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17. To be on the safe side (and a touch of paranoia)...

Tue Nov 5, 2013, 05:05 PM

Nov 2013

...keep a record of your symptoms (bookmark your thread) and the next time you are at the doctor's you might want to ask about it. You may have an allergy to certain stinging bugs. Many people don't have any symptoms other than the pain from the initial bite. I am not allergic to fire ants, but when I get stung, my symptoms last longer than usual. I am deathly allergic to honey bees, yellow jackets, and white-faced hornets (yes, that specific), but I started showing symptoms when I was bitten by a fire ant. Of course, you could just be sensitive and the location does make a difference.

Glad you are feeling better.

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Anybody know what spider this is that bit me? [View all] SHRED Nov 2013 OP

Not an expert but I think you're guess of species is a good one. NYC_SKP Nov 2013 #1

I don't know, but frogmarch Nov 2013 #2

Nah - doubt it. I'm not a spider expert, but brown recluses have those long legs. Dash87 Nov 2013 #5

I'd make sure it's not a brown recluse if I were you. Xipe Totec Nov 2013 #3

Yes, my neighbor wit bit at a park while jogging, and the bite was close to his male identity Samantha Nov 2013 #6

Kind of looks like this mockmonkey Nov 2013 #4

Okay I got it identified and symptom update SHRED Nov 2013 #7

Whew, glad it wasn't a frogmarch Nov 2013 #9

aww... Thanks SHRED Nov 2013 #10

You're all wrong. mysuzuki2 Nov 2013 #8

Funny, I thought I recognized it as "Boris" Art_from_Ark Nov 2013 #13

"Creepy crawly, creepy crawly, creepy creppy crawly crawly" panader0 Nov 2013 #14

Whoa! you need to put a warning up.. HipChick Nov 2013 #11

Not a brown recluse... Rebellious Republican Nov 2013 #12

I've seen something scarier than that davidpdx Nov 2013 #15

That my friend is called a Black Widow! Rebellious Republican Nov 2013 #16

To be on the safe side (and a touch of paranoia)... Behind the Aegis Nov 2013 #17

Hoping it wasn't a Radio active spider yuiyoshida Nov 2013 #18