The post does not show locusts swarming Saudi Arabia. It also misrepresents 2023 photos of crickets and bees sweeping over parts of the US as happening recently.
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Incidents of insect infestation were recorded in early April: cockroaches in Nevada, bees in New York, and locusts in Saudi Arabia.The April 19 post containing the claim has 845 shares, 90 comments, and 243 reactions as of writing. The post included photos showing insects swarming over city streets and building walls.
The post bears the text: “Cockroaches invade Nevada, USA. And locusts invade Saudi Arabia in the past 48 hours. And bees invade the streets of Manhattan, New York, USA.”None of the three incidents happened in April 2024. Two of them – the cricket infestation in Nevada and swarming of bees in New York – occurred in June 2023.
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