Less Midges This Year

It may turn out that by the end of this summer with hindsight we will all laugh at this article but the BBC took it seriously enough to put it on their evening news. Apparently the cold winter we’ve had will have killed off midges in their billions in Scotland. Why? The long periods of cold have frozen the ground in midge infested areas deeper than usual and for longer than usual so the eggs may be killed off. There are probably still trillions of them that will live on but it’s a nice thought, isn’t it?

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