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Hello,

Today when i was outside i noticed these very small insects? They either fell from the sky or blew from somewhere, like small flakes. There are problably hundreds of them, all dead, where i live in middle of Sweden. Any idea of what they are? They are roughly 1-2mm in size.

Oger wrote: Sun Jun 15, 2025 5:28 pm Hello,

Today when i was outside i noticed these very small insects? They either fell from the sky or blew from somewhere, like small flakes. There are problably hundreds of them, all dead, where i live in middle of Sweden. Any idea of what they are? They are roughly 1-2mm in size.

These insects appear to have been killed by an entomopathogenic fungus, which are parasitic fungi that only infect insects. This may simply be a natural occurrence, although some of these fungi are used agriculturally as biological control agents against crop pests such as thrips, aphids, and whiteflies.

Ah i understand, thanks alot for the quick answer