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Revision as of 02:13, 12 August 2011
EEB 4252 - Field Entomology
Summer Session II 2011
Day/time: MoWeFr, 9am-12pm
Dates: July 11 - August 19
Place: Storrs campus, Torrey Life Sciences Room 313
Credits: 3 (open to majors and non-majors)
Instructor: Geert Goemans
- Textbooks:
- Borror, DJ and RE White, 1970. Peterson field guide to insects: America north of Mexico. or
- Eaton, ER and K Kaufman, 2007. Kaufman field guide to insects of North America
Introduction
Insects are within the subphylum Hexapoda, which is characterized by three pairs of legs. Most other arthropods have more than three pairs of legs. Hexapods include three orders/classes of wingless arthropods (Collembola, Protura, Diplura), as well as the class insecta. Insects are extremely diverse and excel over all other animals both in abundance (+/- 1,000,000 spp.) and biomass ( > 50 %).
In this course you will learn how to recognize and identify most insects found in New England, but at least as important: an amazing world of small creatures will open up to you!
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
Date | Topics covered | Fieldtrip | Associated readings |
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July 11 | Introduction to entomology and keying out orders | EEB garden | |
July 14 | Morphology and preservation of insects + pinning and spreading | Fenton river |
pages 4 - 37 of Borror & White + spreading Lepidoptera ; pinning ; point mounting ; collecting |
July 15 | Overview of Insect orders | green patch behind TLS | |
July 18 | Quiz 1: Orders (until Hemiptera) + Morphology, preservation & pinning Entognathous hexapods and apterygote insects |
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July 20 | Paleoptera Orthopteroidea |
Top of cemetery Storrs + surrounding forrest | |
July 22 | Quiz 2: All orders + Entognatha, Apterygota, Paleoptera & Orthopteroidea |
Fenton river: aquatic insects | |
July 25 | Plecoptera, Dermaptera, Psocodea and aquatic Hemiptera | Optional: Light trap collecting | |
July 27 | Hemiptera II | Fungus Farming Beetles | |
July 29 | Neuropterida | EEB collections facility + heating room TLS | |
August 1 | Quiz 3: Plecoptera, Dermaptera, Thysanoptera, Psocodea, Hemiptera, Neuropterida & Strepsiptera Coleoptera I |
EEB garden | Paussinae |
August 3 | Coleoptera II Handout Coleoptera II |
Mansfield Hollow Dam | |
August 5 | Quiz 4: Coleoptera work on collections |
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August 8 | Trichoptera & Lepidoptera Handout |
Install Malaise + pitfall trap at the Fenton River + work on collections |
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August 10 | Quiz 5: Lepidoptera Mecoptera, Siphonaptera & Diptera I Check-in of collections and field notes |
Check traps at the Fenton River | |
August 11 | Open lab to work on collections | ||
August 12 | Diptera II | Check traps at the Fenton River + work on collections |
Olivia Judson (Dr. Tatiana) |
August 15 | Quiz 6: Diptera, Mecoptera & Siphonaptera Hymenoptera I |
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August 16 | Open lab to work on collections + prepare for practical | ||
August 17 | Hymenoptera II | ||
August 18 | Open lab to work on collections + prepare for practical | ||
August 19 | Practical Student presentations + handing in of collections and field notes |