Meet Clistopyga crassicaudata, an Amazonian wasp that’s only 9.8 millimeters long, yet armed with a hellacious-looking stinger that’s half its body length.

The stinger has a dual purpose. The wasp uses it to inject venom and for laying eggs into spiders or spider egg sacs. The venom paralyzes the spider allowing the female wasp to lay its eggs on its ...

The report said the wasp’s stinger could be used multiple times in its lifetime and wasps like the newly discovered one—a parasitoid wasp—use their stingers to paralyze spiders.

The wasp’s stinger isn’t only long, but also very wide, taking up almost the whole length of its body. Unlike bees, wasps can use their stingers multiple times.

Researchers have discovered a terrifying new species of wasp, whose stinger they describe as being ‘like a fierce weapon.’The team, from the University of Turku in Finland, found the species ...

When to See a Doctor. Wasp stings can be painful, but, when treated at home, the pain usually lasts no more than a day. If you are experiencing persistent pain and continuous swelling over the ...

New wasp species with a giant stinger discovered in Amazonia. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2018 / 07 / 180705113933.htm ...

How wasp and bee stinger designs help deliver the pain. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2018 / 10 / 181009102420.htm. Ohio State University.

When a bee or wasp stings, it’s not just the physical poke causing the pain. In fact, in a 2018 study , Sadler found no relationship between an insect’s stinger size and the pain associated ...

Scientists at Ohio State studied wasp and bee stingers in detail to determine how exactly the “elegant” stingers deliver as much pain as possible. The researchers say it could help develop ...