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  2. Stinger - Wikipedia

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    The description of barbed or unbarbed is not precise: there are barbs on the stings of yellowjacket wasps and the Mexican honey wasp, but the barbs are so small that the wasp can sometimes withdraw its sting apparatus from victim's skin. [7] The stings of some wasps, such as those of the Polistes versicolor, contain relatively large amounts of ...

  3. Characteristics of common wasps and bees - Wikipedia

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    Barbed. Kills bee; [g] continues pumping. Smooth; can repeat. Retracts. Sting Pain [3] 2 2 1.5–3 depending on species 2 (Vespula pensylvanica) 2 2.x 4.0+ [4] [failed verification] Lights Not attracted to lights at night unless nest is disturbed, or light is placed near hive, or bee is sick. [5] Attracted to lights at night [6] [7] Lives in

  4. Bee sting - Wikipedia

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    The female bees (worker bees and queens) are the only ones that can sting, and their stinger is a modified ovipositor. The queen bee has a barbed but smoother stinger and can, if need be, sting skin-bearing creatures multiple times, but the queen does not leave the hive under normal conditions. Her sting is not for the defense of the hive; she ...

  5. This woman's reaction to a paper wasp sting is unreal - AOL

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    Paper Wasp Stings Woman's Lip. If you've ever had the displeasure of being stung by a bee, you know how uncomfortable the repercussions can be. Take that feeling and multiple it by 10, and you've ...

  6. Arthropod bites and stings - Wikipedia

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    Skin biopsies are not indicated for bites or stings, since the histomorphologic appearance is non-specific. Bites and stings as well as other conditions (e.g. drug reactions, urticarial reactions , and early bullous pemphigoid ) can cause microscopic changes such as a wedge -shaped superficial dermal perivascular infiltrate consisting of ...

  7. It’s a ‘big year for wasps’ in California. Here’s why and how ...

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    Wasps come in a variety of colors — from yellow and black to red and blue — and are split into two primary groups: social and solitary. Most wasps are solitary, non-stinging insects that do ...

  8. Cerceris fumipennis - Wikipedia

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    Once prey has been found, a female wasp will typically attack a target beetle by alighting on it, climbing over it, and grabbing it by the thorax with her mandibles before inserting her stinger into the base of the beetle's leg (in the membrane of the coxal joint, a gap in the buprestid's armour) and injecting a paralytic venom.

  9. Polistes carolina - Wikipedia

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    Typically, paper wasps are relatively unaggressive, only attacking humans and animals if they or their nests are being threatened. As in other aculeate wasps, only females have the ability to sting. [16] Unlike bees, wasps do not have barbed stingers that can be lost, so they are able to sting multiple times to defend a nest. [17]