# What is this bug that just stung me? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 29, 2006, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-bug-that-just-stung-me/366523 "2006-07-29T06:57:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rumpleforskin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5e9695/32.png) [@Rumpleforskin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rumpleforskin)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-bug-that-just-stung-me/366523/1 "2006-07-29T06:57:14Z")
I was sitting on my porch and felt something on my back I reached back to grab it and was stung on my middle back, in two places and it hurt like hell. The bug was alive but barely. looks like the stinger ripped out his guts. Serves him right. [![](https://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b248/dobermanpinscherpuppy/DSC00342.jpg) ](https://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b248/dobermanpinscherpuppy/DSC00342.jpg) Any idea what it is? ---
**Author:** ![born\_too\_late](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@born\_too\_late](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/born_too_late)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-bug-that-just-stung-me/366523/2 "2006-07-29T09:33:36Z")
Looks like it could be a june bug. ---
**Author:** ![MizGrand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cdc98d/32.png) [@MizGrand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MizGrand)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-bug-that-just-stung-me/366523/3 "2006-07-29T10:33:51Z")
Got nothin’ here but… EWWWWW!!! I’d have fallen over of a heart-attack just SEEING that thing. eww. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-bug-that-just-stung-me/366523/4 "2006-07-29T12:54:44Z")
> [@born too late](#): > > Looks like it could be a june bug. It looks a _lot_ like a June bug. AFAIK, they don’t sting, but they do hurt like a SOB when they hit you between the eyes at 70 mph. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-bug-that-just-stung-me/366523/5 "2006-07-29T15:27:04Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > It looks a _lot_ like a June bug. AFAIK, they don’t sting, but they do hurt like a SOB when they hit you between the eyes at 70 mph. I always call them “drunken flying tanks”…they have surprising inertia for something that small… ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-bug-that-just-stung-me/366523/6 "2006-07-29T16:44:19Z")
Definitely a June bug. Maybe he had a bee in his mouth when he ran into you. Or a teensy little knife. Coulda been a pirate June bug. Yeah, that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-bug-that-just-stung-me/366523/7 "2006-07-29T16:51:19Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Definitely a June bug. Maybe he had a bee in his mouth when he ran into you. Or a teensy little knife. Coulda been a pirate June bug. Yeah, that’s it. Would that be a June BAAAAAAAAAAARGGGGGGGG? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Carlyjay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Carlyjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carlyjay)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-bug-that-just-stung-me/366523/8 "2006-07-29T16:51:36Z")
I think my brain just threw up.