Ever wanted to know what a bullet ant sting feels like, without putting yourself ... Explore part of Schmidt’s pain index below. Schmidt’s pain scale runs from one to four, with four being the most ...

At the top of his four-point scale sits the infamous bullet ant, whose sting Schmidt describes as "pure, intense, brilliant pain…like walking over flaming charcoal with a three-inch nail ...

American entomologist Justin Schmidt created the Pain Scale for Stinging Insects ... Paraponera clavata. The pain from a bullet ant sting lasts up to 24 hours, whereas that of the tarantula hawk wasp ...

The pain can last up to 12 hours, which is why the bullet ant is also known as the "24-hour ant" in Venezuela ...

The gold medal goes to the sting of the bullet ant of South and Central America, which has been described as: "Pure, intense, brilliant pain. Like walking over flaming charcoal with a 3-inch nail ...