ENTOM 579
NATURAL HISTORY
AND POPULATION MANAGEMENT
OF  INSECTS

1 Credit (2 hr lecture + 3 hr laboratory per week, third 5 weeks  of semester) 

Prerequisites:  GENCB 301, MATH 140 or 171, either BIOS 372, 
BOT 462, ZOOL322, ENTOM 340, 343 or 348.  

Instructor:  Garrell Long (5 weeks October 31 - December 9, 1994

Text: 	Huffaker, C. B. and R. L. Rabb.  1984.  Ecological 
	Entomology.  John Wiley & Sons,  New York.  844 pp.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

1. Appreciate the effects of physical and biotic factors on populations of insects
2. Learn to apply ecological concepts to the management of insect communities
3. Gain experience in the analysis of ecological data pertaining to arthropods, including significant experience in writing

   LECTURE OUTLINE
   
   No. of Lectures                                Topic
   
   1	Course organization and mechanics; Introduction to Natural History 
   	of the Insecta
   1	Dormancy and diapause
   1	Reproduction
   1	Sociality and territoriality
   1	Modes of feeding
   1	Herbivores, predators and parasitoids
   1	Other trophic guilds
   1	Biological control
   1	Management of resistance to insecticides
   1	Life history stages
   
   
   LABORATORY OUTLINE
   
   No. of Periods                             Topic
   
   1	Migration, Dispersal and Weather
   1	Rearing Arthropods
   1	Finding and Processing Prey by Parasitoids
   1	Evaluating Effectiveness of Biocontrol Programs
   1	Measuring and Evaluating Resistance to Insecticides
   

   10 lectures, 2 laboratory sessions. Each lab will require both oral and a written report. This may include some computer-aided exercises. The last scheduled laboratory period will include a 1 hr exam. 5 written laboratory reports = 50%, 1 examination=50%

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