Skin that look horrible

Social networks have been shocked by images of perforated skin added with information about this perforated skin disease due to insect bites. Although denied the truth because later it was known that it was just a hoax, but people then wondered, was it true that insects could cause holes in the skin that look horrible like that?

Insect Causes of Perforated Skin Diseases Only Thumbs Up

According to IPB's Pests and Plant Diseases Expert, Dr. Ir. Purnama Hidayat, M.Sc, the insect that can cause skin diseases with holes is just a figment. According to Purnama, the insect can indeed bite and hurt, but it is not dangerous - especially until it makes horrible skin holes.

Indications that the news is lying are also proven through videos on YouTube video sharing sites. There are explained the sequence of making a hole effect in the hand. The ingredients used are objects like toy candles, oil-like liquids, and sticks.

Giant Water Bug

Insects that make a scene - and even many netizens who are trembling after seeing pictures of those potholes - come from the Abedus species. In general science, these insects are also known as Giant Water Bugs from the Belostomatidae family.

These insects are found in North America, South America, Northern Australia and East Asia. They mostly live in freshwater rivers and ponds.

In the laying season, male insects often carry eggs of female insects to avoid predator attacks.

This species has a fairly large size, which is 2 centimeters long. Even so, not a few species have smaller sizes. In the Lethocerus genus, the longest size reaches 12 centimeters. Their food is water insects and tadpoles. Even in Thailand, Abedus indentatus is used as a popular food.

When carrying eggs, these insects are like having a back full of small holes. Maybe because of that, this animal is used as a fad to spread lies on the internet that these animals can cause human skin to perforate if it is bitten.

The thing that makes people with small hole phobias or trypophobia feel so disgusted and scared. I was so scared that some claimed to sweat and almost fainted.