The Bugscope
Isa creates virtual field trips into the
world of insects!
The BugScope is on pause but
the Bugsmas tradition continues over to Twitch!
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What is the BugScope?
The BugScope was a weekly insect-themed livestream that began on Periscope.tv but then migrated over to Happs.tv, and finally Twitch.
Each week I presented on different insect related topics! Some episodes are like a talk show and most are like virtual field trips.
We explored different insect groups, talk about insect morphology and physiology, celebrate biodiversity, cheer on Monarchs as they fly to Mexico, watch male spiders attempt to woo a female only to be eaten by her, jump into the fray of ant colonies at war, look at insects (both dead and alive) up close under a microscope, talk about insect news, and more!
Pre-COVID, for many broadcasts we’d look at and learn from insect research specimens at the museum where I work: the Academy of Natural Sciences and when researchers visited the museum collection I’d often invite them on the broadcast as a special guest!
Examples of past titles:
"10 things you didn't know about Snakeflies"
"I’m an insect scientist. Ask me anything 🦋🐞🐛🐜🔍”
”Teamwork makes the dreamwork 🐜🐜🐜”
”Can we please talk about how bees have antenna cleaners on their legs?🌼 🐝💪”
"Psych!!!-idae here is the last bugscope bug of 2020"
”Cheering on monarch butterflies! #MexicoOrBust”
”🐛🐛🐛Hanging out in the tent with the siblings”
”Ohh THIS is what you mean by potato bug. Meet the Jerusalem Cricket 🔍 #PotatoBug”
”How to walk on water like the Jesus Bug”
”Bon Voyage Meghan!! She is off to study bees in Arizona🐝”
”I got my 1st spider bite! 🕷🕸”
”7 facts about the chatty bess beetle 🐞 w special guests @Margis_Alonso & MaPu172 from Guatemala”
Sometimes we chat with experts of organisms that are ecologically related to insects:
”Plants are manipulative! 🌿🌸 with special guest Dr. Livshultz #pollination”
”AMA bats with bat expert @GiorgiaAuteri!” 🦇🔍
The mission of the BugScope is to create a respectful, accessible community where entomological thoughts, stories, and information can be exchanged between the viewers and hosts.
The goal of the BugScope is to increase access to knowledge about insects and to cultivate biological literacy and respect for wildlife.
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BugScope 2021: Table of Contents
Guest Expert Series Episodes of 2021
The buttons link to the event calendar page, which have bonus photos and the guest bios.
*Note: Episode 1 is missing an event page because the event page listings started afterward
Episode 9
Guest Expert Series
July 6, 2021
Episode 8
Guest Expert Series
June 1, 2021
Note: Due to technical difficulties - the broadcast with our guest starts at about 28minutes in
Episode 7
Guest Expert Series
April 22, 2021
And the April 25 Epilogue: Brunch with both the Mosquito Babies and our mosquito expert, Autumn Angelus
Episode 6
Guest Expert Series
April 13, 2021
Episode 5
Guest Expert Series
April 6, 2021
Episode 4
Guest Expert Series
March 25, 2021
Episode 3
Guest Expert Series
March 23, 2021
Episode 2
Guest Expert Series
March 11, 2021
Episode 1
Guest Expert Series
February 18, 2021
Do you work in entomology or an insect related field and are you interested in being a special guest and sharing your entomological expertise with the public on the BugScope?
Please send me a message through the contact form! I also accept guest nominations.
Select Weekly (& Spontaneous) BugScope Episodes of 2021
June 7: Create the Habitat and They Will Show Up! Meet the Color-Changing Golden Tortoise Beetle
June 5: Ann Arbor Brood X Update: Mass Emergence! They Are Everywhere!
June 3: The Weekly BugScope: Last Broadcast with the Old Dissection ‘Scope
May 27: The Weekly BugScope: Update on Brood X Periodical Cicadas in Ann Arbor, Michigan
May 13: Meet a Caterpillar Dear to Me. The Eastern Tent Caterpillar! & Part 2 Eating a Leaf
April 29: Log Your Nature Observations on iNaturalist for the City Nature Challenge!
April 19: The Inverted Nature Lollipop Makers Have Emerged! Welcome Back to the World Gall Flies! & part 2: Watch them move around
April 8: Secret Weapon? Sticky Legs!
April 1: Let’s Dissect a Homemade Nature Lollipop
February 25: What Makes A Caterpillar’s Feet Sticky?
February 21: Join Me Behind the Ice Curtains
February 4: Close Look at Wingless Snowbugs and How They Manage
February 1: How I accidentally found an insect on my onion
January 30: Sitting in the Snowy Quiet of Pictured Rock National Seashore, Michigan
January 28: The Fungus Gnats Among Us
January 21: I’m Sexist! (When it comes to Tarantulas)
January 8: Insect Collections are Libraries!
December 24, 2020: BugsMas 2020
The Sips & Spiders with Sebastian & Solange series 🕷
Note: The live links have been removed for now due to the Haps platform closing.
The episodes are safely downloaded but not available readily online at this time.
June 22, 2021, Episode 4: https://happs.tv/post/jQyy0sJdj1LvXVHcMh2V
May 18, 2021, Episode 3: https://happs.tv/post/TAxNgOsKXysL6uivlPUE
April 20, 2021. Episode 2: https://happs.tv/post/TSM5BrGmcu4WlJm1CbRh & https://happs.tv/post/KBUWDoN3qtiLZXvq9oar
March 16, 2021. Episode 1: https://happs.tv/post/452CLeWBc4DMGW7LXS1x
Consider Supporting the BugScope!
Share the broadcasts with your friends and family
Send a piece of mail (Notes about an insect encounter you had, send an insect specimen, etc! Contact me for address)
Contact me if you have something else in mind!
Encountering cool new insects every day!
