what is the weirdest invert you've been bit or stung by?

[Ponerinecat]

I've been bit multiple times by assorted cicadellids, felt like tiny needles. Certain millipedes and most isopods like the tase of my skin. So do mantids. Ironclad beetles, although I kind of had to force that encounter.

 

[A cave cricket]

Rabid wolf spider. I'm pretty sure it was a dry bite.

 

[Nicole C G]

a lacewing larva went to town on me. it was cute so i just filmed it but then it started to get super itchy and @wizentrop laughed at my suffering. i ended up having a allergic reaction to the bloody thing and it took weeks to heal.

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Similar to my story but with a sad ending.

 

[A cave cricket]

Please, do tell

 

[Nicole C G]

This member of the family Tingidae. It landed on me and I thought it was cute so I started to take pictures however it started biting me. View attachment 415222

This is the story I was referring to

 

[dragonblade71]

I was stung twice in quick succession by Australian bull ants ( Myrmecia genus) after sticking an endoscope camera down their nest. By coincidence, I'm keeping a bull ant as a pet at the moment.

 

[CanebrakeRattlesnake]

Some kind of backswimmer (Notonectidae). My mom and I were removing tadpoles out of a vernal pool next to the river because it was drying up and there were HUNDREDS of tadpoles and baby fish in there that we didn't want to die. One of the backswimmers ended up on my finger and I was just looking at it when it suddenly felt like someone had held a needle over a candle and then stuck it into my skin! There was a very painful burning sensation for a minute or so.

The next few days the area was tender feeling (like a bruise) and slightly red. I'm assuming it's venom or digestive juices (whatever it injects) melted my finger meat a little bit.

 

[Dry Desert]

Some kind of backswimmer (Notonectidae). My mom and I were removing tadpoles out of a vernal pool next to the river because it was drying up and there were HUNDREDS of tadpoles and baby fish in there that we didn't want to die. One of the backswimmers ended up on my finger and I was just looking at it when it suddenly felt like someone had held a needle over a candle and then stuck it into my skin! There was a very painful burning sensation for a minute or so.

The next few days the area was tender feeling (like a bruise) and slightly red. I'm assuming it's venom or digestive juices (whatever it injects) melted my finger meat a little bit.

I was bitten by a Mario worm.

Giant mealworm.

 

[Yudoku]

Tried to catch what i thought to be a beetle drowning and it turned out to be Nepidae..... will never forget that pain XD