What animal has the most painful sting?

The sting of tarantula hawk is the second most painful insect sting in the world. They can be found in rainforest regions of Southeast Asia, the Americas and Africa. The tarantula hawks are known for delivering most painful sting than any other insects found in North America. It is also the official state insect of U.S state of New Mexico. read more

Most of us will have felt the pain of a bee sting. Luckily most of us will have avoided the dreaded pain of a tarantula hawk or a fire ant. Justin Schmidt, from the University of Arizona, felt all three of these - and 147 other horrible, burning sensations. read more

The animals on this list are all subjectively reported to have bites and stings that produce pain that challenges our vocabularies to describe accurately. They are presented here in ascending order from most to least tolerable. read more