Field Entomology 2014
EEB 4252 - Field Entomology
Summer Session II 2014
Day,Time: MWF, 9am-12pm
Dates: July 7 - August 8
Place: Storrs campus, Torrey Life Sciences Room 313
Credits: 3 (open to majors and non-majors)
Instructor: Elizabeth Wade, Ph.D.
Textbook:
Peterson Field Guide to Insects: America North of Mexico.
==Course Description==
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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:
Field Notebook Assignments:
Current Events:
Collection Instructions:
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Labeling
Date | Topics | Quiz | Field trip | Readings |
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July 7 | Introduction, collecting methods Lecture 1 |
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July 9 | Overview of orders Lecture 2 |
Fenton river | Borror&White Editor's note, Preface, pgs 1-22 | |
July 11 | Pinning and preservation Lecture 3 |
Open lab for pinning | Borror&White pgs 23-46 | |
July 14 | Morphology and illustration Lecture 4 External Anatomy handout |
#1: Orders, collecting, pinning | Grass behind TLS | Morphology links Coleoptera Lepidoptera Hymenoptera Hemiptera |
July 16 | Entognatha, Archaeognatha, Thysanura, Ephemeroptera, Odonata Lecture 5 |
TLS inside and outside Lab time to examine soil specimens |
Odonata of Ecuador | |
July 20 | Plecoptera, Dermaptera, Orthoptera, Psocoptera Lecture 6 |
Rained out! UConn Collections Facility |
Electronic Field Guide to Aquatic Stream Insects UConn Collections | |
July 23* | Lepidoptera Lecture 7 |
#2: Families through July 20, morphology and illustration | Merrow Meadow Park NATIONAL MOTH WEEK: Night collecting trip |
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July 25* | Trichoptera, Blattodea, Isoptera, Mantodea, Phasmatodea Lecture 8 |
Fenton River Aquatic trip |
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July 27* | Hemiptera Lecture 9 |
Lab day | ||
July 30 | Coleoptera Lecture 10 |
#3: Families through July 27 | Spring Manor Farm | |
August 1 | Megaloptera, Neuroptera Lecture 11 |
Collection check-in | HEEP Trail | |
August 3 | Hymenoptera Lecture 12 |
Moss Sanctuary | ||
August 6 | Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Diptera Lecture 13 |
#4: Families through August 3 | Merrow Meadow | |
August 8 | Insects as pets Lecture 14 |
HEEP Trail | ||
August 10 | Insects in culture Lecture 15 |
Open lab | ||
August 13 | Insects as food Lecture 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.