Quotes About Midges

What was causing this mayhem? How was it spreading from one horse to another, or anyway getting into so many of them simultaneously? One possibility was a toxic contaminant in the feed supply. Or maybe poison, maliciously introduced. Alternatively, Reid began wondering whether there might be an exotic virus at work, such as the one responsible for African horse sickness (AHS), a disease carried by biting midges in sub-Saharan Africa.

Opening a window to let out a fly and ending up with thirty midges, three wasps, two bees and an owl.

The volume was off, allowing for some pleasing moments of synchresis, such as when the dogs were released from their cages just as the front door was hurled open by a drunk, or when the strip light overhead started to buzz and the on-field umpire batted midges away from his face.

My kisses are as light as fairy midges That on calm evenings skim the crystal lake Those of your man would plough such ruts and ridges As lumbering carts or tearing coulters make

The temperature had disturbed the insects, and a cloud of midges made every outline hazy.