Spider Bite Pictures

sandy e
#1. March 6th, 2008, at 1:10 PM.

on the way to doc this morn my son is 9 has had that exact pic on elbow for a week he has a outdoor rabbit and cleans cage weekly is it a outdoor spider do you know the name of one to leave this kind of bite? thanks it looks like image #21

Lucrezia
#2. March 7th, 2008, at 1:09 PM.

I might have been bitten by a spider and the sore in the first week or so looked like the picture you have on page one of spider bites on your website on the very bottom right. I have been very curious if my sore- which by the way I still have two months later and looks like a half inch diameter raised red bump without the pus filled white head in the middle-if it is a spider bite what spider could it be from? Do you know what kind of spider caused that sore in the picture you have? I live in Hawaii, and we do have black widows and brown recluse here. I don’t know what other pisonous species might be here.

cathy
#3. March 8th, 2008, at 1:47 PM.

I have a bite that looks like the 5th row down 1st pictue. It has been on the inside of my wrist for about a week. Should I go to the emerency room since my doctor will not be in for 3 more days. The only strange simptom I have is that my hand feels like its sleeping. sorry I do not know what bit me. Only that I was kind enough to help clean out a mans house that had been placed in a nursing home. thanks

Jen
#4. March 14th, 2008, at 4:12 PM.

I think I might have been bitten by a spider and the sores look like image 17 and 20. Do you know what kind of spider caused that sore in the picture you have? I live in FL. i think its in my car but I haven’t seen it. Do you know if is’s going to get any worse?
Thank You

Kelly
#5. March 19th, 2008, at 12:45 AM.

my daughter has a bite on her back that resembles image #10, could you please tell me what caused this, if it is dangerous to her, and what i need to do. thank you.

Wanda
#6. March 19th, 2008, at 5:45 AM.

Page 11 of your pictures very top row extreme right hand picture - what spider is that? I have one outside my study window and would like to know if it is harmful or not.

Many Thanks.

Kind Regards

Wanda

ALICIA
#7. March 21st, 2008, at 12:46 PM.

These are all really gross spider bites. When i got sent to iraq i was on a mission and out of no where i heard some type of screaming and i got bit by this huge spider and it ended up being a camel spider and i lost half of my leg!!!!! Ill send some photos later on !!!!!!!!

Thanx ur U.S. Soldier

Alicia

Mary Jane
#8. March 27th, 2008, at 11:06 PM.

I have some kind of bite on my leg that looks like the one on page 6, second row in the middle. its not the same shape, my bite looks like the letter “z” but its the same redness, and its swolen, raised about half an inch. i dont recall being bit by anything, it just kind of appeared. please let me know what kind of spider made this bite. it itches like mad, no other real symptoms at this time. thanks.

Debbie
#9. March 28th, 2008, at 11:19 AM.

my bite looks something like the bite in image ten. with the two holes can you tell me what kind of spider that bite was from? thank you

ANGELA DANIEL
#10. April 1st, 2008, at 1:10 PM.

Could you tell me what kind of spider is in image #9?

Amber
#11. April 2nd, 2008, at 9:19 AM.

I have a bite that looks like page 7, 7th row, 2nd column. It is the size of a 50 cent piece. It did start to have a little pus come out but quickly disappeared. It raised up appx .5 inch and had a very hard black center. The surrounding area is very red and painful. No other real symptoms though. Can you tell me what kind of spider bite is this and what should I do to treat it?

SHARON
#12. April 2nd, 2008, at 2:26 PM.

My daughter and I were bit by a spider. The bites looks like the image #17 with a hard knot under the skin. By the time I got through killing the spider I could not tell what kind of spider it was. If you know I would appreciate letting me know what kind of spider it was.

Thank you!

ASHLEY UNGUREANU
#13. April 2nd, 2008, at 4:28 PM.

my husband has a bite on his arm that looks like image on picture seventeen, is it something he should be worried about. or will it go away

GMeister
#14. April 3rd, 2008, at 4:57 PM.

Hummm…I went strawberry picking Tuesday, April 1 and on Wed April 2, I noticed a very small bump on my right pointer finger…pin prick size, that was very sore to the touch. Upon touching it, it started itching and I started scratching. Thursday, April 3, I awoke to a swollen aching finger (which I could not bend) and the pin prick size now the size of an eraser head with a pus pocket on top and around it is what looks like a ‘bloody blister’. Well, I popped the pus pocket in the middle and the usual ‘junk’ came out however the center is now ‘hard’ and sore to the touch. Looks like picture #21. what kind of spider bite, if any, is that? I’m going to the doctor tomorrow…

Thanks….

Sandra Oakes
#15. April 9th, 2008, at 7:05 AM.

My son has a bite that looks like the 5th row down and 3rd across.
He just got another one.
What should I do and what is it??

Victor
#16. April 13th, 2008, at 8:35 AM.

Hi, my girlfriend and i were at an abandoned building Thursday, April 10′th [3days ago], and she happened to sit down next to some spider and got bit. She says her bite is horribly painful and inhibits her from walking great distances. Her bite looks exactly like the bottom picture in the middle row on the second page. I’m really worried, and I don’t know what to do. She complains of an increasing number of headaches, the chills, extreme dizziness, drowsiness, and nausea. Recently, she told me she began to have slight abdominal pains. She also insists on pushing doctor visits to later dates. I’ve felt the area around the bite, and it’s tight and tough; the bite itself is a purple circular, raised bump surrounded by red, irritated skin.

I’d appreciate any help anyone could give me [Spider name, treatment, etc.]

Thank you.

KATHLEEN
#17. April 14th, 2008, at 1:28 AM.

Hello there everyone….

I have just recently experienced the worse spider bite of my life. It is on my right thigh it hurts, burns, and is beat red with these two little holes showing where the point of entry is. On page 17 of the picture with it being picture 7 out of all the pictures that are on here that is the one that looks the closes to what i have on my leg.

Would anyone that comes on here have any clue to what kind of spider bite that would be?

The one on me looks as follows-
There is a black spot followed by a purple circle the a really red circle that is pretty big. Now I did go to the doctor today and they gave me an antibotic and pain pills (no surprise there) but at this point this is the very worst bite i have ever had in my life.

Sue chamberlain
#18. April 14th, 2008, at 1:29 PM.

I am visiting my son in Texas and have gotten a bite on my foot that looks like these pictures. Luckily, it is small and not too sore, although it is very itchy. What is the treatment and what can I expect so far as how long it will be a bother? I have put cortisone 10 on it which helps the itching. Thank you.

april
#19. April 18th, 2008, at 2:55 PM.

this is for question # 2 a black widow spider is one of the deadliest spiders there are, so i doubt that it was a black widow.

bergeron,tonya
#20. April 20th, 2008, at 4:30 PM.

what kind of spider is in the picture with the soldiers. And what kind of spider is black with red dots going down the back. also is it very common to have more than one black widow around your house. we have found like seven in the past year. we live in Fayetteville NC.

Krista
#21. April 22nd, 2008, at 5:13 AM.

About 2 days ago a mark showed up on my ring finger I believe it is a spider bite. It looks almost just like the picture on page 7 picture 20. Can someone tell me what made this? I am in exteme pain and my doctors do not know a whole lot. Thank you.

Jay
#22. April 22nd, 2008, at 9:38 AM.

Hi my 5 yr old daughter has just been bitten by what i think is a black house spider. The bite is on the end of her finger and happened while in bed. Her whole finger is swollen and the end is very red with what looks like a blister with pus under the skin, there are two of these blister looking things on the end of her finger.

She complained of pain of her finger but has been asleep for two hours now occasional stirring no sweating or raise in temperature as yet, please help

Sandra
#23. April 22nd, 2008, at 11:24 AM.

Jay,

Take her to the doctor. My son got bit and I took him to the doctor and they gave him antibiotics. Take her soon because little kids get get harmed more than older kids.

Sandra
#24. April 22nd, 2008, at 11:25 AM.

Krista,

Go to the hospital if you are in extreme pain it could be a brown recluse and it could get worse.

cevans
#25. April 22nd, 2008, at 1:55 PM.

I got bitten by a spider while working /gardening in my yard a couple of weeks ago. It is near my tail bone, lower back area. The bite now looks exactly like Debbie’s bite on page 2, photo # 4, a flat crater with a very pronounced /raised ring around the bite.

The bite constantly oozes clear liquid and is about three quarters of an inch wide. It has never itched very much, and is not too painful, but it is a raw sore. Does anyone know what type of spider causes this bite?

I live on the coast in South Carolina. From other pictures, it looks like a hobo spider bite, but they are not found where I live.

I was bitten by a spider about 5 years ago on my hand, but it was a totally different kind of bite — extremely painful with my hand swelling to boxing glove size. Thanks for any help.

Jennifer Parkman
#26. April 24th, 2008, at 10:04 AM.

My 3 year old daughter was bitten by something the day before yesterday on the top of her foot near her toes. Her entire foot from toes to ankle was swollen immediately. She was itching the bite area and said “the bones inside hurt” but has since stopped itching and says it no longer hurts. The area has turned splotchy red and is about the size of a 50 cents piece and looks very similar to picture #17. She knows she was bit by something black but cannot tell me what it was. Can you please tell me what kind of spider bite is in picture #17.

Thanks
Jennifer

HM
#27. April 29th, 2008, at 2:56 AM.

i have a spider bite, and i didn’t realize it was bite until i saw a little red dot where i was bit. the area surrounding it is purple, it doesn’t itch but is sensitive to the touch almost like a bruise. its swollen. i was bit I’m sure Saturday.

I am allergic to any bug bite, esp spiders, not very severe, but sometimes they can swell up to several inches, plus rash. today is Monday night and i feel weak in the joints. if this sounds like a bite rather than anything else, i would like to know what bug and how serious it could be.(my internet is too slow to choose a similar pic though =(

thx

Wendi
#28. May 2nd, 2008, at 2:53 AM.

my son has a bite that looks like the 4th row, 3rd picture titled “spider bite day 3″ could you give me any particular information.

I’m especially concerned about the necrotic tissue in the center. Should it be removed by a Dr?

Amy
#29. May 4th, 2008, at 2:04 PM.

Hello,

I think I got bit by a spider a couple of days ago. The bite is on the top of my left thigh. It is extremely painful. It hurts the most right when I stand up from waking up and sitting for a long period of time, it also occasionally stings.

The pictures above may help but, the best I can explain by is page 2 row 4 third pic. Last night my husband squeezed a bunch of gunk out of it. It was the worst pain I have felt in a while.

I am curious as to if that would help or make it worse. I’m also wondering if its even a spider bite. I also am interested in how long I should continue trying home remedies before I go to the Doctor. Please give me some insight!

Cynthia Hammontree
#30. May 5th, 2008, at 4:57 PM.

Hello I have the same thing on my leg as pic #19. Its freaking me out I would like to know what spider did this to me.Please, I have a bunch of blisters followed by a red ring.page #14 and the 19th one.

Melissa
#31. May 7th, 2008, at 12:05 PM.

Yes I found this spider it is brown on front half and black with white stripe on butt end.

Elizabeth
#32. May 8th, 2008, at 12:48 AM.

Go to the doctor immediately if you have any bite that looks like that!

Kandice
#33. May 12th, 2008, at 9:00 PM.

My son was bitten by something on the eye. There are three or four little bites that have now scabbed over. This happened 05/11/2008 and today (05/12/2008) I see the scabs. His upper eye lid has swollen almost shut, and the bottom of his eye is very swollen. The eye isn’t very red, maybe a light pink. Could this have been a spider bite?

Amber
#34. May 14th, 2008, at 6:39 PM.

I got bit I think about 3 days ago, it at first looked like a pimple then turned into a red raised bump on my neck with a purplish dot in the center and a purplish line on the inside of the rash.

It feels tender and sore to the touch and just sore when I move my neck a certain way is this a spider bite and what kind do you think?

heather
#35. May 15th, 2008, at 8:12 PM.

yesterday i got bite by a spider when i put my baseball glove on my finger is red swollen really hot i can not feel my pinky [one with the bite] or the 2 fingers right next to it and i have a sharp pain going through my left arm headaches and some dizziness please tell me what time of spider bite me

laurel starr
#36. May 16th, 2008, at 7:46 AM.

bitten by a white tail spider a few days ago is swollen unable to bear weight on it

Margaret Monteleone
#37. May 18th, 2008, at 3:00 PM.

I got whatever this is on Mother’s day, this year. By that evening, it started to itch. The next day, it was a little round bubble. It looked like a blister. I broke it and it was pus. The area starting getting hard, and red, with the skin being more purple at the center. It hurts like the dickens and it throbs at night,. I don’t know if this is something serious or not, Below you’ll find two pictures that show how swollen my hands are!

Thanks,

Margaret

Update: May 20th, 08:

Jim,
I went to the doctor on Monday, the 19th of May. He immediately told me I would need to be admitted to the hospital.. I have a staff infection in the wound and the blood tests haven’t come back yet to see if it has gone any farther. I am on really strong antibiotics and they plan on keeping me about four days total.

Opening up the wound was very painful. They gave me lytecane (sp) but that only dulled the initial cut. When he began to dig in the wound, I thought I would pass out from pain. I am extremely swollen with red streaks going up my arm to my underarm. My nodes under the arm are enlarged .

I have small veins and today the IV backed up and they have to put in a new one. They plan on sending me home with an IV and I will either have to go back twice a day or have a visiting nurse come to the house. Evidently, this antibiotic is very strong.

I just hope the staff hasn’t gone into my blood stream.

Margaret

Heather R
#38. May 19th, 2008, at 1:47 PM.

Do you know if this looks like a spider bite and if so do you know what kind of spider at may have been? I’ve included the image below:

Julia
#40. May 19th, 2008, at 3:50 PM.

i have a spider bite on my toe. It looks like a white head pimple, there is only a little redness all the way around. how can i treat it? i can’t where closed shoes until i fix this problem.

Gustavo Salado
#41. May 26th, 2008, at 12:57 AM.

hi i live in Mexico City and I’m sort of freaked out, Monday night i went to bed as usual, and the next morning I had this red spot in my left arm, i have never been bitten before and i would like to see i you can help identify this. Thanks.

Jessica
#42. May 27th, 2008, at 1:14 PM.

I got bit by a spider. When it first happened it was red, now it looks purplish. It looks kind of bad, and the red that is still there is spreading, we dotted around the red to see if it was getting worse, it is expanding outside the dotted line that we have around it. Please tell me what i should do.

Doug
#43. May 28th, 2008, at 5:02 PM.

i have this thing on my right ear i don’t know if it is a spider bite or not. My right ear is swollen red and if you get up close to the mirror there is a little tiny white dot as of now this has been two days now and its getting more painful everyday is this a spider bite

jamie
#44. June 1st, 2008, at 1:19 PM.

There is a little boy on page five image 12 what kind of spider bite is that. My child has a bite on his arm that looks just like that. It is fevered and has a red ring around it.

Ashley
#45. June 2nd, 2008, at 5:05 PM.

My bite looks like the last picture in the middle row on the second page.It’s only like the third day but it hurts A LOT and prevents me from walking large distances.I want to be taken to the doctor but my uncle just came for a visit and my mother wont take me because she doesn’t thinks its a big deal.I want to pop it but she won’t let me!! I don’t know what to do.

Angie
#46. June 7th, 2008, at 11:57 PM.

My bite looks like Debbie’s bite. It is round, slightly swollen with white pus in the middle. Any idea what kind of spider did that? It is still painful 1 week later and still burns.

Sals
#47. June 9th, 2008, at 8:52 PM.

I have a bite that looks like the one on page 4, center. Do you know what this is from and/or any other info about the bite/what to do?

Appreciate your help!

shannah
#48. June 11th, 2008, at 11:00 AM.

it hurts badly and it swells then goes back down ithink it is a spider bite should i go to the doctor?

shannah
#49. June 11th, 2008, at 11:08 AM.

it is very swollen it hurts and itches occasoinally it is the same exact picture as 21-21 what kind of spider is it should i go to the doctor?

-Shannah-

Jamie
#50. June 13th, 2008, at 5:35 PM.

I have a bite on my neck that has a red ring around it, a friend thinks it could be a black widow bite, I did have a couple of days of extreme drowsiness. It itches quite a bit and has been there for about 5 days, any idea?

marjorie
#51. June 14th, 2008, at 12:13 AM.

I had bites that looked exactly like “Nik’s” on page 12 with the two “fang” marks. I had a pair of them right above my eyebrow. I woke up one morning with what felt like a couple of pimples starting. It got more and more swollen until I could see definite holes! The doctor thought it was MRSA, but the results were negative. It took 3-4 weeks to heal, and I now have huge scars. I am dying to know how Nik’s situation turned out, did you scar? What bit you?

thanks for your photo, marjorie

Lihna Agostini
#52. June 16th, 2008, at 12:07 PM.

I woke up with a mark that was the size of a nickel. The outline was red and the inside was a ligth pink and seemed transparent. A first I thought it was ring worm but about 2 weeks later the circle disappeared and now I have several bumps that resemble pimples. The bumps are hard and don’t seem to have any liquid inside. I recently moved to a new house that has a lot of spiders. I wonder if these are symptoms of a spider bite. Can you help?

Becky
#53. June 23rd, 2008, at 6:11 PM.

I had similar bites, one on back of my calf, another on the side of my calf, right above the ankle. The first, above the ankle on the outer right side was several years back, but after it heals, it never completely goes away, as is raised/bumpy, pimply. Same thing with one on the back of my calf which happened just a couple years ago. Both are on my right leg. Anthing that will keep the sore healed & flat to the skin, rather than raised with crust.

As female, when shave, due to bumpiness, it can re-open, and then getting to re-scab over takes time, and then, if look like it will finally flatten, then, re-iritates. Any ideas? Doctor advised when he looked at in physical a year ago nothing to worry about, if removed them himself they would just come back — please advise of any tips to get rid of the sores/reoccuring pimples. Thanks.

elaine wells
#54. June 24th, 2008, at 2:24 PM.

Any wild guess as to what spider might cause increasing redness and swelling (5-8 inches across) in days after bites?

Elaine

katelynn
#55. June 26th, 2008, at 7:50 PM.

i have a spider bite on my leg and it is very little and i dont know what kind of spider i got bit by when i got home it hurt like pinching you and a sit down and i thought is was only was cut so i rap it up and whent to bed and in the morning in was huge so please help me find out that kind of spider it

austin
#56. June 26th, 2008, at 10:48 PM.

my girl friend got bit and its red and is hot and burns when touched is it serious?

Jill
#57. June 27th, 2008, at 7:34 AM.

#50 the description of a “ring” around a bite makes me think of lyme disease from a tick bite. I would go to the doctor and have the test for lyme disease done. Lyme disease can be stopped early with antibiotics, but if it progresses, can lead to weakness and a life-long neurological type of illness.

Jill
#58. June 27th, 2008, at 7:39 AM.

I am here because I see these big spiders, the size of a quarter at my house that are brown with a white center or spot on them. I recently had 2 spider bites. 1 was on my foot and smaller than the other. That one healed faster, but the one on my calf turned purple and grew to the size of a nickel. They both are sort of healed where it looks much better, but they are still very itchy which is odd because the bites happened 2 weeks ago and look like scabs or healed new skin. The itchiness won’t go away and some of the spiders are so big that I am afraid to kill them.

What type of spiders do these sound like? Are they a threat to me? My bites don’t look dangerous like some of the pictures I see on this website. I am at the point where I don’t know what to do about all of the spiders that are inside my house (it seems infested). I had a bite 4 weeks ago that didn’t heal at all for 4 weeks until I scratch it. It remained itchy and a white dot was on it. It went away after the white dot (maybe venom) was scratched off. What type of spider does these bites?

Michelle D
#59. June 29th, 2008, at 8:09 PM.

Please help. I think I may have been bittenby a spider. My upper lip is swollen and has a hard lump. Looks exaclty like photo #11 on page 7. Any info that you have would be helpfull.

Olivia
#60. June 30th, 2008, at 10:38 PM.

I have a bite that looks exactly like the one on the second page of pictures, 6th row down, the one in the center (Red around the edges, with one spot in the middle that kind of looks scabbed over.) Does anyone know what it is from? What kind of spider? What should I do about it, or how long does it take for it to go away?