Midge Collection

Gall midge in Baltic amber
A gall midge is a fragile mosquito-like fly which produces galls on plants, seen here preserved in Baltic amber. Specimen dates from the Upper Eocene

Smooth leaved zieria, Zieria laevigata. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S. Nevitt after a botanical illustration by Mrs Augusta Withers from Benjamin Maund and the Rev

Curtis British Entomology Plate 501
Diptera: Tanypus nebulosus = Anatopynia nebulosa (Clouded-winged Midge) [Plant: Aristolochia clematitis (Common Birthwort)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 90
Diptera: Chaeronomus aestivus = Eurycnemus crassipes (Bentleyan Midge) [Plant: Pinguicula vulgaris (Common Butterwort)] Date: 1824-39

Folland Fo. 139 Midge G-39-1
Folland Fo.139 Midge G-39-1, taxiing for take-off at Chilbolton, Follands flight test base. First flown at Boscombe Down on 11 August 1954, the Midge was used to demonstrate the feasibility of W.E.W

Mackerel Midge and Thompsons Midge
Mackerel Midge (upper two, Ciliata glauca) and Thompsons Midge (lower two, Coryphaena). Date: 1864

Baden-Powell Scout monoplane (The Midge) during construc?
Baden-Powell Scout monoplane (The Midge) during construction

Major Baden-Powell in his Scout monoplane (The Midge) du?
Major Baden-Powell in his Scout monoplane (The Midge) during construction

Folland Fo139 Midge G-39-1 during road transportation
Folland Fo139 Midge, G-39-1, during road transportation

Folland Fo139 Midge G-39-1
Folland Fo139 Midge, G-39-1

Avro Lancaster modified to test a Folland Midge wing on its mid-upper fuselage

Midge in Baltic amber
Mating pair of biting midges in Baltic amber dating from the Upper Eocene. Amber is fossilised tree resin

Midges in amber
Pair of copulating midges preserved in Baltic amber accompanied by two air bubbles. Specimen dates from the Upper Eocene

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