Contributions of Mike Gillet, the 'reluctant entomologist'

Contributions of Mike Gillet, the 'reluctant entomologist'

For a number of years, beginning with his first Newsletter article in August, 1992, Mike Gillet introduced, explained and make sense of the world of beetles, butterflies and even hedgehogs!

He served the Al Ain chapter of the Emirates Natural History Group as a correspondent and organizer of the Al Ain Meloid Survey of 1994-95.

Most importantly, he reminded members of the organization's original purpose: to observe and record the natural history of the UAE.

In these archives, we have included a number of his articles, including:

• Brandt's Hedgehog
• First Newsletter Article
• Venessa or Cynthia?
• A Second Spring?
• A Note on Eumenidae or Potter Wasps in Al Ain
• Wadi Aboule Flora and Fauna -- March 1994
• Status of the Yellow Pansy Butterfly in the Al Ain Region
• Natural History Group Records and Collecting
• Figtree Blue and Other Butterflies
• 'Something Very Wonderfully Strange'
• Al Ain Meloid Survey 1994-95
• Book Review: Butterflies of Saudi Arabia and its Neighbours
• Oil Beetles -- Pleasures and Threats
• The Not-so-sacred Scarab
• The Elusive Tiger Beetles of Ain al Fayda