Midges meet their match as golf club rings course with bug-busting traps
A GOLF course is attempting to protect players from voracious midges with hi-tech traps, it was revealed yesterday.

Tiny pests get real teeth
SERIOUS midge wars have broken out at the upmarket Carrick golf course on the banks of Loch Lomond.

Man throws midge off the scent
THE mystery of why midges eat some people alive and leave others largely unscathed has been unlocked by a team of Scottish scientists.

Midge warning after mild winter
THIS year is going to be a record for midges - and they are going to be around longer, an expert warned yesterday.

Midge population has its wing clipped by the cold
SCRATCH your arms no more, or at least a little less - there will be almost a third fewer midges to torment intrepid Highland walkers next year.

A nip in the air
A SUMMER break in the Highlands sounds idyllic, but it has one obvious downside: the dreaded Culicoides impunctatus, or Highland biting midge.

'One midge is an entomological curiosity, a thousand sheer hell'
FEW people who visit the Scottish Highlands during the summer - or those who live there - do not have a "midge story" to tell: whether it's being driven from a campsite by the biggest swarm of midges ever seen or forced to dress up in hoods and veils to...

Scotland's midges feel the heat as weather puts bite on pests
SCORCHING summer weather has proved a knockout blow to the dreaded midge.

Clean air brings tiny problem
CUSTOMERS and staff in smoke-free Highland pubs are complaining that midges are swarming inside to take advantage of the cleaner atmosphere.

New repellent puts the bite on midges, naturally
A NEW insect repellent which battles midges and other winged biting insects with completely natural ingredients has been rolled out across the country.

Plague of midges forecast
SCOTLAND will be hit by one of the biggest-ever plagues of midges and ticks this summer, experts have predicted.

Midges feel the heat in cold snap
ENJOY the countryside while you can, for Scotland's midge season is running late this year.

Once bitten, twice shy
THIS summer the humble midge seems as intent as ever on driving tourists out of Scotland.

Itching to put a stop to Scottish midge hell
THERE are no midges in Portobello. At least not in the garden of Dr Alison Blackwell's home, and she, of all people, should know.

Midge: six legs, two wings and a deadly proboscis
FEW TRAVELLERS return from a trip to the wilds of Scotland without a couple of souvenirs from their journey. And along with the cuddly toys and postcards you may well take back a leg-full of midge bites. Once bitten, never forgotten.



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