Midges, annoying little pieces of shit, Canadian Soldiers, or as Casey Blake famously referred to them after the infamous midge game at The Jake, “little pterodactyls,” — whatever you want to call them, they’re back.

They’ll be around for a week or so, then die and be eaten by birds. There are only two options for how to deal with them. The proper way:

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And the whussy way:

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Choose correctly.

This article appears in Jun 1-7, 2011.

Vince Grzegorek has been with Scene since 2007 and editor-in-chief since 2012. He previously worked at Discount Drug Mart and Texas Roadhouse.

3 replies on “The Midges are Back; Don’t Be a Joba”

  1. Midges are just what their name implies: small in size, approximate to that of mosquitoes (but non-biting), as opposed to their much larger counterpart the Canadian soldier (AKA the mayfly). The More You Know.

  2. Yeah, well try cleaning up your bike or car after taking an evening ride along the lake on Rte 2. Oh, and IF you ride bike, keep your mouth closed. Luckily those little buggers don’t have much of a taste.

  3. Well, I’ll be…Midges according to Wikipedia vary world-wide from the biting type to the nonbiting types.
    You have your:
    Blephariceridae – net-winged midges
    Cecidomyiidae – gall midges
    Ceratopogonidae – biting midges (punkies or no-see-ums) of N.A.
    Chaoboridae – phantom midges (gee how do you know when they are around?)
    Chironomidae – non-biting midges (also known as muffleheads) around the Great Lakes of N.A.
    Deuterophlebiidae- mountain midges
    Dixidae – meniscus midges (what no womeniscus midges?)
    Scatopsidae – dung midges (my favorite)
    Thaumaleidae – solitary midges (asexual?)

    P.S. Who approves the spellings of these names? Simplify the spellings!!!!

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