Starr sting pain scale

Starr sting pain scale or "A Pain Scale for Bee, Wasp, and Ant Stings" was created by the entomologist Christopher Starr as a scale to compare the overall pain of Hymenopteran stings on a four-point scale ^[1].

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Scale

References

• Starr, Christopher K. "A Pain Scale for Bee, Wasp, and Ant Stings"
• Evans, David L. Insect Defenses: Adaptive Mechanisms and Strategies of Prey and Predators, Table 14.1, 1990. ISBN 0-88706-896-0
• Tom Turpin On Six Legs "Insects Bite and Sting for Good Reasons"
• David B. Williams DesertUSA "Tarantula Hawks"

Notes

1. ^ E. Hoyt, T. Schultz (2002). Insect Lives, Stories of Mystery and Romance from a Hidden World. 

See also

• Schmidt Sting Pain Index by Justin O. Schmidt
• Scoville scale to measure the hotness of a chili pepper
• Dol scale to measure pain
• Irukandji syndrome a jellyfish sting induced condition
• pain scale