Week 1 - 2021 Jan 14/15      IN PERSON

External morphology - Lab manual: Lab 2 (pg 7)   Digestive system - Lab manual: Lab 5a (pg 24) Week 2 - 2021 Jan 21/22      ONLINE   Collecting, preserving, & mounting insects - Lab manual: Lab 1 (pg 3) Week 3 - 2021 Jan 28/29      IN PERSON

Nervous & respiratory systems - Lab manual: Lab 5b (pg 26)   Circulatory system - Lab manual: Lab 6a (pg 30)

Week 4 - 2021 Feb 4/5         ONLINE

Introduction to poster presentations

Insect orders I - Lab manual: Lab 4 (pg 22) Week 5 - 2021 Feb 11/12     IN PERSON   Reproductive system - Lab manual: Lab 6b (pg 33)

External specialization: Mouthparts, legs, wings, genitalia - Lab manual: Lab 3 (pg 13)

Insect orders II - Lab manual: Lab 4 (pg 22)

Reading break - 2021 Feb 15-19

Week 6 - 2021 Feb 25/26     IN PERSON

Insect orders III - Lab manual: Lab 4 (pg 22)   Families of Odonata, Orthoptera, & Hemiptera - Lab manual: Lab 7 (pg 38) Week 7 - 2021 Mar 4/5        IN PERSON   Families of Neuroptera & Diptera - Lab manual: Lab 8 (pg 42) Week 8 - 2021 Mar 11/12    ONLINE   OPEN LAB Week 9 - 2021 Mar 18/19    IN PERSON   Families of Coleoptera - Lab manual: Lab 9 (pg 46) Week 10 - 2021 Mar 25/26  IN PERSON   Families of Lepidoptera & Hymenoptera - Lab manual: Lab 10 (pg 50)

Week 11 - 2021 Apr 1         ONLINE (don't worry, we're not going to prank you)

OPEN LAB

Week 12 - 2021 Apr 8/9      IN PERSON

Lab exam part 1  (midterm exam material includes Labs 1 - 3, & 5 - 6 from the Lab manual).

Lab exam part 2  (final exam material includes Labs 4, 7 - 10 from the Lab manual).

Week 13 - 2021 Apr 15/16  ONLINE

Poster presentations

SEE ALSO: Steve Halford's Insect Pinning Video: and many other helpful youtube videos like this, this or this!

REQUIRED TEXT:		SUPPLEMENTAL TEXTS:
An Introduction to the Study of Insects. Authors: Borrer, Triplehorn, and Johnson (the 7th edition is the most recent version)		Fundamentals of Entomology. Author: R. J. Elzinga (the 6th edition is the most recent version)	Entomology. Author: C. Gillott (the 3rd edition is the most recent version)

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