Highland midge
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| Culicoides impunctatus Goetghebuer, 1920 |
The Highland midge (scientific name: Culicoides impunctatus) is a tiny insect, found in wet places especially in the north-west of Scotland during spring and summer. Highland midges are well known for gathering in clouds, biting humans, and being extremely annoying.
It has been suggested (somewhat controversially, perhaps) that the reason so much land in Scotland is under-developed is that the midge has repelled settlers.
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