One of the biggest problems in social media is the rapid spread of misinformation and disinformation content. After a post dated June 9, 2022, Twitter people, acting as we know, distributed this post from hand to hand.
It was claimed that the fly with an interesting structure in the image was a polymer drone fly. According to the sharing, this spy technology, which is hidden from everyone, is somehow shared on Twitter, and the neighborhood barber or something can access and share this confidential information (!).
Here’s the video that went viral, with a “fly drone” supposedly being a robot:
Then images of our bug friend hit Twitter:
If it’s fake news, won’t it find a place on Facebook? Here you go:
You can even see Facebook has labeled this video “Fake”. However, this does not seem to discourage those who want to believe.
Some deepen the theory in their own way
Some take it more realistically.
Some take existing misinformation and put it on top of it.
So what are the “flies” seen in this video?
When experts are reached on the subject, the explanations reveal that the fly in the images is a real fly. Gene Hall, director of the insect collection at the University of Arizona, replied via email, “After viewing the video, this looks to me like a real bot fly, not a military ‘drone’.” said.
Douglas Yanega, senior museum scientist at the Entomology Research Museum at the University of California, said: “It’s a type of horse fly, the genus Cuterabra. These flies are rather peculiar as they have no mouth; all their feeding is done by the larvae that live under the rodent’s skin.” used the phrases.
No insect-like drones?
In fact, work continues for small insect-like drones. A video uploaded by Military TV on February 5, 2022 shows the Black Hornet, a small drone developed by the US Army. However, the drone in question is more like small helicopters that children play with. Also, there is no drone that moves and looks like insects yet. Moreover, even the Black Hornet is 17 cm tall.
There is no information that this insect, which does not show any technological parts, is a drone. According to experts, the insect in this video is a real but rather strange insect. In Google searches, it is possible to see that the insect is a species of Cuterabra ruficrus.
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