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The Top 5 Most Painful Insect Stings
| Insect | Schmidt Sting Pain Index | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bullet ant | 4.0+ | Pure, intense, brilliant pain. |
| 2 | Tarantula hawk | 4.0 | Blinding, fierce, shockingly electric. |
| 3 | Paper wasp | 3.0 | Caustic and burning pain. |
| 4 | Red harvester ant | 3.0 | Bold and unrelenting pain. |
| 5 | Honey bee and European hornet | 2.0 | Burning fiery pain. |
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Sources: Schmidt Sting Pain Index: Schmidt, J. O., Blum, M. S., and Overal, W. L. "Hemolytic activities of stinging insect venoms", Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, 1:155–160, 1984.
List Notes: The Schmidt Sting Pain Index was created through personal experience by Justin O. Schmidt, a researcher in Tucson, Ariz. The index provides pain descriptions for 78 species and 41 genera of Hymenoptera.
Sources: Schmidt Sting Pain Index: Schmidt, J. O., Blum, M. S., and Overal, W. L. "Hemolytic activities of stinging insect venoms", Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, 1:155–160, 1984.
List Notes: The Schmidt Sting Pain Index was created through personal experience by Justin O. Schmidt, a researcher in Tucson, Ariz. The index provides pain descriptions for 78 species and 41 genera of Hymenoptera.
