The midge population is exploding in Switzerland.
Researchers say they’re finding many more species and colonies in places where there were none before – especially at higher altitudes.
The small inspects can deliver a nasty, painful bite – and pass on viruses to humans and livestock.
Professor Niels Verhulst, an entomologist from Zurich University told the Blick newspaper, he believes they’re benefitting from the warmer and humid weather. June and July are the peak months for midge activity.
Midges bite people in the eyebrows and hair.
It’s not just Switzerland seeing more midges. Austria is also recording more – and experts there are blaming climate change.
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