Schmidt sting pain index

Their sting is rated a 1.0 on the Schmidt Sting Pain Index, making it quite minor.

The Schmidt sting pain index is a pain scale rating the relative pain caused by different hymenopteran stings.

This sting is given the highest rating on the Schmidt Sting Pain Index.

(see Schmidt Sting Pain Index).

Justin O. Schmidt publishes first paper on the Schmidt Sting Pain Index.

In 1984, Justin O. Schmidt, a researcher from Arizona, developed a hymenopteran sting pain scale, now known as the Schmidt sting pain index.

Their bite is considered one of the most painful that can be inflicted by any insect (the Schmidt sting pain index excludes insects other than Hymenoptera), however, though excruciatingly painful, it is of no medical significance.

In terms of scale, the wasp's sting is rated near the top of the Schmidt sting pain index, second only to that of the bullet ant, and is described by Schmidt as "blinding, fierce [and] shockingly electric".

Justin Orvel Schmidt (born 1947) is an American entomologist, co-author of Insect Defenses: Adaptive Mechanisms and Strategies of Prey and Predators and creator of the Schmidt Sting Pain Index.

Justin Schmidt has devoted his life to his study called the Schmidt Sting Pain Index where he has subjected himself to numerous species of stinging insects, and grades the pain from each exposure as an almost wine-tasting description.