Wk	Date	Exercise Topic	Readings
1	8/24	No Lab (incomplete week)
2	8/31	Use of collecting equipment and campus field trip (Insect pinning)	pp. 3-37
3	9/7	Arthropod diversity	handouts
4	9/14	External and internal anatomy of insects	pp. 30-37
5	9/21	Field trip to Fairfield Osborn Preserve for collecting	pp. 3-30
6	9/28	Insect preparation and specimen labeling (Lab Quiz 1)	pp. 3-37
7	10/5	Introduction to keys and features of insect orders	pp. 40-59
8	10/12	Trip to California Academy of Sciences
9	10/19	Aquatic insects	pp. 57-88
10	10/26	Wingless insects, Orthoptera and related orders, Isoptera
11	11/2	Field trip to Fairfield Osborn Preserve to collect aquatic insects	pp. 89-116
12	11/9	Hemiptera (true bugs) and Thysonoptera (thrips) (Lab Quiz 2)	pp. 133-174
13	11/16	Coleoptera	pp. 175-237
14	11/23	Neuroptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera (Lab Quiz 3)	pp. 239-314
15	11/30	Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps) and Siphonaptera	pp. 315-392
16	12/07	Finalizing insect collection (Lab Quiz 4)