Talk:Stinger

message: The Sting (biology) is basically the same topic. Stinger (organ) title is more precise. mikka (t) 17:06, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge proposal

message: The section on honeybee stingers specially mentions mammals. Do these bees never sting birds or reptiles? Ashmoo 01:48, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Honeybee stingers & mammals

message: A small question here. Why is it that the honeybee stingers are barbed? The article says that the sting is suicidal only if the attacker threatens to wipe out the whole colony. Wouldn't it be better if every bee survived rather than only those which didn't sting the attacker? BeefRendang 09:23, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section. 
The result of the debate was PAGE MOVED per discussion below. -GTBacchus(talk) 05:26, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Honeybee Stingers

message: Add  * Support  or  * Oppose  on a new line followed by a brief explanation, then sign your opinion using ~~~~.
*Support as nom. --Yath 11:28, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Survey

message: I wonder who made this rather condescending remark and based on what. Look in Merriam-Webster and the word stinger is explained, without any comment on a more proper use of "sting". If you look up "sting" as a noun, it provides various explanations, one referring directly to Stinger, implying stinger is the more accepted term, and other meanings that imply the feeling of having been stung etc.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.247.180.199 (talk) 13:03, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: As no citation is given for this I'm removing the "more correctly" and changing it simply to an "or" Sxoa (talk) 11:31, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Stinger vs Sting

message: Stinger is American English, sting is British (and Australian). 
See:
Cambridge Dictionaries Online, 
Longman English Dictionary Online
etc.
And that is why Merriam-Webster (US) lists stinger, and Oxford (UK) lists sting.
As Wikipedia is International, both "entries" are equally valid! (There should of course be only one page.)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.254.200.12 (talk) 17:40, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stinger/sting 

message: Under Arthropods it says: "Ants have venom glands but no stinger; instead, they eject the venom forcibly."
This claim that ants lack a sting/stinger is wrong. Some ants have one, others don't. Some ants do sting, others don't. And some ants are really nasty!
Compare, for instance, Fire_ant ("stinging ants have a dedicated venom-injecting sting"), Myrmica_rubra ("and are equipped with a stinger"), Bullet_ant ("The pain caused by this insect's sting is purported to be greater than that of any other Hymenopteran") and Jack_jumper_ant("They sting their victims with venom that is similar to stings of wasps, bees, and fire ants. Their venom is one of the most powerful in the insect world."). And, yes, all these ants are true ants (Formicidae).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.254.200.12 (talk) 18:01, 11 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ants 

message: :An insect bite or sting is a break in the skin or puncture caused by an insect and complicated by introduction of the insect's saliva, venom or excretory products.
In common speech “bite” and “sting” are used somewhat interchangeably.  But venom delivered (received) by a bite is more correctly called a “bite” and by a sting(er) called a “sting”.  Given that this article is about stingers, the lead sentence (above) of the second paragraph about insect bites and saliva is misplaced / misleading.  Stingers ought to be about the apparatus and not a general overview of venom delivery that includes bites / saliva; perhaps there is room for this information in the venom article.  Thus I've eliminated that confusing text but added that a stinger is a modified ovipositor (for Hymenoptera).
Very few insects leave behind a stinger (only honey bees, Apis, to my knowledge) and thus that comment is modified.  However, most jellyfish and relatives have multiple "stingers" which often do release on contact with the victim; to the stinger article I will add Cnidaria, (jellyfish, etc.) as their apparatuses are more stinger than not, (in Wikipedia the preferred term for their stinger is "cnidocyte").  
GeeBee60 (talk) 14:28, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bite vs Sting; jellyfish 

message: From Sting (a disambiguation page):
:Sting may refer to:
:Stinger, a structure of an animal or plant to inject venom, or the injury produced by a stinger
The sting(er) of e.g. a wasp is biologically completely distinct from e.g. the stinging hairs of a nettle.  But it is also very different from the spur of a platypus, the stinging cells of a jellyfish, or the spines of a stingray or other venomous fish.  If the latter can all be considered forms of "stingers", can plant stings as well? Iapetus (talk) 16:05, 17 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: "Stinging Nettles" is a common name for a common plant; while nettles do not belong here, a clearer distinction in the sting disambiguation discussion is warranted. GeeBee60 (talk) 06:15, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  Then go to that page. Chiswick Chap (talk) 06:59, 18 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Huh?  Which page is "that"?  The Sting disambiguation page says "Stinger, a structure of an animal or plant to inject venom, or the injury produced by a stinger."  I stand by my comment (above) that "... a clearer distinction in the Sting disambiguation discussion is warranted". GeeBee60 (talk) 17:27, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  I agree, and repeat, go and either talk or edit on that page, sting, not here. Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:38, 29 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text:  Done -- now split into two entries.  But am adding Stinging plant to the "See also" section here.GeeBee60 (talk) 15:06, 31 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Should stinging plants be included here? 

message: This recent debate over British versus US choice echos the same debate that appears on this Talk page back in 2011-12. David notMD (talk) 08:26, 1 September 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stinger/sting redux 

message: please tell us why you think this article needs a rewrite. Also when you've been reverted, discuss your proposed edit instead of simply re-applying it. GA-RT-22 (talk) 04:26, 14 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewrite? 

message: The redirect Wasp sting has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached.   Jay 💬 18:39, 31 March 2024 (UTC)
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