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== Intensive Summer II 2009<br/> ==
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<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 4252 - Field Entomology</span><br><br>
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<span style="font-size: large">Summer Session II 2012</span> <br><br>
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<span style="font-size: small">'''Day,Time:''' MWF, 9am-12pm<br>
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'''Dates:''' July 9 - August 17<br/>
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'''Place:''' Storrs campus, Torrey Life Sciences Room 313<br>
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'''Credits:''' 3 (open to majors and non-majors)<br/>
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'''Instructor: [mailto:brigette.zacharczenko@uconn.edu Brigette Zacharczenko]'''<br>
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'''Textbook:'''<br>
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Borror, DJ and RE White, 1970. Peterson Field Guide to Insects: America North of Mexico. 
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Course number: '''EEB 4252'''<br/>
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==Introduction==
Dates: '''July 20 - August 7'''<br/>
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Day/time: '''MTWThF, 9am-12pm'''<br/>
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Place: '''Storrs campus, Torrey Life Sciences Room 313'''<br/>
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Credits: '''3 (open to majors and non-majors)'''<br/>
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Instructor: [mailto:suegene.noh@uconn.edu '''Suegene Noh''']<br/>
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E-mail: '''suegene.noh@uconn.edu'''<br/>
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Have fun collecting insects and earn credits at the same time! <br/>
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You may think that humans rule the world, but it is really the insects!
This course is an introduction to '''insect collecting''', '''identification''', and '''ecology'''. We will learn about the local insect fauna through numerous '''field trips''' and practice specimen inventory methods in the lab. Lectures will cover all major orders of insects and focus on various aspects of their ecology, behavior, and evolution. Throughout the term, students will collect specimens for the University research and teaching collections, and for their personal reference collection.
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In this course you will learn techniques for collecting and identifying insects, as well as why everyone should pay more attention to our six legged friends.
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Assignments are designed to hone your observational skills and creativity.
  
''No prior experience is necessary. There are no prerequisites.''
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==Course Procedures and Policies==
''This course fulfills the 9 credit laboratory requirement for Bio Majors.''
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Use this link to download class notes. You'll need them in the order listed below the link.<br/>
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'''Academic Integrity:'''<br>
http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/<br/>
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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  [http://www.community.uconn.edu/student_code_appendixa.html Appendix A of the Student Conduct Code].<br>
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'''Disabilities:'''<br>
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If you have a disability for which you may be requesting an accommodation, you should contact a course instructor and the [http://www.csd.uconn.edu Center for Students with Disabilities] (Wilbur Cross Building, Room 201) within the first two weeks of the semester.<br>
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[[Lecture Notes]]<br/>
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== Syllabus and Course Materials==
July 20
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'''Full Syllabus:''' {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Syllabus.pdf}}Syllabus.pdf<br>
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Intro_Entomology_2008.pdf}}Intro_Entomology_2008.pdf
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'''Field Notebook Assignments:'''<br>
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Intro_Morphology_2008.pdf}}Intro_Morphology_2008.pdf
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/field_notebook_1.pdf}}Field_Notebook_Assignment_1.pdf<br>
July 21
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Field_notebook_assignment_2.pdf}}Field_Notebook_Assignment_2.pdf<br>
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Intro_Development_2008.pdf}}Intro_Development_2008.pdf
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Field_notebook_assignment_3.pdf}}Field_Notebook_Assignment_3.pdf<br>
July 22
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Field_notebook_assignment_4.pdf}}Field_Notebook_Assignment_4.pdf<br>
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Entognatha_Apterygota.pdf}}Entognatha_Apterygota.pdf
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Field_notebook_assignment_5.pdf}}Field_Notebook_Assignment_5.pdf<br>
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Paleoptera_Plecoptera.pdf}}Paleoptera_Plecoptera.pdf
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'''Current Events:''' {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Current_events.pdf}}Current_events.pdf <br>
July 24
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'''Live Insect Project:''' {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Live_insect_project.pdf}}Live_insect_project.pdf <br>
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Orthopteroidea.pdf}}Orthopteroidea.pdf
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'''Collection Instructions:''' {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Collection_instructions.pdf}}Collection_instructions.pdf <br>
July 27
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'''Course Flickr page:''' [http://www.flickr.com/photos/uconn_field_entomology_2012/ UConn Field Entomology 2012] <br>
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Hemipteriodea.pdf}}Hemipteriodea.pdf
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Please add your name or initials to any photos you upload (in the description or tags).
July 28
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Neuropterida.pdf}}Neuropterida.pdf
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'''Labeling'''<br>
July 29
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/localities_updated_Aug_3.xls}}Localities with GPS coordinates, updated August 3rd<br>
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Coleoptera.pdf}}Coleoptera.pdf
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/label_template.doc}}Label Template<br>
July 30
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/collection.xlsx}}Excel spreadsheet for collection<br><br>
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Hymenoptera.pdf}}Hymenoptera.pdf
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July 31
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Amphiesmenoptera.pdf}}Amphiesmenoptera.pdf
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!width="75"|Date
August 3
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!width="400"| Topics
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Diptera_Mecoptera.pdf}}Diptera_Mecoptera.pdf
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!width="400"|Quiz
[[Category:EEB Courses]]
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!width="400"|Field trip
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!width="150"|Readings
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| July 9 || Introduction, collecting methods <br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/1%20-%20intro%20and%20collecting%20methods.pdf}}Lecture 1|| || Cemetery field and woods ||
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| July 11 || Overview of orders<br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/2%20-%20orders.pdf}}Lecture 2 || || Fenton river || Borror&White<br> Editor's note, Preface, pgs 1-22 
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| July 13 || Pinning and preservation<br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/3%20-%20pinning%20and%20preservation.pdf}}Lecture 3 || || Open lab for pinning || Borror&White<br> pgs 23-46
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| July 16 || Morphology and illustration<br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/4%20-%20morphology%20and%20illustration.pdf}}Lecture 4 <br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/lab3_ext_anatomy%202010.doc}}External Anatomy handout || #1: Orders, collecting, pinning || Grass behind TLS || Morphology links<br>[http://www.animalcorner.co.uk/insects/beetles/beetle_anatomy.html Coleoptera]<br>[http://www.cirrusimage.com/Moths/caterpillar_anatomy.gif Lepidoptera]<br> [http://collections.infocollections.org/ukedu/collect/ukedu/index/assoc/r0032e/p30.gif Hymenoptera]<br>[http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTV8h2VWdREDZmOB7g20WLQakR0HsE0oifpo-1spLTcxybkh83t6UatJyMvSg Hemiptera]
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| July 18 || Entognatha, Archaeognatha, Thysanura, Ephemeroptera, Odonata<br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/5%20-%20primitive%20orders.pdf}}Lecture 5 || || TLS inside and outside<br> Lab time to examine soil specimens|| [http://bdei2.cs.umb.edu/~whaber/Odonata_of_Ecuador/index.html Odonata of Ecuador]
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| July 20 || Plecoptera, Dermaptera, Orthoptera, Psocoptera<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/6%20-%20plecoptera%20orthoptera%20et%20al.pdf}}Lecture 6 || || Rained out!<br>UConn Collections Facility || [http://efg.cs.umb.edu:8080/keys/html//StreamsKey_html/index.html Electronic Field Guide to Aquatic Stream Insects]<br>[http://www.biodiversity.uconn.edu/Collections/chp.html UConn Collections]
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| July 23* || Lepidoptera<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/7%20-%20lepidoptera.pdf}}Lecture 7 || #2: Families through July 20, morphology and illustration || Merrow Meadow Park<br> NATIONAL MOTH WEEK:<br>Night collecting trip ||
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| July 25* || Trichoptera, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Phasmatodea<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/8%20-%20blattodea%2C%20mantodea%2C%20isoptera%2C%20et%20al.pdf}}Lecture 8 || || Fenton River<br> Aquatic trip ||
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| July 27* || Hemiptera<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/9%20-%20hemiptera.pdf}}Lecture 9 || || Lab day ||
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| July 30 || Coleoptera<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/10%20-%20coleoptera.pptx}}Lecture 10 || #3: Families through July 27 || Spring Manor Farm ||
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| August 1 || Megaloptera, Neuroptera<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/11%20-%20megaloptera%2C%20neuroptera.pdf}}Lecture 11|| Collection check-in || HEEP Trail ||
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| August 3 || Hymenoptera<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/12%20-%20hymenoptera.pdf}}Lecture 12 || || Moss Sanctuary ||
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| August 6 || Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Diptera<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/13%20-%20diptera.pdf}}Lecture 13 || #4: Families through August 3 || Merrow Meadow ||
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| August 8 || Insects as pets<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/14%20-%20insects%20as%20pets.pdf}}Lecture 14 || || HEEP Trail ||
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| August 10 || Insects in culture<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/15%20-%20insects%20in%20culture.pdf}}Lecture 15  || || Open lab ||
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| August 13 || Insects as food<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/16%20-%20entomophagy.pdf}}Lecture 16 || #5: Families through August 10, fun lectures || Insect Banquet ||
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| August 15 || Jeopardy Game<br>Due: Live Insect Project (midnight) ||  || Open Lab ||
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| August 17 || Due: Collections (midnight) || FINAL EXAM || Open Lab ||
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' * ' = National Moth Week. Night-time collecting events will be organized throughout the week.
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Latest revision as of 03:23, 25 June 2014

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EEB 4252 - Field Entomology

Summer Session II 2012

Day,Time: MWF, 9am-12pm
Dates: July 9 - August 17
Place: Storrs campus, Torrey Life Sciences Room 313
Credits: 3 (open to majors and non-majors)
Instructor: Brigette Zacharczenko
Textbook:
Borror, DJ and RE White, 1970. Peterson Field Guide to Insects: America North of Mexico.

Introduction

You may think that humans rule the world, but it is really the insects! In this course you will learn techniques for collecting and identifying insects, as well as why everyone should pay more attention to our six legged friends. Assignments are designed to hone your observational skills and creativity.

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

Full Syllabus: Pdficon small.gifSyllabus.pdf
Field Notebook Assignments:

Pdficon small.gifField_Notebook_Assignment_1.pdf
Pdficon small.gifField_Notebook_Assignment_2.pdf
Pdficon small.gifField_Notebook_Assignment_3.pdf
Pdficon small.gifField_Notebook_Assignment_4.pdf
Pdficon small.gifField_Notebook_Assignment_5.pdf

Current Events: Pdficon small.gifCurrent_events.pdf
Live Insect Project: Pdficon small.gifLive_insect_project.pdf
Collection Instructions: Pdficon small.gifCollection_instructions.pdf
Course Flickr page: UConn Field Entomology 2012
Please add your name or initials to any photos you upload (in the description or tags).

Labeling

Pdficon small.gifLocalities with GPS coordinates, updated August 3rd
Pdficon small.gifLabel Template
Pdficon small.gifExcel spreadsheet for collection

Date Topics Quiz Field trip Readings
July 9 Introduction, collecting methods
Pdficon small.gifLecture 1
Cemetery field and woods
July 11 Overview of orders
Pdficon small.gifLecture 2
Fenton river Borror&White
Editor's note, Preface, pgs 1-22
July 13 Pinning and preservation
Pdficon small.gifLecture 3
Open lab for pinning Borror&White
pgs 23-46
July 16 Morphology and illustration
Pdficon small.gifLecture 4
Pdficon small.gifExternal Anatomy handout
#1: Orders, collecting, pinning Grass behind TLS Morphology links
Coleoptera
Lepidoptera
Hymenoptera
Hemiptera
July 18 Entognatha, Archaeognatha, Thysanura, Ephemeroptera, Odonata
Pdficon small.gifLecture 5
TLS inside and outside
Lab time to examine soil specimens
Odonata of Ecuador
July 20 Plecoptera, Dermaptera, Orthoptera, Psocoptera
Pdficon small.gifLecture 6
Rained out!
UConn Collections Facility
Electronic Field Guide to Aquatic Stream Insects
UConn Collections
July 23* Lepidoptera
Pdficon small.gifLecture 7
#2: Families through July 20, morphology and illustration Merrow Meadow Park
NATIONAL MOTH WEEK:
Night collecting trip
July 25* Trichoptera, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Phasmatodea
Pdficon small.gifLecture 8
Fenton River
Aquatic trip
July 27* Hemiptera
Pdficon small.gifLecture 9
Lab day
July 30 Coleoptera
Pdficon small.gifLecture 10
#3: Families through July 27 Spring Manor Farm
August 1 Megaloptera, Neuroptera
Pdficon small.gifLecture 11
Collection check-in HEEP Trail
August 3 Hymenoptera
Pdficon small.gifLecture 12
Moss Sanctuary
August 6 Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Diptera
Pdficon small.gifLecture 13
#4: Families through August 3 Merrow Meadow
August 8 Insects as pets
Pdficon small.gifLecture 14
HEEP Trail
August 10 Insects in culture
Pdficon small.gifLecture 15
Open lab
August 13 Insects as food
Pdficon small.gifLecture 16
#5: Families through August 10, fun lectures Insect Banquet
August 15 Jeopardy Game
Due: Live Insect Project (midnight)
Open Lab
August 17 Due: Collections (midnight) FINAL EXAM Open Lab



' * ' = National Moth Week. Night-time collecting events will be organized throughout the week.