Entomology Meeting
Insect Systematics, Morphology, Evolution & Biology
Course #: EEB 5895 Section 028
Date/time: Mondays 12-1
Location: TLS 471, the Wag Lab
Contact: David Wagner, Brigette Zacharczenko
Contents
Purpose
The Wag Lab meetings are open to graduate students, undergraduate students, employees, alumni and friends who are interested in entomology.
Our lab focuses mostly on Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, and Odonata, but our members have a variety of interests.
The main goals of these meetings are to:
- Present papers and start discussion on relevant topics in entomology
- Discuss general lab matters
- Brainstorm research ideas and present results
- Tell biology-related jokes
Lab members 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 Brigette Zacharczenko to reserve your date -or-
- Grad students may edit this page themselves
- A few days before your date to present, email Brigette with a link or PDF for your paper (or upload it yourself)
- Send any powerpoint files before or just after the lab meeting to be uploaded
- Feel free to send Brigette links to interesting articles any time during the week
- All uploaded files will be password protected
Schedule
Announcements
- NOW COLLECTING MONEY FOR LAB T-SHIRTS. They are $15 each.
- Wags lab pinback buttons available, $1 each.
- We need empty plastic peanut butter jars!
- Join the Connecticut Entomological Society. Or else. CT EntSoc. The fee is $7 for students, $15 for non students, and you get a free hat.
Presentation schedule
Date | Name | Paper and presentation | Show-and-tell |
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January 28 | David Wagner | Lab Meeting 28 January | Squeaking moth |
February 4 | Neil Schoppmann | Dyer et al. 2007 Lab Meeting 4 February |
Jewel Beetles Moths in decline |
February 11 | WTF Evolution | ||
February 18 | Neil Schoppmann | Novotny 2006 | |
February 25 | Brigette Zacharczenko | Caterpillar foraging Lab Meeting 25 February Brigette's Powerpoint |
Arms Race |
March 4 | Benedict Gagliardi | Heinrich article Nasty Host Hypothesis |
Escaping the pupal shell |
March 11 | Brigette, Cera, Ben (Grad Symposium talks) | Dyer 1995 | |
March 18 | SPRING BREAK - NO MEETING | ||
March 25 | Paper discussion Lab T-shirts!!! |
Lab Meeting 25 March Nasty Host Hypothesis Dyer 1995 |
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April 1 | Cera Fisher | Lampert 2011 | Inflated caterpillars |
April 8 | Stephanie Green | ||
April 15 | |||
April 22 | |||
April 29 | |||
May 6 |
Lab Events
- February 1: AMNH trip
- February 15: CT EntSoc meeting at Wesleyan, Wag Lab vs. Singer Lab pool throwdown
- February 23: Dave's caterpillar talk, Natural History Museum, 1pm
- March 15: CT EntSoc meeting at UConn, Charlie Henry, dinner @6pm (Willington Pizza), talk @7:30pm.
- March 19-21: Smithsonian NMNH trip
- April 15: Long Island Trip
- April 19: CT EntSoc meeting
Lepidoptera Family Lectures
Lepidoptera Family Lectures |
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Links
Lab member websites | Entomology blogs | Important resources | Insect photography |
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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 Wag Lab email list |
Igor Siwanowicz Piotr Naskrecki Sam Jaffe Butterfly scales |