Midges definitions and example sentences on Wordnik

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In Summer when the midges are on, use the Black, Blue and Dun midges, and when they disappear, try the larger flies APRIL.--The month of sunshine and showers is generally, and especially towards the latter end of it, most favourable for angling; in fact if the water is in order, and the weather temperate for the season, it is the very best fly month in the year.

—The Teesdale Angler

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She had a fishing knife in one pocket and mosquito repellent in the other, since clouds of Scottish midges were apt to descend towards dusk. — Death of a Gossip—Hamish Macbeth 01—by MC Beaton
Why did you have to take it off Just find it A cloud of security midges was accumulating over their heads. — Asimov's SF, September 2006
Ceratopogonids - Biting midges, also called sand flies, no-see-ums, and punkies, are the smallest of the biting flies.
These proteins could serve as the basis for developing drugs or vaccines against diseases transmitted by the black fly and other blood-sucking insects, including mosquitoes, midges, and sand flies, the researchers say. — GEN News Highlights
I bring mine into a cool stable when the midges are bad - is that an option.