Despite what you may have learnt from Friends 'The One With The Jellyfish'... you shouldn't pee on a jellyfish sting, this is a (very persistent) myth! Given it's the most common jellyfish sting in Australia, let's talk ehat to do if you our your little one is stung by a bluebottle. Around 30,000 bluebottle stings are reported every year along the east coast of Australia (and that's just reported ones!)⁠ ⁠ Also known as the Portuguese Man-o-war (Physalia sp.), bluebottles cause painful stings an