Posting the images to the Facebook group Perth – Have A Whinge, Dad Scotty Allen wrote: “No need to worry about nasty bugs bothering my kids with this big girl watching over them 😍”.

Comments on the photo were very mixed, with one poster saying: “That's it, I'm grabbing my passport and skipping the country.”

“Burn it... sacrifice the kid if need be,” quipped another.

“Omg nooooooo is [sic] be grabbing my kid and running,” added a third.