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Re: Do wasps attack people in orange?
« Reply #20 on: 18/10/2018 10:56:14 »
Quote from: Make it a lady
Is there some sort of sting index where you can compare the pain different insects inflict
Yes, it's called the Schmidt Sting Pain Index, after the heroic author, who stung himself with a wide variety of insect species.
- He put the Bullet Ant in the highest category.
- He described the sensation of each individual sting using evocative imagery.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmidt_sting_pain_index
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Re: Do wasps attack people in orange?
« Reply #21 on: 18/10/2018 14:26:08 »
Quote from: Monox D. I-Fly on 18/10/2018 03:37:49
So why I never saw bees attacking a hummingbird?
How often have you looked?  :)

Both bees and wasps are sensitive to rapid motion, but close in they use different senses - smell, heat, static.
A lot of their communications are based on pheromones so they are very sensitive to smell, mammal breath in particular. Lots of mammals predate bee nests but very few birds - those that do tend to go for occasional ones in flight, although woodpeckers will systematically attack a hive. So I suppose bees have not evolved a threat response to hummingbirds.
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Re: Do wasps attack people in orange?
« Reply #22 on: 18/10/2018 20:19:52 »
I just wonder if President Trump has sponsored research in this field.
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