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Posted 2003-06-18, 12:42 PM
Today, a pretty large Hornet decided to pay me a visit, so after throwing it back outside (I don't usually kill insects), I decided to look up insects with a sting or bite of some kind. I managed to find out an insect called "Bullet Ant", which, quite frankly, would be the last thing I would ever want to encounter:



"I originally thought the name "bullet" referred to the fact that the ants are about the size of a rifle bullet, but in fact it refers to the fact that if you're stung, it feels like a bullet going in. Other descriptions included "it feels like being injected with boiling sulferic acid and then twisting the needle for 4 hours" and others equally colorful. Apparently it also hurts for a long time -- 2 to 4 hours or more of intense pain. The reaction varies from person to person, but I never ran into anyone who'd been stung who didn't say it hurt a lot. The ants also have massive jaws so they can also bite like any other type of ant, but unlike fire ants, for example, that spit formic acid into the bite, the bullet ant bites are more like a hard pinch -- and I know that from personal experience."

Does anyone else have any bad experiences with insects? Do share your knowledge.
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