A picture going viral on Twitter shows an extra-big bug.
If you are scared of creepy-crawlies, this pic may give you goosebumps. A picture going viral online shows a supersized bug that appears to be right out of a horror movie. Ezequiel Lobo, a man from Argentina, shared the photo on Twitter last week, where it has left many stunned.
Mr Lobo's photograph shows the huge mosquito lying next to a normal-sized one for comparison. "Look at the size of the mosquito that just came in through my window," he wrote, according to a translation by Daily Mail.
"He came in like a champion, my mother panicked and sprayed it with Raid. I haven't found anything similar online. Either it's Chernobyl's new evolution or I just found out that I am in Jumanji."
The photo was clicked in the city of Cordoba.
The picture has collected over 1.3 lakh 'likes' and thousands of comments.
"That's terrifying. Looks like a pre-historic mosquito," wrote one person in response to the photograph. Another simply said "noooo".
Some Twitter users identified the large mosquito as psorophora ciliate - a species of large mosquito indigenous to the United States.
Some others, however, said that it could be a robber fly.
Insect expert Michael H Reiskind told Daily Mail that psorophora ciliata usually appear after flooding. Their bite can be painful, but they do not usually carry diseases.
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