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You may think your job is a pain, but one man's work requires him to be stung more than 1,000 times by almost 85 different insect species. Justin Schmidt, an entomologist from the University of Arizona, has created the Schmidt Sting Pain Index. Rating some 80 insect stings from 1 to 4, he offers lyrical insight on bites he has "collected" during the last 30 years of field study. Some of the insects he has rated include the Tarantula Hawk Wasp, with a sting that feels "like an electric bolt", and the Warrior Wasp, which apparently feels like being chained in a lava flow. Justin's book "The Sting of the Wild" is out now. This clip is originally from 5 live Drive on Tuesday 30 August 2016.