ENTM 1000 WORLD OF BUGS (0–03–0) 3 A SURVEY

0 THE WORLD BANK 1818 H STREET
2 WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU
3 PANARAB REGIONAL CONFERENCE FOR THE WORLD

4 INTNS381 WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION ORGANISATION MONDIALE
8 THE WORLD BANK 1818 H STREET
R AVEN MADE THE WORLD AND THE WATERS

ENTM 1000 World of bugs (0–0:3–0) 3 A survey of insect biology and life styles with emphasis on insect diversity and human-in

ENTM 1000 World of bugs (0–0:3–0) 3 A survey of insect biology and life styles with emphasis on insect diversity and human-insect interactions.


The course covers positive and negative interactions between insects and the value of insects as tools for scientific study. Students are evaluated on the basis of their performance on two mid-term exams (worth 25% each) and a final exam worth (worth 50% of the final grade). There is no laboratory section in this course.


What bug is this?

Classification of insects

Diversity and why insects drive the world

External Structure

Internal Structures and Physiological Mechanisms


How do they do that? Adaptations:

How Insects Survive Adverse Conditions

They really get around: Movement, migration and dispersal

Insects did it first

Insects as food: Eating and being eaten


Collecting, Sampling and Studies of Biodiversity

To collect or not to collect?

Water Beetles

Insects as Indicators: Canaries in the mine shaft


Invasive Nature of Insects (+/-):

Biological Control Blessing or Curse: Common lady beetles (+/-)

Dutch Elm Disease (+/-)

Honey bees and humans (+/-)

Parasites of honey bees (-)

Killer bees (+/-)


Invasive and Other Insects as pests:

Home and Garden Insects

Insects that Threaten our Food

Fact and fiction of yellow jacket wasps

Issues associated with insect control (mosquito wars)


Medical Veterinary and Wildlife Interactions

Ticks, lice and other parasites

The black death

CSI and forensic entomology


Social Insects

Primitive but complex social insects

The dark side: Slavery and Social Parasitism


Insects in Art and Culture





THIRD WORLD DODGEBALL WE DIVIDED OUR GROUP
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION ORGANISATION MONDIALE DE LA SANTE
WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION 34 CHEMIN DES COLOMBETTES


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