Laurelton-Pardee Intermediate
Session 2008-052

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Connected on 2008-06-19 13:00:00 from Rochester, NY, US

• 11:54 am
• Bugscope Teamsession enabled, rxl started
• 12:01 pm
• Bugscope Teamjuicy bugs, waiting for vac to settle down
• Bugscope Teamhi chas, umesh, what-up, dogs?
• Bugscope Team1.8 on the vac, getting closer
• 12:10 pm
• Bugscope Team1.4 x 10-4
• Bugscope Teamalmost there
• Bugscope Team1.3...
• Bugscope Teamstarting presets
• Bugscope Teamstill thinking about switching over
• Bugscope TeamHi All.
• Bugscope TeamHi Umesh!
• 12:16 pm
• Bugscope TeamHi Umesh.
• Bugscope TeamMillipede has serious mites!

• 12:21 pm
• Bugscope TeamNow I am itching like crazy after carrying the millipede around.
• Bugscope Teammold spores

• Bugscope Teamthe click beetle looks like it has little patches of mold or something similar on it as well
• Bugscope TeamMark deTaylor

• 12:27 pm

• Bugscope TeamUmesh Bebe Rebozo wants to talk to you.
• Bugscope TeamBebe Rebozo was another friend of Richard Nixon's, along with Abplanalp.
• Bugscope TeamI don't think the women's clothing line -- Bebe -- is named after Rebozo.
• 12:34 pm
• Bugscope Teamhello LP, welcome to bugscope!
• Teacherhello
• Teacherjust setting up here
• Bugscope Teamwe are still setting up presets for you, we'll be ready in about 15 minutes
• Teacherstudents and teacher are not here yet
• Bugscope Teamif you have any questions please feel free to ask.
• Bugscope Teamoh, is this the IT person?
• Teacherthanks
• Teacheryeah, actually more a/v support with a bit of it
• Teacherwhy am i repeating?
• Bugscope Teamwell, occasionally you'll see double lines, it's a bug, we haven't fixed yet, it shouldn't happen often
• Bugscope TeamSure, Scott. Where may I reach Bebe.
• 12:39 pm

• 12:45 pm

• 12:53 pm
• Teacherhi, were all here now
• Bugscope Teamhello, welcome to bugscope!
• Bugscope Teamare you all ready to start?
• Teacheryes

• Bugscope Teamokay, just a moment, scott is making one last preset for you

• Bugscope Teamok, presets are done!
• Bugscope TeamLP, i've unlocked the session, you should see controls on the right side of your browser, magnify, nav, focus and adjust
• Teacherthanks
• Bugscope Teamplease feel free to drive around, and ask any questions, we will do our best to answer
• Bugscope Teamyou have control -- you are now the supreme ruler

• Bugscope TeamLet us know when you have questions.

• Bugscope TeamWe put as many of your samples on as would fit
• Bugscope Teamthis is the millipede you sent us, or part of it anyway

• Bugscope Teamif you go to far to the south you will find that the millipede is attenuated.
• Bugscope Teamtoo
• Bugscope Teamfar
• 12:58 pm

• Bugscope Teamwhat we were really excited about is that the millipede is covered with mites

• Bugscope Teamtwo sets of limbs per segment

• Bugscope Teamyou can see that it is folded in toward the mouth

• Bugscope Teamthe mouth!

• Bugscope Teama couple of mites on the millipede
• Bugscope Teamfinding "bugs" on "bugs" is always cool

• Bugscope Teamthis is part of the proboscis of a moth that one of the bees was grasping

• Bugscope Teama lot of these samples have mold/mold spores on them
• 1:03 pm

• Bugscope Teammold spores look sort of like pollen grains but are often smaller and have shorter projections
• Bugscope Teammold spores also collapse, often

• Bugscope Teamthey are soft and desiccate quickly

• Bugscope Teamnow you can also see scales -- on the left
• Bugscope Teamand above

• Bugscope Teamwhen a moth flies into a spider web it may need only shed its scales to get away

• Bugscope Teamyou can make out the head of the moth, pointing downwards

• Bugscope Teamthe body of the bee is to left

• Bugscope Teamthis is an antenna that is lamellated
• 1:08 pm
• Bugscope Teamthey fan out usually
• Bugscope TeamD'Oh beat me to it, Pepper.
• Teacherwhat does "lamellated" mean?
• Bugscope Teamthe one on the other side is missin'

• Bugscope Teamit means there is a stack of similar 'plates'

• Bugscope Teamthat form the shape of the antenna terminus

• Bugscope Teamsmall wasp
• Bugscope Teamyou can see the stub in the background, and the silver paint that the wasp is sticking to
• Bugscope TeamLP we are having interruptions to our network connection

• Bugscope Teamgood we are back on this end

• 1:13 pm

• Bugscope Teamthis looks much like an ant and even has those little combs on the forelegs

• Bugscope TeamHello Mambo!

• Bugscope Teamants have very busy looking mouths
• Bugscope Teamthey have long palps that look like small insect legs sticking out of their mouths
• Bugscope Teamand wasps are fairly closely related to ants
• Bugscope Teamthey are both Hymenoptera

• 1:18 pm

• Bugscope Teamwhen you look at insects and other arthropods like them you see that they are often dirtier than you would expect, and they are also usually much hairier than you would think
• Bugscope Teamthe hairs we are supposed to call 'setae.'
• Bugscope Teamsee-tee or seta for a singular hair
• TeacherWho is Mambo?
• Bugscope Teamsome of the setae are mechanosensory -- they permit the bug to feel its environment similar to the way a cat's whiskers work

• Bugscope TeamLP Mambo is a guest who has logged on to watch the session. He or she can watch and may comment, but you are controlling the 'scope.
• 1:24 pm
• Bugscope Teamthis is a little 'tree' of mold on the claw of one of the critters in the 'scope
• Bugscope Teamwe are having network interruptions *again*
• Bugscope Teamlast time it just came back on and all of our messages showed up

• Bugscope Teamnow you can see the claw we were focussed on
• Bugscope Teamand much of the thorax

• Bugscope Teambees are super hairy

• Bugscope Teamwe mount insects/bugs on their dorsal sides so you can see the limbs on the ventral side.

• Bugscope Teamthere was the eye, and I don't know what those horn-like things are

• Bugscope Teamthis is the compound eye, with lots of facets called ommatidia
• Bugscope Teamhexagonal facets

• Bugscope Teamwe have yet to see varroa mites on a bee

• 1:29 pm

• Bugscope Teamantenna

• Bugscope Teamwe put the whole click beetle on this stub as well
• Teacheris the stinger intact?

• Bugscope Teamcan you drive due south to see?

• Bugscope TeamI don't remember seeing it
• Bugscope Teami dont think the stinger made it
• Bugscope Teamthis is an eye spot on the clicker beetle
• Teacherthank you; we moved on>
• Bugscope Teamthis is the eyespot on the click beetle

• Bugscope Teamsorry but no problem you could go back later
• Bugscope Teamthe eyespots were cool looking to see
• Bugscope Teamthe click beetle seemed to have a stinger
• 1:35 pm

• Bugscope Teamand sometimes they are the same thing
• TeacherIs the eye spot a real eye?
  Bugscope Teamno eyespots are usually there to scare of predators. you will often see them on butterfly wings

• Bugscope Teamoff*
• Bugscope Teamno it is a large fake eye to distract birds, for example -- to make a predator think twice -- as Cate said...

• Bugscope Teamthe real eye is to the left, where the head is

• Bugscope Teamthis is hair
• Bugscope Teamwe couldnt find any mites on it tho

• Bugscope Teamthis is real hair from a real person

• Bugscope Teammold spores again

• Bugscope Teamthis is on the bee that is holding the moth

• 1:40 pm

• Bugscope Teamyay!
• Bugscope Teamthis is so cool

• Bugscope Teamhere is a nice view of a mite you cant really see their heads too clearly
• Bugscope Teamthese mites are blind
• Bugscope Teamlooks like a bug wearing a very big helmet

• Bugscope Teamthe head is very tiny and in between the limbs we see

• Bugscope Teamyou can see they are everywhere
• Bugscope Teamriding on the millipede
• 1:45 pm
• TeacherWhat purpose do the mites serve?
• Bugscope Teamwe don't know if they are harmful parasites or if they just coexist on some ubgs
• Bugscope Teambugs

• Bugscope Teamwe think mights just bother the insects they are on

• Bugscope Teaminsects that groom themselves like ants dont usually have mites on them. you can imagine that a millipede would have a harder time of cleaning itself

• Bugscope Teamyou can see that they are maybe 100 to 200 microns across

• Bugscope Team0.1 to 0.2 mm

• Bugscope Teamthis is the moth
• Bugscope Teamheld by the bee upside down like a rag doll

• 1:50 pm

• TeacherWhat insect are we looking at?
• Bugscope Teamthis is the millipede again -- we were so excited to see the mites
• Bugscope TeamPepper saved most of the presets, including this one.
• TeacherYipee!

• Bugscope TeamCan the kids see the chat today?
• TeacherYes, as we speak...
• Bugscope TeamCool!

• Bugscope Teamthe millipede was so big it scared me and I dropped it
• TeacherActually, it was one of the smaller ones from the classroom!
• Bugscope TeamI thought it might be still alive
• Bugscope TeamWow!

• 1:55 pm

• Bugscope TeamDo you play with them?

• TeacherNo, but we study them.

• Bugscope Teamthey have whole huge colonies of mites in attendance
• Bugscope Teamthe eye!

• Bugscope TeamWe were off line again LP.

• Bugscope Teamstrange network problems
• TeacherThank you for everything. We have to prepare for dismissal but appreciate your time!
• Bugscope TeamThank You!
• 2:00 pm
• Bugscope TeamLP, all the chat and images from this session are at: http://bugscope.beckman.uiuc.edu/members/2008-052

• 2:05 pm

• Bugscope Teamsession disabled, locked, rxl stopped, nice session everyone, chow!