| Date |
Lecture Topic (Reading) |
Handouts |
Lecture (ppt) |
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January 14
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Introduction--what's an insect? |
Lecture 1 |
Lecture
1 pp |
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16
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Morphology and systematics (1-6), appendix |
Lecture
2 |
Lecture
2
pp |
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18
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Good things in small packages (12-24) |
Lecture
3 |
Lecture
3 pp |
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23
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Behavior (38-49) |
Lecture
4 |
Lecture
4 pp |
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25
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Insect vegetarians (99-107) |
Lecture
5 |
Lecture
5 pp |
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28
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Locust plagues (108-118) |
Lecture
6 |
Lecture
6
pp |
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30
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Silk and silkworms (133-143)
|
Lecture 7 |
Lecture 7 pp |
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February 1
|
Working for scale: homopterans (118-127) |
Lecture
8 |
Lecture
8 pp |
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4
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Social insects (59-63) |
Lecture
9 |
Lecture
9
pp |
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6
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Pollination (81-90) |
Lecture
10 |
Lecture
10 pp |
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8
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Busy bees - honey and wax (72-81)
|
Lecture 11
|
Lecture 11 pp
|
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11
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Gall insects (127-133) |
Lecture 12
|
Lecture 12 pp
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13
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Stored product pests (143-146) |
Lecture 13
|
Lecture
13 pp |
|
15
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Hour exam (answered)
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18
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Insect carnivores
(151-157) |
Lecture 14
|
Lecture 14 pp
|
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20
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Insects with bad taste - venoms & poisons (159-164)
|
Lecture 15
|
Lecture 15
pp |
|
22
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Edible
insects (177-185) |
Lecture 16
|
Lecture 16
pp |
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25
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Insects and medicine
(165-176) |
Lecture 17
|
Lecture
17 pp |
|
27
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Insect parasites (what's
eating you?) (191-202) |
Lecture 18
|
Lecture 18 pp
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29
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Yellow fever (219-230) |
Lecture 19
|
Lecture 19
pp |
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March 3
|
Mosquitoes and malaria (230-237) |
Lecture 20
|
Lecture 20 pp
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5
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Lice and typhus (a lousy lecture) (202-210) |
Lecture 21
|
Lecture 21 pp
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7
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Fleas and plague (210-219)
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Lecture 22
|
Lecture 22 pp
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10
|
Insects and carrion (246-252) |
Lecture
23
|
Lecture 23 pp
|
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12
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Sacred scarabs and deified dung pats (240-246) |
Lecture
24
|
Lecture 24 pp
|
|
14
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Insect genetics (30-35)
|
Lecture 25
|
Lecture 25 pp
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15-23
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Spring break |
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24
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Sex,
bugs and rock and roll (24-30) |
Lecture 26
|
Lecture 26 pp
|
|
26
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Aquatic
insects (259-270)
|
Lecture 27
|
Lecture
27 pp |
|
28
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Killer Bees (90-96)
|
Lecture 28
|
Lecture 28
pp |
|
31
|
History
of pest control (274-296)
|
Lecture 29
|
Lecture 29
pp |
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April 2
|
Fly-fishing
and insects (264-268)
|
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4
|
Fire ants and Argentine ants (296-300)
|
Lecture 31
|
Lecture 31 pp |
|
7
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History of entomology (274-284)
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9
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Hour exam |
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11
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Insect related professions (332-340) |
Lecture 33
|
Lecture 33 pp
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14
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Entomophobia and delusionary parasitosis (300-305) |
Lecture 34
|
Lecture
34 pp |
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16
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Insects in law (305-312) |
Lecture 35
|
Lecture
35 pp |
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18
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Insects in literature |
Lecture 36
|
Lecture 36
pp |
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21
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Insects
as symbols (315-321) |
Lecture 37
|
Lecture 37 pp
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23
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Insects
in art (321-327) |
Lecture 38
|
Lecture
38 pp |
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25
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Insects in the movies
(327-332) |
Lecture 39
|
Lecture 39 pp
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28
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Insects in music
|
Lecture 40
|
Lecture
40 pp |
|
30
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Effects of humans on
insects (344-347) |
Lecture 41
|
Lecture 41 pp
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Review - hand in term
papers/projects
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Final exam questions-Breakdown of exam:
50% is an hour exam on the last 3rd of the course
50% is cumulative over the whole semester
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final
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May 7
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Final exam 8 am-11 am, 228 NHB
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