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How to tell how much wasp stings will hurt
![Dasymutilla calorata with her sting extended showing its length](https://cdn.statically.io/img/media.nature.com/w767/magazine-assets/d41586-018-05126-9/d41586-018-05126-9_15744628.jpg)
Velvet ants, which are wasps that parasitize bees and other wasps, have the longest stinging organs for their body length among the species studied. Credit: Joseph S. Wilson
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Nature 557, 471 (2018)
doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05126-9