When it comes to stinging insects, wasps are some of the most feared ... and their venom can destroy red blood cells. A single sting is painful, but multiple stings — often from worker hornets ...

Wasp stings are no joking matter. This time of year, stinging insects are fierce. You might come across a yellow jacket hive or hornet nest nest anywhere in your yard, beneath your deck ...

A fear of insects - entomophobia - is relatively common among people, but for some spiders, stings really can be a matter of life or death. One wasp in particular makes even the biggest, hairiest ...

The wasps attacked the 70-year-old ... in your mouth or near your eyes An area of 10cm or more around the sting becomes red and swollen There is pus or increasing pain, swelling or redness ...

Despite its name, the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASp) is not only implicated in Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, a rare genetic disease characterized by low platelet count, eczema and recurrent ...

Bee sting Bees do not bite — but they sting. A bee or wasp sting can leave a red, painful, itchy bump that may swell and grow larger within a few hours. Most bees are not aggressive, and only ...

The outside world was too dangerous for me. The issue started with a seemingly innocuous wasp sting. I became a prisoner in my own home after getting stung in 2018, when I was 36 years old.