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:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/collection_grading_2016.pdf}} Collection Grading Rubric | :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/collection_grading_2016.pdf}} Collection Grading Rubric | ||
− | :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/ | + | :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/label_template_2016.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> | ||
:{{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/ecological_labels_2014.docx}} Ecological Labels<br> | ||
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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 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 | + | | 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 || Fenton Trip <br>|| | | Sept 6 || Insect adaptations|| '''Quiz 1''': Insect Collecting || Fenton Trip <br>|| | ||
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− | | Sept 8 || External Anatomy I|| || 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>|| | + | | 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>|| |
{{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> | {{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> | ||
{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/bombardier.pdf}}Bombardier - Thomas Eisner | {{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 | + | | 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 | + | | 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 | + | | 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 | + | | 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 | + | | 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|| || Dictyoptera, Phasmatodea, Orthoptera<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%208%20-%20orthoptera%2C%20phasmatodea%2C%20dictyoptera2016.pdf}}Dictyoptera+Phasmatodea+Orthoptera<br>Collecting around TLS<br>|| |
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− | | | + | | Sept 29 || '''MIDTERM 1'''|| '''Quiz 4''': Entognatha, Apterygota, Palaeoptera, and Aquatic insects || Dermaptera, Plecoptera<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%209%20-%20plecoptera%2C%20dermaptera%2C%20psocodea2016.pdf}}Dermaptera + Plecoptera|| |
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− | | Oct | + | | 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)<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%2010%20-%20thysanoptera%2C%20hemiptera%201%20BZ_2014_dlw.compressed.pdf}}Psocodea, Thysanoptera, Hemiptera I (aquatic)BZ_2014_dlw.compressed.pdf|| 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 | + | | 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)<br> |
+ | :{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Hemiptera%20-%20Heteroptera%20II%202016.pdf}}Hemiptera II|| | ||
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− | | Oct | + | | 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>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%2013_hemiptera%20III_dlw.pdf}}Hemiptera III <br> Bug Jeopardy I||G+C Ch. 4 |
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− | | Oct | + | | 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<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%2014%20-neuropterida%202016.pdf}}Neuropterida|| Continue G+C Ch. 4<br>G+C Ch. 12<br>Powerline Reading |
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− | | Oct | + | | 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 | + | | 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 || | + | | 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<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab15_coleoptera_2016.pdf}}Strepsiptera+Coleoptera I|| |
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− | | Oct 27 || '''MIDTERM II'''|| || | + | | 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<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Lab%2016_Coleoptera_II_2016.pdf}}Coleoptera II|| |
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− | | Nov 1 || | + | | Nov 1 || Social Insects II; Begin Insects and Plants|| || Special Lab Topic: Ghost Moths and Other Scary Insects <br> Coleoptera III<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%2017_coleoptera%20III_2016_dlw.pdf}}Coleoptera III||:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Nowak_et_al_2010.pdf}} Nowak et al. 2010<br>: |
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− | | Nov 3 || Insects | + | | Nov 3 || Phytophagous Insects II|| || Work on Aquatics <br> Bug Jeopardy II|| G+C Ch. 11<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/reading%20Eisner_Love%20Potions_2012.PDF}}Love Potions -- Tom Eisner |
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− | | Nov 8 || | + | | Nov 8 || Insects and Plants, Herbivory and Plant Defense|| '''Quiz 6''': Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Strepsiptera, and Coleoptera||Trichoptera + Lepidoptera<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Lab19_Trichoptera%20and%20Lepidoptera%202016_dlw.pdf}}Trichoptera and Lepidoptera || Continue G+C Ch. 11<br>Optional: G+C Ch. 13+14{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/reading_tiny_pollinator_big_job.pdf}} Tiny Pollinator; Big Job<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/reading_ant_and_acacia.pdf}} The Ant and the Acacia Tree |
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− | | Nov 10 || Insects | + | | Nov 10 || Insects and Plants II<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Insects%20and%20Plants%20II_2016.pdf}}Insects and Plants II|| || Special Lab Topic: Plant secondary compounds & insect herbivory; greenhouse tour<br>Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Diptera I<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/lab%2021_mecoptera%20siphonaptera%20diptera%20I%202016.pdf}}Mecoptera+Siphonaptera+Diptera 1||G+C Ch. 15 |
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− | | Nov 15 || | + | | Nov 15 || Insects and Plants II (continued)|| Collection Check #2 || Aquatics Lab|| || |
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− | | Nov 17 || Medical and Veterinary Entomology I|| || | + | | Nov 17 || Medical and Veterinary Entomology I || || Diptera II<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Lab%2022_handout_Diptera-II_2016_dlw.pdf}}Diptera II|| || |
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− | | Nov 29 || Medical and Veterinary Entomology II|| | + | | Nov 29 || Medical and Veterinary Entomology II|| || Diptera III<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Lab%2022_handout_Diptera-III_2016.pdf}}Diptera III|| G+C Ch. 14+16 |
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− | | Dec 1 || Insect Ecology|||| Hymenoptera | + | | Dec 1 || Insect Ecology|||| Hymenoptera I<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Lab%2024_handout_Hymenoptera-I_2016_dlw.pdf}}Hymenoptera I||:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Jerry's%20Bot%20fly.pdf}} Jerry's Bot Fly - Adrian Forsythe<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/reading%20Judson%20chapter%207%20first%20essays.PDF}} Sex advice for a solitary bee - Olivia Judson |
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− | | Dec 6 || Pest Management | + | | Dec 6 || Pest Management, Biological Control||'''Quiz 7''': Amphiesmenoptera+Mecopteroidea || Hymenoptera II<br>:{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/entomology/restricted/Lab25_Hymenoptera-II_2016.pdf}}Hymenoptera II || |
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− | | Dec 8 || Insect | + | | Dec 8 || Insect Conservation|| '''LAB PRACTICUM''' ||Open lab || |
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− | | Dec | + | | Dec 17 || ''' FINAL EXAM'''|| '''COLLECTION DUE'''|| || |
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Revision as of 03:41, 7 December 2016
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 |
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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
- Collection Grading Rubric
- Label Template
- Collection Excel Sheet
- Ecological Labels
- Collection Check #1
- Odonate Label Template
- Collection Check #2
Other Assignments
Date | Lecture | Quiz | Lab | Readings | |
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August 30 | Course overview | Wagner Lab visit Collections Facility Intro to collections |
G+C Chapter 1 B+W pgs 4-29 | ||
September 1 | Importance of insects Importance of Insects Introduction to insect diversity |
Collecting methods Pinning Collecting and pinning How to pin and spread a moth |
G+C Chapter 2 The Joy of Formication Economic Value of Insects | ||
Sept 6 | Insect adaptations | Quiz 1: Insect Collecting | Fenton Trip |
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Sept 8 | External Anatomy I : External Anatomy I |
Insect Orders Insect Orders Handout Insect Orders Slides |
So Great the Excitement by Alfred Russell Wallace | ||
Sept 9-11 | Great Mountain Forest Trip | ||||
Sept 13 | External Anatomy II :External Anatomy II |
Quiz 2: Insect Orders | External anatomy :Illustration and External Anatomy |
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Sept 15 | External Anatomy III : External Anatomy III |
Internal Anatomy Internal Anatomy |
G+C Chapter 3 Fatal Attraction by May Berenbaum Spider Love by Richard Contiff | ||
Sept 20 | Internal Anatomy I :Internal Anatomy I |
Quiz 3: Insect Anatomy | Aquatics Field Trip | G+C Chapter 3 | |
Sept 22 | Internal Anatomy II :Internal Anatomy II Geologic History :Fossil History I |
Non-Insect Hexapods, Entognatha, Apterygota, Palaeoptera :Non-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) :Insect Sound and Hearing |
Dictyoptera, Phasmatodea, Orthoptera :Dictyoptera+Phasmatodea+Orthoptera Collecting around TLS |
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Sept 29 | MIDTERM 1 | Quiz 4: Entognatha, Apterygota, Palaeoptera, and Aquatic insects | Dermaptera, Plecoptera :Dermaptera + Plecoptera |
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Oct 4 | Geologic History II; Higher Classification of Insects :Insect Phylogeny |
Collection check #1 | Psocodea, Thysanoptera, Hemiptera I (aquatic) :Psocodea, Thysanoptera, Hemiptera I (aquatic)BZ_2014_dlw.compressed.pdf |
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 :Growth and Molting |
Depauperate Hemimetabola, Hemiptera II (Heteroptera) | |||
Oct 11 | Nervous System and Sensory Organs I Life Cycles and Nervous System I |
Hemiptera III (Aucheno- and Sternorrhyncha, Fulgoroidea) :Hemiptera III Bug Jeopardy I |
G+C Ch. 4 | ||
Oct 13 | Nervous System and Sensory Organs II :Nervous System and Sensory Organs II |
Neuropterida :Neuropterida |
Continue G+C Ch. 4 G+C Ch. 12 Powerline Reading | ||
Oct 18 | Dr. William Krinksy -- Forensic Entomology :Forensic Entomology |
FIRE! | FIRE! | ||
Oct 20 | Nervous System and Sensory Organs III :Nervous System and Sensory Organs III |
Aquatic Insects | : Golden Potto -- Olivia Judson Continue G+C Ch. 12 | ||
Oct 25 | Behavior I :Behavior I 2016 |
Quiz 5 Hemimetabola | Coleoptera I Strepsiptera :Strepsiptera+Coleoptera I |
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Oct 27 | MIDTERM II :Midterm II Study Guide |
Coleoptera II :Coleoptera II |
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Nov 1 | Social Insects II; Begin Insects and Plants | Special Lab Topic: Ghost Moths and Other Scary Insects Coleoptera III :Coleoptera III |
: Nowak et al. 2010 : | ||
Nov 3 | Phytophagous Insects II | Work on Aquatics Bug Jeopardy II |
G+C Ch. 11 Love Potions -- Tom Eisner | ||
Nov 8 | Insects and Plants, Herbivory and Plant Defense | Quiz 6: Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Strepsiptera, and Coleoptera | Trichoptera + Lepidoptera :Trichoptera and Lepidoptera |
Continue G+C Ch. 11 Optional: G+C Ch. 13+14 Tiny Pollinator; Big Job The Ant and the Acacia Tree | |
Nov 10 | Insects and Plants II :Insects and Plants II |
Special Lab Topic: Plant secondary compounds & insect herbivory; greenhouse tour Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Diptera I :Mecoptera+Siphonaptera+Diptera 1 |
G+C Ch. 15 | ||
Nov 15 | Insects and Plants II (continued) | Collection Check #2 | Aquatics Lab | ||
Nov 17 | Medical and Veterinary Entomology I | Diptera II :Diptera II |
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Nov 29 | Medical and Veterinary Entomology II | Diptera III :Diptera III |
G+C Ch. 14+16 | ||
Dec 1 | Insect Ecology | Hymenoptera I :Hymenoptera I |
: Jerry's Bot Fly - Adrian Forsythe : Sex advice for a solitary bee - Olivia Judson | ||
Dec 6 | Pest Management, Biological Control | Quiz 7: Amphiesmenoptera+Mecopteroidea | Hymenoptera II :Hymenoptera II |
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Dec 8 | Insect Conservation | LAB PRACTICUM | Open lab | ||
Dec 17 | 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 : ).