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Connected on 2011-07-05 09:30:00 from Lake, Illinois, United States

9:11am
Bugscope Team we just finished setting up the presets for today's Bugscope session

9:18am
Bugscope Team Good morning!
Bugscope Team Welcome to Bugscope!
Bugscope Team hi mrs. schneider
Teacher Good Morning! We are going to the lab in about 5 minutes...just finishing up with math :)
Bugscope Team today we have a leafhopper, some fruit flies, a housefly, some ants, a backswimmer...
Bugscope Team totally cool
9:27am

Bugscope Team here in the top center you can see the compound eye of the leafhopper
Bugscope Team it has a bumpy appearance
Bugscope Team the antenna is kind of draped over the eye area
9:32am
Bugscope Team the leafhopper is a 'true bug,' meaning that it shares characteristics such as piercing/sucking mouthparts with other true bugs such as cicadas
Bugscope Team good morning, and welcome to Bugscope!
Student (:
Bugscope Team please let us know when you have questions
Student heyyy(((:
Student okay
Student ololollol
Student :)
Student lololol
Student o
Student jg
Student hjg
Student f
Student g
Student j
Student jf
Student j
Student f
Student h
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Student h
Bugscope Team nice surname, Tyrone
Student :(
Student :'(
Student este .. cuando vamos a hablar con los senores?
Bugscope Team ahora
Student Thanks Scot (:
Student :)
Student muchas gracias .. por k no hablo igles
Student :D
Student hahaha
Student BATMAN
Student lolololo
Student omg
Student so hows life
Student it looks weird and gross
Student what is this
Student what does it eat
Bugscope Team they use their proboscis to pierce the surface of a leaf or stem and suck the plant juices out
Student ,
Student what bug is this?
Bugscope Team this is a type of true bug called a leafhopper. They are the small green insects that hop out of long grass or bushes when you brush them
Student what does a caterpillar eat???
Bugscope Team often they eat plant material
Student :)
Student :)
Student :)
Student thats cool
Student rt
Student tyj
Student r
Student hey
Student :)
Student HI
Student HIIII
Student sepa
Student hi
Student ya quiero hablar cn la gente! mi gente pariente caliente!!
Student oh baby your a fiiiiiirewoorrrk
Student :)
Student how big are they\
Bugscope Team they are several millimeters long to a centimeter
Student i dnt get this:(

Student :(
Student mmmmmm.........
Student ;)

Student humberto
9:37am
Bugscope Team you can see the compound eyes, and the antennae, and the piercing mouthparts

Student this is very confusinq
Student ohhhhhhh
Student were r its eyes
Bugscope Team they're streamlined into the sides of the head
Student WOAH
Student hi :)
Student WHAT IS THAT?!
Student what are we looking at?
Bugscope Team the head of a leafhopper. This is the mouthpart- called a proboscis
Student what is that??
Student Uhm... When the fruit fly looks out of its compound eye, does it see like we do, or do they see per eye, almost like a mosaic?
Bugscope Team I think it's more like a mosaic that is constantly updating
Student bsryjmsndr4tj66666sehdzd
Student joker
Student y
Student k
Student k
Student k
Student o whats that pointy thing
Bugscope Team that is the part that stabs into plants and drinks plant sap
Bugscope Team if you had compound eyes you would have very good peripheral vision, and you would be able to note changes in the visual field very quickly, like if someone was trying to smack you
Student 0\
Student wow
Student >:/*
Student Do mosquitos consume more than just blood?
Bugscope Team the females drink only blood, but the males, if they eat, can consume plant sap
Student no i didnt and could it poke ur eye out
Student what is there life span? ;o
Student :o
Student what do they eat
Student u freak
Student if you had compound eyes you would have very good peripheral vision, and you would be able to note changes in the visual field very quickly, like if someone was trying to smack you. (that's the most amazing explaination I've ever heard).
Student SCOT so hows it going
Bugscope Team hey fine no problems here
Bugscope Team that is why it is hard to catch flies, for example. plus, they can feel the wind from your hand
Student can it sting you or something??
Bugscope Team it might stick that into you as a defensive measure
Student hahahahahaha!!! NO
Student gh
Student MUAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA
Student :
Student could it suck blood out of your eye???

Student why aint yall rlly tlkkin bout all dese aimals jo/?
Student could it suck blood out of your eye?
Bugscope Team if there was blood there; your eye has 'aqueous humor' in it

Student on a scale of 1-10 how dangerous are they

Student oooohhhh ok

Student JOKER@! yu tookmy question

Student what is the life span of them
Bugscope Team usually a few weeks to a month or so, depends on the species, the environment, and also the gender of some insects
Student what is that
Student what is the very large pointy thing
9:42am
Student im just chatting SCOT with other people so srry for all of the other people with those comments their just joking around
Student snarf
Student snarf
Student whats that white thing
Bugscope Team that is the stylet -- the tip of the proboscis
Student rwar
Student be quiet jonyy no ones tlkin to yu
Student :)
Student soo
Student :3
Student snarf
Student snarf
Student what is that homes
Student heyyy(:
Student what does it do
Bugscope Team it sticks into a leaf or stem and pierces it so the juice can come out
Student how big is it? can you see it without a magnified glass?
Bugscope Team yeah you can see it, but they are still really small- couple centimeters at most
Student hey guys

Student :3
Student eeeeeeewwwwwwww
Student wow V1kT0®
Student y is there cracks on its body
Student :3
Student ok
Student umadbro
Student cool
Student whats wrong with his eyes
Student what is this
Student can it harm you??
Bugscope Team not likely. They could stick their proboscis tip in you if they don't hop away first when they're scared
Guest Hi there everyone - this is Michele Korb - I was Mrs. Schneider's college professor at Marquette University. I am in California now - watching your Bugscope session!
Bugscope Team Hi Michele!
Student imfurious
Bugscope Team what's the matter?
Student how big are the eyes??
Student F
Bugscope Team this is the head of a fruitfly
Student hi michele wuts up homes
Student tom
Student HAHAHA, haaiii
Student uys you need to stop spamming, it's rude and annoying.
Teacher Hey Korb! =) We are having too much fun with the chatting...just started a couple minutes ago
Student guys*
Student haley
Guest I hear the students are writing some pretty cool stories about insects and are going to learn some awesome facts today :)
Bugscope Team you can see the micron bar to the lower left that helps give you an idea of the size of the eye
Guest Hello Mrs. Schneider!
Student :)
Student humberto
Student hey(:
Student this is a cool sight
Student hey hows it goin
Student im mtn dew johnny
Student horrible
Bugscope Team a bacterium is usually about 2 microns long
Student good good hby
Student haha it does
Student it looks like it has four eyes
Bugscope Team two of those are antennae
Student jonny has a bad name
Student how does a horse fly bite you
Bugscope Team it has slashing mouthparts that cut your skin
9:47am
Student nose*

Student :3
Student whos zbad
Student are fruit flies harry?
Student how about we dont bring haley the horizon
Student whats that
Student •••
Student ª
Student -_-
Student ¢ªª–££
Student srry for all of the comments scot
Student .....
Student –º¶∞£∞
Student are those other things on it the nos?
Bugscope Team insects don't have noses like we do. They do most of their 'smelling' through their antennae. And for breathing they have spiracles, which are holes in their bodies that are connected to a trachea under the exoskeleton
Student my spidey senses are tingeling
Student h
Student h
Student hrh
Student rhr
Student wuts that whole hole looking thingy
Bugscope Team that is the thoracic spiracle, one of them
Student whats that thing?? what does it do??
Student :3
Student §¶∞∞ªªº∞¡¡™¢∞∞§§¶º–––
Student batman, your a fake
Student zombies?
Student what is this
Guest ZOMG - would hate to get stuck in one of those! Might make a good story line for a horror story!
Student ª∞£™§•ªº–≠•∞´¡¡£¢∞§•¶
Student what is this
Bugscope Team to the right is the base of one of the halteres, which are modified hindwings
Student batman, YOUR A FAKE
Student zbad is bad
Student STOP spamming'
Student i like zombies
Student what does it do
Bugscope Team that is what insects breathe through
Student wat iz dat
Student im not stupid tom
Bugscope Team here is a spiracle- a breathing hole
Student im not
Student yeah u are
Student im not!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Student O
Student jonny
Student Tom :)
Student just stop spamming

Student w4t iz d4t
Student is that an egg
Bugscope Team this is the small cicada's compound eye, the right one
Student that looks like a stomich.
Student no
Student how dangerouse is this on a scale of 1-10
Student what is that
Student is that an eye?
Bugscope Team yes it is!
Student is that an eye??
Student how many eggs do they have
Student :3 i was right
Student what type of bug is this??
Student is it a mosqiutoo??

Student what are we looking at right now
Bugscope Team this is the right eye of the cicada
Student why are there so many dots on it?
Student wuts that
Student what is that
Student what type of bug is this
Student how many eyes do cicadas have?
Bugscope Team they have 2 huge compound eyes, each compound eye are made up of hundreds, if not thousands, of facets
Student wat izz dizz?
Student saam whats up
Student pas control onto batman pweeze
Student bye jhonny
9:52am
Student its all hairy
Bugscope Team yes. this is the antenna of a mosquito
Student cya jonny
Student is that the antenna?
Bugscope Team yes it is!
Guest that is a great image! Great questions guys!
Student can we see the backswimmer
Student what does the antena do
Bugscope Team they receive signals from others, and sometimes they attract mates
Student thank yu!! (
Student (;
Student (:

Student whatis this
Student looks like worts :p
Student what is that
Student wuts all that hair do
Bugscope Team one thing it does is make a sound the female recognizes as the male flies and wind goes through the antennae

Bugscope Team this is salt from a Wendy's restaurant
Student whats that?\
Student WhAt Is ThIs? KnAw SaYiNN

Student wut does that do
Student ewww WTH
Student (heck)
Student why does it have grooves in it
Bugscope Team the little thing stuck to the salt granule is part of the doublestick carbon tape
Student wheres the pepper
Student :3 a square
Student does mast salt look like tis
Student d4T i$ b3 m3$$3D uPpp

Student wut r thoes things on its eye
Student whats that stem stuff
Student :3
Student whatsthatstick? knawsain
Student whats that stem stufff
Student wat r those stick things
Student what is the point of the stem
Student CIRCLES
Bugscope Team those are the individual facets of the eye- each can get an image of its surroundings
Student WHAT ARE THE CIRCLES FOR?
Student what are the things on it
Bugscope Team those are broken setae, little tiny sensory bristles
Student does it see?
Bugscope Team the housefly has thousands of these ommatidia -- individual facets
Student doesn't it hurt the eye if things are on it
Student what itf one eye got poked out
Bugscope Team it can stand to damage a few of the ommatidia (facets), but if it's a good chunk of the eye that gets damaged, then it would be hindered and likely get eaten
Student DOES IT SEE LIKE HOW SO SEE OUT OF A CALIDASCOPE?
Bugscope Team it is more like a moving mosaic, as one of your classmates suggested earlier
Student shufflee
9:58am
Student 2

Student swwdedeed
Student o
Student 1
Student what does it do with the pointy thing?
Student eeew thats groedy
Guest This is cool! Can you imagine a super hero with one of these things?
Student crab claw
Bugscope Team they do resemble crab claws and work similarly
Student grody*
Student ew....... knaw sayin
Student why does it have little hairs on the claw??
Bugscope Team those help it sense when it is touching something
Student does it have two claws
Bugscope Team it has claws on all of its six legs
Student tl
Student l
Student r those spikes or hairs
Bugscope Team kind of a combination of the two
Student i agree(:
Student is that a touge?
Bugscope Team not here
Student CAN YOU PLEASE PASS CONTROL TO THEREALBATMAN
Student dats messed up
Student how big is it
Bugscope Team :0 they don't have tongues; bees have something like a tongue, however
Guest Can you guys zoom out to see where the claw is?

Student ok -_-
Guest Good zooming!
Student -_-
Student r all of those claws
Student what do they eat?
Student what do they eat
Bugscope Team they eat plant sap
Student ^_^
Student my identity will never be known
Student What do cicadas eat?
Bugscope Team they are much like leafhoppers -- they live on sap and other plant fluids
Student ^^
Student =^.^=
Student 0
Student st
Student r alll
Student you are correct scott.
Student of does claws
Student thats as far as it will go
Bugscope Team yes the cicada is large, so we cannot see it fully
Student st
Student how big can they get??
Bugscope Team a couple of inches long, sometimes, but this is a small one
Student st
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10:03am

Student could they harm humans if they're covered in plant sap
Student hey

Student big enough

Student bigger then u

Student May you please zoom in for me to see better? ....... thank you. person who ever did that i love your generosity

Student hahaha

Student how many legs does it have?
Student hola
Student how many eggs can cicadas lay?
Bugscope Team One female may lay 400–600 eggs in the periodical cicadas

Student i had a pet spider, and i forced it to eat a whole chicken or i wouldnt let it go..does it eat chicken, cuz it didnt?
Student XDDDD
Student i had a pet spider, and i forced it to eat a whole chicken or i wouldnt let it go..does it eat chicken, cuz it didnt?
Student its so tiny\

Student It is very important to know your spiders because you may be bitten one day and if you go to the hospital you can have mistaken identity. Your welcome

Bugscope Team so a spider would not eat a chicken
Student smaller than u
Student i had a pet spider, and i forced it to eat a whole chicken or i wouldnt let it go..does it eat chicken, cuz it didnt?

Student how small r they
Bugscope Team cicadas are pretty big, like a grasshopper

Student i don't like chicken. Thank you for asking
Bugscope Team this is an aphid, which is quite small

Student what is that
Student SUPERMAN! they just told you

Student is that a leg

Student what if a black widow spider bit my eye?
Bugscope Team you could lose your sight in that eye
Bugscope Team aphids are plant pests
Student s
Student rw
Student jyj
Student r
Student r
Student cool
Bugscope Team ladybugs are very helpful in controlling their populations

Student what does this do
Student tu madre

Student whats that??

Student how many legs?
Student fsghmnfghj,
Guest There are lots of black widows in California. My students bring them to me for our Bugscope sessions. Scary.
Bugscope Team brave students
10:08am

Guest They are brave - I ask them to bring them dead. The last black widow was alive. I let it go free.
Student do you havea any info on black widow

Student Holy popsicle that is awesome!

Student hai mr.larson
Student eww it looks like rubber
Student h
Student what part is da one dat bites us?
Student what part of it bites us
Student hai??
Student Y
Student yeah
Student is that the thingy it sucks with
Student the man left
Student ;kndoui f'
Student fg
Student gdfg
Student h'ht
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Student ewf'
Guest Black widows like to build their nests and webs in non- obvious places and you can get bitten if you accidentally stick your hand where they are hiding.
Bugscope Team this is a male mosquito; although it has a proboscis like a female it does not suck blood
Student vokt0r
Student is that its compound eyes?
Bugscope Team yes it is!
Student knaw sayin
Student o
Student d

Bugscope Team I think brown recluse spiders tend to build their nests in non obvious places too

Student please give HULK control
Guest I think you would be in lots of pain if a black widow bit your eye.
Student what if a black widow spider bit my eye?
Bugscope Team then you should probably seek medical help
Bugscope Team Hulk has control of the microscope now.
Guest This image ROCKS!

Student whats on their leggs
Bugscope Team they have scales all over their body (mosquitos)

Student what would happen is a black widow bite you on the toe?

Student please give :D control

Student what part bites
Bugscope Team the mosquito has that long proboscis that is facing us now, and inside are stylets that pierce and cut into your skin, but only on the female

Student plants

Student if female mosquitoes suck blood what do males eat
Bugscope Team sometimes they do not eat, and sometimes they eat nectar from flowers

Guest I think the brown recluse poison is worse from what I hear....I know your face can swell up when a black widow bites - it happened to a colleague's kid.

Student could you get your eye taken out if you get bit?
10:13am
Student please give control to "
Student how big is the largest mosqito in the world?
Bugscope Team there is not a huge range in sizes; maybe 1.5 cm in length
Student can male mosquitoes suck blood
Bugscope Team no they cannot, and they don't need it
Student plaese give control to "THEREALBATMAN" please!
Student please give control to BATMAN
Bugscope Team female mosquitoes need the protein from blood to enable them to successfully lay their eggs
Student plaese give control to "THEREALBATMAN" please!

Student please give control to THEREALBATMAN
Student are those fethers?
Bugscope Team they are analogous to feathers, in a way; they are scales
Student CONTROL TOOKEN AWAY!!!

Student wuts worse black widows or brown recluse
Bugscope Team I think brown recluse as well. Black widow venom affects the nervous system, while the brown recluse venom can cause necrosis
Student how many eggs does the female lay
Bugscope Team they are said to lay about 100 per 'raft' that floats in the water
Student huh?
Student CXB VXBGXDGH.

Guest Oh snap! Nice jaws!

Bugscope Team the recluse spider venom kills your skin and the tissue beneath it and can make a large ulcer of rotting tissue

Student whats the most deadlist insect
Bugscope Team mosquito because of all the diseases they can carry

Student thats gross

Student is that an ear?

Bugscope Team see the compound eyes and the antennae?
10:18am

Bugscope Team and you can see mandibles
Student Is this just a average ant?
Student it looks like he has bunny ears
Guest Mrs. Schneider - you REALLY should get the book called "Wicked Bugs" just out my the author, Amy Stewart. LOTS of great stories - your students would like them!
Student is that hairs on its mouth
Guest by the author...

Student how is an ant able to lift up to 10 times thir own weit
Bugscope Team they are strong and built sturdily

Student how do they eat

Student y is it hairy
Teacher Wicked Bugs...on the list :)

Student y do they have hair on their antannae
Bugscope Team the hairs are sensory -- they can use them to smell and taste and feel hot and cold and sense touch and the wind...
Student you mst have a lotta books you like if there is a list
Student please give control it BATMAN
Student must*
Student wut about just spiders..? whats the deadlist
Bugscope Team it is thought that the most venomous spider is the brazilian wandering spider or banana spider
Student where is there hair on its face? doesnt it shave?
Student why is there eye like that
Student what ar ethe little hairs
Bugscope Team the little hairs are called 'setae,' pronounced see tee
Guest Wicked Bugs talks about the deadliest bugs and the historical connections as well. Some super gross stories...
Teacher instead of batman, can you pass it to good boy?
Bugscope Team good boy is the supreme ruler
Student awesome
Bugscope Team see the ball and socket joint at the base of the antenna?

Bugscope Team it's like the way your femur fits into your pelvis

Student i like its eyes
Student i see its tounge
Student what is that?
Student what bug are we on
Bugscope Team Dude we are now on the moth

Student ewewewewewew
10:23am
Student what is that between the eyes
Bugscope Team the moth is charging up with electrons, so it looks like it is glowing
Student why is it so hary?
Student what is that batween the eyes
Bugscope Team its tongue
Student DUDE, this moth has huge eys
Student eyes*
Bugscope Team the tongue -- or actually the proboscis -- is coiled up when it is not being used
Student you no what batme at least i can save ppl unlike you. you just sit on ur littel batmobeel

Student y does the antennae have little squares
Bugscope Team usually they are little hexagons, but sometimes we see squares
Student DUDE, his eyes are huge
Student how big do they get

Student lol
Student jk jk
Student y is it like fuzzy
Student but what do they do

Student why isnt u like fuzzy
Student why does it glow

Student :3 pretty eye
Student go away
Student why are the ys so big?
Bugscope Team they need to be big in order to pick up light in the darkness, and also to be able to see around the head
Bugscope Team moths have a lot of scales on their bodies, and even on their compound eyes
Student eeewww it has hairs on its eyes ewewewewew
Student are those hais on the ees
Bugscope Team yes just a few
Student eyelashes?
Student wow
Student are those like eyelashes
Bugscope Team they are generally touch sensory
Student wow what

Student are they compound
Bugscope Team yes they are!
Student are those compound eyes
Bugscope Team yes and they have little hairs, setae, sticking out from the individual facets

Student batman is a fake just like this bug
Student why does it have hair on it eys/
Bugscope Team so it can sense the wind and when something is touching the eye
Student hek ya dude
Student what is this for'
Bugscope Team this is the tip of the proboscis of the cicada
Student me

Student rg
Student whats in the middle?
Bugscope Team that is where the sharp part comes out and pierces leaves and stems so it can get the juices out of plants
Student ........
Student []''

Student ummm
Student ¶§•¶••ª
Student what dose this do

Student is that the mouth?
Bugscope Team it feeds into the mouth, yes
Student 

10:28am
Student what is a proboscis
Bugscope Team it is the strawlike tube that covers the mouthparts; in an elephant it is the trunk

Student how do u do that
Student y does it have a tounge thing
Bugscope Team the cicada is a true bug, so it has that kind of feeding apparatus that helps it suck juices from plants
Student so like a trunk on an elephant?
Bugscope Team exactly!
Guest This looks like an evil alien....
Student spiderman: shift+option+k
Student wuts those claws
Bugscope Team that is the tip of the sharp hardened part that penetrates the leaf or plant stem
Student why are people so afraid of them
Bugscope Team 'cause they're big and noisy, but they can't really hurt you

Student it looks like it has 2 shell things, y
Bugscope Team you mean on either side?
Student why are they so noiseeeyy??
Bugscope Team to attract mates

Student how big is this
Bugscope Team check out the scale bar, and you can see that it is more than a centimeter wide

Student no like the outside than inside than the tounge thing
Bugscope Team their main purpose as adults is to mate. They don't live for very long as adults

Student how much babys could it have?
Bugscope Team I think if all of the eggs hatch, 400 to 600

Student 
Bugscope Team this is the Klingon part, kind of a built-in pump or siphon mechanism on top of the head
10:33am
Student is that a face
Student r those eyes
Bugscope Team the eyes we cannot see here, but they are to the left and to the right

Student o wuts that

Guest Seems like artists and movie makers get some inspiration for their creatures from insects!
Student hhow long do they live
Bugscope Team they can live up to a month

Student what are those things that look like eyes
Bugscope Team not sure, but you could see one of the antennae, and the other was broken off
Student whats coming out of the hole thingy
Bugscope Team that was probably one of the antenna
Student whats the little round thing that looks like an egg
Student ÅÍÍÍÎÏ˝ÓÔÒÚÆ
Bugscope Team d'oh antennae
Student re those leaves
Student what is this?
Bugscope Team this is a flying aphid, which is a tiny plant pest
Student are those wings
Bugscope Team yes they are!
Teacher We are writing children's books about insects...we certainly have some inspiration
Student how long do they live
Bugscope Team you can see that the aphid's mouthparts are comparable to those of the cicada
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Bugscope Team the willow aphid looks like it is perhaps 5 mm long
Student tacos
Guest I can't wait to hear about the children's stories! The ones your last students wrote were so good! I am sure your super hero class here will have some really amazing stories. Can I share them with my California students?
Teacher I'm sorry for all the nonsense comments...we learned a whole lot though and really appreciate all the time you have given us!
10:38am
Bugscope Team no it was fun for us as well
Teacher yes, please share! :)
Bugscope Team thanks for 'bugscopin' with us this morning
Bugscope Team Thank you!
Guest Thanks!!
Bugscope Team This was fun for us, as usual.
Teacher gotta get these kiddos to history class- will email and do the eval later today or tomorrow
Teacher thanks so much!
Bugscope Team see you next year!
Guest thanks, Scott and Cate!
Guest Good to "see"you.
Bugscope Team Bye Michele!
Guest Bye!
Bugscope Team over and out
Guest It was a blast to see a former student do this again!
Bugscope Team sweet

School Name	Grayslake Middle School
School Homepage	www.d46.org
Location	Lake Illinois, United States
Community	Suburban
Type	Public

Subjects Taught	Science, Math- Summer School
Grades Taught	7th Grade, 8th Grade
Number of Students	24

Project Title	Beyond the Naked Eye
Insects To Study	< LEFT BLANK >
Project Description	This is a group of remedial 7th and 8th grade students. We are using Bugscope as a way to pique interest in Science. We will be looking at bugs- body structure, behavior, etc. Bugscope will allow them to see what we cannot see in our classroom, and ask the many questions I hope they will have.

Session 2011-060 with Grayslake Middle School

Application

The School

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Live Session Transcript

Connected on 2011-07-05 09:30:00 from Lake, Illinois, United States