A female given name of rare usage, variant of Madge.

any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the family Ceratopogonidae or biting midges, all belonging to the order Diptera

plural of midge

(obsolete) A small dipterous insect (Lycoriella ingenua), the larva of which bores in apples. / Any midge whose larvae cause damage to apples.

Hessian fly (Mayetiola destructor)

plural of barley midge

Contarinia tritici (formerly Diplosis t.) that lays its eggs in the flowers of wheat-heads, and whose reddish larvae devour the kernels / Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor / Sitodiplosis mosellana

plural of meniscus midge

plural of phantom midge

An insect in the dipteran family Chaoboridae.