having a sting or the capacity to sting; "stinging insects"; "stinging nettles"
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They cant sting or bite even though they are called dragonflies they are harmless bugs!
Over nine thousand!
No they are totally harmless, they look that way to deter predators.
Male bees, or drones, do not have a sting. In bees, wasps and similar insects the sting is a modified ovipositor (egg laying tube) -- an organ that males do not have.
It could be a grasshopper or a lacewing or many other insects.
Wasps have one sting, as do all other similar insects.
The two main reasons are self-defence and in defence of the colony.
Bees will sting birds when their beehive is under attack. However, birds tend to be quicker at consuming the insects before the bee can attack.
The real question should be, does sweat sting when it flies.
The only insects that can truly sting are bees, wasps and ants, and then just the social species (living together in colonies).