Connected on 2010-02-05 11:30:00 from Newport News, VA, US
- 10:34am
- Bugscope Team hello miro, welcome to bugscope
- Guest Hi Alex
- Guest Thank you
- Bugscope Team we are setting up for today's session in 40 minutes
- Guest I look forward to watching the demo in 40 mins
- Bugscope Team let us know if you have any questions
- Guest yes
- Guest i will Afk a little and be back
- Guest ty
- Bugscope Team starting presets
- 10:40am
- Guest How does the admin. control the image?
Bugscope Team it's not too hard. when we are done with presets we'll unlock the session, at that point the admin will see microscope controls on the right side of the image: magnify, navigation, focus, adjust
- Bugscope Team we can also give control of the scope to anyone logged in
- Bugscope Team teachers, students, guests
- Guest is there color imaging?
Bugscope Team Well, no, these are all live images from an electron microscope. That scope uses electrons to get the image, not light. Color is a product of the frequency of light, and since there is no light in the scope, no color
- Bugscope Team when we are done with presets, and if the teacher isn't on yet, we can give you control for a bit
- Bugscope Team we can add color afterwords through elemental analysis however, maybe people do that
- 10:45am
- Guest ah ok that makes sense - i thought there may be a tech here that would add color
- Guest ah ok
- Bugscope Team The magnification of the scope is up to 800,000x. But for Bugs, we normally stay in the 40x-40,000x range
- Guest why is that?
- Bugscope Team Well, if we go much higher than 40,000x the image is just a blur. The scope is very powerful, and specialized. Scott can answer better, but I think if a user of the scope wants to see somethign maged at 100,000x or higher, you need to adjust the stage to a closer working distance. Whereas for all these different bugs, some of which are big, to get good images of the ALL, we need a larger working distance, thus the resolution isn't going to be a nice
- Bugscope Team Scott will login soon, he's the electron microscopist here. I'm a systems admin.
- Guest hi scott
- Bugscope Team whoa, Miro is on! Cool! Hello!
- Guest haha hello
- 10:50am
- Guest this is really cool
- Bugscope Team Sorry I have a few things going this morning with a grant proposal, etc., etc.
- Guest no problem
- Guest i will brb as well
- Bugscope Team Thanks, Miro.
- Bugscope Team mite!
- 10:56am
- 11:03am
- 11:08am
- Bugscope Team done with presets
- Guest so can i test it
- Guest how does controls work
- Bugscope Team you can test it if you want, i gave you control
- Guest hmm
- Bugscope Team just remember if you use click to drive then you have to click again to stop the movemement
- Bugscope Team movement*
- Bugscope Team so you can choose from among the presets, etc., etc.
- Guest cool
- Bugscope Team if you get lost or caught in an area that is not interesting you can just go to a preset.
- Bugscope Team and then drive around from there
- Guest ty just playing around
- Guest i see how past 40k it blurs
- Bugscope Team insects are also hairier than one would expect
- 11:13am
- Bugscope Team it's that there is not much to see, to concentrate upon
- Guest that they are (=
- Guest the focus is almost like being at the eye doctor
- Bugscope Team and as Alex had said earlier, we operate the microscope at a long working distance so the kids can see more of an insect at low mag
- Guest yes i noticed
- Bugscope Team when we use the microscope for research we take the sample much closer to the electron beam and obtain much better resolution
- Guest how do we do that?
- Bugscope Team in the vacuum chamber we can control the height of the sample
- Guest i see
- Bugscope Team Just a sec...
- Bugscope Team Alex is putting the microscope in CCD camera mode for us
- Guest Cool!
- Guest can we do this on wednesday as well?
- Bugscope Team Hello Miro, are you enjoying the session so far?
- Guest i am
- Guest this is very cool
- Guest hey umesh!
- Bugscope Team now you can see the sample, in the vacuum chamber. the electron beam comes from the cone-shaped pole piece near the top of the view we have here
- Bugscope Team Joining a session that is going on is the best way to experience the project. Thanks, Miro.
- Guest ok cool
- Bugscope Team if the space between the sample is shortened, we get much better res.
- Guest yes that was the idea
- Guest ok so if space is close we can zoom past 40k?
- Bugscope Team Miro you gotta multitask even now
- 11:18am
- Bugscope Team Yes but we cannot change it right now because it will mess up the presets we made for the school.
- Guest hmm?
- Guest i understand
- Guest just curious
- Bugscope Team The Presets, Miro, are starting points based on the school proposal on why they want to participate.
- Bugscope Team These help students to return if they are lost. Sort of like "Home" button.
- Guest ohh ok
- Guest brb
- Bugscope Team We can get, when we work with researchers, or they use the 'scope themselves, meaningful, publishable images at as high as 200,000x.
- Bugscope Team On your left side, you see the questions answered. All chat is archived (except the general public will not see the identifiers - names of students, for privacy issues).
- Guest i see
- Guest i noticed that as well
- Bugscope Team the actual session starts in like 8 minutes
- Guest looks great guys
- Bugscope Team or as soon as the school has a chance to get on
- Guest kk so i will be back in 8 - lots to do!
- Bugscope Team The classroom teacher can see everything as they have a unique home page.
- Bugscope Team Miro Thank You for connecting.
- Bugscope Team Miro, do you think, Sam can join in just for a minute. I feel that this will help immensely when she is at TED on Wed.
- 11:28am
- Bugscope Team Sam!
- Bugscope Team Thank you for logging in!
- Guest I'm here!
- Bugscope Team The school should be connecting any minute, and we will have to give them control, of course.
- Bugscope Team But in the meantime we gave you control of the microscope, if you would like to try it.
- Bugscope Team Hello Sam:
- Guest OK
- Bugscope Team Sam you should see controls on the upper right, next to the image on the screen.
- Guest so i just use the control features on teheright?
- Guest What am I looking at?
- Bugscope Team And there are presets, from which you may choose, on the lower right, next to the chat box.
- Bugscope Team this is the wing of a fishfly, related to an owlfly -- an insect predator.
- Bugscope Team cool!
- Bugscope Team You can pose a question about the specimen, if you like. It will come to the left side of the screen.
- Bugscope Team we're going to have to call the school and ensure that they are not having problems...
- Bugscope Team i'm getting their number now
- Bugscope Team Sam: On top of the left you see the participants. Soon, you will see the class participants, starting with the teacher.
- Bugscope Team calling now
- Bugscope Team yes as Umesh says, when we get a question, as Admins, we can seize it and answer it. The Q and the A show up on the left.
- 11:33am
- Bugscope Team you can see now that this true bug has a bunch of juju on its claw -- some kind of slime
- Bugscope Team be sure, as soon as this becomes uninteresting, to try another preset
- Bugscope Team Sam: You have the control (see star). Guests typically during a session do not get control. This is as the session is for the participants (teachers/students).
- Bugscope Team the students, when they are on, will ask us rapidfire questions
- Guest hey guys show sam the picture of the machine zoomed out
- Bugscope Team Just a sec.
- Guest Wow
- Bugscope Team Alex is in the 'scope room. Here we are.
- Guest Where is this?
- Guest use the answer archive thing to answer her to show
- Bugscope Team The questions, Sam, are what will interest NLD. Students ask questions about bugs, microscope, careers, etc. Annie who is a participant is a PhD student in entomology. Alex, for instance, is an expert web architect and computer programmer.
- Guest please (=
Bugscope Team sorry I was typing and messed up
- Bugscope Team This is what the sample looks like, in a CCD view, inside the specimen chamber.
- Bugscope Team Miro: Your questions are now in the archive. See to the left.
- Bugscope Team i should be clear, chas conway is the expert web architect, not me.
- Bugscope Team In case you wondered about the school we were connecting with, Alex just called them. Sometimes they forget, sometimes they have connection problems, etc.
- Bugscope Team chas conway built this website from the ground up, did a great job
- Guest How many scientists are involved in each session
Bugscope Team It depends. Sometimes we have very small groups, like homeschool and preschools. Sometimes we have whole auditoria of students. Usually we have a normal sized class
- Bugscope Team Miro: The questions that are archived are often not the typos (as shown here). In addition to the q/a, the chat (entire) is available to teachers.
- Bugscope Team Actually all of the questions, answers, chat, are always saved as part of the transcript, plus the images.
- Guest Can the kids control the microscope during each session? or just the teachers?
Bugscope Team we leave that decision up to the teacher
Bugscope Team anyone can control the scope, teachers, students, guests, but only one at a time
- Bugscope Team Sam: Teachers can give control to teachers. Often times, the teachers drive the session.
- 11:38am
- Bugscope Team That is, teachers lead the session.
- Guest So after the session the student leaves with this archive of questions?
Bugscope Team all bugscope sessions are saved to the member page for that session, your session will have a member page as well, you already do, it was emailed to you when your session was scheduled. all the chat and images are saved there
- Bugscope Team Oh, and I am Annie the Entomologist, by the way..
- Bugscope Team well, only admins can give control over to the students or other teachers, but we always do whatever the teacher wants. it is there session
- Bugscope Team it starts out with the teacher having control, and if she/he wishes we can confer control to anyone else.
- Bugscope Team I like to think of all students (as future scientists). Thus each session will have at least 20 young scientists!
- Guest hi annie!
- Guest umesh - best answer
- Guest !
- Bugscope Team Annie has been working with us since she was a grad student entomologist. She now has her PhD, and a faculty position.
- Bugscope Team well, starting in August, I will have a faculty position
- Teacher sorry we are late...the kids are coming into the lab right now.
- Bugscope Team hi mcgehee, welcome to bugscope!
- Bugscope Team no problem!
- Bugscope Team nice to see you
- Bugscope Team no problem at all Mrs M!
- Bugscope Team Hello Rebecca!
- Teacher thank you for the phone call...we have been thrown off we three snow days this week.
- Bugscope Team Mrs M (or Ms?) we have some guests today, observing.
- Bugscope Team no problem at all, we are ready anytime you are, we are here to help
- Guest how much does this machine cost?
Bugscope Team about $600,000 in late 1998.
- Bugscope Team It is snowing hard here, now, and Cate, who made this sample for us, is carefully driving home.
- Guest cool
- Bugscope Team Sam: Since each session has a unique page, it allows the teachers and students to return to their investigations. Also, a teacher can share with her fellow teachers on her work.
- Teacher i don't see the tools that were on the screen last time I did this. Am I missing something or in the wrong place?
- 11:43am
- Bugscope Team Miro, the Bugscope history paper I sent you has the some details on the cost, etc. in a foot-note if I remember.
- Bugscope Team only one login can have the controls at once
- Teacher Oh, I see them now.
- Bugscope Team if you need us to switch the controls between mcgehee and mcgehee2, just let us know
- Teacher I think I'm logged in as mcgehee2
Bugscope Team yep, we got ya, no problemo
- Teacher so just leave it there and we should be good!
Bugscope Team got it, will do
- Bugscope Team welcome to bugscope students!
- Bugscope Team Kevin, Neco, Brianna, welcome to Bugscope!
- Bugscope Team Jonathan, Rashida, Octavia, Ashley... welcome!
- Bugscope Team please let us know when you have questions!
- Student hi
- Bugscope Team Hello Mrs. McGehee's student scientists!
- Bugscope Team hi there, welcome to bugscope
- Student hi
- Student hi
- Student what is that suff on the hairs
Bugscope Team those hairs are called setae (pronounced see-tee), there is some dirt on them, or grime. we call it juju
- Student hello
- Student how are you
Bugscope Team Good, Thank You!
- Student hi
- Bugscope Team Sam/Miro: You are getting a first hand experience! I hope you are excited about next Wed.
- Student hi
- Bugscope Team right now we are looking at the end of one of the legs/arms of a true bug. This is the claw, and you can see a lot of hairs, which we call 'setae,' sticking out of it.
- Student hi
- Student are they alive
Bugscope Team no, they are dead, we need them to be still in the scope, so we can't put in live bugs
- Student what are those entenaes for
- Bugscope Team All bugs are insects, but not all insects are true bugs
- Student what are the pointy things on them
Bugscope Team those are it's setae, things that help them feel their way around
- Student what kind of bug is that
Bugscope Team the claw is attached to a true bug, which are in the order Hemiptera.
- Student what is that
- Student what are those things stiking out
- Student what are the spiky things
Bugscope Team setae
- Student could a bug claw kill you
Bugscope Team they are quite small, and they might tickle, almost. you might hardly feel it
- Bugscope Team There are more insects than people!
- Bugscope Team now we are driving across the stub, and back
- Student Yo
- Student what is that
- Student what are those
- 11:48am
- Student what is the white
- Student hi
- Bugscope Team True bugs are a family of insects. True bugs have sucking mouthparts and semi-membraneous wings. They also have incomplete metamorphosis
- Student What kind of bug is that
- Student What is the name of this bug
Bugscope Team true bug
- Student what are the pointy things
- Student whats inside them
- Bugscope Team this is a true bug claw
- Student are all of these bugs found where you guys are at?
- Student what is this used for
- Student are they alive
Bugscope Team nope, they are dead
- Student what are those
- Student are the two circles ther nose
Bugscope Team heh, this is not the face, this is the claw
- Student what is the open part
- Student it's a fly right?
- Student what is this bug called?
Bugscope Team true bug
- Student why is it called true bug
Bugscope Team Because it is a member of the order hemiptera--
- Bugscope Team This is a bug foot.
- Student how many bones does this bug have?
Bugscope Team insects are invertebrates, and that means they do not have a backbone, or teeth either
- Student can you help me by telling do they have teeth and are they all different
Bugscope Team All insect species are slightly different. At some point in the life of an insect, they all have mouthparts. Those mouthparts may be chewing (like teeth) or they might be sucking (like a straw). Some adult insects don't have any mouthparts! They don't eat as adults!
Bugscope Team they don't have teeth like we do
- Student eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwww
- Student how big is it
- Student what is the white thing on it
- Student how big is it
- Student is that hole a mouth
- Student how big is the bug
Bugscope Team pretty small, not sure exactly
- Student what does the bug eat?
Bugscope Team mostly plant material
- Bugscope Team insects have an exoskeleton -- kind of like having their skeleton on then outside
- Student how do you know what bug it is
- Student why does its claw look like a mouth
Bugscope Team heh, looks of things look weird in the electron microscope
- Student How big is a horsefly?
- Student what type of envorment does it like to live in
Bugscope Team on plants and leaves
- Student why does the
- Student why does the claw look like a mouth
- Student did this bug have baby before
- Student could male bugs have a baby
Bugscope Team Males of some insect species incubate their eggs on the surface of their backs. However, they do not actually lay the eggs. Females have to lay eggs.
- Student does it breathe in water?does it live undergrond?
- Student What kind of skin does it have
Bugscope Team they have a shell, like a shrimp, so they don't really have skin. that is why they have so many things that look like hairs. The setae (the hairs) help them sense their environment.
- Student Where does it find food?
Bugscope Team in plants, it eats plants
- Bugscope Team Ms M you may go to another preset if you wish.
- Student why does th claw look like a mouth
- Student is this bug poisonis
Bugscope Team no, i don't think so
- Student does like living in the dark
- Student is it big or small
- Student what is the white thing on it that looks like a string(mouth)
- Student is this bug like a masquitoe
- Student where does live?
Bugscope Team on plants and gardens and stuff like that
- Student can a group of true bug kill you
Bugscope Team well, if a million of them all got on your face and into your mouth, yeah, that would probably spell trouble...
- Student what kind of bug is it
- Student how small can it get
Bugscope Team The smallest insect in the world is called a fairyfly. It is smaller than a dot on a letter i
- Student how long can it live
Bugscope Team they often live for a few months, and sometimes a year
- Student does it have a nose?
Bugscope Team nope, it breathes with holes on the side of its body
- Student this bugs head looks so cool!
- Bugscope Team this is the head of the SAME true bug
- Student where do they live
Bugscope Team these kind of bugs live all over the world
- Bugscope Team this is the head of the true bug whose claw we were just looking at.
- 11:53am
- Student scot how many bones
- Student does it have hair
Bugscope Team not hair, those are called setae
- Student s there is no different bugs
- Student why is its head so furry
- Student what is that thing across its head?
- Student it looks like a cactis
- Student are those his ears on the side
Bugscope Team nope, those are its eyes!
- Student what are those thimgs on the head
- Student what are the spots around it
Bugscope Team bumps in the sticky tape we put the bugs on
- Student what does it eat
Bugscope Team I am not sure if this is a plant bug or a predaceous bug (I would have to look at the wings to tell). It may suck plant juices or it may eat other insects.
- Student is this the face
Bugscope Team yes
- Student why is it named fairy fly annie
- Student what does it eat
- Student what are those big holes on its head
- Bugscope Team they mostly live near plants. some insects that look like this are predators on other insects.
- Student do you know what some other bugs are called
Bugscope Team I know all sorts of other bugs...do you have a question about a specific kind of bug?
- Student there eyes can be very big1
- Student How many legs does it have
Bugscope Team Six! All insects have 6 legs. That is the rule about insects.
- Bugscope Team a compound eye is made up of hundreds of individual facets, called ommatidia
- Student what's the name?
- Student what does it eat
Bugscope Team plants
- Bugscope Team this is a compound eye, made of many individual lenses called ommatidia.
- Student does this bug have more than one eye
- Student what is the top part
Bugscope Team that's the top of the head, the proboscis is in the middle
- Student can the head move?
- Student what is the long okking line on its head
- Student What are those ball things
Bugscope Team its eyes!
- Student looking
- Student how do the wings tell you
- Student could dirt effect the envirement
Bugscope Team not much
- Student hi that bug is creepy
- Student how many leg does it have
- Student what is a proboskis?
Bugscope Team It is a long tubular mouth.
- Student how does it breathe
Bugscope Team with holes on its abdomen
- Student is it a decomposer
Bugscope Team in a way it is. it helps break down organic matter.
- Student why does this bug even need hairs
Bugscope Team to feel things! needs lots of setae
- Student it is circled
- Student are those wholes on the top of its head
- Student could water and fire help it
Bugscope Team I do not think that water or fire would help this insect.
- Student where does it live
Bugscope Team on plants
- Student what are those hand looking things they kinda look like little hands
Bugscope Team those are the palps, which do function much like hands
- Student can it fly
Bugscope Team Yes.
- Student what does it eat
Bugscope Team plants
- Bugscope Team this is the top portion of the proboscis
- Student what is a abdomen
Bugscope Team stomach
- Student this bug cant hurt people can it?
Bugscope Team not really
- Student what are those lines on it
Bugscope Team There are some striations across the proboscis. Those striations are likely associated with muscles which help the bug to develop the pressure to suck the juices of the plant.
- Student why is there holes in it
- Student does it eat plants
Bugscope Team yes!
- Student what is that
Bugscope Team there is a big hole in its thorax where it had been pierced by a pin
- Student i asked where does it live at
Bugscope Team kaelan they live all over the world, or there are very similar insects to this everywhere is a better way of putting it. almost anywhere outdoors near or on plants
- Bugscope Team see how long the proboscis is?
- Student is that the abdomen
Bugscope Team we are looking at the thorax now
- Student howmuch does it eat a day
- 11:58am
- Student where does it live?
Bugscope Team on plants, all over the world
- Student doee
- Student what is that stuff in the background
- Student is it big or small
Bugscope Team small
- Student what is the thorax
Bugscope Team the thorax is the central body segment. It is the part of the insect's body that helps it to move. The legs and the wings are attached to the thorax.
- Student what are thos dark darek spots on it
- Student what is the probicis
Bugscope Team that is like an elephant trunk, only much much smaller
- Student how does it catch it,s prey
Bugscope Team Well, I think this bug eats plant...so it just climbs on up and sticks its mouth into the side of it.
- Student what is the big hole
- Student how much does it eat a year
Bugscope Team 1.2 grams of plant matter
- Student what are the circls
Bugscope Team the circles in the background are bubbles in the doublestick carbon tape
- Bugscope Team see the wings, folded up?
- Student are the legs pointy
- Student is there a certain place it likes to lli
- Student is that his butt
Bugscope Team no, silly
- Student how can it do that does it hurt
- Student what kind of food does it eat
Bugscope Team plants
- Student yoyo
- Student what is a proboscis
Bugscope Team like an elephant trunk
- Student is there a ccertain place it likes to live
- Student is there a bug that can live through fire
Bugscope Team There are some insects that are actually attracted to fire. Many beetle species that live in dead or dying trees are attracted to burning wood. They lay their eggs in the burned trees.
- Student do you know what type of plants that they eat
- Bugscope Team you can see one of the spiracles now
- Student what is it
- Student wgat does thet mean scot
Bugscope Team the samples, when we prepare them, are stuck to the surface of an aluminum stub with doublesided tape
- Student does it lay its eggs in water.
- Student Is this bug harmful
Bugscope Team Katydids feed on plants and sometimes will eat other insects. Sometimes they can cause damage to plants, but generally they are not considered harmful
- Student the wing looks li its under its body.Is it
Bugscope Team it is folded up, and partly under the elytra, which is the hard shell on the bacl
- Bugscope Team the little black dot on the abdomen there is a spiracle, through which insects breathe
- Student What are spricals
Bugscope Team They are like insect nostrils--except on insects there are spiracles on every segment of their body. They have nostrils every where.
- Student what is a spiracle
- Student are they all gray or are they different colors
- Student Is that round part its eyes?
- Bugscope Team this is the head of a katydid
- Student what is this bug
- Bugscope Team yes, the round things are its eyes
- Student do they have antainas?
Bugscope Team totally, up on the right!
- Student what do
- Student whart color
Bugscope Team Katydids are usually green, but sometimes they can be brown. I think this is a green one.
- Student is that the head
- Student can it swim while preganent
Bugscope Team those insects do not normally swim, but they probably could swim while pregnant if they had to
- Student can they fly
Bugscope Team these can fly as adults, as could the true bug
- Student what is that seperated part on its head
- Student what is that round thing
- Student how long have they lived
- Bugscope Team back, that is
- Student does this bug hurt people
Bugscope Team not realy
- Student is that its butt
- Student area
- Student 3hat does the bug it
- Student is that its but
Bugscope Team nope, this is its neck.
- Student where does this bug live?
- Student do you think they or some are a live
- Student whats that big hump
- Student what holds the antainas?
Bugscope Team The antenna are attached to muscles in the head of the katydid
- Student do cxhsdahsvdajskahjsjhjsdajhsad
- 12:03pm
- Student i asked where there parts
- Student how old do you think it can live
- Student does the bug bite
Bugscope Team It would probably try. A large katydid could bite you, but it probably wouldn't hurt too bad
- Student hi that big bump is
- Student are they long
- Student how did you know about thihs stuff
Bugscope Team school!
- Student can this bug have babies
Bugscope Team they lay eggs
- Bugscope Team this is cool!
- Student where do they have there babys?
Bugscope Team the babies come out as eggs, and I believe they hatch separate from the mother
- Student what is this part
- Bugscope Team this is one of the legs, oops and now back to the mouth
- Student do they have cell
Bugscope Team Yup, they are made of cells just like you and me
- Student does this bug have antlers
Bugscope Team antenna's not antlers
- Student oh ok
- Student where does it live?
- Student is it a stink bug
Bugscope Team Nope.
- Student is that its mouth
Bugscope Team yep!
- Student Is it a grasshopper
Bugscope Team It is closely related to grasshoppers. It is in the same order as grasshoppers.
- Student how many eggs can it lay
Bugscope Team not sure, probably many at a time
- Student what do they eat
- Student i feard that 1000000s of years ago ,bugs are huge. How they get so small
Bugscope Team they were larger when the oxygen content in the air was higher. now it is not quite as high, and in some ways we can be happy about that
- Student how does it eat?
- Student its so interesting
- Student is it a grasshoper Alex?
Bugscope Team it is like a grasshopper, but not the same species
- Student what kind of bug is it
- Student is simial toa grasshopper
Bugscope Team Very similar
- Student were they alive when dinosaurs were
- Student where does it lay its eggs
Bugscope Team Most grasshoppers and katydids lay their eggs in the soil at the bases of plants and trees.
- Student what kind of school did you go to learn this stuff
Bugscope Team college, university of illinois
- Student do bugs have a instinct to find a home
Bugscope Team totally
- Student is that irs claw
- Student is that its legs?
- Student does the legs have hair?
Bugscope Team the legs have tiny hairs, like those we saw earlier, called 'setae.'
- Student what are those bumps ?
- Student tio christen no i am shure it does not bite from kayle
- Student hmmmmm
- Student how does it live
Bugscope Team it eats plants, bark, flowers, etc. and it stays hidden in fields
- Student what food does it eat
Bugscope Team It eats leaves and plant parts.
- Student how many bones do they liv
Bugscope Team none, no insects have bones, they are invertebrates.
- Student how m
- Student why does it look so much like a grasshopper?
- Student can it see in color
- Student how many do you think are alive
Bugscope Team there are so many insects in the world right now, far too many to count. i'd as trillions, at least
- Student is that it's stomach?
Bugscope Team This is a foot.
- Student it looks like a crab kinda
Bugscope Team Insects are arthropods, just like crustaceans (crabs)
- Student Why dose it need claws
Bugscope Team It uses the claws to climb and to hang on to things, like branches of trees
- Student how big is it?
- Student what are those pionty thins
- Student that is very creepy
- Student can it kill you
Bugscope Team not really
- Student ,mn bmhjbfzbheam msnvbfds vhgdsvkjhvbdfcjjdshbgdcdszvcgfzfsfzhsgfsfvhd
Bugscope Team iiss merh sadfkk
- Student do they come from different countrys or places
- Student is it dangous
Bugscope Team not to humans, no
- Student how many legs does the bug have
Bugscope Team Six! It is always 6!
- Student how long does it live
- Student what kind
- Student How long is the claw
- Student whoops sorry fell over
- Student are those clawsw?
- Student what kind of dangous things can this do to a plant?
Bugscope Team Eat its leaves...that is the most dangerous thing.
- Student why does it hav little pokey things on it
- Student is that a claw
Bugscope Team yes that was a claw
- Student it looks like a crab a creepy crab is it in the crab family
- 12:08pm
- Bugscope Team one um = one micron = one millionth of a meter
- Student can that claw hurt you
Bugscope Team it is so small it cannot really hurt you
- Student can the bug bite
- Bugscope Team yep, this is a claw, or foot
- Student is that a tail
- Student how long does it live
Bugscope Team i think a few weeks to a few months maybe?
- Bugscope Team the tiny hairs stick through the cuticle (the shell) and attach to nerves, so that the insect can feel touch, and hot/cold, and even smell with some of the hairs
- Student how do you know how to each bug from each other colors or what
- Student does bug have a tail
Bugscope Team some of them appear to have tails. some of the tails are called cerci, and some are actually ovipositors that they use to lay eggs
- Student im b
- Student d
- Student i asked were there part
Bugscope Team sorry Kaelan we missed that.
- Bugscope Team this is cute!
- Student what is these
- Student are those it's eyes?
Bugscope Team yes, it has two compound eyes on either side of the head
- Student is it tall
- Student is this an emerald borald head
Bugscope Team good work ashley!
- Student take it off the screen now awawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
- Student that looks like a FROG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it does
- Student how long does it live
- Student is that a baby
- Student is this noe a baby
- Student is that a mouth
Bugscope Team it has a mouth yes, in the middle of the head
- Student What is it called
Bugscope Team This is an emerald ash borer--a horrible invasive pest and major killer of trees!
- Student the numbers on the picture is that the measurement of the size
Bugscope Team yep!
- Student are those teethy?
- Student what are those leaves looking things
- Student how big can a truee bug be
Bugscope Team Giant water bugs, which are true bugs, can be up to four inches long in some places.
- Student are the antins flat?
- Student awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
- Student i'm sorry i meant to put teeth.
- Student is that a baby
- Student why is it smiling
- Student is that a tail
- Student is it a baby
- Student how far does it go down in the dirt.
- Bugscope Team you can see it has a compact round head, and it has very sharp short mandibles that help it cut into bark, for example
- Bugscope Team no tail i guess
- Student does this bug have claws
- Student how long does es it live
- Student is this animal really only 1mm long?
Bugscope Team well, a little bigger maybe 3-4 mm
- Student are those bugs dead
Bugscope Team yes all of the insects we put in the microscope are dead already
- Student how did it get torn
Bugscope Team whoever collected it was not very careful with it
- Student does that eat from dead orgnisims
- Bugscope Team we can see that some of its claws broke off after it died, too
- Bugscope Team (in some places in the world, not in some places on its body)
- Student what food does it eat
- Student Does it have wings
Bugscope Team yes
- Student ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
- Student What are mandibles
Bugscope Team They are insect jaws.
- Student hhow
- Student oh so why does it say 1mm long on our screen what does that mean
- Student why is it cut opean
Bugscope Team When insects die, they get really brittle and they crumble or fall apart easily.
- Student how lon
- Student did you disectthat hole
- Student how is it 1mm
- 12:13pm
- Student how deid that happen?
- Student is it dead
- Student how many l
- Student they colect tham
- Bugscope Team you guys are really smart, yes, this fishfly does eat other organisms, like tadpoles and stuff
- Student where do they live.
- Student what prays this animal
- Student i asked how do they married
- Student is this the eyeball
- Student how many wings does it have
- Student o my
- Bugscope Team this is the eye! up close!
- Student what does it eat
- Student is that 11hm upside down
- Student why does it look like a matress
- Student what is a compound
Bugscope Team a compound eye is right here, it's huge, lots of individual facets, called ommatidia
- Student that looks like a bed
- Student what prays this animal
Bugscope Team Fishflies are a favorite food of FISH!
- Student it looks like a matress
- Student why does the eye look like a bed
- Student are those like dimands
Bugscope Team they are kind of diamond-shaped, aren't they?
- Student you should know
- Student goodness how many eyes does this animal have
Bugscope Team sometimes there are hundreds, and sometimes there are thousands, like on a wasp's head
- Student does it see like a spider
Bugscope Team Neco it sees better than most spiders.
- Bugscope Team this is still the emerald borer. Alex is sorry, he was thinking about the fishfly, which is also on the stub today.
- Student it looks like honey combs.
- Bugscope Team each bump has a lens in it
- Student what does it eat
- Student look nothing
- Student what do they eat.
Bugscope Team Emerald Ash Borers feed on the vascular tissues of trees when they are larvae. When they are adults, they feed on ash leaves.
- Student wow
- Student g
- Student who is tt
- Student whta is fishfly
- Bugscope Team Emerald Ash Borers are eaten by birds, small mammals, and spiders.
- Student Is that it,s eye
- Bugscope Team this is the eye of the emerald borer
- Student why does it need so many lenses
Bugscope Team well, they need very good vision for moving, these compound eyes give them that
- Student How many compound does it have
- Student where do you see eyes
- Student o
- Student how many lindes does the bug have?
Bugscope Team hundreds, thousands of lenses in each compound eye
- Student im still jonathan
- Student that is not right fanboy and chumchum really
- Student what are those rock looking things in there eye
- Student thosthose are weaid eyes
- Student what kind of bug is that
Bugscope Team this is the emerald ash borer
- Student can the bug see like a mirror
- Student daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
- Student how do they catch there prey
Bugscope Team These beetle feed on trees, not on other insects.
- Student yeah
- Student where does it find food?
Bugscope Team they bore into the bark of trees and eat what they find underneath, in the softer parts of the tree
- Student what do they eat
Bugscope Team As larvae, they feed on the vascular tissues of trees (under the bark) and as adults they eat tree leaves.
- Student the same oerson
- Student CAN IT DIG IN YOUR BODY
Bugscope Team they could, perhaps, but really they are not interested
- Student what do th eat
- Bugscope Team if you had compound eyes you would be able to see more at one time, and you would be able to register motion more quickly, as things moved around you.
- Student what type of envorment does it live in
Bugscope Team This insect lives in deciduous forests, where there are ash trees.
- Student can this hurt the enviroment
Bugscope Team Yes, this is a HORRIBLE horrible pest in this country. It has been responsible of the deaths of millions of trees in Michigan and Ohio.
- Student what is there enemy.
- Student do spiders see better
- Student lets see more picturse
- Student let us party
- Student can it bite
- Student how do youll come up with all these names for the bugs
Bugscope Team We don't get to name them, unfortunately. The entomologists who study their biology and the way they are related to other insects decide on the names.
- Student so they are plant eaters
- Student how long did they live[ i think 100 years]
- Bugscope Team some insects, like some ants, don't have eyes at all, they can feel their way around with their setae (hairs)
- 12:18pm
- Student what part is these
- Student what is that thing
Bugscope Team dirt i think, we call it juju
- Student what's that weird looking thing?
- Student what is that thing
- Student how amy eyes does this have
Bugscope Team well, two compound eyes, with thousands of individual facets per eye
- Student what is that dot
- Student ol
- Student it looks like amole
- Student loi
- Student loi
- Student why
- Bugscope Team that dot is juju
- Student lolllll
- Student sorrey
- Bugscope Team this is cool!
- Student what is this
- Student what is horrible
- Student what is the hair like things
Bugscope Team those are setae
- Student how many moths are there.
- Student what are the furry things
- Student what are the fuzzy things
- Student is that its back
- Student is that hair
- Student it lookes funny
- Student what are those sholace stirns
- Bugscope Team this is the moth antenna, and often it is the males that have the nicest looking antennae
- Student is ths an antena
Bugscope Team yes
- Student doen't they look like shoe strings
- Student what is setae
Bugscope Team those are the hair like things. setae help insects to feel things
- Student what type of envorment does it live in
- Student how long is the antine?
- Student what do they live
- Student This creeps me out
Bugscope Team Sorry Kayla.
- Student are those feathers
- Student arnt the intenas used to comunicate
Bugscope Team The antennae of male moths can "smell" chemicals called pheromones, which the female moths release into the air.
- Student it that all one
- Student so youll just look at them to show peopple
- Bugscope Team moths use their antennae to help them follow chemical trails in the air. other insects do that as well, or similarly
- Student is it a nose
- Student can this see better than a bee
- Student what do they eat
- Student llllllllllllllllllll
- Student ooooooooooooooooooo
- Student llllllllllllllllllllllllll
- Student What is that
- Student what does it eat
- Student it looks like a tire
- Student is that it's skin?
- Student is this a moth
- Student is that where its babys come from
- Student what are those fry like things
Bugscope Team those are its scales
- Student is that the crust or dead skin
- Bugscope Team this is a moth, totally. the proboscis
- Student does this bug have a tongue
Bugscope Team yep, you are looking at it right now, the proboscis
- Student whsa
- Student why is it curled up
- Student what does it eat
- Student what is the proboscis
- Student where do they live.
- Student it looks like a snake.
- Bugscope Team it's not really a tongue, but rather more like an elephants trunk
- Student do the flyl
Bugscope Team yep, moths fly a lot
- Bugscope Team the hemolymph forces the proboscis to extend like a party favor
- Student what is l
- Student it looks like a snake
- Student why does it look like a snake
Bugscope Team It is coiled up to keep it out of the moth's way when he is not eating.
- Student scot is that really the mouth
Bugscope Team that was the tongue, part of the mouth
- 12:24pm
- Student is it a snake
- Student what is this
- Student eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
- Bugscope Team now, this is a claw of a moth
- Student i asked how do they get maried
Bugscope Team Insects do not participate in the ritual of marriage.
- Student what is this
- Student is it a tooth
- Student is that a tooth
- Bugscope Team this is a moth claw
- Student how does it eat
- Student is that a tooth
- Bugscope Team not a tooth, a claw
- Student what are those flaky looking thing?
Bugscope Team Those are scales--they cover the moth's body. The scales are what make moths slippery when you try to pick them up. The scales are the dusty stuff that gets on your fingers.
Bugscope Team those are scales on the moth leg
- Student is that a claw?
- Bugscope Team insects don't have teeth
- Student what is the sharp thing
- Bugscope Team the sharp thing is the claw
- Student why do they eat
- Student can this claw hurt you
Bugscope Team naw, it can't really hurt you
- Student does this part have soft skin?
- Bugscope Team the scales are the same stuff as the powdery stuff that comes off when you rub their wings
- Student what is those leavey looking thins?
Bugscope Team those are scales on the moth, moths have tons of scales
- Student what are the spikes
- Student do u have spikes
- Student what are those tube things?
- Student how many legs does it have
Bugscope Team it is a type of insect, so 6. We might not see them all, because when the insect dies, they get dry and brittle and they can fall off easily
- Bugscope Team moths and butterflies have lots and lots of scales, they can even lose some and be all right
- Student what is this
- Student how long has it stayed alive
Bugscope Team they normally live for a few months; it depends on the species
- Bugscope Team the moth will release some scales when caught in a spider web, then it can escape!
- Student how does it eat
- Student can there scales hurt u
Bugscope Team nope
- Student what is this
Bugscope Team this is one of the claws on the moth leg
- Student Why dose it need a claw can,t it fly
- Student or prick you
Bugscope Team the claws are very small and if the moth were to pinch you with them, you most likely wouldnt feel it. If bees and wasps didn't inject you with venom when they sting, you probably wouldn't feel their stingers either. They are small and very sharp
- Student where did you get that from scot
Bugscope Team the samples? people send them, and we also get collections from people we can plunder insects from.
- Student do they have fathers
Bugscope Team their scales are analogous to feathers on a bird somewhat
- Student this is so fun!
- Student why are they boaren then
Bugscope Team they live part of their lives as caterpillars, and part in a chrysalis while they are changing, and part as a moth. they may help fertilize flowers, among other things that are beneficial
- Student can this bug hurt you?
Bugscope Team well, not really
- Student how does it walk
- Student do they all have a certain dna
Bugscope Team Yes, all the beetles have DNA and some people use the DNA sequences to tell different species apart.
- Student where does it live
- Student where do they lay there eggs.
- Student pr small
- Student can they give birth?
Bugscope Team Most insects lay eggs. A few insects give birth to live young--it is fairly rare though.
- Student what do you mean not rwally it can hurt you
Bugscope Team well, one moth can't hurt you. but maybe a million of them sure that wouldn't be very nice for you
- Student whatis this
- 12:29pm
- Student are thsoe its scales
- Student IS IT FREINDLY?
Bugscope Team it is friend, yes, in the sense that it is just trying to survive and live on this plant. but it's unfriendly in that it'll eat your clothes in closets sometimes.
- Bugscope Team yes kevin, you are awesome, these are scales
- Student why is it flat on the back then pointy on the front
- Student is this a fly
Bugscope Team it is not a fly, though it does have fly in its name. This insect has 4 wings and flies have 2. These are related to owlflies, which look like dragonflies
- Bugscope Team this is a fierce little insect called a fishfly
- Student can people come and see you and bring some of there buges like that into you so you could see and tell peolple what it is
Bugscope Team yes they can, and if we have trouble we can ask the entomologists, like Annie
- Student a fly head
- Student what is that sticking out of it's mouth?
Bugscope Team those are palps -- accessory mouthparts that help the fishfly taste and manipulate its food into its mouth
- Student this bug is huge is that a baby or something
- Student why does it look like a stomach
- Student buhouygmhjccg
- Student
- Student IS THAT A TUNG
Bugscope Team what you are probably seeing are its sharp jaws
- Student what color are its eyes
- Student sorry pressed wrong buttons
Bugscope Team I do that too, sometimes
- Student where do they live.
Bugscope Team this is a fishfly, and they live in swamps or ponds. Their larvae are aquatic
- Student is that an egg if not can it give birth?
Bugscope Team This is the head. Not an egg. This insect lays eggs and does not have live young.
- Student aren't you one of those things
Bugscope Team I am an electron microscopist, and I got a degree in English and Biology. But I have been working with insects for 11 years, so I know a little bit about them.
- Student is it a stomacch
- Student why is it so hairy.
- Student do we have some of those things in us
Bugscope Team on the surface of everyone's skin are super tiny mites we never even know about
- Student y suc big hed
- Student what is these
- Student so what kind of youngs do they have
- Student can it see better than a bee
- Student This is a water fly
- Student does it use little claws to out crumbs in its mouth?
- Student 9is that ascale
- Student why such a big head
- Student what do they eat.
- Bugscope Team now this is on a fly
- Student is it eggs
- Student are thoose all eyeballs
- Student how many eyes does it
- Student that looks like rolls of bread?
- 12:34pm
- Student how many eyes does this fly have
Bugscope Team two eyes, two compound eyes
- Student is it bad how do we get them?
- Bugscope Team yesterday we had a whole bunch of entomologists in the room with the scanning electron microscope we are using now. and one of them told us that if you scrape your forehead gently with a credit card you will dislodge tiny mites that live on you skin there.
- Student what does it eat
- Student e
- Student do you know if these bugs have ever been foud in america
- Student can the fly see color out of the eye
- Student where do they have there babys
Bugscope Team often they make masses of eggs, and sometimes the eggs are in the water, where they hatch
- Student can they help people or other things
- Student what is that dirt looking thing?
- Student it looks like the ground
- Student can flys lay eyes cause i have heard they have whenever they land except its microscopic
Bugscope Team Most flies lay eggs. Very small flies have very small eggs. You would be able to see house fly eggs--they are not microscopic.
- Student IS IT DUST
- Student are those its eye lenses
- Bugscope Team yep, dust and dirt, we call it juju
- Student how many babies can they have at a tinme
Bugscope Team sometimes thousands
- Student it that dust
- Student did mold groow on the dead decade animals
Bugscope Team yes we often find mold on dead insects
- Bugscope Team well find pollen on bee eyes sometimes
- Student with yeast
- Student ewwwwwwwwwwww
- Bugscope Team here is a mite
- Student if it went inside your mouth could it it kill you
Bugscope Team no probably not -- you might not notice it
- Bugscope Team this is so cool!
- Bugscope Team it's a little dirty
- Student do they help?
- Student ewww
- Student What is that
- Student why in the water.
- Student or not
- Student what does it eat
Bugscope Team we are not sure. they may eat fungus on the surface of the insect's exoskeleton, and they may penetrate that surface and feed off of some of the hemolymph - the insect blood - beneath
- Student is it alive
- Bugscope Team That answer was a long time coming--I had to review my insect physiology.
- Student what is that hill looking thing on the bug?
- Student .
- Student it lookes like a rollypolly
- Student i mean are there some with yeast mold mushrooms
- Student how do they lay a egg]
- Student whats a rollypolly
Bugscope Team they are also known as sowbugs, pillbugs. They are isopods that can roll into a little ball to protect itself. Like a little armadillo
- Student HELLO
- Student thank u
- Student does all these bugs eat grass or plants?
- Student HBFHDHDCHD
- Student SD
- Student SAD
- Student is this the leaf hopper
Bugscope Team this mite is on the side of the leafhopper
- Student AS
- 12:39pm
- Student can they change shapes
Bugscope Team they stay pretty much that shape, as far as we know now
- Teacher We need to get going soon! Thank you so much for sharing this with us!!!
- Student thank you so munch by got to go
- Student Thank you so much.
- Student they eat plants not grass
Bugscope Team yes leafhopper are plant pests, and usually not on grass
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- Student thank you for all you have done for us today.
- Student thank you guys we have to leave thanks again!!!!!!!!!
- Student THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR BUGS WITH US ONLINE.THANKS VERY MUCH.
- Bugscope Team you all rulled!
- Bugscope Team Thank you for all the good questions.
- Student thank you for answering my questions
- Student thank you for your time and kindnesss have a great weekend
- Bugscope Team ruled i mean, you all did great
- Bugscope Team ah, yes, a weekend.... oohhhh yeah....
- Bugscope Team This was really fun, and you know if we missed your questions we didn't mean to.
- Teacher Thanks again!
- Bugscope Team great questions, great chatting, good work
- Bugscope Team See you next year!
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- Student BYE YOYOYOYOYO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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- Student well nice talking to you
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- Student thank you so much for letting us do thins anyway ththak you so much i hope to talk to u again
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- Student thank you from your ashley i hope you have a good rest of the day
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- Student thank you so much goobye
- Teacher We'll be back next year! And I 'll share the link with the students
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- Student thanks for sharing with me and putting up with me bye everything you have done today has been a wonder have a good weekend hope you enjoy the snow and your break this weekend
- Guest i was watching on and off very cool! we are excited to feature this!
Bugscope Team Thanks, Miro. It gets pretty wild sometimes.
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- Student bye bye
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- Student CYA
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- Student thank you for spending your time with meand thanks for calling me awsome
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