Connected on 2012-09-28 08:00:00 from Cherokee, Georgia, United States
- 7:18am
- Bugscope Team putting the sample in in a sec
- Bugscope Team sample is in the 'scope and pumping down
- Bugscope Team as soon as the sample is pumped down we will start making presets for today's session
- 7:29am
- 7:35am
- 7:40am
- Bugscope Team now we're making presets...
- 7:46am
- 7:51am
- Bugscope Team good morning!
- Bugscope Team Welcome to Bugscope!
- Bugscope Team We have one or two more presets to make for today's session.
- 7:57am
- Bugscope Team can you read this?
- Bugscope Team we are ready to roll!
- Bugscope Team hello!
- Bugscope Team can you read this?
- Bugscope Team if you cannot see the stinkbug and the text below, it is possible you will need to modify your screen resolution
- 8:03am
- Bugscope Team you should see a central screen with a stinkbug on it, just now, and to the left and right are blue circles with arrows in them
- Bugscope Team directly beneath the central screen is the chat box
- Bugscope Team you have control of the microscope and can change mag, click to center, select from any of the presets on the lefthand screen by clicking on them...
- Bugscope Team Hello!
- Teacher we are having trouble connecting. I'm trying to get them there.
- Bugscope Team Yay! You are on now!
- Bugscope Team when you open the individual computers you do not need to log in as yourself. You can log in as a student, and it will not require a password
- 8:09am
- Bugscope Team once you are on as the Teacher, the software recognizes the other computers from the same general domain as coming from your school. so you don't need your password
- Bugscope Team Hello VBull, Bulldogs, Caden, Valentina and Nira, Lizeth Cade, Fa Fa...
- Bugscope Team welcome to Bugscope!
- Bugscope Team Hello Pit Bull!
- Bugscope Team please let us know when you have questions
- Bugscope Team this is a super strange-looking fly
- Bugscope Team Hello Nick, Zack, Crystal, Chunyin, and Michelle!
- Student hello
- Bugscope Team Welcome to Bugscope!
- Bugscope Team Hi Zack!
- Student hi
- Bugscope Team can you see the fly?
- Student hi
- 8:14am
- Student hello
- Student hi
- Student yes
- Bugscope Team Hi Lizeth Cade!
- Student how long were you a sientise?
- Student yes
Bugscope Team awesome
- Bugscope Team please let me know when you have questions
- Student hey johanna
- Student hey its Johanna
Bugscope Team totally cool hello Johanna!
- Student hey
- Student WHAT ARE THES KIND OF BUGS
Bugscope Team this is a fly. we thought it was a housefly, but at higher magnification we can see that it has a kind of snout!
- Student do you have lady bags
Bugscope Team yes there is one on here as well
- Student HI
- Student yes
- Student how are you
Bugscope Team good! good! good! I am happy you are all on with us!
- Student do you have spiders
- Student what is this thing?
- Student we ment lady bugs
Bugscope Team there is one on there to the upper left of this fly
- Student why does it have like those strings
Bugscope Team the things that look like strings are bristles or hairs, more commonly called setae, and they help the insect sense its surroundings
- Student cool
- Student why do we have bugs?
- Student WHATS A STINK BUG
Bugscope Team It is a type of true bug that can emit a bad smell that discourages other insects and animals from eating it
- Student HOW DO YOU NOW ABOUT BUGS SO MUCH
Bugscope Team we have been working with them for a long time now
- Student Good Morning Scot - We are working out the "bugs" here. Love the pictures.
- Student do you have a stink bug
Bugscope Team yes we do!
- Student what is that on his noes
Bugscope Team there is some kind of dried film at the tip, not sure what it is
- Student show a nother bug
- Student whats the wasp head
- Student why does it have a big like a bump on it
Bugscope Team the bump to the left is the compound eye
- Student what is a writing a reply
- Student walking sticks?
Bugscope Team they are too big; if we get them we have to make them smaller to fit on the stub
- 8:19am
- Student what is this
- Student are they butterflies
- Student HOw do we changre the image of what we are seeing on the large screen?
Bugscope Team I have given you, Hope 03, control, so you can drive
- Student IS THE ROLLIE POLLIE FAST
- Student why do you have bugs
- Student what is that animal
- Student what kind of rolly poly tarsus is it
Bugscope Team the tarsus is what we call the 'forearm' of an insect or in this case a crustacean, which is what rolypolies are.
- Student SCOT
- Student How did you catch those bugs
Bugscope Team sometimes we trap them under cups and them pick them up and freeze them
- Student that is a spider eyes
- Student show a nother one.
- Student HOW DO STINKBUGS STINK
Bugscope Team they have glands on the ventral side -- the underside -- that emit the bad smell
- Student do you have a ants
Bugscope Team not today, I'm sorry
- Student WHY IS IT HARRY?
- Student What is a spider eye look like
Bugscope Team they are kind of smooth, like what we see here -- that is, they do not have facets like compound eyes
- Student yes it is a spider eyes
- Student th is cool
- Student why does spiders have eyes around there head
Bugscope Team having them around their head is good so that they can see in more directions at once
- Student ANCER
Bugscope Team sorry what was your question?
- Student how many eyes do brown liceese spiders have?
- Student wear does a spider live
- Student how do you catch it
Bugscope Team we often trap them and then freeze them
- Student how do spider see
- Student We are going to move to the stinkbug head and compare to spider eye.
- Student how does it help him survive
- Student how does it see with hair
Bugscope Team it doesn't see with the hairs, which are called setae, but it senses vibration
- Student cool
- Student how do it suvirve rodney
Bugscope Team they do their best, and it is rough world for them
- 8:24am
- Student is this an ant
Bugscope Team this is the stinkbug's head
- Student no
- Student that is a ant
- Student where is the eye
- Student where is the mouth?
- Student nick
- Student why do spirder have 8 ess
Bugscope Team I think some have 6, but it is the spider's answer to what insects often do, which is to have bulbous compound eyes so they can see very well around them
- Student do a cool bug netx
- Student stinky
- Student how does a stinckbug survive
- Student WHY IS IT CALLED STINK BUG?
Bugscope Team because it produces a bad smell to discourage other insects and animals from bothering it
- Student WHY DOSE THE SPIDER HAVE 3 EYEBALLS
Bugscope Team they help it see in more directions at one time
- Bugscope Team this looks like a grasshopper, doesn't it?
- Student why does crickets chirp and have a big eye?
- Student HOW DOES A CRICKET JUMP?
- Student what do they eat
- Student why dose it chirp
- Student why do thay stay
Bugscope Team the insects and other 'bugs' are dead, and we have fastened them to a metal stub and put them into the electron microscope so we can see them up close
- Student DO STINK BUGS HAVE HAIR
Bugscope Team yes in a way
- Student what is a katydid look
- Student why is the eye so big
Bugscope Team just so it can see better and also in more directions at once
- Student were is the mouth
Bugscope Team it's sort of covered by a film, to the right
- Student why does it have no hair
- Student why do thay chirp?
- Student how do you know everithing about bugs
Bugscope Team we look things up and ask the entomologists lots of questions, and then we also have a lot of opportunities to see them
- Student why does it looks like a grass hopper
Bugscope Team they are related, like cousins
- Student WHY DO THEY FLY
Bugscope Team it helps them to be able to escape predators and also find food
- Student why does it have like that hard thing and its the one like up the tail
- 8:29am
- Student why does it look dark
Bugscope Team if the screen is dark, hit refresh on your browser
- Student why does it have big head
- Student way do yhay
- Student THANKS
- Student you are awesome
Bugscope Team haha Thank You!
- Student what is that
- Student yes
- Student WHY DO THEY DRINK BLOD
Bugscope Team blood has protein in it. insects take advantage of any kind of protein source (food)
- Student why does it have a long nose
Bugscope Team they don't have noses. It does kind of look like it has a beak though, doesn't it?
- Student what kind of wasp is it
- Student WHY IS THAT SO CROSS
- Student what kind of wosp is this
Bugscope Team it is a small black wasp, and I am not sure what kind it is
- Student shut up
- Student WHY ARE THAT SCARY
- Student I saw a fii
- Student ?
- Student how do they sting
- Student you are coo
- Student why do thay sting
Bugscope Team they sting to protect themselves for the most part. Some wasps will sting other insects to inject their babies into them. The babies will then eat the insect from the inside out.
- Student does it scoop blood
Bugscope Team none of the insects in the 'scope today drink blood
- Student why look lick that
- Student DO YOU HAVE ANY LARGE FLYS
Bugscope Team no just the little dude today
- Student YOUR COOL
Bugscope Team Hey Thank You!
- Student why does it have a big mouth
- Student is it dead scot
Bugscope Team yes I am sorry -- that is the only way to get them to be this still, but they also have to be very dry
- Student Ok, we will be out and then back within 5 minutes of leaving. Hopefully that's not a problem.
Bugscope Team that should work fine
- Student why is the mouth big?
Bugscope Team it's actually really small. The head itself is around 3-4 millimeters big
- Student YOUR WELCOME
- Student is it a jaw
- Student scot you are cool
Bugscope Team Thanks, Zack!
- Student what cined of wosp is this
Bugscope Team it was probably a yellowjacket
- Student WHAT IS THAT
- Student your awesome scott how do you know that much about bugs
- Student dose it take blood
Bugscope Team usually it is only mosquitoes and some flies like horseflies that drink blood
- Student ARE THOSE THE LEGS?
Bugscope Team these are the legs and claws from the katydid
- Student BYE
- Student why do crkits hop
Bugscope Team same reason you walk- it's how they get around
- 8:34am
- Student are those clase
- Student why does it have two claws
Bugscope Team the claws help them grasp onto things. Kind of like how we use our hands
- Student do you see the spikes
Bugscope Team yes -- they are often mechanosensory, meaning they sense touch like cat or rat whiskers
- Student what is that
- Bugscope Team bye
- Student bye scot
Bugscope Team Bye Nick!
- Student we ar living
Bugscope Team awwwww....
- Student We are walking out of the building for our fire drill. We will be right back. :)
Bugscope Team Cool!
- Student were do they live
- Student why does it have a long body
Bugscope Team sometimes it just helps to have a long body, depending on what you are doing
- Student is this hiar
- Student were having a fire dril
- Student ARE THEY GROSE
- Student WHY DO THEY HAVE SO MUCH SPIKS
Bugscope Team the spikes help them sense their environment
- Student WHAT ARE THE POINTY THINGS
Bugscope Team those are all setae, or hairs, that help the insect to feel what is going on around it. The exoskeleton is similar to a suit of armor, and if you were wearing a suit of armor you wouldn't be able to feel through it. The hairs help them with that
- Student CATE!
- Student is it a jaw
- Student by scot
- Student what is those strings
- Student why do thay defand tham savs
Bugscope Team so they can survive and produce more insects
- Student what is that hairy stuff
- Student IS THAT A LADY BUG
Bugscope Team this is indeed a ladybug!
- Student IS IT FURRY
Bugscope Team they look furry, but they sure don't feel furry most of the time
- Student is that a bone
Bugscope Team it is part of the exoskeleton; it is more like a shell
- Student it is relley furry
- Student it is hairy
- Student is that a bone at the end
Bugscope Team that it is the end of their leg where the claw is attached. It works kind of like a wrist
- Student why does it have hairs
Bugscope Team the hairs have multiple purposes: sensing hot/cold, sensing touch, sensing odors, and also keeping the temperature of the insect stable
- Student ARE THOSE CLAWS
Bugscope Team yes they are!
- Student bye
Bugscope Team Bye Nick! See you soon!
- 8:39am
- Student why do we have bugs
Bugscope Team some bugs are really helpful in that they eat decomposing materials
- Student WHAT DO LADY BUGS EAT
Bugscope Team they eat aphids, which are a garden/agricultural pest.
- Student what is that
- Student what is that
Bugscope Team those are the tiny tenent setae -- hairs that have sort of like suction cups at their tips so the insect can stick to surfaces
- Student ARE THOSE POTEY
- 8:44am
- Student WHAT ARE THOSE
Bugscope Team these are special setae, or hairs, on the ladybug near the claw. These hairs help them to walk on vertical surfaces like the wall
- Student no
- Student we are back to finish up. Let me know when we need to sign off. That you for being patient.
- Student WHAT IS THAT
Bugscope Team this is cool -- what we are looking at are the fine setae (hairs) that help the ladybug stick to surfaces
- Student WEIRD
- Student what is that
Bugscope Team they are setae with suction-cup like tips
- Student hi
- Student were can we find this kind of ladybug
Bugscope Team they are everywhere it seems
- Student why do the ladybugs have wigs
Bugscope Team it helps them get to their food. They kind of walk slow.
- Student what part of the lady bug is it
Bugscope Team this is on one of the arms
- Student were back
- Student what part of the ladybug is that
- Student do you have grasshopers
- Student what is that stuff
Bugscope Team setae that help the lady bug cling to surfaces
- Student what is that?
- Student what is it
- Student THEY LOOK LIKE TENIS RACKETS
Bugscope Team the shape does look like a tennis racket, but they work more like suction cups
- Bugscope Team let's take the magnification down so you can see where we are
Bugscope Team oops nevermind
- Student WHATS ITS CALLED?
Bugscope Team they are called tenent setae. Tenent comes from latin tenere- to hold
- Student WHATS THAT
- Student what is that
- Student how do they stink
- Student is that sckin
- Student what is that
- Bugscope Team this is one of the openings on the underside of the sitnkbug between the 1st and 2nd set of legs
- Student what is it
- Bugscope Team this is where the bad smell comes out
- Student why do stink bugs stink?
- Student dry sckin
Bugscope Team haha Yeah
- Student is it inside or outside
Bugscope Team this is an opening to the outside of the insect
- Student OK
- Student are those ticks
Bugscope Team no they aren't ticks. They do kind of resemble them. They are special areas on the exoskeleton that helps keep the stink bug from smelling its own stink
- Student HOW DO YOU NO IT
- Student what is that in side to scot
Bugscope Team it goes to a gland that produces the bad smell
- Student what does it drink
- Student CAN IT STINK UP THE HOUSE
Bugscope Team not the whole house. You would have to have a lot of stink bugs for that. Maybe just a small area of the house
- 8:49am
- Student why do stink bugs dot sting wen thay are not crush
Bugscope Team they don't have the ability to sting, although it is possible they could poke you with their mouthparts
- Student its clo
- Student waht do thay eat?
Bugscope Team I think they eat the sap in plants, mostly
- Student why does it have a claw
- Student if you are 1feet away from a stinkbug will it stink
- Student do they get stuck on you
Bugscope Team not badly
- Student ARE THEY SHARP
Bugscope Team these are sharp enough for the stink bug, but they are so small we wouldn't really feel them. It would be like a mosquito biting an elephant
- Student that is that!
- Student what do they eat ?
- Student why do they sting
- Student why is that puffy stuff
- Student CAN IT SCRACH YOU
Bugscope Team the claws are so small that they would only sort of tickle
- Student that ciaw is cool
- Bugscope Team this is the head of a caterpillar called a tobacco hornworm
- Student Where is the eye
- Student why does it have spots on it
Bugscope Team some of those spots are the eyes
- Student what do there eat
- Student WHAT ARE THE DOTS ON IT?
- Student why does it look wherid
Bugscope Team a lot of insects look weird, and especially caterpillars like this
- Student WHERE ARE THE EYES
Bugscope Team there are five or six eyes on each side of the head, and they look like bumps
- Student WERE IS THE MOTH
- Student were are it`s eyes
- Student is it poison
Bugscope Team this one is not poisonous
- Student dos the claw help
Bugscope Team it's sort of like the same way we use our hands
- Student what kind of cattipeller is it
Bugscope Team it is a tobacco hornworm
- Student s
- Student IS THAT BIG
Bugscope Team this one was only about an inch long, but they get as big as a fat finger
- Student gfgtregtfgbgcnes
- Student it is ugiey
Bugscope Team if we could see it in color it would be so pretty
- Student THAT IS BIG
- Student does it eat leaves
Bugscope Team I think that is what they do, so they can grow and then turn into a moth
- Student why does it have a lot of bumps
Bugscope Team caterpillars don't have compound eyes like the adult insects. A lot of larvae have simple eyes, kind of like a spider has. They will appear to be little bumps on their head
- Student what is an earwig
- 8:55am
- Student what is a earwig
Bugscope Team it is an insect that is a plant pest
- Student WHO ARE YOU CATE
Bugscope Team Cate made today's sample for us.
Bugscope Team I work with Scot in the lab at the University of Illinois.3
- Student COOL
- Student is that a claw
- Student COOL
- Student cool
- Student what dos it do
- Student what is that?
- Student you are cool
- Student is cool
- Student wow
- Student what is a earwig cercopods
Bugscope Team the pinchers, or pincers, are called cercopods
- Student WHAT ARE TOSE 2 BIG SPIKS
Bugscope Team those are the pinchers on the earwig
- Student WOW
- Student what is a that cool thaing
- Student IF THEY BITE WILL IT HURT
Bugscope Team I think it is more like a surprise pinch
- Student CAN IT STING
Bugscope Team no it doesn't have a stinger
- Bugscope Team this is a female earwig; we know because the males have a different shape of pincers
- Student what is that bumpy stuff
- Student Do those hurt if it bites
Bugscope Team I haven't been pinched by one that I know of
- Student can thay hert you?
Bugscope Team I don't think so, not really
- Student whst is it
- Student eeeeewwwww
- Student can this bite
- Student what is that
Bugscope Team this is called a haltere, and it is what flies have to balance the motion of their wings
- Student is that its claw
- Student yuuuuuuuuuuuuk
- Student what kind of part is it
Bugscope Team this is a haltere. They beat opposite the wings on flies. They help balance the fly when flying
- Bugscope Team you can see that it has those cool ridges on it close to the fly's body
- Student what is it
- Student what part of the wing is it
Bugscope Team it is considered a modified hindwing
- Student it looks cool and gross.
- Student what kind of fly is these
- Student it is cool
- Student what is that
- Student it is a fly haltere w wing scale
Bugscope Team yes the wing scale is the pronged things sticking up
- Bugscope Team the thing that looks like it is deflated is normally round like a ball
- Student is that part of the wing?
- 9:00am
- Student I know we are nearing the end of our session. Is there anything of interest we should check out that we haven't?
Bugscope Team we have seen most of what is on today's stub, but I just took us to one of the prolegs of the caterpillar
- Student what is the thing sticking out of it
Bugscope Team that was a scale sticking out
- Student can a fly cery tis baby
Bugscope Team I don't think they do carry their babies -- the babies are wriggly little worm-like things -- maggots
- Bugscope Team this is the 'proleg' of the tobacco hornworm larva, which is what the caterpilar is
- Bugscope Team the little hooks we see are called crochets
- Student They are asking if those are leg like
Bugscope Team they are accessory legs, in addition to the six 'normal' legs
- Bugscope Team the caterpillar has six more normal legs near its head, and at the end of the body, or along the rest of its body, it has these 'prolegs'
- Student What colors do they come in?
Bugscope Team they are generally green but have pinks and yellows on them as well
- Bugscope Team they become large moths
- 9:05am
- Bugscope Team the warmer weather helps to to survive more year round. There are also some the overwinter in people's homes
- Student I don't want to keep you too much longer. How do insects survive so well in the South like GA where we are?
Bugscope Team it is mostly the temperature staying warm so long, and the moisture, and the plants that also live longer into the winter
- Student Will I be able to print these images to save?
Bugscope Team I think so. They are all saved to your member page.
- Bugscope Team https://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2012-073
- Student They are wondering what a bacterium is?
Bugscope Team a bacterium is what a single bacteria is called. bacteria are what we often refer to as germs, although there are other germs as well. bacteria are tiny one-celled creatures that do not have nuclei like our cells do
- Student thank you
- Student thank you
- Student thank you
- Student thank you
- Student thank you
- Student Scot & Cate we are logging off. I have enjoyed it. We are losing attention span here.
- Student thank you
- Bugscope Team thanks for using bugscope this morning!
- Bugscope Team the things we see now that look like tiny whiffle balls are brochosomes, which are usually 250 to 400 nanometers in diameter and are produced only by leafhoppers.
- Bugscope Team Thank You Everyone!
- Student thank you so much and by
- Bugscope Team Bye you all!
- Student Scot Thank you
- Student thank youuuuuu
- Student I hope we weren't too trying. :)
- Bugscope Team no you were all great!
- Bugscope Team It was really fun to work with you. See you next year!
- 9:11am
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- Bugscope Team it's always great to talk directly with the kids
- Bugscope Team https://bugscope.beckman.illinois.edu/members/2012-073
- Bugscope Team that is your member page...
- Bugscope Team good bye, and thank you!
