I got bite by a spider on the 18th of this month (April). It sucked for the first few days. It was painful and swollen and my leg felt like it weighted a ton. After a week the bite was stil there but it wasn’t painful or heavy feeling anymore; just had a large lump underneath it. It’s been exactly two weeks today since I got my bite and it’s still there but healing it seems. Thought I’d share some pictures with you guys.

Day 1 Picture: Not very good or flattering but you can sort of see how large the swollen area was…

Spider Bite – Day 1 by marla13 on Zooomr

Day 6 Picture: Bright red and purple-ish bite site and pretty swollen still.

Spider Bite – About Day 6 by marla13 on Zooomr

Day 9 Picture: Pretty red still and a large lump under the bump that extends outward past bite site.

Spider Bite – About day 9 by marla13 on Zooomr

Today, Day 14 Picture: Less red and not swollen – Still has a small lump though and scar tissue

Day 14 by marla13 on Zooomr

Still not sure what bite me. I never saw it. I went to sleep fine and woke up in the morning with an ache on my leg and within hours it was red and crazy swollen. I suppose I shouldn’t assume spider bite but I think that most likely what it was. *Check under you covers before you go to sleep if you live in the south and it’s summer, lol!* We have black widows and brown recluses down here but the bite doesn’t look bad enough to be either of those. I found two spider in the week following getting bite and “saved one”. Just in case I would of had to go the doctor but I lucked out and never needed to.

Culprit? I couldn’t get a get picture because he is really small. Just a cute little brown thing with long legs.

Possible species of culprit that got me by marla13 on Zooomr