Entomologist Justin Schmidt recorded his own experience of venomous stings, to rate and describe the pain caused by the venom of insects. Explore part of Schmidt’s pain index below. Schmidt’s pain ...

scoring a 2 out of 4 on the Schmidt insect sting pain index. But most other bees don't pack the same punch—though I have heard some painful reviews from less-than-careful colleagues. On the ...

The tarantula hawk has been awarded second place on the Schmidt's sting pain index, beaten only by the South American bullet ant, Paraponera clavata. The pain from a bullet ant sting lasts up to 24 ...

The tarantula hawk's sting is considered the second most painful by the Schmidt sting pain index; it usually lasts about 5 minutes ...

It was a surprise to me to learn that there is such a thing as the Schmidt sting pain index, which rates, using the honeybee as a reference point, the painfulness of a sting from one of seventy-eight ...

Not Justin Schmidt. Schmidt is an entomologist who studies stinging insects. He is known for creating the Schmidt pain scale index, which goes from a one (like a sweat bee) to a four (the level of ...