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Stung by a tarantula hawk? The advice I give in speaking engagements is to lie down and scream. The pain is so debilitating and excruciating that the victim is at risk of further injury by tripping in a hole or over an object in the path and then falling onto a cactus or into a barbed-wire fence. Such is the sting pain that almost nobody can maintain normal coordination or cognitive control to prevent accidental injury. Screaming is satisfying and helps reduce attention to the pain of the sting. Few, if any, people would be stung willingly by a tarantula hawk. I know of no examples of such bravery in the name of knowledge, for the reputation of spider wasps specifically tarantula hawks is well known within the biological community. All stings experienced occurred during a collector's enthusiasm in obtaining specimens and typically resulted in the stung person uttering an expletive, tossing the insect net into the air, and screaming. The pain is instantaneous, electrifying, excruciating, and totally debilitating.

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Few, if any, people would be stung willingly by a tarantula hawk. I know of no examples of such bravery in the name of knowledge, for the reputation of spider wasps specifically tarantula hawks is well known within the biological community.

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jrbaggie said:

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Dikfer, no doubt. And a big one!!!

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Few, if any, people would be stung willingly by a tarantula hawk. I know of no examples of such bravery in the name of knowledge, for the reputation of spider wasps specifically tarantula hawks is well known within the biological community.

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Coyote Peterson says hold my beer:



(Skip to around 10:15 to get to the good part)

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Few, if any, people would be stung willingly by a tarantula hawk. I know of no examples of such bravery in the name of knowledge, for the reputation of spider wasps specifically tarantula hawks is well known within the biological community.

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Coyote Peterson says hold my beer:



(Skip to around 10:15 to get to the good part)

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Welp, off to see him bit by a bullet ant!

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555-PINF said:

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Few, if any, people would be stung willingly by a tarantula hawk. I know of no examples of such bravery in the name of knowledge, for the reputation of spider wasps specifically tarantula hawks is well known within the biological community.

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Coyote Peterson says hold my beer:



(Skip to around 10:15 to get to the good part)

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Welp, off to see him bit by a bullet ant!

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Find the one where he gets bit by a giant redhead centipede. It's a 2 part episode - the sting is at the beginning of the 2nd episode. He said it's the worst insect sting/bite he's ever experienced and second most painful experience ever. The worst was a gila monster bite.

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Few, if any, people would be stung willingly by a tarantula hawk. I know of no examples of such bravery in the name of knowledge, for the reputation of spider wasps specifically tarantula hawks is well known within the biological community.

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Coyote Peterson says hold my beer:



(Skip to around 10:15 to get to the good part)

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Welp, off to see him bit by a bullet ant!

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Find the one where he gets bit by a giant redhead centipede. It's a 2 part episode - the sting is at the beginning of the 2nd episode. He said it's the worst insect sting/bite he's ever experienced and second most painful experience ever. The worst was a gila monster bite.

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