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| Nov 29 || Medical Entomology<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Medical%20Entomology%202012.pdf}}Medical Entomology ||'''Quiz 7''': Mecopteroidea || Hymenoptera II ||G+C Chapter 15<br>[http://caterpillar-eyespots.blogspot.com Caterpillar Eyespots]<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/the%20ant%20and%20the%20acacia%20tree.PDF}}The Ant and the Acacia Tree<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/why%20did%20God%20make%20flies.PDF}}Why Did God Make Flies? | | Nov 29 || Medical Entomology<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Medical%20Entomology%202012.pdf}}Medical Entomology ||'''Quiz 7''': Mecopteroidea || Hymenoptera II ||G+C Chapter 15<br>[http://caterpillar-eyespots.blogspot.com Caterpillar Eyespots]<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/the%20ant%20and%20the%20acacia%20tree.PDF}}The Ant and the Acacia Tree<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/why%20did%20God%20make%20flies.PDF}}Why Did God Make Flies? | ||
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− | | Dec 4 || Medical Entomology<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Medical%20Entomology%202012_part2.ppt}} Medical Entomology || || Open lab || | + | | Dec 4 || Medical Entomology<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Medical%20Entomology%202012_part2.ppt}} Medical Entomology<br>Insect Ecology and Pest Management<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Insect%20Ecology%20and%20Pest%20Management%202012.pdf}}Insect Ecology and Pest Management || || Open lab || G+C Chapter 16 |
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− | | Dec 6 || Insect conservation || '''LAB PRACTICUM''' || Open lab || | + | | Dec 6 || Insect Ecology{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Insect%20Ecology%20and%20Pest%20Management%202012%20Part%20II.pdf}}Insect Ecology and Pest Management 2012 Part II<br>Insect conservation<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Insect%20Conservation%202012.pdf}}Insect conservation || '''LAB PRACTICUM''' || Open lab || |
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| Dec 14 || ''' FINAL EXAM'''<br>10:30-12:30 || '''COLLECTION DUE'''<br>Midnight<br>(must absolutely be done before I come in Saturday morning)|| || | | Dec 14 || ''' FINAL EXAM'''<br>10:30-12:30 || '''COLLECTION DUE'''<br>Midnight<br>(must absolutely be done before I come in Saturday morning)|| || |
Revision as of 17:13, 6 December 2012
EEB 4250 - General Entomology
Fall 2012
Day/Time: Tuesday+Thursday 12:30-3:30
Place: Storrs campus, Torrey Life Sciences Room 313
Credits: 4
Instructor: David Wagner
- Life Sciences Rm 471
- 860-486-2139 and 860-942-1796 (cell)
- Office hours: 10 MWF and as available
- Life Sciences Rm 473
- 518-573-3091 (cell)
- Office hours: as available (email for appointment)
Textbook:
- Borror, DJ and RE White, 1970. Peterson Field Guide to Insects: America North of Mexico.
- Gullan, P. J. and P. S. Cranston. 2010. The Insects: An Outline of Entomology. Fourth Ed. Blackwell Science, Oxford, England.
Introduction
The lectures provide a broad introduction to insect diversity, phylogeny, structure and function, behavior, ecology, and conservation. The laboratory stresses sight identification and natural history of 120 common insect families. The collection requirement connects the lecture and laboratory by linking lecture topics, and especially insect behavior and ecology, to Connecticut’s extraordinary insect fauna.
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
Course Flickr page: UConnGenEnt2012
- Please add your photos to an existing set for class trips, or create your own set
- Add your name or initials to the description of each photo you upload
- Feel free to comment using the main account or your own flickr account
Lab Facebook page: Lab Facebook page
Lab information
You may work on your collection in the lab outside of class time at these times:
- Mondays and Fridays after 10am
- Tuesdays and Thursdays before or after class
Collection Materials
Bonus Assignments
Collection Guidelines
Collection Grading 2012.doc
Collection Tips
1) Ensure your name is clearly written on all boxes.
2) Please keep your vials in an easy-to-access container.
3) You must hand in a printed spreadsheet (found on the course website) along with your collection. Your name must be on it. The written families should be in the same order as the specimens in your boxes.
4) Don't forget about the ecological labels. Think about them carefully, this is an easy way to make mistakes if you rush.
5) Put the labels in the right order on the pin. Locality label on top, then species label (if needed), then ecological label (if needed), then family label (if it's the first in the row). Labels should be in line with the specimen and take up as little space as possible and still be legible. They should all be facing the same direction.
6) Organization of orders/families within the box is unimportant, as long as it is clear. Try to condense to as few boxes as possible.
7) Remember that the curation guidelines are to ensure that your specimens are "museum ready" - they might be your longest legacy on earth. Think about how beautifully well organized Dave's collection is upstairs, and the main collection next door. Look at your specimens and ask if they are ready to be seamlessly integrated into a museum collection.
8) Don't fret too much about a bad specimen (missing legs, etc) if it's the only one you have. Damaged specimens are still valuable if properly labeled.
9) Moderate trading is encouraged.
10) Some specimens will be taken and added to the main collection (you should take this as a compliment, I had several of my specimens taken). If you have a favorite specimen you are particularly attached to, like something you raised as a pet, leave a note on your spreadsheet.
Date | Lecture | Quiz | Lab | Readings |
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August 28 | Course overview | Wagner Lab visit Collections Facility Intro to collections |
G+C Chapter 1 B+W pgs 4-29 | |
August 30 | Importance of insects Introduction to insect diversity Introduction |
Insect walk Collecting methods Pinning Lab 2 |
G+C Chapter 2 The Joy of Formication | |
Sept 4 | Insect body I: external anatomy External anatomy I |
Quiz 1: Insect Collecting | Overview of Insect Orders Pinning demonstration Lab 3 |
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Sept 6 | Insect body II: external anatomy External anatomy II |
External Grasshopper Anatomy Lab 4 |
G+C Chapter 3 | |
Sept 7-9 | Great Mountain Forest Trip | |||
Sept 11 | Insect body III: external anatomy External anatomy III |
Quiz 2: Insect Orders | Internal anatomy dissection Lab 5 |
Virtual Cockroach Ant losing wings |
Sept 13 | Internal anatomy I Internal anatomy I |
Aquatic insects Aquatic field trip Lab 6 |
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Sept 18 | Internal anatomy II Geologic history I Anatomy and Geologic History |
Quiz 3: Insect Anatomy | Non-insect arthropods Early hexapods: Entognatha, Apterygota, Ephemeroptera, Odonata Lab 7 |
G+C Chapter 7 G+C Chapter 6 |
Sept 20 | Geologic history II Higher classification of insects Geologic history II Insect phylogeny |
Blattodea, Mantodea, Phasmatodea, Orthoptera Walk to W lot Lab 8 |
G+C Chapter 8 (section 8.2, the rest is optional) | |
Sept 25 | Development and life histories Development and life histories |
Quiz 4: Primitive insect orders+ Aquatic insects |
Dermaptera, Plecoptera, Embioptera, Pscoptera Lab 9 |
Reading part 1 Reading part 2 Maternal earwig Bark lice |
Sept 27 | Growth and development Growth and development |
Collection check #1 | Phthiraptera, Thysanoptera, Hemiptera (aquatic) Lab 10 |
Dragonfly Painted lady ZomBEE |
Oct 2 | MIDTERM 1 | Hemiptera II (Heteroptera) Lab 11 |
Bed bugs Stink bugs | |
Oct 4 | Nervous system and sensory organs II Nervous System |
Hemiptera III (Aucheno- and Sternorrhyncha, Fulgoroidea) Lab 12 |
C+G chapter 4 Insect Lives, Chapter 8 (Metamorphosis) Regulatin' genes | |
Oct 9 | Nervous System II Nervous System II |
Open lab Bug jeopardy Bug Jeopardy file |
G+C chapter 4 Judson chapter 6 Judson chapter 7 Penis fencing | |
Oct 11 | Nervous System continued Nervous System continued |
Quiz 5: Hemimetabola | Megaloptera, Neuroptera Lab 14 |
G+C Chapter 12 Eisner, Love Potions Mantids mating |
Oct 16 | Behavior Behavior |
Strepsiptera, Coleoptera I Lab 15 |
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Oct 18 | Social insects Social insects |
Coleoptera II Special Lab Topic: Plant secondary compounds & insect herbivory Greenhouse tour Lab 16 |
G+C Chapter 11 OPTIONAL Nowak et al. (2010) | |
Oct 23 | Phytophagous insects Insects and Plants 1 |
Coleoptera III Lab 17 |
For Love of Insects Insect Lives | |
Oct 25 | Insects and plants Herbivory and plant defense Insects and Plants II |
Coleoptera review Special Lab Topic Halloween Insects |
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Oct 30 | Hurricane Sandy had other ideas. | |||
Nov 1 | Quiz 6: Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Strepsiptera, and Coleoptera | Trichoptera, Lepidoptera I&II Lab 19 |
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Nov 6 | MIDTERM 2 | Guest Lecture - Forensic Entomology | ||
Nov 8 | Insect and plants continued Insects and Plants III |
Collection Check #2 | Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Diptera I Lab 21 |
G+C Chapter 14 |
Nov 13 | Chemical ecology of insects (Scott Smedley) | Diptera continued Lab 22 |
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Nov 15 | Insect Defenses Insect Defenses |
Bug Banquet Bug Jeopardy |
Janzen reading G+C Chapter 13 | |
Nov 27 | Entomophagous Insects Entomophagous Insects |
Hymenoptera I Lab 24 |
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Nov 29 | Medical Entomology Medical Entomology |
Quiz 7: Mecopteroidea | Hymenoptera II | G+C Chapter 15 Caterpillar Eyespots The Ant and the Acacia Tree Why Did God Make Flies? |
Dec 4 | Medical Entomology Medical Entomology Insect Ecology and Pest Management Insect Ecology and Pest Management |
Open lab | G+C Chapter 16 | |
Dec 6 | Insect EcologyInsect Ecology and Pest Management 2012 Part II Insect conservation Insect conservation |
LAB PRACTICUM | Open lab | |
Dec 14 | FINAL EXAM 10:30-12:30 |
COLLECTION DUE Midnight (must absolutely be done before I come in Saturday morning) |