Schmidt sting pain index

Key pain	Approximate duration	Animal
4	300 minutes	Bullet ant
4	150 minutes	Warrior wasp
4	5 minutes	Tarantula hawk
3	30 minutes	Velvet ant
3	5-10 minutes	Red paper wasp
3	0-1 minutes	Metricus paper wasp
2	10 minutes	Asian giant hornet
2	10 minutes	Asiatic honey bee
2	10 minutes	Giant honey bee
2	10 minutes	Giant hunting ant
2	10 minutes	Hairy panter ant
2	10 minutes	Western honey bee
2	10 minutes	Yellow jacket
2	5-10 minutes	Paper wasp
2	0-10 minutes	Trapjaw ant
2	5 minutes	Bulldog ant
2	5 minutes	Eciton army ant
2	5 minutes	Mexican honey wasp
2	5 minutes	Northern paper wasp
2	5 minutes	Redfire ant
2	5 minutes	Sonoran bumble bee
2	5 minutes	Sunflower wasp
2	4 minutes	Bald faced hornet
2	2 minutes	Digger bee
2	0-1 minutes	Four-toothed mason wasp
1	5 minutes	Mexican twig ant
1	5 minutes	Southern fire ant
1	2 minutes	Most small bees
1	2 minutes	Western paper wasp
1	2 minutes	White faced bee

External links

• Schmidt sting pain index (Wikipedia)
• The Schmidt Insect Sting Pain Index
• Brave Wilderness (Coyote Peterson), stings by animals in the Schmidt sting pain index:
  • STUNG by a BULLET ANT!
  • STUNG by a WARRIOR WASP!
  • STUNG by a TARANTULA HAWK!
  • STUNG by a YELLOW JACKET!