University of Michigan Biological Station

Biology 442 - Biology of Insects

Tentative Schedule - Summer 1998

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Date	Lecture Topics	Field Trip/Lab	Quizzes and Exams
June 22	Introduction; Orders	Walk around UMBS; Entomological techniques (may be completed in evening)
25	External Structure; Internal Structure	Romalea dissection; Sturgeon Bay, Labelling and keying exercise (in evening)
29	Families of Collembola; Families of Odonata; Phylogeny and Diversity of Insects	Greenstar meadow	QUIZ (Orders)
July 2	Families of Lepidoptera	Limenitis transect; Practice butterfly count
6	Families of Hemiptera	4th of July butterfly count
9	Families of Hymenoptera	Maple River	QUIZ (Collembola, Odonata, Lepidoptera)
13	Integument and Molting; Development	Sedge Pt. Ponds
16		Colonial Pt. Forest	MIDTERM; Collection check
20	Families of Homoptera	Mud Lake Bog	QUIZ (Hemiptera, Coleoptera)
23	Families of Diptera; Reproduction	Old fields
27	Herbivory; Pollination; Sensory Receptors and Communication; Vision	Wolverine Beaver Ponds
30	Families of Orthoptera; Families of Neuroptera	Grass Bay (mark-recapture)	QUIZ (Homoptera, Diptera)
Aug 3	Families of Coleoptera; Films (Alder Woodwasp, Castles of Clay)	Grass Bay (mark-recapture)
6	Pest Management; Social Insects	Work on keying insects
10		Work on Collections	QUIZ (Neuroptera, Orthoptera, Hymenoptera); Collections and Projects due at end of day - 5:00 PM
13			FINAL EXAMS (Lab in AM, Written in PM)

Syllabus

Course Description

Collecting localities

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