This is how I imagine many people visualise the Scottish midgie if they could see it larger than the tiny speck that it is. (Animated.)

Translate:

midgie: a very small insect that comes out in hordes on damp still summer evenings and it’s the female that bites.

Try the Midgie Control game here. [Flash] Global warming will likely increase the midgie population. See if you can control the population to only two with the rainfall slider.

magnify. Don’t let the midgie put you off visiting Scotland they are not there constantly. Damp warm evenings are the worst but even a mild breeze sees them off. They are not there all day every day.

The Scottish Word: midgie with its definition and its meaning illustrated and captioned with the word used in context in the Scots language and in English.