- midge Culicoides impunctatus. You can get to like Scotland's climate. Many people prefer it to the climate anywhere else. In fact, there is a good side to almost everything in Scotland - except the midgie. Although it is only the female midge that bites, there seems to be a disproportionate number of them. Worst at dusk in sheltered places, they make beer gardens a no-go area for those unfortunate individuals who are particularly attractive to this Scottish curse. Top tips:
do not go out unless it is either blowing a gale or pouring rain (no problem there);
wear light-coloured clothing;
apply repellant liberally, the oilier the better.
The midges, the midges,
I'm no gonnae kid ye's,
The midges is really the limit,
Wi teeth like pirhanas, they drive ye bananas,
If ye let them get under yer simmit! [vest]
(ANON.)