Entomologist Justin Schmidt recorded his own experience of venomous stings, to rate and describe the pain caused by the venom of insects. Explore part of Schmidt’s pain index below. Schmidt’s pain ...

Schmidt has been searching for bugs all around the world and has consciously experienced insect bites. His efforts have produced an incredibly thorough pain index that rates 83 insect stings on a ...

The researcher Justin Schmidt, who invented the Schmidt sting pain index, described their sting as “explosive and long-lasting, you sound insane as you scream. Hot oil from the deep fryer ...

The tarantula hawk has been awarded second place on the Schmidt's sting pain index, beaten only by the South American bullet ant, Paraponera clavata. The pain from a bullet ant sting lasts up to 24 ...

Not Justin Schmidt. Schmidt is an entomologist who studies stinging insects. He is known for creating the Schmidt pain scale index, which goes from a one (like a sweat bee) to a four (the level of ...