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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 2012</span> <br><br> | <span style="font-size: large">Fall 2012</span> <br><br> | ||
− | <span style="font-size: small">'''Day | + | <span style="font-size: small">'''Day/Time:''' Tuesday+Thursday 12:30-3:30<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> | ||
− | '''TA: [mailto:brigette.zacharczenko@ | + | :Life Sciences Rm 471<br> |
+ | :860-486-2139 and 860-942-1796 (cell)<br> | ||
+ | :Office hours: 10 MWF and as available<br> | ||
+ | '''TA: [mailto:brigette.zacharczenko@gmail.com Brigette Zacharczenko]'''<br> | ||
+ | :Life Sciences Rm 473<br> | ||
+ | :518-573-3091 (cell)<br> | ||
+ | :Office hours: as available (email for appointment)<br> | ||
'''Textbook:'''<br> | '''Textbook:'''<br> | ||
*Borror, DJ and RE White, 1970. Peterson Field Guide to Insects: America North of Mexico. <br> | *Borror, DJ and RE White, 1970. Peterson Field Guide to Insects: America North of Mexico. <br> |
Revision as of 21:57, 28 August 2012
EEB 4250 - General Entomology
Fall 2012
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
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
Full Syllabus: (coming soon)
Course Flickr page: (coming soon)
Date | Lecture | Quiz | Lab | Readings |
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August 28 | Course overview | Wagner Lab visit Collections Facility Intro to collections |
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August 30 | Importance of insects Introduction to insect diversity |
Insect walk Collecting methods Pinning |
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Sept 4 | Insect body I: external anatomy | Quiz 1: Insect Collecting | Overview of Insect Orders | |
Sept 6 | Insect body II: external anatomy | External Grasshopper Anatomy | ||
Sept 7-9 | Great Mountain Forest Trip | |||
Sept 11 | Insect body III: external anatomy | Quiz 2: Insect Orders | Internal anatomy dissection | |
Sept 13 | Internal anatomy I | Non-insect arthropods Aquatic field trip |
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Sept 18 | Internal anatomy II Geologic history I |
Quiz 3: Insect Anatomy | Non-insect arthropods Early hexapods: Entognatha, Apterygota, Ephemeroptera, Odonata |
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Sept 20 | Geologic history II Higher classification of insects |
Blattodea, Mantodea, Phasmatodea, Orthoptera | ||
Sept 25 | Development and life histories | Quiz 4: Primitive insect orders | Dermaptera, Plecoptera, Embioptera, Pscoptera | |
Sept 27 | Nervous system and sensory organs | Phthiraptera, Thysanoptera, Hemiptera (aquatic) | ||
Oct 2 | MIDTERM 1 | Hemiptera II (Heteroptera) | ||
Oct 4 | Nervous system and sensory organs II | Hemiptera III (Aucheno- and Sternorrhyncha) | ||
Oct 9 | Insect behavior | Hemiptera IV (Fulgoroidea) Bug jeopardy |
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Oct 11 | Microcosmos (80 minutes) | Quiz 5: Hemimetabola | Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Strepsiptera | |
Oct 16 | Social insects | Coleoptera I | ||
Oct 18 | Social insects Phytophagous insects |
Coleoptera II Special Lab Topic: Plant secondary compounds & insect herbivory Greenhouse tour |
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Oct 23 | Phytophagous insects | Coleoptera III | ||
Oct 25 | Insects and plants Herbivory and plant defense |
Coleoptera IV Special Lab Topic: ghost moths and other scary insects |
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Oct 30 | Forensic entomology (Dr. William Krinsky) | Trichoptera, Lepidoptera I Bug jeopardy II |
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Nov 1 | MIDTERM 2 | Quiz 6: Megaloptera, Neuroptera, Strepsiptera, and Coleoptera | Lepidoptera II Special Lab Topic: silk |
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Nov 6 | Insects: the hunted and their defenses | Mecoptera, Siphonaptera, Diptera I | ||
Nov 8 | Entomophagous insects | Diptera II | ||
Nov 13 | Chemical ecology of insects (Scott Smedley) | Diptera III | ||
Nov 15 | Medical & veterinary entomology | Open lab | ||
Nov 27 | Medical & veterinary entomology | Quiz 7: Mecopteroidea | Hymenoptera I | |
Nov 29 | Insect ecology | Hymenoptera II | ||
Dec 4 | Pest management and biological control | Open lab | ||
Dec 6 | Insect conservation | LAB PRACTICUM | Open lab | |
TBA | FINAL EXAM |