What does it feel like to get stung by a Wasp or Hornet?

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It is like an electric shock that lasts for hours, unpleasant but bearable. Wasps are my biggest phobia, they scare me more than IEDs.

[Zhangfei]

It is like an electric shock that lasts for hours, unpleasant but bearable. Wasps are my biggest phobia, they scare me more than IEDs.

So would it scare you if I've developed an IED..... FULL OF WASPS?

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So would it scare you if I've developed an IED..... FULL OF WASPS?

I would never leave my bed, I would live under the duvet. I am terrified ever since I got swarmed as a kid, 26 stings.

[Vvhooya]

don't you die if you got sting for like 6 or 7 times ?

[Zhangfei]

I would never leave my bed, I would live under the duvet. I am terrified ever since I got swarmed as a kid, 26 stings.

I have a similar experience where, while hiking in Dartmoor, my brother stood on a hornet's nest. We all panicked and told him to sprint - I got stung maybe three or four times. He got eight or nine. It was horrifying.

[Shakadam]

I got stung by 2 hornets at the same time once when I was little (I think I was 11 or 12 years or so) when I accidentally walked right on top of their hive. One stung me on my upper lip, didn't hurt much but it got really swollen, looked like I had been in a nasty fight. The 2nd one stung me on top of my foot and that really fucking hurt It was this sort of intense burning sensation which lasted a really long time, I was in tears I can tell you that.

[MagicalLift256]

I got stung by a YELLOW JACKET when i was 8 years old right on the eyebrow. For the first 3 minutes it hurt like my eyebrow I was on fire sorta, then after 5 minutes the pain went away kinda and it felt like a sore for the rest of the time I was at the pool party, and when I left the party five hours after being stung, the pain had fully receded. I took benedrills 15 MINUTES after initially being stung by the wasp. Luckily, I had NO REDNESS, and my eyebrow was just sore for a few hours.

Daddy got stung by a hornrt EIGHT YEARS LATER, common European Hornrt. Hurt like FRICK! Worse than the yellowjacket sting, like 2x as bad. I wasn't the one who got stung though, but the same hornrt who stung dad, kept flying around my head! Will never forget the moment the hornrt stung dad!

[Revi]

It hurts, but it passed fairly quickly.

It varies a lot based on the type of wasp/hornet though. Some hurt like hell (and can even be dangerous) and some barely hurt at all.

[Independent voter]

A 5-6 year old necro? How long did it take MagicalLift256 to go that far back in the archives....

[Rakannishu]

Find a bee's nest and throw a rock at it?

don't want to burst your bubble but that's not going to get you stung by a wasp or hornet.

[Serpha]

What the fuck is going on...

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What the fuck is going on...

Excellent question.

[Shadowferal]

Nuke 'em from orbit...just to be sure.

[Strawberry]

Check out Brave Wilderness channel on YouTube. That guy gets stung by everything from wasps to fire ants and other really nasty critters.

Since I photograph macro, I hang around flowers and insects a lot. Sometimes there are 20-30 bumblebees within like 1-2 meter around me and I have yet to be stung by anything.

[the game]

go find some hornets and figure it out.

[Lex Icon]

like an electric charge or a burn..

or like a dab of undeath.

[Ghostpanther]

Depends on the wasp. The worse I have experienced is from Yellow Jackets which live in the ground usually and I mow over them. Aggressive little suckers too. I was a bee keeper for years and use to get stung often working with them. But their sting is not as bad as the yellow jacket sting and they can only sting you once. The Yellow Jacket can sting you repeatably. Usually a pretty intense burning and it is worse depending on what part of the body you are stung.

Some people will have a allergic reaction to wasp stings and some to the extent it can be fatal if they are not treated quickly. Also getting swarmed and stung by wasps a bunch times can kill animals and people, if enough venom it injected. I will destroy any Yellow Jacket nest I come across on my property. Best way is to get some wasp spray, wait until it is dark and then spray the hole entrance and inside down the tunnel and then plug the hole with a rock.

[Felicia]

I got stung by a scorpion several years ago when I was living in Texas. They're not venomous. Twice. Same finger... I've heard it feels similar to a hornet sting. I'm not even sure what to describe the pain as. It was a very intense stinging sensation that was horribly sore for a while afterwards. I also broke out into a full body rash afterwards :P

[Lilly32]

i remember getting dressed for work one day and felt an intense burning sensation in my hand. A wasp had somehow gotten into the shirt I was fixing to put on and when I picked it up he stung the palm of my hand. Pain went away after a few mins and I was able to open and close a fist without any discomfort. Took a couple benadryl since I had never been stung before just to be safe and was fine. But holy fuck did it hurt at first.

Also I heard that while members of the Hornet family are generally less aggressive than Wasps their sting is more painful. Remember getting into a wooden deer stand a few years ago one morning. I just happened to shine my light up in the corner sitting down and noticed about a dozen big black swamp hornets about the size of cockroaches in the corner hanging out. I dont think I hit a single step on the way down I came out so fast lol. They didnt have a nest it had been warm and all of a sudden turned cold so they were just trying to stay warm I guess. I ended up going back to bed and never used that stand again that year lol.

[Ghostpanther]

I got stung by a scorpion several years ago when I was living in Texas. They're not venomous. Twice. Same finger... I've heard it feels similar to a hornet sting. I'm not even sure what to describe the pain as. It was a very intense stinging sensation that was horribly sore for a while afterwards. I also broke out into a full body rash afterwards :P

Umm..that sounds like a allergic reaction. I will get a welt where a wasp or bee will sting me, but not much swelling and no rash from them. People's allergic reaction to stings can sometimes become worse each time they are stung. And people need to understand just because you have never had a allergic reaction, does not mean you never will.