My presentation at the “Club der Aquarienfreunde Nürtingen e. V.”

On February 8, 2019, my presentation took place at the “Club der Aquarienfreunde Nürtingen e. V”. Around 20 aquarium enthusiasts accepted the invitation, which was published on their website. I hope they gained an exciting and informative insight into the world of insects and Isopods.

“Insektenliebe, or how fascination becomes passion” – driven by this title, I thought about this evening in advance. After all, you rarely have the opportunity to talk about your passion for an hour without being interrupted. And believe me, my family, friends and colleagues no longer have a problem with nipping my stories in the bud right from the opening sentence. So it was also an important evening for me and my ego from a therapeutic point of view.

I was just standing at my pizza delivery place to pick up my order when my smartphone rang. On the other end was Peter Gaßner, the treasurer of the Aquarium Friends. He asked me if I would be interested in giving a talk at one of their club evenings. For the reasons mentioned above, I agreed straight away and was looking forward to the evening. Of course, you can’t completely plan an hour’s talk, but I wrote down key words and thought about what I could say and show.

Visit the homepage of the “Club der Aquarienfreunde Nürtingen e. V.”

To the homepage

For one thing, I have a full-time job plus Insektenliebe and for another, I am sometimes more unstructured than I would like to admit. That’s why I wasn’t able to prepare as well as I would have liked. But to compensate for this, I have a certain eloquence that has helped me out of a tight spot several times. So I sat in front of the interested audience and talked about my childhood, my experiences and the passion that I can no longer let go of. The hour went by faster than expected and towards the end I had to restrain myself from going into overtime.

I hope that with this lecture I was able to achieve that the audience sees insects and Isopods from a different perspective and in a different light than before.

My special thanks go to Peter Gaßner for the invitation, to Dr. Michael Hollnaicher for the exciting stories of his investigations into the fauna of the Upper Swabian wetlands afterwards and to all the listeners who shared this hour with me and my topic.