E-Seminar on Pollinators in Urban Space with Big West Rotaract Club

It was an honour to speak to Big West Rotaract Club members about importance of protecting pollinators in our urban space and how. Many thanks to President Jane Kwon for the invitation. For full video, visit Big West Rotaract website here to view. Summary is very important: Bees are not the only pollinators in our …

Featured on ATTN:

In September 2018, I was interviewed in ATTN: about my article on insect hotels in the Netherlands. Here's a short clip here! To view the full video, you can watch it on ATTN: platform here. To read the article, click here. Thanks for watching and more importantly, thanks for visiting my blog and interacting with …

Of Fireflies and Mangroves: Singapore Story

If you are surprised to find out how little we really know of fireflies in Singapore, you are not alone. Get your quick crash course on Singapore’s fireflies here.

“Eh? We got fireflies in Singapore?!”

Here's a little infograph on how much we know about our fireflies in Singapore.

“Silent Spring” by Rachel Carson

(This is a book review by the Entomologist Lounge) “Rarely does a single book alter the course of history, but Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring did exactly that,” reads the flyleaf of the front cover. This is the book that single-handedly brought together: A congressional hearing under orders of President John F. Kennedy The establishment of …

Don’t let sandflies ruin your next outdoor activity!

There are only two reasons why you are reading this right now. Perhaps, like many others here in Singapore, you have been recently subjected through yet another ninja-style blood feast by sandflies during your afternoon trip to, say, Coney Island? Or, you are here because you read our article that explained the widespread confusion between …

What is a sandfly in Singapore, really? The final low-down.

We all talk about sandflies. Those seemingly invisible blood suckers that roam the sandy shores of Singapore, from East Coast Park to Coney Island and Chek Jawa. Their presence is unknown until they deliver painful bites and then they disappear into thin air, leaving behind those red bumps that last very long and itch endlessly. …

“Insights from Insects: What Bad Bugs Can Teach Us” by Gilbert Waldbauer

(This is a book review by the Entomologist Lounge) There is so much about the author as it is about the book. Dr Gilbert Waldbauer is a Professor Emeritus of Entomology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA. Waldbauer writes many books post-retirement, with his aim to popularise entomology and to make it …

Insect food: Too cool for school?

Change is difficult, they say, especially when it comes to food. However, this did not deter a group of five students from promoting insect as sustainable source of protein during Sustainability Day on 10 October 2010 at The Hague University of Applied Sciences (THUAS). What’s the story? The Entomologist Lounge finds out.   Tell us …

Insect food: Too cool for school? (NL)

Met zegt dat verandering moeilijk is, vooral als het om eten gaat. Dit weerhield een groep van vijf studenten er echter niet van om insecten te promoten als duurzame bron van eiwitten tijdens de Dag van de Duurzaamheid op 10 oktober 2010 aan De Haagse Hogeschool (HHS). Wat is het verhaal? De Entomologist Lounge komt …