General Entomology
Fall 01
Course Schedule
Date Lecture (text chapter) Lab
Aug
30 Introduction, Phylum Arthropoda (1,2) Equipment
orientation & Check out
Sep
4 Arachnid characteristics and
classification (6) Arthropod
biology and identification (1)
6 External
morphology: Tagma, legs, wings (3) External morphology: Thorax, abdomen (2)
11 External
morphology: Head (3) External
morphology: head (3)
13
Diversity and identification of
common insect orders 1 (7) Identification
of insect Orders 1 (4)
18 Diversity
and identification of common insect orders 2 (7) Identification of insect Orders 2 (4); make kill jars
20 Collecting,
preservation and mounting of
insects (36) Field trip – Lake Merced
Sept 22-23 Field Trip – Sierra Nevada
25 Feeding
adaptations and mouth parts (3) Work
on collections (14)
27 Internal
anatomy of insects 1 (3) Feeding
adaptations and mouthparts (5)
Oct.2. Internal
anatomy of insects 2 (3) Internal
anatomy (6)
9 Insect
life cycles, growth and development (3) Development
and life cycles (7)
11
Insect
ecology (4) Sampling,
surveying and assessments (8)
16 Insect
behavior (4) Set
up soil ecology survey (9)
18
Social
systems in insects Soil
ecology survey & Social insects (9-10))
23 Apterygotes:
Primitive wingless insects (8,9) Id of Apterygotes; complete soil
survey (11)
25
Paleoptera: Dragonflies and mayflies (10,11) Id. of Paleoptera (11)
30 Orthopteroids:
Grasshoppers and allies (12-20) Id
of Orthopteroids (11)
Nov
1 Hemipteroids: Bugs, homoptera, book
lice, and lice (22-26) Id of
Hemipteroids (11)
Nov
6 Exam 2
8
Neuropteroids:
Neuroptera, Coleoptera (27,28) Id.
of Neuroptera and Coleoptera (11)
13 Neuropteroids:
Hymenoptera & Diptera (32,35) Id.
of Hymenoptera & Diptera (11)
15
Neuropteroids: Lepidoptera & Trichoptera (33,34) Id.
of Lepidoptera & Trichoptera (11)
20 Systematic
Entomology (5) Field Trip
– California Academy of Sciences (12)
22 Holiday
27 Medical
Entomology (2) Medically
important arthropods (13)
29 Applied
Entomology (2) Work
on collections (14)
Dec
4 Oral reports – Soil surveys Oral
reports
6 Oral
reports – Insect Ecology Oral
reports
11 Course
conclusions
Work on collections (14)
13 Lab
final
Collections due by 5:00 pm
19
(Thursday) Final Exam
8:00 am