Got bitten by an insect

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DmAz, 09.07.2017 20:23

Hello.I'm new to your forum.I want to ask you something.My mother was bitten by an insect in the country, after 10 minutes she felt bad,then her legs went numb.An ambulance was called,taken to the hospital,anaphylactic shock.This insect (I don't know how to describe it) is somewhat similar to a hornet,but the body is gray or black.Wings like a hornet's.But, most importantly, it was bitten by a stinger that is located in front, and not behind, as in hornets.This insect resembles a hornet, but gray, unpleasant-looking, somewhat vaguely resembles a hummingbird or a hawk moth.I've dug all over the internet,can't find who it was.

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09.07.2017 20:39, ИНО

Where geographically did this happen? Unfortunately, your description of the insect is a textbook example of complete entomological illiteracy (do not take it as an insult), and it is difficult to even guess the squad from it. Are you sure about the" front sting"? In this case, it is not a sting, but a proboscis, and there are two options: either a ktyr or a predatory bug. But at the same time, the entire part of the story about the similarity to the hornet will have to be thrown out. Although there is one of the ktyri called "hornet-shaped", but what its author saw this similarity in, it is difficult for me to understand. The second option is to assume that the sting was still behind, then the phrase about the similarity with the hornet gets a real meaning: it could be some kind of wasp or bee. There are many options, but based on geography, their number can be reduced.