> Wasp venom doses are "more powerful"
I think you may be overlooking the fact that there are many species of wasp, bee, and ant. Generalizing about "wasp venom" vs "bee venom" seems an oversimplification at best. Many solitary Hymenopterans are exceedingly difficult to provoke. They " range in size from the smallest fairyflies (Mymaridae), which are about 0.21 mm (about 0.008 inch) in length, to the largest of the Pelecinidae, which may exceed 5 cm (about 2 inches) in length."
Then there is the Schmidt Pain Index. Some of the insect stings Schmidt considers to be at a pain level of 1 include the Southern fire ant, the graceful twig ant, the Western paper wasp. Schmidt sets the sting of the Western honey bee at a pain level of 2 to be the anchoring value, basing his categorization of all other stings on it.
He has categorized a variety of wasps, bees, and ants into Pain Level 2, including yellowjackets, the Asiatic honey bee, the trap-jaw ant, and the bald-faced hornet. The duration of the pain of the stings in this level is generally between five and ten minutes long. Schmidt categorized the majority of Hymenopteran stings as having a pain level of 2.
Most insects that are characterized as having a pain level of 3 are wasps, including the neotropical red paper wasp, the red-headed paper wasp, and Klug's velvet ant. Schmidt gave the sting of a tarantula hawk species, Pepsis grossa, a rating of a 4, which he described as "blinding, fierce [and] shockingly electric",[3] though the duration of pain from the sting is short-lived, lasting only approximately five minutes.[2] The composition of tarantula hawk venom is unknown.
PLB
Schmidt also rates the sting of a species of warrior wasp as a 4, describing it as "Torture. You are chained in the flow of an active volcano. Why did I start this list?", saying the pain lasts up to two hours.
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