Got Stung by my BTA

[MasonK24]

Ive had it for almost 2 years. After handling them hundreds of times it finally got me.

 

[TriggersAmuck]

Ouch! Thanks for the warning! I have heard that well established, healthy BTAs can pack a stronger sting than ones struggling, and so one shouldn't assume that all stings are mild or undetectable.

 

[MasonK24]

Ouch! Thanks for the warning! I have heard that well established, healthy BTAs can pack a stronger sting than ones struggling, and so one shouldn't assume that all stings are mild or undetectable.

I knew they stung, but not to the extent that i got. I cant even count how many times ive handled mine, peeling them off a rock to move them. Nothing ever happened. The nem that got me is the mama. Its around the size of a dinner plate. It was fully inflated and all i did was brush it with my forearm and i instantly knew. It felt like pins and needles or multiple bee stings all at once. Im going to be more careful next time!

 

[Udest]

ouch gonna have to be careful when i get a nem , though i wonder how much worse some can be like sebaes or condy nems.

 

[DanConnor]

It might partly be because the inside of your arm skin is thinner and more sensitive

 

[MasonK24]

It might partly be because the inside of your arm skin is thinner and more sensitive

very good point, im sure calloused hands do a good deal of protection from stings.

 

[ridgeburyreefer]

So here’s my question as a newbie whose now handled a nem.... I take it the slight almost electrical feeling I get touching them isn’t the actual sting?

 

[MasonK24]

So here’s my question as a newbie whose now handled a nem.... I take it the slight almost electrical feeling I get touching them isn’t the actual sting?

thats a great way to describe what it felt like when it happened to me. Between that and bee stings. I guess thats what venom feels like. Electric

 

[GoReefin]

Ouch take some benadryl...

 

[TriggersAmuck]

Just keep your hands away from carpet 'nems. Those can mess you up much more severely.

 

[onegreenray]

I have had that. Happen as well When they get that big.