We’ve got a three word horror story for you: ‘The Highland Midge’ 😱 We’re sure that you have many colourful names for the little terrors, but their scientific name is ‘Culicoides impunctatus’. Or simply ‘midgie’ in Scots. 🌦️ They thrive in humid, wet and cloudy conditions - at least SOMEONE’S having a lovely summer. 🪰 It’s the female midgies who do all of the biting - they feed on animals and humans (ouch) to prepare for laying their eggs. Midgie populations are high in the north and west of