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Connected on 2011-02-18 12:00:00 from San Fernando Valley, CA, US

11:25am
Bugscope Team sample is in the microscope and pumping down
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12:03pm
Guest Hi we are having technical difficulties here at Melvin
Bugscope Team with Bugscope or with the Network?
Bugscope Team uh oh! what's wrong
Bugscope Team we just gave you control
Bugscope Team welcome to Bugscope!
Guest We are still trying to get in. I am in the office and going back to the computer lab to try again. Please still expect us.
Guest Hi!
Bugscope Team hi agent86
Teacher Hi. The password is not working. We are getting just an ordinary word type document popping up on the screen when we type the password
Bugscope Team that is strange. but you are on as a teacher, and anyway we can give you control of the 'scope as a guest or as a teacher
12:08pm
Bugscope Team presently you have control as guest, as a teacher
Bugscope Team and as a student you are guest1
Bugscope Team and I see that Maxwell Smart is on as well. Where is 99?
Student My name is Amanda and I'm a student from Melvin Avenue School.
Bugscope Team Hi Amanda!
Teacher we are at melvin ave.hi my name is gabriel and angel
Bugscope Team Cool! Welcome to Bugscope!
Bugscope Team Presently Gabriel and Angel have control of the microscope.
12:13pm
Bugscope Team anyway please let us know when you have questions about the microscope, or what you are seeing, or anything else

Student Hi my name is Kenneth and Jourdan
Bugscope Team Hey Cool! Welcome to Bugscope!
Bugscope Team this is a fruitfly
Student hi my name is angel and i'm also from melvin ave.
Bugscope Team you can see its compound eyes, and its antennae, and you can see its mouthparts

Teacher how long do they live
Bugscope Team they live about 30 days in normal temperatures and a normal environment
Student Hi my name is Cheska
Bugscope Team Hi Cheska!
Teacher My name is Karla and Alex .we are at Melvin Avenue.
Bugscope Team Sweet!
Bugscope Team this is a Japanese beetle!
Bugscope Team see the antenna, down at the bottom?

Student Hi my Louie and Eunice
Student Hi I am the teacher at Melvin and we had difficulty getting in
Bugscope Team welcome to Bugscope!
Student Now some of us are in but we had to come in as a guest so we cannot do the controls
Bugscope Team only Guest has control now
Student Hi.My name is mia and neftaly.
Student How
Bugscope Team Rameil we will give you control...
Bugscope Team Alright now you are the Supreme Ruler, Rameil

Student hi we are marc and jose
Student Why do they sometimes call the earwigs pincerbugs?
Bugscope Team i sometimes call them that because they are insects that pinch you! and they have pincers on the ends of their abdomens

Student what does the earwig's wings feels like?
Bugscope Team they are so small it is hard to tell what they feel like -- they're kind of like thin paper to us
Bugscope Team some insect wings kind of feel like tissue paper
12:18pm

Teacher WHY DON'T THEY FLY OFTEN
Student what is the longest earwig ever recorded
Bugscope Team earwigs can swing their whole body around very quickly to get at you with their pincers, which are also called cercopods
Student hey im matthew and robert
Student Hi my name Kenneth and Jourdan.We are from Melvin Avenue.

Student what type of animals eat them?
Student What are Earwigs called
Student What makes the earwigs active at night and not during the day?
Bugscope Team earwigs like dark moist areas. That is why you often see them when you pick up a rock. They may prefer the darkness of night for that reason

Student How do you tell witch one is the male or female

Student where do they live?
Student Where is the Saint Helena located?
Student what do the earwigs eat for their living?
Bugscope Team some species feed on plants and some eat other insects and others may eat garbage
Student How do you study a earwig?
Student can earwigs do any harm to us
Bugscope Team St Helena is between Africa and South America, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean

Student what do they look liek
Student how many eggs can earwigs make
Bugscope Team they lay between 20-80 eggs
Student Why are the forceps curved more in the men than in the female
Bugscope Team they need to have different shapes so they can mate
Student in what season do female earwigs lay their eggs?
Student how lond did they live
Student what are earwigs
Student hi my name is jerich and peter
Teacher what is adermaptera
Bugscope Team dermaptera is the name of the family earwigs are in
Bugscope Team ptera means wing, like pterodactyl and derma means skin
Teacher WHY DON'T EARWIGS FLY OFTEN
Bugscope Team they don't have the best wings, and they are often at the base of plants, feeding, so they don't need to fly like bees or wasps, for example
12:23pm
Student how can you tell what gender a miquto is
Bugscope Team we can tell almost right away by the antennae
Bugscope Team male mosquito antennae are frilly and ornate, and those of females are plain, not so interesting to look at
Student how many eggs do they lay
Student how do they talk to each other\
Student what does dermatos mean
Student what does the male earwig do while the female is pregnant?
Student yes
Student How high can an earwig fly?
Bugscope Team not very high at all. They prefer not to fly when they can. They don't even like to crawl much. They like hitch rides on other things if they can
Bugscope Team I found one in my bag once at work. It hitched a ride from home
Student what is your name?
Bugscope Team Scott
Student How can you tell if it's a male or female mosquito?
Bugscope Team the females have plain antennae, and the males have fancy, frilly antennae
Student when do earwigs get there second molt
Student does earwigs bite
Student what is the earwigs eye made of
Bugscope Team they are made of chitin, like the rest of the exoskeleton -- it is a protein shell
Teacher WHAT INESCT DO EARWIGS EAT THE MOST
Bugscope Team they like to eat aphids, mites, fleas, and insect eggs
Student how big is it
Student Where do they lay their eggs?
Student Can pincers pinch your brain?
Bugscope Team only if your brain was exposed to them I suppose
Student why are they sometime called the pincerbug
Student how long do earwigs live?
Student what is the size of a baby earwig?
Student are they in a group?
Teacher what are anthropods
Bugscope Team arthropods have segmented bodies and jointed appendages
Student If someone sees an earwig will it do anything if they kill it?
Student why 'do the earwigs ,sometime called picerbugs exist?
Student what is a eye beatel
Bugscope Team so insects are arthropods but so are crabs and centipedes, for example
Student sj do u know lond are a earwig
Student how does the earwig look like from the bottom
Teacher HOW DO EARWIGS FIND FOOD
12:28pm
Student hi my name is patrick
Teacher how long do earwigs live
Student who was the first person discovering earwigs?
Bugscope Team I don't know about the original earwig discovery, but the Saint Helena earwig was discovered by Danish entomologist Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798.
Student how long do bugs live
Bugscope Team some live as adults for only a few hours -- like mayflies, and some can live for a few years. also, of course, 17-year locusts live underground as grubs for 17 years
Student how many legs do an earwig have?
Bugscope Team six -- insects always have six legs
Student how do they look
Student hi my name is Amy and my partner here is Samira
Bugscope Team hey Cool! Hello!
Student where is the tegmina
Student why do earwigs go into your ear to lay eggs\
Bugscope Team they dont lay eggs in your ear. People who slept on straw would wake up to find an earwig on them sometimes
Student How does a earwig survived outdoors in northern California
Student Hello my name is Adrian Nice to meet you.
Student What kinds of food do they eat?
Student who was the first person to name them?
Bugscope Team wow it must have been in the Middle Ages, or even the Dark Ages; we don't know who thought up the name
Teacher HOW DO THEY LIVE?
Student what do they do with their forceps?
Student How long does the babies take to grow up
Student how big are they
Student How long does it take for a baby earwig to grow up?
Bugscope Team Earwigs undergo an average of 5 molts over the course of a year, their average life expectancy, before they become adults.
Student can ectoparasites protect themselfs
Student If a earwig can pinch your brain,what will happen?
Student how do earwigs protect
Bugscope Team they use their pincers
Student what happens if a mother earwig dies before a baby hatches
Student Do rarely earwigs fly
Student Why do they have leather wings?
Student why are earwigs called pincerbugs?
Bugscope Team because they will pinch you if you disturb them
Teacher what are molts
Bugscope Team an insect molts when it grows out of its current shell and gets larger; the new shell hardens
Student hi my name is Leslie
Student How old can they live
Bugscope Team they live for around a year
Student When do most of the earwigs die?
Student How does Earwigs use their pincers to hunt and attack
Student Hi my name is Jesus and Jose we're from Melvin
Teacher HOW DO BUGS DEFEND THEM SELVES
Bugscope Team often they have chemical defenses, as against ants; they also have tough thick shells, and some can sting or bite
Student you write it on the line
Student how longdo they live
Student Whats up? Im AJ
Student hi my name is Ramses
Bugscope Team Cool Name!
Student javier is my partner
Student do u know what they feed on
Student Leslie: how do earwig protect their eggs?
Student hi my is kenneth
12:33pm
Student hi
Student are earwig poisonous?
Bugscope Team they are not poisonous
Student hey my name is matthew'
Student yes they are
Student when earwigs crawl into the humans ear canal does it affect the human ear canal?
Bugscope Team if they get stuck in there it can be annoying to the human and may have to be removed by a doctor
Student what are ectoparasites good at
Bugscope Team ecto- means on the outside of, as opposed to endo-. so they often live on the sruface of another creature or plant. they are good at scavenging and living on their host
Student how are all earwigs different in a way than other bugs?
Student how much does a earwig eat in a day
Student Are thier pincers sharp?
Bugscope Team they can hurt a little. They aren't injecting anything into you like a bee or wasp does, so it doesn't hurt like a sting
Student Instead of eating their mother,why dont they just preserve the body?
Bugscope Team they don't really think about it, just that the body is a protein source
Student yes it does effect it
Student How many eggs do they lay
Bugscope Team they lay between 20-80 eggs
Student do they fly often?
Student where do earwigs live
Bugscope Team we find them often at the bases of plants
Student which is the largest earwig
Bugscope Team the st helena earwig.
Student why do moms protect their babies
Student do earwigs fly oftebn
Bugscope Team not so often; they really do not have good wings
Student What year was the first seen and by who?
Student Hi my name is Itzel and natalee
Student wher do earwig mostly hid
Bugscope Team dark and damp places, like under rocks
Student Who was the first man to find the earwig
Student Natale/what do they live
Student do they all have the same color?
Bugscope Team no they have different colors, sometimes determined by what they eat

Student hey
Student I go to Melvin Elementary School.
Student were can we find earwigs?
Bugscope Team you can find them in the garden, under rocks and in the dirt around the bases of plants
Student how does the mother earwig cleans her eggs?
Student Were can we find an earwig?
Student what is the skin made out of?
Bugscope Team it is not really skin -- it's called an exoskeleton, and it is much like what our fingernails are made of
Student What happends if they go into water?
Bugscope Team they will try to crawl out or they will drown
Student when do earwigs get wings
Student Do they make people death?
Student Hi my name is Rolando.
Teacher what do they eat
Bugscope Team they eat plants or other insects like mites, aphids, fleas
Student why are male earwigs forceps more cuved than the female
Bugscope Team they have to have different shapes so they can fit together sometimes
Student When do most earwigs die?
Student do they bite
Bugscope Team they can but they dont like to. They prefer to use their pincers if they have to defend themselves
Student what are earwigs
Student which languages are based on the same premises?
Bugscope Team like the Romance languages, you mean: italian, french, spanish, portuguese?
12:39pm
Student Hello this is AJ again i got d/ced
Student Why do hairs grow out of their eyes?
Bugscope Team the hairs are sensory, and they help the insects sense wind, as well as smell, and also feel hot and cold
Student hie my name is tania and my parTerns name is christina
Bugscope Team hey Cool! hello Tania and Christina!

Student Is it possible for a earwig to die and not complete there life cycle?
Student how much can they feed on
Student sooo does the male earwig comeback after he leaves the female?
Student Why are they called the blue bottle flies
Student is anybody there
Bugscope Team Dude we are here!
Student What does a myth say about earwigs
Student oh hi
Student why are they sometimes called picerbugs?
Student When a earwig lays eggs on your brain,when they grow will they stay in your head or will they come out?
Student Cate can you show us an earwig
Bugscope Team we dont have an earwig in the scope today. sorry
Teacher how big are their eyes?
Student how can you see earwigs
Student how does earwig lost his penis
Bugscope Team many insects have those parts on the inside, so you do not normally see them
Student how much does a earwig wiegh
Student SJ do all of the eggs survive?
Bugscope Team no. that is why they lay more than they might need, to try and hedge their bets
Teacher how do house flies live
Student why dont they fly a lot?
Bugscope Team they don't like to. They prefer to crawl or hitch rides on other things
Student Where do arixenia live
Student how do earwigs protect themselves?\
Bugscope Team they can turn and pinch you with their cercopods to dissuade you from grabbing them
Student has the earwig ever evolved
Student what happens if the mom dies before earwigs eggs hatch
Student What scientific name is in Greek
Teacher Michele is the teqacher
Student whats your name
Student when the baby is born what happens next
Bugscope Team they try to survive and go through 5 molts to the adult stage. Then they mate and die
Student why do common earwigs eat diffrent things?
Bugscope Team it is really a better survival mechanism than eating only specific things that may not be available
Student can a earwig cause a disease to human
Bugscope Team no not likely
Student Where are the most common places to find earwigs?
Teacher We had to come in through the guest page
Bugscope Team we are glad to see you!
Student hi my name is Harry and Lisette
Teacher why do earwigs harm people?
Bugscope Team only to keep from being pestered
Student how long they are
Bugscope Team the longest ones can be more than 2 inches long
12:44pm
Student why do earwigs eat fruit
Bugscope Team it has the sugars and proteins, perhaps, that they need to survive
Student do they go to peoples ears othen
Student Do their muscular abdomen give them an ability of some sort?
Bugscope Team it certainly does allow them to whip around quickly to pinch you
Student hi
Student what kind of predators does a earwig have?
Bugscope Team things like birds, ambush bugs, mice and rats
Student When do babies start to eat
Bugscope Team insects usually need food right when they are born. human babies are the same. It takes a lot of energy to grow
Student when do they hatch
Student do they make u death?
Bugscope Team no they won't kill you
Student what is molt
Bugscope Team molt is the leftover shell that an insect, when it grows, grows out of
Student hi
Bugscope Team Hi!
Student why is there guano in the bats nest
Student How much do they weigh when they are born?
Bugscope Team just micrograms, so very light
Student When was the first fossil found?
Student what do earwigs eat?
Student hi
Student how does a earwig sometimes called a pinerbug, make up the insect order Dermaptera
Student hi
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Student hi?
Student hi
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Student what is your favrite bug
Student are most earwigs flattened
Student hi
Student yo
Student Do you now an idia what is the first kind of bug?
Bugscope Team one of the first kinds of bugs we know of are the dragonflies
Student Mark how do they last
Student when do they get their second molt?
Student is earwig is a threat or helpful
Bugscope Team people don't like them because they feed on the plants in their gardens, but they are not that bad
Student hello
Student Are they the prey for other predators?
Student How are the earwigs helpful?
Student How do they have babies?
Student if they eat something there not supposed to eat what would happen?
Student why do you keep the scope under ground
Bugscope Team there is less vibration underground, compared to for example being on an upper floor of a building
12:49pm
Student how does the intestive of a earwig work?
Teacher when does baby earwigs hatch?
Bugscope Team midwinter to early spring the female lays the eggs and hatch around 7 days later
Student Cate Hi my name is leslie
Teacher how big can the pinchers get
Student Hello! Is anybody here?
Bugscope Team hi Ron!
Student Mark,how do earwigs eat
Student do you know old are they
Student How big is the scope
Bugscope Team it is about the size of a large and tall desk, like a teacher's desk
Student how did they only find 1,800 reo
Student SJ what is this bug called
Bugscope Team this is a fruitfly
Student How old are you
Bugscope Team super old
Student how can they fly?
Bugscope Team earwigs? not so very well -- they have sort of stubby wings, mostly
Student WHAT TIPE OF CONDITION DOES IT LIVE IN
Student Does the egg become edible after it hatches?
Bugscope Team after the egg hatches there is just a shell, not much to eat
Student do they eat other bugs
Student why do earwigs have pinchers
Bugscope Team to protect themselves
Student why does earwigs rareley fly
Student why do earwigs go in damp place in the summer
Student do the earwigs see thier view in a diffrent color
Bugscope Team we do not know for sure what colors they see, but it is true that many insects do not see color the same way we do
Student Cate what is molt?
Bugscope Team it is an insect's way of growing. When a caterpillar turns into a butterfly that is a type of molt
Student Do you have an idea about the first kind of bug?
Student How long have you been a scientist?
Bugscope Team maybe 28 years...
Student what do they use their pincers for?????
Bugscope Team defense mostly
Student Does the male earwig ever return after he leaves the female?
Student Cate what do they eat?
Bugscope Team plants and small insects- they are omnivores
Teacher how small are they
Student Sj does this fruitfly get its name by eating fruit
Bugscope Team it's because it is almost always found around fruit. they eat the mold that grows on fruit
Student and hi
Teacher are you a scientist?
Bugscope Team yes we are
Student how can you tell how old they are
Student ok
Student how does it feel to be a scientest
Bugscope Team hey we are lucky to have all of these powerful microscopes; it is fun!
12:54pm
Student cate do eat other bugs
Student how are you
Student how well do they see in the dark
Bugscope Team when they are in the dark they likely use their antennae and their sense of smell to help them more than their eyes
Student what are male earwigs known
Teacher what happens if they're smaller than their size?
Student what is your neam
Teacher would an earwig eat a piece of beef if it had the chance
Bugscope Team some of them might
Student 1800 reocded species in 12 famillies found though out the Americas,Eurasia,and Astrvalia
Student do they eat other bugs
Teacher what type of flowers do they eat?
Student what happens if the mom dies before the babies hatch?
Bugscope Team the babies may not live. The mother is very protective over the eggs. It is possible the most resilient of the eggs would be fine- if they don't get eaten
Student why are they nocturnel
Student hello?
Bugscope Team Hi Dan. You can see that it is hard for us to keep up with all of the questions, but we are trying.
Student ARE YOU A SCIENTEST
Student are earwigs a intersting animal to study?
Student Mark, how do eaewigs get in our homes
Bugscope Team they probably follow the pipes and wires that go through the foundation and the walls
Student do they use eyes or antennas or both?
Bugscope Team they use both
Student How do the eggs change shape when an earwig lays an egg?
Student wher do they hach eggs
Teacher hi my name is amy
Student why are they noctournal
Bugscope Team it is often safer to be nocturnal so that birds do not see you, for example
Student Does the male earwig ever return to the female
Bugscope Team if he does and there are eggs are babies involved, the female would attack the male most likely so the male won't eat the eggs
Student are you a scientist??
Student Ok sj.
Student were they born with stubby wings?
Bugscope Team no they do not get wings until they become adults, and then once they have wings they do not molt anymore
Student DO they like to eat anything they see
Bugscope Team not everything
Teacher Why do they eat fruits?
Student are you a scientist
Student Cate,since the wings start developing at an old age,why aren't young earwigs able to fly?
Student are the male earwigs canibals
Student why do earwigs wburro
Bugscope Team it may feel safer to them; but it does give them mites
Student What happens when an earwig eats something that can damage them?
Student why are earwigs nocturnal?
Teacher What is the earwig related to/
Teacher Cate do you like insect
Student what is earwig
Student SJ what is the natural habitat of the fruitfly?
Bugscope Team temperate regions and the Tropics
Student can earwigs with stand a cyclone
Student Cate: Do they leave their eggs like turtles?
Bugscope Team from what I've read they eat their eggs and stay with the mother for a while
Student HELLO SJ
Bugscope Team Hi Nat!
Teacher Hi sulema
Student how do they see in the dark do they have an abiltiy to or it is just natural
Teacher what happens to people when they get them?
Teacher are earwigs nocturnal
Bugscope Team probably some are more than others
Student Are they all strong??
Student how many eyes does a spiter have
Bugscope Team often they have eight eyes
1:00pm

Student can earwigs with stand a TIDAL WAVE
Bugscope Team no better than we can, probably
Student what insects are related to earwigs?
Student When do most of the earwigs die?
Teacher what happens to them when they break they're pincers?
Student SJare they all strong?
Student do know the what the male look
Bugscope Team the male earwig? it usually has more curved pincers, or they are also called cercopods
Teacher sory my name is sulema
Bugscope Team Hi Sulema!
Student hello!!! how does a earwigs fossils like??
Student what do beetle eat
Teacher what do they do to protect themselves?
Student how long does a male live?\
Student Do you get infected if they bite you?
Teacher how do you know all of this
Student do they bite sj
Teacher What do they like to eat?
Student ARE COCROACHES SURVIVE A NUCULAR BLAST
Student what is a caddisfiy larva
Student hello
Bugscope Team Hello Harry!
Teacher +
Student how does a cockroach withstan a nuclear bast
Student are beetles strong
Teacher Are there any earwigs that can grow more than 80mm?
Bugscope Team no because once they get too big their respiratory systems do not sustain them as well as those of other animals
Student who is charles De Geer in 1773
Teacher do all of thier children grow to adult hood
Bugscope Team not likely. That is why they lay so many eggs
Student HVFSVDFBVDBVDV
Student in late January to early March ,why does the male earwig have to leave out by the female?
Bugscope Team it's so the male won't try to eat the eggs
Student what is the possible length for a earwig????????
Bugscope Team they are around an inch on average
Teacher where do they get they're food?
Student How do caddisfly live
Bugscope Team they live part of their life underwater; when they become adults they are actually flies, and they eat other insects
Student what is the gear he Forky tail?
Student what does earwig eat
Bugscope Team they are often omnivorous, so they eat whatever gives them enough protein and sugars to survive
1:05pm
Teacher Where do they live?
Student how does a cockroach withstand a nuclear blast
Student cool!!!!!!!!
Student how is it possible for a caddisfly to turn into a fly???
Bugscope Team yes, this is just the larva or baby stage
Student CAN ROACHES LIVE WITHOUT THERE HEAD
Bugscope Team not very well, just for awhile. I mean, they can't even eat without a head, so it's not much of a life then
Student are earwigs still alive today or not
Student SJ, are earwigs active at night?
Bugscope Team yes they are, more often than in the daytime
Student can they eat a fly
Bugscope Team they could
Student Why do earwigs like dark areas?
Student do they have a place to stay intill the baby comes
Student where are ther eys
Bugscope Team their eyes are on the sides of their heads
Student Cate how do betles protect them selfs
Bugscope Team they use their jaws and some have horns
Student If the mother is giving birth at a time of disease,would the nymphs die?
Student are earwigs HUGE?
Teacher What does the Japanese Beetle use its claws for?
Student Mark do they biet
Teacher would the mother eat her children,Cate
Bugscope Team usually only if an egg goes bad and she got really hungry
Student would earwigs survive a nuclear disaster??????????]:
Bugscope Team probably a few; the more adapted to a particular environment you are, the less likely you are to survive something like that
Student how can the earwigs hunt for food if some earwigs can't fly?
Bugscope Team they can eat what they find by walking around
Teacher What does the female earwig make the male earwig go away from the eggs?
Student Why do earwigs like dark areas?
Bugscope Team generally they are safer; they have a lot of predators
Student hello !!! why are earwigs mostly scavengers??
Bugscope Team it is a good way to be if you do not fly very well
Student r earwigs huge
Bugscope Team no longer than a bit over 2 inches, and those are the largest species
Student SJ do the nymphs survive without their mother
Student do the earwig eats others eggs
Teacher can you compare the difference of a caddisfly and a regular fly?
Student why are some omnivorous or predatory?
Student HOW DO EARWIGS CLEAN THERE EGGS
Bugscope Team that's a tough one. Maybe they use their antennae. Ants have actual combs on their legs to help with cleaning eyes and antennae, but earwigs don't have them
Student how long does a female earwigs clean there eggs
Bugscope Team until they hatch
Teacher hi
1:10pm
Student what are they caled
Student Cate is it hard to be a scientist
Bugscope Team no i find it quite fun
Teacher Why does the female earwig make the male earwig go away from the eggs?
Bugscope Team she wants to ensure that the eggs hatch and can grow into new earwigs
Student SJ, what does dermatos mean ?
Bugscope Team derm- means skin
Student why do earwigs have to go to people's ears?
Student Does it take a year for them to grow up
Teacher Do they take thier skin of likesnakes?
Teacher What do they like to do and why?
Teacher are most earwigs flattened
Teacher Why does the Caddisfly have hair?
Bugscope Team the stuff that looks like hair is called setae, and it helps the caddisfly sense its environment
Student Can Arixeniina and henimerina defend their selfs?
Teacher does the male leave the female for its own good or not?
Teacher do earwigs like being squished behind things
Student why do earwigs eat there mother before leaving
Student How can the female earwig help assist hatching eggs?
Bugscope Team she probably helps break the egg for the baby
Teacher what do earwigs occasionally fall into
Teacher How do beetles protect themselfs
Student do they peel thier skin of like snakes?
Bugscope Team yes it's a lot like that
Teacher p0
Student If is it yes.How?
Teacher SJ, do they fight over mates
Student what is the estimated amount of bugs left to discover
Bugscope Team there are probably still millions of species; we just talked with some entomologists, and there are lots and lots of undescribed parasitic wasps, for example
Student Mark are they big
Student after laing their eggs what do they do next]'
Teacher Do earwigs really go in your ear and lay eggs on your brain?
Student do people eat earwigs in other countries?[:
Bugscope Team they provide protein that the people might not get otherwise
Teacher do earwigs have a ability to see in the dark or is it natural
Student Hi my name is Itzel and Natalee

Student how is it fexible on Muscular?
Teacher when do earwigs mate
Student Why do earwigs crawl into ears,SJ?
Bugscope Team they don't really, or not that often; it is just a story
Student do they fight other earwigs
Teacher which languages are based on the same premises
Student are the eggs small
Teacher can an earwig go insid a human without the humanfeeling nothing
Student how old r they
Teacher How do they die
Bugscope Team if they do not get eaten they just wear out and die from being old
Student how are earwigs born?
Teacher do they fight for their mate?
Student what are the earwigs natural color
Bugscope Team usually browns, different shades of brown
Student what insects do they eat that damage foilage??????????????
Teacher the common earwig actively do what
1:15pm
Student Cate were can you find earwigs
Bugscope Team in dark and damp places, like under rocks or rotting wood
Student What is an earwigs biggest fear?
Bugscope Team being eaten
Student have you discover new species of big and stong bugs
Teacher Amanda , do you know how they die
Teacher Do they have bones?
Bugscope Team no they have an exoskeleton, like a hard shell, no bones inside;. they are invertebrates
Bugscope Team be right back...
Teacher how did the leafhopper get its name?
Bugscope Team they are green like leaves and also jump if you brush the places where they are sitting, usually leaves or grass
Teacher wicga is in turned to what
Student how big are they
Student Sj do you like your job
Student SJ are u a scientist?
Student cate r u there
Bugscope Team yes
Student do they go to other peoples ears
Bugscope Team they can
Teacher who coined dermatos in 1773
Student how do forflawla avricualana feed on flovers?
Teacher why do earwigs save thier eggs
Bugscope Team the young eat the eggs as food
Teacher hi my name is alexis
Student Cate what do stikbugs eat
Bugscope Team K I am back as Scot
Student why do the baby earwigs eat the mother?
Student do earwigs build homes
Bugscope Team they dig out a little place in the soil for their home, but that's the extent of it
Teacher what does wicga mean
Teacher How many feet far can they see in the dark?
Student how long are they
Teacher what scientific name is in Greek
Student How do they smell the food?
Bugscope Team their antennae have chemoreceptors that do the smelling
Teacher do earwigs use their antena
Bugscope Team yes they do, and they are very helpful in picking up chemical scents in the air
Teacher what does wicga mean in your perspective
Teacher SJ are you a scientist
Bugscope Team yes I have a degree in biology and in english
Teacher why do the babies eat the mom after the mom dies?
Student Sj what is your favorite bug
Student have you discvered big new species and strong bugs that can survied better
1:20pm
Teacher how long have they found earwigs
Student is it bad that earwigs are hatching eggs inside your brain?
Bugscope Team it would be bad but it probably happens rarely
Teacher How does their heart look like?
Teacher how do they find food?
Bugscope Team they can smell
Teacher where does a leaf hopper usually live at?
Bugscope Team they live in grassy earea
Bugscope Team areas*
Student SCOT can tell how lond there wings are
Student do you have a picture of a female and male earwig
Student Are earwigs sensetive to loud sounds
Teacher Why do earwigs like to live in dark places?
Bugscope Team some insects prefer the dark and others, like the leafhopper, prefer the light
Student What does SJ mean?!
Student Are ecto parasites fast runners since they don't have wings??
Student wher do they live
Student How many kinds of do you know?
Bugscope Team kinds of what?
Student how are earwigs pincers dangerous
Student how long the wing
Student Are earwigs sensetive against loud sounds?
Teacher female earwigs do what with there eggs
Bugscope Team they will protect them and monitor their cleanliness and warmth
Teacher what is that
Teacher how many molts do earwigs undergro
Bugscope Team around 5
Student Bugs
Student when did you first discover earwigs?
Teacher What do mosquitos eat?
Bugscope Team females eat blood
Bugscope Team males may eat either nothing or nectar from plants
Student how long the are their wings
Student what do they eat
Student do they have bones
Teacher in nature, what is an earwigs biggest enemy?
Bugscope Team probably birds, mice, moles, voles, lizards, skinks...
Teacher why do the nymphs eat thier eggs?
Bugscope Team it is an easy source of food for them to get to
Teacher do rarely earwigs fly
Bugscope Team they don't really have good wings
Teacher how do they mosquitos live
Student since a spider isn't an isect what is it
Bugscope Team an arachnid. rolypoly/pillbugs aren't insects either
Student Was there an earwig that lived past 1 year?
Bugscope Team in the Tropics where it is always warm, many insects like earwigs can live more than a year
1:25pm
Student how much do earwigs weigh?
Bugscope Team no more than a few grams
Student Scot how many eggs can a ladybug lay?
Teacher Is there a earwig that can be dangerous?
Student Sj does this bug bite
Bugscope Team it can. it has a long proboscis. It wouldn't bite so much as stab
Teacher how many recorded spiecies are there in 12 families
Teacher why do females eat blood and where do they get the blood from
Bugscope Team they get the blood from people and animals -- from mammals -- and it has protein in it that the females need so they can successfully lay their eggs
Teacher how old are they
Student How long has fossils of earwigs been found?
Bugscope Team they have been found as far back as the late triassic
Student Hi my name is levy
Student m
Teacher If an earwig goes in your brain does it affect your thoughts?
Bugscope Team if it really did go into your brain it could conceivable affect your thoughts
Student why are earwigssometimes called pincerbugs?
Teacher how do they lay there eggs and where do they lay there eggs
Teacher hey my name is matthew
Teacher What do female mosquitos do most of there time?
Bugscope Team they go around drinking enough blood so that they have the energy to lay eggs
Teacher what do people use to catch an earwig?
Student have earwigs evolved let
Teacher when you look at your ear i can predict that an earwig is small when it crawls inside,Sj
Student which beetles can dig
Teacher are earwigs still alive
Teacher How do beetals get there food
Teacher Cate what months do earwigs molt
Bugscope Team eggs hatch around spring, and the earwigs are adults and mate around fall, so they molt anywhere between then
Teacher What kind of anmial is that
Student Scot what is your favorit bug
Bugscope Team weevils
Teacher what do earwigs do in the daytime
Teacher What do beetles eat?
Bugscope Team weevils are sometimes called snout beetles
Student Mark do you know what they eat
Teacher wher can earwigs be seen in the summer
Student How many babies can have bugs?
Teacher long will there sperm be there
Student Hi my name is cheska
Teacher Cate, are earwigs related to beetles?
Bugscope Team no. not really, other than both being insects
Student are earwigs danguores to have?
Student how do earwigs attrack their mates?????[:[:[:
Bugscope Team likely through pheromones, which are kind of like perfume
Student Can a bug still be alive when they lose their leg
Bugscope Team yes and if they still have a molt left, they can have it back after the molt
Teacher why are they noturnal?
Student does SJ mean Scot?
Bugscope Team yes I am on two computers, so good guess -- you are right!
Teacher are earwigs harmless to people
Bugscope Team really they are
Student why do earwigs tipically spend the day time hours hiding in small dark places?
Student Did Bugscope discovered new bugs?
1:31pm
Teacher how long do earwigs live
Bugscope Team they live for around a year
Student Since earwigs wings fold like a fan would it be possible to make a replica out of soft paper?
Bugscope Team hey yeah that would be cool you could absolutely do it
Student Are you there sj???
Bugscope Team yes but I am Scot now
Teacher is there evidence that the diesease will be caught by a human
Student Hi Cate this is Itzel and Natalee
Teacher why are earwigs noturnal?
Bugscope Team it is a smarter and safer way of living
Teacher how do fly grow wings
Bugscope Team they get them when the larva molts into an adult
Student Oh yeah
Student what are giant cricetomys rat?
Teacher how long are their wings
Bugscope Team compared to the length of their bodies they are a little short, which is why they don't fly often
Student If is it yes.What kinds of bugs?
Teacher when do females start mating
Bugscope Team in the fall
Teacher what does metamorphosis mean
Student How does an earwig get their wings?
Bugscope Team at the last molt, when they shed that last exoskeleton, they have wings. what a nice surprise!
Teacher How big can a beetle grow?
Student what is an earwigs common food?
Teacher earwigs gather where
Student So, J is your last name!?
Bugscope Team his middle name
Student how much do they whei
Student do earwigs do any harm to any animal?
Bugscope Team probably only insects and other arthropods that are closer to their size
Teacher oh okay is it true that earwigs goes inside human's ears and lays eggs in the brain?
Bugscope Team no, not true, especially the egg part
Teacher do they eat other eggs
Bugscope Team yes
Teacher can earwigs clinb trees sj
Bugscope Team yes they can
Teacher oh so it is onyl a mtyh
Student can they swim
Bugscope Team not very well-- they will either try to get out of the water or drown
Student When do forceps get their wings scot???
Student Is getting their wings part of their life cycle?
Bugscope Team yes
Teacher How do they survive?
Student why would earwigs attack nature plants?
Bugscope Team if they can get food from parts of the plants they are quite happy to attack them
Student o.k!
Teacher Can a earwig live without food?
1:36pm
Student how many legs does a centapid
Bugscope Team I read that they can actually have as many as 177 pairs of legs! but usually they have 15 pairs
Student how many legs does a millapede have
Student Cate were can you find parasites
Bugscope Team fleas and bed bugs are parasites
Bugscope Team you can find them in dirty areas
Student How long does it take for earwigs eggs to hatch?[:[:[:
Bugscope Team around 7 days
Teacher how do they talk each other
Bugscope Team often it is through chemical scents that insects communicate
Student why is it a mith that earwigs crawl into peoples ears at night earwigs crawl into peoples ear and make burrus?
Teacher Cate, How old do they have to be to mate?
Bugscope Team they only have to be adults
Teacher hi are you there
Bugscope Team Hi Amanda!
Student does an eatrwig die in a humans brain
Student can they climb on walls??
Student Cate what is your favorit insect
Bugscope Team i like bees and wasps
Student what is a forewing
Teacher How many eggs can a mosquito lay?
Student Do earwigs have thin skin considering only few survive in outdoor winter
Teacher are the antenas straight or curved
Student why do you call instars developmental stages between molts?
Teacher does a bug get its name by a person or nature or from what it does?
Bugscope Team all of the above- it depends on the person naming it. It can be named after a person, or where it was found, or something that the insect does
Student do the earwigs have a okward condition in thier body?
Teacher how many babies do mosquido lay
Bugscope Team some lay from 200 to 300 eggs, and they form a raft that floats on the water with the eggs down
Student do they eat plants
Teacher are there any other bugs close to an earwig
Student How many eggs can an earwig lay?
Bugscope Team between 20-80
Student what is a earwig a hemimetabolous or a under go??
Teacher how many earwigs are there in the world
Bugscope Team there are about 2000 species, but probably billions alive in the world at one time
Teacher when do the mother lay their eggs?
Student do they get rabis?
Student Cate are you there
Bugscope Team yes i am
Student For earwig how many fossils has been found
Student Awww im sorry we have to go.
Teacher thank you cate
Teacher bye guys see ya
Student Goodbye and thankyou we had a very very great time
Teacher thankyou
Student Cate why dont earwigs use their wings a lot
Bugscope Team they just prefer to crawl around. There probably isn't a big need to use them.
Student thank you
Teacher thank you i had fun
Teacher thank you scot
Student Thank you for answering my question. Im sorry i have to log off to go to lunch.
Student cate thank you for giving us these wonderful answers but we have to sign out for lunch
Student thankyou very much
Student thank you for answering bye
Bugscope Team Thank You!
Student thank you for giving me answers
Student thankyou we had a wonderful time
Teacher time for lunch
Bugscope Team ok bye thanks for using bugscope with us today
Student we are leaving to lunch
Bugscope Team We had fun too!
1:41pm
Teacher thankyou so much for answering my questions its lunch so i need to go
Teacher i had fun thank you
Teacher Cate, Thank you we have to go to lunch
Teacher Thank you for answering my questions. Sorry I have to log off for lunch.
Student we have to go to lunch
Bugscope Team Bye!
Student i have to go to lunch bye
Teacher thankyou for replying to our questions,we r leaving because we have 2 got2 lunch bye
Teacher thank you for sharing with us we are going to lunch for a little bit
Teacher SJ thank you we have to go lunch
Bugscope Team Thank You!
Student thank u very much it's time for lunch. bye.[: ]:
Student thank you for sharing your imformation.Bye i have to go to lunch .
Teacher bye
Teacher thank you

Student Thankyou very much it is time for lunch
Teacher Scott thank you we have to go to lunch
Student THANK u.it is lunch.
Bugscope Team I think I will go to lunch too!
Teacher bye guys I had a good time but I have to go to lunch
Bugscope Team Bye You All!
Student thank you bye. I have to go to lunch.

School Name	Melvin
School Homepage	< LEFT BLANK >
Location	San Fernando Valley CA, US
Community	Urban
Type	Public

Subjects Taught	Gen Ed
Grades Taught	4th Grade
Number of Students	50

Project Title	Bugs & Environments
Insects To Study	< LEFT BLANK >
Project Description	Students will be studying life science and environments. In this session, the focus will be on bugs' environments and how their bodies meet their needs and help them to thrive in that environment.

Session 2010-100 with Melvin

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Connected on 2011-02-18 12:00:00 from San Fernando Valley, CA, US