The pain from a wasp/insect sting generally fades after a day or so. True hell is getting into a bunch of chiggers. Especially your feet, ankles, legs. That infernal itching lasts for a week or more. And almost nothing helps. Only thing that comes close is extremely hot water...as hot as you can stand and then a few degrees hotter. Replace the itch with a near burn and let your endorphins take care of the rest.
There is nothing like a jellyfish sting. I learned to throw a castnet when I was five. The net was made up with three spread points to cast, two hands and one other. Some put a lead over the shoulder but when I learned to throw my dad used and taught the lead in the your mouth technique. Kept you from getting hit in the head with a lead. Anyway, if you threw over a jelly fish and didn't notice, the stingers went right on your tongue. Causing your father to laugh tell you to be more careful. And we still had fish to catch.
Hornet as @gardnerwebbgator said was the worst insect bite I recall. Me and a couple of friends threw rocks at a giant nest when I was young. We took off running but not fast enough. One got me in the side and I thought somebody had shot me with a .22. Broke me from that dumb stunt. Second to a hornet would be a guinea wasp.
Was this posted in another thread somewhere?
If not …. Wow, watch this
Hope you keep an epipen nearby.Wasps continue to be my primary nemesis.
Over the years I’ve destroyed so many nests that I feel like there’s a wanted poster with my name on it hanging in the wasp post office.
Each time I get stung, the swelling gets worse to the point where I may have a real problem in the future.
Individually a wasp sting is not that bad but for me the cumulative effects are serious.
Yellow jackets are bad. The vibration of that dozer tends to stir them up and make them even angrier too. The key is to find the hole and mark it with a rock, stick or something and walk away for a few hours. After it gets dark, you can easily and safely approach the nest and use whatever your preference to kill the colony. You will probably still get stung in the process but not as much as if you just try and kill it immediately after finding the entrance hole....My line of work, running over or stepping near/in a ground yellow jacket nest is an occupational hazard. I have been very very fortunate not to have been stung more times than I have on those occasions. Had to wait quite some time to move an open cab dozer once!