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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.gif Collection Grading Rubric
Pdficon small.gif Label Template
Pdficon small.gif Collection Excel Sheet
Pdficon small.gif Ecological Labels
Pdficon small.gif Collection Check #1
Pdficon small.gifOdonate Label Template
Pdficon small.gif Collection Check #2


Other Assignments

Coming soon!


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
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 6 Insect adaptations Quiz 1: Insect Collecting Fenton Trip
Sept 8 External Anatomy I
Insect Orders
Pdficon small.gifInsect Orders Slides

Pdficon small.gifInsect Orders Handout ||
|| Pdficon small.gifSo Great the Excitement by Alfred Russell Wallace
Pdficon small.gifBombardier

Sept 9-11 Great Mountain Forest Trip
Sept 13 External Anatomy II Quiz 2: Insect Orders External anatomy
Sept 15 External Anatomy III Internal Anatomy
Sept 20 Internal Anatomy I Quiz 3: Insect Anatomy Aquatics Field Trip
Sept 22 Internal Anatomy I Non-insect arthropods
Sept 27 Internal Anatomy II and Fossil History I Blattodea, Mantodea, Phasmatodea, Orthoptera
Collecting around TLS
Sept 29 Fossil History II Quiz 4: Primitive insect orders+
Aquatic insects
Dermaptera, Plecoptera, Pscodea
Oct 4 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) Coleoptera III
Oct 27 Forensic entomology (Dr. William Krinsky) Coleoptera review
Nov 1 Social insects II Quiz 6: Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Strepsiptera, and Coleoptera Trichoptera, Lepidoptera
Nov 3 Social insects III, Insects and plants Greenhouse Tour
Bug jeopardy
Nov 8 MIDTERM II Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Diptera I
Nov 10 Insects and plants II Collection Check #2 Diptera II
Nov 15 Insects and plants III
Medical entomology I
Diptera III
Nov 17 Medical entomology II Hymenoptera I
Nov 29 Chemical ecology of insects (Scott Smedley) Quiz 7: Mecopteroidea Open lab
Dec 1 Insect Ecology Hymenoptera II
Dec 6 Pest management and biological control Bug Banquet
Open lab
Dec 8 Insect 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, ideally when both trade partners receive a family/order neither of them have.
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 and we will try not to take it from you : ).