I can beat that. Or a friend of mine can anyway. He was once on a long bike ride and stopped to urinate in some bushes. While in the act, he was distracted by some nearby birds that he thought sounded like people talking. He was suddenly undistracted by a wasp stinging his penis. He said it was the worst pain he’d ever experienced, which I don’t find hard to believe.
Fucking wasps. Nature’s assholes.
I’ve read that the Tarantula Hawk wasp has one of the most painful stings you can get. I see them quite often in the summer and fall. I suppose that they have a few points in their favor though. First, they aren’t assholes, in fact they stay away from people in my experience. Second, as fast as I know they seem to be solitary insects. I’ve never seen more than one, maybe two, at a time. Third, they are our state insect, voted on by schoolkids who apparently recognize a bad ass insect when they see it.
I have the worst luck with regard to yellowjackets (ground paper wasps). I’ll usually stumble onto one nest a year, sometimes two. I’ll just be out cutting brush, minding my own business, then I feel a sting on one leg, then another leg, then look down and my pants are covered with the little buggers. Not uncommon to come away with 10 stings, and I’ve gotten as many as 30. Friends and family send me out into the brush first b/c they know I’ll find any nests if they’re around.
I keep bees, so I’m no stranger to stings, but wasp stings are more severe and they’ll do it multiple times. They’ll chase you further too. They have a job in nature like every other creature, but I do not care to be office colleagues with them.
I’d bite him back.
Bees don’t bite.
Those tarantula hawk wasps are indeed bad. We see a few every fall. My Son has had a sting. On his neck. He says he thought someone shot him.