Is this a Midge?

hmm, I'm not sure about my taxonomy, but to stop them, I remember seeing some net things that attach to windows on dragons den before - maybe you could get some net/fabric that lets a breeze through but has holes small enough to stop those things and blu tac/whatever it to the window frames?
 
I had a small insect problem. Cutting the grass really shirt and watering a LOT helped. Might not be the same insect but i think they were midges.
 
Gnat

Hate them.

If you have many of them probably means you are near water or a place where there is stagnant water.

These little ******* will lay their larvae in the smallest of pools of water.. even buckets/watering cans.
 
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http://www.treesforlife.org.uk/tfl.midge.html

Definately a midge. Possibly Culicoides midge - like the ones around here.

"In Scotland 37 different species of Culicoides midges have been recorded. Culicoides impunctatus, which is responsible for up to 90% of the bites on humans, occurs throughout the country, although it is most abundant in the west and the north, where the boggy and acidic ground provides an optimal environment for breeding."

Got about 20 bad bites on my legs from them last week cutting the grass.

And some Facts :
A swarm of midges can deliver approximately 3,000 bites an hour
· Researchers have estimated that in an hour, up to 40,000 midges can land on an unprotected person
· A female midge can detect people from a range of up to 100 metres. Midges are attracted to carbon dioxide
· It is estimated that in some parts of Scotland, one single hectare of land may host 25 million biting midges per hectare
· Midges have been around in Scotland for some 8,000 years
· There are around 35 species of midges in Scotland
· Only the females bite. It gives them protein and energy to produce their eggs
· A female will feed on the skin for up to four minutes taking 0.1 microlitres of blood
· Male’s mouthparts are not strong enough to pierce skin and they feed on liquids such as nectar from flowers.
· Midges are very small – they only have a wingspan of 1.4mm
· Midges do not like the wind, low temperature or very dry conditions
· A certain species of midge cause sweet-itch, a debilitating incurable problem which affects up to one in twenty of the UK’s horses & Ponies.
 
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Unbreakable said:
Seems way to big to be a midge.
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Small......far away......!

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