Connected on 2012-03-28 10:00:00 from Pinal, Arizona, United States
- 9:05am
- Bugscope Team sample is in chamber and pumping down
- 9:21am
- 9:28am
- Bugscope Team good morning, KBliss!
- Bugscope Team welcome to Bugscope!
- Bugscope Team we're making presets for your session
- 9:34am
- 9:39am
- Bugscope Team Maggie!
- Bugscope Team Hello!
- 9:46am
- 9:51am
- Guest Entomologist Hello!
- Bugscope Team Hi Joe!
- Guest what is the natural length of this centipede
- Bugscope Team the centipedes were about 2.5 inches long; we had to make them a bit shorter
- 9:56am
- Bugscope Team this -- what we are working on right now -- is a silverfish
- Guest are centipedes poisonous if we touch them
Bugscope Team they may release chemicals from the final few segments to deter ants
- Bugscope Team they also have venom, if they bit
- Bugscope Team if they bite, that is
- Guest Entomologist they're mostly not deadly to humans though, as far as i know
- Guest Entomologist other than to people with allergy perhaps
- Guest that is good to know
- Bugscope Team Hello Trish!
- Bugscope Team we're finishing up a few presets, but we are ready to answer questions
- 10:01am
- Bugscope Team alright we are ready to roll!
- Bugscope Team please let us know when you have questions
- 10:07am
- Bugscope Team and also, who will be driving? presently Miss Bliss has control of the 'scope
- Bugscope Team this is the head of the stinkbug
- Bugscope Team you can see its compound eyes, its proboscis ...
- Guest do they have predators or because they are posinous do andimals leave them alone
Bugscope Team I think most animals just leave them alone because they smell bad. even stinkbugs do not like their own smell
- Guest Entomologist Some species of stinkbugs are actually predacious
- Bugscope Team actually, parasitic wasps attack them, as so assassin bugs, praying mantises, and ants
- Guest Entomologist so they are not always pests in an agricultural setting
- Guest Entomologist although they usually are
- Bugscope Team Amanda I gave you control of the microscope.
- Bugscope Team you can drive, if you'd like
- 10:12am
- Bugscope Team you can see that if you click within the image, the 'scope will center focus on that point
- Bugscope Team you can also bring the magnification up or down, and you can also focus, up or down
- Bugscope Team there is a tangle of legs and some other stuff the insect collected after it died
- Bugscope Team from the presets, on the lefthand screen (accessed using the lefthand arrow), you can choose other things to look at
- Guest What are we looking at right know
Bugscope Team exactly -- what Cate said -- this is a tangle of stinkbug legs
- Bugscope Team we mount almost all specimens on the dorsal side so we can see the ventral side
- Bugscope Team but one of the scorpions is mounted on its ventral side, and one is mounted so it is standing up, in a way
- Bugscope Team here you can see one of the moth's claws, and to the left you can see a number of scales
- 10:17am
- Guest Entomologist it is just their version of "toes"
- Guest i had no idea that moths had claws, what do they use them for
Bugscope Team they use them to hold onto things like where they land.
- Guest Entomologist it helps the cling to things
- Bugscope Team they use their claws much like we use our hands
- Guest that is very interesting
- Bugscope Team we find a lot of people are surprised about moths and butterflies having claws
- Guest Entomologist the scales there are the things responsible for some of the brilliant colours you see on a butterfly or moth
- Bugscope Team often you will notice that beetles and especially grasshoppers and katydids do not walk on their claws; they hold the claws up and balance on other nearby parts of the leg
- Bugscope Team these are little 'vents' we have never seen before on silverfish
- Guest i have learned a new fact today. thank you
- Bugscope Team Ag = silver
- Guest Entomologist heh, nice
- Guest about the claws that is
- Bugscope Team KBliss please let us know if you would like to drive, or if you'd like someone else to drive. Amanda is doing a good job, however.
- Guest what are the puposes of the vents
Bugscope Team because we have never seen them before, we do not know. often when we do see ducts or portholes or vents like this, they are used to emit chemicals that will deter ants\
- 10:23am
- Guest Entomologist Where are these holes located on the AgFish?
Bugscope Team they are on the sides of the thorax and abdomen, and there seems to be a set with each segment
- Bugscope Team many insects and similar arthropods use chemical defenses to deter ants, which will attack anything
- Guest thank you for letting me join in this morning I hope to visit this site again soon
- Bugscope Team please, anyone, feel free to ask us questions, and if someone else would like to drive a $600,000 scanning electron microscope, just let us know
- Guest Entomologist huh weird. My first instinct was that they are for breathing, but since you haven't seen them on other AgFish before
- Guest Entomologist I'm not so sure. Chem def makes sense to me.
- 10:28am
- Bugscope Team Hi Miss Bowers!
- Bugscope Team Hi Travis!
- Student Hi
- Bugscope Team Travis this is a set of pores we found on the body of the silverfish
- Student So what is this one?
Bugscope Team we are on the silverfish, which looks a lot like a wingless moth
- 10:33am
- Student Cool so what are the pores for?
Bugscope Team we aren't entirely sure, but they could be holes for breathing or they could exude a chemical to ward off potential predators
- Bugscope Team Ms Bliss, Ms Turner, and Ms Bowers please type a chat message for us, if you can. I am guessing there is some kind of filtering or firewall software on your end that is not allowing you to type.
- Student Sounds interesting
- Bugscope Team In the meantime, I have changed to a new preset. This is one of the centipedes you sent us.
- Student Is the bug alive ir dead?
- Guest Entomologist These bugs are dead
- Bugscope Team you can see the bases of the antennae (one is broken off), and you can see the mandibles, as well as palps that help taste and manipulate food
- Guest Entomologist those large crescent shape things are its fangs, they use those to deliver their venom
- Student dead I'm sure
Bugscope Team yes Travis -- all of the bugs in the 'scope are dead, the way we received them, fortunately for us. They are also coated with gold-palladium so that they do not charge up with electrons
- Student Thats cool
- Student Are these the fangs?
Bugscope Team these are in front of the actual fangs
- Guest Entomologist that looks like its palps that help the centipede manipulate its food
- 10:38am
- Bugscope Team here you go, Travis!
- Bugscope Team Travis I just gave you control of the microscope.
- Bugscope Team although you can see, perhaps, that I have been driving in the meantime
- Student Cool you can let taylor try
- Bugscope Team Travis you also have the option of choosing from among the presets on the lefthand screen (if you click the arrow to the left of the viewing screen)
- Bugscope Team taylor has control
- Bugscope Team Taylor is now the supreme ruler.
- Student i dont know how to do this.
Bugscope Team to drive manually, click on the image where you want the microscope to drive to. You can also click on the left arrow and select a different preset to jump to. there are also buttons at the top of the image to control magnification and focus
- Bugscope Team Cool!
- 10:44am
- Bugscope Team the things we see that look like potato chips are scales.
- Bugscope Team the silverfish scales refract silver light, so it looks like they are silver.
- Bugscope Team having scales, besides giving an insect color, is also helpful when the insect flies or runs into a spider web
- Bugscope Team the scales will stick to the spider web, and the insect can leave them there and slip away.
- Student sup foo
- Student very interesting.
- Guest hi there
- Guest shut up
- Guest who
- Student what do the ridges do on the scale?
Bugscope Team they make it stronger, like the ridges on a potato chip; but also, they reflect light at a certain wavelength
- Guest hey
Bugscope Team Hi Hey Man!
- Guest javan
- Guest hi i'm going to stop say ing hi hi there
- Guest whats up people
- Guest who know the game called roblox
- Guest know clue
- Student what is that line that looks like a hair?
Bugscope Team it might be a hair or it might be something else.
Bugscope Team Insects have hairs on their bodies that we call setae (pronounced see-tee)
- Guest hi there cate
- Bugscope Team actually, scales are also setae
- 10:49am
- Student cool
- Guest hello
- Guest who has ever play on a game on the computer named roblox
Bugscope Team Hey Man if it's alright with you, let's stick to insects, etc.
- Guest everybody say what state your are in right now
- Guest s.c.
- Guest south carolina
- Bugscope Team there are lots of students logged on -- please let us know if anyone would like to drive. Taylor is doing a good job, but someone else might want to drive...
- Student please do.
- Guest s.c. ( south caolina
- Guest i dont get it
- Guest SJ what state do you live in and taylor
- Guest ya dan't get it
- Bugscope Team Cerenity and Ashley have control now.
- Student Did you find any eyes on the scorpion tail?
Bugscope Team No! Do they have eyes? We found them on the head -- two kinds.
- Guest where do you live
- Guest Ummm?
- Student what is this
- Bugscope Team this is the tip of the stinger. you can see where the poison comes out\
- Bugscope Team We are located at the University of Illinois in Urbana
- Bugscope Team to the left is a pore that is clogged up, apparently
- Guest what state does everybody live tell me
- 10:54am
- Guest SJ
Bugscope Team I am in Illinois, same as Cate.
- Bugscope Team Cerenity and Ashley are doing a good job driving.
- Student Hey Man, can you please let my kids continue with their bugscope project? Thank you, Mrs. Bliss
- Guest cool does anybody know the game roblox
- Guest Hi
- Guest hello kitty
- Guest Hi Cool
- Student What is a Crane Fly
Bugscope Team When you sent us the insects, you labeled it as a mosquito fly. That is what we are looking at right now
- Guest what is a crane fly
- Guest Hello
- Bugscope Team this is where Cate savagely broke its neck putting it on the stub
- Guest hello
- Guest Entomologist crane flies look like large mosquitoes, but they don't bite, they also have really long legs
- Guest hi joe
- Guest Entomologist they either feed on nectar from flowers or not at all as adults
- Bugscope Team now you can see its compound eye
- Student .000000000000000000000
- Guest Im afraid of bugs
- Guest does anybody know the gam club penguin
- Guest what neck
Bugscope Team it's out of the image now
- Guest got to go
- Student maybe but maybe not
- Guest yes
- Student Does it have hair on it's eye?
Bugscope Team i don't see any from here, but there are insects that do
- Guest hello hey man
- 10:59am
- Bugscope Team I changed the settings so that Hey Man cannot log on anymore.
- Student Whats the thing on its eye?
Bugscope Team there is some dirt there; sometimes there's stuff we don't recognize.
- Guest ewwwwwwww!
- Guest Entomologist its a silverfish (ag= silver)
- Student What is the Ag fish thorax?
Bugscope Team ag fish is Silverfish. Thorax is the middle part of the insect where the legs attach
- Guest I found a lizard the other day
Bugscope Team we have looked at gecko feet before...
- Guest cool
- Student Thank you for explaining that to us, SJ.
- Guest why
- Student WOW!
- Student can we have controll next
- Guest Thank you
- Student is this the silver fish still
- Guest Entomologist yes
- Guest i'll be right back
- Guest why did you chang the setting so hey man can't get on
Bugscope Team he was disrupting things. I'm sorry.
- Student Whats a thorax?
- Guest Whats this
- 11:04am
- Guest Entomologist thorax is the part of an insect/arthropod between the head and the abdomen
- Guest that was not me that was hay man
- Guest Wow
- Student nice to know
- Bugscope Team insects have a head, a thorax, an abdomen, two antennae, and six legs
- Guest cool picks
- Student Why does the sliver fish have a claw?
Bugscope Team they have claws in many ways for the same reason we have hands -- to grasp things
- Guest Whats this
- Student Is the scorpion big or small
Bugscope Team the scorpions were all small, a very good size for Bugscope
- Student Thank you, SJ.
- Student Looks hiary and prickly
- Student We meant to put a ? at the end of that sentence.
- Student i dont know
- Student Thanks For the information Cate .
- Bugscope Team SJ = Scot on another computer...
- Student JI
- Student Does anybody have any request?
- Student I think all bugs have those hair lokking things on them,don't they?
- Student Why does it have hair on the claw?
Bugscope Team the exoskeletons aren't very sensitive like our skin is. They have hairs all over their body to help them sense what is around them. Cat whiskers are similar
- Student it looks like a pincher
- Guest Whats th coral looking thing in the corner
- Student well maybe that is not hair
Bugscope Team it is much like whiskers on a rat or a cat, as Cate said. Some hairs (setae) can also sense chemical smells, and some can sense hot/cold
- Student adding maddie
- Student nnnkm/jjjjjh;bulh'ijp
- Guest Entomologist If you go outside at night with a black light, scorpions will glow
- Student no it just cant controll the poison
- Student Does a small scorpion have more poison than a large scorpion?
Bugscope Team a larger scorpion would have a larger venom sac but that doesn't mean it is more venomous. The concentration could be deadlier for the smaller scorpion. I do know that none in the US are deadly for adults. The most they can do is make the area they sting numb for about a day
- Guest Thats relly cool
- Bugscope Team let's give Javan and Christopher control now.
- Guest What this
- Student Is that the Beetle Claws face ?
- 11:09am
- Student wow I did not know it glows
- Student it looks like a crab
- Student LOL
- Guest Entomologist for scorpions
- Bugscope Team this, now, is the head of the moth
- Student is that a face of a bat
- Student LAWL
- Student or a moth
- Guest Does It Have hair
- Student looks very very hairy
- Bugscope Team you can see that the moth is covered with scales like the silverfish, and also like a butterfly or a mosquito
- Student That looks like the eye is a pearl or an egg
- Student i dont think it does
- Student it looks really furry
- Student yes it has hair
- Student Why does the moth have such big eyes?
Bugscope Team the big eyes help the moth to see all around it, almost 360 degrees
- Bugscope Team the scales are modified setae
- Guest Entomologist (relative to its body size)
- Student hi
- Guest Entomologist the general rule is the smaller the claws of the scorpion the deadlier it is
Bugscope Team cool I didn't know that
- Student a claw
- Student it looks like a eagle
- Student is it a hot claw
- Student it looks like a small nclaw
- Student 360 degrees is alot how many claws do they have
- Student never mind
- Student All this stuff is so cool !
- Student Its tiny
- Student that moth claw looks awesome!
- Student What is it
Bugscope Team the curved part is one of the claws on the moth
- Student The pictures .
- Student I would have never gussed moths have claws!
- Student sorry
- Student no maybe it's for to hold on the wall
- Student that was cool
- Student True it does look like it has poison on it
- Bugscope Team poisonous things usually apply to things you consume like berries. Venomous applies to things that can sting you or inject you with chemicals
- Student it looks like a bunch of wood shavings
- Student It look's like shingles on a roof.
- Student it's scales not claws
- Student yep
- Student It looks like shingles on a roof of a house how and why does it look like that?
- Student The Moth claw kind of looks like the claw on a Drago's wings.
- Bugscope Team the scales look kind of like shingles. they also have a thermoregulatory function, meaning that they help the insect maintain its body temperature
- 11:14am
- Student I didn't know the moth had feathers or scales!
- Student Oops, *Dragon's
- Student I never released that the moth wing was like that!
- Student Can I have control
- Student that is how they were born
- Student Why are the scales shaped like that?
Bugscope Team we are not sure why they have that scalloped appearance
- Student Can we have control of the microscope?
- Student the moth wings looks like shingles
Bugscope Team they are pretty similar!
- Student Sj, May me and Maddie have control next? Please.
- Student it looks like a squid
- Student what about the moth head?
- Guest Entomologist The distinction cate made about poison and venom is really important
- Student Are those port holes?
- Student What are portholes?
- Bugscope Team earlier we had promised Faith and Zach control, which they now have.
- Student I think it's around the eye
- Student It looks like an eyeball and a plug in for a tv?
- Student all moths don't have poisin
Bugscope Team there is a moth that can drink blood! And some caterpillars are dangerous because their hairs have venom
- Student can we have control next
- Student Thanks SJ also the dots one of them is filled is that the eye of the AgfISH
Bugscope Team no we did not find the eyes on the silverfish this time
- Student is that a crab
- Student Are those claws
- Student What are those, teeth
- Student what's a rampant
- Student Rampant
- Student moth head!
- Student Is that a catapillar?
Bugscope Team we don't have any caterpillars in the microscope today
- Student actualy it's a scorpion
- Student Why does the Agfish have hair on it
Bugscope Team the hairs (setae) help the insects sense their environment because their exoskeleton is like a shell, or like armor, and they need to be able to feel things through that armor
- Student those r big eyes
- Student May we have control next?
- Student It looks like a tooth
- Bugscope Team Scott said it was rampant because it was standing up
- Student scorpion!
- Student cause its an angle fish
- Student click on the arrow on the left to see the bug parts and there names
- Student It is a Moth Head
- Bugscope Team 'rampant' is a joke -- it means that the scorpion is standing up
- Student what is a rampant ?
- Student It looks like a sredded paper sculpture.
- Student moth head
- Student r those its teeth
- Student thats a moth right
- Student look at the tongue
- Student that discusting thing is hairy
- Student Wow I didn't know that moths look like that
- Student yes!
- Guest Entomologist no, moths and insects don't have teeth
- 11:19am
- Bugscope Team if you look at coats of arms, they may have 'lions rampant' on them; it means that the lions are standing up.
- Student how
- Student oh
- Student How many parts does this insect have?
- Guest Entomologist the moth's "mouth" is actually the tubular curled thing in front of the eye, called a proboscis
- Student Can we have control next?
- Student what are ducts
- Student What are the poison ducts?
- Student much poison does a centipede have?
- Student it looks like an ant farm
- Student poisin ducs of a centipede
- Bugscope Team some insects that eat more solid food do have some chewing mouthparts- mandibles, which are hinged where they swing open like a gate
- Student it looks like a leaf
- Guest Entomologist they use it to suck up nectar from flowers, tears from a mammal, or even blood (only one species, in russia, i think)
- Student how much poison does a centipede have?
- Student is that seaweed or cheese
Bugscope Team this is among the last several segments of the centipede, where we find these pores
- Student it looks like whole bunch of holes.
Bugscope Team yes it does
- Student they look like craters
- Student Is this a type of insect that lives in the tree
- Student poison ducts are things poison come out of.
- Student yeah
- Student What are thode holes
- Student it looks like slimy worm holes
- Student it's poison
- Student poison comes out of the holes
- Student how much poison does a centipede have?
- Student it looks like worm holes
- Bugscope Team this was on one of your green centipedes
- Student is that a spike?
- Student look at the patteren
- Guest Entomologist be back in a bit
- Student is that a hair
- Student poison ducts are cool looking
- Student gross
- Student yes
- Student Is That a worm?
- Student is that a hair
- Student Or Parasite?
- Student centipede
- Student i think it is a claw
- Student maybe
- Bugscope Team centipedes are arthropods, meaning that they have jointed limbs and jointed bodies, but they are not insects, nor are millipedes or scorpions
- Student What is that stuff that looks like potato salad connected to that?
- Student Are there ducts in there tails?
Bugscope Team yes near the tail
- Student What is all that stuff inside the holes ?
- Student What is the claw for ?
- Student what is the spike?
- Student How much can a centpede grow
Bugscope Team it depends on the species, and in part where it lives
- Student how many legs does a centipede have
- Student cool
- Student That looks like brocoli
- Student wich part is the poison?
- Student what is it
- Student That spike looks like a worm coming out.
- Student Is that dirt over by one of the poison ducts?
- Student What is the gold stuff that comes off a moth wing?
Bugscope Team those are scales -- they seem like powder to us. but now you know what they really look like
- Bugscope Team i have to say anything that has that many legs and/or that squirms about like the centipede makes me squeamish.
- 11:24am
- Student that big blob is maybe poison
Bugscope Team it's probably dirt. Venom usually comes out as a liquid and will dry as a film on the bug
- Student how much poison does a centipede have ?
Bugscope Team Destiny I am not sure anyone knows the answer to that. It regenerates poison as it lives.
- Student what are those
- Student it has a lot of legs
- Student does the poison come out it's head?
- Student it looks like a crab
- Student can you zoom in mare please
- Student Are those pinchers?
- Student Are those it's teeth?
Bugscope Team the 2 big curved parts are the mandibles, which are similar to teeth
- Student it looks a mouth
- Student Why are its arms crossed
- Student It looks like pinchers
- Student how many prongs are there in a centapedes
- Student to get the poison out
- Student i think they are
- Student it looks like claws on its head
- Bugscope Team the things that are curved and kind of hairy are palps, and the smoother curved things are the fangs
- Student The head remains me of a crab .
- Student what is that claw thing sticking out?
- Student May we have control please.
- Student Is that it's tongue?
- Student Does it have poison when it bites?
- Student the head looks like a ants.
- Student Is a moth scale the same as a reptile or differfent?
Bugscope Team it's different, but sort of the same idea
- Student very good info cate
- Student Are those teeth and a tongue?
- Student Where are its eyes?
- Student what does this eat on a normal daily basis
- Student where is the poision ?
- Student how does a centipede chew it's food?
Bugscope Team I think they suck their food up the same way a spider does, but I am not sure. Scorpions are said to be unique, in a way, because they do chew their food.
- Bugscope Team the ends of the fangs might have some pores where venom can come out
- Student What does it eat?
- Student that looks like baby feet
Bugscope Team haha
- Student Do you think that centipede has teeth?
Bugscope Team no it doesn't have teeth, but it does have chewing mouthparts
- Student very intresting looking I never thought it would look like this
- Student Are those eyes?!
Bugscope Team the eyes are at the top of the head, this is the underside
- Student What is under the head
Bugscope Team I think those are mouthparts, like papls
- Student does it eat ants
- Bugscope Team oops Keeton I mean like palps.
- Student are those teeth ?
- Student cate good info
- Student looks like a brain
- 11:29am
- Bugscope Team we do have a couple of presets you can see on the left where the eyes are in view
- Student well I dont know were the eyes are
Bugscope Team they're on the other side of the head -- this is the bottom side of the head
- Bugscope Team one of the scorpions looks like it has 2 big eyes, while another looks like it has 6 smaller sized eyes
- Student it looks like a ducks foot
- Student Can I have control of the mircoscope, plese?
Bugscope Team Ethan1 and Ethan2 now have control.
- Student it looks like a blanket that someone folded
- Student whats a crainfly
- Student is that there tungue
- Student what is a cranefly?
- Student that looks like a duck foot
- Student maybe
- Student Whats a cranefly?
Bugscope Team you know it as a mosquito fly
- Student it looks like a duck foot
- Student I think that is when it sucks someting
- Student does that have teeth because it looks like a leg how does it live?
- Student What is a haltere?
- Student What is a haltere?
- Bugscope Team this is one of the halteres, which are weighted things that look like punching bags. they're used to counter balance the motion of the wings of a fly
- Student Is that their tongue???
Bugscope Team this is the haltere on the crane fly. It beats opposite the wings giving it a gyroscopic effect
- Student What is cranefly ?
Bugscope Team it looks like a huge mosquito but does not bite
- Student ok
- Student it looks like a hairy foot
- Student what does it do?
- Student Can you zoom in please?
Bugscope Team Ethans that was a request...
- Student I find it interesting that a moth claw is sharper than a bettle claw?
- Student what is that thing it looks like a ducks foot
- Student wow that looks very hairy
- Student thats really hairy
- Student It looks very pointy
- Student is that a tranchala
- Student hats a haltere? sjis writing a reply
- Student Is that a leg?
- Student `1
- Student What part of the stinkbug makes it stink?
Bugscope Team they have little glands on the sides around the middle of the insect
- Student it looks like a cactus
- Student What is all that hair like stuff ?
Bugscope Team some of it's hair, and some of it is stuff the insect picked up after it died
- Student How does the stink bug use thier claw
- Student what is it
- Student how many claws do they have
- Student where do stink bugs live
- Student whats a haltere?
Bugscope Team it is a modified hindwing that is found in Diptera -- the flies. They are called Diptera because they have two wings. The haltere swings opposite the beat of the wing to balance the motion of the fly while it is in the air.
- 11:34am
- Student Is that all of it's hair?
- Student Are those spikes ?
Bugscope Team those are thicker hairs that are mechanosensory, which means they are more for telling the insect when it touches something else
- Student you are correct cate
- Student what do stink bugs smell like
- Student Doe's it have hair ?
Bugscope Team it looks like hair, but we call it 'setae,' or microsetae, or trichae, or bristles, or spines
- Student do all bugs have claws
Bugscope Team most of them do
- Student What is a palp ?
- Student what is a black beetle palp?
- Student What is a palp
- Student what do you think it looks like
- Bugscope Team Emily, Lily and Maddie have control now.
- Student what is palp
- Student ?
- Student Do bettles climb with there claws or something else?
- Student Is that part of an eyeball?
- Student is that hair
- Student What does the palp eat
- Student how does the stink bug grab things with the claw it looks hard.and what is a palp?
Bugscope Team there is a tendon that is tightens and that pulls the claw shut.
- Bugscope Team palps often have short setae on them that are chemosensory, like tastebuds
- Student what is that
- Student Any request for pictures?
- Student Thank You SJ for the Information
- Student it is like round
- Student It looks like a stick with splinters
- Bugscope Team the tendon is called an 'unguitractor.'
- Student thats cool
- Student its that one of the beatles
- Student its cool
- Student what does it do?
- Student claws
- Student can we controll it please
- Student Is the claw the foot
Bugscope Team we use the terms loosely sometimes, but the claw is on the last segment of the tarsi, which are the 'forearm' segments of the limb.
- Student what are moth claws used for
- Student It looks like the claw has poison on it
- Student Are the claws used for griping? If so, how?
- Student what does it do with it's claw
- 11:39am
- Student Why does the moth have a claw?
Bugscope Team they use their claws sort of for the same reason we use our hands -- the grasp things
- Student i didnt now moth had claws
- Bugscope Team d'oh "to grasp things"\
- Student I wonder how many they have?
- Student May we have control next?
- Student are claws to bite or to grip
- Student Is the claw next to the foot?
- Student I thought beetles had a smooth like exo skeleton
- Student Does it have feathers?
Bugscope Team the scales look like feathers, and in some ways they have similar functions
- Student what is the fuzzy thing next to the claw
- Student why does the moth claw look like a cat claw?
- Student What do moths do with there claw?
Bugscope Team they hold onto places where they might land mostly. So a light breeze won't blow them off their perch or something
- Student Are those scales?
- Guest Entomologist lots/most insects have tarsal claws
- Student I didn't Know Moth's had claws and what do thay use them for do any other flying bugs have claws?
Bugscope Team yes lots of insects have claws, like wasps, bees, flies, beetles....\
- Student How many claws do they have?
Bugscope Team usually two pairs per leg, and six legs
- Student what do with there claws
- Student Wow I didn't know that .
- Guest Entomologist like cate and scott have said, they're for hanging on to a substrate, or get a better hold on something
- Bugscope Team oops I mean one pair per leg and six legs
- Student Do they use claws for protection
- Guest Entomologist moths are not blind
- Student Do you have any request to put a picture up?
- Student Does the claw have poisin on it
- Student Are moths blind
Bugscope Team no they have very good eyes
- Student stinkbug please
- Guest Entomologist most moths feed on nectar from flowers
- Student does the moth ueses the claw for prey?
- Student Thats a lot of claws
- Student I didn't know that moths had clwas.What is the claw srounded by?
- Student What do moths eat?
Bugscope Team most eat plant nectar
- Guest Entomologist some feed on tears from a mammal, and as cate mentioned earlier, also blood
- Student What do they use the claws for?
- Student if you touch a moths wing can it still fly?
- Student are moth color blined?
- Student is that hair, fur, or feathers behind the claw
- Student May we have control next?
- Student can we control plaese
- Student What is sticking out of the claw?
- Student Is a moth claw made of ceratain like our fingernails?
- Student Why do moths have hair right above the claw?
Bugscope Team those are usually where we see tenent setae, which are hairs to help the insects stand on walls
- Student can you see the claw without a microscope
- Student sj and cate are you the only bug scope mebers here
- Student How do moths see things like black and white etc.
- Student Theres a stinkbug for you.
- Student they use calws to pick up food i think
Bugscope Team they use their proboscis to get nectar from flowers; they use their claws to hold onto things
- Student it's an old man
- Student can moths sting?
Bugscope Team no, and if they pinched you with one of their claws you wouldn't feel it because they are so small
- Student What part of the stink bug?
- Student Very Different And Intersting
- Student does the sting bug sting
Bugscope Team some might. They could poke you with their proboscis
- Student oh thank you sj
- Bugscope Team there are also moths that suck blood, but they use their proboscises as well, not their claws.\
- 11:44am
- Student can we have control sj
- Student Does the hair above the claw balance it or grasp the wall?
- Student It looks like it has fangs
- Student do they use stink to protect them selves?/
- Student what are those his eyes
- Student Do any bugs smell with their mouths
- Bugscope Team Angel... have control now. Then Amanda, then Jesus.
- Student What part of the stinkbug is the microscope looking at?
- Student why are stink bugs stinky?
Bugscope Team they want to deter animals and other insects from bothering (for example eating) them
- Student why does it have holes in its body
- Student SJ do stink bugs use chemicals inside to make bad smell?
Bugscope Team yes they do. They exude those chemicals from pores around their middle
- Guest Entomologist the claw is not made from keratin, the protein that makes the hard exoskeleton in insects is called chitin
- Student Does the hair above the claw balance it or grasp the wall?
- Student how does the stink bug stink
- Student on the moth
- Student what are those things coming out of its face
- Student maybe they gather every think out their
- Student can it fly
Bugscope Team yes
- Student Why do stinkbug use there stink?
- Student are those eggs
- Student Where's the stink bugs stink sack?
Bugscope Team it's on the ventral side (the underside) and it is between the 1st and 2nd sets of legs
- Guest Entomologist chitin is the main component, there are other proteins that are in there as well.
- Student what is anommatidia?
- Student what is in it.
- Student cranefly ommatidia do
- Guest Entomologist an ommatidia is a single unit in an insect's compound eye.
- Student where does it live
- Student How many Legs does a stink bug have ?
- Student What is a ommatidia?
Bugscope Team that is what the individual facets of the eyes are called; singular is ommatidium
- Student Are those Hiars, or are they claws?
- Student are those claws?
- Student is that hair
- Student are those triger hairs
- Student Oops, *Hairs
- Student how many eyes does it have
Bugscope Team 6. with claws at the end of each of the legs
- Student it looks like hairs on a human
- Student what are the spikes for?
- Student Why dose the cranefly ommiadite look like a bunch of bouncy balls bunched together?
- Bugscope Team these are microsetae; they do not connect to the inside of the body, and in this case they are on the wings anyway
- Student What part of the body is this coming from? Are those hairs?
- 11:49am
- Student why does it have those hairs
- Student is that hair on its wing
- Guest Entomologist the number of ommatidia an insect has varies quite a bit, from just a couple to tens of thousands
- Student What type of insect is this
Bugscope Team this is a cranefly - a type of fly, and this is one of its wings
- Student are those hairs?
- Student why does the cranefly wing have hair are they useful?
- Student Do centipedes have claws on every leg or just one in the center?
Bugscope Team they have claws on every leg. But it is a single pointed claw, not one with 2 parts
- Student does it have hair on it's wing?
Bugscope Team yes it does!
- Student why do thay have hair on there wings
Bugscope Team they may help add surface area to better hold onto the air, and they may also help keep the wing from sticking to a surface when it gets wet
- Student does it sting when it land on you?
Bugscope Team craneflies are harmless -- they do not sting\
- Student is that is the fly family
- Student are those molicules?
- Student Why do the silverfish scales look like lily pads?
- Student they look like rose peddels that have fallen to the ground.
- Student wow that looks cool
- Guest Entomologist The crane fly is in the order of flies (diptera), but not the same family as mosquitoes (culicidae)
- Student eww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Student Is it in the misquito family?
- Student is that an eye of a cranefly?
- Student Are those the stink sack
- Guest Entomologist mosquitoes have a stout proboscis for its mouth part
- Student that looks like they open up
- Guest Entomologist craneflies do not
- Student How do you tell the differance from a mosquito and a crane fly?
Bugscope Team craneflies are very large and kind of clumsy, with long legs. mosquitoes are smaller and quicker, more agile
- Student Is this in the mesquito family or fly family
Bugscope Team mosquitos are a type of fly
- Guest Entomologist the family the crane flies are in is Tipulidae
- Student I always thought mosquito eaters are cranefly, are they the same?
Bugscope Team yes they are the same
- Student Why do stink bugs produce stink?
- Guest Entomologist crane fly larvae can sometimes feed on mosquito larvae, but adults do not feed on mosquitoes
- Student Can you put up a picture of a butterfly? If you have one.
Bugscope Team we don't have a butterfly in the microscope, but the moth looks very similar to one
- Student is a silverfish a fish or bug?
Bugscope Team it's an insect
- Guest Entomologist stink bugs produce stink as a deterrence to predators
- Student do craneflys eat musquito
- Student Where is the stinkbug glan duct located on the body?
Bugscope Team it is on the underside, and I think it is between the first and second sets of legs
- Guest Entomologist their scent has a hint of cyanide in it, which is poisonous to most things
- 11:54am
- Student are those vains on the bug that pop out?
- Student Is a centipede claw small like a moth claw or big?
- Student Do they work like the pores on our skin/face?
- Student thats alot
- Student when the stink feels in danger does it spray
- Student it looks like a rock wall
- Student Do those glands make the chemicals that releases the stink
Bugscope Team the glands are on the inside of the body. we think these are absorbent tissues that help keep the stink away from the stinkbug
- Student It looks like a bubble
- Student it looks like scales
- Student are they
- Student Why do they have bubbles?
- Student are their stink glands all over their body?
Bugscope Team only on the underside, and there are two openings from which the stink comes
- Student what does the stink bug eat SJ?=)
- Guest Entomologist centipedes don't really have "claws" per se. Their claws are single pointed, really just the end of their legs.
- Student How big is the stinkbug glan duct?
- Student Is it filled with the stink?
- Student are those the pores and sweat
- Student where is the stink stored?
- Student or is that blood cells
- Student they look like pumpkin seeds.
- Student is the goo on the bottom the stink?
Bugscope Team we think it is something else, but it could be the liquid from the stink
- Student What is the circle in the bottom right corner?
- Student what is is that big sphere
Bugscope Team often we see things that we do not recognize, like that
- Student tiny claws
- Student Why are there so many stink glands why not one big one?
Bugscope Team there are only two stink glands, on the inside of the exoskeleton
- Student Are those eggs?
Bugscope Team no they aren't eggs
- Student What is a rampant?
- Student Why are there small bubbles and large bubbles?
Bugscope Team not sure, really, sort of like soap bubbles
- Student Is that the stinger?
- Student Whats a scorpion rampart?
- Student Are Thos baby scopion claws coming out
Bugscope Team the little ones in the middle are for chewing food
- Student Can you zoom in please.
- Student that lookes like a shell
- Student Thanks for the info
- 12:00pm
- Student Why do they have hairs?
- Student is that hair?
- Student it looks like a crabs claw
- Student does a scorpion have paralizing venom?
- Student what is the frame of this image beacuse it looks like a crab?
- Student why does it have hair on it
- Bugscope Team if you look at someone's coat of arms, for example if they come from an old British or European family, sometimes they have stags or lions or some other animal on them that is standing up. In heraldry, standing up is referred to as 'rampant.'
- Guest Entomologist a lot of the hairs are for sensory reasons, since the arthropod is protected by a hard "impenetrable" shell, they need a way to sense their environments
- Student Do they have hair and if so, what is this body part used for?
- Student What is the cranefly thoracic spiracle
- Student what is the spiracle?
- Student ?
- Student It looks very fuzzy
- Student what is that
- Student What is That is looks like furr ?
- Student Whats a thoratic spiracle?
Bugscope Team it is where the insect breathes. They don't breathe through their mouth/nose like we do
- Student What's the hole in the middle
- Student What is the cranefly thoracic spiracle?
- Student that is so cool
- Bugscope Team now you can see the head, to the right
- Student what is that hole
- Student Is that a nostril on the far right side?
Bugscope Team a spiracle is much like a nostril
- Guest Entomologist this is a spiracle, it's where oxygen travels into the insect. Inside the insect, there is a series of tubes that bring this oxygen throughout the body to every single cell
- Student Was the cranefly neck broken when you recived it?
- Student is that its mouth?
Bugscope Team to the right
- Student its a cranfly
Bugscope Team yes it is!
- Student it lookes like a egg comiing out
- Student it looks like it is laying on a stone
- Guest Entomologist they do not rely on a circulatory system like we do for cycling oxygen
- Student could you please zoom into the neck?
- Student why is there hair
Bugscope Team the tiny hairs we see form patterns that let other insects recognize the particular insect
- Student Is it broken?
Bugscope Team yeah Cate did it
- Student what is the for
- Student joe,does it breath through the tubes called traceta
- Student is that a big black eye?
- Student Is That ther lungs?
Bugscope Team they don't really have lungs, but they have tubes called tracheae that take oxygen to the internal organs
- 12:05pm
- Student Is that were people get the idea of monsters?
Bugscope Team certainly in part
- Student It looks like a rug!
- Student what is this
- Student how many lenses does a cranefly have on each side
Bugscope Team probably several hundred to a few thousand
- Student It looks like a bunch of little caves in one big cave
Bugscope Team that helps filter out dust
- Student What are the hairs?
- Student And what do they do?
- Student it kinda looks like barbwire
- Student what is the hole for
Bugscope Team it is what the cranefly breathes through
- Student what is it
- Student what is this part
Bugscope Team this is the spiracle, one of them, which is what lets air into the body of the insect
- Student What is This ?
Bugscope Team this is part of the spiracle that is attached to the trachea
- Student It Looks Like A Bees Nest
- Student oh wow that's really Intresting ,Thank you .
- Student do they have more than one breathing whole
- Student so this is a thorax
- Student May we please have control?
- Student What are the hairs, and what do they do?
Bugscope Team the hairs have different functions, and often they are their because the insect does not have a nose that smells, nor skin with nerve endings in it
- Student Are those cucumbers?
- Student Is y
- Student Is that it's legs ?
- Bugscope Team two claws and the mouthparts
- Student is that the bottom of its claws
- Student What is a chalicerae?
Bugscope Team chelicerae are comparable to jaws or mandibles
- Student it looks like a claw with eyes by it
- Student what are the claws for esem?
- Student what is all around it
- Student Why does it look like a crab/lobster
Bugscope Team it's well armored like one, but they aren't related
- Student Is that the claws of a scorpion!
Bugscope Team yes at the top
- 12:10pm
- Student is this the top of the scorpion
- Student What are those indents at the top?
- Student may we have control\
- Bugscope Team crab/lobsters are crustaceans and are related to rolypolys. Scorpions are arachnids- related to spiders
- Student It looks like it has 4 pinchers
Bugscope Team it has those big ones, and the small central ones as well
- Student in the back round is there a bug
Bugscope Team the background is carbon tape. It is how I get the insects to stick to the stage
- Student what is that
- Student what are the holes for
- Guest Entomologist whoa that looks cool
- Student What are the pits above the chelicerae?
Bugscope Team the pits are in the doublestick carbon tape we use to make the insects/arthropods adhere to the stub
- Student What are those Lines and spots ?
- Student what are those black lines
- Student What do scorpions eat?
Bugscope Team they eat mostly insects, but the larger ones can eat lizards
- Student WHAT IS THE CHEICERAE.
Bugscope Team they are the biting/chewing (in this case) mouthparts
- Student Why do the scorpions choliacriels have a bunch of dents in it
- Student Can a silverfish live on water?
Bugscope Team no it would drown
- Bugscope Team now you can see the edge of the world here
- Student what is that black thing?
- Bugscope Team the silverfish would close its spiracles so water did not get inside its body, but it cannot live long in water
- Student that is a lot of holes
- Student What are the little holes in the body?
- Bugscope Team this is how carbon tape can look
- Student What are the small hole things for?
- Student Are those vans
- Bugscope Team this isn't a bug, just tape
- Student what are those indents
Bugscope Team those are tiny craters in the tape we use to adhere the bugs to the stage
- Student is that the inside of a scorpion?
- Student Are those vanes?
- Student gngngngngng
- Student thats awsome
- Student What is carbon tape?
- Student Those look like germs that you can only see through a microscope.
- Student what are those
- Student Is it possible for an insect to smell smells
Bugscope Team yes it is! they are very sensitive to smells, but they use their setae, some of them, to pick up scents from the environment. most of the chemosensory setae are on the antennae
- Guest Entomologist yes! insects have amazing olfactory senses, at least a lot of them do.
- Student i mean tape
- 12:15pm
- Student Can we have control?
Bugscope Team you have it now
- Student What are those things standing up on it's head ?
- Student what are those things comeing out
- Student is it poisonouis
- Student scot does all the bugs have hair?
- Student and did you use special ingredients for it
- Student can we have the contrl next please
- Student Are they poisonous?
Bugscope Team no I don't think so
- Student Do silverfish have eyes?
Bugscope Team ys but they were covered up on this guy
- Student After Ryder and Noah, May we have control?
- Student Are those hairs their sensors?
- Student is silverfish really fish or an insect that looks like a fish?
- Student May we have control after Ryder and Noah?
- Guest Entomologist the haltere is a modified form of the hind wings in flies, it helps then with flying
- Guest Entomologist balance, gyration, etc..
- Student How sticky is this tpe
Bugscope Team it's as sticky as scotch tape
- Student wow thats weird
- Student is that a stinger
Bugscope Team yes it is -- a scorpion stinger
- Student why is it sticky?
- Student thank you esem
- Student how powerful is the stinger?
- Student Did you know that scorpion can stun their pray?
- Student Where are the eyes?
- Student (\_(\
- Student Can you please show us the scopion eyes on the stinger/
Bugscope Team we did not realize that the scorpion had eyes on its stinger, and we do not see where they are -- sorry
- Student Can you please show us the eyes on the scorpin stinger?
- Student is that a poison squrter
- Student Why are there eyes on the stinger?
- Student can a scorpion pinch or just sting?
Bugscope Team they could pinch you
Bugscope Team it would probably be similar to a small crab pinching you
- Student Are those the eyes?
- Bugscope Team this is the stinger not the head
- Student what are those hairs on it
- 12:20pm
- Student Do all bugs have a certain thing in common?
Bugscope Team all insects have a head, a thorax, an abdomen, six legs, and two antennae
- Bugscope Team the presets "Scorpion Ramant" and "Scorpion Head with eyes" shows eyes
- Bugscope Team rampant
- Student it looks like a sword fish mouth
- Student witch one hurts more getting pinched or stung?
- Student We learned that scorpins have 5 to 6 eyes on your site
Bugscope Team we can show you six eyes on the rampant scorpion
- Student What are the bumps?
- Student Why do scorpions have piosion
- Student can it kill humans
- Student Yes please.
- Student how long does it take to do all the pictures and where is all the poison stored at
- Bugscope Team okay this was me driving
- Student why are the eyes located on the stinger
- Bugscope Team you can see six eyes here
- Guest Entomologist those are the mandibles of the scorpion, used to chew its food
- Bugscope Team three at the top left and three in the lower middle area, all on the edge of the carapace that goes from NW to SE
- Student where are the six eyes at?
- Student it looks like a foot
- Student those look like crabs
- Student cate are those baby pincher
Bugscope Team those are chelicarae, which are kind of like chewing mouthparts
- Student where are the six eyes located
Bugscope Team there are 3 of the eyes
- Student hats a haltere? sjis writing a reply\
- Bugscope Team three eyes here...
- Student oops
- Student that look's like a crab.
- Student Are those eyes?
- Student Are those teeth with hair on them?
- Student it look
- Bugscope Team two eyes here
- Student what insect is this
- Bugscope Team three eyes here
- Student what is that
- Student Can you please give us control next?
- Student What are those three little bumps?
Bugscope Team Shadow those are the eyes
- Student can we have control please?
Bugscope Team got it!
- Student what are the pointy sticks
- Student why does it have balls
- Bugscope Team it looks like this scorpion has eight eyes
- 12:26pm
- Student are those the eyes?
Bugscope Team the round little balls are the eyes. It has simple eyes
- Guest Entomologist the pointy sticks you're referring to are the setae, sensory hairs on the surface
- Student What are those bumps on the right side?
- Student do the stingers on ther scorpion also kill other bugs
Bugscope Team they can for sure
- Student what are the holes
- Student Why are the eyes covered up ?
- Student are those eyes?
- Student what is the holes
- Student can we have it next
- Student What are the holes?
- Student What are those whole things for?
Bugscope Team we are not sure but we think they might exude chemicals that would deter ants
- Student what is a agfish
- Student what is that
- Student what is a agfish
- Student is an agfish a silverfish
Bugscope Team yes, the chemical abbreviation for silver is Ag
- Student what is that
- Student could i have control
- Student that is awesome where do they live?
- Student is an agfish a type of bug?
- Student is that a eye
- Bugscope Team Amanda and Heaven now have control.
- Student are the little white things vanes
- Student Is that part of an eye?
Bugscope Team no this is on the thorax of the silverfish.
- Student What are portholes?
- Student what is that that thing
- Student cate can we please have control next
- Student Can we have control in a bit? Thank you!
- Bugscope Team we are going to have to leave in a few minutes so we can let researchers use the microscope.
- Bugscope Team this is either where they can breath or where they can exude a chemical to deter possible threats
- Student is it a eye
- Student what is that
- Student that is white
- Student Can we have control? Thanks!
- Student what is a palp?
- Student what is a palp?
- Student is a black beetle poisonous?
- Student Why do scorpions have eyes on its tail
Bugscope Team they don't have eyes on their tails. They may have bumps there. That is just part of their armor
- Student Thank you so very much! Mrs. Bliss and 5th grade team:)
- Student what are thows
- Student what is the black
- Bugscope Team Thank You!
- 12:31pm
- Student what is the palp
Bugscope Team it is how insects taste or move around food. You can see the little round parts, those are like tastebuds
- Student Are these the legs of the black bettle?
- Bugscope Team We are sorry the Teachers were not able to drive, or even talk!
- Student what is the white
- Student that is cool
- Student Is that fire
- Bugscope Team that had never happened before, not in 13 years
- Student what are thoes bumps
Bugscope Team they're kind of like tastebuds
- Student what isthat
- Student is waiting to reply...
- Student It is all about our kids so we are happy!
Bugscope Team good deal
- Student Sj, May we have control in a bit? Thank you!
- Student it looks like crab legs.
- Bugscope Team You all it is time for us to go. I'm sorry.
- Guest Entomologist later!
- Bugscope Team https://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2011-147
- Student Tahnk you :)
- Student THANK YOU
- Student thank you!
- Student thank you
- Student thank you!
- Student Thank you!'!!!!
- Bugscope Team Thank you, Joe!
- Student THANK YOU!!!
- Student thank you
- Student thank you good bye
- Student thanks and good bye
- Student THANK YOU
- Student Thank You so very much !
- Bugscope Team this was really fun for us
- Student Thanks good bye. We learned a lot from you.
- Student Thank You! Goodbye!
- Student thank you bye bye see you
- Student THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Bugscope Team thanks for sending us some fun insects to look at!
- Student Thank you so very much we learned a lot!
- Student Thank so much we had so much fun!
- Student thanks for the info.
- Student thank you so much we learned so much thank you and bye
- Student thanks!!!
- Student thanks!
- Student Thank you, we had a lot of fun and learned a lot from you!
- Student Thanks we learned a lot Bye!
- Student is that a cacti
Bugscope Team it's a beetle claw
- Bugscope Team Bye you all!
- Student Thank u for asking our questions!!!!
- Student thank you
- Bugscope Team this is the inside of the chamber
- Bugscope Team we're venting the microscope so we can take the sample stage out
- Bugscope Team soon it will be open to the room
- Bugscope Team Thank you, Everyone!
