Schmidt sting pain index painful. However, insect stings that feel very different can be put into the same level. Thus, Schmidt always includes a brief description of his experience being stung by each type of insect. On that note, these stings are based on Schmidt's subjective perspective, and insect stings can vary person to person, so the scale is not universal. Some of the insect stings Schmidt considers to be at a pain level of 1 include the Southern fire ant, the elongate twig ant, the Western paper wasp, the white-faced bee, and most small bees. The duration of the pain of insect stings
Red imported fire ant the burning sensation caused by its sting. Alternative names include: the "fire ant", "red ant" or "tramp ant". In Brazil, locals call the ant "toicinhera", which derives from the Portuguese word "toicinho" (pork fat). The red imported fire ant was first described by Swiss entomologist Felix Santschi in a 1916 journal article published by "Physis". Originally named "Solenopsis saevissima wagneri" from a syntype worker collected from Santiago del Estero, Argentina, Santschi believed the ant was a variant of "S. saevissima"; the specific epithet, "wagneri", derives from the surname of E.R. Wagner, who collected the first specimens. The type material is