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lizzymahoney · 05-27-2007, 11:14 AM

Nah, I know from black widows, too.

I've been bitten or stung by a number of insects that would freak others out. The worst was a velvet ant, aka cowkiller, a ground dwelling wasp that is covered with scarlet hairs on the carapace. I knew what I saw, but it took several days for us to find some university entomologist to confirm. Pain was excruciating, and I am extremely pain tolerant. Three days in bed, with foot in a bucket of ice. I'd keep it there until the freezing was too painful, then rest it on a towel for ten to twenty minutes until the pain was intolerable, return it to the ice water. This was around the clock. The pain from either the bite or the ice would wake me so I spent three days in a very drowsy state. I was stung on a Thursday at 6 PM or so, and late Sunday afternoon the pain abated with no followup twinges. Absolutely no indicators save pain to identify the site.

Pics here.Beautiful creature, though.

05-27-2007, 11:14 AM	#2
lizzymahoney Major Inhabitant Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 124	Nah, I know from black widows, too. I've been bitten or stung by a number of insects that would freak others out. The worst was a velvet ant, aka cowkiller, a ground dwelling wasp that is covered with scarlet hairs on the carapace. I knew what I saw, but it took several days for us to find some university entomologist to confirm. Pain was excruciating, and I am extremely pain tolerant. Three days in bed, with foot in a bucket of ice. I'd keep it there until the freezing was too painful, then rest it on a towel for ten to twenty minutes until the pain was intolerable, return it to the ice water. This was around the clock. The pain from either the bite or the ice would wake me so I spent three days in a very drowsy state. I was stung on a Thursday at 6 PM or so, and late Sunday afternoon the pain abated with no followup twinges. Absolutely no indicators save pain to identify the site. Pics here.Beautiful creature, though.