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BY A WHAT

THATS ALL THE BIG SCARIES IN ONE BUG TFFF
JU

Give it a dime, apparently.

Had to go research this thing, and the answer to what to do if it stings you is scream.

from Wikipedia-

“One researcher described the pain as “…immediate, excruciating, unrelenting pain that simply shuts down one’s ability to do anything, except scream. Mental discipline simply does not work in these situations. In terms of scale, the wasp’s sting is rated near the top of the Schmidt sting pain index, second only to that of the bullet ant, and is described by Schmidt as “blinding, fierce [and] shockingly electric”.“

Soooooo…dissociate to escape or?

It’s laying eggs in you.

Let’s back up a second and fully appreciate that description.

The Schmidt sting pain index, a widely used classification system for the bites and stings of ants, bees and wasps, is literally the personal ranking system of a guy named Justin Schmidt, who goes around letting bugs sting him for science. Like, that’s this Thing as a scientist.

In one entry, he describes the sting of the common bee as “almost pleasant, [like] a lover just bit your earlobe a little too hard.”

In another, the sting of the yellowjacket is described as “hot and smoky, almost irreverent. Imagine W. C. Fields extinguishing a cigar on your tongue.“

So when the Schmidt sting pain index characterises the sting of the tarantula hawk as “blinding, fierce [and] shockingly electric”, well, now you know what your standard for comparison is!

So I live in Hawk Wasp Land and I do have some good news:

1. they are the LOUDEST, SLOWEST honking bugs you’ll ever meet, and are easily avoided by listening for the NEEERRRRRRR as they roam around, looking for tarantulas and trying to avoid the ravens.

2. Unless you are a tarantula or a really dedicated entomologist, your odds of being stung are practically no.  They’re looking for some tasty roast arachnid, not sunburnt moron, so unless you somehow you actually catch and encourage one to bite you, it’s not gonna happen

They’re giant blue wasps with bright orange wings, they fly very loudly, and they’re slow. Don’t worry- you aren’t going to get stung by one unless you make it sting you. Which you should not. Please do not.