And I do not mean the mark left on the skin. I mean the weapon on their *** with which they use to create the mark.
2006-08-02 02:06:31 · 5 answers · asked by john 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Wasp stings are typically sicle shaped. They are long and slender and smooth. Like a hypodermic needle, just thicker and with a slight curve in it.
A bee sting is almost perfectly straight, with rows or barbs along its length. It makes it look like a tiny upside down spruce tree (christmas tree). These barbs act to keep the stinger embedded beneath the skin when the bee flies away. This is why most honey bees die after stinging a person, because their stinger and half their body remain on the surface of the skin, and tiny nerve impulses continue to squeeze venom from two venom sacs into the wound.
Wasps on the other hand do not lose their stings, this allows them to sting repeatedly.
2006-08-02 02:12:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
A wasp's stinger is similar to a hypodermic needle -- a smooth hollow shaft that injects an irritant under the skin. The wasp's stinger can be used repeatedly.
A bee's stinger is a hollow tube that has barbs, like a fishhook, so it catches in the skin of the victim and stays behind. When the bee pulls away, the stinger and venom sac rip out of the bee's body, still pumping venom into the sting site. The bee subsequently dies.
2006-08-02 09:11:29 · answer #2 · answered by Dave_Stark 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anothyer nice photo of a bee stinger at
http://www.pbrc.hawaii.edu/microangela/bsting.htm
2006-08-02 09:34:27 · answer #3 · answered by Marianna 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got stung in the eye and hand by a red headed wasp. It turn red right after I was stung and it turned purple after an hour it stung me.
2006-08-02 23:51:09 · answer #4 · answered by Natalie Rose 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sting of a bee...http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dsting%2Bof%2Ba%2Bbee%26toggle%3D1%26ei%3DUTF-8%26qp_p%3Dsting%2Bbee%26imgsz%3Dall%26fr%3DFP-tab-img-t-t500%26b%3D21&w=400&h=471&imgurl=www.the-piedpiper.co.uk%2Fgraphics1%2Fbee.sting.mechanism.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.the-piedpiper.co.uk%2Fth16.htm&size=115.9kB&name=bee.sting.mechanism.jpg&p=sting+of+a+bee&type=jpeg&no=33&tt=7,584&ei=UTF-8
2006-08-02 09:16:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋