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<span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 4250 - General Entomology</span><br><br> | <span style="font-size: x-large">EEB 4250 - General Entomology</span><br><br> | ||
− | <span style="font-size: large">Fall | + | <span style="font-size: large">Fall 2014</span> <br><br> |
<span style="font-size: small">'''Day/Time:''' Tuesday+Thursday 12:30-3:30<br> | <span style="font-size: small">'''Day/Time:''' Tuesday+Thursday 12:30-3:30<br> | ||
'''Place:''' Storrs campus, Torrey Life Sciences Room 313<br> | '''Place:''' Storrs campus, Torrey Life Sciences Room 313<br> | ||
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*Gullan, P. J. and P. S. Cranston. 2010. The Insects: An Outline of Entomology. Fourth Ed. Blackwell Science, Oxford, England. <br> | *Gullan, P. J. and P. S. Cranston. 2010. The Insects: An Outline of Entomology. Fourth Ed. Blackwell Science, Oxford, England. <br> | ||
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==Introduction== | ==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. | 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. | ||
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== Syllabus and Course Materials== | == Syllabus and Course Materials== | ||
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'''Full Syllabus:''' {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Syllabus_2012%2028%20August.docx}}Syllabus 2012<br> | '''Full Syllabus:''' {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Syllabus_2012%2028%20August.docx}}Syllabus 2012<br> | ||
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*Please add your photos to an existing set for class trips, or create your own set<br> | *Please add your photos to an existing set for class trips, or create your own set<br> | ||
*Add your name or initials to the description of each photo you upload<br> | *Add your name or initials to the description of each photo you upload<br> | ||
− | *Feel free to comment using the main account or your own flickr account | + | *Feel free to comment using the main account or your own flickr account<br> |
− | <br><br> | + | '''Lab Facebook page:''' [https://www.facebook.com/groups/414019895313511 Lab Facebook page]<br> |
+ | '''Lab information'''<br> | ||
+ | You may work on your collection in the lab outside of class time at these times:<br> | ||
+ | *Mondays and Fridays after 10am | ||
+ | *Tuesdays and Thursdays before or after class<br> | ||
+ | '''Collection Materials''' | ||
+ | :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/label_template.doc}}Label Template<br> | ||
+ | :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/collection.xlsx}}Collection Excel Sheet<br> | ||
+ | '''Bonus Assignments'''<br> | ||
+ | :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/live%20insect%20project.docx}}Live Insect Project | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | '''Collection Guidelines'''<br> | ||
+ | {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Collection%20Grading%202012.doc}}Collection Grading 2012.doc<br> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | '''Collection Tips'''<br> | ||
+ | 1) Ensure your name is clearly written on all boxes.<br> | ||
+ | 2) Please keep your vials in an easy-to-access container.<br> | ||
+ | 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.<br> | ||
+ | 4) Don't forget about the ecological labels. Think about them carefully, this is an easy way to make mistakes if you rush.<br> | ||
+ | 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.<br> | ||
+ | 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.<br> | ||
+ | 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.<br> | ||
+ | 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.<br> | ||
+ | 9) Moderate trading is encouraged.<br> | ||
+ | 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. <br> | ||
+ | --> | ||
+ | |||
+ | {| border="1" cellpadding="1" | ||
+ | !width="400"|Item | ||
+ | !width="100"|Points | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Midterms (90 pts each) || 180 pts | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Final || 175 pts | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Collection || 300 pts | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |7 lab quizzes (25 pts each), live insect project (25 pts), ecology exercise (25 pts), attendance and participation (25 pts) || 250 pts | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Lab practicum || 75 pts | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Current events (2 articles) || 20 pts | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | |Total || 1000 pts | ||
+ | |} | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | '''Collection Materials''' | ||
+ | :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/collection_grading_2014.doc}}Collection Guidelines<br> | ||
+ | :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/label_template.doc}}Label Template<br> | ||
+ | :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/collection.xlsx}}Collection Excel Sheet<br> | ||
+ | :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/ecological_labels_2014.docx}}Ecological Labels<br> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | '''Lab Facebook page:''' [http://www.facebook.com/groups/709741185741379/ Lab Facebook page]<br> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | |||
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− | | August | + | | August 26 || Course overview || || Wagner Lab visit<br>Collections Facility<br>Intro to collections || {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/The%20Insects_Aug%2028.pdf}}G+C Chapter 1<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Peterson_Aug%2028.pdf}}B+W pgs 4-29 |
|- | |- | ||
− | | August | + | | August 28 || Importance of insects<br>Introduction to insect diversity<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Insect%20Importance%2028%20August.pdf}} Importance of insects|| || Insect walk<br>Collecting methods<br>Pinning<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%202%20-%20collecting%2C%20pinning%20BZ_2014.pdf}}Collecting and pinning <br> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iz2PslQbLK4&feature=youtu.be How to pin and spread a moth]|| {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/External%20Anatomy.pdf}}G+C Chapter 2<br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/The%20Joy%20of%20Formication.pdf}}The Joy of Formication<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/economic_value_insects.pdf}}Economic Value of Insects |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Sept | + | | Sept 2 || Insect body I: external anatomy<br> || '''Quiz 1''': Insect Collecting || Overview of Insect Orders<br> Pinning demonstration<br> || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Sept | + | | Sept 4 || Insect body II: external anatomy || || External Grasshopper Anatomy||{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/internal%20anatomy.pdf}}G+C Chapter 3 |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Sept | + | | Sept 5-7 || || || Great Mountain Forest Trip || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Sept | + | | Sept 9 || Insect body III: external anatomy || '''Quiz 2''': Insect Orders || Internal anatomy dissection || [http://www.orkin.com/cockroaches/virtual-roach/ Virtual Cockroach]<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyFncIGjcQY Ant losing wings] |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Sept | + | | Sept 11 || Internal anatomy I || || Aquatic insects<br>Aquatic field trip|| |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Sept | + | | Sept 16 || Internal anatomy II<br> Geologic history I|| '''Quiz 3''': Insect Anatomy || Non-insect arthropods<br> Early hexapods: Entognatha, Apterygota, Ephemeroptera, Odonata|| |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Sept | + | | Sept 18 || Geologic history II<br> Higher classification of insects<br> || || Blattodea, Mantodea, Phasmatodea, Orthoptera<br>Walk to W lot<br>|| |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Sept | + | | Sept 23 || Development and life histories || '''Quiz 4''': Primitive insect orders+<br>Aquatic insects || Dermaptera, Plecoptera, Embioptera, Pscodea ||<!--{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/reading_sex_advice_1.PDF}}Reading part 1<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/reading_sex_advice_2.PDF}}Reading part 2<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kjFAtqhh6g Maternal earwig]<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_qoq217f38 Bark lice]--> |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Sept | + | | Sept 25 || Growth and development || Collection check #1|| Phthiraptera, Thysanoptera, Hemiptera (aquatic)||<!--[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyIF7eX6qmo Dragonfly]<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkiU9uFwqmw Painted lady]<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocephalus_borealis ZomBEE]--> |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | Sept 29 || '''MIDTERM 1''' || || Hemiptera II (Heteroptera)|| <!--[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ7J-3RiyU4 Bed bugs]<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU_P57QTZfk Stink bugs]--> |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Oct | + | | Oct 2 || Nervous system and sensory organs II<br> || || Hemiptera III (Aucheno- and Sternorrhyncha, Fulgoroidea)|| <!--C+G chapter 4<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/reading_metamorphosis_chapter8.pdf}}Insect Lives, Chapter 8 (Metamorphosis)<br> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k_oKK4Teco Regulatin' genes]--> |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Oct | + | | Oct 7 || Insect behavior || || Bug jeopardy<br>Aquatic insect ecology field trip || <!--G+C chapter 4<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/reading%20Judson%20chapter%206.PDF}}Judson chapter 6<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/reading%20Judson%20chapter%207%20first%20essays.PDF}}Judson chapter 7<br> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fx-YgcP8Gg Penis fencing]--> |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Oct | + | | Oct 9 || Social insects || '''Quiz 5''': Hemimetabola || Megaloptera, Neuroptera|| <!--{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/reading%20Eisner_Love%20Potions_2012.PDF}}Eisner, Love Potions<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYp_Xi4AtAQ Mantids mating]--> |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Oct | + | | Oct 14 || Social insects, phytophagous insects || || Strepsiptera, Coleoptera I || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Oct | + | | Oct 16 || Phytophagous insects, insects and plants || || Coleoptera II<br>Special Lab Topic: Plant secondary compounds & insect herbivory<br>Greenhouse tour|| |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Oct | + | | Oct 21 || Acoustical insects (Dr. Charles Henry) || || Coleoptera III<br>||<!--{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/reading_For%20Love%20of%20Insects_2012.PDF}}For Love of Insects<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/reading_Insect%20Lives_2012.PDF}}Insect Lives--> |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Oct | + | | Oct 23 || Forensic entomology (Dr. William Krinsky) || || Coleoptera review<br>Bug jeopardy|| |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Oct | + | | Oct 28 || Phytophagous insects, defenses || || Trichoptera, Lepidoptera I<br>Special lab topic: ghost moths and other scary insects || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | Oct 30 ||'''MIDTERM 2''' || '''Quiz 6''': Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Strepsiptera, and Coleoptera || Trichoptera, Lepidoptera II<br>Special lab topic: silk|| |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Nov | + | | Nov 4 || Entomophagous insects || || Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Diptera I || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Nov | + | | Nov 6 || Entomophagous insects continued || Collection Check #2 || Diptera II || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Nov | + | | Nov 11 || Medical and veterinary entomology || || Diptera III<br>Open lab || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Nov | + | | Nov 13 || Medical and veterinary entomology || || Hymenoptera I || <!--{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/reading%20PNAS-2010-Janzen-0912122107.pdf}}Janzen reading<br>--> |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Nov | + | | Nov 18 || Chemical ecology of insects (Scott Smedley)|| || Open lab|| |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Nov | + | | Nov 20 || Insect ecology ||'''Quiz 7''': Mecopteroidea || Hymenoptera II ||<!--[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?--> |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Dec | + | | Dec 2 || Pest management and biological control || '''Live Insect Project due'''|| Open lab || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | Dec | + | | Dec 4 || Insect conservation || '''LAB PRACTICUM''' || Open lab || |
|- | |- | ||
− | | | + | | TBD || ''' FINAL EXAM'''|| '''COLLECTION DUE'''|| || |
+ | |} | ||
Revision as of 16:06, 28 August 2014
EEB 4250 - General Entomology
Fall 2014
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
Item | Points |
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Midterms (90 pts each) | 180 pts |
Final | 175 pts |
Collection | 300 pts |
7 lab quizzes (25 pts each), live insect project (25 pts), ecology exercise (25 pts), attendance and participation (25 pts) | 250 pts |
Lab practicum | 75 pts |
Current events (2 articles) | 20 pts |
Total | 1000 pts |
Collection Materials
Lab Facebook page: Lab Facebook page
Date | Lecture | Quiz | Lab | Readings |
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August 26 | Course overview | Wagner Lab visit Collections Facility Intro to collections |
G+C Chapter 1 B+W pgs 4-29 | |
August 28 | Importance of insects Introduction to insect diversity Importance of insects |
Insect walk Collecting methods Pinning Collecting and pinning How to pin and spread a moth |
G+C Chapter 2 The Joy of Formication Economic Value of Insects | |
Sept 2 | Insect body I: external anatomy |
Quiz 1: Insect Collecting | Overview of Insect Orders Pinning demonstration |
|
Sept 4 | Insect body II: external anatomy | External Grasshopper Anatomy | G+C Chapter 3 | |
Sept 5-7 | Great Mountain Forest Trip | |||
Sept 9 | Insect body III: external anatomy | Quiz 2: Insect Orders | Internal anatomy dissection | Virtual Cockroach Ant losing wings |
Sept 11 | Internal anatomy I | Aquatic insects Aquatic field trip |
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Sept 16 | Internal anatomy II Geologic history I |
Quiz 3: Insect Anatomy | Non-insect arthropods Early hexapods: Entognatha, Apterygota, Ephemeroptera, Odonata |
|
Sept 18 | Geologic history II Higher classification of insects |
Blattodea, Mantodea, Phasmatodea, Orthoptera Walk to W lot |
||
Sept 23 | Development and life histories | Quiz 4: Primitive insect orders+ Aquatic insects |
Dermaptera, Plecoptera, Embioptera, Pscodea | |
Sept 25 | Growth and development | Collection check #1 | Phthiraptera, Thysanoptera, Hemiptera (aquatic) | |
Sept 29 | MIDTERM 1 | Hemiptera II (Heteroptera) | ||
Oct 2 | Nervous system and sensory organs II |
Hemiptera III (Aucheno- and Sternorrhyncha, Fulgoroidea) | ||
Oct 7 | Insect behavior | Bug jeopardy Aquatic insect ecology field trip |
||
Oct 9 | Social insects | Quiz 5: Hemimetabola | Megaloptera, Neuroptera | |
Oct 14 | Social insects, phytophagous insects | Strepsiptera, Coleoptera I | ||
Oct 16 | Phytophagous insects, insects and plants | Coleoptera II Special Lab Topic: Plant secondary compounds & insect herbivory Greenhouse tour |
||
Oct 21 | Acoustical insects (Dr. Charles Henry) | Coleoptera III |
||
Oct 23 | Forensic entomology (Dr. William Krinsky) | Coleoptera review Bug jeopardy |
||
Oct 28 | Phytophagous insects, defenses | Trichoptera, Lepidoptera I Special lab topic: ghost moths and other scary insects |
||
Oct 30 | MIDTERM 2 | Quiz 6: Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Strepsiptera, and Coleoptera | Trichoptera, Lepidoptera II Special lab topic: silk |
|
Nov 4 | Entomophagous insects | Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Diptera I | ||
Nov 6 | Entomophagous insects continued | Collection Check #2 | Diptera II | |
Nov 11 | Medical and veterinary entomology | Diptera III Open lab |
||
Nov 13 | Medical and veterinary entomology | Hymenoptera I | ||
Nov 18 | Chemical ecology of insects (Scott Smedley) | Open lab | ||
Nov 20 | Insect ecology | Quiz 7: Mecopteroidea | Hymenoptera II | |
Dec 2 | Pest management and biological control | Live Insect Project due | Open lab | |
Dec 4 | Insect conservation | LAB PRACTICUM | Open lab | |
TBD | FINAL EXAM | COLLECTION DUE |