[meteorite-list] Beware - Creatures of The Desert

From: Richard Montgomery <rickmont_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:43:15 -0700
Message-ID: <095BFC291FCC4742B3E0B69FCBC9E4C7_at_bosoheadPC>

Hi List! With my entomological background, I can attest first-hand to the
sting of the T-Hawk....while collecting (insects) on the shores of Parymid
Lake in Nevada, naturally I swept a large one into my net and my usual
capture techiques escaped me as it also tried to escape me. It did; I
didn't escape the sting. What I remember was akin to an electric
shock...literally, that buzzing feeling...and fortunately no allergic
reaction which would be akin to no water in the desert x 1000. Put me on
the ground for ten minutes.

[I should have had my eyes on the ground for NA
blood-vesel-DNA-Martian-chondrites :))

Richard Montgomery



----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>
To: "Adam" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 2:30 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Beware - Creatures of The Desert


> Jim mentioned large bugs out here.
>
> I had one of these land on my head where I squashed it. What a mess.
> Another
> time, one landed on my sandal thinking it was a tarantula. After hearing
> how
> painful a sting is from one of these bad boys, I made record time getting
> it off
> of my foot.
>
> Link to a Tarantula Hawk
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5fDTABsn5Y
>
> the sting:
> The sting, particularly of Pesis Formosea, is among the most painful of
> any
> insect, but the intense pain only lasts for about 3 minutes. Commenting on
> his
> own experience, one researcher described the pain as "?immediate,
> excruciating
> pain that simply shuts down one's ability to do anything, except,
> perhaps,
> scream. Mental discipline simply does not work in these situations."
> Some
> victims pass out from the pain or curl up in the fetal position crying out
> momma.
>
>
> Link:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarantula_hawk
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