Cavedale RhônesCame across a Velvet Ant today. Cute little bug that is not an ant, but a wingless wasp with a serious sting. It is nicknamed “Cow Killer”, so you don’t want to mess with them! #Insects
AI6YR Ben@ai6yr You can test it if you want 🤣🫣. According to my 8 year old grandson, the African version which has red fur, is the real Cow Killer. He is a student of dangerous stuff in the world. 😉
W6KME@CavedaleRhones @ai6yr good thing they are such chill things, because they're everywhere here.
@W6KME @CavedaleRhones We have Tarantula Hawks, which I steer clear of. They have a reputation for dispensing immense pain.
@W6KME @silentLurker @CavedaleRhones
HAHAHAHA someone actually got stung by every single one of these insects for this.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmidt_sting_pain_index
h/t @emily
ater@ai6yr @W6KME @silentLurker @CavedaleRhones @emily He also had a protege who got himself stung all over by a honey bee to figure out where it would hurt the worst, giving us this lovely scientific diagram.
(Spoiler: the three most painful locations were the nostril, upper lip, and penis shaft )
Mike Sheward@ater @ai6yr @W6KME @silentLurker @CavedaleRhones @emily no perineum representation? what an oversight - repeat the experiment
Violet Madder@SecureOwl @ater @ai6yr @W6KME @silentLurker @CavedaleRhones @emily
It's wild to me the number of body parts that were skipped, in favor of going for the genitals.
NilaJones@violetmadder @SecureOwl @ater @ai6yr @W6KME @silentLurker @CavedaleRhones @emily
I got stung on a tear duct by a yellowjacket a couple summers ago
It was bad. I was tearing thru the medicine cabinet, slathering anything and everything on it
In addition to the pain for days, I had severe fatigue for 6 weeks after
Much worse than the honeybee I did not see in my smoothie, whose little feet I can still feel curling around my bottom lip, to position its stinger
@NilaJones @SecureOwl @ater @ai6yr @W6KME @silentLurker @CavedaleRhones @emily
Damn!
I got stung all over the legs by yellow jackets as a kid, that was bad enough. Can't imagine getting it in the EYE. I don't remember after effects though, just the initial stings.
@violetmadder @SecureOwl @ater @ai6yr @W6KME @silentLurker @CavedaleRhones @emily
Only time I have had the fatigue thing. I guess an extreme mast cell reaction?