Connected on 2010-03-12 09:00:00 from Springfield, VT, US
- 7:44am
- Bugscope Team Good morning!
- Teacher Good morning, all...you're probably just getting things set up. This is Kelly and Moira ("Mo") from Vermont.
- Bugscope Team We're working on the presets.
- Teacher Great to see you, Scott! Mo says 'good morning'!!! She's very excited.
- Bugscope Team Feel free to watch while we drive around and collect good places for the session.
- Teacher Oooh, are those mites on this critter?
- Teacher The little oblong bits.
- Bugscope Team we can give you control as soon as we are done with presets
- Bugscope Team those are scales
- Bugscope Team loose scales
- Teacher Sounds good. Should I stop typing, so you can work? :-)
- Teacher Mo is laughing out loud.
- Teacher "That's neat!" she says!
- Teacher Wonderful, we'll try to keep it to a minimum. :-) This looks like some sort of moth?
- Bugscope Team that was the head of the earwig
- Teacher yikes! :-)
- Bugscope Team these kind of critters have built-in wirestrippers
- Bugscope Team Alex may have to restart the server
- Teacher ok
- 7:49am
- Bugscope Team we're gonna have to reboot the system...
- Teacher shoul i not relog in?
- Bugscope Team we are good now, no problemo
- Bugscope Team just had to restart the server that handles the live imaging from the scope
- Bugscope Team don't worry. if we go down we will erase your BRAT name so you can use it again, but we're good again..
- Teacher I see.
- Bugscope Team happens once and a while
- Teacher Hehe..."Nasty looking," says Mo.
- Teacher WOW
- Bugscope Team that is a caterpillar proleg
- Teacher Awesome
- Bugscope Team the little eyes are called stemmata
- 7:54am
- Bugscope Team Cate put on as many of yours as she had, or was possible. We usually add stuff to fill in, or if some of the samples we get are not imageable.
- Teacher That's what I figured. :-) Any way to know if there was an armored mayfly that came out okay?
- Bugscope Team watch for it
- Teacher ok
- Teacher That's pretty
- Teacher pollen?
- Bugscope Team yeah this is the coolest beetle
- Bugscope Team yep!
- Teacher :-)
- Bugscope Team the wildest claws I have ever seen
- Teacher Wow, is that the armored mayfly??
- 8:00am
- Teacher We're expecting Steve from the State lab, and Miss Cal and her students from Riverside.
- Bugscope Team sounds good
- Teacher Steve should be a big help!
- Teacher Is there a way to expand the chat screen, perhaps to the side?
Bugscope Team no, the image width is set. these are live images from the microscope, so it needs to be at a stable frame size
- Teacher Hey, look at that...you did something? :-) Chat is now running off to the left side of the screen.
Bugscope Team when we answer a specific question, the answer will show up to the left. but we don't always answer questions like that
- Teacher But my questions are showing up twice. :-9
Bugscope Team sometimes that happens, a hickup in the chat...
- Bugscope Team we can grab questions and answer them to the left if we want to
- Bugscope Team all the chat and images are saved to your bugscope member page, so you can review the entire session in detail anytime after: http://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2009-159
- 8:06am
- Teacher Excellent, thanks.
- Teacher Did any of our aquatic critters make it into the slides today?
- Bugscope Team this is one of them. these are not slides. these are aluminum stubs 1.75 inches in diameter
- Bugscope Team water beetle, backswimmer, yeah, they are they, check presets 5 and 4
- Bugscope Team we put all of the samples you sent that were good on the stub
- Teacher Stub, not slide. :-) Got it. Great, the stonefly looks awesome!
Bugscope Team heh, well, the bugs are all on a stub inside the electron microscope, and we are looking at live real time video/images from that electron microscope, which you will control in a moment (when the presets are done, almost there!)
- 8:11am
- Teacher I was worried that most of them didn't make it, seeing as they are aquatic perhaps they had too much soft tissues to survive the drying process?
Bugscope Team yeah, that does happen, the drying will shrivel up the insects very badly sometimes.
- Teacher Cool, that looks like a water penny!
- Teacher no, sowbug. he's jointed
- Teacher sorry
- Teacher Steve will know.
- Teacher Ignore me.
- Bugscope Team These were critical point dried to preserve them as well as possible.
- Bugscope Team these are crustaceans
- Teacher Drat, it's hard to tell at this magnification! Hehe. I've never seen them this close up before.
Bugscope Team heh, there's a lot OTHER interesting things to see at high mag though, it'll be cool
- 8:18am
- Teacher I am holding my breath to see if the armored mayfly shows up. :-) They look like little VW Beetles with the naked eye!
- Bugscope Team we just put it on
- Bugscope Team Okay BRAT you have control
- Teacher *happy grins* Trying to type with my 3-yar-old son on my lap.
- Teacher OMG, you're kidding.
- Teacher How do I start??
- Bugscope Team you should see controls to the right
- Bugscope Team you can change mag
- Teacher ok
- Bugscope Team click to center is better than click to drive
- Bugscope Team you can also click on any of the presets (one click) to get the 'scope to drive to that place
- Teacher Moira's going to steer. :-)
- Bugscope Team so if something is OOF you can take the focus up or down
- 8:23am
- Bugscope Team this is the underside of the head of this larva
- Bugscope Team there is often a lot of debris on water critters
- Bugscope Team we see diatoms, sometimes
- Teacher Mo says it looks like he has a beard...are those hairs> setae?
- Bugscope Team yes those are setae
- Bugscope Team one of the water beetles has really cool ones
- Bugscope Team like a wispy goatee on a beatnik
- Bugscope Team this is bizarre
- Bugscope Team these are tarsi on a leafhopper
- Teacher What's bizarre?
- Bugscope Team and you can see a scale
- Teacher Tarsi being claws?
- Bugscope Team tarsi are the final four or five segments of the limbs, including the end with the claw
- Teacher Great...do you guys ever look at tardigrades (water bears)?
- Bugscope Team we imaged a bunch of tardigrades for NASA and put them on Virtual Microscope
- Teacher You did the ones for NASA???? Way cool!
- 8:28am
- Teacher Mo wants to know what that white speck is.
Bugscope Team hmm, not sure, maybe it's juju (dirt, grime, junk, stuff we aren't sure what it is...)
- Teacher LOL 'juju'! I'm going to start using that now. Must be a scientific term. :-D
- Bugscope Team we set Virtual Microscope up for NASA a few years ago and are planning to upgrade it -- we have a proposal with NSF in for that
- Bugscope Team we critical point dried your samples so they would retain most of their shape from when they were fresh. Otherwise, if they were air dried, they would shrink and probably not look so good. Anyways, some of those little fluffy things are a byproduct from critical point drying
- Bugscope Team Hi Moira!
- Guest Well, we're back...it's under Moira now, not BRAT.
- Bugscope Team hi moira, welcome to bugscope
- Bugscope Team we gave you control again
- Bugscope Team if you want, you can log in as BRAT again, we fixd it
- 8:33am
- Guest Now we don't have access to the presets...we're a guest? I will log out and relog as BRAT. :-)
- Guest Wait, there they are....
- Bugscope Team wait!
- Bugscope Team good
- Bugscope Team we gave you control...
- Bugscope Team that means you should see the presets
- Bugscope Team Mojo wanted to know what the Juju was
- Guest i'm a begginer tiper so i'm slow
- Bugscope Team like me
- Guest really?
- Bugscope Team it takes me forever to get a sentence out
- Bugscope Team I am getting better
- Guest yeah i know how you feel.
- Bugscope Team be sure and try clicking on another preset
- Bugscope Team ha you beat me to it
- Bugscope Team you can see some of the armor now
- Guest neat looking
- Guest whats that spiral stick thing?
- Bugscope Team these are critters we are not very familiar with -- these larvae
- Guest okay
- 8:38am
- Bugscope Team it looks like some kind of membrane that has dried and shriveled
- Guest the thing in the center looks like a shirivaled wing
- Guest could be a membrain
- Bugscope Team if you click on the scale bar in the lower left, it'll tell you more detail about the microscope parameters
- Bugscope Team it does resemble a haltere, in a some ways
- Guest i need a minuet
- Guest brb
- Bugscope Team ok
- Guest i'm back
- 8:43am
- Bugscope Team I guess this is technically a nymph
- Bugscope Team welcome
- Bugscope Team the whole critter, at this stage in its lifecycle
- Bugscope Team this is cool
- Bugscope Team I like leafhoppers
- Guest i want to find out whats next to it
- Bugscope Team its eyes are streamlined into the side of its bullet-shaped head
- Bugscope Team that is another larva
- Bugscope Team the one we think is a stonefly larva
- Bugscope Team you can see it has six legs
- Bugscope Team yeah a lot of these look like hellgrammites
- Guest mabey a caddisfly out of its home
- Bugscope Team actually it looks like there are lots of different larvae called hellgrammites
- Bugscope Team I am sorry we are not very good with aquatic insects -- we don't see them that often
- Bugscope Team this is the tip of the abdomen, and you can see two cerci
- Guest we vote caddisfly freeswiming or out of home
- 8:49am
- Bugscope Team sounds good to me
- Guest Kelly here; do you remember finding a little casing or tube made out of tiny pebbles?
Bugscope Team I don't remember seeing anything like that when I dried your samples...
- Guest Or made out of plant material?
- Bugscope Team maybe I missed it
- Guest Okay; I'll go look for the tally sheets from the kids that tells us what we found that day, see if I can come up with any ideas before folks log on. :-)
- Guest Controls back to MoJo...
- Bugscope Team we've looked at caddisflies, stoneflies, and mayflies before, but we have trouble keeping them straight
- Bugscope Team and there are different species
- Guest okay
- Bugscope Team we have seen the kind that build little rock cocoons around themselve
- Bugscope Team s
- Bugscope Team be sure to cruise to some other presets
- Guest "rock cocoons" are the caddisflys
- Bugscope Team right
- Guest they are the contractors of the river
- Bugscope Team we can learn something today
- Guest he he he
- Guest heeeeey is this the butt of the bug?
- Guest yeah
- Guest a cadisfly
- Bugscope Team yes this is the butt of one on the insects
- Guest hi
- Guest whats up scott???
Bugscope Team not too much
- Guest uggghh thats so GROSSS
- Guest ew
- Bugscope Team hey everyone!
- Guest ha ha
- Guest hi hayhann
- Bugscope Team who wants to drive?
- Guest hi kaylle and hannah
- Bugscope Team welcome to bugscope!
- Guest jnhjm
- Guest kaylee*
- Guest its KAYHANN
- Guest MIQUIIEEEE
- Guest thats icky
- Guest So what is this, anyways?
- 8:54am
- Guest i love yo
- Guest hey
- Guest Hello There.(:
- Bugscope Team okay I gave Ms. Cal control of the microscope
- Guest waz up
- Guest hey miss cal its mo
- Guest nm. just checkin out bugs
- Guest this is fun (:
- Guest Hi people
- Guest i know right
- Guest YYYSAAAAAAAYY
- Guest Hello Mo.(:
- Guest hey celia
- Student waz up
- Guest Whoa.
- Guest MATTTATA I LOVE YOU (:
- Bugscope Team this is one of the aquatic insect larva that busted open
- Guest nm u
- Guest hi hevver and ember
- Guest Hi Jade and Lexie
- Guest whos buttercup?
- Student nmn
- Bugscope Team so we can see what look like tracheae
- Guest This Is Icky.:P
- Guest hey peoples
- Guest THATS so so so gross
- Guest Busted up larva? Weird.
- Guest l ol
- Guest Yes.Yes Indeed.(:
- Guest yea i know
- Bugscope Team yep, this is a larva
- Student cool
- Guest gross!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Guest weird
- Guest Yes Yes...
- Bugscope Team these are all live images from an electron microscope - your teacher is controlling the scope at the moment
- Guest Why Must We Look At This?
- Guest lol. jk. no im not
- Guest who is alex?
Bugscope Team i am - i work at bugscope
- Teacher Good morning!
- Guest these are bugs
- Guest whats is this?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
- Bugscope Team there -- that is the head
- Guest HI MS CAL!
- Guest heloe
- Bugscope Team Good morning, Ms. Cal!
- Guest humpdy dumpy fell of a wall..
- Bugscope Team Good morning
- Student good morning
- Guest thank you alex
- Guest Hi Dominique.(:
- Guest what?
- Guest ohhhh. thats cool (: do you like your job?
Bugscope Team totally, it's a lot of fun doing bugscope sessions
- Guest Its Amber.(:
- Guest hi hevver
- Guest nice
- Student what?
- Guest oops
- Guest Nope Its Amber.(:
- Guest Keep in mind, everyone, that all our chat notes will be archived. :-) That means a record will be kept of everything that is typed
- Guest Who is buttercup?
- Guest i am lik so weid
- Guest whos buttercup?
- Student HEY
- Guest what r we sopose to do one the website
Bugscope Team you can ask us questions about the microscope, or the insects, or about Alex
- Guest i think i am anyway
- Guest ???imconfused
- Guest So, this is one of our dead bugs? Cool~
- Student waz up Jenn
- Student wHAT IS THIS
- Bugscope Team yes, one of the ones you sent to us
- Student kool
- Guest ?
Bugscope Team what's up person, how can we help?
- Guest Its Hairy!
- Guest why isnt it known yet?
Bugscope Team we don't recognize it but we expect one of your teachers will
- Guest oh boy
- Student maygin!!!
- Student muwahahaha
- Guest hi chase!!
- Student hello to u to jenn
- Guest what kinda bug is this exactly?
Bugscope Team it's a larval insect that will eventually turn into some kind of fly
- Guest what it that?
- Student hello buttercup
- Student hi celia1
- Guest Whoa. Close up.
- Guest ...............
- Guest sweet
- Guest HEY JENN!!!!!!!
- Student my legs hurt
- Student hello
- Guest who is person?
- Guest Sorry
- Guest Howdy, Miss Cal.
- Guest ki jenn koleman!!!
- Guest yah
- Bugscope Team hi there ms. cal, welcome to bugscope
- Student this is sooooo kool!!!
- Guest no
- Student i hate kk
- Student Matt!
- Guest that is what
- Student to many people talking
- 8:59am
- Guest Eventually? So, the bug isn't dead?
Bugscope Team you are correct -- this one in particular is not going any further
Bugscope Team all the bugs are dead, yes
- Guest whats this
- Guest I Dont Know?Ask Who Person Is?
- Student agreed
- Guest ok ms cal
- Guest yuck yuck yuck i hate bugs
- Student who is preson
- Guest Me Too.
- Guest hey that is cool
- Bugscope Team the crusty spikes are little hairs that are covered in juju
Bugscope Team and hairs on insects are called setae (see-tee)
- Guest why bugs
- Student PETER I CAN SEE YOU!
- Guest what is it????
- Student hey
- Student whos peter kendall?
- Student what is this pic
- Guest Ahh. Okay.
- Student koolio
- Guest eww
- Guest what is it
- Guest Whos Person?
- Student kool
- Student pk
- Student is this a bug
- Guest person is frank
- Bugscope Team this is a close up of one of the aquatic larva that you sent to us
- Student idk
- Guest Hi Spank!
- Bugscope Team now this is a grasshopper head
- Student are setae helpful in their existence?
- Guest what is a larva
- Guest is ths a bug head
- Guest and peoples is john
- Guest supp
- Guest lice
- Guest no pete.
- Guest who is peoples?
- Guest That is weird
- Student it looks odd
- Guest hi
- Guest grasshoppers head
- Guest oh
- Bugscope Team notice the large compound eye there on the left?
- Student thats GROSS
- Guest Weird... So the part, to the right, would be it's mouth?
Bugscope Team yes its mouth to the right
- Bugscope Team this is one of ours
- Student grass hopper head?
- Guest it is eating something
- Student oh cool
- Guest what is a compound eye?
- Teacher hey I think I see an antnae
Bugscope Team there was an antenna there
- Guest its all hairy
- Guest whats this?
- Bugscope Team now this is a close up of the exoskeleton on the head
- Student Where is it eyes?
Bugscope Team now we are too close to see the eyes, but the one we could see was on the left
- Guest ????????????
- Guest what is this
- Guest hi
- Student Hi Jenn Kolman
- Guest hairy ess is cool
- Guest is that its skin
- Guest I Dont Think It Has Eyes?
Bugscope Team it sure does!
- Guest EWW
- Guest hi
- Guest wow
- Student ooo thats cool
- Student kinda gross
- Guest woow
- Student no duh ian
- Guest OMG! what the heck is that
- Guest i think i see dandruff of something...
- Student yeah
- Guest why dose this thing have hair
- Guest wat is it
- Student is it breaking apart?
- Guest i cant see its eyes
- Guest that is gross
- Guest hway
- Guest idk lil
- Guest sweet?? i think
- Student is this a grasshopper?
- Student i think i see a crack?
- Student its a grasshopper head
- Guest that scary
- Teacher can we have a closer look at the antenae
- Student i thik so tiger
- Guest what is a compound eye?
- Guest idk is it
- Guest welll that is so cool riches
- Bugscope Team insects don't have internal bones, so they would just turn into blobs if it wasn't for the hard outer shell called an exoekeleton
- Guest cool
- Guest What's that, jagged edge in the middle, that looks broken?
Bugscope Team we are at high mag, so it is hard to tell just what it is -- it is some kind of malformation in the cuticle on the head
Bugscope Team looks like part of the exoskeleton is cracked?
- Guest i am
- Guest thats cool
- Guest ok ms cal well type slower
- Guest hey deven
- Guest i swear i dident break it!
- Guest so what exactly is tat supose to be?????
- Guest It Is A Grasshopper?
- Guest big hair
- Guest no
- Student i im devin brady
- Student Are those sweat glands?
Bugscope Team no, but good idea. insects don't sweat like humans do
- Guest what is it!!!!!!!!!!!
- Guest maby
- Guest a hair i think
- Guest whats up devin?
- Student nm u?
- Guest is it dead?
- Student Do grasshoppers have skin pores?
Bugscope Team nope, they don't have skin, they have an exoskeleton
- Guest What is a compound eye?
- Guest 'Where are its eyes?'
Bugscope Team to the north-west
- Student i hoope its deaad
- Guest it's not a grasshopper head
Bugscope Team it is the head but you are at high mag
- Guest why do grass hoppers have skin?
- Guest TYPE SLOWER
- Guest idk
- Teacher Hey all, there are lots of great questions being asked. Can you please slow down?
- Guest big boom what
- Guest its,hairy?
- Student ya slow down
- Guest Skin Pores Really?
Bugscope Team no, insects don't have skin
- Student what are the bumps
- Guest why does that hair have a lump in it?
- Guest frank garcceau is person
- Guest devin do you know what this thing is
- Student faaaaaa
- Guest yes its a grasshopper
- Guest hi peple
- 9:04am
- Student this is cool. how long did it take to make?
- Student can grasshoppers get tumors?
- Guest So this picture is more of the skin?
- Guest thats a grasshoper
- Guest I Didnt Think They Had Skin Pores...
Bugscope Team they have spiracles that they breathe through]
- Guest is that a grasshopper head
- Guest What kind of bug is that
- Student Are tose skin flakes?
- Guest who is cool person?
- Bugscope Team there's the compound eye - to the left!
- Guest what is a compound eye?
- Guest a gras hopper head
- Guest Does this grasshopper thing have hair?
- Guest this bug is wierd looking
- Guest hi tony
- Guest but yah what is that
- Bugscope Team the big bump thing, that a compound eye
- Guest grasshopper head !!
- Student i think it has hair
- Guest it has antenne. it looks gross!
- Student long*
- Guest Thats Really Weird Looking...
- Student the eye doesn't have a pupil?
- Student whos going to the dance
- Student is that the ead?
- Bugscope Team the compound eye is made up of hundreds of individual facets, called ommatidia
- Student head*
- Guest z man!!!!!
- Student thats a ugly grasshopper head
- Guest why dont insects have skin
Bugscope Team they have their skeleton on the outside -- an exoskeleton
- Guest whats the difference between a compound eye and our normal eye
Bugscope Team a compound eye has hundreds of individual lens's each inside its own facet called ommatidia. those lens's are stuck in one position. human eyes have lens's that can move around to get a better angle of view.
- Guest it has like little legs in its mouth aka mandibles
- Student THIS IS A GRASS HOPPER HEAD
- Guest it is so awsome yes yes it is
- Guest this is cool
- Guest they have skin because they have to keep things in
- Guest i thought they had little hari
- Guest hey devin
- Guest hi
- Student how lond does it take to make a grass hopper
- Guest hye
- Teacher are their any sensory hairs on antanae
Bugscope Team you could drive to it and look to see
- Student The eyes just look flat and round
- Student what is up
- Guest this is wierd
- Guest how do they grow hair out of the exoskeleton?
Bugscope Team good question! the hair (called setae) actually stick THROUGH the exoskeleton and attach to nerves underneath
- Guest gies lets talkkkk about this thing
- Guest Yes.
- Student yeah listen to person
- Guest is it dead
Bugscope Team yes it is dead, and it is coated with gold-palladium, and it is inside the vacuum chamber in an electron microscope
- Student is it dead
- Guest grasshopper's head
- Student fasinating
- Guest dose it have legs on its face??? it looks like it.
- Student How do grasshoppers reproduce, do they like, lay eggs?
- Guest so whats on the inside
- Guest a grass hoppers head
- Student yes chiesa i think
- Guest thats cool
- Guest whay are there bud in the world
- Guest 'http://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/thumbnail.php?proposal=2009-159&srcURL=110053.jpg
- Guest idk the hop in the grass
- Guest OK
- Guest ewwwww
- Guest this is a picture
Bugscope Team these are live images from an electron microscope
- Student do they have any form of teeth?
Bugscope Team they have hardened mandibles
- Guest hey mrs cal what is this
- Student Do they lay eggs?
- Guest idk
- Student Its skin sorta looks like armor
Bugscope Team it is a lot like a suit of armor! We often compare it to that. That's why insects have so many hairs. Without it, they would be fumbling around in their armor, unable to feel what's going on.
- Guest it look likes a leg sticking out of its head
Bugscope Team those are palps
Bugscope Team well, not a leg, those are mandibles
- Bugscope Team they do not have teeth
- Guest wow dude they just are k
- Guest is it a grass hopper
- Guest yeah ur rifgth
- Guest 'what are those things that look like legs?'
- Guest right
- Guest How about steering to a bug that we sent in, one of the aquatic bugs?
- Guest the skin is armor. sorta
- Guest ewwww
- Guest Antennae?
Bugscope Team yep! that's a big antenna on the upper left
- Guest big eys
- Guest What is a palp?
- Guest what is in the inside of a grasshopper
- Guest Nope Nevermind.They Arent Antennae.
- Student no
- Student DO GRASSHOPPERS LAY EGGS?
- Guest is it eating some thing
- Teacher can we see the mandibles up closer
Bugscope Team ms. cal has control of the scope now, if you want us to control just let us know
- Student its dead
- Guest what happend
- Guest ?
- Student whats is that
- Teacher The Black River
- Guest ???? whats this
- Student what is that
- Guest What Is That?
- Guest is that a flower?
- Guest ' what is this?'
- Guest im soo confused
- Student whats that?
- Guest wow
- Bugscope Team this is pollen
- Guest its cool
- Bugscope Team this is a pollen grain!!!
- Guest Sea Urchin?
- 9:09am
- Guest is that really the black river
- Student a pollen grian on claw
- Student cool
- Guest thats the black river?
- Student a grain!!
- Bugscope Team you all are doing GREAT!
- Teacher Can you give control of the scope to "Lilly" please?
- Student Why is it spiky and sharp
- Guest hi
- Guest a grain of sand
- Student its a pollen Grain on Claw
- Guest thank you!!!
- Bugscope Team lilly has control now
- Guest pollen from a flower?
Bugscope Team yep, you got it
- Student its pollen ppl
- Guest its a polen grain on claw
- Student thats sooo cool
- Guest it looks like a flower
- Guest person it is a grasshoper
- Guest it looks weird
- Guest what kind of claw is it?
- Guest wat is that
- Guest oh its polin
- Student It's pollen?
Bugscope Team yes it's a little pollen grain
- Guest what type of plant is it?
- Guest ok
- Guest it looks like it is in a cave.
- Student ooooooooooooooooo i get it
- Student yes
- Guest really? pollen?
- Student its Pollen Grain on Claw
- Guest Its Inside Something..
- Bugscope Team we usually don't see such interesting claws
- Guest :)
- Guest wow
- Guest is this a pollin from a wat
- Teacher are we seeing mandibles close up
Bugscope Team no, this is a claw, or the side of the claw
- Guest :p
- Guest i dont see anything
- Student :D
- Guest i will eat u rawr
- Guest interesting
- Student Lily dont go so fast i cant see what the picture is
- Guest no!!!
- Bugscope Team lilly, try clicking on a preset if you get lost
- Guest dont type that!!!
- Bugscope Team or take the mag down
- Bugscope Team there ya go, nice job lilly!
- Guest COULD A HUMAN SEE THE CLAW OF THE BEETLE?
Bugscope Team well, not too well with the naked eye, but it is possible
- Student beetle claw
- Guest Ew..
- Guest beetle claw
- Student IT LOOKS LIKE A FACE
- Guest what type of beetle is thes
- Bugscope Team this is a wild-looking beetle you sent
- Guest woah wats this
- Student What is that?
- Guest Do They Bite?
- Guest looks like claws
- Guest so weird
- Guest nice job lily
- Student a beetle
- Guest Interesting...
- Student this soooo!!!!!!!!!!!! kool
- Guest that beetle claw
- Bugscope Team I have never seen a beetle like this
- Guest this is sooooooo col
- Guest hi
- Guest -hurt
- Guest cool
- Student Do they have like, hands?
- Teacher Thanks for giving the controls to Lilly! Tre is now interested. Can you give it to him?
- Guest trye nice job
- Guest 'what is this?'
- Guest Wahst that?
- Guest whos buttercup
- Bugscope Team notice all those hairs... those are vital to insects, they help them feel their environment
- Guest will the hurt u
- Guest i hate beetles
- Guest are that bacteria around it?
Bugscope Team no bacteria
- Guest beetle claw
- Guest are they pincers
- Guest omg..... im sooooo confused
- Guest is it the claws
- Guest sweet this is cool
- Guest its a beatle?
- Bugscope Team tre now has control of the scope!
- Guest Ms. Cal, 'chiro' is Steve Fiske, our bug expert from Waterbury! :-)
- Guest weird a bettle claw
- Guest what r those thingys in the background?
- Student GRRR dont log in as my name
- Bugscope Team these are beetle claws, yes
- Student Do they have fingers.
Bugscope Team um, no, not really
- Bugscope Team tre, go ahead and drive around if you like
- Guest eden, move it to the right
- Student beetle is spelled beetle
- Student idk bella
- Student not bettle
- Student nor beatle
- Guest Aposable Thumbs?
- Guest wow what is that
- Guest woah wats this
- Guest no they have no fingers
- Student sowbug
- Guest Creatures with claws generally don't have fingers. =/
- Guest thats coooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool
- Bugscope Team this is a sowbug, like a rolypoly
- Bugscope Team yes, we think this is a sow bug
- Guest wow
- Guest eww.
- Student tht is gross
- Student IS that a rollie poolie
- Guest weird a bug on it's back?
Bugscope Team we mount most insects on their backs, because they backs aren't very interesting
- Guest sowbug
- Guest what is around the egdes
- Guest this bug has hair
- Student it looks wierd
- Guest does the cell bug have skin
- Guest your going to fast
- Guest WHY IS IT CALLED THE SOWBUG?
- Guest how many legs does a beetle have?
- Student it makes me SICK!!!!!!
- Guest Those are legs right?
- Guest it looks like it has elbows
- Student idk
- Guest dont change it soo quick
- Guest that whats she said
- Guest Sow Bug. Sounds familiar. Is it a common bug?
Bugscope Team yeah, you've seen them around, they are pretty common
- 9:14am
- Guest 6 legs
- Guest Thats How We All Breathe,Through Our Lungs...
- Student insect
- Guest what is the most comin bug
- Guest ahh to fast
- Guest Rodriguez, these guys won't bother you; you scare THEM. :-)
- Guest hey whats up people
- Guest what is this?
- Guest Gills. like a fish?
- Guest Sow Bug?
- Guest So why are there hairs on the edge of the bugs?
Bugscope Team those help them feel things - the hairs are called setae
- Student Do Sowbugs' breath underwater?
- Guest They Have Gills?
- Guest Thats Weird..
- Guest what is a spiracle?
- Guest what is that
- Guest this is cool!
- Guest if i do go in again, then i'm wearing a mask
- Guest to close
- Guest Settay?
- Bugscope Team oops, almost went off the edge of the scope, try clicking on a preset now
- Guest WHY IS IT CALLED THE SOWBUG?
- Guest whats this
- Student setae
- Guest zoom out
- Guest t
- Student Can they breathe on land if they have gils
- Bugscope Team nice job tre, you are doing great!
- Guest cells>
- Guest what is that bug called
- Guest sweet
- Guest sweet kinda
- Guest does this bug have a way to defend there selfs
- Guest what is tat
- Guest How do the setae feel things?
Bugscope Team they connect to nerves on the inside of the exoskeleton
- Student tht is gross
- Guest your going to fast. take time to switch
- Guest WHY IS IT CALLED THE SOWBUG?
- Guest a torx screw?
- Guest Its Weird.
- Guest whos controling the camera
- Bugscope Team try, go ahead and click on a preset, so we know where we are
- Guest Torx Screw?
- Guest what is that
- Student thats a trachea
- Guest it has like....gills
- Student Do bugs get hurt wen you step on them? like, do they have nerves?
Bugscope Team well, they don't have a central nervous system like we do, so they don't feel pain in the same way we do, but i'm sure they don't like being stepped on. who does?
- Guest :p
- Student what are the things around the bug?
- Guest scientist what is that
- Student when*
- Guest what kind of bug is that
- Bugscope Team j and l, you have control to drive, put on your seatbelts!
- Student slow down plz
- Guest what is a spiracle?
- Guest an aquatic larva,tiger!!!
- Student how do u write a Q
- Guest Is That Like Part Of The Bug?
- Guest thats a good pic
- Guest what is this
- Guest would bugs die if u step on'em?
- Guest HI!!!
- Guest whys it blank
- Guest wow
- Guest This Is A Good Pictuer..
- Guest do they have selfessteem
- Guest what dose that mean
- Student liar!
- Guest hi
- Guest if they can see can they see better or worse than us?
Bugscope Team they can see better in some ways and worse in others. for example they can sometimes see UV light, which we cannot, and they can register motion more quickly than we can. at least some of them
Bugscope Team flying insects can see very well, but it's more specialized. humans have great all around vision for lots of things
- Student not me
- Guest possibly
- Guest thats cool
- Guest pollen yea
- Guest black
- Guest I Dont Like Bugs..
- Guest they dont
- Guest wats wrong ith it
- Guest hey, that was the pollen thing
- Guest i love bugs
- Guest What?
- Guest i like being step on
- Guest WHAT IS A SPIRACLE!?!?!?!!?!?!?
- Guest whys it messed up?
- Student Do bugs see well in the dark?
- Student whats a comb
- Guest nice claw
- Student what is this?
- Guest scot why do ants have 6 legs
Bugscope Team it is a conserved trait that all insects have, and there are also critters that are not insects that have six legs. it must be very 'handy' to have six legs
- Guest Dots!
- Guest what is that
- Guest what are all the spots?
- Guest What are those holes
- Teacher Could you please hand over the controls to CJB&TSA? Thanks!
- Student does the comb brush hair
- 9:19am
- Guest STOP TYPING AND TELL ME WHAT A SPIRACLE IS
Bugscope Team a spiracle is a breathing hole on an insect, it is usually on their body (abdomen)
- Guest Yeah Please.
- Guest yea plase people
- Guest .
- Bugscope Team j and l, click once to start moving, and click again to stop
- Guest hairs?
- Guest wazzz up
- Guest Are those claws
- Student wht is this?
- Guest ?
- Guest sweet
- Guest what are all the hairs on this bug
- Teacher can you focus on mandibles
- Guest this is cool
- Guest looks like a lobster
- Guest legs are usefull
- Guest leg right??
- Guest Thats Creepy.
- Guest i bored
- Guest thats cool
- Guest thats awesome!!!!!!!!!!
- Guest it looks like a spider leg
Bugscope Team it looks much like a spider claw, at the tip of its leeg
- Guest is that a claw
- Guest it is hairy. it needs to shave
Bugscope Team ha! if it shaved it wouldn't be able to feel it's environment though... that wouldn't be cool
- Guest FOR THE LAST TIME WHAT IS A SPRIACLE?!?!?!?!?!?!
Bugscope Team it is a breathing hole on an insect
- Guest a spiracle?
- Student r those hairs
- Guest i dont know
- Guest YES]\
- Guest i think so
- Bugscope Team leg
- Guest close up of legs or arms
- Guest are those hairs?
- Guest This Isnt A Spider Though.
- Guest whay do they have hair
- Guest oh.
- Guest no its not bella
- Student wht is tht
- Guest WHO INVENTED THE NAMES OF ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUGS?
Bugscope Team people -- lots of people, and they still do it
- Guest alex, does every sinlge bug have hair if not how do they keep warn
Bugscope Team well, most do have hairs yes, but not to keep warm, but to feel things. insects can have very high tolerance for temperature differences though...
- Guest Is that a claw that was on the end of the leg?
- Guest a spiracle?
- Guest It Does Need To Shave Really Badly.
- Guest THANK YOU ALEX I LOVE YOU LOADS
- Guest lol
- Guest what is this
- Guest they dont roll
- Guest ok
- Guest it looks like frog legs.
- Guest sweet
- Guest ah!
- Student slow down ppl
- Guest what is that
- Bugscope Team they aren't warm blooded like us. They can stand to be cold
- Guest bettles claw
- Student what do tey eat?
Bugscope Team some eat plants, some eat other bugs
- Guest Is there a sertian job that names bugs?
Bugscope Team yes taxonomists
- Guest they are not frog legs
- Guest cccoooolio
- Guest ahh thats the mouth
- Guest creepy
- Guest bite me
- Guest can regular people name the bugs?
- Teacher thanks is that a nose above the mandibles?
Bugscope Team not really a nose, just part of the face
Bugscope Team yep!
- Guest You Dont Know What They're Thinking.
- Guest teeth
- Guest they would eat us
- Guest Is that the mouth? and does it have claws to eat?
- Guest What is the hair for?
Bugscope Team for feeling their environment
- Guest So this is most likely a spider?
- Guest like averages. me & you
- Guest no buddy inted them it waz cave man'
- Bugscope Team well not a nose though
- Guest Ew.I Dont Like Bugs Anymore.
- Teacher Scot, if you want to talk about something specific, feel free to take the controls to help you.
- Guest to touch
- Bugscope Team insects don't have noses
- Guest big sharp pointy teeth!!!
- Guest i gess we all have to stay away from ants.
- Guest hello
- Guest mandibles
- Student ok
- Guest How courages are the bugs, hopw big are there prey?
- Guest it has a mustache.
- Guest bugs are awsome!!!!!
- Bugscope Team the round bumpy parts are the compound eyes
- Teacher nice shot
- Guest Ms Cal ~ could chiro take control, that's Steve from the bug lab?
- Guest hello people
- Guest ahh thats his head
- Bugscope Team the sticks by the eyes are the antennae
- Guest hay
- Bugscope Team here you can see the beetle's head, and its mandibles, and its compound eyes
- Guest woo wat is that
- Guest a ant head
- Guest rawer ill eat u the bug said it
- Guest what do bugs eat?
Bugscope Team plants, other bugs, human food, etc.
- Guest wow, and that was in our river
- Guest Does it have pincers?
- Bugscope Team the little "feelers" under the jaws are the palps
- Guest They Would Like To Step On Us.I Know It.
- Guest gross
- Guest how big are the eyes
Bugscope Team you can use the micron bar to estimate the diameter of the eyes
- Bugscope Team also the antennae and the accessory mouthparts called palps
- Guest wierd eyes
- Student THS A BETTLE HD
- Guest Moira: Ms Cal ~ could chiro take control, that's Steve from the bug lab?
- Guest were back
- Guest y r the eyes like that?
- Guest .
- Guest compound eyes
Bugscope Team yes, good work z-man! compound eyes
- Guest what are all those little holes
- Guest what is that
- Guest Why do the mouth claws have hair on them?
- Guest we need to de-bug our river. asap!p!
- Guest how much can they see
- Guest bizz bizz
- Guest wow
- Guest probly glands'
- Guest think of him when drinking a glass of tap water
- Guest it has alot of hair....
Bugscope Team yep, so it can feel things
- Guest bugs are ood for our river kaylee!
- Guest yeah
- Bugscope Team and you can see the individual ommatidia in the compound eyes as well
- Guest How big is this bug?
- Guest WHAT ARE BOTNOT FLIES?
- Student will they bit me??
- Guest chase likes these bugzzz
- Guest i ask one more time wat is that thing
Bugscope Team this is a beetle head
- 9:24am
- Guest :)
- Guest cool
- Guest oh... so the hair makes it so it can feel things?
- Guest why do bugs have exoskeletons
Bugscope Team they need it because they don't have internal bones like we do. if they didn't have an exoskeleton, they'd just melt into a blob of guts and stuff....
- Guest Creepy..
- Student kool
- Guest sickkk!!
- Guest ewwwwww
- Guest yeah a big eye a bunch of bubles on it
- Guest corn
- Guest we dont have head lice in our river pretty sure
- Student ants can lift alot of weight, can other bugs lift things too?
- Guest whats around the ant?
- Guest there is the eye
- Guest is that a compound eye
- Student y is the eye so big?
- Guest it looks like a corn on the cob
- Guest wow i never would have guessed it looked like that
- Guest Weird..
- Guest devin your skin
- Guest i got a deep voice while boy has a skeelish voice
- Guest XxXtony the tiger
- Guest woa! big eye!
- Guest cate what are the horns coming out of the holes
Bugscope Team those were probably the antennae
- Teacher Hi Scot, cate and alex, could you hand over the controls to CJB&TSA? Thanks!
Bugscope Team done
- Guest .......
- Guest eyes
- Guest what are the circles around the hair?
- Guest hio
- Guest it is scarin me ow...
- Guest WHAT ARE BOTNOT FLIES
- Guest ......
- Guest k
- Student pretty beautiful eye
- Guest im sticking with dasani for now on
- Guest it's staring at me
- Guest cccccccccccccccoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolll
- Guest kk
- Guest botflies are so gross
- Guest it looks very bumpy.'
Bugscope Team those bumps are the individual facets of the eye, each one has a lens in it
- Guest Does each eye able to move?
Bugscope Team no they do not move
- Guest grossssssssssssssssssssssss
- Guest whoa! thats an eye?
- Guest thoes are cool eyes
- Guest no
- Guest sorry bout grammar
- Student yesit does
- Guest can we look at something else?
- Guest WHAT ARE BOT FLIES
- Guest thats not gross
- Student y is the bugs eye so big
- Guest why does it k\
- Bugscope Team click again to stop moving
- Guest over a thousand lensea in theres eyes wow
- Guest skink repares
- Bugscope Team there ya go! nice work
- Guest focus on the but
- Guest wow good job tanner
- Guest butt
- Guest Deans Not Even In This Class!
- Guest WHAT ARE BOT FLIES
- Bugscope Team if you get lost, just click on a preset
- Guest dont text talk
- Bugscope Team the antennae have a ball and socket joint and you can actually see that joint
- Guest what are these
- Student tht is nice
- Bugscope Team take the mag down if you want, as well
- Guest wht
- Guest devin ilove you
- Guest is
- Guest What is that "round thing"?
Bugscope Team that's the sticky tape we put the bugs on
- Guest holes
- Student wht
- Guest What Is That?
- Guest its a pore
- Guest elow focos on the buttt
- Guest why do they have such rough skin (exockeleton)
- Guest TAKE A LOOK AT PRESET 24 -- THAT'S THE ARMORED MAYFLY YOU FOUND
- Guest eww. hairy
- Student Y IS THE SO BIG
- Guest wow
- Bugscope Team cool, this is an armored mayfly
- Guest person????
- Guest What kind of bug is this?
- Guest whats that
- Guest THERE YOU GO. :-)
- Student who is wazup
- Guest i think dmb should control the camera
Bugscope Team not a camera, a microscope, an electron microscope
- Guest ewwwww
- Student (:
- Guest ZOOM OUT TO SEE HIS SHELL!
- Guest woah
- Guest Thats Really Hairy.
- Guest wow
- Guest snow
- Guest why is the skeleton on the outside not on the inside?
- Guest pw
- Guest legs
- Guest (:
- Guest wow
- Guest looks like its shielding it's self :)
- Guest wow
- Guest who is t that
- Guest :putnam:
- Guest sheld human sheld
- Guest what are all those different things coming out of this bug
Bugscope Team those are the legs, in this case
Bugscope Team those are the hairs, or setae, they help it feel its environment
- Guest 2 legs
- Guest Under a microscope, would a bug mold and decay just as fast, or slower than it normally would?
- Guest WHY DO BUGS HAVE EXSOSKELOTENS?
Bugscope Team to hold all the guts and stuff inside
- Guest i think they have their own way of communicating
- Guest CJB&TSA may i control the microscope
- Guest what is MAYFLY HEAD
- Guest wow thats really close
- Guest dude
- Guest what is that
- Guest it looks moldy
- Guest it does look like it got snowed on.
- Guest what is this organisms scientific name?
- Student Do any bugs have skin?
Bugscope Team nope
Bugscope Team not really
- Guest If you have a posinis bug how do yu kill it with out getting hurt?
- Guest lk
- 9:29am
- Guest gt
- Guest .
- Guest cccccccccooooooooooooooooooooooooooollllllllllllllll
- Guest are those hairs?
Bugscope Team well, yeah, but they are called setae (pronounced see-tee)
- Guest Its..Uh Interesting..
- Student WHATS THAT GROSS STUFF ON THE BUG?
- Guest satae
- Guest what is tht
- Guest a
- Student tht leg loks wired
- Guest hey us that skin
- Guest it looks moldy whyyy??
- Guest Are a bugs digestive system, the same as ours?
- Guest it looks creepy
Bugscope Team yeah mosquitos are very creepy and they have a humpback
- Guest dude
- Guest yeah what is that grosss stuff on the bug
- Guest legs
- Guest Seatae.
- Guest wow
- Guest whats that
Bugscope Team that was a mosquito
- Student what is that?
- Guest What is that
- Guest bugs have exoskelotons correct
Bugscope Team yep, right on z-man
- Guest dont they have several different brains
- Guest what is that
- Guest Is that a fly >
- Guest coolio
- Guest What are those holes?
- Guest eeewwwww
- Teacher Thanks for changing the controls so often. Can DMB control the microscope now?
Bugscope Team he has control now
- Guest this looks creepy im glad these are small
- Guest STEVE, IS THIS A CADDIS?
- Guest i belive bees have three
- Guest r
- Guest do bugs have sperm?
- Guest why are bugs so small
- Guest zoom in on the neck
- Guest how much blood can a mosqito take from u in one time?
Bugscope Team a few microliters, not much
- Student yez
- Guest Hairy.
- Guest zoo in
- Guest hi cate
- Teacher Thanks!
- Guest prob? alot of blood at once
- Guest only females do
- Guest blurry
- Guest do bugs have sperm?
Bugscope Team yes
- Guest So how long has the bug been dead?
Bugscope Team I think a few months
- Guest not male
- Guest not anymore
- Guest food rocks!
- Student IS THAT THE BUTT?
- Guest until they explode :)
- Bugscope Team almost every does anything for food or for reproduction. they don't spend time working on much else
- Guest How does the microscope look? in your lab that is. can you even see it?
- Guest So where is the part of the misquito that sucks the blood out of you
Bugscope Team it is inside the sheath we saw before someone drove away from it
- Guest ewwwww
- Student what is this pic of
- Guest do they poop?
Bugscope Team yep, EVERYTHING poops, every organism excretes waste from food that it ingests...
- Guest c man is weird
- Guest hi
- Guest WHY DO MOSQUTOS HAVE A LONG MOUTH
Bugscope Team they have long mouths so they can insert a tube through the skin and drink the blood
- Guest do bugs regrow legs if they lose one?
- Teacher I had always heard that mosquitoes eat pollen, and use the blood for their eggs somehow. Is that right?
- Student How do bugs reproduce?
- Guest ok is it a leg
- Student wht
- Guest becaust ethey cna
- Guest -world
- Guest a weird looking leg?
- Guest this thing is cool but what is it
- Guest do bugs "keep in touch" with their family?
- Guest No, isn't that it's whole body?
- Guest hey its tony
- Guest c man is weird
- Guest why would you want to know
- Guest do they pee
Bugscope Team well, not like we do, but they can excrete liquids as well
- Guest How Can You Tell If Its A Boy Or A Girl?
Bugscope Team sometimes it is a size difference, sometimes it is morphology, and sometimes they look just alike from outside
- Guest hey
- Guest if 1000 mosqutos bit u at once how much blood would it take?
Bugscope Team whoa dude, not a nice thought.... it would certainly not be good for you...
- Guest tr
- Guest gross
- Guest no
- Guest yea bugs die fast!!!!!
- Guest How can you tell if it is a boy or a girl?
- Guest Why does it look torn?
- Guest scot can you tell if a mosqito has a desiase
- Guest HowHow long is a bugs life span?
Bugscope Team probably weeks to months at most
- Guest how big is it
- Guest what is that
- Guest do bugs regrow legs if they lose one?
Bugscope Team some can yes
- Guest WHERE DO THEY LAY THERE LARVA
- Guest what is this thing
- Guest CHIRO, IS THIS A CADDIS?
- 9:34am
- Guest devin, show us the mandibles
- Guest what is that
- Guest thankyou
- Guest how big is it
- Guest i bet it woulden't be good for you...? prob will die
- Guest What is that?
- Guest i think its a grasshopper
- Guest how long do mites live? years, months, weeks, days, hours?
Bugscope Team days and weeks, and perhaps months
- Guest in its mouth
- Guest what is dggdlgvludgvgldgvug
- Guest what is tha
- Guest rt
- Guest t
- Guest how mant specis are there of miscoto
- Guest hi tanner
- Guest How Can You Tell If Its A Boy Or A Girl?
Bugscope Team sometimes you can easily, and sometimes you cannot from the outside
- Guest How can a bug grow another part after it loses it?
- Bugscope Team some insects go through a molting process and can shed their exoskeleton and re grow some body parts in the process
- Guest 'wow'
- Guest But what part of the grasshopper?
- Guest i want to see its tongue
- Guest cool
- Guest THIS LOOKS LIKE A CADDISFLY LARVA
- Guest is that the mouth
- Guest how long would it take for a mosquito to kill you?
Bugscope Team the mosquito would not kill you but it might give you a disease that killed you
- Guest gvlkgigjhg
- Guest is that its leg
- Guest whats that on its head
- Guest gkj,
- Guest thank you for answering my question this is really helpful ;)
- Guest it lok like a face
- Guest what is the average life span of a bug?
Bugscope Team weeks to months... it varies
- Guest nie
- Guest gros
- Guest hey don't move so fast Dev
- Guest SLOW DOWN PPL!
- Guest slow down
- Guest gross
- Guest sorry, nice
- Guest yes what is that
- Guest ;p
- Guest do larva have stomics
- Guest ahh whats that gross stuff
- Student How old is he oldest bug in the world?
- Student is that the butt
- Guest you cant see his tunge
- Guest ;)
- Guest yes you ate
- Guest @alex, do you do this everyday?
- Guest mouth chew chew
- Guest r
- Teacher are those this bugs mandibles with teeth
Bugscope Team the mandibles are visible in the center, and they do not have teeth
- Guest :)
- Guest thats a cool tongue
- Guest What part is that?
- Guest what is taht
- Guest slow down devin
- Guest thatt
- Guest no
- Student you're really good at this devin
- Guest i'm bored
- Guest how do they get clean?
- Guest alex what if a larva bit u?
Bugscope Team hmm, i'm not sure
- Guest hey jenn
- Guest why does it have hair on its muth
Bugscope Team well, some of those hairs can taste food or smell food
- Guest How do bugs reproduuce?
Bugscope Team various ways, there are so many bugs
- Guest whats that wierd miterial stuff on it
- Guest zjhdgfkjasdghf
- Guest oh
- Guest y do bugs bit us
- Guest k
- Guest o
- Guest how long have bugs been around for
- Guest do they eat other bugs
Bugscope Team some specialize in eating other bugs
- Guest hggcj
- Guest Cant they see
- Guest lots of hair
Bugscope Team yep, think of those hairs as skin, they need lots of it to feel things
- Guest how do they get clean
Bugscope Team they use their limbs to wipe their cuticle and antennae, and sometimes they have combs built into their limbs that help with that
- Bugscope Team the organs are not exactly like human organs, but they do have guts and stuff
- Guest go to the dobsonfly, devin
- Guest those look like seeds
- Guest thank u alex
Bugscope Team no problemo
- Guest Do any bugs have scales?
- Guest hiiiiiii
- Guest change the bug please
- Guest WHY IS IT CALLED THE SOWBUG?
- Guest About how long do they live?
- Guest whatisthat
- Guest tiger woods sucks
- Guest scales
- Guest They look like little bugs on it
- Teacher Could you please give the control to Jenn(: Thanks!
- Student How old is the oldest bug in the world?
- Guest Do bugs have hearts?
Bugscope Team yes, they do, not like ours, but they do need something to pump their blood through their bodies
- Guest ;)
- Guest
- Bugscope Team jenn has control now, put on your seat belts!
- Guest hey what is that
- Guest What part is that?
- Guest :) :) :) :)
- Guest Can Flys and other insects mate? Is that even possible?
- 9:39am
- Guest do speides have heart
- Guest jenn, go to the dobsonfly
- Guest Is that the back?
- Guest is that a but
Bugscope Team those are segments, and part of the lower sections could be considered the abdomen
- Guest ;););
- Guest how long have bugs been around for
- Guest Do Must Bugs Eat Plants?
Bugscope Team i'm not sure if most do, but there are lots that eat plants. but there are many that also eat other insects, those are called predators
- Guest alex what do sowbugs eat?
- Guest what color is their blood?
- Guest a beatle
- Guest its spelled butt
Bugscope Team yeah thanks, Chase
- Guest I DONT KNOW
- Guest fvgt
- Guest this is a beetle????
Bugscope Team this is a crustacean
- Guest WHY IS IT CALLES THE SOWBUG?
Bugscope Team I think because it resembled a female pig to someone a long time ago
- Guest do bugs drink milk?
Bugscope Team i'll bet some would, for food, sure
- Guest dobsonfly dobsonfly
- Guest Are
- Student how fast do bugs fly
Bugscope Team good question! i think some butterflys can fly pretty fast. but a smaller fly would be the fastest, like maybe 20-25 miles per hour?
- Guest yay i got to control the electron microscope
- Teacher Hi Scot, Jenn(: doesn't have control of the different bugs, only the one on the machine. Could you please go back to the mosquitoe? We're having a great discussion here about it.
- Guest this is not a crustatean
- Guest oh ok thank you
- Teacher this bug looks like an armadillo
- Guest ok know how many things do they eat a day
- Guest Do All Bugs Have Hair?
- Guest what is a sowbug
- Guest OH OK
- Guest how big is this compared to a ladybug?
- Guest This Is A Sowbug.
- Bugscope Team this is the mosquito
- Guest Nevermind.
- Guest its a sow aka pig, bug
- Guest Ew.
- Bugscope Team I locked the session so only we can drive
- Teacher Thanks!
- Teacher I think it is a water penny beetle
Bugscope Team maybe so; clearly it is an isopod, and some of them are aquatic
- Bugscope Team this is a mosquito
- Guest think of it as a pig bug
- Guest this is gross
- Bugscope Team or maybe i'm wrong?
- Student thanks for finally answering my Question
- Guest Do All Bugs Have Hair?
- Guest if dogs cant eat chocolate can bugs?
- Guest what is the biggest insect know to man?
Bugscope Team one of them is the Goliath Beetle, which can be a big as your fist. Also, walking sticks can be very long -- like 12 or 15 inches
- Guest why do misquito bites itch?
Bugscope Team their saliva has things in it that make you itch
- Guest is it true that if you flex while being bit by a mosquito it will EXPLODE??
- Guest theres parasites on it
- Guest what is on it????
- Guest REALLY
- Guest what are he details in the comppund eyes called?
Bugscope Team those bumps are called ommatidia, individual facets of the eye, each one has a lens in it
- Guest that looks like a straw
Bugscope Team it is like a straw, it is a proboscis
- Guest s awsome
- Guest alex what r those little creatures on the misquito???
- Guest i never knew thats what they bit us with
- Student y do they bite people?
- Guest thats the needle that sucks out your blood
Bugscope Team the needle part is inside that sheath
- Guest how strong are the lenses?
- Student Do bugs get sick?
- Guest zoom in
- Guest what is the biggest insect know to man?
Bugscope Team scott would answer with lobster usually
Bugscope Team the largest insect is really the goliath beetle
- Guest alex, can you tell if a mosqito has a dieseisse
Bugscope Team um, well, not a live mosquito, i don't think you can, that's why they are dangerous
- Guest Ew.
- Guest whhat kind of misqueto is it
Bugscope Team not sure, maybe Culex
- Guest zoom in
- Guest how strong are the facets?
- Guest Are There Different Kinds Of Misquitos?
- Guest So are those specks everywhere on it parasites?
- Student y do they bite people?
- Teacher Could you please transfer the controls to got bugs? Thanks!
- Guest a needle
- Guest hahahaha! lobster
- 9:44am
- Guest does it just have one whole eye
- Guest zzzzzoooooommmmmm in
- Guest can one ommitatidia be blind while the rest can see?
- Guest where do mosquitoes that are as big as your fist live?
- Bugscope Team got bugs has control
- Guest there is also such thing as a spider as big as a plate?
Bugscope Team well, yeah, pretty close to that size
- Guest giant compound eyes yo
- Bugscope Team the session is locked
- Guest There Are Misquitos As Big As Your Fist?
Bugscope Team no just beetles
- Guest ok
- Guest you dont feel the mosquito bite you until you smack it and it starts to itch
- Guest whats a disea, ted
- Guest what is the best bug spray you can get??
- Guest Dont Most Misquitos Carry Diseases?
- Guest Ew.
- Guest what are all white this on its skin
- Student b
- Bugscope Team the number one killer insect is the mosquito
- Guest what disease does this thing carry
- Guest Dandruff.
- Guest What color blood do they have?
Bugscope Team i don't know, sorry
- Guest miss cal what are wwe sopose to do
- Guest what is the stuff surrounding the eye?
- Guest what is the best kind of bug spray you can get?
- Guest thats what goes into our skin?
- Guest ewe!!!!
- Guest Why are there hairs?
Bugscope Team so it can feel things
- Guest redvb
- Guest how big is a goliath beetle?
Bugscope Team about as big as your fist
- Student eh
- Guest looks all hairy at the tip. why is that?
- Guest that is so gross
- Guest Thats Disgusting.That Goes Into Our Skin?
Bugscope Team no there is a stylet -- actually a set of stylets and other parts, inside -- that go into your skin
- Guest i never wanna get bit by a mosiqto again
- Guest
- Guest How does that suck up blood?
- Teacher is this a foot
Bugscope Team this is the end of the mosquito proboscis- it is a sheath that has all the cutting tools and sucking tubes in it
- Guest how does that go in to you
- Guest thats discusting!!!
- Guest wow
- Guest Ew.
- Guest That's disgusting.
- Student y do they suck blood
- Guest bugs have blood?
Bugscope Team yes, they do
- Guest yeah
- Guest WHY DOES YOUR ARM BECOME ITCHY AFTER A MOSQUTO BITES YOU
Bugscope Team the mosquito's saliva helps make your blood flow better, and not clot, and it also makes you tich
- Guest why are bugs so small
- Guest why is it so gross
- Guest thanks alex (:
- Guest THATS AMAZING
- Student THATS YUMMY
- Guest how do they fly????
- Guest can you zoom out ?
- Guest Wings..
- Bugscope Team itch that it
- Guest i never want to get stung again!!
- Guest So it comes out of that thing?
- Student y do they suck blood
- Guest do styets have holes to suck up the blood?
- Guest BUT WHY DOES IT MAKE YOU ITCH
- Guest I AN
- Guest Do They
- Guest why can mosqitos carry diseases?
Bugscope Team if a mosquito sucks the blood of someone with a disease, then they stick you, you are likely to get that disease.
- Guest i.do.not.want.this.in.my.skin!
- Guest does this mouth on the mosquito where it has these things that look like claws, do they dig into thier skin?
- Guest Penguin: its food
- Guest agreed jenn.
- Guest how do they fly????
- Guest cooley o
- Guest Do They Live Off Our Blood?
- Guest I AM CMAN
- Guest WHY DOES IT MAKE YOU ITCH
- Guest agreed kaylee!:)
- Guest my computers going syco
- Guest i wish i had eyes like that!!!!
- Guest it looks liek corn
- Guest wow
- Guest how do they fly
- Guest kew;l
- Guest agreed hannah
- Guest wow
- Guest cool
- Bugscope Team those are the ommatidia
- Guest It looks like veins it them
- Guest what is this?!?!?!?!!??!?!?!
- Guest wahy is it rincely
- Guest cool the bumps have little bumps
- Guest its wrinkled
- Guest whats that?
- Guest WHY DOES IT MAKE YOU ITCH
Bugscope Team i'm just not sure ted, sorry
- 9:49am
- Guest ahh what is that
- Guest why is it wrinkly???
Bugscope Team when the insects die, they dry out a little, and that includes their eyes. That's why they look like bean bags.
- Bugscope Team this is an eye
- Guest whyare the eyes so wrinkly?
- Guest Do They Live Off Our Blood?
- Guest what is it?
- Guest It looks like bubble rap...
- Guest i could poke out 500 eyes
- Guest wow
- Guest what is this thing????
- Guest how do they fly
Bugscope Team with wings
- Guest it does
- Guest Do They Live Off Our Blood?
Bugscope Team some mosquitos -- the females -- bite
- Guest would you want to itch a mosqito bite
- Student y do they suck blood?
- Guest actually they look like honey combs
- Guest cool
- Guest dude that is so weird
- Guest leaves
- Guest DOES THE HUMAN EYE LOOK LIKE THAT
Bugscope Team nope, we only have two lens's
- Guest why are the separate and and not all together?
- Guest and grass
- Guest why are bugs so small!!!
- Guest what is this thing
- Guest Do misquitos suck other bugs blood?
- Teacher thanks!
- Student wht is tht
- Guest oh,its dead
- Guest what is that
- Student Y DO THEY SUCK BLOOD?
- Guest WHAT IS THAT?
- Guest dude
- Guest what is that 2 aleex
- Guest JENN
- Guest Are There Different Types Of Misquitos?
- Guest WHAT IS THIS
- Guest @alex
- Bugscope Team but let us know where you want to go and scott can drive there
- Guest AFSJVOPIUAIU(EHGUEY
- Guest fe
- Guest is this a beetle????
- Bugscope Team ah, these are palps
- Guest it looks like a mad big cheeked ant
- Guest it looks like a venus fly trap
- Guest ;/
- Guest hjhj
- Guest what are palps purposes?
- Guest jmk
- Guest what are palps?
- Guest
- Bugscope Team palps are used to help manipulate food and taste it too
- Guest :p
- Guest eyelashes?
- Student Y DO THEIR EYES LOOK DIFFRENT THAN OUR EYES
Bugscope Team oh yeah, way different
- Guest do bugs sleep?
- Guest same thing
- Guest gross groooooosssssssssssssss
- Guest ewwww
- Guest what is this?
- Guest what do you mean by manipulate?
Bugscope Team manipulate means to change, to organize, to do something to it
- Guest can mosquitos swim?
- Guest can bugs swim?
Bugscope Team some can yes
- Guest it looks like a potato
- Guest im back
- Guest that chase guy is soo cool
- Guest eeewww
- Guest alex what is this thing????
Bugscope Team this is a beetle
- Guest Are There Different Types Of Misquitos?
Bugscope Team yes lots of them, even some that do not feed on blood
- Bugscope Team some insects can swim, and some can dive under water
- Guest I HATE BUGS
- Guest can mosquitos swim?
Bugscope Team they can swim when they are larvae
- Guest me too
- Guest hey butter cup get mrs johnson for me
- Guest So only females suck our blood?
- Guest do bugs sleep?
- Guest yes
- Guest thanks alex!
- Guest yes
- Guest s
- Guest get over it
- Guest Thanks a bunchhhh scot (:
- Guest ok thank you alex!
- Student tht beetle loks swierd
- Guest they do sleep jenn
- Guest claws
- Guest again, thanks alex =)
- 9:54am
- Guest what is that?
- Teacher Hi Scot, cate and alex, Could you please take back the controls and show us a couple of things that you find interesting before the end of our sesson?
Bugscope Team sure!
Bugscope Team sure, scott is going that now
- Guest SSSSSSSSSSSSSS
- Guest wow way to spell ke$ha wrong guys
- Guest =)
- Guest Are There Different Kinds Of Misquitos?
- Bugscope Team this is the eye of a flea!
- Teacher Thanks!
- Guest WOW what is that?
- Student HOW DO THEY SLEEPP?
- Guest it looks like a tormato
- Bugscope Team this is a flea, the eye of a flea
- Guest why are bugs good for the world?
Bugscope Team think about all of the food, and the flowers that need to be pollinated -- like apples
- Guest thats a big bump
- Guest so what is that agian
- Guest Ew.
- Guest it has teeth?
- Bugscope Team now we are taking the mag down to see more of the flea
- Guest yes pleese
- Guest Is that the eye?
- Guest who are you rodrigueiz? oh and thanks for the answer
- Student HOW DO THEY SLEEP?
- Guest oh it hair
- Guest wow
- Guest flea eye is the circle the eye
- Guest this is a flea????
- Guest fleas eww those get on ur cats and dogs
- Guest they do look like mean rabbits!
- Guest ohh yeah
- Guest j
- Guest how can flies scense if were moving?
- Student HOW DO THEY SLEEP?
- Bugscope Team if we did not have insects helping to pollinate fruit, we would not have fruit
- Guest dont type
- Guest MS CAL: CAN CHIRO HAVE A GO BEFORE WE END?
- Guest can they fly?
- Guest cause we eat em
- Guest you're a fruit
- Student HOW DO THEY SLEEP?
- Guest yes i am
- Guest nice
- Guest whos chiro? and how do you pronounce it? =)
- Guest wow mikey
- Guest idk
- Guest i love fruit p.s. you are a vegetable!
- Guest no i can feed myself
- Guest hannah. be productive
- Student HOW DO THEY SLEEP?
Bugscope Team i'm not sure they sleep like we do, they probably just slow down a bit
- Teacher what is this last bug
Bugscope Team this is the surface of the body of the mosquit
- Guest do they sleep
- Bugscope Team this is a mosquito
- Guest how do they sleep
- Bugscope Team scales on a mosquito
- Guest H
- Guest yes
- Guest dg
- Guest vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
- Guest yay!!!!!
- Guest what is that
- Guest bugs sleep!!!!!
- Guest dfjgidjfi
- Guest can they fly while they sleep like we sleepwalk?
- Guest that would be sick
- Guest CHIRO IS STEVE AT THE STATE LAB HERE IN VERMONT.
- Guest Stop talking
- 9:59am
- Guest really???
- Student i would very much like to know if they can sleep fly, like we sleep walk
Bugscope Team I don't think they sleepfly
- Guest CHIRO IS STEVE AT THE STATE LABE HERE IN VERMONT
- Guest thats a big pic
- Guest hi
- Guest Good Question jenn.
- Guest hi ashley
- Student ): that put a damper on my day
- Guest hiiii
- Guest jenn its mikey
- Bugscope Team this is a baby earwig. They aren't really aquatic, but that are found in damp soil, like under rocks
- Guest hi
- Guest hi
- Guest eww..
- Student WHAT R CERCOPODS?
Bugscope Team cercopods are the pincers of the earwig
- Guest What is the most important part of the bug?
- Guest how do they manage to get through hard dirt?
Bugscope Team they stay close to the surface of the soil
- Bugscope Team pod means 'foot'
- Guest what is this
- Guest ;
- Bugscope Team this is the body of the earwig
- Guest where do they live?
- Bugscope Team this is the head
- Teacher Thanks so much for everything!
- Bugscope Team Thank You!
- Guest i am asking a q what are we looking at
- Student WHAT DO EARWIGS DO?
Bugscope Team they are plant pests, mostly
- Guest can they be found in beaches?
- Bugscope Team remember, all the chat and images are saved to your member page: http://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2009-159
- Teacher We really appreciate everything!
- Guest right
- Bugscope Team you did great ms. cal
- Guest Are those legs?
- Bugscope Team all you kids, you did excellent as well, thanks for all the questions
- Guest cya
- Guest Bye Sadie
- Guest kesha says bye
- Bugscope Team over and out for me. Bye!
- Guest Bye Scot. Thanks for all of your information
- Guest ¡hasta la vista!
- Teacher I'm glad to hear that. It's the first time they've done anything like this and they're a little excited.
- 10:04am
- Teacher Bye!
- Guest Good bye Scot thanks
- Guest bye bye bye bye bye bye!
- Guest Mo and I will stay on for a bit...
- Student THANKS SCOT FORANSWERING
- Guest is this the lab
- Bugscope Team this is the inside of the scope
- Guest peter kendall
- Bugscope Team this is inside the microscope chamber where we keep the specimens
- Guest this is cool
- Guest wow its really big
- Guest hi
- Bugscope Team the beam comes down from that cone at the top, the electrons bounce out of the sample and are collected by the detector, which is seen in the upper right
- Bugscope Team the inside chamber is about 8" by 8", but the stub is only 1.5" in diameter
- Guest WOW THIS IS SO COOL
- Guest wahst all that stuff on t6he table?
Bugscope Team those were the insects on that disk
- Guest the*
- Guest this is cool
- Bugscope Team any last questions? we need to close down the session soon
- Guest THATS COOOOL! :D
- Guest peter kendall
- Guest how much space does it take up?
Bugscope Team the microscope is about the size of a lab desk
- Guest Devin Brady
- Bugscope Team the hand you quickly saw was someone taking out the insects
- Guest WHAT IS THAT?
Bugscope Team this is the inside of the electron microscope
- Guest thats cool
- Guest oo so this is live
Bugscope Team of course, the entire session was live images from an electron microscope
- Guest how does it work?
Bugscope Team the scope fires electons at the bugs, and electrons fall off the bugs, and are collected by another collector that makes the images, all from electrons
- Guest Thank you all VERY much I'm so glad we did this! Will learn a lot more for next time
- 10:09am
- Guest THATS COOOL! :D
- Guest this si cool
- Bugscope Team very cool to hear
- Guest that is so cool!
- Guest i would love toi have your job
Bugscope Team heh cool
- Bugscope Team imaging with electrons means there will be no color in the images
- Guest me t
- Guest where is the labratory?
Bugscope Team in the basement of the beckman institute, part of the university of illinois
- Bugscope Team well, go to college, get a degree in something you enjoy, and then you can get a job you like...
- Guest thanks for the advice
- Guest ya thats true
- Bugscope Team i got a degree in physics, alex has a degree in music
- Bugscope Team some people get jobs they like without college too though
- Guest THANKS FOR ANSWERONG OUR QUESTIONS
- Bugscope Team scot has a degree in biology and english
- Guest so you guys are all the way in illinois?
Bugscope Team yep, we are in urbana illinois - home of the university of illinois
- Bugscope Team you guys did great, really, good questions, lots of action. very cool
- Guest why does he do this if he has a degree in music?
Bugscope Team my job is actually systems admin, but i help with bugscope as the computer tech geek
- Bugscope Team yep surrounded in corn
- Bugscope Team alex is actually a great IT guy
- Guest that must stink
- Guest Thanks so much, everyone, I need to get to the office; we'll do the feedback in the next couple of days.
- Bugscope Team cate and scott are the true microscopists, not me
- Guest hi
- Bugscope Team thanks moria, great job!
- Bugscope Team what we know about insects we've learned doing this project and by having entomologists on in the past
- Guest IS IT AWESOME TO BE SURRONDED BY CORN(FOOD) :)
- Bugscope Team i dont know, i sometimes think I belong up in wisconsin because i'm more of a cheese and milk girl
- Guest DO U LIKE UR JOB?
- Bugscope Team I love my job. I never get bored
- Bugscope Team i love my job. it's different every day, never boring
- Guest entomologists?
Bugscope Team bug experts
- Guest do you get paid alot
Bugscope Team we work for the state really, so we dont get paid as much as if we were working for an industry. But we have more job security
- 10:14am
- Guest oo okay
- Guest THATS REALLY COOL
- Bugscope Team i'm not an entomolgist, i'm a sysadmin, but i work on bugscope to help in case there are tech problems. but i've learned so much about insects by doing bugscope, i wouldn't trade it for anything
- Guest Alex: Mo says she had a great time. :-) So did I!
Bugscope Team glad to hear it, it was a good session
- Guest i rule
- Bugscope Team well, yeah, we aren't millionaires or anything like that, but working in the sciences, you make good pay
- Guest how long did you have to go to college for/
Bugscope Team I just have a regular bachelor's degree, but nowadays masters and Phds are needed more and more it seems
Bugscope Team i have two degrees in music, undergrad and master, so 6 years for me
- Bugscope Team okay, any last questions?
- Bugscope Team well go ahead and close down the session if not
- Bugscope Team okay, we are done, nice session everyone, see you next time
