ENTOMOLOGY 10

NATURAL HISTORY OF INSECTS

Lectures: MWF 10-11, Room 217 Art Building

Text: None: Supplemental readings of lecture notes with Gullan and Cranston (1994), "The Insect: An Outline in Entomology." available from the Shields Library Reserve Room.

Tentative Lecture Schedule-Winter 1999

January
6	W	Parrella	Introduction: Insect natural history; insect diversity See class slides
8	F	Parrella	Classification: Ancestry and wings See class slides
11	M	Parrella	Classification: Pterygota and insect orders
13	W	Parrella	Evolution and biogeography
15	F	Kaya	Insect Physiology: Major life systems-circulatory, etc.
18	M	---	Holiday
20	W	Kaya	Insect Physiology: Metamorphosis, molting and growth
22	F	Kaya	Insect Physiology: Reproduction
25	M	Kaya	What Insects Do: Predators, parasitoids, parasites, and scavengers
27	W	Kaya	What insects Do: Phytophages (includes plant defense systems)
29	F	Kaya	Insects and Humans: Medical Entomology
February
1	M	First Midterm	(on material through January 27)
3	W	Guest lecturer:	Dr. Robert Kimsey Arthropod-Bourne Diseases in California
5	F	Kaya	Insects and Humans: Medical Entomology
8	M	Kaya	Population Biology
10	W	Guest lecturer:	Dr. James Carey: Invasion Biology
12	F	Kaya	Behavioral Ecology: (Pollination biology - video)
15	M	---	Holiday
17	W	Parrella	Behavioral Ecology: Communication
19	F	Parrella	Behavioral Ecology: Parasitoid reproduction
22	M	Parrella	Insect Conservation
24	W	Second midterm	(material through Feb 19)
26	F	Guest lecturer:	Dr. Rob Page Africanized Bees
March
1	M	Kaya	Insects and Agriculture
3	W	Kaya	Insects and Chemical Control
5	F	Guest lecturer:	Dr. Carl Winters Pesticides and Food Safety
8	M	Parrella	Insects and Plants: Vectors
10	W	Kaya	Insects and Biological Control Concepts
12	F	Kaya	Insects and Humans: Pest control tactics
15	M	Parrella	Insects and Humans: Urban Entomology
17	W	Parrella	Pesticides and the Environment
TBA	TBA	Kaya/Parrella	R.M. Bohart Museum of Entomology, Optional Tour

Final Examination: Thursday, March 25, 1999, 1:30 to 3:30 PM. (Final is comprehensive and may cover principles from then first part of the course, but emphasis is placed on the material from the second midterm.)

Office hours:

Parrella: MW 9am - 10am, F 11am - 12pm; also by appointment.

Kaya: MW: 9-10 a.m., F: 11 a.m.-noon; also by appointment.
Best to call before coming in even during office hours.

Larry Baptiste:Hours TBA.

Old Exams

• Ent 10 First Midterm 1997
• Ent 10 Second Midterm 1997
• Ent 10 Final 1997

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