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Revision as of 01:37, 16 July 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.


Tentative syllabus

Date Topics covered Fieldtrip Associated readings
July 11 Introduction to entomology and keying out orders EEB garden
July 14 Morphology and preservation of insects + pinning and spreading Fenton river

Pdficon small.gifpages 4 - 37 of Borror & White + spreading Lepidoptera ; pinning ; point mounting ; collecting

July 15 Pdficon small.gifOverview of Insect orders Woods behind cemetery Storrs
July 18 Quiz 1: Orders (until Hemiptera) + Morphology, preservation & pinning Entognathous hexapods and apterygote insects