Fire ants sound horrific.
They're ANTS, but they are also BURNING.
But if they hurt less than a wasp then I can deal with them.
It's interesting, but subjective of course.
Mum & I swell up horribly from some bites, and itch for weeks.
Dad gets a small bump and barely notices it.
If I get a scratch from Diz while playing the area swells up and itches horribly too, but it passes with about 30 minutes.
Oh hang on, he rates the actual sting, not the after-effects.
Meh - never been stung by anything that really hurt.
It's all about the recovery for me.
And even that pales into significance compared to when I came out in hives from an unidentified food allergy.
Here (Cellar link)
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here (ditto).