The wingspan of the Taiwan yellow tussock moth (Porthesia taiwana Schiraki) is 17 to 33 mm. Females are larger in size and have yellow or yellowish-brown forewings. A pair of grayish white horizontal stripes curve like an elbow and run parallel to each other in the center of the wings. The larva of the Taiwan yellow tussock moth is also called Euproctis dissimilis Wileman and has yellowish white hindwings. This genus has 43 species which are widely distributed in low altitude mountain areas. The larva, locally called the “stinging bristle caterpillar” or “stinging bristle dog worm”, is generally 1 to 2 cm in body length, and the largest one can be 2 to 3 cm long. The colors of the hairs are primarily yellow, red, and black. The dorsal area of the body is black, densely packed with tiny white spots, and there is a yellow stripe with a thin red line in the center that runs down the middle of the moth’s back. The moth often attaches itself to more than 70 species of vegetables, fruits, and plants such as banyans, tea trees, peanuts, corns, tomatoes, peach trees, and mulberries, etc. The Taiwan yellow tussock moth, either in the larval or adult form, possesses toxins that can trigger allergic reactions in the human body. After the skin contacts the moth hair, clusters of rice-sized to pea-sized wheals will come up. Patients will experience such symptoms as redness, swelling, pain, and unbearable itching, and in severe cases, may suffer from suppuration or even shock.

Figure 1. The skin conditions of a common person after contact with the Taiwan yellow tussock moth.

The skin of the New Human Line has detoxification capacity. It comes from the use of the newly-discovered Absolutely Constant Energy Source and the new biological engineering techniques to rapidly change the ion concentration in the cells. Through changes in the concentration, it can control the intracellular ion balance to eliminate the toxic ingredients released from the Taiwan yellow tussock moth. This enables the body to avoid not only the occurrence of allergic reactions but also the appearance of clusters of wheals, or the experience of such symptoms as redness, swelling, pain, and unbearable itching, so as to prevent suffering from suppuration or even shock after the skin contacts the moth.

The experiment was conducted by Mr. Yuan Lin, the first successfully-evolved New Human Line, who let the larva of the Taiwan yellow tussock moth crawl on his skin without applying any insect repellent. His skin conditions were then observed and recorded one minute, 10 minutes, one hour, 10 hours, and 24 hours, respectively, after contact with the larva.

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Figure 1. The larva of the Taiwan yellow tussock moth crawling on the posterior aspect of his forearm (A) and his wrist (B).

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Figure 2. The skin condition of the posterior aspect of the forearm (A) and the wrist (B) one minute after contact with the larva of the Taiwan yellow tussock moth.

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Figure 3. The skin condition of the posterior aspect of the forearm (A) and the wrist (B) 10 minutes after contact with the larva of the Taiwan yellow tussock moth.

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Figure 4. The skin condition of the posterior aspect of the forearm (A) and the wrist (B) one hour after contact with the larva of the Taiwan yellow tussock moth.

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Figure 5. The skin condition of the posterior aspect of the forearm (A) and the wrist (B) 10 hours after contact with the larva of the Taiwan yellow tussock moth.

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Figure 6. The skin condition of the posterior aspect of the forearm (A) and the wrist (B) 24 hours after contact with the larva of the Taiwan yellow tussock moth.

From the above experimental results, we can see that the skin of Mr. Yuan Lin, the New Human Line, has detoxification capacity. He can use the newly-discovered Absolutely Constant Energy Source and the new biological engineering techniques to rapidly change the ion concentration in the cells, and through changes in the concentration, to control the intracellular ion balance so as to eliminate the toxic ingredients released by the Taiwan yellow tussock moth. His body can avoid not only the occurrence of allergic reactions but also the appearance of clusters of wheals, or the experience of such symptoms as redness, swelling, pain, and unbearable itching, so as to prevent suffering from suppuration or even shock after the skin contacts the moth.

References：

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