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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
 
| 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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| September 1 || Importance of insects<br>Introduction to insect diversity<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>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Insect%20Importance%201%20September.compressed.pdf}} Importance of Insects<br>Introduction to insect diversity<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 6 || Insect adaptations|| '''Quiz 1''': Insect Collecting || Overview of Insect Orders<br>||{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%203%20-%20orders%20BZ_2014.pdf}}Insect Orders<br>
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| Sept 6 || Insect adaptations|| '''Quiz 1''': Insect Collecting || Fenton Trip <br>||
 
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| Sept 8 || External Anatomy I<br>|| || External Grasshopper Anatomy||
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| Sept 8 || External Anatomy I<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/External%20Anatomy%20I_8%20September%202016.compressed.pdf}} External Anatomy I<br>|| || Insect Orders <br> {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%203%20-%20orders%20handout_2016_DLW.pdf}}Insect Orders Handout <br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%204%20-%20orders%20KK_2016.pdf}}Insect Orders Slides <br>||
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/So%20Great%20the%20Excitement%20Alfred%20Russel%20Wallace.pdf}}So Great the Excitement by Alfred Russell Wallace <br>
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{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/bombardier.pdf}}Bombardier - Thomas Eisner
 
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| Sept 9-11 || || || Great Mountain Forest Trip ||
 
| Sept 9-11 || || || Great Mountain Forest Trip ||
 
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| Sept 13 || External Anatomy II|| '''Quiz 2''': Insect Orders || Internal anatomy dissection||  
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| Sept 13 || External Anatomy II<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/External%20Anatomy%20II_13%20September%202016.compressed.pdf}}External Anatomy II<br>|| '''Quiz 2''': Insect Orders || External anatomy<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/morphology.pdf}}Illustration and External Anatomy||  
 
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| Sept 15 || External Anatomy III|| || Aquatic insects<br>Aquatic field trip<br>||
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| Sept 15 || External Anatomy III<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/External%20Anatomy%20III_15%20September%202016.compressed.pdf}} External Anatomy III<br>|| || Internal Anatomy<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%206%20-%20internal%20anatomy%20KK_2016.pdf}}Internal Anatomy|| G+C Chapter 3<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Fatal_Attraction.pdf}} Fatal Attraction by May Berenbaum <br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/reading_spiderlove.pdf}} Spider Love by Richard Contiff
 
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| Sept 20 || Internal Anatomy I|| '''Quiz 3''': Insect Anatomy || Non-insect arthropods||
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| Sept 20 || Internal Anatomy I<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Lecture%207_Intern%20Anat%20I.compressed.pdf}}Internal Anatomy I|| '''Quiz 3''': Insect Anatomy || Aquatics Field Trip|| G+C Chapter 3
 
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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 22 || Internal Anatomy II<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Lecture%208_Intern%20Anat%20II.pdf}}Internal Anatomy II<br>Geologic History<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Lecture%208%20Fossil%20History.pdf}}Fossil History I|| || Non-Insect Hexapods, Entognatha, Apterygota, Palaeoptera <br> :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%208%20-%20non%20hexapods%20and%20early%20hexapods%20KK_2016.pdf}}Non-Hexapod Arthropods, Entognatha, Apterygota, Palaeoptera|| Insect Fossil Record: G+C pp 225-236<br>Sound production and detection: G+C pp. 94-101
 
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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 27 ||Special Lecture: Acoustical Behavior in Insects (Dr. Charles Henry)<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/4250lec26_sound%26hearing.pdf}}Insect Sound and Hearing|| || Blattodea, Mantodea, Phasmatodea, Orthoptera<br>Collecting around TLS<br>||
 
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| Sept 29 || Growth and phylogeny|| Collection check #1|| Thysanoptera, Hemiptera I (aquatic)||
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| Sept 29 || '''MIDTERM 1'''|| '''Quiz 4''': Entognatha, Apterygota, Palaeoptera, and Aquatic insects || Dermaptera, Plecoptera||
 
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| Oct 4 || '''MIDTERM 1''' || || Hemiptera II (Heteroptera)||  
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| Oct 4 || Geologic History II; Higher Classification of Insects<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Lecture%209%20Phylogeny%202016.pdf}}Insect Phylogeny|| Collection check #1|| Psocodea, Thysanoptera, Hemiptera I (aquatic)|| G+C Ch. 6 through section 6.6 (we will discuss section 6.6 in class on Thursday)<br>Ch. 7 190-200 (background)<br>Ch. 7 200-207 (to Orthoptera)<br>Ch. 7 207-224 (focus on superorder treatments, scan order treatments (aspiring entomologists thoroughly read order treatments))
 
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| Oct 6 || Growth and Molting|| || Hemiptera III (Aucheno- and Sternorrhyncha, Fulgoroidea)||
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| Oct 6 || Development and Life Histories<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Lecture%2010%20Growth%20and%20Molting%202016.pdf}}Growth and Molting || || Depauperate Hemimetabola, Hemiptera II (Heteroptera)||  
 
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| Oct 11 || Growth and Molting II<br>Nervous System I|| || Neuropterida||
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| Oct 11 || Nervous System and Sensory Organs I<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Lecture%2012%20Life%20Cycles%20and%20Nervous%20System%20I%202016.pdf}}Life Cycles and Nervous System I|| || Hemiptera III (Aucheno- and Sternorrhyncha, Fulgoroidea) <br> Bug Jeopardy I||G+C Ch. 4
 
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| Oct 13 || Nervous System II|| '''Quiz 5''': Hemimetabola || Aquatic ecology field trip||
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| Oct 13 || Nervous System and Sensory Organs II<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Lecture%2012%20Nervous%20System%20II%202016.pdf}}Nervous System and Sensory Organs II|| || Neuropterida|| Continue G+C Ch. 4<br>G+C Ch. 12<br>Powerline Reading
 
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| Oct 18 || Behavior I|| || Strepsiptera, Coleoptera I||
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| Oct 18 || Dr. William Krinksy -- Forensic Entomology<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Forensic_Entomology.compressed.pdf}}Forensic Entomology|| '''FIRE!''' || '''FIRE!'''|
 
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| Oct 20 || Behavior II<br>Social Insects I|| || Coleoptera II||
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| Oct 20 || Nervous System and Sensory Organs III<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Sensory%20System%20III_Vision%202016.pdf}}Nervous System and Sensory Organs III|| || Aquatic Insects||:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Golden_Potto.pdf}} Golden Potto -- Olivia Judson<br>Continue G+C Ch. 12
 
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| Oct 25 || Acoustical insects (Dr. Charles Henry)|| || Coleoptera III||
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| Oct 25 || Behavior I<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Behavior%20I%202016.pdf}}Behavior I 2016|| '''Quiz 5 Hemimetabola''' || Coleoptera I<br>Strepsiptera||
 
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| Oct 27 || Forensic entomology (Dr. William Krinsky)|| || Coleoptera review||
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| Oct 27 ||'''MIDTERM II'''<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Study_Guide_for_Second_Midterm%202016.pdf}}Midterm II Study Guide|| || Coleoptera II||
 
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| Nov 1 || Social insects II|| '''Quiz 6''': Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Strepsiptera, and Coleoptera || Trichoptera, Lepidoptera||
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| Nov 1 || Social Insects II; Begin Insects and Plants|| || Special Lab Topic: Ghost Moths and Other Scary Insects <br> Coleoptera III||
 
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| Nov 3 ||Social insects III, Insects and plants||  || Greenhouse Tour<br>Bug jeopardy||
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| Nov 3 || Phytophagous Insects II||  || Trichoptera, Lepidoptera <br> Bug Jeopardy II||
 
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| Nov 8 || '''MIDTERM II''' || || Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Diptera I||
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| Nov 8 || Insects and Plants, Herbivory and Plant Defense|| '''Quiz 6''': Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Strepsiptera, and Coleoptera||Special Lab Topic: Plant secondary compounds & insect herbivory; greenhouse tour<br>Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Diptera I ||
 
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| Nov 10 || Insects and plants II|| Collection Check #2 || Diptera II|| ||
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| Nov 10 || Insects -- The Hunted and their Defenses || || Diptera II||
 
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| Nov 15 || Insects and plants III<br>Medical entomology I|| || Diptera III || ||
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| Nov 15 || Entomophagous Insects|| Collection Check #2 || Diptera III|| ||
 
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| Nov 17 || Medical entomology II|| || Hymenoptera I||
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| Nov 17 || Medical and Veterinary Entomology I || || Hymenoptera I || ||
 
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| Nov 29 || Chemical ecology of insects (Scott Smedley)|| '''Quiz 7''': Mecopteroidea  || Open lab||
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| Nov 29 || Medical and Veterinary Entomology II|| || Hymenoptera II||
 
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| Dec 1 || Insect Ecology|||| Hymenoptera II||
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| Dec 1 || Insect Ecology|| '''Quiz 7''': Mecopteroidea  || Open Lab||
 
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| Dec 6 || Pest management and biological control|||| '''Bug Banquet'''<br>Open lab ||
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| Dec 6 || Pest Management, Biological Control|||| Open Lab||
 
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| Dec 8 || Insect conservation|| '''LAB PRACTICUM''' || Open lab ||
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| Dec 8 || Insect Conservation|| '''LAB PRACTICUM''' ||Open lab ||
 
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| Dec ?? || ''' FINAL EXAM'''|| '''COLLECTION DUE'''|| ||
 
| Dec ?? || ''' FINAL EXAM'''|| '''COLLECTION DUE'''|| ||

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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


Pdficon small.gifLive Insect Project


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
Pdficon small.gif 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
:Pdficon small.gif External Anatomy I
Insect Orders
Pdficon small.gifInsect Orders Handout
Pdficon small.gifInsect Orders Slides

Pdficon small.gifSo Great the Excitement by Alfred Russell Wallace
Pdficon small.gifBombardier - Thomas Eisner

Sept 9-11 Great Mountain Forest Trip
Sept 13 External Anatomy II
:Pdficon small.gifExternal Anatomy II
Quiz 2: Insect Orders External anatomy
:Pdficon small.gifIllustration and External Anatomy
Sept 15 External Anatomy III
:Pdficon small.gif External Anatomy III
Internal Anatomy
Pdficon small.gifInternal Anatomy
G+C Chapter 3
Pdficon small.gif Fatal Attraction by May Berenbaum
Pdficon small.gif Spider Love by Richard Contiff
Sept 20 Internal Anatomy I
:Pdficon small.gifInternal Anatomy I
Quiz 3: Insect Anatomy Aquatics Field Trip G+C Chapter 3
Sept 22 Internal Anatomy II
:Pdficon small.gifInternal Anatomy II
Geologic History
:Pdficon small.gifFossil History I
Non-Insect Hexapods, Entognatha, Apterygota, Palaeoptera
 :Pdficon small.gifNon-Hexapod Arthropods, Entognatha, Apterygota, Palaeoptera
Insect Fossil Record: G+C pp 225-236
Sound production and detection: G+C pp. 94-101
Sept 27 Special Lecture: Acoustical Behavior in Insects (Dr. Charles Henry)
:Pdficon small.gifInsect Sound and Hearing
Blattodea, Mantodea, Phasmatodea, Orthoptera
Collecting around TLS
Sept 29 MIDTERM 1 Quiz 4: Entognatha, Apterygota, Palaeoptera, and Aquatic insects Dermaptera, Plecoptera
Oct 4 Geologic History II; Higher Classification of Insects
:Pdficon small.gifInsect Phylogeny
Collection check #1 Psocodea, Thysanoptera, Hemiptera I (aquatic) G+C Ch. 6 through section 6.6 (we will discuss section 6.6 in class on Thursday)
Ch. 7 190-200 (background)
Ch. 7 200-207 (to Orthoptera)
Ch. 7 207-224 (focus on superorder treatments, scan order treatments (aspiring entomologists thoroughly read order treatments))
Oct 6 Development and Life Histories
:Pdficon small.gifGrowth and Molting
Depauperate Hemimetabola, Hemiptera II (Heteroptera)
Oct 11 Nervous System and Sensory Organs I
Pdficon small.gifLife Cycles and Nervous System I
Hemiptera III (Aucheno- and Sternorrhyncha, Fulgoroidea)
Bug Jeopardy I
G+C Ch. 4
Oct 13 Nervous System and Sensory Organs II
:Pdficon small.gifNervous System and Sensory Organs II
Neuropterida Continue G+C Ch. 4
G+C Ch. 12
Powerline Reading
Oct 18 Dr. William Krinksy -- Forensic Entomology
:Pdficon small.gifForensic Entomology
FIRE! FIRE!
Oct 20 Nervous System and Sensory Organs III
:Pdficon small.gifNervous System and Sensory Organs III
Aquatic Insects :Pdficon small.gif Golden Potto -- Olivia Judson
Continue G+C Ch. 12
Oct 25 Behavior I
:Pdficon small.gifBehavior I 2016
Quiz 5 Hemimetabola Coleoptera I
Strepsiptera
Oct 27 MIDTERM II
:Pdficon small.gifMidterm II Study Guide
Coleoptera II
Nov 1 Social Insects II; Begin Insects and Plants Special Lab Topic: Ghost Moths and Other Scary Insects
Coleoptera III
Nov 3 Phytophagous Insects II Trichoptera, Lepidoptera
Bug Jeopardy II
Nov 8 Insects and Plants, Herbivory and Plant Defense Quiz 6: Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Strepsiptera, and Coleoptera Special Lab Topic: Plant secondary compounds & insect herbivory; greenhouse tour
Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Diptera I
Nov 10 Insects -- The Hunted and their Defenses Diptera II
Nov 15 Entomophagous Insects Collection Check #2 Diptera III
Nov 17 Medical and Veterinary Entomology I Hymenoptera I
Nov 29 Medical and Veterinary Entomology II Hymenoptera II
Dec 1 Insect Ecology Quiz 7: Mecopteroidea Open Lab
Dec 6 Pest Management, Biological Control 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 : ).