The UK's No.1 Midge Repellent
The 2019 midge season starting with a bang in the middle of May, a couple of weeks earlier than we would normally see. The first generation quickly peaked but the onset of the unusually cool, unsettled weather in June meant that we didn’t see the peak populations that we would see in a normal year. …
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First off, I’d like to introduce myself. I’m Jay and I’m just getting started here at Smidge as a new research assistant/assistant accounts manager (a bit of science and a bit of business!). I have a background in midge and mosquito behaviour research going back to my undergraduate years. I’m not all that new to …
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We’re right in the middle of the midge season just now; first generation females have laid several batches of eggs, which are developing through their larval stages in preparation for emergence at any time now. The first half of the season has seen bumper midge numbers; probably the largest catches we have seen for some …
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