Caption
Bullet ant (Paraponera clavata) worker portrait, photographed (with extreme caution) on a white background in mobile field studio. Central Caribbean foothills, Costa Rica.
This insect's sting is reported to be more painful than that of any other hymenoptera, ranked at the top of the Schmidt sting pain index at 4+, above the tarantula hawk wasp. Some victims report the sting to feel like being shot, hence the name of the ant.
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