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Connected on 2010-03-29 09:15:00 from Decatur, IL, US

8:54am
Bugscope Team almost done with presets

9:00am

Bugscope Team good morning, Dory!
Bugscope Team We are just about ready
Teacher Good morning. Glad you are here. Need to test my ability to do this.

Bugscope Team welcome to bugscope!
Bugscope Team ok, we want to get one more preset, then we'll unlock it for ya

Bugscope Team ok, we are done with presets
9:05am
Bugscope Team i unlocked the session
Teacher I have about 25 students in the class coming in. Is that too many computers to chat? Should I put them in groups of 2?
Bugscope Team probably best to do 2 to a computer
Bugscope Team you should see controls on the right
Bugscope Team 25 questions all at once might be too many... :)
Bugscope Team but 12-13, we can handle that
Bugscope Team you can click on a preset and it'll take you there
Bugscope Team or you can use the controls on the upper right: mag, nav, focus and adjust
Bugscope Team when using navigation, click to center is much easier than click to drive
Bugscope Team and of course if you have any questions, please just ask us
Teacher Are we ready yet?
Bugscope Team yes, can you see my chat?
Bugscope Team go for it! start driving around or click on a preset to change what insect you are looking at
Bugscope Team dory, can you see this chat here?
Teacher How do I work the mag?
Bugscope Team well, just click on the + or the - to change it... give it a try
Bugscope Team i'm worried dory is running at a low res and can't see the chat
Teacher yes. can see your chat.

Bugscope Team okay cool, try click on the + in the magnification

Bugscope Team there ya go, nice
9:10am
Bugscope Team i would suggest ONLY using click to center, don't use click to drive

Bugscope Team and you can click on any preset and it'll take you to that preset

Bugscope Team this is the mouth
Bugscope Team the sponging mouthparts
Teacher i am waiting for my class. I think I ;am ok. Good suggestion.
Bugscope Team cool, we are ready anytime

Bugscope Team Cool! Just let us know if you have any problems or questions.
Bugscope Team we can also give control of the scope to students once they login. just let us know if you want us to switch control
9:20am
Teacher kids are here and logging on. can't wait!
Bugscope Team coolness
Bugscope Team hey welcome to bugscope!
Student wat is your name
Student what is your name????????
Bugscope Team welcome to bugscope!
Student Hello
Student hi
Student hey
Bugscope Team welcome to Bugscope!
Bugscope Team this is a fruit fly
Student hey cj!
Student hey
Bugscope Team you can see its compound eye, on the lower edge of the head
Bugscope Team and you can see its antennae
Student really?
9:25am
Student no really
Student how many antennae does it have
Bugscope Team two antennae, and they are each composed of two parts
Student hi
Student hi

Bugscope Team fruit flies kind of look like they are wearing gas masks
Student how many compound eyes does it have
Bugscope Team Two compound eyes
Teacher perhaps you could help us with the parts of this leg.
Bugscope Team The parts of the leg are the coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia, tarsus
Student they look fuzzy
Student n gross
Bugscope Team there's a basal part of the antenna, like a thick pad, and there's a part like branches
Student how many simple eyes
Bugscope Team three simple eyes, called ocelli, but we cannot see them
Student of course they look fuzzy mar mar
Bugscope Team the fuzzy stuff are setae (pronounced see-tee), they help it sense its environment
Student how many simple eyes
Teacher students need to know how many antennae it has
Bugscope Team two antennae, but each is in two parts
Guest wat is ur name
Student what do they eat?
Bugscope Team Fruit flies feed on yeast and other microbes that live in rotting fruit
Student how many simple eyes does a fruit fly head hav?
Bugscope Team The tarsus (plural is tarsi) are the final segments (the feet).
Student ?'
Student dont talk to me jk
Student .......
Student heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy
Bugscope Team you can also see the tip of the haltere
Bugscope Team middle low left
Student THAT MEANS JUST KIDING
Student other info

Guest hello?
Bugscope Team hi robby

Student whos robby

Student hello

Student any other info?
Bugscope Team notice the compound eyes also have setae on them, those setae help sense wind speed and direction, helps it fly
Guest how many antennae does this bug have
Bugscope Team All insects have two antennae.

Student other info?
Student mhm

Student alex do u know anyother info ????
Bugscope Team no, that was the only thing i know, the only thing i'll ever know. ;)
Bugscope Team fruit flies are part of Diptera -- the flies, of course, called that because they have two wings
Student how many compound eyes
Bugscope Team All insects have two compound eyes.
Student the hawk siad hello
Student what antenna are these
Bugscope Team These are called aristate antennae. Aristate antennae are only found in two suborders of flies.

Student WAT KIND OF ANNTENNA DOES IT HAVR
Bugscope Team it is a sensory antenna
9:30am
Student how many simple eyes
Bugscope Team 3

Student ew
Bugscope Team now we can see one of the antennae very clearly, and we can also see the facets of the compound eye
Guest what kind of antennae does this bug have
Bugscope Team These are called aristate antennae
Student dcyfiyulhik,m hbmhgnbfjcjy
Student how many compound eyes
Bugscope Team two compound eyes

Student What do they eat?
Bugscope Team Fruit flies feed on yeast and other microbes that live in rotting fruit

Student what do they eat alex
Bugscope Team all kinds of stuff, plant matter, hamburgers, dead skin, but it has to be in liquid form, that's why they have to puke on it first, to turn it into a liquid
Student yah alex

Guest why is this fruit fly gray
Student Y R THEY GREY

Student lol
Teacher thought they could look at the mouth
Student its the microscope colore
Bugscope Team because we are working with electrons rather than light, we do not see color. we can see things that are smaller than the wavelengths of visible light
Bugscope Team they have sponging mouthparts that soak up the yeast/microbes they feed upon
Student how many legs do they have
Bugscope Team Six legs

Student what kind of bug is this
Bugscope Team fruit fly
Student do you like skittles
Bugscope Team skittlez are da bezt, you know that!
Student fruit fly
Student thanxs
Student y duz it keep gettin bigger
Bugscope Team The magnification is increasing--we are zooming in
Bugscope Team your teacher is controlling the scope live over the internet, the magnification was increased
Student it looks creepy
Student why is it so hary
Student who is alex
Student its a bug
Guest are the eyes smaller than a pierod at the end of the sentence.
Bugscope Team Um, a little larger, but not much.
Student ew! what is that!?
Teacher can you see the haltere on this preset?
Bugscope Team yes you can
Student it looks wierd
Student its mouth
Bugscope Team normally this part of the mouth looks different

Student ?

Bugscope Team there's the haltere
Student :O what is that!
Student we found the gonads
Bugscope Team that is one of the halteres. the gonads are internal in most insects
Student how many legs does it have
Bugscope Team Six legs

Student EWWWWWY
Student .
Student wow
Guest what does it eat
Bugscope Team Fruit flies feed on yeast and other microbes that live in rotting fruit
Student .
9:35am

Student Who is robby?
Bugscope Team the haltere is like a little punching bag that bangs against the abdomen when flying, helps stabilize flight

Student WAT IS THAT THING EEEWWWW
Bugscope Team This is the claw at the end of the leg--it is like the ties
Student htat looks creepy

Student how many antennae do this one have
Student how many antennaes?
Student why do they call it a butterfly
Bugscope Team well, it used to be called a flutter by, because they flutter by you. but then people started reversing the words to butterfly... kinda cool huh?

Student who knows

Student how many simple eyes does it have
Student its not buttery
Student how many anntenae does this have

Student scott dont answer my questions!
Bugscope Team now you can see where the scales have come out

Guest how many anteaannae does a butterfly have
Bugscope Team two
Student cool
Student how many antennae does the butterfly claw have??????????????????????
Bugscope Team Butterfly claws have no antennae. The antennae are on the head
Student what the scale thing
Bugscope Team scales are kind of like feathers. but one of their helpful functions is that if the insect flies into a web it may still be able to escape by leaving its scales stuck to the web and slipping out

Student what arew those things on the bugs legs
Student how many compund and simple eyes do they have?
Student kk
Student y is no 1 ansering me
Bugscope Team I just answered you ;)
Student not really
Student whos j.c
Student j.c??????????

Student jordan cross duh!
Student nvm

Student what are the paddle like things called
Bugscope Team Those are scales--they cover the butterfly and make them slippery. The scales are the dusty stuff that gets on your hands when you try to pick up a butterfly.
Student do you know who i am

Student this is really slow
Student akes forever to read the words

Student :O

Student are those scales on the butterfly legs
Bugscope Team yep, totally
Student how many cmpd eyes do butterflys hav
Bugscope Team two
Student many simple eyes
Bugscope Team 3

Student go alex
Bugscope Team rock on!
Guest what are the holes
Bugscope Team those are holes where the scales fell out
Student :)

Student o.o
Bugscope Team scales also have colors, both structural and pigmented, so the butterflies can identify others of the same species
Student who is alex
Bugscope Team i work with bugscope
Student what is that
Bugscope Team this is the head of the butterfly

Student who is clayee?
Student cooleyo
Bugscope Team Alex is our IT guy
9:40am

Student the head looks creepy

Student other info.

Student eeeeeeewwwwwwwww
Student k
Student it looks wrong
Student its lagging
Bugscope Team Skittlez try refreshing your browser.
Bugscope Team the individual facets of the eyes are called ommatidia
Student :)

Bugscope Team each ommatidia has a lens in it
Student scott dont smile!

Student explain the mouth
Bugscope Team The mouth is called a proboscis. When the butterfly is at rest it is curled up, between the eyes. When the butterfly eats, it extends the proboscis by pumping blood into it. The proboscis straightens and extends--like those party horns that look like snake tongues.
Student please
Teacher could you explain the mouthparts?
Bugscope Team the butterfly sucks nectar from deep within in the petals of a flower, and in order to be able to do that it extends its proboscis by forcing hemolymph into it
Student it looks dusty n kinda ugly
Bugscope Team yeah, dirt and grime can get on the bugs, we call it juju
Student hi dory
Student whos mar ma

Student marissa is mar mar
Student juju i like it

Student hi everyone (plz dont be mad)
Student slow...
Student who is clayee???!!!!!!!!
Student hey marmar
Student ...
Student hey what is that thing hanging down

Bugscope Team you can see all the scales strwn about
Student ...sounds nasty
Student that looks rlly wierd
Student gross
Student yyyyyyy
Student Who is ESEM?
Bugscope Team that is just the computer that is at the microscope. Nobody is there right now
Bugscope Team the proboscis is coiled except when it is being used; then it rolls out like a party favor
Bugscope Team if you computer is slow, try refresh F5, if it's still slow, try to reduce the number of questions, that'll make it easier to see the answered questions
Student clayee isnt ansering who he or she is
Student good advice
Student MKAY
Student stupid caps
Student WHO IS CLAYEE?????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Student WHO IS CLAYEE
Student 2
Bugscope Team you can see a pollen grain to the right of the proboscis
Student WHO IS CLAYEE
Student WHO IS CLAYEE
Bugscope Team very small -- it is also one of the presets
Guest what is this part of the head
Bugscope Team this is the center of the head, where the proboscis is
Bugscope Team yep, this is the mouth area
Student Who is clayee!
Student WHO IS CLAYEE
9:45am

Student CLAYEE WHATS YOUR REAL NAME
Student ....
Student opps
Bugscope Team Pollen! My new obsession
Student o.o
Student WHO IS CLAYEE
Student wierd
Student looks awsome
Bugscope Team you can see the edge of a scale next to the pollen grain
Student i ]
Student Why are you obsessed with pollen?
Bugscope Team This summer I am going to dissect the guts of the beetles that I study to determine what kind of plants they eat ( if they eat at all). One way to determine that is to examine the pollen in the gut. Pollen is really tough so it doesn't get destroyed in the digestive system of the insect.
Student what is the polon brain connected to
Bugscope Team The pollen is stuck to some of the little setae on the butterfly.
Bugscope Team The study of pollen is called palynology. There are people who can determine what kind of plant this pollen came from.
Student whats it do
Student :)
Student scott
Student stop
Student smiling
Student i like birds..do you?
Student ???
Student what?1
Student WHO IS CLAYEE

Student How old are you guys?
Bugscope Team we range in age from the 20s to ancient
Student IS IT CLAIRE I THINK ITS CLAIRE WHO DOES 2
Student how many atennaes do they have, and u better answer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bugscope Team two
Student sup?
Teacher what is in the lower right?
Bugscope Team that is a scale from the butterfly wing
Student what is the lower area
Bugscope Team In the upper left is a pollen grain. In the lower right is a scale.
Student you caught me
Student whateve
Student \/lol\/
Student idk
Student what t would be ancient
Bugscope Team like your parents' age
Bugscope Team the scales have those holes in them, that helps to keep the weight of the scale down
Student does it have esyes
Bugscope Team yep
Student what is that huge fin looking thing
Bugscope Team that is called a scale
Student how many eyes
Bugscope Team two compound eyes
Student what does it eat
Bugscope Team Butterflies usually feed on nectar from flowers. Although some also feed on juices from rotting fruit, tree sap, or even animal poop.
Student thanks,now any other info
Bugscope Team some monarch butterflies migrate long distances, many hundreds of miles
Student Do you like Justin Bieber

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Student ni 5o3we6xsg97h5 .
Student noooooooooooo hes a kreeper
Student why is it gray?
Bugscope Team because this is an electron microscope. there is no light in the scope. we use electrons to get the image, not light. since there is no light, and color is a property of the frequency of light, there is no color
Student cooooooooool
Student :) :(
Guest is that one wing
Student oh yah opps
Student HI
Student what are the box like things
Student HI
Student stop...sry that was
Student THATS KELLY!
Student why?
Student thats

Student that wad bri]
Student WATS YR FAV COLOR
Student why?

Student jerry is awesome
Student nuh uh!!

Student i luv jerry
Student nuh uh
Student jerry stop stealen muh computure!!!
Student ? u c nt spell\
Student [''
Student make up your mind J.C

Bugscope Team hamuli
Guest whoes a kreepeer
Student a singer
Bugscope Team no, this isn't a stinger, it's the edge of a wing, with hamuli, those are the hooks
Student wow...\
Student what do the hooks do
Bugscope Team They hold the front and hind wing of the bee together
Bugscope Team these are the edges of the hindwing of the bee
Student scott stop answering the questions they ask me!
Student hi ppl
Student _______

Student hi

Student scott
Student stop
Student why would they eat beans
Bugscope Team well, they would eat anything that would keep them alive. any animal would. maybe some flies could eat beans, maybe if they were able to find some decomposed beans
Student stop
Student stop wat
Student what happen to emilly
Student 0.0
Student WHATS YOU FAV SONG?
Student im stupid!!!!!!!
Student idk
Student hey
Bugscope Team bees and wasps have four wings, and when they fly they hook the wings together to make two wings, essentially
Student \/ what?
Student omg ther is no t in the word singer singer as in musician or song writter
Student stupid!!!!!
Student what are humili hooks are
Bugscope Team well, the wings can hook together with the hamuli, it'll help it fly better
Guest what is on the hooks
Bugscope Team juju, dirt and grime
9:55am
Student whos jerry
Student wat r hamuli on a wing!!!!
Bugscope Team Hamuli are a series of hooks on the wings of wasps, bees, and ants, which hold the front and hind wings together.

Student WHATS YOUR FAVORITE SONG!

Student jerry+bri
Student jerry=bri
Student whos j.c
Student jordan cross
Student duh!

Student do you like the movie antz?
Bugscope Team I like A Bugs Life better. I am not a big fan of Woody Allen.
Student eeeewwwww!!!!!!
Bugscope Team yeah, cool huh? insects have claws that look really cool up close. claws are used to grab food, hold onto walls, etc.
Student looks like a head
Student Cant you show a pictue of a skittle?
Bugscope Team we could if we had one in the microscope
Student who is j.c

Student looks like a monsyter

Student gtg
Student what is a cool fact about pollon grain?
Bugscope Team Pollen grains are what causes allergies in many people...allergic people's immune systems confusing pollen grains for bacteria and mount an immune response.
Student me 2

Student BYE!!!!!!
Student okay well cant you get one?
Bugscope Team send one to us
Student thanks by

Student okay i will!
Bugscope Team thanks students! hope you got something out of bugscope. be kind to your teachers :)
Student buhbye!
Bugscope Team Bye!

Bugscope Team this is the face of a mosquito
Bugscope Team dory, all the chat and images will be saved to your member page: http://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2010-023
Bugscope Team dory, are more students coming or is that it?
10:08am

Bugscope Team Dory please let us know what the schedule will be like today. We are planning to shut down between the morning and afternoon so other people can use the microscope.
Bugscope Team hey welcome to bugscope
Student what am i looking at
Bugscope Team this the a fruit fly
Guest What are we looking at?
Bugscope Team this is a fruit fly
Student WT!!!!
Bugscope Team could be wild type...
10:13am
Student how many antenna?
Bugscope Team two antennnae
Teacher We are here! Ready!
Student how many antennae does this fly have
Bugscope Team two
Student yes same question here
Bugscope Team Two antennae, two compound eyes, six legs
Student compound eyes
Bugscope Team that's right. It has 2 compound eyes and 3 simple eyes we cant see
Student how long is it
Bugscope Team looks like the antennae are 3 or 400 microns long -- meaning 0.3 to 0.4 mm.
Student How many compound eye?
Student how many simple eyes
Bugscope Team 3 and they are called ocelli. They help the fly triangulate the light source to let it know where it is. Like a build in GPS

Student this is a beautiful fly
Bugscope Team I am sure that its mother thinks so too ;)
Student why does it look like a eak

Bugscope Team now you can see one of the compound eyes

Student HURAY!!!!!

Bugscope Team the compound eyes have little bristles between the facets
Student EWWWWW
Student thats very interesting. do they have hairs out of there eyes
Bugscope Team yes they do -- the hairs, or 'setae,' help them gauge wind speed and direction
Student pretty
Bugscope Team this is the branched portion of the antenna; there is also a bulbous base we can see now, in the upper left
Guest info about fruitfly
Bugscope Team Fruitflies are in the order Diptera, generally in the family Drosophilidae. They live about 2-3 weeks from egg-adult. Fruit flies feed on yeast and other microbes that live in rotting fruit.
Student What kind of antennae is it?
Bugscope Team it is called an aristate antenna

Student what are we are looking at
Student how many species of flies are there?
Bugscope Team Hundreds of thousands. There are many undiscovered species of flies around the world.
Student Thats cool! would you know the speed of a fly. or this fly
Bugscope Team this is a fruit fly, but the house fly can reach speeds of around 5 mph
Student how do the hairs help at all?
Bugscope Team the hairs have the same function as nerve endings in our skin, in some ways; they are sensory
Guest other info about it
Bugscope Team Do you have any specific questions? It is easier for me to answer specific questions.
10:18am

Student NO FLIPPIN WAY!!!!!

Bugscope Team now we see the sponging mouthparts
Bugscope Team and some of the limbs

Student when a fly is on you there is a tube like thing that sucks on you like a mouth wat is it called?
Bugscope Team proboscis
Student why are there hairs on it
Bugscope Team some of the hairs are chemosensory, some are thermosensory, and some are mechanosensory -- they do a lot of things

Student hmmmmmmmmmm.... intersesting?
Student THATS SO COOL!!!!!!!!!
Bugscope Team but not all flies have probosces

Student ahhh wat are we looking at know?

Student yea i no zack garrett
Student thats fast

Student butterfly claw

Student What are we looking at?
Student OMG IT WILL KILL US ALLL!!!!!!!

Student thats pretty cool:)
Student how many antennae, compound eyes, and simple eyes do butterflies have
Bugscope Team they have two antennae, two compound eyes, and I am not sure about simple eyes -- ocelli. usually there are three, but I am not sure about butterflies
Student yea it is
Student what kinda of butterfly is this?
Student are these skals
Bugscope Team there is a scale on the back claw there. It looks like a ridged potato chip
Student is it a monarch?
Student scales
Student are these scales
Student EVIL BUTTERFLY
Student what is that???????????????
Bugscope Team The is a claw on the end of a butterfly food
Student how many simple eyes dose it have
Student it is a bug
Bugscope Team foot
Bugscope Team haha
Student intersting.....
10:24am
Student ask cate
Student how many compound eyes do butterflies have
Bugscope Team two

Student how may antennae
Bugscope Team two antennae
Student ok can we look at the whole butterfly now?

Student how many types of butterflies are there?
Student do they have any simple eyes
Bugscope Team We've never seen simple eyes on them before, so I think no they dont
Student TONS!
Student whats in the background
Student do all butterflys have claws
Bugscope Team yes all insects have claws unless we broke them off mounting them on the stub, which sometimes happens
Student very mysterious!
Bugscope Team small
Student what is this

Student hello
Bugscope Team Hello!

Student what am i looking at
Student What is the thing in the middle ;)

Student i love juju
Student jkjk
Student whats up with that juju?
Bugscope Team we often see that -- it's like random dirt and dried liquid

Student eww fun
Bugscope Team this is the proboscis -- what we think of as the tongue. or it was. now we are looking at the edge of the eye

Bugscope Team We think this is a kind of fritillary, a small orange butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.
Student whats that
Student iss that juju

10:29am
Student is that juju

Student much deception in this fly the darkside is with it
Student thats pretty gross
Student lol

Bugscope Team to the left is one of the palps

Student why are they called butterfsdfsdflsd\
Student how many antennae
Bugscope Team two
Bugscope Team here is the proboscis, all coiled up when it is not being used

Student my bad why are they called butterfly
Bugscope Team Alex told us earlier that they were once called 'flutterbies,' and that changing the word to butterfly is a kind of slang

Student how longg is it
Bugscope Team the tongue is probably a few millimeters long

Student that toungue

Student he gots a bubu!

Student what kind of butterfly is this???
Bugscope Team We think it is a fritillary\\
Student he will be ok che
Student =)-
Bugscope Team see the scales on the top of the head?

Student yea i see vry clearly
Student wat are those potatoe chip lookin things?
Bugscope Team those are scales. mosquitoes, butterflies, moths, skippers, silverfish, and some weevils have them.
Student how large or there eyes
Bugscope Team They are about the size of small beads.

Student who are we talkin too????
Student pll
Bugscope Team annie is an entomologist, Scot and I are microscopists that run this microscope
Student smart people tippy
Student what is that
Bugscope Team This is a grain of pollen.
Student CHIPS ROCK!!!
10:34am

Student what are the little squares?

Student what are are these squares
Bugscope Team This is a very close view of one of the scales.

Bugscope Team this is the structure of the scale. It keeps them lightweight and also it gives the butterflies color
Student are the squares used for anything???
Bugscope Team The squares form the frame of the scale. They are like scaffolding.
Student o
Student does it help them fly?
Bugscope Team It probably does serve some purpose to help them fly. However, the main purpose of the scales (most entomologists think) is for protection. The scales make the butterfly very slippery, and difficult to hold onto.

Student omititya hurray

Student wHat is that
Bugscope Team this is up close of the compound eye. When it died, it's eyes shriveled a little so they don't look as plump as they would normally

Student o cool
Bugscope Team the individual lens you see are called ommatidia
Student what is that

Student what is that???
10:39am

Bugscope Team this is one of the palps, which are accessory mouthparts, like little arms, on the crane fly
Student what are the hairs for???
Bugscope Team the hairs are found all over insects. We call them setae (pronounced see-tee). They help the insects feel what's going around them in their environment like taste or touch, depending on the type of setae. They dont have skin like us that can feel easily, they have a hard shell of armor. These setae are connected to nerves found underneath their armor
Student will you anser me please
Bugscope Team yes
Bugscope Team the hairs here are likely chemosensory

Bugscope Team chemosensory setae (the hairs) can process smells in the air
Student what is that?
Bugscope Team this is one of the tarsi of the mosquito
Student it looks evil
Student what is that
Student weird
Student What is that
Bugscope Team This the the claw on the end of a mosquito's leg.
Student big
Student icky
Student wow

Bugscope Team tarsi are the last several segments of a limb
Student that looks like the claw?SCARY CLAW:0
Bugscope Team yes it is a claw -- most insects have claws
Student me too garrett
Student i hate mosqutoes
Bugscope Team me too
Bugscope Team mosquitos are a good insect to hate because they are very deadly with all the diseases they carry
Student wat are the potatoe chips?
Bugscope Team those are scales

Student what do they use it for
Bugscope Team They use the claws to cling to surfaces
Bugscope Team scales are kind of like small feathers, and they have several purposed
Student o
Bugscope Team oops purposes

Student omg it has hooks
Bugscope Team yes they are hooks, and they connect the fore- and hindwings of bees or wasps so that when they fly they have essentially two wings

Bugscope Team these, now, are hamuli on the leading edge of the hindwing of a bee
Student your smart

Student i hate bugs!!!!!!!!
Bugscope Team what is cool is that with bugs, we are the predators
10:44am
Student pce out suckas
Bugscope Team heh BYe!
Teacher Thanks so much. Was a great session. Much of the time they talked to me also. I need to go for another class. See you this afternoon at 2 PM.
Bugscope Team Thank You!
Bugscope Team see you later dory.
Bugscope Team we will be logging back in at 1 to set up
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Bugscope Team time to do a callout so the one on top now drops down
Bugscope Team like now
Bugscope Team Calling all tiny parasitic wasps
Bugscope Team Actually this one is not so tiny

1:57pm
Bugscope Team can 't th ink
Bugscope Team hey dory, welcome back!
Student wat animal is it
Bugscope Team this is a wasp
Student idk
Student HELLO
Student wow its a wasp
Student hi
Student HI CATWOMAN
Student hi
Student hello
Student how many antennae 2 rite
Bugscope Team Yup--all insects have two antennae
Guest We love filipino kid
Student GO AWAY JAGGER
Student y
2:03pm
Guest Be quiet
Bugscope Team this wasp had two antennae; you can see the base of one to the left of the compound eye
Student be quiet jagger
Guest how many simple eyes does a ladybug have?
Bugscope Team none
Student no
Student how many antennae do the crane fly face have?
Student #of compound eyes
Bugscope Team lobsters and other crustaceans have 2 pairs of antennae
Student hi
Guest thx scott
Student how many antennae does a cranefly have?
Bugscope Team it's an insect, so it has two -- all insects have two
Student yo
Student ho9w many compound eyes do crane fly faces have
Student hi friend
Student HI HOW ARE YOU OHLA AMIGO
Student hey

Guest How many simple eyes does cranefly have
Student how many compound eyes do cranefly hav
Bugscope Team two

Student what about cranefly's compund eyes?
Student # of antennaes??
Student HI

Student how many spikes are there, and what are they?
Bugscope Team the spikes are called setae, which really are just hairs on an insect
Student how many compound eyes did the crane fly hav
Student all bugs have the same amount 2 aut the dot

Student how many compound eyes does the crane fly have?

Student how many simple eyes do craneflys have
Student how many anntenaes does acranefly have?
Bugscope Team Two. Since crane flies are also insects, they also have two antennae.
Student how many simple eyes does a crane fly face have
Guest What kind of anntenae
Bugscope Team I believe that they have filamentous antennae

Student what kind of antennae do craneflies have?
Student this is crazy
Teacher This is the teacher. How come the pictures are changing? I am not touvhing anything.
Bugscope Team you should see preset 20
Student hi
Student does this job get boring
Bugscope Team Nope, every session with every class is different.
Student how many compound etes does a cranefly have?
Student touching right ms. damery???
Student what is the hairs used for
Student stupid scientist
Student WHAT IS YOUR NAME
Student Terri and Autumn...
Student this is hard
2:08pm
Student hey terri and autumn!
Student who's rusty??

Student how many simple eyes do crane flys have
Bugscope Team 0--they do not have simple eyes
Student hey
Student wow this is soooooooooooo fun!!!
Student RUSTY IS JUST DUMB
Student how many compound eyes do craneflys have
Bugscope Team they have 2
Bugscope Team I did that...
Student do you like this/
Student who is catwomen
Guest These pics are wierd
Student no

Student ikr
Guest I know i am

Student I EAT SPIRITS FOR BREAKFAST

Student creapo
Guest LIFE ALL the way
Student coolio
Student the e stands for emily the m is for macy and the j is for both of our middle names they both start with j
Student lol
Student that sounds good!
Student i do too!
Student lol
Student lily i thought you were guna be lil-kil?!?!?!?!
Bugscope Team Crane flies do not have simple eyes!!

Guest Whats up
Student heyyyyyyy
Student thsnk you
Guest heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

Student i dont like mosquitoes im allergic to them
Bugscope Team Most people are somewhat allergic to them. That is why mosquito bites itch.
Student sorry ter-bear

Student whteva
Bugscope Team Dory do you have the control you need now -- is everything working correctly?
Guest whateva
Student WELL THEN TER-BEAR
Student yayyyyyyyyy
Student totally yah
Student wow teri ur mean on this .........jk this is suposed 2 b fun
Student what is other info about the cranfly
Bugscope Team Craneflies are aquatic as larvae. The larvae live in streams and ponds where they feed on decomposing matter. Adult crane flies feed on nectar from plants. Some people call them mosquito hawks, because they look like big mosquitoes. But they are not mosquitoes, they do not suck blood; and they also don't eat mosquitoes (another common misconception)
Student i like food
Student lol
Guest Am i smart
Student k
Student ikr
Student nice
Guest me 2
Student WHO DOESNT LIKE FOOD
Student dude im soo... confused!
Student i do
Student how many antennaes does a butterfly have?
Bugscope Team they have 1 pair of antenna that are clubbed. That's how you can tell moths and butterflies apart. Moths don't have clubbed antennae
Guest JAGGER'S A GINGER
Student lol taylor
Student how old are you scot?
Student no jacob is
Student what part of the butterfly r the scales on
Student how many anntenaes do butterfly scales have?
Student how many antennea does a butterfly have?
Bugscope Team 2
Student i luv pickles

2:13pm
Student how many pairs of simple eyes do butterfly hav
Student how old r u chas
Bugscope Team I'm 26.
Student that is soooo cool
Bugscope Team so now you should be on the pollen grain
Student is that ball looking thing the pollen
Bugscope Team The spiky one behind it is pollen
Student DO RAGWEEDS HAVE BRAINS
Bugscope Team no; they do have genetic code and that is about it
Student this is cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
Student ok cool
Student annie can you plz awnser my question plz
Bugscope Team I just did
Student THIS IS HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Student i need to know about butterfly scales!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Student olivia
Student how many compound eyes does a butterfle have
Bugscope Team two
Student does it hav antennae
Student how r u
Student WHICH IS POLLEN
Bugscope Team the spikey one
Student what does the pollen grain look like to you Annie?
Bugscope Team It looks sort of like a sea urchin to me
Student ur a retard
Guest How man antennaes do pollen grains have
Student wats our other info
Bugscope Team the thing in front of the pollen grain is a mold spore
Student THANK YOU SCOTT
Student how r u
Student HOW MANY PAIRS OF SIMPLE EYES DO BUUTTERFLI HAV
Student how many simple eyes does a butterfle have
Student GO AWAY
Student butterfly compound eyes?
Student what is the spikes
Student thx
Student pollin
Student blah!
Student I like moles
Student no
Guest Any simple eyes
Bugscope Team simple eyes can be seen on the wasp in preset 11
Student Annie thats cool good imagination
Student WHAT ON EATRH IS THAT
Student HOW MANY SIMPLE EYES DOES A BUTTERFLY HAVE??
Bugscope Team I'm pretty sure they don't have any, none that I've ever seen anyway
Student hello Cate
Guest matthew and robben 4ever
Guest

Student whats number 4
Bugscope Team To move to a preset, just scroll through the presets list in the lower-right and click on the thumbnail
Student i like pie
Student any other info on ragweed pollen
Guest
Student I belive I can fly

Student how come butterfly dont carry pollen
Student WHY DO BUTTERFLY NOT CARRY BUTTER

Student #of simple eyes on the butterfly scales

Student OK THANKS
Guest ROBBEN

2:18pm
Student CAN THE POLLEN SEE???

Student no
Student really catwoman really?!?!?! wow.....
Student POLLEN IS NOT ALIVE CAT WOMAN

Student who is cat women
Student I belive I can touch the sky
Student hey be nice to catwoman
Student THATS WIERD
Student who are u catwomen
Student i luvv u all!!
Guest Who is rusty
Student this is ugly
Student OK THANKS SCOTT
Student you r a nerd rusty jk
Student what does it eat
Student how many antennea does a wragwat pollen have?
Guest How many simple eyes d oprocosis have
Student crepo
Student is ragweed pollen dangerous
Bugscope Team It is dangerous if you are allergic to it. It causes many people to have allergic reactions.
Student this looks like a destroyed cheeseburger -Autumn && -Terri
Student what it eats with it
Guest Bad taylor
Student DOES POLON GRANS HAVE ANTENNAE
Bugscope Team Nope. Pollen is part of a plant. Plants do not have antennae.
Student DO FRUIT FLIES LIKE FRUIT
Bugscope Team Yes. They feed on the yeasts and other microbes that live on rotting fruit.
Student cool wat is DAT
Student terri is nasty
Student true dat

Student haha

Student i like pie
Student thats now funny meanie!
Student that is so wierd lookin
Student GR!
Student I DO NOT CARE IF YOU LIKE PIE

Guest guess wut everyone
Student ellie that is disgusting spaz
Student can you please awnser my question
Student i
Bugscope Team see the antennae, and the compound eyes?
Student your a ferk spaz
Student NO
Student i did
Student the
Student ewww
Student no im not lol
Student I MEAN YES
Student does anyone no who brownie is!! gorsh!
Teacher My computer still shows the butterfly proboscis. TEACHER
Bugscope Team Dory please hit refresh
Guest Do fruit fly have anntenae
Bugscope Team Yup. Two, just like all the other insects.
Student OK THANKS ANNIE
Student how many compound eye do fruitfly hav???
Bugscope Team two
Student catlyn loves pie.........NOT
Student what kind are antenna
Bugscope Team those are aristate antennae, meaning that they are bristly
Student what kind of antena
Student what kind of antannae is that
Bugscope Team These are aristate antennae
Guest Not
2:23pm
Student hi
Student WHAT KIND OF ANTENNAS
Bugscope Team Aristate antennae
Student do fruitfly have simple eyes???
Bugscope Team yes three on the back of the head
Student what are the hairs
Student y do fruit flys have hairy eyes?
Bugscope Team the hairs (setae) are said to help them sense the wind direction and wind speed
Student *why
Student do fruit flys have compound eys
Bugscope Team Yes, you can see them here on the screen.

Student I eat people
Student WHAT ARE THE HAIRS ON THE FLY
Student DONT EAT ME
Student how many antennea does a butterfly probiscis have?
Bugscope Team the proboscis is the 'trunk,' like an elephant's trunk, but in this case it is an extensible straw leading to the mouth
Guest double pits to chstie
Student WHY WOULD SOME ONE EAT YOU
Student what are the circle all ovr tha eyes???
Bugscope Team The little circles are the individuals facets of the eyes. They are called ommatidia and each little circle is sort of like one of our eyes.
Student mommy
Student daddy
Student eat rusty
Student who is gangsterz?

Student who is Rusty?
Student how many compound eys do fruit flys have
Bugscope Team Two
Student your mom
Student THANKS CATE:)
Student WHAT INTRESTING FACTS CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE LEGS
Bugscope Team there are always six legs on an insect, and they usually end in claws. the last several segments of the legs are called tarsi, and the final tarsus has claws
Student your mom
Student your dady

Guest Ter that is Taylor\

Student WHO IS BROWNIE
Student How did the anntena get split or are they made like that?
Bugscope Team The image we were viewing a little bit ago showed two antennae--which were think hairs attached to a sort of circular base

Student ROBBEN DOES LOVE MATTHEW
Student taylor is gangsterz?!?!

Student I LIKE CORN

Student HOW MANY ANTENNAE DO FRUIT FLIES HAVE
Bugscope Team just two, like all insects

Student WHY DO U LIKE CORN
Student why r the hairs coming out
Student WGAT IZ THAT
Student DOES ANYONE NO WHU BROWNIE IS
Student why is hair coming out of the eyes?
Bugscope Team they are hair! but on insects we call them setae, or entomologists like annie will yell at us! They are used to tell the fly what direction the wind is flowing

Student your mom

Student 2!!! robben!

Student what am i looking at :)
Bugscope Team right now you are looking at a fruit fly's compound eye facets, called ommatidia, with bristle-like setae coming out of the interstices between the ommatidia

Student /poland....
Student how many simple eyes does a fruitfly hav
Bugscope Team Three
Student GANSTER LOVES CATWOMAN
Guest I know terry
Student what is this
Student I love cats
2:28pm
Student WHO IS GANSTER
Guest gangsterz aint really a gangster he

Student ANNIE?
Bugscope Team YES??!!!!!!!
Student Terri TERRI WITH A i GET IT STRAIGHT!!! GEEZ!
Guest Who is he
Student HOW MANY COMPOUND EYES HAVE
Bugscope Team two
Student OK THANKS:)
Student I HEART SQUIDS
Student why are there hairsking out of the eyes
Student thats intererstin
Student ANNIE? how many anntennae do butterfly probiscis have?
Bugscope Team The proboscis is part of the butterfly. It has no antennae.
Student r u in illinios
Bugscope Team The microscope and several of us are at the University of Illinois in central Illinois. Annie's in California
Guest Olivia
Student RUSTY IS THE NAME OF MY CAT
Student Why are there hair sticking out of their eyes?
Bugscope Team the hair (setae) is sensitive to wind, and the fly can tell where the wind is coming from, and how fast it might be, using those setae

Student WHAT IZ THIS???
Student HER CAT PUCTED ON MY FOOT
Student wat r placoid sensilla?
Bugscope Team They are a kind of sensory structure only found in bees and wasp.
Student HOW MANY ANTENNAS DO BEES HAVE
Bugscope Team Two. All insects have two antennae
Student YEA
Student i dont know
Student 5
Student that is so cool is californa a cool placer
Student Will someone answer my question?!?!?
Bugscope Team just below, now
Student OK:)
Student is matthew t. gangsterz?//!1
Student WHAT IS THA PLACOID THANGY
Bugscope Team They are a kind of sensory structure only found in bees and wasp
Student your mom
Guest Any compound eyes do compounds eyes have
Bugscope Team nnon
Student your dady
Student HOW MANY COMPOUND EYES DO BEES HAVE?
Bugscope Team they have two compound eyes with thousands of facets
Student I LOVE FRIES
Student WHAT ARE THE WORM LOOKIN THINGS
Bugscope Team Those are individuals setae--little short hairs. They help the insect to sense smells.
Guest Thompson no ganster
Student teei is nasty
Bugscope Team none, that is
Student ok thank you Scot.
Bugscope Team sorry it takes me awhile to type my answers
Student your mom
Student YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Student MALL
Student i like food
Student your mom
Student COOL
Student your dad

Student are the bugs alive or dead under the microscope?
Bugscope Team they are dead, which is good for me because I make the samples and I dont like handling live insects- no offense annie
Student WAT DUS HAMULI MEEN???
Bugscope Team Hamuli are little hooks that connect the front and hind wings of bees, wasps, and ants.
Student wats this
Student scot eatsfood
Student HOW MANY SIMPLE EYES DO BEES HAVE??
Student i like
Guest tanner's girl can stop pinching and hitting me
Student what is a bee hamuli
Bugscope Team the hindwing has those on its leading edge so that the hindwing can clip onto the forewing
Bugscope Team these are hamuli, which are little hooks, or clips, that hold the fore- and hindwings together
Student dus this thang have eyes
Student food
Student how many anntenaes
Bugscope Team Two
2:33pm
Student wat is hamuli
Bugscope Team Hamuli are little hooks that connect the front and hind wings of bees, wasps, and ants.
Student how many cmp.eyes do butterfly probiscis have? plz awnser my ?
Bugscope Team A proboscis does not have any antennae. A proboscis is a mouth. Antennae are like a nose. A proboscis can't have antennae any more that your mouth can have a nose.
Student What would your definition of hamuli?
Bugscope Team Hamuli are little hooks that connect the front and hind wings of bees, wasps, and ants
Student this best be colin
Student leave me alone mexican man! and others... NOT FUNNY!
Bugscope Team It's a little bit like velcro
Guest hdgxggdfgfdfghyfhnsdufgsytgfsygfugszusyzfugsefsdfmsfsdfzmdfsdmszfmzsfzsddsfzdsmd

Guest no
Guest :
Guest
Guest
Guest
Guest
Student HOW MANY SIMPLE EYES DO BEES HAVE??
Student iz tha bee eye simple or coumpound???
Bugscope Team Compound
Student what are these
Student Are they only on Ants with wings
Bugscope Team They are on all insects in the order Hymenoptera, which includes ants, bees, and wasps.

Student WHY IS IT SO FUZZY
Student i love taco bell!
Bugscope Team bees and wasps have four wings, but when they fly it is more efficient to have two wings, so they clip the fore- and hindwings together
Guest me too
Student goodbye suckers
Student CREPOS ALL OF U
Student y do u ppl take a long time 2 giv ur awnsers ....jw ... im not trying 2 b mean .. imm] jw
Bugscope Team I just provided a very thorough response to your most recent question.
Guest robben is not gay

Student BYE
Guest no
Student BYE

Student BYE
Student scot how are you doing
Bugscope Team good, daddyO

Student GOOD
Student i am confused
Guest What

Guest Scot
Student Brownie. its because there are a lot of people are asking them questions
Student good night scot
Bugscope Team buenos noches
Student mal
Guest in china its 2 40 am
Student I AM CONFUSED

Student that looks lik an old chinese man
Student gosh tr=eri just b mean lik that lol jk
Guest What is ocelli
Bugscope Team ocelli are the simple eyes; sometimes simple eyes, like in caterpillars, are called stemmata
Student Why do they need a claw besides for gripping
Bugscope Team Sometimes they use the claws to clean themselves.
Bugscope Team look this is cool -- another kind of hamuli
Student robben likes mal
Student SOOOOOOOOOOOO CONFUSED!!!!!!
Student do u like taco bell annie?
Bugscope Team Not really.

Student squid-- hey
Guest goodniiiiite goodniiiiite sweet dreams my little angel
Student idk what to do mrs. damery
Student robben likes mal
Student jk
Bugscope Team this is a spiracle in the wasp petiole
Student wat is dat
Student bye bye bye bye bye bye bye
2:38pm
Bugscope Team the petiole is the section between the thorax and the abdomen on a wasp and on an ant
Student Thanks Annie ,Scot, CAte ,andchas
Bugscope Team Thank You!
Bugscope Team A spiracle is like a nostril for insects.
Bugscope Team Bye Caits
Teacher Thank you so much. I decided to show them as many presets as possible since this may be the only time they ever see insects this close. Thanks so much again! Have a great day! (have to leave for another class) Dory
Bugscope Team Thank you
Bugscope Team Bye Dory, thanks for joining us!
Bugscope Team Thank you, Dory

School Name	Lutheran School Assn
School Homepage	Lutheran School Assn
Location	Decatur IL, US
Community	Suburban
Type	Private

Subjects Taught	Science
Grades Taught	7th Grade, 8th Grade
Number of Students	110

Project Title	Bugmania
Insects To Study	Earwig, Mosquita Head, Earwig, Hamuli Hooks,
Project Description	We will be looking at mouth parts, wings,antennae, legs and eyes

Session 2010-023 with Lutheran School Assn

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Connected on 2010-03-29 09:15:00 from Decatur, IL, US