Student what is inside of the poofs?
  Bugscope Team the poofs are assemblages of small sticky setae that help the bug cling to surfaces. flies have those too, and it helps them walk on the ceiling, for example
• Student what part of its body do we see
• Student what makes it a potato beetle
• Student so they like potatoes?
  Bugscope Team i think they eat the foliage part of the potatoes, which then kills the potato
• Student what is that scrub thingy!!!!!?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!
  Bugscope Team that is a pulvillus

• Student how big is an average potato beetle
  Bugscope Team I think they are less than a centimeter around here,

• Student what is inside the this thing

• Student do we have a pulvillus!!!!???????????!!!1!
  Bugscope Team no it is a pad that has lots of sticky hairs on it that we see now, actually
• Student how come it doesnt look like the hair on the other bugs?

• Student what are these called ( the string things.)
• Student are those bones
  Bugscope Team nope, no bones on insects

• Student what is that a picture of
  Bugscope Team this is part of the claw/hand area
• Student what is this hair?
• Student is it an animal or an fungus?
• Student what is it attached to
  Bugscope Team that is on one of the 'forearms'
• Student is most of the body this hair
• Bugscope Team distal means furthest, and proximal means closest
• Student why does the hair look different from the other bugs hair that we saw?
  Bugscope Team because this setae has a different function. this is more for holding onto things, sticky, whereas the other setae was for feeling things
• 1:44pm
• Student what is that in the top corner
• Student does the pelvillus tickle them!!????!!! it dosent,right!??!????
  Bugscope Team yeah it doesn't tickle
• Student wow and cool!!
• Student why does it have so many hairs
• Student what picture are we looking at
  Bugscope Team this is an image from the scanning electron microscope, and right now it is focused on the 'forearm' of a beetle
• Student can we please look at the next one
  Bugscope Team christina and andrea have control of the scope now

• Student what is apelvillus

• Student oh ya

• Student What is the pulvillius
  Bugscope Team it is the pad we see on some of the tarsal segments that helps the beetle stick to surfaces
• Student s that a leg

• Student about how small is it in real life?
  Bugscope Team check out the scale bar in the lower left, the entire beetle is probably 50 mm in length?

• Student how many species of potato bugs are there

• Student how many claws
  Bugscope Team six sets of claws
• Student is that a leg!!!!!!!!?????????????!!!!!!!!!
• Student on the top is it the head?
• Student what is that a picture of
• Bugscope Team ack, 5 mm, not 50

• Student do they have a spine
  Bugscope Team no they are invertebrates; that means they do not have vertebrae, which are the pieces of the backbone, or spine
• Bugscope Team now we see one of the antennae as well
• Student Is this the body?
• Student Do all bugs have a pulvillius

• Student i like it
• Student why does it have a lot of bumps on its side
• Teacher Thank you to Christina_Andrea for driving! Can you please give the controls to Travis_Jeremy?
• Student ewwwwww
• Student where did it get its name from?
  Bugscope Team it kills other insects
• Student assasssin bug head
• Bugscope Team travis_jeremy now have control of the scope
• Student what are all those circles on the speciman
  Bugscope Team those are the sticky tape we put the bugs on in the scope
• Student thanks
• Student does it kill
  Bugscope Team yes it pokes its proboscis into other bugs and sucks the juice out of the,

• 1:49pm
• Bugscope Team see the eye? and the curved proboscis, and the large powerful arm at the bottom of the image?
• Student can it bite us and wound us
• Student why does it have such a long neck
• Student is the circle in the middle pollen?

• Student where are the eyes

• Student what insects does it kill

• Student your welcome
• Student dose it ise its claws to kill

• Student what are the bunch of circles in the middle of the miage?
  Bugscope Team those larger circles are silver paint
• Bugscope Team them

• Student where is its mouth and eyes?
• Student are all insects hairy
  Bugscope Team almost all of them are
• Student where is the eye
• Student where is the eye

• Student is silver paint actual paint?
  Bugscope Team yes it is paint with a lot of silver in it so that it will conduct electrons

• Student would it kill another species of itself or what does it kill otherwise
• Student is that wood in the upper left corner
  Bugscope Team yes it is wood
• Student how many legs does this animal have
  Bugscope Team six legs
• Student what color is that
• Student what are the tall things

• Student what is the spike
• Student What is a body part that all insects have?
  Bugscope Team an exoskeleton
• Student what are these pointy things
• Student does it have the huge eyes too
  Bugscope Team we could see its eye
• Student what is the background
• Bugscope Team those are spines that protect the assassin bug from being easily bitten

• Student is your job fun
  Bugscope Team totally
• Student what do the tall things do
  Bugscope Team the tall things ensure that its prey cannot bite it easily

• Student how many years have you been using a microscope
• Student Where do you get the bugs from?
• Student How long have you been a scientist and what made you want to be a scientist?
  Bugscope Team I have been doing electron microscopy since I got out of college
• Teacher We are almost out of time for this session, can the students ask you questions about being a scientist and such?
  Bugscope Team sure!

• Bugscope Team sure!
• Student do you have to kill the specimen
  Bugscope Team well, yeah, because it needs to be dead inside the scope so it doesn't move around
• Student Where do you guys find your specimens?
  Bugscope Team the specimens came from collections that entomologists gave us
• Student how long have you been in U of I
• Student do you only loook at bugs or do you look at other things
  Bugscope Team scientists look at all sorts of things: bones, metals, etc
• Student what college did you go to?
  Bugscope Team i went to the U of I, in music composition
• Student how long have you people had this job
  Bugscope Team I have had this job since the end of 1998
• Student how long have you been a scientist
• Student when you were little did you want to be a scientest?
• 1:54pm
• Student do you have to talk in irish for when they do this
• Student is it fun
  Bugscope Team it is a lot of fun
• Student do you always get excited when you look at a new bug
  Bugscope Team yes we love to see new stuff, cool features
• Student Do you now where the entomologists found the soecimens?
  Bugscope Team these all came from around here, from Champaign County
• Student how early do you have to wake up to be a scientest?
  Bugscope Team nice :) some scientists start late and work very late
• Student sdfgjk
• Student what countrys other than america and irland have you chatted with
  Bugscope Team Columbia, Honduras, Australia, China...
• Student So you wanted to compose! WOW ! What instruments do you play
  Bugscope Team tenor saxophone and clarinet
• Student do you get disgusted by the bugs you look at
  Bugscope Team no way man, these bugs are beautiful!
• Student oops sorry
• Student you guys are swell. How did you get so smart?
  Bugscope Team not sure, but one thing that is important, try to do things that you really like, then you'll be good at them too
• Student have you people look at spiders
  Bugscope Team yes we like to look at spiders. they are soft-bodied so often shrivel up when they die
• Student what is you fave part of the job!??!
• Student what is your favorite speciman to look at ? and why is it your favorite speciman to look at
• Student Do you like your job? does it gross you out some times?
  Bugscope Team sometimes it grosses you out, but that is kind of funny too
• Student how cool
• Student thanks for that swell advice!
• Student have you chatted with cuba
  Bugscope Team no we have not yet had a chance to work with Cuba. we would love to
• Student My partner joey thinks the same way about bugs
• Student do your family members relate to science?
  Bugscope Team yep, my step dad is into biology, astronomy, radio telemetry, etc...
  Bugscope Team one of my brothers is a molecular biologist
• Student what do you like to look at more bugs or other specimans
• Student bye
• Student by by
• Student This was cool tank you
• Student peace bye
• Student thank you very much
• Student Goodbye! This was very fun. Thank You!!
• Student buh bye alex scot and scot j cya have a GREAT day
• Bugscope Team thanks, you all rock and or roll!
• Student you guys rock
• Bugscope Team This was a lot of fun for us. Thank You!
• Student BYE THANKS FOR YOUR TIME!!!
• Bugscope Team chowness
• Student I Love You Guys! You Were So Awesome, I Think I'm Inspired! Oh Wait, I Am Inspired! BYE! I will miss you so much!
• Student hello furture christina
• Student bye!you were awsome! the cooliest! you rocked! thank you!peace
• Teacher Can I have the controls back please for my next session?
• Bugscope Team done
• Bugscope Team Wow that was fun.
• Student you liked me right I'm Julia! I loved you!
  Bugscope Team yes we think you are super cool
• 1:59pm
• Student hi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Bugscope Team julia, you are way cool

• Student this was very fun thanks
• Bugscope Team you all are way way cool, one of the best group of students we've ever met
• Student me too
• Student Im going to get yelled at bye thanks!
• Bugscope Team it was a pleasure to do bugscope with you all
• Bugscope Team Hi Raymond!
• 2:04pm

• Student hello

• Student hi alex and scot
• Bugscope Team Hello Gianna_Lainie
• Student hi, i'm jake
• Student Hi, im matt
• Bugscope Team Hi Jake!
• Student hi what are we looking at
• Student hi
• Student whats up on the screen
• Student ant
• Student hello
• Student it looks like a butt
• Student Hi, we're Lindsey and Olivia
• Bugscope Team this is a grdgonfly head
• Student huh?
• Student hello
• Bugscope Team you can see the ocelli
• Student o
• Student what is that?
• Bugscope Team and the tiny antennae
• Student what is it on
• Student cool
• Bugscope Team ocelli are 'simple' eyes, and there are three of them
• Student whats the ocelli
• Student o thanks
• Bugscope Team the sample is mounted on doublestick carobn tape
• Student so the backround is tape?
• Student is it alive\
• Student are those hairs?
• Student what are those tube looking things
• Student it looks like a monster
• Bugscope Team ocelli help flying insects orient themselves to the sun, so they can find their way around
• Student what is the dot things in a triangles
• Student what are the function
  Bugscope Team they are light sensors but not as good as the large compound eyes on either side of the head
• Bugscope Team the tubes are the antennae
• Student is the backround tape?
• Student that is cool
• Student what is the hair on the top of its head
• Student how much is it magnified
• 2:09pm
• Student where is the mouth
• Bugscope Team this is only 72x right now
• Bugscope Team the mouth is on the other side of the head
• Student how small is that monster looking thing in real life?
• Bugscope Team dragonflies eat other insects
• Student is that the nose
• Student only?
• Student is it alive?

• Bugscope Team this is very small for a dragonfly -- only a few cm long
• Student what is the bump on the head

• Bugscope Team no it is not alive; it is in a vacuum chamber
• Student thnx

• Student what is the little tube on the side of the body for
• Bugscope Team the three bumps in the middle are the ocelli
• Student what is the hole by its head

• Student what are the dot things in a triangle
• Student what is a vacuum chamber?
  Bugscope Team it's a chamber where all the air is taken out
• Student what are the hairs for
  Bugscope Team the hairs, which we call 'setae,' are sensory; they help the insect feel its environment, touch, hot/cold, smell

• Student why is its skin soft lookink

• Student is that it's mouth
• Student what does the hair do
  Bugscope Team the hair are inda like cat whiskers, in that they help insects to sense their environment
• Student it looks like zits
• Student Where are it's eyes

• Student why does the skin have dots on it
• Student what is a ocella
  Bugscope Team singular is ocellus -- it is a simple eye, sort of like a spider eye in a way
• Student what are the bumps

• Student the skin is so rough, it looks like pimples or zits
• Student it looks like it h\
• Student what is the big bumps do
• Student why does it look so durty
  Bugscope Team oh, you know bugs, they don't mind getting dirty

• Student what are the dots on its skin
  Bugscope Team it does not really have skin -- that is its cuticle, and the dots may help other dragonflies of the same species recognize it
• Student it probibly isn't dirty
  Bugscope Team oh yeah, it is dirty, insects have lots of gunk on them, we call it juju

• Student what r those dots
• Student those look like goosebumps. what are they?
  Bugscope Team ha! goosebumps, never thought of that. i'm not exactly sure what those bumps are though...
• Student o
• Student does this bug shedd
• Student juju?
• Student why does it have so many hairs all over
  Bugscope Team well, those hairs (setae) help it sense its environment, so the more it has, the better it feels

• Student it looks like burnt skin
  Bugscope Team yes it looks like skin but it is more like what our fingernails are made of
• Student Where it's eyes
• Student why do you call it juju
  Bugscope Team it's just a cool made-up name, don't you think?
• Student why does it have so much hair

• Student r the dots skin pores?
  Bugscope Team some of those things that lookm lik

• Student ew

• Student it looks like chicken skin
• Student ewwwwwwwwwww
• 2:14pm
• Student it also looks like the dots will pop
• Student what are those holes

• Student what are those holes
• Student What are cuticles?
  Bugscope Team cuticle is also called chitin; it's like the shell of a shrimp

• Student are they going to pop
• Bugscope Team some of the things that look like pores are the bases of broken off setae
• Student how old isit? it looks really wrinkley
• Student how close are we to this thing?
• Student why is it so harry
• Student it looks fuzzy why
• Student ewww its fuzzy
• Student what are the little holes on its body
• Bugscope Team the hairs, called setae, help it to feel things. so the more setae the better
• Student and dirty
• Student is it blurry or are thoses hairs
• Student it lookes like a bush
• Student it looks like insalation
  Bugscope Team it might function like insulation

• Student what is a patato beatle???????????
• Student what are potato beatles
  Bugscope Team they are these cool beetles, but they can destroy potato crops, so they are kind of a pest
• Student whats that
• Student what is a potato beatle
• Student it looks kind of slimey
• Student what is those holes?
• Student it looks like extra skin is attached
• Student ?hhhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmmmm
• Student what is the stitched up thing by its eye
  Bugscope Team kind of gross looking? it is part of the elytra
• Bugscope Team see the eye in the center of where we are looking now?
• Student why is it called a patatoe beatle? does it eat pataoes?
  Bugscope Team it does, and it is a major pest of the potato. potato farmers HATE potato beetles
• Student ya
• Student is the part to the right a shell or skin
• Student pataos*
• Student it looks like extra skin is attached

• Student why does it have holes
• Student the eye looks like a net
• Student it looks weird.
• Student it LOOKS like a potato
  Bugscope Team yeah it is very round when you see the whole dude
• Bugscope Team the elytra is the shell of a beetle
• Student aww i would love them!
• Student is that the eye
• Student what is it in front of
• Student i don't like the word hate!
• Student ewewwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!
• Student what is the bright white stuff
• Student how come there is a little hole in its eye

• Student r the dots eyes
• Bugscope Team the potato beetle has also grown resistant to all the major pesticides that farmers use. it's a challenge to keep potato beetles away
• Student what is that gooey stuff over to the right
  Bugscope Team it's some kinda slime
• Student whats thatgrose stuff
• Student what is this

• Student it looks like it needs to take a shpwer
• Student its a patato beatle natalia
• Student why does it look broken
  Bugscope Team it can dry out and crack, so that's why it's broken
• Student shower**
• Student it looks like a bunch of slime to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  Bugscope Team yeah, pretty cool huh?
• Bugscope Team this is part of the shell of the insect
• Student slime? ewwww!
• Student is that a claw?

• Student it looks like caves
• Student it looks like bone
• Student the stuff on the right looks like caves
• Student sweet!
• Student is it cracked because it is dead?
• Student why is it so gooey?
• Bugscope Team sometimes after insects die they spit this stuff up and it makes them look pretty yucky around the mouth/face
• Student what are those holes
• Student there is so much holes
• Student what is in the holes?
• Student how big is the beetle?
• 2:19pm

• Student why are there holes
• Bugscope Team Ask Mrs S to take us somewhere else
• Student patato??????????????
• Student is that an eye
• Student she is

• Bugscope Team the beetle was about a cm long
• Student shes on her way there
• Student potato patato

• Student so many eyes so little time
• Student that is tiny

• Student are those blood vein on the eyes
• Student how many eyes does a potato beatle have
• Student how many eyes does it have
• Student how big is the bug
• Student the eye looks like a bee hive
• Student why is there hair right by the eye

• Student why is there hair in the eye
  Bugscope Team it may help to keep debris off the eye
• Student why does it have so many eyes
• Student how many eyes do they have
• Student it looks like bubble wrap
• Student why is it called that?
• Student r the dots eyes or parts of the eyes or lenses
  Bugscope Team the dots are parts of the eye, each dot is called an ommatidiae and has a lens in it
• Student why is there lines on the eye
• Student so weiered
• Student it looks like a bee hive
• Student those look like spider webs what r they
• Student are those veins?
• Bugscope Team ha more better now
• Student kaila isnt it weired
• Student it looks like a bee
• Student Why do the little bumps look cracked
• Student what are the lines
• Student why is the eyes so wrinkles

• Bugscope Team we are looking at a thin dried film of something on the surface of the compound eye
• Bugscope Team this is a stinkbug
• Student what isn that???
• Student ew
• Student what is it
• Student whats that on the eye
• Bugscope Team the head of a stinkbug
• Student are those blood vein on the eyes
• Student ugly!
• Student it looks evil
• Bugscope Team this is a stinkbug
• Student how big is the bug?
  Bugscope Team 5-10 millimeters long, at most
• Teacher Kaila_Natalia are going to control the microscope now, if you don't mind!
• Student it is upside down
• Student wats behind it
• Student how big is a stinkbug
• Student kendall your focausing on scince
• Student are those cells?
  Bugscope Team no, those are bumps in the sticky tape that we put the bugs on
• Student wats the long thing stickingdown
  Bugscope Team that is the proboscis
• Student what is behind the stink bug
• Student stinky!
• Student do they stink
  Bugscope Team they produce chemicals that smell bad if they are bothered or think something has put them in danger, and they do not like the smell either
• Student what does it eat

• Student how big is the bug
• Student what is a stinkbug
• Student does the stink bug realy stink
• Student it looks evil, like a a bee sort of
• Student oh, so u put the bugs on sticky tape?
• Student are those his hands by his atenas
• Student why does he have tenticles
• Student what are those bumps?

• Student why does it stink
• Student did this bug lose a lim

• Student r the legs cut off
  Bugscope Team no I don't think I broke any either

• Student what is the long pionty thing that is kind of like a nose
  Bugscope Team that is called a proboscis
• 2:24pm
• Student What are the bumps on his hed
• Student what are those holes
• Bugscope Team the largest proboscis in the world is the elephant trunk. but this one is much much smaller
• Student they are like the skunk but in insect style
• Student were do you find these bugs
  Bugscope Team I found one on my screen door once and watched it make a droplet of stink, but it did not seem to use it
• Bugscope Team skunk bug!!!
• Student why is it called a stink bug
  Bugscope Team they emit a really bad odor when disturbed
• Student the dots around the nose look like craters
  Bugscope Team those are little craters

• Student what are the crater looking things
• Student stink-afi!
• Student why does it have bumps

• Student do the bumps help the bug

• Student why do they give off a odor
  Bugscope Team defense. or as i call it: stinkfense
• Student what does it eat?
• Student were are its ears
  Bugscope Team they don't have ears, really. most insects don't
• Bugscope Team the exoskeleton is bumpy here, maybe it's holes where the setae would have come out of? i'm not sure

• Student wat r those crved things?
• Student how big is it
• Student lol
• Student what are the things in the holes?
• Student it looks like a light bulb
• Student how long do they live fr
• Student why are there little lasos in the crator
• Student hairy????????????????
• Student it looks like a cratter hit it
• Student how big is it
  Bugscope Team it was like a small pea
• Bugscope Team from what I read; I have forgotten what is in the craters
• Student wow

• Student what is this

• Student what is that
• Student what is it
• Student What is that?
• Student its a bee
• Bugscope Team moths are difficult to image using a scanning electron microscope
• Student are those teeth?
• Bugscope Team this is a moth

• Student iis that some sort of nose ring
• Student o
• Student it looks like a squirrel up close
• 2:29pm

• Student how long is the teeth
• Bugscope Team they don't have teeth, but they do have a proboscis that extends like a party favor
• Student is that a tonge
  Bugscope Team yes it is like a tongue, very much
• Student and kinda like an owl
• Student what is that thing between the eyes

• Student is that teeth?
• Student is that its tounge
• Student what does is eat
  Bugscope Team they just eat nectar, from flowers, I think
• Bugscope Team nicola_alexa have control now, drive away!

• Student that looks like a nose ring
• Student is it yawning?
• Student what is the tonge used for
• Student what is that
  Bugscope Team this is a moth, the head of a moth

• Student that looks like a nose ring
• Bugscope Team this is the coiled proboscis
• Student you think

• Bugscope Team ha
• Student were did you find it
• Student how is it different than a butterfly?
  Bugscope Team butterflies have generally thinner bodies and function during the day, compared to most moths
• Student what is in the eyes
  Bugscope Team the eyes are made up of thounsands of individual facets, called ommatida, each one has a lens in it
• Bugscope Team this is a closeup of the surface of the tongue
• Student what do you think is the coolest thing about bugscope
• Student ew
• Student what are the dots on the eyes
• Student it looks like nose ring
• Student is that hair?
• Student why is it so fury
• Student it looks like a nose ring what is ir
• Student what are those particles
• Bugscope Team ommatidia i mean
• Student how many taste buds does it have
• Student what is the thing that looks like a wart on his tounge?
• Student is it hair or tastebuds
• Student what are the two long things on the sides of the mouth
• Student what is that bump on the right
• Student does it kill other bugs
• Student why does it have hair on its tonge and why is there is a line in the middle
• Student what's the chunk on its tounge for
• Student what is behind the tonge
• Student how long does it take to find these bugs
• Student it looks like mole
  Bugscope Team it's some kinda salt
• Student wat

• Student how long is the tounge
• Student watttttttttttttttttttt
• Student cool
• Student wat is that. a moal
• Bugscope Team or just a piece of junk now, looks like
• Student copy
• Student why is there hair on the tonge
  Bugscope Team the tiny hairs help insects sense their surroundings; they are important because insects do not have skin and thus cannot feel the way we do
• Student is that tastebuds?
• Student does it have teeth

• Student w
• Student where does it live
• Student it looks like the tounge goes inward in the middle
• Bugscope Team well, not taste buds like ours, but they have setae (hairs) that can taste things
• Student what is that thing in the center
• Student what is it

• Bugscope Team also some setae can smell things too
• 2:34pm
• Student what is that indent
• Student is that some sort of giant crevase in the middle
• Teacher After Nicole_Alexa pick a new specimin, can you please give the controls to Sam_Alex
• Student what kind of moth is it
• Student where does it live
• Bugscope Team oh this is cool, these little balls are called brochosomes, unique to the leafhopper
• Student wat are the dots??
• Student what is that
• Student what is it
• Student what are those bumbs
• Student wat r brocosomes
• Student dottttttttttttssssssss
• Bugscope Team these little balls are called brochosomes, and only the leafhopper can produce them

• Student coolliiooo
• Bugscope Team they are so small that people never knew the brochosomes existed until someone looked at a leafhopper in an electron microscope
• Student what are we looking at?
• Student talk about ugly
• Bugscope Team those are brochosomes, which are produced by leafhoppers; they are said to help keep their eggs from drying out

• Student what are the bumps on
• Bugscope Team this is a leafhopper
• Student r those teeth
• Student wat r the thorns
  Bugscope Team those are part of the armor on the exoskeleton of the leafhopper
• Student what are the spikes
• Student it looks like it has a nale
• Student talk about ugly
• Bugscope Team the spikes are setae (hairs)
• Student copy
• Student a leafhopper cool

• Student how big is it
• Student what are setae
• Bugscope Team some of the spikes i should say
• Student is that a clw
• Student like a grasshopper, right?
  Bugscope Team these you find on plants, and they suck juices (sap) out of plants
• Bugscope Team it is just under a cm long
• Student is that a claw
• Student is that its hand

• Student the spikes are setea
• Bugscope Team setae are kinda like cat whiskers, they help insects to sense their environment
• Student spikeeyyyyyyyyyyy
• Student is it greem
• Student wow
• Student its like scails
• Student what does the leafhopper eat
• Student what does it eat

• Student That looks like shingles
  Bugscope Team totally
• Student wow
• Student Is that his leg
  Bugscope Team yes that is a close-up view of one leg
• Student it looks like roof pattern
  Bugscope Team yes it does -- that is the way the cuticle grows and shapes itself
• Student
• Student
• Student t does
• Student do they hurt you
• Student do they kill plants when they suck juices out of plants?
• Student what part of the body is that
• Student
• Student what are the spikes
  Bugscope Team the spikes are there to discourage predators but may also have a self sensing function
• Bugscope Team i don't think a leafhopper can hurt you, unless you shrunk yourself to 1/100th of your normal size...

• 2:39pm

• Student wooow
• Teacher Can you give the controls to Mike_Cooper
• Student wozers

• Student are those eyes
• Student are the hairs the eyes
• Student where are the eyes?
• Student \mnhkm
• Student wats that?!?!?!
• Student where is it
• Student kailla
• Bugscope Team mike_cooper, you are in control, put on your seat belts!
• Student do they have dry skin?
  Bugscope Team they don't have skin at all, they have an exoskeleton
• Student he looks cute
• Student what are those bumbs
• Bugscope Team the eyes are on the sides of the head
• Student c jz7gzry357
• Student what are the strings
• Student why does it have little dots
• Student are those goosebumps?
• Student there skin looks slimy
• Student what color is it
  Bugscope Team this guy was yellow
• Student if thats the eyes why does it have swirly things
• Student wow
• Bugscope Team insects don't have skin, or bones. they do have organs inside their hard exoskeleton shell.

• Student it looks like leaf
• Student looks very puffffffffffffffffffffffffffyyyyyy
• Student lol
• Bugscope Team i don't think they get goosebumps, but that's a cool idea

• Student does this bug have eyes
• Student what is an exoskeleton
• Student i need to know if those are eyes

• Bugscope Team see the scales on the eye, oh now just one
• Student what's in the backround
  Bugscope Team the background is the facets of one of the eyes
• Bugscope Team this is one of the eyes
• Student is it male or female
• Student wow it is
• Student what are the dots for
  Bugscope Team those are the individual facets of the compound eye
• Student what is stuck on the eye
• Student what are the bumps
  Bugscope Team the bumps are ommatidia
• Student ugly!
• Student is it cold
• Student so since it is hard, if it falls will it break?
  Bugscope Team well, yes it can break, but not very easily
• Student or slimey
• Student wats that leafe
• Student it looks like a patato chip
• Student does it hurt the bug with the scale on it
• Student it looks like a fish--scales
• Student can it fly
• Student how long does it live for
• Student what is that skin-flap thing?
• Student fin?
• Student how big is it
  Bugscope Team see the scalebar to the lower left?

• Student where does it live
• Student what are ommatidia
  Bugscope Team ommatidia are those bumps on the compound eye. each one has a lens in it for seeing things.
• Bugscope Team a human can break an exoskeleton easy, but another insect would have a much harder time

• Student so, since it can break, does it have preditors that can chew and break it?
  Bugscope Team oh yeah man, now you are thinking real good. there are predators that have adapted to all kinds of ways of getting food, and breaking other bugs is just one way of doing that
• Student where does it live
  Bugscope Team this is from Illinois, but they can live wherever there are bushes

• Student weird!
• Student Oh
• Student it looks like a patato chip
• Student wat is that??? we need to know!!
• Student it looks like corn
• Student whatthe hole do for this
• 2:45pm

• Student where does it live

• Student do you know what gender it is
• Student thank you
• Student it looks like corn
• Student Is it dirty?
• Student it look sooooooooo discuseting
• Bugscope Team some insects have toxins that are deadly to other insects, and use it to kill them, and then they have a nice meal
• Student finaly

• Student thanks alot alex!
  Bugscope Team you rock. great questions!
• Student what gender is this thing
• Student creepy
• Student wat is that???!?!?!?!?!!!!
• Student it looks like a bird
• Student creepy
• Student o ya
• Student what is this
  Bugscope Team this is a closeup of a single scale from a moth or butterfly, probably
• Student it looks like zebra print
• Student wat is that
• Student No
• Student uneccary closeup!
• Student what are the black lines
• Student wat r the black things
• Student why is some of it black
• Bugscope Team this is a close-up of a scale, notice the holes in it.
• Student what does it eat
• Bugscope Team the black parts are holes in the scale
• Student it looks like a zebra print
• Student alex, you are so smart. so, what are we looking at?
• Student it looks like a leaf up close
• Student why does it have holes
• Student y r there holes
• Student scales

• Teacher Can you please give the controls to Shea_Izzys
• Bugscope Team this is the head of an assassin bug
• Student sweet!
• Student ya we r contolling it soon!
• Student omg
• Student it looks like a fish
• Bugscope Team see the eye, in then middle?
• Student whats that

• Student what part are we looking at
• Student it is so creepy
• Bugscope Team shea_izzys has control, fasten your seat belts!
• Student is it spiky
• Student that looks like an explosion
• Student What part of the body is it
  Bugscope Team this is the head, from the side
• Bugscope Team and the single proboscis hanging down?
• Student nice to know assasin is in its name.
• Student why is it called a assasen bug
  Bugscope Team well, it kills other bugs, like an assassin
• Student it looks like a natalia

• Student what are the bubbles in the back

• Student Cool
• Student does it live in the water
• Bugscope Team this is one of the powerfly forelimbs

• Bugscope Team powerful

• Student what does it kill and HOW?
  Bugscope Team well,it's kinda gross, but it inserts this juice inside other bugs, and that juice liquifies the insides of the other bug, then it eats it
• Student Is it a boy or girl and how do you know
  Bugscope Team we don't always know. sometimes it is easy to tell and sometimes you have to dissect the insect to be able to tell
• Student whats the hair
• Student powerful

• Student thans for answering all our questions
• Student how does it kill
• Student is that hard now, alex?
• Student what does it eat
• Student thanks alex
• Student nice to know
• Student what are proboscis
  Bugscope Team it's like a nose/mouth part, used for feeding and such
• Student it looks like moldy cheese
• Student is that the head we are looking at please write back asap
• Student is it dangerous if we went up to it

• Student proboscis r noses
  Bugscope Team well, yes, but also like a mouth too
• Bugscope Team the largest proboscis in the world is the elephant trunk
• Student how do you know if it is a boy or a girl

• Student gros
  Bugscope Team yeah, gross, but COOL!
• 2:50pm
• Student it looks like garbage pied up on its skin
• Student is it dangerous
  Bugscope Team not to humans

• Student where do they live
• Student this bug is harry

• Student it looks like moldy cheese
• Student looks dirty
• Student does it bite
• Bugscope Team that is the sharp part, in the middle
• Student moldy?
• Student so it eats with its nose?
• Bugscope Team although anything is dangerous in the right quantity. if you walked into a room filled with 6 billion assassin bugs, that would probably not be cool for your health
• Student dous it eat its mate
  Bugscope Team I have not heard of them doing that.
• Student looks painful
• Student is that a claw its gross but cool
• Bugscope Team it could really hurt if it poked you
• Student what is that cord thing
• Student what kind of bugs does it kill
• Student does it have another name besides the assassin bug
  Bugscope Team totally: Reduviidae
• Student what r we looking at now
• Bugscope Team that's why you should never eat too much. always take things in moderation
• Student eeeewww
• Student can it fly
  Bugscope Team some of them can fly, and they can get pretty large
• Student this is so not for the queezy
• Student what does it eat
• Teacher Can you please give the controls to Gianna_Lainie? Thank you!

• Student EW EW EW EW EW
• Student what is that
  Bugscope Team an ant!
• Student COOL
• Student alex, can it bite?
  Bugscope Team well, it pierces things with its proboscis, kinda like biting i guess?
• Student never mind
• Student you guys know everything!
  Bugscope Team we wish we knew more; there is so much to know about insects
• Bugscope Team gianna_lainie has control, let's go for a ride!!!
• Student it is cute!
• Student killer jaws
• Student is it dead it looks like it is
• Student awesome
• Student what does it eat
• Student what are the spikes on its mouth
  Bugscope Team those are the jaws of an ant
• Student is it a boy or girl

• Student killer jaws

• Student it looks like steve!
  Bugscope Team well, then steve is one cool looking dude!!!
  Bugscope Team I guess Brittany typed that...
• Student whats the jaggedy part

• Student alex, does it have eyes?
  Bugscope Team well, this ant does, yes, they are on the sides of the head, you can see them, they are compound eyes, so they have lots of bumps on them
• Student were r the eyes
  Bugscope Team the eyes are on either side of the head - you can see them
• Student Is it a red ant
  Bugscope Team yes!
• Student it looks like my sister
• Student yes i did!

• Student is it a black ant
  Bugscope Team it's red
• Student what does a black ant look like
• Student is it a queen ant
  Bugscope Team no not a queen
• Student is that its neck
  Bugscope Team that is its thorax
• Student what is the difference between a black ant and a red ant
  Bugscope Team they are different species

• Student is it a baby
• Student how old is it
  Bugscope Team probably a month or so old
• 2:55pm
• Student where did you find it
  Bugscope Team i think this ant came out of scott's nose!!! ;)
• Student alex, can it fy because some movies have ants that fly. is that a myth?
• Student are the jaws used for crushing its prey
• Student wow
• Student fly*
• Student how big can an ant gey
  Bugscope Team they can be 2 inches long in some places

• Student what does it like to eat besides grass
  Bugscope Team ants often like sweet stuff but will eat almost anything that was once alive
• Student what is different about them
• Student does it fly
• Student how old do most ants get to be?
  Bugscope Team well, queens can live a couple of years or more, worker ants live just a season or less even
• Student were are its eyes
  Bugscope Team on the very side of its head
• Student what does it eat
• Student ha ha
• Student does it like sugar
• Student how many ants are there in the world
  Bugscope Team oh gosh, billions, trillions, quadrillions...
• Student is it dead
  Bugscope Team yes, all these insects are toast before we put them in the scope. we need them to be still to image them properly

• Student wow kaila
• Student cooper rules
  Bugscope Team self proclaimed
• Student red ants attack when they r messed with
• Student wow
• Student how big is the biggest ant
  Bugscope Team about 2 inches long
• Student wow cooper
• Student my sister says they have lifes when someone kills it is that true
• Teacher Can I please have the controls back?
  Bugscope Team you have them now
• Student alex when did you decide that you wanted to be a scientist?
• Student like a family
• Student please
• Student noooooooooooooooo
• Bugscope Team you are THE MAN mrs. schaab
• Student how many different species of ants are there in the world
  Bugscope Team over 12,000 species of ants in the world!
• Student yes\

• Teacher Thanks. Can the kids start asking questions about your job for a few minutes?
  Bugscope Team totally, we are ready
• Student no
• Student hi
• Student i watched planet earth and it said if a ant touches a certian fungus another ant carries it far far away
  Bugscope Team yeah the other ant can tell if it has a certain smell to it, and she wants to keep it away from the colony
• Student what is your favorite thing about being a scientist
• Student how do you like your job
  Bugscope Team love it, it's important to do things you love
• Student do you like what you do and what do you do
• Student was this one super hungry
• Student what interested u to be a scientist
• Student do you enjoy your job
  Bugscope Team yes this is really fun most of the time
• Student when were you 1st interested in bugs
• Bugscope Team here's one way to be happy in life: figure out what you really LOVE doing, and then find a job that lets you do that all day long
• Student does it ever get boring
  Bugscope Team sometimes you have stuff you don't want to do but I would not say boring

• Student why did you want to do this job?
  Bugscope Team this is so much fun -- we get to see new technology as it is being developed, and we get to see cool samples of coral, etc.
• Student why did u become a scientist
• 3:00pm
• Student how many do you have to go to college before you become a scienctist
  Bugscope Team oh yes, college is very important, because you learn things, but you also meet the other scientists in your field, and they get to know you
• Student like toaching bugs is that nasty

• Student crushing its prey
• Student oooo yo you like music? cool. so how do you know all about all these bugs
  Bugscope Team i worked in this group for a while before i did bugscope, and i learned things on the job about bugs
• Student this isn't about your job, but do you have your masters?
• Student do you like looking at theses bugs so close up
• Student alex, whats your fvorite bug

• Student do you do live theretning experiments

• Student does toaching bug ever get nasty
• Student how many years
• Student how long hav u been a sceintist
  Bugscope Team I have been doing this fulltime since college
• Student what is your favorite part of bug scope mine is looking at diffrent bugs
• Student what do you do that is so fun
• Student do u fall asleep while doing your job
  Bugscope Team uh, well, no, sometimes you want to if you stayed up too late playing games...
• Student what else do you like to do
• Bugscope Team you never stop learning about new things
• Student bye
• Student adios
• Bugscope Team bye!
• Student by
• Student see you latter
• Student bye bye
• Student seeya later alex scot
• Student bye
• Student bye cool guys u rock
• Bugscope Team this was fun for us
• Student oddiouse
• Teacher Thank you so much for both session! We can't wait to view the transcrips on our home page!
• Student bye
• Student !!goodbye alex! and other scientist dude! thank you so much! you rock
• Student your very kind thanks bye
• Student i will miss you
• Student you rock alex
• Student good by thankyou
• Student bye thanks for all the answers to our questions and becoming a sientist
• Student thnx for the help dude
• Bugscope Team http://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2009-060
• Student wow
• Student you rock
• Bugscope Team yay Thanks You All!
• Student i will miss you, alex
• Bugscope Team you rock shea_izzys, it was cool meeting you
• Student bye Scot and alex u guys rock!
• Student u all rock!!! 8-D
• Bugscope Team i hope to talk to you again one day, maybe bugscope again next year?
• Bugscope Team Bye!
• Student no you rock alex!
• Bugscope Team and or roll!!!
• Student alex is awesome
• Student you awesome
• Bugscope Team time for me to bail see you next year!
• Student see you later dude
• Student i hope i will
• Student you rock and roll, alex!
• Student thank you for scuezzing us in
• Student your awsome alex and alex j
• Student bye
• Student goodbye, for now alex!
• Student i have patrol now!
• Student bye forrever
• Student bye dude for ever
• 3:06pm
• Bugscope Team great session everyone, bye bye!