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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 | | 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 28 || Importance of insects<br>Introduction to insect diversity|| || 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 || {{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 | + | | August 28 || Importance of insects<br>Introduction to insect diversity|| || 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> [https://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 |
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| Sept 2 || Insect body I: external anatomy<br> || '''Quiz 1''': Insect Collecting || Overview of Insect Orders<br> Pinning demonstration<br> || | | Sept 2 || Insect body I: external anatomy<br> || '''Quiz 1''': Insect Collecting || Overview of Insect Orders<br> Pinning demonstration<br> || |
Revision as of 15:11, 28 August 2014
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
- Life Sciences Rm 471
- 860-486-2139 and 860-942-1796 (cell)
- Office hours: 10 MWF and as available
- Life Sciences Rm 473
- 518-573-3091 (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 (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
Lab Facebook page: Lab Facebook page
Date | Lecture | Quiz | Lab | Readings |
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August 26 | Course overview | Wagner Lab visit Collections Facility Intro to collections |
G+C Chapter 1 B+W pgs 4-29 | |
August 28 | Importance of insects Introduction to insect diversity |
Insect walk Collecting methods Pinning Collecting and pinning How to pin and spread a moth |
G+C Chapter 2 The Joy of Formication | |
Sept 2 | Insect body I: external anatomy |
Quiz 1: Insect Collecting | Overview of Insect Orders Pinning demonstration |
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Sept 4 | Insect body II: external anatomy | External Grasshopper Anatomy | G+C Chapter 3 | |
Sept 5-7 | Great Mountain Forest Trip | |||
Sept 9 | Insect body III: external anatomy | Quiz 2: Insect Orders | Internal anatomy dissection | Virtual Cockroach Ant losing wings |
Sept 11 | Internal anatomy I | Aquatic insects Aquatic field trip |
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Sept 16 | Internal anatomy II Geologic history I |
Quiz 3: Insect Anatomy | Non-insect arthropods Early hexapods: Entognatha, Apterygota, Ephemeroptera, Odonata |
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Sept 18 | Geologic history II Higher classification of insects |
Blattodea, Mantodea, Phasmatodea, Orthoptera Walk to W lot |
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Sept 23 | Development and life histories | Quiz 4: Primitive insect orders+ Aquatic insects |
Dermaptera, Plecoptera, Embioptera, Pscodea | |
Sept 25 | Growth and development | Collection check #1 | Phthiraptera, Thysanoptera, Hemiptera (aquatic) | |
Sept 29 | MIDTERM 1 | Hemiptera II (Heteroptera) | ||
Oct 2 | Nervous system and sensory organs II |
Hemiptera III (Aucheno- and Sternorrhyncha, Fulgoroidea) | ||
Oct 7 | Insect behavior | Bug jeopardy Aquatic insect ecology field trip |
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Oct 9 | Social insects | Quiz 5: Hemimetabola | Megaloptera, Neuroptera | |
Oct 14 | Social insects, phytophagous insects | Strepsiptera, Coleoptera I | ||
Oct 16 | Phytophagous insects, insects and plants | Coleoptera II Special Lab Topic: Plant secondary compounds & insect herbivory Greenhouse tour |
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Oct 21 | Acoustical insects (Dr. Charles Henry) | Coleoptera III |
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Oct 23 | Forensic entomology (Dr. William Krinsky) | Coleoptera review Bug jeopardy |
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Oct 28 | Phytophagous insects, defenses | Trichoptera, Lepidoptera I Special lab topic: ghost moths and other scary insects |
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Oct 30 | MIDTERM 2 | Quiz 6: Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Strepsiptera, and Coleoptera | Trichoptera, Lepidoptera II Special lab topic: silk |
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Nov 4 | Entomophagous insects | Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Diptera I | ||
Nov 6 | Entomophagous insects continued | Collection Check #2 | Diptera II | |
Nov 11 | Medical and veterinary entomology | Diptera III Open lab |
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Nov 13 | Medical and veterinary entomology | Hymenoptera I | ||
Nov 18 | Chemical ecology of insects (Scott Smedley) | Open lab | ||
Nov 20 | Insect ecology | Quiz 7: Mecopteroidea | Hymenoptera II | |
Dec 2 | Pest management and biological control | Live Insect Project due | Open lab | |
Dec 4 | Insect conservation | LAB PRACTICUM | Open lab | |
TBD | FINAL EXAM | COLLECTION DUE |