BIOL 3660KEntomology

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This course provides an overview of the classification of arthropods and the place of hexapods in that classification. All orders of hexapods will be covered in some depth including details of the external anatomy of hexapods which will be essential for identification of the different hexapod groups. Additional topics following the classification section of the course include internal anatomy, interactions between hexapods and other organisms (their ecology), and specifics about several interesting behaviors (taxes and orientation, communication, thermoregulation, voltinism). Students are also required to assemble a collection of no less than 100 different hexapods, and prepare, label, and identify them (to family level). (Fall even years as enrollment supports). Prerequisites: Biology 1108K.