Editorial Type:
Article Category: Research Article
| Online Publication Date: 01 Apr 1985
A SIMPLE PAIN SCALE FOR FIELD COMPARISON OF HYMENOPTERAN STINGS
A SIMPLE PAIN SCALE FOR FIELD COMPARISON OF HYMENOPTERAN STINGS
Page Range: 225 – 232
A scale is described for reporting the painfulness of stings received from aculeate hymenoptera under uncontrolled conditions. The applicability and limitations of the scale are discussed, and examples are given of ranked stings. The usefulness of the pain scale in studying mimetic associations between stinging insects is discussed, with an example.
Keywords: Venom; sting; pain; Hymenoptera
Copyright: © 1985 Georgia Entomological Society, Inc.
Accepted: 30 May 1985