Viral Pic Of Giant Mosquito That Is Freaking Netizens Out

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.

MIREN EL TAMAÑO DEL MOSQUITO QUE ACABA DE ENTRAR POR MI VENTANA (al lado hay uno normal para hacer una perfecta comparación ahre) tengo: miedo pic.twitter.com/aypd1O67wT

— ezequiel (@EzeLobo1) January 22, 2020

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".

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— graciela oberti (@ObertiGraciela) January 22, 2020

yeah that's terrifying https://t.co/lge7fK2JJ3

— KG Helix (@KgHelix) January 24, 2020

Some Twitter users identified the large mosquito as psorophora ciliate - a species of large mosquito indigenous to the United States.

I think it's a mosquito called psorophora ciliata. They say its bite can be very painful and it is quite aggressive. pic.twitter.com/HQvjEmtEep

— ???????????????????? ???????????????????????????????? (@Woelf20) January 27, 2020

Here's another comparison. pic.twitter.com/GySLQeMtYH

— ???????????????????? ???????????????????????????????? (@Woelf20) January 27, 2020

Some others, however, said that it could be a robber fly.

Looks like a species of Robber Fly. pic.twitter.com/JMTils4KM1

— Tenebrae (@TenebraeAeterna) January 27, 2020

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.