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(And Why the Pest Risk Matrix is Changing How We Assess Urban Pest Threats) Most people still think “pest control” means showing up with a sprayer when something crawls or flies out of place. But Singapore’s new national standard — SS 721:2025: Code of Practice for the Performance of Pest Management Services — is here Continue reading Singapore Raises the Bar on Pest Management: Introducing…
This visual illustration explains how Pest Risk Matrix can support Pest Risk Assessment (PRA) and Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for pest professionals and site managers. (This visual also appears on LinkedIn here) © Jo-Lynn Teh, BCE (2025) Jo-Lynn Teh, BCE, brings 15 years of expertise to the pest management industry. Accredited as a Board-Certified Entomologist (BCE) Continue reading Why Use…
Previously, I introduced Pest Risk Matrix and Pest Strategy Pyramid as two great tools for sustainable urban pest management approach by focusing on Pest Risk Management (PRM). For a complete PRM programme for a site, users can combine both tools for a target pest risk to a site to achieve two goals in two steps: Continue reading Pest Risk Management using Pest Risk Matrix and Pest Strategy…
Pest Strategy Pyramid can be used as a guide to match a pest risk level to a set of pest management strategies. This approach offers sustainability opportunities for pest professionals to prioritise preventative strategies with zero/lower environment impact for low pest risk, and reserving invasive chemical method only for a quantified high pest risk to Continue reading Pest Strategy Pyramid
Pest Risk Matrix is an effective quantitative tool for Pest Risk Management (PRM) for pest professionals, facility managers and regulatory assessors. Before reading on about how to use Pest Risk Matrix, find out more what Pest Risk Management (PRM) is about and its role as a step-up to the conventional Integrated Pest Management (IPM) through Continue reading How to Use Pest Risk Matrix
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 Continue reading E-Seminar on Pollinators in Urban Space with Big West Rotaract Club
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 Continue reading Featured on ATTN:
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.
Here's a little infograph on how much we know about our fireflies in Singapore.
(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 Continue reading “Silent Spring” by Rachel Carson