Session 2013-018 with Lutheran School Association

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Connected on 2013-03-07 09:15:00 from Macon, Illinois, United States

• 8:30am
• Bugscope Team today's sample is pumping down
• 8:41am

• 8:49am

• 8:56am

• Bugscope Team good morning, Jose!
• 9:01am

• Bugscope Team morning

• 9:06am

• 9:11am

• Bugscope Team hahahahaha
• Bugscope Team don king

• 9:18am
• Guest good morning, this is jose from Jose Marti MAST, we have a date next week

• Bugscope Team hey super cool, Jose

• Guest I did a session from Tampico, Mexico in 2011, why aren't we on the map??

• Bugscope Team whoa I am not sure
• Bugscope Team um because it's automated? really not sure -- it should have come up

• 9:23am

• Guest not important, see you next Thursday.
• Bugscope Team we'll look forward to it, Jose
• Bugscope Team Welcome to Bugscope!
• Guest Hello
• Guest HELLO !!
• Guest Hello (:
• Student hi
• Guest Heello(:
• Bugscope Team Hello Everyone!
• Teacher Hi! Our school (LSA) isnow here. Great to see you!)
• Student hola
• Bugscope Team hello
• Bugscope Team Cate just did the presets and is heading up to her office to log in.
• Guest hi
• Guest How are you today
• Bugscope Team please let us know when you have questions
• 9:28am
• Student ok
• Guest Hi!

• Student hi
• Bugscope Team we've lost our ability, temporarily, to 'seize' questions and answer them individually, but things should work well today
• Bugscope Team hi everyone!
• Bugscope Team moths can see UV light
• Bugscope Team this is what the compound eye of insects look like up close
• Bugscope Team which we cannot -- we need to use a blacklight in order to see those wavelengths of light
• Guest Can moths see like us
• Bugscope Team they can see sort of like us but not all of the colors we see, probably

• Student how much dose bugs way =)
• Guest How many of those are on each eye?
• Bugscope Team often insects have a limitation in the visible light wavelengths they can see
• Guest why dose the eye shape?

• Bugscope Team how much do they weigh? tenths of grams, average for these
• Bugscope Team the eye shape is based on how a circular lens can best fit into a dome shape
• Bugscope Team insects can't see red, i think

• Student hieyyyyy allison
• Student hi!
• Guest What ar ethe dots on the eyes?
• Bugscope Team so often they are hexagonal or pentagonal, like this
• Guest What are the little dots?
• Guest are the***

• Bugscope Team we think those dots help trap and direct the light to the receptors underneath
• Guest WHAT ARE THE LITTLE DOTS ON THE MOTH ?
• Bugscope Team they are kind of like the rods and cones we have in our eyes
• Guest What do they eat?
• Bugscope Team I'm sure someone has a name for them but I am not sure -- they are actually on the nanoscale
• Guest Wow you can see the circles! What are they called?
• Bugscope Team we could make a name up for them and that would be it
• Guest Nano scale? What is that?
• 9:33am
• Guest O.o !!!!

• Student how many types of moths are there
• Guest how about.. dottles :D
• Student what are the dots
• Bugscope Team visible light is in the nanoscale
• Guest visble ligh?
• Bugscope Team nanoscale means that that they are smaller than micrometers; they can be measured in nanometers
• Guest Okay thank ya (:
• Bugscope Team visible light is in the wavelengths from about 400 to 700 nanometers
• Student what are cerci =)
• Bugscope Team UV light is about 254 to 350 or so nanometers
• Guest Thats small.

• Guest This is amazing!
• Bugscope Team we can see that the tiny dots are much smaller than a micrometer in diameter
• Guest Thats pretty cool! What do they prey on?

• Guest What do the hairs do?
• Student how many types of moths are there
• Bugscope Team John Aaron cerci are the little tails that some insects have; there are different kinds
• Guest What do the hairs do?
• Bugscope Team the hairs, which we call setae when they are on insects, are there to help the insect to feel what is going on around it
• Guest what are the hairs for?

• Guest I think the hairs are feelers alli.
• Bugscope Team no they won't hurt you, though they do look sharp
• Bugscope Team june bugs are plant feeders, so they eat leaves of plants or petals of flowers
• Guest CAN THE HAIRS HELP THEM DEFEND THEMSELVES ?

• Guest How small are the hairs? Can you actually see them?
• Guest What are the little flakes on the claw?
• Guest what are the claws made of?
• Bugscope Team the claws are made of the same materials as the rest of their shell, a material called chitin

• Student how many skeletons are there in the insects
• Bugscope Team the hairs are feelers: mechanosensory; but some are thermosensory, some are chemosensory, some are used for proprioception
• Bugscope Team on some insects the hairs to help protect them from other things. Even on some spiders. The caterpillars, the hairs can be poisonous or just bother the predator trying to eat it. So usually things leave them alone
• Student if the hairs ever break off will they grow back
• Guest How small are they ?
• Guest Probably protrct them alli>.
• Bugscope Team no, things don't grow back on the insects. They live for such a short amount of time that it doesn't usually matter
• 9:38am

• Guest Do they ever molt their shell ?
• Guest Count tristan.
• Bugscope Team you can use the scalebar at the lower left of the screen to get an idea of the sizes of what we are looking at
• Bugscope Team the hairs that you see here will not grow back if it gets broken off, adults don't have that regenerative ability
• Guest WHAT DO THEY EAT ?
• Bugscope Team tarantulas live a long time and they do molt. When they molt, things that broke off them will be all good as new
• Guest Why is there sections on the legs
• Bugscope Team as adults, insects no longer molt and are in their final form
• Bugscope Team the sections on the legs help them to bend.
• Guest Thanks ya much . ((:
• Bugscope Team they are kind of like a suit of armor. they need sections to move around
• Guest Do june bugs bite or sting or anything ?
• Student how many sections are there?
• Student what is the opening for ?
• Guest Are there any insects that we can see hamuli hooks

• Bugscope Team I don't think we saw any hamuli this morning
• Bugscope Team there is a bumblebee in the microscope this morning, but we can't see any hamuli on it. Sorry
• Guest Does the barbed setae protect the bumblebee?
• Bugscope Team June bugs could bite but they don't seem to. They do not sting.
• Bugscope Team june bugs don't have stingers, they might try to bite you, but i doubt any of them can break your skin
• Guest what about some with haltere
• Guest I thought they were kind of like ticks .
• Student what makes the firefly light up?
• Guest Why do the antenne go different ways?
• Bugscope Team i don't think we have any flies today either. They would have halteres.
• Bugscope Team the barbed setae help them collect pollen, and they likely also help with thermoregulation -- keeping an even temperature
• Guest on the firefly antenna why are some of the hairs up and some going down ?
• Student what are the hairs
• Guest What is the even temperature?
• Bugscope Team fireflies have a protein called luciferin or luciferase that lights up chemically
• 9:43am
• Bugscope Team fireflies have a specialized organ that houses special chemicals
• Bugscope Team some of these hairs might help with sense of touch. Others might help with sensing chemical signals in the air
• Guest Ive always wondered how fireflies light up ?
• Student thank you=)
• Guest where on the firefly is the antenna
• Student =)
• Guest are these setae on the picture?
• Bugscope Team yes they are chelsey
• Bugscope Team the antennae are on the head of the beetle between the eyes
• Guest WHY IS THERE LIKE LINES ON SOME OF THEM AND SOME OF THEM ARE JUST STRAIGHT ?
• Bugscope Team bees can swarm around an insect and create so much heat that it kills that insect -- such as a predator that has entered their hive
• Guest Oh, ok! thank you?
• Student Why is their hair so different from human hair?
• Guest thankk you
• Bugscope Team Tee it is because some are mechanosensory and some are chemosensory

• Student how long do fireflies live?
• Bugscope Team fireflies and other insects use a series of tubes that bring oxygen directly to every cell
• Bugscope Team the ones that are fluted -- with the lines on them -- are more rigid and thus likely mechanosensory
• Guest What is mechanosensory and chemosensory?

• Bugscope Team insects do not have lungs; they have spiracles -- little pores on either side of each segment -- through which they conduct air through tracheae into the body cavity
• Guest O.o ! Thankks (:
• Guest How do fireflies breathe ? Do they have lungs ?
• Bugscope Team air is let in through holes on the sides of the body (spiracles), and the tracheal tubes bring the oxygen thoughout the body

• Bugscope Team mechano is touch sensity
• Bugscope Team chemo is smell or odor sensitivity
• Bugscope Team chemosensory is recognition of different chemicals
• Guest Thank you!
• Guest Thank you ^_^
• Bugscope Team sensitivity...
• Guest it looks like that bug has a bad case of dandruff
• Bugscope Team Eric Cate said that this morning about one of the other insects we were working with
• Bugscope Team haha, well they don't have access to head and shoulders
• Guest lool(:
• 9:48am

• Student what do the hairs help do?
• Guest Why do they have so many hairs?
• Bugscope Team the hairs serve the purpose of what our skin does for us, in a way
• Guest Wht is there so many hairs?
• Bugscope Team so they are sensory, as we have been saying -- they help the insects sense their environment
• Bugscope Team they can't feel things through their exoskeletons, like we can our skin. They use these hairs to help them with that
• Bugscope Team the hairs are used for different sensing functions, since they have an exoskeleton, it allows they to feel the environment around them in different ways
• Student ty (:
• Bugscope Team you could think of all of the hairs as comparable to all of the nerve endings in your skin

• Bugscope Team we can see from the scalebar that the compound eye is nearly a millimeter in diameter
• Guest Why is the antenna broken up into segments?
• Guest ok thank you!!
• Guest Do they have a heart?
• Guest The bigger the insect the bigger the eye?
• Student how many compound eyes does an insect have as an average

• Bugscope Team the segments help the antenna to bend and move around
• Bugscope Team whereas something like an ant which rely more on its sense of smell/taste usually have smaller eyes (relatively speaking)
• Bugscope Team that's right -- as Cate says -- insects have an exoskeleton; they do not have skin. and the exoskeleton is like wearing armor
• Bugscope Team insects have 2 compounds eyes
• Student ty
• Guest Thank You
• Bugscope Team Tristan there is a range from just a few ommatidia in some ants, for example, to as many as 17,000 ommatidia per eye in some large wasps
• Guest Why does the bug look like dust?
• Guest What is the little thing in the front of the mouth?
• Bugscope Team many flying insects also have three ocelli -- simple eyes -- on the top of the head
• Student how strong is the exoskeleton?
• Guest How many different kinds of antennas are there?

• Bugscope Team not sure why the bug looks like dust but eventually it will become dust
• Bugscope Team cerebral ganglie
• Bugscope Team oops ganglia
• Bugscope Team actually some insects have a brain
• 9:53am
• Guest Which ones do?
• Guest what is the barbed joint for??

• Guest How big do you think the brain is?
• Student how big is the ganglia
• Bugscope Team much of the brain in a fruit fly, for example, is devoted to processing visual signals
• Bugscope Team the barbed joints help the grasshopper cling to surfaces
• Guest What kind of visual signals?
• Guest Can any insects actually see humans and purposely attack them?
• Student can insects shed their skin?
• Bugscope Team i think the brain is about as big as the head it is in
• Bugscope Team the sizes of the ganglia or brain depends on the size of the head, as Cate says
• Guest Why is this joint important ?
• Guest woah, coool !
• Guest how powerful is the leg??
• Bugscope Team insects don't have a closed circulatory system like we do, they do have a "heart" that acts as a pump drawing the hemolymph (blood) in and pumping it to other areas (namely the head and the extremeties), but not a chambered heart like we do
• Guest Why does it look like scales?
• Bugscope Team visual signals like seeing all around them so they can avoid getting eaten
• Bugscope Team insects molt as larvae (young) but no longer molt (shed skin) as adults
• Bugscope Team the legs are very powerful. They are full of muscle and are very big.
• Student what makes there color?
• Bugscope Team however spiders (no insects) continue to molt in their adult phase
• Bugscope Team *not
• Guest what do grasshoppers eat ?
• Guest So the visual signals protect them?
• Guest ok thank you!!
• Guest Why does the thorax look like it does?
• Guest How is the grasshopper allowed to jump soo high ?
• Guest how do grasshopers eat??
• Bugscope Team grasshoppers eat a variety of plants

• Bugscope Team Visual signals is what you see with your eyes, and because many insects have multiple inputs because they have compound eyes, they need to be able to process all of that information
• Bugscope Team at dense populations, grasshoppers become what we know as locusts
• Guest Like what variety of plants?
• Guest oh! thank you, SCot
• Student what are the legs connected to?

• Bugscope Team if you had big domelike compound eyes you would have very good peripheral vision, and you would also have the benefit of having very quick updates as to what is around or approaching you so you can avoid it
• Bugscope Team they eat a lot of different plants
• Guest Thanks!
• Guest Do they eat flowers
• Guest Why are the butterflies wings colored?
• 9:58am
• Bugscope Team only one grasshopper species is specialized in their diet, feeding on only one plant
• Bugscope Team grasshoppers use their jaws to chew food
• Bugscope Team the legs are connected to the thorax, and in some insects to the prothorax, I believe (in that case forelegs)
• Guest Do you think their buglife is rough?
• Guest Wow this looks like a window! why?
• Guest why are the butterfly wings colored and have holes??
• Bugscope Team butterflies have scales that are responsible for their wing colours
• Student whay are the scales the color they are

• Bugscope Team the little oval things are pigment granules, which gives some color to the scales
• Bugscope Team the colors of butterfly wings help them identify each other and also alert other insects and birds that they are poisonous
• Student thanks:)
• Guest What type of insect is this from??
• Guest Does pigment keep color in your skin?
• Guest what are setae for??
• Guest What kind of insect is this from ?
• Bugscope Team if they are poisonous...
• Bugscope Team these setae help the insect to walk on walls

• Bugscope Team the structure of the scale (like what you see here) can be responsible for a variety of colours, some colours are from pigment granules (as Cate just said) others (in particular iridescent colours) are from the way light reflects and refracts from the different tiny structures
• Guest Why does it look like a cave? And what is it?
• Bugscope Team people have different layers of skin; if the pigment is in the epidermis it can be sloughed off. If it is in the dermis it is more permanent
• Guest O.o ! TThankkkssssssssssssssssssssss (:
• Guest The butterfly looks mean
• Bugscope Team this is a moth, and its eyes help it see all around it as well as allowing it to pick up a maximum of light at night
• Student what is the head conected to
• Guest Why do months chew threw things??
• Guest Do they have a neck ^^
• Guest Why are there hair like structures around the eyes ?
• Bugscope Team you can see that there are scales all over its body, even its head
• Bugscope Team it is covered with scales, which are actually modified setae as well; the scales serve a number of purposes including escaping from spider webs
• Bugscope Team they don't have much of a neck
• Bugscope Team The head connects to the thorax, which has all the legs on it.
• Guest okkkkkkkk BYYEEEEE (: THANKKSSSSSS FOR EVERYYTHHIINNG ......
• Student thank you for all the help:)
• Bugscope Team you can sort of see the curled up proboscis in the middle there
• 10:03am
• Bugscope Team moths chew through things because they get nutrients that way
• Bugscope Team the smooth tube between the eyes
• Guest Butterflies look so creepy up close. Why is the straw like that? And why does the hairs look like feathers up close?
• Guest THHHAAAANKKKKK YOOOOOOUUU!!!(:
• Guest thank you for all the help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BYE
• Student we must go now THANKS for anything bye!!!!!!!!!:)
• Bugscope Team Many of the hairs are sclales, and they do indeed look like feathers; in some ways they have a function comparable to that of feathers
• Student everything
• Bugscope Team scales, sorry
• Bugscope Team Thank You!
• Teacher Dear Bugscope team, Thanks for everything! Students havae to go to their next class. It was great, and they have lots of pictures to include in their power point.
• Bugscope Team Bye!
• Student Thanks for all the answers. Byeeeeeeee (:
• Bugscope Team the straw is shaped like that to allow them to suck up nectar from flowers, usually at the base of the flower, so it harder to reach without the straw
• Guest Awsome thanks alot!!!
• Bugscope Team is there another class, or is this it?
• 10:44am

• 10:53am
• Bugscope Team Hello!

• Bugscope Team we are back!
• Bugscope Team hello!
• 11:03am
• Student hi im Rachel
• Student hey
• Bugscope Team hello!
• Student hey
• Bugscope Team welcome to Bugscope!
• Student hi scot
• Bugscope Team hi!
• Bugscope Team hi
• Student hello scott im jacob
• Bugscope Team this is a pollen grain we found on a firefly this morning
• Teacher Hello again bugscope team!
• Student how is your day going
• Student hello my name is Dayton
• Bugscope Team Rachel, Riley, Jacob, Dayton!
• Student Howie has entered
• Student and jordan :(
• Bugscope Team Hi Howie!
• Bugscope Team Spiders can live pretty long, some can live up to 25 years
• Student thats cool!
• Bugscope Team Oh Man! Sorry, Jordan!
• Bugscope Team of course this is dependent on the species
• Bugscope Team and conditions of its environment
• Student Hi again
• Bugscope Team Hello James!
• Student how do spiders reproduce3
• Student Hello, so which insect has the longest life span, and how long?

• Student what spider is the deadliest?!
• Bugscope Team the male spiders transfer a packet of sperm to the female using their pedipalps
• Student what is this picture
• Bugscope Team termite queens is probably one of the longest living insects
• Bugscope Team some of those have been known to live for decades, 40+ years
• Bugscope Team *are
• Student Cool!
• Student whats the biggest insect
• Bugscope Team this is a live image of a cerambycid beetle
• Student How do you tell if a spider is deadly?
• Bugscope Team goliath beetle or titan beetle
• Student what's in the thing that looks like a mouth?
• Student Hi my name is Gabriella
• Student hi
• Bugscope Team but also, there are walking sticks that can be like 21 inches long
• Student awesome
• Bugscope Team termite queens live for many years- 25 to 50 years
• Teacher I don't sem to have the controls. What is the insect we are looking at?
• Bugscope Team Dory you have the controls now.
• Student what is the biggest spider
• Student hi my name is hunter
• Student how many insects are there that you know of
• 11:08am
• Student What are the hairs called that are sticking out of it
• Bugscope Team this is a cerambycid beetle
• Student setae
• Student setae
• Bugscope Team the hairs are called setae (see-tee)
• Student setae
• Student how long are the leg of this picture?
• Bugscope Team singular is seta
• Student thank you scot!

• Student hi i'm wade
• Student what's in the thing that looks like a mouth?
• Bugscope Team black widow is one of the deadlier ones
• Teacher Thanks. Trying to see the bumblebee claw.
• Student how many insects are there that you know of
• Bugscope Team bird eater tarantulas are probably one of the largest spiders
• Student Why do bees need the claw or whatever?
• Bugscope Team Jordan anything you see you can use the scalebar on the lower left to help you judge its size or length

• Bugscope Team there are about 1 million described species of insects
• Student what is the biggest spider
• Bugscope Team they need claws kind of for the same reasons we have hands, actually
• Student cool
• Bugscope Team bird-eater tarantulas are quite large
• Student how long does it take these pictures
• Student How long does a bee live?
• Student What would you consider as the least deadly insect?

• Student bird eater tarantula
• Student Drew a bird eater tarantulas
• Bugscope Team an insect has a head, a thorax, an abdomen, six legs, and two antennae
• Bugscope Team the life span of a bee really depends
• Student is it true that after a bee stings you it dies
• Student what is the hairs purpose?
• Bugscope Team the mosquito is a pretty deadly insect because they can carry diseases
• Bugscope Team the least deadly insect -- a mayfly
• Bugscope Team male bees (drones) don't live that long, queens can live for a year or so, and the worker bees probably a month or so?
• Bugscope Team hornet stingers are probably bigger first
• Student can the claws grasp things?
• Bugscope Team 1) insects do not have skin like we do -- they have an exoskeleton
• Bugscope Team they may also have more pain-inducing toxin in their venom

• Bugscope Team yea i would consider the mosquito the deadliest insect
• Bugscope Team 2) their exoskeleton is like wearing a suit of armor -- they cannot feel through it
• Student how much poisen does a hornet carry
• Student how does a bird eater tarantula catch a bird
• Student Thanks Joe!! :)
• Bugscope Team certainly by number of deaths caused per year, even if indirectly
• Bugscope Team 3) so they have the hairs, called setae, that stick through the exoskeleton and allow them to sense their environment
• 11:13am

• Student what is the smallest spider
• Student Wow! How does a misquito bite?
• Student what insect is the haireist
• Bugscope Team bird eater tarantulas don't normally eat birds
• Bugscope Team 4) setae can be mechanosensory, chemosensory, thermosensory, and used for proprioception
• Student how many poisonus insects are there
• Student what is the strongest insect
• Bugscope Team they eat mostly insects, other arthropods and some small vertebrates

• Student why are they called bird eater tarantulas
• Student what is the stuff in the backround? water?
• Bugscope Team at least birds aren't usually the main/only part of their diet
• Bugscope Team all the insects are sitting on a bed of sticky carbon tape

• Bugscope Team there is a very small wasp called the fairyfly
• Student ok thanks
• Student is the fairyfly deadly

• Bugscope Team it's a parasitic wasp, its larvae feed inside eggs of other insects
• Student thanks
• Student Do fairyflies sting like the other wasps?
• Student oh thats nice
• Bugscope Team it is ~.1-.2mm
• Student what is the largest insect

• Student what insect can fly at the highest altitude
• Bugscope Team one of the largest, or longest, is a walking stick, which can reach 21 inches in length
• Student where do fairyflys live
• Student what insect has the largest eye?????
• Bugscope Team uh
• Bugscope Team dragonflies?

• Bugscope Team dragonflies have pretty big eyes
• Student how do ants carry so much weight on there tiny body
• Bugscope Team I don't know which insect has the largest eye
• 11:18am

• Student What is in a dragonflies diet?????
• Student what makes a firefly light up?
• Student what insect is the longest?
• Bugscope Team insects can get caught in air currents and carried for miles; I'm not sure how high they can fly -- I know we've answered that before but I cannot remember

• Student how long does it take for a spider to make its web
• Bugscope Team the stuff that makes a firefly light up is called luciferin, or luciferase
• Student k thanks!! :)
• Student thanks scot! (:
• Student what is at the top of the picture?
• Bugscope Team walking stick, Drew
• Student thank you
• Student whats makes bugs irritatted
• Student Dayton i would say a dady long leg
• Bugscope Team luciferin, Jordan
• Student what insecxt is this
• Student thank u scott
• Bugscope Team fireflies have a special organ that houses the chemical luciferin and luciferase
• Student is luciferin a gas
• Student how long is the walking sticks legs
• Bugscope Team those are tenent setae that help insects climb on upside down surfaces, for example
• Bugscope Team in the presence of magnesium, oxygen and atp, light is given off

• Student gh
• Student where does a spiders web come from
• Bugscope Team I think it is more like a gel
• Student what insect is this
• Student How strong is the exoskeleton
• Bugscope Team spider web is made of protein. Generally they spin it from their abdomen
• Bugscope Team spiders have glands that produce silk in liquid form, and it solidifies in the air
• Bugscope Team Hunter it is the cerambycid beetle, I think; ask your teacher to take the mag down so you can see
• Student how long is a walking sticks leg
• Bugscope Team the strength of the exoskeleton really depends on the insect, how the layers are crossed linked and how many layers there are
• Student whats the biggest spider in the world?!
• Bugscope Team some insect have pretty weak exoskeletons, so you can put a pin through them retty easily

• Student thank you joe :)
• Student how much does a bee weigh
• Bugscope Team the exoskeleton is kind of soft by our terms; it is the same as a shrimp's shell, which is also an exoskeleton, but likely thinner in most cases
• Bugscope Team whereas there's a beetle called the ironclad beetle
• Student which insect can withstand the most pressure
• Bugscope Team try as you might you can't put a pin in without another tool
• Student what kind of wings does a praying mantis have
• Bugscope Team something like a drill
• Bugscope Team one of the largest spiders is the bird-eating tarantula
• 11:23am
• Bugscope Team they have normal kind of wings
• Bugscope Team praying mantis wings are made of chitin as well
• Bugscope Team not sure which insect can stand the most pressure
• Student oh cool! Thank you very much Scot!
• Student how big is the bird eating tarantula
• Bugscope Team their wings look kind of like grasshopper wings
• Bugscope Team yes this is the cerambycid beetle
• Student O cool Joe THANKS
• Student Why do some ladybugs bite?
• Student how fast do the praying mantis' wings go?
• Bugscope Team the forewings are elongate and the hindwings are somewhat triangular
• Student what is the smallest wingless incect
• Student k thanks anyway scot
• Bugscope Team it is split
• Student how many eyes do spiders have

• Bugscope Team spiders usually have eight eyes but not always
• Bugscope Team other variations are 0,1,2,4,6
• Bugscope Team sometimes spiders may have 6 or 7, but usually it's 8
• Student What is the smallest spiderr
• Student whats the most common insect in the world
• Bugscope Team oh well there you go
• Student can they lose there eyes
• Student how long do spiders live for
• Student u7
• Student *
• Bugscope Team ants may be the most common insects
• Bugscope Team they cannot lose their eyes
• Student is a butterfly an insect?
• Student *their
• Student ok thanks scot (:
• Bugscope Team the lives of insects and arthropods like spiders vary; usually less than a year unless they are in the Tropics
• Student way are people so afraid of insects
• Bugscope Team yes a butterfly is an insect
• Student how old is the longest living ant

• Student why do the setae ends look like leaves?
• Student how many different species of ants are there
• Student thank you Scott:)
• Bugscope Team Gabriella I think it is because they move fast sometimes and can be creepy looking and also they crush easily and are kind of gooey when that happens
• Bugscope Team the top five, in no particular order are: black widow, brown recluse, brazilian wandering, funnel web and red back
• Bugscope Team I think there are 12,000 ant species
• Bugscope Team the setae are sticky here and they kind of act like velcro or suction cups to help them stick to walls or ceilings

• Bugscope Team there are more than 12000 species of ants
• Student thanks scot
• Student thank u
• Bugscope Team this is totally cool where we are now
• Student thats cool Joe
• Student how much does a butterfly weigh on average
• Bugscope Team we are looking at a single scale from a yellow butterfly
• Bugscope Team the ridges are about a bacterium wide
• Student what is your favorite insect Scott?
• 11:29am
• Student what are the grid lines for?
• Student why are butterfly wings colorful
• Bugscope Team and you can see pigment granules
• Student How many types of moths are there
• Bugscope Team I like weevils and leafhoppers.
• Bugscope Team longest living ant is probably 10-15 years? unsure
• Bugscope Team monarchs are pretty commons
• Student how many types of butterfles are there
• Bugscope Team butterfly wings for the most part are covered in scales
• Bugscope Team there are said to be 13,000 described species of moth

• Bugscope Team these scales can have pigment granules, and also microstructures on them that refract and reflect light in a way that make them colourful
• Student is it true if you touch a butterfly wing it cant fly
• Student what is the least deadliest spider

• Bugscope Team some butterflies have transparent wings
• Bugscope Team the cabbage white is the most common butterfly
• Student thanks Joe
• Student What do the luna moths eat?
• Student wjat do these do
• Student what do the hairs do
• Student do moth wings look like butterfly's up close?
• Bugscope Team Jacob it is okay to touch a butterfly's wing but don't rub the scales off of it
• Bugscope Team glasswinged butterfly
• Bugscope Team Kayla they do quite a bit
• Student what is the most common moth

• Bugscope Team moth wings do look like butterfly wings up close
• Student lona mothesdot eat!
• Bugscope Team most species of spiders are fairly harmless
• Student k thanks
• Bugscope Team at least to us humans
• Student yes they do
• Bugscope Team the hairs are sensory; some of the ones we see now are touch sensitive and some are smell sensitive; some are also thermosensory, for hot and cold

• Student what kinds

• Student Can bugs see in color?
• Bugscope Team some insects eat as larvae but do not eat at all as adults
• Student how do butterflys eat

• Student is the book how to kill a mockingbird based on a true story/
• Bugscope Team Madison bugs can see in color but not all colors

• Student ?
• Student how much does a butterfly weigh !!
• Bugscope Team luna moths are in a variety of trees
• Bugscope Team yes Kayla some of the setae -- the hairs -- are chemosensors
• Student how long are caterpillars in their cocoon
• Student how long do butterflys live for
• Student what is the strangest bug
• Bugscope Team Jordan I believe it is. Cate may know for sure...
• Bugscope Team for around 2 weeks jacob
• Bugscope Team stalkeyed flies are pretty strange
• Bugscope Team the strangest bugs are hexapods
• Student ok thanks

• Student What is the most common spider
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• Bugscope Team all spiders have venom, but some have very small fangs and cannot bite people
• Student what do they do while they are in the cocoon
• Student Hey guys thanks for everything. I gotta go. Bye!

• Student this looks interesting
• Student if you eat atarantula can it kill you
• Bugscope Team Rachel they metamorphose into the next life stage
• Student thank you scot, joe, and, cate
• Student thank you
• Student of spiders
• Bugscope Team they kind of turn mushy while they transform
• Bugscope Team if you eat a tarantula be sure to get rid of the urticating hairs first

• Student Thank you Scot,Cate, and Joe
• Bugscope Team thanks!
• Bugscope Team bye
• Bugscope Team a tarantula is kind of like a cheeseburger with legs
• Bugscope Team a hairy cheeseburger with legs

• Student This was really fun thanks for answering all my questions! Byeee Joe, Scot, and Cate! (:
• Bugscope Team it would probably be easier to eat a scorpion
• Student thanks guys for answering my questions gotta go BYE!!!!!
• Student have you ever tried one
• Bugscope Team people eat scorpions for sure
• Bugscope Team um I am mostly a vegetarian

• Student ewwey
• Bugscope Team ewww
• Student Really? They eat scorpions. For what?
• Bugscope Team like Wendy's worm burgers
• Student ewwwwwwwww
• Bugscope Team later
• Student thanks for doing this
• Bugscope Team ha!
• Student im not going to wendys anymore
• Student with extra fries
• Teacher To Bugscope team: Thanks for everything! Learned a lot! Excuse any silly questions. See you next year - we will send you power points.
• Bugscope Team if ppl are freaking about horse burgers
• Bugscope Team Madison they have protein in them and I think they taste like crab
• Student THANKS you guys are Funny
• Bugscope Team and also glad it had nothing to do with hamburgers
• Student and a shake
• Bugscope Team Thank you!
• Student y would u eat scorpians
• Bugscope Team awesome! have a good day!
• Student bye thank you guys and Cate. : >
• Bugscope Team Thank You, Everyone!
• Student im going to have a fantastic lunch now!
• Bugscope Team insects are a pretty good source of fats and proteins
• Student Thank u guys for your time!!
• Student we will Joe
• Bugscope Team you're probably eating a lot of them already
• Bugscope Team enjoy that rachel
• Student bye scot cate and joe
• Student bye thanks for everything
• Bugscope Team Bye Riley
• Student thanks for grossing me out before lunch
• Bugscope Team Bye Wade
• Student And we are haveing meat
• Student bye
• Student hola guys
• Student good bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• Bugscope Team it's your new diet, Hunter
• Student See you guys another time!! Thanks for answering all the questions!! You guys are funny especially Scot. Bye!! Bye Cate, Joe, and Scot!! :) :)
• Student Bye Cate
• Student bye scot and cate and joe
• Bugscope Team bye!
• Bugscope Team Bye Rachel!
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• Bugscope Team alright over and out!

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