Starr sting pain scale

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Starr sting pain scale or "A Pain Scale for Bee, Wasp, and Ant Stings" was created by the entomologist Christopher Starr as a scale to compare the overall pain of Hymenopteran stings on a four-point scale ^{[1] [2]}.

Contents 1 Scale 2 References 3 Notes 4 See also

[edit] Scale

Rating	Insects
1.0	Southern fire ant
2.0	Honey bee, Africanized bee, Bumble bee, Yellowjacket
3.0	Velvet ant, Paper wasp
4.0	Pepsis wasp, Bullet ant

[edit] References

• 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"

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Starr, C.K. (1985). "A simple pain scale for field comparison of Hymenopteran stings". Journal of Entomological Science 20 (2): 225-231. 
2. ^ E. Hoyt, T. Schultz (2002). Insect Lives, Stories of Mystery and Romance from a Hidden World. 

[edit] See also

• Schmidt Sting Pain Index by Justin O. Schmidt
• Scoville scale to measure the hotness of a chili pepper
• Dol scale to measure pain
• Irukandji syndrome a jellyfish sting induced condition
• Pain scale