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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 2012</span> <br><br>
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<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>
 
'''Credits:''' 4<br/>
 
'''Credits:''' 4<br/>
 
'''Instructor: [mailto:david.wagner@uconn.edu David Wagner]'''<br>
 
'''Instructor: [mailto:david.wagner@uconn.edu David Wagner]'''<br>
:Life Sciences Rm 471<br>
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:Torrey Life Sciences Rm 471<br>
 
:860-486-2139 and 860-942-1796 (cell)<br>
 
:860-486-2139 and 860-942-1796 (cell)<br>
 
:Office hours: 10 MWF and as available<br>
 
:Office hours: 10 MWF and as available<br>
'''TA: [mailto:brigette.zacharczenko@gmail.com Brigette Zacharczenko]'''<br>
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'''TA: [mailto:kevin.keegan@uconn.edu Kevin Keegan]'''<br>
:Life Sciences Rm 473<br>
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:Torrey Life Sciences Rm 461<br>
:518-573-3091 (cell)<br>
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:617-272-5054 (cell)<br>
 
:Office hours: as available (email for appointment)<br>
 
:Office hours: as available (email for appointment)<br>
 
'''Textbook:'''<br>
 
'''Textbook:'''<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==
'''Full Syllabus:''' {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Syllabus_2012%2028%20August.docx}}Syllabus 2012<br>
 
  
'''Course Flickr page:''' [http://www.flickr.com/photos/86216499@N04 UConnGenEnt2012]<br>
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*Please add your photos to an existing set for class trips, or create your own set<br>
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*Add your name or initials to the description of each photo you upload<br>
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*Feel free to comment using the main account or your own flickr account<br>
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'''Lab Facebook page:''' [https://www.facebook.com/groups/414019895313511 Lab Facebook page]<br>
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|Midterms (90 pts each) || 180 pts
'''Lab information'''<br>
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You may work on your collection in the lab outside of class time at these times:<br>
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|Final || 175 pts
*Mondays and Fridays after 10am
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*Tuesdays and Thursdays before or after class<br>
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|Collection || 300 pts
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|7 lab quizzes (25 pts each), live insect project (25 pts), ecology exercise (25 pts), attendance and participation (25 pts) || 250 pts
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|Lab practicum || 75 pts
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|Current events (2 articles) || 20 pts
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|Total || 1000 pts
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'''Collection Materials'''
 
'''Collection Materials'''
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:{{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/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/collection.xlsx}}Collection Excel Sheet<br>
'''Bonus Assignments'''<br>
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/ecological_labels_2014.docx}}Ecological Labels<br>
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/live%20insect%20project.docx}}Live Insect Project
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/collection_checkin_1_BVZ_2014.docx}}Collection Check #1
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/odonate_card_template.docx}}Odonate Label Template
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/collection_checkin_2_BVZ_2014.docx}}Collection Check #2
 
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'''Lab Facebook page:''' [http://www.facebook.com/groups/709741185741379/ Lab Facebook page]<br>
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'''Other Assignments'''
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/live_insect_project_BVZ_2014.docx}}Live Insect Project
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| August 28 || 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
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| 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
 
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| August 30 || Importance of insects<br>Introduction to insect diversity<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Insect%20Importance%2030%20August.pdf}}Introduction|| || Insect walk<br>Collecting methods<br>Pinning<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%202%20-%20collecting%2C%20pinning.pdf}}Lab 2 || {{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
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| 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
 
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| Sept 4 || Insect body I: external anatomy<br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Anatomy%20I_2012.pdf}}External anatomy I || '''Quiz 1''': Insect Collecting || Overview of Insect Orders<br> Pinning demonstration<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%203%20-%20orders.pdf}}Lab 3 ||
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| Sept 2 || Insect adaptations<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/insect_adaptations_beekeeping_2014.pdf}}Insect adaptations || '''Quiz 1''': Insect Collecting || Overview of Insect Orders<br> Pinning demonstration<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%203%20-%20orders%20BZ_2014.pdf}}Insect Orders<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%203%20-%20orders%20handout_2014_DLW.docx}}Insect Orders handout|| Finish reading G+C chapter 2<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/So%20Great%20the%20Excitement%20Alfred%20Russel%20Wallace.pdf}}So Great the Excitement Alfred Russel Wallace
 
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| Sept 6 || Insect body II: external anatomy<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Anatomy%20II_2012.pdf}}External anatomy II || || External Grasshopper Anatomy<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%204%20-%20morphology%20and%20illustration.pdf}}Lab 4 ||{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/internal%20anatomy.pdf}}G+C Chapter 3
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| Sept 4 || External Anatomy I<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Anatomy%20I_2014.pdf}}External Anatomy I || || External Grasshopper Anatomy<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%204%20-%20morphology%20and%20illustration%20BZ_2014.pdf}}Morphology and Illustration<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%204%20-%20external%20anatomy%202014.doc}}External Anatomy handout|| {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Scan.pdf}}For Love of Insects
 
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| Sept 7-9 || || || Great Mountain Forest Trip ||
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| Sept 5-7 || || || Great Mountain Forest Trip ||
 
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| Sept 11 || Insect body III: external anatomy<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/anatomy%20III_2012_updated.pdf}}External anatomy III || '''Quiz 2''': Insect Orders || Internal anatomy dissection<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%205%20-%20internal%20anatomy.pdf}}Lab 5  || [http://www.orkin.com/cockroaches/virtual-roach/ Virtual Cockroach]<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyFncIGjcQY Ant losing wings]
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| Sept 9 || External Anatomy II<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/External%20Anatomy%20II.pdf}}External Anatomy II || '''Quiz 2''': Insect Orders || Internal anatomy dissection<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%205%20-%20internal%20anatomy%20BZ_2014.pdf}}Internal anatomy<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%205%20-%20internal%20anatomy%20dissection_2014_DLW.doc}}Internal anatomy handout || G+C Chapter 3<br>[http://www.orkin.com/cockroaches/virtual-roach/ Virtual Cockroach]<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyFncIGjcQY Ant losing wings]
 
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| Sept 13 || Internal anatomy I<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Anatomy%20IV_2012.pdf}}Internal anatomy I || || Aquatic insects<br>Aquatic field trip<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%206%20-%20aquatic%20insects.pdf}}Lab 6 ||
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| Sept 11 || External Anatomy III<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Lecture%206_Extern%20Anatomy%20III.pdf}}External Anatomy III || || Aquatic insects<br>Aquatic field trip<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%206%20-%20aquatic%20insects%20BZ_2014.pdf}}Aquatic insects|| Review chapters 2 and 3<br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/reading_spiderlove.pdf}}Spider Love
 
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| Sept 18 || Internal anatomy II<br> Geologic history I<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Fossil%20History%20I%202012.pdf}}Anatomy and Geologic History || '''Quiz 3''': Insect Anatomy || Non-insect arthropods<br> Early hexapods:  Entognatha, Apterygota, Ephemeroptera, Odonata<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%207%20-%20non%20hexapods%20and%20early%20hexapods.pdf}}Lab 7 || G+C Chapter 7<br>G+C Chapter 6
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| Sept 16 || Internal Anatomy I<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Lecture%207_Intern%20Anat%20I.pdf}}Internal Anatomy I|| '''Quiz 3''': Insect Anatomy || Non-insect arthropods<br> Early hexapods:  Entognatha, Apterygota, Ephemeroptera, Odonata<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%207%20-%20non%20hexapods%20and%20early%20hexapods%20BZ_2014_DLW.pdf}}Non hexapods and early hexapods|| [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYGBgueteiY Parasitoid emerges from caterpillar]<br>[http://ghostmoth.eeb.uconn.edu/dragons/ Odonata of CT]
 
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| Sept 20 || Geologic history II<br> Higher classification of insects<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Fossil%20History%20II%20DW_2012.pdf}}Geologic history II<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Insect%20Phylogeny%20DW_2012.pdf}}Insect phylogeny || || Blattodea, Mantodea, Phasmatodea, Orthoptera<br>Walk to W lot<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%208%20-%20orthoptera%2C%20phasmatodea%2C%20dictyoptera%20BZ_2012.pdf}}Lab 8 || G+C Chapter 8 (section 8.2, the rest is optional)
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| Sept 18 || Internal Anatomy II and Fossil History I<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Lecture%208%20Internal%20Anatomy%20II%20and%20Fossil%20History%20I.pdf}}Internal Anatomy II and Fossil History I || || Blattodea, Mantodea, Phasmatodea, Orthoptera<br>Collecting around TLS<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%208%20-%20orthoptera%2C%20phasmatodea%2C%20dictyoptera%20BZ_2014_DLW.pdf}}Orthoptera, Phasmatodea, Dictyoptera|| G+C Chapters 7, 8
 
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| Sept 25 || Development and life histories<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/phylogeny%20and%20development%20DW_2012.pdf}}Development and life histories || '''Quiz 4''': Primitive insect orders+<br>Aquatic insects || Dermaptera, Plecoptera, Embioptera, Pscoptera<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%209%20-%20plecoptera%2C%20dermaptera%2C%20embioptera%2C%20psocoptera%20BZ_2012.pdf}}Lab 9 ||{{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]
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| Sept 23 || Fossil History II<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Lecture%209%20Fossil%20History%202014%20Two.pdf}}Fossil History II || '''Quiz 4''': Primitive insect orders+<br>Aquatic insects || Dermaptera, Plecoptera, Pscodea<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%209%20-%20plecoptera%2C%20dermaptera%2C%20psocodea%20BZ_2014.pdf}}Dermaptera, Plecoptera, Psocodea ||G+C Chapter 7<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kjFAtqhh6g Maternal earwig]<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_qoq217f38 Bark lice]
 
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| Sept 27 || Growth and development<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Lecture%20Growth%20and%20Development%20DW_2012.pdf}}Growth and development || Collection check #1|| Phthiraptera, Thysanoptera, Hemiptera (aquatic)<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%2010%20-%20psocodea%2C%20thysanoptera%2C%20hemiptera%201%20BZ_2012.pdf}}Lab 10 ||[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]
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| Sept 25 || Growth and phylogeny<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Lecture%2010Growth%20and%20Molting%202014.pdf}}Growth and molting<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Lecture%2010%20Phylogeny.pdf}}Phylogeny || Collection check #1|| Thysanoptera, Hemiptera I (aquatic)<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%2010%20-%20thysanoptera%2C%20hemiptera%201%20BZ_2014_dlw.pdf}}Thysanoptera and Hemiptera I||
 
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| Oct 2 || '''MIDTERM 1''' || || Hemiptera II (Heteroptera)<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Hemiptera%20-%20Heteroptera%20II.pdf}}Lab 11 || [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ7J-3RiyU4 Bed bugs]<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU_P57QTZfk Stink bugs]
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| Sept 30 || '''MIDTERM 1''' || || Hemiptera II (Heteroptera)<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Hemiptera%20-%20Heteroptera%20II.pdf}}Hemiptera II||  
 
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| Oct 4 || Nervous system and sensory organs II<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Nervous%20System%20I%20DW_2012.pdf}}Nervous System || || Hemiptera III (Aucheno- and Sternorrhyncha, Fulgoroidea)<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%2012_hemiptera%20III_BZ_2012.pdf}}Lab 12 || 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]
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| Oct 2 || Growth and Molting<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Lecture%2011%20Growth%20and%20Molting%202014.pdf}}Growth and Molting || || Hemiptera III (Aucheno- and Sternorrhyncha, Fulgoroidea)<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%2012_hemiptera%20III_BZ_2014_DLW.pdf}}Hemiptera III|| {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/How%20to%20make%20love%20to%20a%20cannibal.pdf}}Reading - How to make love to a cannibal
 
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| Oct 9 || Insect behavior || || Open lab<br>Bug jeopardy || G+C chapter 4<br> Judson (to be posted)
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| Oct 7 || Growth and Molting II<br>Nervous System I<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Lecture%2013%20Growth%20and%20Molting%20%20II_2014.pdf}}Growth and Molting  II<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Lecture%2013%20Nervous%20System%20I%202014.pdf}}Nervous System I || || Neuropterida<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%2014%20-%20megaloptera%20and%20neuroptera%20BZ_2012_dlw.pdf}}Neuropterida || G+C chapter 4<!--{{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.drawwing.org DrawWing]<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtFJpX-0cOk&feature=youtu.be Giant dobsonfly]<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYp_Xi4AtAQ Mantis mating]
 
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| Oct 11 || Make-up lecture || '''Quiz 5''': Hemimetabola || Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Strepsiptera ||
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| Oct 9 || Nervous System II<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Lecture%2013%20Nervous%20System%20II%202014.pdf}}Nervous System II || '''Quiz 5''': Hemimetabola || Aquatic ecology field trip|| {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/reading%20Eisner_Love%20Potions_2012.PDF}}Eisner, Love Potions<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/reading_judson_chapter_one.pdf}}Judson chapter 1<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYp_Xi4AtAQ Mantids mating]
 
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| Oct 16 || Social insects || || Coleoptera I ||
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| Oct 14 || Behavior I<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Behavior%20I%202014.pdf}}Behavior I || || Strepsiptera, Coleoptera I<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab15_coleoptera_1_BZ_2014_dlw.pdf}}Coleoptera I ||
 
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| Oct 18 || Social insects<br> Phytophagous insects || || Coleoptera II<br>Special Lab Topic: Plant secondary compounds & insect herbivory<br>Greenhouse tour ||
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| Oct 16 || Behavior II<br>Social Insects I<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Behavior%20I%202014.pdf}}Behavior II<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Social%20Behavior%202014.pdf}}Social Insects I || || Coleoptera II<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Lab%2016_Coleoptera_II_BZ_2012.dlw.pdf}}Coleoptera II|| Chapter 11<br>Chapter 12<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/nature09205.pdf}}Nowak et al. 2010
 
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| Oct 23 || Phytophagous insects || || Coleoptera III ||
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| Oct 21 || Acoustical insects (Dr. Charles Henry)<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/4250lec26_sound.pdf}}Acoustical insects || || Coleoptera III<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%2017_coleoptera%20III_BZ_2014.pdf}}Coleoptera III||<!--{{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 25 || Insects and plants<br>Herbivory and plant defense || || Coleoptera IV<br>Special Lab Topic: ghost moths and other scary insects ||
+
| Oct 23 || Forensic entomology (Dr. William Krinsky)<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/UConn%20Rev.%20Forensic%20Entomol.%20Rev.%20lecture.pdf}}Forensic entomology || || Coleoptera review||
 
|-
 
|-
| Oct 30 || Forensic entomology (Dr. William Krinsky) || || Trichoptera, Lepidoptera I<br>Bug jeopardy II ||
+
| Oct 28 || Social insects II<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Social%20Behavior%20II%202014.pdf}}Social insects II || '''Quiz 6''': Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Strepsiptera, and Coleoptera || Trichoptera, Lepidoptera<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Lab19_Trichoptera%20and%20Lepidoptera%20BZ_2014.pdf}}Trichoptera and Lepidoptera ||
 
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| Nov 1 || '''MIDTERM 2''' || '''Quiz 6''': Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Strepsiptera, and Coleoptera || Lepidoptera II<br> Special Lab Topic: silk ||
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| Oct 30 ||Social insects III, Insects and plants<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Insects%20and%20Plants%20I_2014.pdf}}Insects and Plants || || Greenhouse Tour<br>Bug  jeopardy||
 
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| Nov 6 || Insects: the hunted and their defenses || || Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Diptera I ||
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| Nov 4 || '''MIDTERM II'''  || || Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Diptera I<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%2021_mecoptera%20siphonaptera%20diptera%20I%20BZ_2014.pdf}}Diptera I ||
 
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| Nov 8 || Entomophagous insects || || Diptera II ||
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| Nov 6 || Insects and plants II<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Insects%20and%20Plants%20II_2014.pdf}}Insects and Plants II || Collection Check #2 || Diptera II<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%2022_diptera%20continued%20BZ_2014_part1.pdf}}Diptera II || Chpt. 13, 14<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/reading_ant_and_acacia.pdf}}Ant and Acacia<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/reading_tiny_pollinator_big_job.pdf}}Tiny Pollinator, Big Job<br>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMVN1EWxfAU Comet Orchid]
 
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| Nov 13 || Chemical ecology of insects (Scott Smedley) || || Diptera III ||
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| Nov 11 || Insects and plants III<br>Medical entomology<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Insects%20and%20Plants%20III%202014%20plus%20med%20ent%201.pdf}}Insects and Plants III plus med end || || Diptera III || Chapter 15<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Jerry%27s%20Bot%20fly.pdf}}Jerry's Bot fly
 
|-
 
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| Nov 15 || Medical & veterinary entomology || || Open lab ||
+
| Nov 13 || Medical entomology II<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Medical%20Entomology%202014%20II.pdf}}Medical entomology II || || Hymenoptera I<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%2024_hymenoptera%201_BZ_2014.pdf}}Hymenoptera I || [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJXEPcv-FMw Robotic cockroach]
 
|-
 
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| Nov 27 || Medical & veterinary entomology || '''Quiz 7''': Mecopteroidea || Hymenoptera I ||
+
| Nov 18 || Chemical ecology of insects (Scott Smedley<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Insect%20Chem%20Ecol%20UConn%20Nov%202014.pdf}}Chemical ecology)|| '''Quiz 7''': Mecopteroidea || Open lab||
 
|-
 
|-
| Nov 29 || Insect ecology || || Hymenoptera II ||
+
| Nov 20 || Insect Ecology<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Insect%20Ecology%20and%20Pest%20Management%202014.pdf}}Insect Ecology |||| Hymenoptera II<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%2025%20hymenoptera%20continued%20BZ_2014.pdf}}Hymenoptera II ||
 
|-
 
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| Dec 4 || Pest management and biological control || || Open lab ||
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| Dec 2 || Pest management and biological control<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Insect%20Ecology%20and%20Pest%20Management%202014%20Part%20II.pdf}}Insect Ecology and Pest Management || '''Live Insect Project due'''<br>'''Aquatic assignment due'''|| '''Bug Banquet'''<br>Open lab || Chapter 16
 
|-
 
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| Dec 6 || Insect conservation || '''LAB PRACTICUM''' || Open lab ||
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| Dec 4 || Insect conservation<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Insect%20Conservation%202014.pdf}}Insect conservation|| '''LAB PRACTICUM''' || Open lab ||
 
|-
 
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| TBA || ''' FINAL EXAM''' || || ||
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| Dec 12 || ''' FINAL EXAM'''|| '''COLLECTION DUE'''|| ||
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|}
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 +
'''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>
  
 
    
 
    

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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

Torrey Life Sciences Rm 471
860-486-2139 and 860-942-1796 (cell)
Office hours: 10 MWF and as available

TA: Kevin Keegan

Torrey Life Sciences Rm 461
617-272-5054 (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
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

Pdficon small.gifCollection Guidelines
Pdficon small.gifLabel Template
Pdficon small.gifCollection Excel Sheet
Pdficon small.gifEcological Labels
Pdficon small.gifCollection Check #1
Pdficon small.gifOdonate Label Template
Pdficon small.gifCollection Check #2


Lab Facebook page: Lab Facebook page

Other Assignments

Pdficon small.gifLive Insect Project


Date Lecture Quiz Lab Readings
August 26 Course overview Wagner Lab visit
Collections Facility
Intro to collections
Pdficon small.gifG+C Chapter 1
Pdficon small.gifB+W pgs 4-29
August 28 Importance of insects
Introduction to insect diversity
Pdficon small.gif Importance of insects
Insect walk
Collecting methods
Pinning
Pdficon small.gifCollecting and pinning
How to pin and spread a moth
Pdficon small.gifG+C Chapter 2
Pdficon small.gifThe Joy of Formication
Pdficon small.gifEconomic Value of Insects
Sept 2 Insect adaptations
Pdficon small.gifInsect adaptations
Quiz 1: Insect Collecting Overview of Insect Orders
Pinning demonstration
Pdficon small.gifInsect Orders
Pdficon small.gifInsect Orders handout
Finish reading G+C chapter 2
Pdficon small.gifSo Great the Excitement Alfred Russel Wallace
Sept 4 External Anatomy I
Pdficon small.gifExternal Anatomy I
External Grasshopper Anatomy
Pdficon small.gifMorphology and Illustration
Pdficon small.gifExternal Anatomy handout
Pdficon small.gifFor Love of Insects
Sept 5-7 Great Mountain Forest Trip
Sept 9 External Anatomy II
Pdficon small.gifExternal Anatomy II
Quiz 2: Insect Orders Internal anatomy dissection
Pdficon small.gifInternal anatomy
Pdficon small.gifInternal anatomy handout
G+C Chapter 3
Virtual Cockroach
Ant losing wings
Sept 11 External Anatomy III
Pdficon small.gifExternal Anatomy III
Aquatic insects
Aquatic field trip
Pdficon small.gifAquatic insects
Review chapters 2 and 3
Pdficon small.gifSpider Love
Sept 16 Internal Anatomy I
Pdficon small.gifInternal Anatomy I
Quiz 3: Insect Anatomy Non-insect arthropods
Early hexapods: Entognatha, Apterygota, Ephemeroptera, Odonata
Pdficon small.gifNon hexapods and early hexapods
Parasitoid emerges from caterpillar
Odonata of CT
Sept 18 Internal Anatomy II and Fossil History I
Pdficon small.gifInternal Anatomy II and Fossil History I
Blattodea, Mantodea, Phasmatodea, Orthoptera
Collecting around TLS
Pdficon small.gifOrthoptera, Phasmatodea, Dictyoptera
G+C Chapters 7, 8
Sept 23 Fossil History II
Pdficon small.gifFossil History II
Quiz 4: Primitive insect orders+
Aquatic insects
Dermaptera, Plecoptera, Pscodea
Pdficon small.gifDermaptera, Plecoptera, Psocodea
G+C Chapter 7
Maternal earwig
Bark lice
Sept 25 Growth and phylogeny
Pdficon small.gifGrowth and molting
Pdficon small.gifPhylogeny
Collection check #1 Thysanoptera, Hemiptera I (aquatic)
Pdficon small.gifThysanoptera and Hemiptera I
Sept 30 MIDTERM 1 Hemiptera II (Heteroptera)
Pdficon small.gifHemiptera II
Oct 2 Growth and Molting
Pdficon small.gifGrowth and Molting
Hemiptera III (Aucheno- and Sternorrhyncha, Fulgoroidea)
Pdficon small.gifHemiptera III
Pdficon small.gifReading - How to make love to a cannibal
Oct 7 Growth and Molting II
Nervous System I
Pdficon small.gifGrowth and Molting II
Pdficon small.gifNervous System I
Neuropterida
Pdficon small.gifNeuropterida
G+C chapter 4
DrawWing
Giant dobsonfly
Mantis mating
Oct 9 Nervous System II
Pdficon small.gifNervous System II
Quiz 5: Hemimetabola Aquatic ecology field trip Pdficon small.gifEisner, Love Potions
Pdficon small.gifJudson chapter 1
Mantids mating
Oct 14 Behavior I
Pdficon small.gifBehavior I
Strepsiptera, Coleoptera I
Pdficon small.gifColeoptera I
Oct 16 Behavior II
Social Insects I
Pdficon small.gifBehavior II
Pdficon small.gifSocial Insects I
Coleoptera II
Pdficon small.gifColeoptera II
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Pdficon small.gifNowak et al. 2010
Oct 21 Acoustical insects (Dr. Charles Henry)
Pdficon small.gifAcoustical insects
Coleoptera III
Pdficon small.gifColeoptera III
Oct 23 Forensic entomology (Dr. William Krinsky)
Pdficon small.gifForensic entomology
Coleoptera review
Oct 28 Social insects II
Pdficon small.gifSocial insects II
Quiz 6: Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Strepsiptera, and Coleoptera Trichoptera, Lepidoptera
Pdficon small.gifTrichoptera and Lepidoptera
Oct 30 Social insects III, Insects and plants
Pdficon small.gifInsects and Plants
Greenhouse Tour
Bug jeopardy
Nov 4 MIDTERM II Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Diptera I
Pdficon small.gifDiptera I
Nov 6 Insects and plants II
Pdficon small.gifInsects and Plants II
Collection Check #2 Diptera II
Pdficon small.gifDiptera II
Chpt. 13, 14
Pdficon small.gifAnt and Acacia
Pdficon small.gifTiny Pollinator, Big Job
Comet Orchid
Nov 11 Insects and plants III
Medical entomology
Pdficon small.gifInsects and Plants III plus med end
Diptera III Chapter 15
Pdficon small.gifJerry's Bot fly
Nov 13 Medical entomology II
Pdficon small.gifMedical entomology II
Hymenoptera I
Pdficon small.gifHymenoptera I
Robotic cockroach
Nov 18 Chemical ecology of insects (Scott Smedley
Pdficon small.gifChemical ecology)
Quiz 7: Mecopteroidea Open lab
Nov 20 Insect Ecology
Pdficon small.gifInsect Ecology
Hymenoptera II
Pdficon small.gifHymenoptera II
Dec 2 Pest management and biological control
Pdficon small.gifInsect Ecology and Pest Management
Live Insect Project due
Aquatic assignment due
Bug Banquet
Open lab
Chapter 16
Dec 4 Insect conservation
Pdficon small.gifInsect conservation
LAB PRACTICUM Open lab
Dec 12 FINAL EXAM COLLECTION DUE



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.