To be bitten more than 1,000 times, the scientist completed the 'Insect Pain Pain Scale'

To complete the 'Insect Pain Scale,' a scientist used his own body as a test subject and suffered more than 1,000 bites from 150 different insects.

What type of insect stings the most painful? This is really a methodical study done by scientist Justin Schmidt , from Southwestern Institute of Biology (Arizona, USA). It is worth mentioning that, in order to get the most accurate and accurate results, this expert has dedicated himself to science, when stinging insects to himself, and thereby classifying pain level , as well like describing pain in the way that he feels.

Scientist Justin Schmidt.

After thousands of times were stung by 150 different insects such as bees, ants, wasps, mosquitoes . Justin finally came up with a 'Pain Scale by Insect Bites' . It is known that this scale is classified into 5 levels from '0' - painless to '4 ' - unbearable pain.

Justin Schmidt's work is really an extremely valuable reference to entomology, because not everyone dares to take themselves as experimental objects, suffering a lot of pain to have a Accurate and detailed results like that. In addition to the research value, the Scale is a 'survival guide' for people to know the danger level of insects they encounter, thereby taking appropriate precautions.

Below, let's take a look at the stings of some typical and familiar insects in Justin's Scale:

The fire ant we often encounter is classified as level 1 .As described, being burned by ants will feel like an electric shock: sudden and throbbing but not lasting.

We used to think that being stung was very painful but in Justin's Scale, it only stopped at level 2 . According to the description, after being bitten by a honey bee , the victim will feel hot in the wound and the skin will be gradually eroded.This feeling is similar to being burned by a match or acid.Besides, the bee sting will be more and more painful instead of just as lightning as an ant attack.

The red-harvested ant is a species of the genus Pogonomyrmex and often lives in the Americas.The bite of this ant is much more terrifying than the fire ant, because it causes pain like a drill cut into his flesh.

At level 4, we have a representative of the bee family, the wasps. 'It only lasted a few minutes but it was extremely painful, intense pain and it was like being shocked by the strong current by accidentally dropping the hair dryer running into the bath' , were the descriptions of the attack of this insect!

According to Justin's experience, of all insects, warhead ants deserve to stand in the throne with the most painful sting. Although it is also ranked at level 4 like wasps and some other species, the bullet ant bites provide a much better sense of pain. Specifically, after being attacked, the victim will immediately feel the sharp, aching pain. 'It feels like walking on burnt coals, while your feet are stabbed with 3-inch-long nails in the heels' , is the entomologist's comment about this terrifying ant.Not stopping there, what makes warheads always maintain the champion is the pain caused by it even lasts 12-24 hours.