[meteorite-list] Beware - Creatures of The Desert

[Richard Montgomery]

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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