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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 2014</span> <br><br>
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<span style="font-size: large">Fall 2016</span> <br><br>
<span style="font-size: small">'''Day/Time:''' Tuesday+Thursday 12:30-3:30<br>
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<span style="font-size: small">'''Day/Time:''' Tuesday+Thursday Lecture 12:30-1:20 Lab 1:30 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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|Midterms (90 pts each) || 180 pts
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|Midterms (100 pts each) || 200 pts
 
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|Final || 175 pts
 
|Final || 175 pts
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|Collection || 300 pts
 
|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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|7 lab quizzes (25 pts each), attendance (25 pts) and participation (25 pts) || 225 pts
 
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|Lab practicum || 75 pts
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|Lab practicum || 80 pts
 
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|Current events (2 articles) || 20 pts
 
|Current events (2 articles) || 20 pts
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/collection_checkin_2_BVZ_2014.docx}}Collection Check #2
 
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/collection_checkin_2_BVZ_2014.docx}}Collection Check #2
 
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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/live_insect_project_BVZ_2014.docx}}Live Insect Project
 
:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/live_insect_project_BVZ_2014.docx}}Live Insect Project
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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 || 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 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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| September 1 || 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>||  
 
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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 adaptations|| '''Quiz 1''': Insect Collecting || Overview of Insect Orders<br>||
 
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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 8 || External Anatomy I<br>|| || External Grasshopper Anatomy||
 
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| Sept 5-7 || || || Great Mountain Forest Trip ||
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| Sept 9-11 || || || Great Mountain Forest Trip ||
 
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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 || External Anatomy II|| '''Quiz 2''': Insect Orders || Internal anatomy dissection||  
 
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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 15 || External Anatomy III|| || Aquatic insects<br>Aquatic field trip<br>||
 
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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 || Internal Anatomy I|| '''Quiz 3''': Insect Anatomy || Non-insect arthropods||
 
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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 22 || Internal Anatomy II and Fossil History I|| || Blattodea, Mantodea, Phasmatodea, Orthoptera<br>Collecting around TLS<br>||
 
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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 || Fossil History II|| '''Quiz 4''': Primitive insect orders+<br>Aquatic insects || Dermaptera, Plecoptera, Pscodea||
 
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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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| Sept 29 || Growth and phylogeny|| Collection check #1|| Thysanoptera, Hemiptera I (aquatic)||
 
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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 || '''MIDTERM 1''' || || Hemiptera II (Heteroptera)||  
 
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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 6 || Growth and Molting|| || Hemiptera III (Aucheno- and Sternorrhyncha, Fulgoroidea)||
 
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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 || Growth and Molting II<br>Nervous System I|| || Neuropterida||
 
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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 13 || Nervous System II|| '''Quiz 5''': Hemimetabola || Aquatic ecology field trip||   
 
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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 || Behavior I|| || Strepsiptera, Coleoptera I||
 
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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 20 || Behavior II<br>Social Insects I|| || Coleoptera II||
 
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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-->
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| Oct 25 || 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-->
 
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| 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||
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| Oct 27 || 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||
 
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| 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 || 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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| 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 3 ||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 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 || '''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 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 10 || 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 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 || 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 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 17 || 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 18 || Chemical ecology of insects (Scott Smedley)|| '''Quiz 7''': Mecopteroidea  || Open lab||
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| Nov 29 || 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||
 
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| Dec 1 || 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 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 ||  
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| Dec 6 || 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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EEB 4250 - General Entomology

Fall 2016

Day/Time: Tuesday+Thursday Lecture 12:30-1:20 Lab 1:30 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 (100 pts each) 200 pts
Final 175 pts
Collection 300 pts
7 lab quizzes (25 pts each), attendance (25 pts) and participation (25 pts) 225 pts
Lab practicum 80 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


Date Lecture Quiz Lab Readings
August 30 Course overview Wagner Lab visit
Collections Facility
Intro to collections
Pdficon small.gifG+C Chapter 1
Pdficon small.gifB+W pgs 4-29
September 1 Importance of insects
Introduction to insect diversity
Insect walk
Collecting methods
Pinning
Sept 6 Insect adaptations Quiz 1: Insect Collecting Overview of Insect Orders
Sept 8 External Anatomy I
External Grasshopper Anatomy
Sept 9-11 Great Mountain Forest Trip
Sept 13 External Anatomy II Quiz 2: Insect Orders Internal anatomy dissection
Sept 15 External Anatomy III Aquatic insects
Aquatic field trip
Sept 20 Internal Anatomy I Quiz 3: Insect Anatomy Non-insect arthropods
Sept 22 Internal Anatomy II and Fossil History I Blattodea, Mantodea, Phasmatodea, Orthoptera
Collecting around TLS
Sept 27 Fossil History II Quiz 4: Primitive insect orders+
Aquatic insects
Dermaptera, Plecoptera, Pscodea
Sept 29 Growth and phylogeny Collection check #1 Thysanoptera, Hemiptera I (aquatic)
Oct 4 MIDTERM 1 Hemiptera II (Heteroptera)
Oct 6 Growth and Molting Hemiptera III (Aucheno- and Sternorrhyncha, Fulgoroidea)
Oct 11 Growth and Molting II
Nervous System I
Neuropterida
Oct 13 Nervous System II Quiz 5: Hemimetabola Aquatic ecology field trip
Oct 18 Behavior I Strepsiptera, Coleoptera I
Oct 20 Behavior II
Social Insects I
Coleoptera II
Oct 25 Acoustical insects (Dr. Charles Henry)
Pdficon small.gifAcoustical insects
Coleoptera III
Pdficon small.gifColeoptera III
Oct 27 Forensic entomology (Dr. William Krinsky)
Pdficon small.gifForensic entomology
Coleoptera review
Nov 1 Social insects II
Pdficon small.gifSocial insects II
Quiz 6: Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Strepsiptera, and Coleoptera Trichoptera, Lepidoptera
Pdficon small.gifTrichoptera and Lepidoptera
Nov 3 Social insects III, Insects and plants
Pdficon small.gifInsects and Plants
Greenhouse Tour
Bug jeopardy
Nov 8 MIDTERM II Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Diptera I
Pdficon small.gifDiptera I
Nov 10 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 15 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 17 Medical entomology II
Pdficon small.gifMedical entomology II
Hymenoptera I
Pdficon small.gifHymenoptera I
Robotic cockroach
Nov 29 Chemical ecology of insects (Scott Smedley
Pdficon small.gifChemical ecology)
Quiz 7: Mecopteroidea Open lab
Dec 1 Insect Ecology
Pdficon small.gifInsect Ecology
Hymenoptera II
Pdficon small.gifHymenoptera II
Dec 6 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 8 Insect conservation
Pdficon small.gifInsect conservation
LAB PRACTICUM Open lab
Dec ?? 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.