re: Smuggler arrested with 300 tarantulas strapped to his body

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Any insect identified as a bullet ant has to have nasty reputation.

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There is an index for the most painful insect bite/sting. The bullet ant was used for the10 on the scale of 1 to 10. I've spent a lot of time in the tropics and have seen plenty of bullet ants, they are really the only thing down there that scares me. Well, that and Bushmaster; though they are pretty rare.