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Revision as of 13:40, 1 November 2012
EEB 4250 - General Entomology
Fall 2012
Day/Time: Tuesday+Thursday 12:30-3:30
Place: Storrs campus, Torrey Life Sciences Room 313
Credits: 4
Instructor: David Wagner
- Life Sciences Rm 471
- 860-486-2139 and 860-942-1796 (cell)
- Office hours: 10 MWF and as available
- Life Sciences Rm 473
- 518-573-3091 (cell)
- Office hours: as available (email for appointment)
Textbook:
- Borror, DJ and RE White, 1970. Peterson Field Guide to Insects: America North of Mexico.
- Gullan, P. J. and P. S. Cranston. 2010. The Insects: An Outline of Entomology. Fourth Ed. Blackwell Science, Oxford, England.
Introduction
The lectures provide a broad introduction to insect diversity, phylogeny, structure and function, behavior, ecology, and conservation. The laboratory stresses sight identification and natural history of 120 common insect families. The collection requirement connects the lecture and laboratory by linking lecture topics, and especially insect behavior and ecology, to Connecticut’s extraordinary insect fauna.
Course Procedures and Policies
Academic Integrity:
Plagiarism and cheating are violations of the student conduct code, and may be punished by failure in the course or, in severe cases, dismissal from the University. For more information, see Appendix A of the Student Conduct Code.
Disabilities:
If you have a disability for which you may be requesting an accommodation, you should contact a course instructor and the Center for Students with Disabilities (Wilbur Cross Building, Room 201) within the first two weeks of the semester.
Syllabus and Course Materials
Course Flickr page: UConnGenEnt2012
- Please add your photos to an existing set for class trips, or create your own set
- Add your name or initials to the description of each photo you upload
- Feel free to comment using the main account or your own flickr account
Lab Facebook page: Lab Facebook page
Lab information
You may work on your collection in the lab outside of class time at these times:
- Mondays and Fridays after 10am
- Tuesdays and Thursdays before or after class
Collection Materials
Bonus Assignments
Date | Lecture | Quiz | Lab | Readings |
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August 28 | Course overview | Wagner Lab visit Collections Facility Intro to collections |
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August 30 | Importance of insects Introduction to insect diversity ![]() |
Insect walk Collecting methods Pinning ![]() |
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Sept 4 | Insect body I: external anatomy![]() |
Quiz 1: Insect Collecting | Overview of Insect Orders Pinning demonstration ![]() |
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Sept 6 | Insect body II: external anatomy![]() |
External Grasshopper Anatomy![]() |
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Sept 7-9 | Great Mountain Forest Trip | |||
Sept 11 | Insect body III: external anatomy![]() |
Quiz 2: Insect Orders | Internal anatomy dissection![]() |
Virtual Cockroach Ant losing wings |
Sept 13 | Internal anatomy I![]() |
Aquatic insects Aquatic field trip ![]() |
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Sept 18 | Internal anatomy II Geologic history I ![]() |
Quiz 3: Insect Anatomy | Non-insect arthropods Early hexapods: Entognatha, Apterygota, Ephemeroptera, Odonata ![]() |
G+C Chapter 7 G+C Chapter 6 |
Sept 20 | Geologic history II Higher classification of insects ![]() ![]() |
Blattodea, Mantodea, Phasmatodea, Orthoptera Walk to W lot ![]() |
G+C Chapter 8 (section 8.2, the rest is optional) | |
Sept 25 | Development and life histories![]() |
Quiz 4: Primitive insect orders+ Aquatic insects |
Dermaptera, Plecoptera, Embioptera, Pscoptera![]() |
![]() ![]() Maternal earwig Bark lice |
Sept 27 | Growth and development![]() |
Collection check #1 | Phthiraptera, Thysanoptera, Hemiptera (aquatic)![]() |
Dragonfly Painted lady ZomBEE |
Oct 2 | MIDTERM 1 | Hemiptera II (Heteroptera)![]() |
Bed bugs Stink bugs | |
Oct 4 | Nervous system and sensory organs II![]() |
Hemiptera III (Aucheno- and Sternorrhyncha, Fulgoroidea)![]() |
C+G chapter 4![]() Regulatin' genes | |
Oct 9 | Nervous System II![]() |
Open lab Bug jeopardy ![]() |
G+C chapter 4![]() ![]() Penis fencing | |
Oct 11 | Nervous System continued![]() |
Quiz 5: Hemimetabola | Megaloptera, Neuroptera![]() |
G+C Chapter 12![]() Mantids mating |
Oct 16 | Behavior![]() |
Strepsiptera, Coleoptera I![]() |
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Oct 18 | Social insects![]() |
Coleoptera II Special Lab Topic: Plant secondary compounds & insect herbivory Greenhouse tour ![]() |
G+C Chapter 11 OPTIONAL Nowak et al. (2010) | |
Oct 23 | Phytophagous insects![]() |
Coleoptera III![]() |
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Oct 25 | Insects and plants Herbivory and plant defense ![]() |
Coleoptera review Special Lab Topic ![]() |
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Oct 30 | Hurricane Sandy had other ideas. | |||
Nov 1 | Quiz 6: Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Strepsiptera, and Coleoptera | Trichoptera, Lepidoptera I&II | ||
Nov 6 | MIDTERM 2 | Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Diptera I | ||
Nov 8 | TBA | Collection Check #2 | Diptera II | |
Nov 13 | Chemical ecology of insects (Scott Smedley) | Diptera III | ||
Nov 15 | Medical & veterinary entomology | Open lab | ||
Nov 27 | Medical & veterinary entomology | Quiz 7: Mecopteroidea | Hymenoptera I | |
Nov 29 | Insect ecology | Hymenoptera II | ||
Dec 4 | Pest management and biological control | Open lab | ||
Dec 6 | Insect conservation | LAB PRACTICUM | Open lab | |
TBA | FINAL EXAM |