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The Schmidt Sting Pain Index: Quantifying the Pain of Insect Stings
TLDR The Schmidt Sting Pain Index is a scale created by an entomologist to measure the pain associated with different insect stings. It catalogues 83 species and rates their stings, with fire ant bites serving as a reference point for comparison.
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The Schmidt Sting Pain Index is a scale that quantifies the pain associated with stings from different insects.
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The Schmidt Sting Pain Index was created by an entomologist to quantify the pain associated with different insect stings and determine if there was a correlation between the amount of damage done and the initial pain inflicted.
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The entomologist catalogued 83 different species and had to describe the pain associated with each sting in order for the index to be useful.
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Fire ant bites are rated as a one on the Schmidt Stinging Pain Index, which serves as a reference point for the pain associated with other stings, such as those from bald face hornets and yellow jackets.
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The pain from yellow jacket stings can last for about 10 minutes and is described as hot and smoky, while fire ant bites are rated as a one on the Schmidt Stinging Pain Index.
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Paper wasp stings are rated as a 3.0 on the Schmidt Stinging Pain Index and the pain lasts for about 15 minutes, described as caustic and burning with a distinctly bitter aftertaste.
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The tarantula wasp has one of the most painful stings on the planet, rated as a four on the Schmidt Stinging Pain Index, tied with the bullet ant.
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