Scotland's Midge Species

There are many thousand different species of midge, few of which bite. The most well known of these pests is probably the Highland Biting Midge, however others are found across Scotland.

Here are a few of the worst Scottish biters. The "C" is an abbreviation for Culicoides, the genus to which they all belong. Culicoides is part of the Ceratopogonidae family.

List of Biting Midges

Species	Where Found	Comment
C. heliophilus		All-day flier rather than mornings and evenings
C. impunctatus	Highlands	The infamous Highland Biting Midge
C. newsteadii	Salt-marshes	Painful biter also known as the "beast of Arrochar"
C. nubeculosus	Farmland	Often found near sheep and cattle
C. obsoletus	Lowlands and towns	The garden midge. Not as painful a bite as the Highland midge, but persistent