Bryan Danforth
Christopher J. Marshall
Department of Entomology

This lab manual for Entom 322 is available online. Just click on the links below to download each section. Sections with no link will become active as they are made available.

Preface and Introduction are available together under intro.pdf

Laboratory Exercises

Lab No.	Title	FileName
1	Annelida -- body plan	lab01.pdf
2	Arthopoda -- body plan	lab02.pdf
3	Abdomen of adults(camera lucida demo)	lab03.pdf
4	Abdomen of larvae	lab04.pdf
5	Arthropod appendages and locomotion (sketch 1)	lab05.pdf
6 & 7	External thoracic structure (sketch 2)	lab06_07.pdf
8 & 9	Thoracic musculature and flight mechanism	lab08_09.pdf
10 & 11	Wings (inking demo)	lab10_11.pdf
12	Head capsule	lab12.pdf
13 & 14	Insect mouthparts (sketch 4) Table 13.1	lab13_14.pdf table13.pdf
15 & 16	Digestive tract	lab15_16.pdf
17 & 18	Circulatory and respiratory systems (half-tone demo)	lab17_18.pdf
19	Exocrine glands	lab19.pdf
20	Female reproductive system (sketch 5)	lab20.pdf
21	Ovipositor	lab21.pdf
22 & 23	External male genitalia (sketch 6)	lab22_23.pdf
24	Male reproductive system	lab24.pdf
25	Central nervous system	lab25.pdf
26	Insect mechanoreceptors and ears	lab26.pdf

Appendices

Appendix I -- morphological terms of orientation and position (from Duporte)	append_1.pdf
Appendix II -- dissection tools and techniques (BND)
Appendix III -- sketching techinques (CM)	append_2.pdf
Appendix IV -- inking techniques (CM)
Appendix V -- carbon dust techniques (Francis Fawcett)	(not available)
Appendix VI -- Stains, fixatives, slide mounting media, etc. (GCE)	append_1.pdf
Appendix VII -- Recommended reading list, broken down by lab no. (BND)	(not available)
Literature cited -- to be added later

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