Wasp sting with a drop of poison on the tip
Starr sting pain scale is a scale of sting force of stinging hymenoptera (squad Hymenoptera ), depending on the strength of their action on a person and the pain experienced. Named for entomologist Christopher Starr . (Starr, 1985) [1]
Content
- 1 Sting Scale
- 2 See also
- 3 notes
- 4 Literature
- 5 Links
Sting Scale
1st level is the lowest degree of pain, 4th is the highest. [1] [2]
| Rating | Insects |
|---|---|
| 1.0 | Southern fire ant ( born Southern fire ant , Solenopsis xyloni , genus Solenopsis ) |
| 2.0 | Honey bee , African bee (killer) ( born Africanized bee ), Bumblebees ( English Bumble bee ), Vespins ( English Yellowjacket ) |
| 3.0 | German Wasps ( English Velvet ant ), Polistinae ( English Paper wasp ) |
| 4.0 | Pepsis ( born Pepsis wasp , family of road wasps ( Pompilidae ), Paraponera clavata ( English Bullet ant ) |
See also
- Schmidt sting pain index
- Ants
- Wasps
- Bee venom
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Starr, CK A simple pain scale for field comparison of Hymenopteran stings (Eng.) // Journal of Entomological Science: journal. - 1985. - Vol. 20 , no. 2 . - P. 225—231 .
- ↑ E. Hoyt, T. Schultz. Insect Lives, Stories of Mystery and Romance from a Hidden World . - 2002.
Literature
- Evans, David L. Insect Defenses: Adaptive Mechanisms and Strategies of Prey and Predators , Table 14.1 , 1990. ISBN 0-88706-896-0
- Tom Turpin On Six Legs " Insects Bite and Sting for Good Reasons "
- David B. Williams DesertUSA Tarantula Hawks