Looks like it could be the beginning of the end for those nasty,
blood-sucking horrors north of the border as Scottish scientists
begin tests on an awesome midge-killing device.
The 'Midge Magnet' is claimed to be capable of clearing an area
the size of a football pitch of midges by first drawing them in with
carbon dioxide emissions before eradicating the little blighters with
a poisonous spray. The CO2 presumably simulates exhaled air, which as
well all know, the midgies just love.
The bad news is that you probably won't be stowing a handy 'Midge
Magnet' in your pack just yet; the prototype version measures four
foot by three foot... May be in the shops by next summer
apparently.
See the Guardian
web site for more information.
Douglas Locke
