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'''Date/time:''' Fridays 10:15-11:15<br>
 
'''Date/time:''' Fridays 10:15-11:15<br>
 
'''Location:''' TLS 313<br>
 
'''Location:''' TLS 313<br>
'''Contact:''' [mailto:david.wagner@uconn.edu David Wagner], [mailto:brigette.zacharczenko@gmail.com Brigette Zacharczenko]<br>'''Course page uploads:''' [mailto:benedict.gagliardi@gmail.com Benedict Gagliardi]
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'''Contact:''' [mailto:david.wagner@uconn.edu David Wagner], [mailto:kevin.keegan@uconn.edu Kevin Keegan]<br>'''Course page uploads:''' [mailto:kevin.keegan@uconn.edu Kevin Keegan]
 
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==Purpose==
 
==Purpose==
The Wag Lab meetings are open to graduate students, undergraduate students, employees, alumni and friends who are interested in entomology.<br>
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Our entomology meetings are open to graduate students, undergraduate students, employees, alumni and friends who are interested in entomology.<br>
Our lab focuses mostly on Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, and Odonata, but our members have a variety of interests.<br>
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Our labs have a variety of foci hovering around Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, Hemiptera, Neuroptera, Coleoptera, Odonata, and Acari.<br>
 
The main goals of these meetings are to:
 
The main goals of these meetings are to:
* Present papers and start discussion on relevant topics in entomology
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* Discuss general lab matters
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* Practice presenting papers and facilitating discussion on relevant topics in entomology
 
* Brainstorm research ideas and present results
 
* Brainstorm research ideas and present results
 
* Tell biology-related jokes
 
* Tell biology-related jokes
Lab members are encouraged to attend every lab meeting, read every paper, and come prepared with questions.<br>
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Participants are encouraged to attend every lab meeting, read every paper, and come prepared with questions.<br>
 
Entomology related show-and-tell is always welcome in the form of specimens (alive or dead), articles, books, or powerpoint presentations.   
 
Entomology related show-and-tell is always welcome in the form of specimens (alive or dead), articles, books, or powerpoint presentations.   
  
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===Requirements===
 
===Requirements===
 
All students taking this meeting for credit (and all others who wish to participate) should sign up to present a paper at least once per semester. The schedule below lists our meeting dates. <br>
 
All students taking this meeting for credit (and all others who wish to participate) should sign up to present a paper at least once per semester. The schedule below lists our meeting dates. <br>
:'''Email [mailto:benedict.gagliardi@gmail.com Benedict Gagliardi] to reserve your date''' -or- <br>
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:'''Email [mailto:kevin.keegan@uconn.edu Kevin Keegan] to reserve your date''' -or- <br>
 
:'''Grad students may edit this page themselves''' <br>
 
:'''Grad students may edit this page themselves''' <br>
* A few days before your date to present, email Ben with a link or PDF for your paper (or upload it yourself)
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* At least three days before your date to present, email Kevin with a link or PDF for your paper (or upload it yourself if you have EEBedia credentials)
* Send any powerpoint files before or just after the lab meeting to be uploaded
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* Feel free to send Ben links to interesting articles any time during the week
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* All uploaded files will be password protected
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==Schedule==
 
==Schedule==
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|January 23 || Dave & Ben || Non-floral sugar resources of Hairstreaks ||  
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|January 22 || Dave|| Bad Science ||  
 
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|January 30 || Joe Medwid || Increasing morphological complexity in multiple parallel lineages of the Crustacea [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/12/4786.full.pdf+html] || Joe Desisto - EntSoc Centipede talk
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|January 29 || || ||  
 
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|February 6 || Insect News and Morphology speed talks || Stan: Spiders [http://www.insidescience.org/blog/2014/11/11/smell-sex-lures-moths-spidery-doom], [http://www.nature.com/news/2002/020624/full/news020617-14.html], Kevin: Ants 'n Flies [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150106095045.htm], Katie [Spermatophores], Charlie ["Singing From the Grave"], Joe Desisto [Myriapod Eyes]||  
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| February 13 || Ariel Chipman guest lecture ||  ||
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| February 20 || Joe Medwid || Increasing morphological complexity in multiple parallel lineages of the Crustacea [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/12/4786.full.pdf+html] ||  
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| February 27 || Kevin Keegan || Moth tails divert bat attack: Evolution of acoustic deflection [http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/02/12/1421926112.abstract] ||  
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| March 6 || Ellie Clark || ||
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|SPRING BREAK ||  || ||
 
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Revision as of 16:03, 22 January 2018

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Insect Systematics, Morphology, Evolution & Biology
Course #: EEB 5895 Section 028
Date/time: Fridays 10:15-11:15
Location: TLS 313
Contact: David Wagner, Kevin Keegan
Course page uploads: Kevin Keegan

Purpose

Our entomology meetings are open to graduate students, undergraduate students, employees, alumni and friends who are interested in entomology.
Our labs have a variety of foci hovering around Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, Hemiptera, Neuroptera, Coleoptera, Odonata, and Acari.
The main goals of these meetings are to:

  • Practice presenting papers and facilitating discussion on relevant topics in entomology
  • Brainstorm research ideas and present results
  • Tell biology-related jokes

Participants are encouraged to attend every lab meeting, read every paper, and come prepared with questions.
Entomology related show-and-tell is always welcome in the form of specimens (alive or dead), articles, books, or powerpoint presentations.

Format

  • 10 minutes for lab matters and logistics for the week
  • 10 minutes show and tell, bugs in the news, and current events
  • 10 minutes for a mini student presentation
  • 25-30 minutes to discuss paper

Requirements

All students taking this meeting for credit (and all others who wish to participate) should sign up to present a paper at least once per semester. The schedule below lists our meeting dates.

Email Kevin Keegan to reserve your date -or-
Grad students may edit this page themselves
  • At least three days before your date to present, email Kevin with a link or PDF for your paper (or upload it yourself if you have EEBedia credentials)

Schedule

Announcements

  • Join the Connecticut Entomological Society. Or else. CT EntSoc. The fee is $7 for students, $15 for non students. Also there are still calendars available to purchase.

Presentation schedule Fall 2014

Date Name Paper and presentation Show-and-tell
January 22 Dave Bad Science
January 29
February 5
February 13
February 20
February 27
March 6
March 13
SPRING BREAK
March 27
April 3
April 10
April 17
April 24
May 1

Lab Events

  • September 19, Connecticut Entomological Society meeting, 6pm dinner, 7:30pm meeting, UConn, Sam Jaffe

Lepidoptera Family Lectures

Lepidoptera Family Lectures

Links

Lab member websites Entomology blogs Important resources Insect photography
Connecticut Entomological Society
Wagner Lab
Caterpillarblog
Along the Airline
Arizona: Beetles Bugs Birds and more
Beetles in the Bush
Biodiversity in Focus
BugGirl
Caterpillar Eyespots
Fall to Climb
Lyman Entomological Museum
Myrmecos
The Smaller Majority
The Dragonfly Woman
BugGuide
EntSoc
Moth Photographer's Group
Label Standards
Pdficon small.gifWag Lab email list
Igor Siwanowicz
Piotr Naskrecki
Sam Jaffe
Butterfly scales
Franclement's Larval Images

Photos

Moth puddling
Hyalophora cecropia moths enjoying a private moment in the lab
Jump!
Mustache Ride