ENY-5222C, Biology and Identification of Urban Pests,
3 Credits, Distance
Education
Contact professor to obtain lecture CDs
My goal for this distance
education class is to maintain the same schedule as students taking the class
on campus and in the classroom.
Lectures WF-- Lectures should be accomplished on or
before the date listed
Laboratories
M-- Assignments due and submitted to instructor by email on date listed
Instructor: Philip
G. Koehler
Office: Urban
Phone: 392-2484
Email: pgk@ufl.edu
Web Site: http://eny5223.ifas.ufl.edu/
Office Hours:
Course Description: This
course will cover the life cycle, behavior, and biology of urban pests, such as
cockroaches, termites, fleas, stored food insects, flies, and ants. Understanding of the damage these insects
cause and sources of infestations will be emphasized.
Prerequisite or Corequisite: ENY 3005C, Principles of Entomology
Course Objectives:
1. Learn to recognize wood destroying insects
and their damage and understand their biology and life cycles.
2.
Learn to recognize cockroaches, their biology, and life cycles.
3.
Identify blood-sucking insects and understand their biology
4.
Recognize pest ant species and their colony structure.
5.
Recognize important stored food pests.
Text: Mallis, Arnold. Handbook of
Lecture Notebook: Print this on your own from the
CD. You can have it printed/bound at a
copy store if you desire.
Grades: This course is based on
500 points:
Midterm exam
– 200 points
Final exam – 200
points
Laboratory Section – 100 points
Grading Scale:
A = 90-100%
B = 80-90%
C = 70-80%
D = 60-70%
E = <60%
Academic Honesty:
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Resources
are available on campus for students having personal problems or lacking clear
career and academic goals which interfere with their academic performance.
These resources include:
1.
2.
Student Mental Health, Student Health Care Center, 392-1171, personal counseling
3.
Sexual Assault Recovery Services,
4.
Software Use:
All
faculty, staff and students of the University are required and expected to obey
the laws and legal agreements governing software use. Failure to do so can lead
to monetary damage and/or criminal penalties for the individual violator.
Because such violations are against University policies and rules, disciplinary
action will be taken, as appropriate.
Information for Students
with Disabilities:
Students
with disabilities are encouraged to register with the Office for Student
Services to determine the appropriate classroom accommodations. Any student
requesting classroom accommodations must be registered with the Dean of
Students Office, P202 Peabody Hall, 392-1261(TDD - 392-3008), and have
documentation on file in the office of Student Services in order to receive
classroom and/or examination accommodations.
For students with hearing disabilities trying to contact an office that
does not list a TDD, please contact the Florida Relay Service at
1-800-955-8771.
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Specific Directions for CDs
1. Read the assignment in textbook for each
class before listening to the lecture.
2. Print the lecture notes for each class. You may want to go to a copy store to have
the notes printed and bound.
3. Put lecture notebook and pen/pencil at a
convenient place in front of a computer.
A.
You will need sound so make sure the computer has speakers and sound
capabilities turned on.
4. Insert CD into computer. It should autoload. If autoload is turned off:
A. Windows
1.
Go to Windows desktop.
2.
Double click “My computer”
3.
Double click on “UrbanBioEntCD.exe”
B. Mac : the CD will not work properly on a Mac
computer
4. Each lecture has
A. A
title slide that has the time you need to plan for completion of each lecture.
B. An objectives slide that presents the objectives of
each lecture.
C. Content slides that present the lecture information
D. Practice essay questions slide
E. A
closing video that summarizes the information and presents the next reading
assignment.
4. View each slide. Start
each lecture by clicking on the menu on the left. Sound or video is played automatically for
each slide.
A. The next slide is advanced automatically.
B.
You can control the sound/video volume and replay sound by sliding the bar
controls.
C. Video can be advanced or rewound by sliding
the bar under the video.
C. You can go to other slides by clicking on the menu at
the left side of screen.
5. As each slide is playing sound, take notes in
the lecture notes.
A. Some slides are color coded. The teal (light blue color) for text
indicates that more important information about the word/subject will be orally
presented.
B. You have the capability of repeating portions
or all of the sound for each slide to hear the information again.
C. You can read
additional information from the textbook for each slide.
6. Complete the practice essay questions.
A. These questions
are good examples of the types of questions that will be on exams.
7. Laboratories.
A. You will be
emailed a laboratory assignment on Friday of each week.
B. Assignments may
require internet access and familiarity with browsing the internet.
C. Email your
completed laboratory assignment to the teaching assistant by the due date for
the laboratory to get full credit. The
laboratory assignments are due on Mondays.
8. It is your responsibility to stay on
schedule. Make sure you complete the
lectures on or before the date on the syllabus.
List of Lectures
1.
Overview of Urban Entomology
2. Orders of Arthropods that are Urban Pests
3. Cockroaches
4. Cockroaches (Problems)
5. Cockroaches (Blattellidae)
6. Cockroaches (Blattidae)
7. Composition and Structure of Wood
8. Termites
9. Subterranean termites
10.
Non-Subterranean termites
11. Wood-boring Beetles
12. Wood Decay & Other WDOs
13. Pests in Damp Locations
14.
Delusory Parasitosis
15. Biting flies & Mosquitoes
16. Lice & bugs
18.
Bedbugs
19.
Fleas
20.
Ticks and Mites
21. Pests of Fabric
22. Pests of Paper
23. Ants
24.
25. Wasps
26. Bees
27. Spiders and Scorpions
28. Envenomization
29. Stored Food Pests
30. Filth Flies & Small Flies (Gnats)