ENY 5223C - BIOLOGY AND IDENTIFICATION OF URBAN PESTS
Distance Education (3 credits)

Instructor:
Dr. Philip G. Koehler
Urban Entomology Building
Bldg. 1278, Natural Area Drive
P.O. Box 110620
Phone: 352-392-2484
FAX: 352-846-1500
Email: pgk@ufl.edu
Website: http://lss@ifas.ufl.edu/

Office Hours: 8:00-5:00 weekdays, or by appointment

Grading Scale:
90-100 = A
80-90 = B
70-80 = C
60-70 = D
<60 = E

Prerequisites: ENY 3005C, Principles of Entomology

Textbook: Mallis, Arnold. 1997. Handbook of Pest Control. 9th Edition. Mallis Handbook and Technical Training Co., Cleveland, OH. ISBN 1-890561-01-0. Library of Congress Catalogue Card No. 2003117135

Class CDs: Contain lectures, reading assignments, class notes, class schedule, and syllabus. The CDs should be downloaded from eLearning (lss@ufl.edu) or will be provided.

Lecture Notebook: Print this on your own from the CD. You can have it printed/bound at a copy store if you desire.

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.

Objectives: My goal for this distance education class is to maintain the same schedule as students taking the class on campus and in the classroom.
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.

Special Research Project: The special research project must be approved by instructor. The research project report must be written as a scientific paper in ESA format, and should be a review of the scientific literature. A research presentation provided as a scripted PowerPoint presentation suitable as a 10 minute scientific presentation at a scientific conference.

Specific Directions for CDs

Log onto eLearning at the University of Florida (lss@ufl.edu) using your University of Florida username and password.
a. Click on the ENY 3222 course listing
b. Click on Lecture CDs
c. Click on desired CD Download (e.g., ENY 3222 CD1)
d. If yellow security bar appears, click and allow download
e. Extract the zip files to a zipfolder and then to CD or hard drive
    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
    5. 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.
    6. 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.
        D. You can go to other slides by clicking on the menu at the left side of screen.
    7. As each slide is playing sound, take notes in the lecture notes.

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. Pest Ants
25. Wasps
26. Bees
27. Spiders and Scorpions
28. Envenomization
29. Stored Food Pests
30. Filth Flies & Small Flies (Gnats)

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