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<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 4252 - Field Entomology</span><br><br>
 
<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 2011</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:''' MoWeFr, 9am-12pm<br>
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<span style="font-size: small">'''Day,Time:''' MWF, 9am-12pm<br>
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'''Dates:''' July 11 - August 19<br/>
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'''Dates:''' July 9 - August 17<br/>
 
'''Place:''' Storrs campus, Torrey Life Sciences Room 313<br>
 
'''Place:''' Storrs campus, Torrey Life Sciences Room 313<br>
 
'''Credits:''' 3 (open to majors and non-majors)<br/>
 
'''Credits:''' 3 (open to majors and non-majors)<br/>
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'''Instructor: [mailto:geert.goemans@uconn.edu Geert Goemans]'''<br>
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'''Instructor: [mailto:brigette.zacharczenko@uconn.edu Brigette Zacharczenko]'''<br>
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;'''Textbooks:'''  
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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.  '''or''' <br>
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Borror, DJ and RE White, 1970. Peterson Field Guide to Insects: America North of Mexico.   
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:Eaton, ER and K Kaufman, 2007. Kaufman field guide to insects of North America <br>
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==Introduction==
 
==Introduction==
  
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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 %).
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You may think that humans rule the world, but it is really the insects!
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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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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!
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Assignments are designed to hone your observational skills and creativity. 
  
 
==Course Procedures and Policies==
 
==Course Procedures and Policies==
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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>
 
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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== Syllabus==
 
== Syllabus==
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| July 11 || Introduction to entomology and keying out orders || EEB garden ||
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| July 9 || Introduction, overview of orders || || Cemetary + W lot ||
 
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| July 14 || Morphology and preservation of insects + pinning and spreading || Fenton river ||
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| July 11 || Collecting methods || || Fenton river ||  
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Borror_White%201970%20pages%204%20-%2037%20small.pdf}}pages 4 - 37 of Borror & White + [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFacqZ9CM4w/ spreading Lepidoptera] ;
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[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcN5Fpu5Qqg/ pinning] ;
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| July 15 || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Day3_all_orders_2011_GG.pdf}}Overview of Insect orders || green patch behind TLS ||
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| July 13 || Pinning and preservation || || behind TLS ||
 
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| July 18 || '''Quiz 1: Orders (until Hemiptera) + Morphology, preservation & pinning''' <br/>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Day4_PPT_Hexapoda_Apterygota_2011_GG.pdf}}Entognathous hexapods and apterygote insects || ||
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| July 16 || Morphology and illustration || #1: Orders, collecting, pinning || ? ||
 
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| July 20 || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Day5_PPT_Paleoptera_2011_GG.pdf}}Paleoptera <br/> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Day5_PPT_Orthopteroidea_2011_GG.pdf}}Orthopteroidea || Top of cemetery Storrs + surrounding forrest ||
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| July 18 || Entognatha, Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Ephemeroptera, Odonata || || TLS boiler room, around campus ||
 
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| July 22 ||'''Quiz 2: All orders + Entognatha, Apterygota, Paleoptera & Orthopteroidea''' <br/>  || Fenton river: aquatic insects ||
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| July 20 || Plecoptera, Dermaptera, Orthoptera, Phasmatodea || || Fenton river - aquatics ||
 
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| July 25 || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Day7_PPT_PlecopteraDermapteraPsocodeaThysanopteraHemiptera%20I_2011_GG.pdf}}Plecoptera, Dermaptera, Psocodea and aquatic Hemiptera || Optional: Light trap collecting||
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| July 23* || Lepidoptera || #2: Families through July 20, morphology and illustration || Eagleville Reservoir trail ||
 
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| July 27 || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Day8_PPT_Hemiptera%20II_2011_GG.pdf}}Hemiptera II || ||[http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/07/fungus-farming-beetles/?hpt=hp_bn11  Fungus Farming Beetles]
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| July 25* || Trichoptera, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea || || Spring Manor Farm trail ||
 
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| July 29 || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Day9_PPT_Neuropterida_Strepsiptera_2011_GG.pdf}}Neuropterida || EEB collections facility + heating room TLS ||
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| July 27* || Hemiptera || || Hilltop Hiking trail ||
 
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| August 1 || '''Quiz 3: Plecoptera, Dermaptera, Thysanoptera, Psocodea, Hemiptera, Neuropterida & Strepsiptera''' <br/> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Day10_PPT_Coleoptera_I_2011_GG.pdf}}Coleoptera I || EEB garden ||[http://uglyoverload.blogspot.com/2008/06/beware-paussinae-beetle.html Paussinae]
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| July 30 || Coleoptera || #3: Families through July 27 || Fenton River - set traps ||
 
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| August 3 || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Day11_PPT_Coleoptera_II_2011_GG.pdf}}Coleoptera II <br/> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Day11_EEB4252_Coleoptera_II_2011.pdf}}Handout Coleoptera II|| Mansfield Hollow Dam ||
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| August 1 || Megaloptera, Neuroptera || Collection check-in || Fenton River - check traps ||
 
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| August 3 || Hymenoptera || || Mansfield Hollow ||
 
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| August 8 || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Day13_PPT_Trichoptera_&_Lepidoptera_2011_GG.pdf}}Trichoptera & Lepidoptera <br/> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/fieldentomology/restricted/Day13_EEB4252_Trichoptera_&_Lepidoptera_2011.pdf}}Handout || Install Malaise + pitfall trap at the Fenton River<br/> + work on collections ||
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| August 6 || Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Diptera || #4: Families through August 3 || Merrow Meadow ||
 
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| August 8 || Insects as pets || || UConn Collections Facility ||
 
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| August 13 || Insects as food || #5: Families through August 10, fun lectures || Insect Banquet ||
 
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Revision as of 18:49, 2 July 2012

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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

Date Topics Quiz Field trip Readings
July 9 Introduction, overview of orders Cemetary + W lot
July 11 Collecting methods Fenton river
July 13 Pinning and preservation behind TLS
July 16 Morphology and illustration #1: Orders, collecting, pinning  ?
July 18 Entognatha, Archaeognatha, Zygentoma, Ephemeroptera, Odonata TLS boiler room, around campus
July 20 Plecoptera, Dermaptera, Orthoptera, Phasmatodea Fenton river - aquatics
July 23* Lepidoptera #2: Families through July 20, morphology and illustration Eagleville Reservoir trail
July 25* Trichoptera, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea Spring Manor Farm trail
July 27* Hemiptera Hilltop Hiking trail
July 30 Coleoptera #3: Families through July 27 Fenton River - set traps
August 1 Megaloptera, Neuroptera Collection check-in Fenton River - check traps
August 3 Hymenoptera Mansfield Hollow
August 6 Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Diptera #4: Families through August 3 Merrow Meadow
August 8 Insects as pets UConn Collections Facility
August 10 Insects in culture Open lab
August 13 Insects as food #5: Families through August 10, fun lectures Insect Banquet
August 15 Open lab
August 17 Due: Collections, Field Notebook Lab Practical



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

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