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== May Session 2010<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: '''May 10- May 28'''<br/>
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Day/time: '''MTWThF, 1pm-4pm'''<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:roberta.engel@uconn.edu '''Roberta Engel''']<br/>
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E-mail: '''roberta.engel@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.<br/>
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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.
  
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==Course Procedures and Policies==
  
===FIELD NOTEBOOK===
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'''Academic Integrity:'''<br>
'''Field Notebook, each entry should include the following:'''<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>
Date: day-month-year, example: 10 V 2010<br/>
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Time of day: 24-hour clock, example: 1pm = 1300<br/>
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'''Disabilities:'''<br>
Location: country/state/county/town<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>
GPS lat/long decimal degrees (note source of lat/long, esp. if added later)<br/>
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Elevation<br/>
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Directions to locality so that another could return to the site<br/>
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Weather (temp., precip., wind, cloud cover, etc.)<br/>
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Site description, where found insect and habitat in the immediate area<br/>
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Sketches: site, insect, maps<br/>
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Observations, list what collected (name or describe and add name later), number of specimens, who was present<br/>
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== Syllabus and Course Materials==
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'''Full Syllabus:''' {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Syllabus.pdf}}Syllabus.pdf<br>
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'''Field Notebook Assignments:'''<br>
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/field_notebook_1.pdf}}Field_Notebook_Assignment_1.pdf<br>
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Field_notebook_assignment_2.pdf}}Field_Notebook_Assignment_2.pdf<br>
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Field_notebook_assignment_3.pdf}}Field_Notebook_Assignment_3.pdf<br>
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Field_notebook_assignment_4.pdf}}Field_Notebook_Assignment_4.pdf<br>
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Field_notebook_assignment_5.pdf}}Field_Notebook_Assignment_5.pdf<br>
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'''Current Events:''' {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Current_events.pdf}}Current_events.pdf <br>
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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>
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'''Collection Instructions:''' {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Collection_instructions.pdf}}Collection_instructions.pdf <br>
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'''Course Flickr page:''' [http://www.flickr.com/photos/uconn_field_entomology_2012/ UConn Field Entomology 2012] <br>
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Please add your name or initials to any photos you upload (in the description or tags).
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'''Labeling'''<br>
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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>
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/label_template.doc}}Label Template<br>
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/collection.xlsx}}Excel spreadsheet for collection<br><br>
  
'''Online Resources for taking Field Notes'''<br/>
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{| border="1" cellpadding="1"
MVZ<br/>
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!width="75"|Date
http://mvz.berkeley.edu/Why_Collections.html<br/>
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!width="400"| Topics
http://mvz.berkeley.edu/Locality_Documentation.html<br/>
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!width="400"|Quiz
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!width="400"|Field trip
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!width="150"|Readings
  
Sheldon Greaves<br/>
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http://www.sas.org/tcs/weeklyIssues/2004-04-16/features1/index.html<br/>
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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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===CLASS LECTURE & ASSIGNMENTS===
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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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!style="background:#00CC66;" width="68" align="center"|Date
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!style="background:#00CC99;" width="200"|Lecture
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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
!style="background:#00CC99;" width="250"|Assignment
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!style="background:#00CC99;" width="150"|Assignment Due Date
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!style="background:#00CC99;" width="250"|Quiz
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| M 10 May || Insect Orders<br/> || Field Exercise 1 || May 11 ||
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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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| T 11 May || Families: Hemipteran  <br/>  ||  Reading 1<br/> On taking field notes, J.V. Remsen, Jr || May 12 || Quiz 1: Insect Orders
 
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| W 12 May ||  Families: <br/> Morphology || Field Exercise 2 || May 17 || Quiz 2: Hemipteran Families & Insect Orders
 
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| TH 13 May ||  Families:  || Reading 2 || May 17 || Quiz 3:  CT Orders and External Morphology
 
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| F 14 May ||  Families:  ||  || May 1 || Quiz 4:
 
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===INSECT COLLECTION===
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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]
Orders we have collected in the field: <br/>
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Diptera<br/>
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Coleoptera<br/>
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Hemiptera<br/>
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Hymenoptera<br/>
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Lepidoptera<br/>
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Odonata<br/>
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Orthoptera <br/>
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===BIOBLITZ===
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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]
'''BIOBLITZ EVENTS LOOKING FOR ENTOMOLOGISTS''' <br/>
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June 4-5<br/>
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CT: Church Farm<br/>
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We are interested in having a butterfly event, and also are looking for someone to do a moth ID using black light on Friday night. Exhibit material is also welcome. We will be having a Junior BioBlitz Center for hands on demos,exhibits, etc.Please let me know as soon as you can whether you can help out with any of these items for the public. If it would be easier to speak, please call me at 860 228-2849 ( 9-10 AM or late afternoon & evenings are best) Joan Hill
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June 12-13<br/>
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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 ||
RI: Block Island<br/>
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sponsor: RINHS <br/>
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BioBlitz 2010 is going to be held Saturday, June 12 and Sunday, June 13 on the northern end of Block Island. ALL PARTICIPANTS in the June 12 – 13 BioBlitz event MUST BE PRE- REGISTERED and assigned to a team. The orientation, while not mandatory, is strongly recommended. Advance planning is especially important this year as Block Island isn’t just down the street: ferries, parking, and baggage handling add special logistical challenges. Special parking, ferry, and on-island transport provisions are being planned, but you need to know about them.
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BioBlitz is a program of RINHS. It is sponsored by Roger Williams Park Zoo, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. This year’s local hosts include: Town of New Shoreham, Ocean View Foundation, Bluestone Foundation, Block Island Conservancy, Block Island Land Trust, The Nature Conservancy (Rhode Island Office), US Fish & Wildlife Service, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management, Audubon Society of Rhode Island, and Interstate Navigation.
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http://www.rinhs.org/what-we-do/bioblitz/bioblitz2010/
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June 13<br/>
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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 ||
CT: Hamden<br/>
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Second Annual Bioblitz in the Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden, CT, on Sunday afternoon, June 13. If any of you live in the area and would like to participate, we'd love to have you. Email me off list (brbeitch@cox.net ) for details. <br/>
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June 14-15<br/>
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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 ||
CT: Stamford<br/>
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sponsor: Scofield Magnet Middle School<br/>
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The sixth and seventh grades at Scofield Magnet Middle School in Stamford, CT are conducting a bioblitz on June 15th. The bioblitz will take place on our campus and the adjoining Bartlett Arboretum. The arboretum is approximately 90 acres with woods, a stream, a pond and a red maple swamp. There are some open areas with high grass fields. It is a lovely area to hold a bioblitz.  We, also, expect  to search for night insects the evening before on June 14th. We are looking for entomologists and other experts or amateur naturalists who would be able to help. On the 15th we will be outside from 8:30 to 12:30. Lunch can be provided for any one who can help. If anyone is interested they could contact Jim Ellsworth for more details.


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Jim Ellsworth
jellsworth@ci.stamford.ct.us

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School  203-977-2750 (day)

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Home  203-938-9579 (evening)
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===Entomological Societies===
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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 ||
CT Butterfly Association<br/>
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http://ctbutterfly.org/<br/>
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CT Entomological Society<br/>
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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 ||
http://www.insectsingers.com/ces/ces.html<br/>
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Cambridge Entomological Club<br/>
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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 ||
http://www.entclub.org/<br/>
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ME Entomological Society<br/>
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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 ||
http://www.colby.edu/MES/<br/>
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AMNH listing of entomological societies<br/>
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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 ||
http://www.amnh.org/learn/biodiversity_counts/know_more/w_entomsoc.htm<br/>
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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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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.