Connected on 2012-10-30 09:30:00 from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 8:28am
- Bugscope Team sample is in 'scope and 'scope is pumping down
- Bugscope Team this is a CCD camera view of the inside of the microscope vacuum chamber
- Bugscope Team we are waiting for the vacuum to get better so we can turn on the electron gun
- Bugscope Team almost there
- Bugscope Team soon we will start making presets for this morning's session
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- 9:00am
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- 9:13am
- Bugscope Team good morning, Guyana!
- Bugscope Team welcome to Bugscope!
- Bugscope Team can you see this?
- Bugscope Team this is the head of a large beetle
- Bugscope Team today's school is due to connect in about 12 minuteds
- Bugscope Team minutes..
- 9:20am
- Bugscope Team please let us know if you have any questions
- Bugscope Team good morning, Marion!
- Bugscope Team Welcome to Bugscope!
- Bugscope Team this is the compound eye of the beetle you sent
- Teacher hi the class will be logging in shortly.
Bugscope Team great!
- Bugscope Team you have control, and we are ready to roll
- Bugscope Team in addition to the beetle you sent, we have a millipede, a centipede, a housefly, a spider, a yellowjacket, rolypoly...
- Bugscope Team also an earwig, a female
- 9:26am
- Bugscope Team this is the spider
- 9:32am
- Student what is that bugs name
- Student cool
- Bugscope Team this is a spider
- Bugscope Team we are looking at it from beneath its chelicerae; its fangs are in the forefront, and its eyes you can see along the top of the the view here
- Bugscope Team the chelicerae, or chelicers, are like large jaws that hold the fangs
- Student Very interesting
- Bugscope Team the fangs are folded inward toward each other
- Bugscope Team you can see lots of setae, as you also see in insects and other arthropods
- Student I never knewhat close up a spirder looked l
Bugscope Team they are pretty fearsome looking
- Bugscope Team I am sitting at the SEM and can control it directly. SEM = scanning electron microscope.
- Student interesting
- Bugscope Team spiders have lots of sensory setae, and some of them also have what are called urticating hairs, which they can release when they are bothered.
- Bugscope Team urticaria is itching, and the urticating hairs are an irritant to, for example, a dog sniffing the spider
- 9:38am
- Student is that a type of spider
- Student What type of spider is this ?
Bugscope Team this is some kind of house spider, sorry I don't know which
- Student how big is the bug?
Bugscope Team it was about 1.5 cm in diameter when it was alive
- Student Interesting!
- Student What are the pointy thigs on the spiders body
Bugscope Team those are some of the setae, which we think of as hairs
- Student How long does this spider live up to ?
- Student cool dose it kiil its own food
- Student what are those things sticking out of the spiders body
Bugscope Team those are setae that help it sense its environment
- Student how many bugs are in the world
Bugscope Team trillions, and hundreds upon hundreds of thousands of species
- Student what happens when a bee dies
- Student Why arent spiders insects
- Student are the pointe things on the spider is that needles
Bugscope Team those help the spider sense its surroundings
- Student IT the spider paralized
- Student ?
- Student Is this spider dead or...?
Bugscope Team yes it is dead
- Guest how big are the bugs
- Student how big is the bug now when its dead?\
Bugscope Team about a cm in diameter. Cate took some of its legs off so we could see it better
- Student when a spider has a baby what does it look like
- Student do all spiders have fangs
- Student what type of spider is this?
Bugscope Team it is some kind of house spider
- Student why does spider spin silk
- Student Is the spider poisonous?
- Student Are spiders harmful to humans?
- Student is that hair
- Student do all spiders have venom
- Student How much babys can a spider have each day
- Student how do spiders create the silk for their web
- Student Why arent spiders insects
Bugscope Team insects have six legs; a head, thorax, and abdomen; and two antennae. spiders have eight legs, no antennae, a cephalothorax (head/thorax...)
- Student how big can this spider grow up to
- Student If a spider bites you does it die ?
Bugscope Team no it does not die
- Guest how much bugs are posionous
Bugscope Team I think a small percentage, but many insects have chemicals they use to protect themselves against ants'
- 9:43am
- Student can spider live in the water?
Bugscope Team some live on the water, but I am not sure about beneath it
- Student are there different types of web ,materials other than silk
Bugscope Team there are different types of silk
- Student Will spiders ever run out of the silk used to make webs
Bugscope Team not if they eat. they actually are capable of recycling web
- Student How long does it take a spider to make its web ?
Bugscope Team sometimes a few hours
- Student cool
- Student how big can this spider grow up to
Bugscope Team probably only 2 cm or so
- Student how big can this spider grow up to
- Student how long can a spider live
- Student If we were to touch the spider would you feel those pointy things in its hair?
- Student how do spiders create the silk for their web
Bugscope Team they produce it from their spinnerettes
- Guest how long dose a spider live for
- Student How long will it take a spider to build a web?
- Student oh that is retty small
- Student does a spider brat
- Student really
- Student where do the ants go in winter?
Bugscope Team underground, usually
- Student how long can spider live
Bugscope Team that depends on the spider. It may only be a couple weeks or in the case of a spider like the tarantula, one could live for up to 12 years!
- Student how many know species of spiders are there in the world
- Student about how long does it take for a spider egg to hatch
Bugscope Team it really depends on the kind of spider; sometimes a few weeks, sometimes more
- Guest what d
- Student yes they are kevonte
- Student Are spiders a prey to other insects ?
Bugscope Team yes they are, but they are not insects themselves
- Student how much eggs can a spider make
- Student yes
- Student how does a spider get babys
- Student If all insects in the world were put on a scale and all humans were put on another scale which would weigh more?
- Student How do spiders protect themselves
- Student how much eggs can a spider make?
- Student hundreds of spider lukeasha
- Student why do the hairs on a tarantula cause an irritated feeling to organisms
Bugscope Team some of the hairs are spiny and get caught in the nostrils
- Student What do spiders eat?
Bugscope Team they feed off the liquified insides of insects or small animals (if it's a big spider)
- Student Are there other arthropods that prey spiders?
Bugscope Team yes
- Student what kinds of spiders are there in the world?
- Bugscope Team one reference says there are 37,000 spider species. I am not sure if that is correct
- Student are spiders predators or prey
- Student What does a spider eat when they don't get any other insects to eat?
- Student What are those things called what spiders use to bite ?
Bugscope Team spiders bite and inject venom through their fangs
- Student What do spiders eat?
- Student what kind of spider is it?
- Student which spider has enough venom to kill or paralyze a human
- Student where does that bug come from
- Student Why are insects only being seen in some times of the season
- Student Plants, other insects,...?
- Student what are spinnerettes
Bugscope Team spinnerettes are where the spider usually spins webs from. They are at the end of the abdomen
- 9:48am
- Student How do spiders protect themselves
Bugscope Team they are often predators, and they also release, some of them, urticating hairs; they are also often cryptic and don't expose themselves much
- Student what is a yellowjacket
Bugscope Team a kind of wasp
- Student what is on the beatle
- Student were are there eyes
- Student What is that insect in the picture
Bugscope Team that is a live image of a dead beetle
- Student what type of animal eat spider
Bugscope Team birds or lizards might. I'm sure there are some other small mammals that do too
- Student What type of beetle is this?
- Guest why does this beetle have a strange mouth
- Student is that the head or thorax
- Student what do spiders eat
Bugscope Team they are almost all carnivores, and they mostly eat insects and other spiders
- Student what type of spiders are dangerous
- Student is that the top of the beatles head
- Student what family is beetles in
- Student can beetle harm our bodys
- Student where is the mouth piece
- Student Are there beetle in the water?
- Student What do beetles eat?
Bugscope Team all different kinds of things; there are hundreds of thousands of beetle species
- Student what is the lifespan of the beetle
- Student what are those big bumps on its back
- Student were it eye
- Student Are beetles a threat to other insects ?
Bugscope Team some could be, by outcompeting them for food
- Student is the beetles head hard or soft
- Student are there any little bugs on the specimen
- Student are giant water bugs a species of a beetle
- Student Can beetles be dangerous
- Student how long will beetles live
- Student How does this insect survive it the world?
- Student how many types of beetles are in this world
Bugscope Team I think 180,000 but I am not sure
- Student How does a beatle feel like
- Student If alll insects in the world weere put on a scale and all humans were put on another scale wich would weigh more?
Bugscope Team insects
- Student Are the any living creature on this insectt?
- Student where is there atenna
- Student Were there any mites on this beatle
- Student are spiders predator or prey
Bugscope Team mostly predator. They help take care of pests most of the time
- Student how long will beetles live?
- Student what are those black dots in the middle of it back
- Student What type of beetle is this
- Student How does this insect survive in the world?
- Student what kinds of organisms other than insects do the beetles eat
Bugscope Team some eat plants and fungi as well as dead mammals, birds, etc.
- Student where does it breat
- Student what type of beetle is this
- Student were there use to be mits on the bittle?
Bugscope Team I don't think this one had mites
- Student how do beetles get rid of mites or other small insects on their bodies
- Guest how many different spiders are there
Bugscope Team there are about 34,000 known species of spiders in the world
- Student can a bettle kill a preymantis?
- Student what are those circle things on top of the beetle's body?
- Student does the beetle live on land or water
Bugscope Team most of them on the land
- Student what would a beetle be attracted too and how could you catch one easily
- Student what is beside the eyes
- Student can a spider kill a humen
Bugscope Team the black widow and brown recluse can but only in rare cases when somebody is weak or sick
- Student where is there atennna
Bugscope Team you can see the bases of the antennae here
- Student What do beetle eat and what eats them?
- Student What are the dots on this insect
- Student Yes!
- Student How much does 1 insect weigh?
- Student what do beetles eat
Bugscope Team it varies, of course; almost anything that is edible
- Student are beetles dangerous to humans
- Guest can insects harm people
Bugscope Team yes. The deadliest insect is the mosquito. It can carry many diseases like west nile virus
- Guest how do spiders make spider webs
- Student How many beetles does it take to create their habitat ?
- Student what are the advantages and disadvantages of this specfic beetle?
- Student how many sences do beetles have
Bugscope Team they have an advanced sense of smell; many insects do. otherwise they are much like us
- Student when a bee stings you does do any harm to us
Bugscope Team if you are allergic to the venom in the sting than it could be potentially fatal
- 9:53am
- Student how does this beetle breathe?
Bugscope Team through spiracles, which are kind of pores in the cuticle
- Student how can they sense there food
Bugscope Team often it is via smell
- Student How much does 1 insect weigh?
- Guest what do spiders eat
Bugscope Team other spiders and insects and sometimes small rodents, etc.
- Student What percent of spiders are poisonous?
Bugscope Team almost all are venomous, not poisonous
- Student is a worm and insect
Bugscope Team no. to be an insect, the adult form needs to have 6 legs, 2 antennae, a head, thorax, and abdomen
- Student where are there eyes?
Bugscope Team you cam see them on the left and right -- they are compound eyes
- Bugscope Team oops 'can'
- Student Are there more insects then humans?
Bugscope Team yes for sure
- Student can a spider kill a preymantis?
- Student is beetle an insect
- Student how do beetles reproduce
- Student how much babys can a beatle have
Bugscope Team a beetle could have as many as 500 babies in her lifetime
- Student is that bug harmful?
- Student is there a group of beetle that work together
- Student what do beetles like to eat and how could you attract one easily
- Student WHat is this picture about
- Student what are those bumps on the bug
- Student has there curretly been other insects living on the beetle
- Student How much does 1 insect weigh?
Bugscope Team the goliath beetle, which is the biggest beetle in weight, can weigh up to 4 oz
- Student If a swarm of mosquito's bit a human what will happen ?
Bugscope Team the human would be very itchy and could contract a disease if the mosquitoes carried any
- Student what is that big bump right there
Bugscope Team that is the compound eye
- Student which insect is the most dangerous
Bugscope Team maybe mosquitoes
- Student Are humans and beetles alike?
Bugscope Team not really no. They have an exoskeleton, while ours is on the inside of our bodies. Even their blood is different
- Student What are those bumps?
- Student what is the name for this beetleÉ
- Guest what is so special about this beetle
Bugscope Team it is part of the whole web of existence, and sometimes we don't know how important certain species are until they are gone
- Student What are these parts of the body?
- Student what is this on the piture
- Student is there any small bugs that live on a beetle
- Student what parts is this showing
- Student at the bottom of the beetle there is like little hairs sticking out what are they\
- Student what is this part
- 9:58am
- Student how long does it take for an ingured bug to heal
- Guest what is type is the beetle? water,dung etc.
- Student Can a mosquito bite any other insects ?
Bugscope Team i suppose it's possible, but they wouldn't want to. They need a human blood meal to reproduce.
- Student What are the marks on the bug?
Bugscope Team some of those are from fighting
- Student what are on the beetle organs or things part of there body
- Student what are we looking at
- Student Mosquitoes fight?
- Student Do beetles have the same organs as humans?
Bugscope Team not really; inside they are quite different
- Student If a mosquito bites a human does it die because of our thick skin ?
Bugscope Team No, they have cutting mouthparts that are perfect for cutting into our thick skin. Female mosquitos need our blood to have the energy to reproduce
- Student fighting each other
- Student what part of the body is this ?
Bugscope Team this is the head
- Student are mosquitoes danfgerous to humans
Bugscope Team yes because they are disease vectors
- Guest how long is the bugs claw
- Student what do mosquitoes do with the blood that they suck from humens
Bugscope Team they convert it to energy so they can reproduce.
- Guest how do insects move even when they get stepped on?7
- Student where do the beetles live?
Bugscope Team every continent
- Student are these the feelers on the beetle
- Student is this a thorax
Bugscope Team this, now is one of the large beetle's tarsi
- Student what insect is this
- Student what does the claw help them do
- Student what are those thing sticking out of the beetle claw
- Student Why does a claw have so many blades on it?
- Student Are the beetles claw a threat to other insects ?
- Student Is that how they attack their prey?
- Student Wow those look scary up close
- Student How long is the claw
Bugscope Team we can see from the scale bar at the bottom of the screen that it is about 3/4ths of a millimeter
- Student how much claws does it have
- Student is the claw sharp
- Student does the spicks on the beetle claw really needed for survival
- Student How much does 1 insect weigh?
Bugscope Team a goliath beetle can weigh up to 4 oz, but the tiniest of insects would be much much less
- Guest are there alote of types of beetle?
- Student if a mosquito bites a humen and we push to muchblood to them what will happen?
Bugscope Team usually they can keep from getting too much blood, so they do not pop
- Student does that claw have scencors
Bugscope Team yes it does
- Student What are those spikes on the claw?
- Student what is on the beatles arms
- Guest mosquitos i ment
- Student what are the shap things?
- Student is this beetle a predator or prey
Bugscope Team probably both is the best answer
- Guest do claws protect or have venum?????
- Student does it use claws to dig?
- Student What are those spikes on the beetles claw?
Bugscope Team they help tell the beetle when it is brushing up against something
- Student which type of beetle is dangerous
- Student if the claw scares a human will it hurt
- Student why r they section on the claw
- Student is it a consumer or a producer?
- Student what are those thing sticking out of the claw
- Student do beetles have bones
Bugscope Team their shell is their bones. They have an exoskeleon- their bones are on the outside
- Student what signal do the beetles use to warn there prey to beware
Bugscope Team sometimes it is their coloration, and sometimes it is their horns, for example, or a quick flaring of the wings
- Student do they use this claw to attack their prey
- Guest type chat information here
Bugscope Team yes
- Student can a beatle eat grass hoppers
- Student If a beetle is very hungry would it it an other beetle?
- Student how long is its claw
- Student what do the beetle`s use thier claw forÉ
- Student what do they use the claw for
Bugscope Team they use them to grab or hold onto things. Similar to how we use our hands, though they don't have opposable thumbs
- 10:04am
- Student What insects can a beetle eat
- Student how sharp are the claws?
- Teacher What specific adaptations are visible in this micrograph?
Bugscope Team this is a live image... we can see that this beetle does not have a pulvillus or pulvilli, so it cannot cliimb walls, but it can likely grasp well.... and it can sense with those setae/bristles...
- Student if a beetle were to attack you what would happen
Bugscope Team you would win, likely
- Guest hi amanda
- Student How long is the claw?
- Student do beeetle hav bones
Bugscope Team no they have an exoskeleton, like almost all insects; they do not have bones, and no insect has bones
- Student What do mosquito do when they suck our blood ?
Bugscope Team they first use cutting mouthparts to cut into our skin, then they insert a tube that injects the area with an anticoagulant so the blood won't clot. Then they use a tube to suck the blood out of the area.
- Student does the sections bend
Bugscope Team maybe a bit
- Student what are leeches considered
Bugscope Team they are a type of worm
- Student are beetles invertabraes or vertabraes
Bugscope Team they do not have bones, so they do not have backbones, which is what vertebrae are, so they are invertebrates
- Student how long can a beetle live
Bugscope Team usually 6 weeks or so but sometimes much longer
- Student are you going to show other bugs ?
- Student ARE FEMALE WORMS BEETLES?
Bugscope Team no
- Student Do spiders have bones?
Bugscope Team no
- Student what are those thing sticking out of the beetle claw
Bugscope Team sensory setae, including some that are self-sensing
- Student do beetles bite?
Bugscope Team they could. Asian ladybugs can bite for instance, and it can hurt
- Student how sharp are there claws?
- Guest why do beetles mostly feed on leaves as seen in the Spring time
- Student is it a consumer or a producer?
- Student what is the fastest insect
- Bugscope Team some insects, although they do not have bones, have calcium and other minerals like zinc in their jaws, for example, to make them harder and last longer
- Student there 2 big claw like things sticking out the end of the claw
Bugscope Team those are the claws
- Student oh
- Student Can a beetle die when they're claw gets pulled off or broken ?
Bugscope Team sometimes, if it opens the body up and all of the hemolymph leaks out
- Guest do bee have bone
Bugscope Team they don't have bones like us, but their outer shell works to give them structure
- Student Could the claw cut a persons skin?
Bugscope Team some of them can, and some beetles can bite and make you bleed
- Student What is a pullvilis ?
- 10:09am
- Student How can a spider walk without bones?
Bugscope Team they have tendons in their legs that they can tighten or loosen to move them around
- Bugscope Team insects have exoskeletons, which are like suits of armor might be to us
- Student is it true that spiders have 8 lives
- Student what is hemolymph?
Bugscope Team it is the fluid, like blood, that is on the inside of the body
- Student Howw many eyes do spiders have?
Bugscope Team usually they have eight
- Student is anticoagulant located in mosquitos slavia
Bugscope Team yes it is!
- Student what are those white dots
Bugscope Team the white dots we see now are setae sticking up toward us
- Student what can poison lady bugs do to a person
Bugscope Team they could taste bad or smell bad. That's about it
- Student what is setea?
- Student what are beetlse atrracted to and how could they be caught easily
- Student do they have black skin?
- Student how strong is the exoskeleton for the beetle
- Student what is a pullvilis
Bugscope Team it is a pad that is covered on one side with fine sticky hairs called tenent setae that help the insect cling to surfaces -- see the fly claw, for example
- Student what do beetles eat
- Student What is a pullvilis ?
Bugscope Team it's a pad of setae, hairs, near the claws that have special hairs to help the insect walk on vertical surfaces like the wall
- Student What is setea?
- Student where is this bug come from
- Student what is the life cycle of a spider
- Student can this bug harm you
- Student what are the white holes on the beetle
- Student what are the white holes on the beetle
Bugscope Team the things that look like holes are setae pointing toward us
- Student could the claw be a harm to humans
Bugscope Team if the claws are big enough they could give us small scratches
- Student Does a beetle have bones.
Bugscope Team no they do not -- no insect or similar arthropod has bones
- Student what family is the beetle from
- Guest DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH INSECTS ARE IN THE WHOLE WORLD?
Bugscope Team At any time, it is estimated that there are some 10 quintillion (10,000,000,000,000,000,000) individual insects alive
- Student Are the beetles claw very pointy ?
Bugscope Team sometimes they are quite sharp
- Student how long can a spider live?
Bugscope Team a male tarantula could live up to 12 years, but that is on the extreme end. Other spiders could live for just a few weeks
- Student how big is this beetle
Bugscope Team about 2.3 cm long
- Student How many baby's can a insect make in one day?
- Student Does this bug have any parasites
Bugscope Team not that we have seen
- Student insects were alive before any other species right?
Bugscope Team there were microorganisms first
- Student CAN SPIDERS GO A DAY WITHOUT EATING ANY FOOD
- 10:14am
- Student What type of insects were on the earth first
- Student how strong is the claw
- Student howlong can lellive
- Student is this beetle ast
- Bugscope Team oops 'species'
- Student are they in a group who stays together
Bugscope Team some do and some do not
- Student How many baby's can a insect make in one day?
- Student is this beetle fast
- Student where does beetle live and who may live with them
Bugscope Team Beetles live everywhere they can be found on land and in water.
- Student What is the classification of this insect
- Guest HOW MANY KIND OF SPIDERS ARE THERE
Bugscope Team I read one reference that said 3900 species but I am not sure that is correct
- Student what type of beetle are their
- Student What countries are beetles mostly seen
- Student CAN BEETLES MATE WITH OTHER INSECTS
Bugscope Team no. not successfully, and I don't think they try
- Student what are the spikes on the claw for?
- Student how many type of beetle are there
Bugscope Team at least 180,000 species in the worlld
- Student what is that
- Guest where do bugs go in the winter
Bugscope Team some insects will migrate, like the monarch butterfly. Some will find places to overwinter, like our homes
- Student is the insect harmful?
- Student can they resist coldness
Bugscope Team it slows them down; some of the fine setae (microsetae) we see help with thermoregulation
- Student are those pointy things hair on the beetle
- Student how big beetles grow up to ?
- Student are those more clawsé
- Student how can it effect living things?
- Student can insect mate with other types of insects
Bugscope Team I don't think they would want to. They are attracted to certain things in their own species like pheromones that only one of their species would make
- Student what is that?
- Guest why do bees die after stinging a human?
- Student are the claws of a crab similar to a beetle like this
Bugscope Team yes they would be similar
- Student What is a Yj Claw?
- Student what is this insect
- Student do insects have organs similar to humans
- Student how long is it
- Teacher would this beetle be a member of the Adephaga family?
Bugscope Team it could be -- the word is derived from 'gluttonous.' and a large number of beetles come from that family.
- Bugscope Team the beetle you sent us might be part of that family yes
- Student Why do all the claws look like blades?
- Student do yellow jackets use their claw to sting?
Bugscope Team no, they use their stinger located at the end of their abdomen
- Student HOW BIG IS IT
Bugscope Team please look at the micron bar to the lower left and you can compare. let us know if you do not know what a micron is.
- Bugscope Team the yellowjacket stinger is a preset too
- 10:19am
- Bugscope Team micron = micrometer = 1/1000th of a millimeter
- Student is the claw dangerous or poisonous
Bugscope Team no not at all
Bugscope Team well, they could use their claws to help hold onto you if they want to sting you over and over again
- Bugscope Team 200 microns = 1/5th of a millimeter
- Student what does yj mean?
- Student what is a yj claw?
- Bugscope Team there are six legs and six pairs of claws on a beetle, usually
- Student are there hairs on the claw
Bugscope Team yes there are. Some help to tell the insect when it is touching something. Others may help the insect to walk on walls
- Guest are there claws on any other insects
- Student how many parts are there to the yj claw
Bugscope Team two claws, dozens of microsetae, the pulvillus we see now, lots of sensory bristles
- Student CAN SPIDERS GO A DAY WITHOUT EATING FOOD
Bugscope Team they can sometimes go for months
- Student do lady insects just have babies without a mate?
Bugscope Team some can. Drone honeybees are from unfertilized eggs- meaning there was no mate involved
- Student How many babies can a insect make in one day?
Bugscope Team 2500 eggs per day for some queen bees
- Student What does yj stand for?
- Guest can claws hurt people
Bugscope Team not badly usually
- Student once a bee or wasp loses their stinger do they die or do they grow back another stinger
Bugscope Team only honeybees lose their stinger when stinging a mammal. And yes they do die. They end up bleeding out
- Student do bees only eat honey??
- Student When a bee stings an person, does that bee die or does it cause damage to their body?
- Student why is nessesary for the claw to have hair
- Student what is a yj claw
- Student How much days can a grass hopper go without thier heads
- Student is this specific beetle an invasive species to canada or usa
Bugscope Team what we are looking at now is a yellowjacket claw. I am sorry we do not know 'specifically' what species of beetle you sent
- Student Where do the insects go in the winter, do they die?
- Student When a bee stings an person, does that bee die or does it get damage?
- Student can you find this beetle in canada or some other place
- Student Is the preying mantis claw similar to the beetles claw ?
Bugscope Team the praying mantis has raptorial forelimbs that close on toothlike projections to hold prey firmly; they are quite different
- 10:24am
- Student can this beetle hurt you in self defence
Bugscope Team some can bite but the one we were looking at had small jaws that could not likely hurt you
- Student What kind of insects can live without thier heads
- Student do all bees or wasps inject venom into their vicitm through their stinger
- Student what is longer a preying mantis or the YJ claw
- Student Why might this beetles claw similar to a hook ?
- Student can baby beetles breathe through the egg
Bugscope Team that is a good question; I believe they get oxygen through fluids but not through the wall or shell of the egg
- Student what are those things on its mouth
- Student What are those 4 thigs there
- Student what is the long thing that is close to the mouth
- Student Bye
- Student Does the stinger on the yellow jacket affect humans in the same way as a bee sting?
Bugscope Team yes it does. They don't inject as much venom with one sting as a bee does though.
- Guest bye
- Student thank you for the chat
- Student what are those parts uesd for?
Bugscope Team when we see an insect's mouth it is immensely complicated to us. we see two sets of palps, which are feeding feelers, and we see the antennae, and we also see the mandibles
- Guest bye bye!
- Student bye halla at u l8ter :)
- Guest how long does an eggs takes to mature??
- Student Bye, thank you for answering my questions l8ter
- Student bye scientists cate and scot thanks for ur time to anwer our questions
- Student What does the beetle use to eat ?
Bugscope Team this one seems to use its mandibles to pierce its food
- Student How long does it take for bee egg to hatch?
Bugscope Team it takes 21 days for a worker bee egg to hatch. Worker bees are the fmales
Bugscope Team females
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