Evaluating degree of pain

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  1. timojin Valued Senior Member

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    Pain induced by insects
    Red fire ant

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    Public domain image by Alex Wild, produced by the University of Texas "Insects Unlocked" program.
    Scientific name: Solenopsis invicta

    Range: Native to South America

    Description: "Sharp, sudden, mildly alarming. Like walking across a shag carpet and reaching for the light switch."

    Pain level: 1
    Warrior (or armadillo) wasp

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    Rodolpho S. T. Menezes, Sergio R. Andena, Antonio F. Carvalho, Marco A. Costa - Menezes, R. S. T., Andena, S. R., Carvalho, A. F., Costa, M. A. (2011).
    Scientific name: Synoeca septentrionalis

    Range: Central America and South America

    Description: "Torture. You are chained in the flow of an active volcano. Why did I start this list?"

    Pain level: 4
    See this site
    http://www.businessinsider.com/how-...rt-most-painful-stings-2016-8/#red-fire-ant-1
     
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  3. timojin Valued Senior Member

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    Are all symptoms of pain the same ?
     
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  5. geordief Valued Senior Member

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    Looks like your wasps have built their building in honour of some phallic deity .

    I'm a king bee,baby. I buzz all night long

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  7. cluelusshusbund + Public Dilemma + Valued Senior Member

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    Heres a cicada killer wasp on my lettuce standin guard over the hole in the ground whare the paralized cicadas are stored as food for ther young.!!!
    The females can get up to 2 inches long.!!!
    If you move slow they dont notice you so much.!!!

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    I didnt move slow enuff an it noticed me.!!!
    It took off flyin to the left... an i tried to take a pic while it was in flight...

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    While i was tryin to locate it in my viewfinder it had turned an was flyin right at me as i took the pic.!!!

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    The females can sting an bite at the same time.!!!

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