re: Got stung by a red velvet ant today

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I know two things for absolute certain:

1. I have been stung by multiple of the big solid red wasps at once.

2. If it hurts worse than that, I don’t want it.

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Most definitely.

When I was a kid my brother and I were walking along some railroad tracks near my grandparents' house when we saw an old lamp near the tracks. My older brother, who was ahead of me, kicked it aside and we kept walking.

Almost instantly it felt like I had several needles being stuck in my leg, looked down and there were several pissed off red wasps going to town. They had built their nest in the lamp.

It hurt something awful, so much so that I remember shrieking like a little girl.

My legs went numb and it was difficult to walk. Pain didn't last real long, but it took a few hours for the swelling to subside and the redness to go away.

Just a godawful memory.