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The sting of a wasp is like two swords lying alongside one another.The wasp thrusts one sword into the victim, and uses it as an anchor to drive the second sword past it and in deeper. The second sword is anchored in turn to push the first sword further in, and so on.It all happens within a second, and once the sting is well into the victim, venom is pumped into the wound.

Wasp tail and sting

 

A wasp sting as seen down a powerful microscope
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