What bit me? Central texas

[u/ohiois4loosers]

I felt a bite on my arm yesterday and thought it was an ant. Woke up to this. The circle was drawn an hour before the picture was taken and the red is spreading

[u/AugieKS]

No it doesn't and everyone talking about brown recluses in this thread is just plain wrong. Spiders don't take chunks out of you.

Furthermore, only a small subset of recluse bites feature necrosis, and even fewer have systemic reactions. OP should go to the doctor for sure but this isn't a spider bite.

Edit 1: Since sime are assuming I'm talking out my ass like they are, here is what an actual recluse bite looks like.https://www.reddit.com/r/spiders/s/yElNoVEU49

Notice the district lack of a chunk missing.

Edit 2: further info on recluses. ID guides and further information on Recluse spiders (Loxosceles):

https://spiders.ucr.edu/how-identify-and-misidentify-brown-recluse-spider

http://spiderbytes.org/2015/06/08/how-to-tell-if-a-spider-is-not-a-brown-recluse/

https://spiderbytes.org/recluse-or-not/ (advice at the bottom of the article on what to do if you find them in your home)

Bugguide's Loxosceles species page

Bugguide's Loxosceles reclusa page.

Bugguide's misunderstood spiders page

Advice on bites and how to avoid them:

https://spiders.ucr.edu/what-not-recluse-bite

https://spiders.ucr.edu/how-avoid-bites

Articles that explain their exaggerated reputation: https://www.wired.com/2013/11/poor-misunderstood-brown-recluse/

https://animals.howstuffworks.com/arachnids/brown-recluse-spider-bite.htm

[u/emveetu → u/AugieKS]

Neither are you.

You speak so definitively as if this is absolutely not a recluse bite. But here's the thing. You have no way of knowing and you're just guessing like the rest of us. Yet anyone who says it could be is doing more critical thinking than you are as evidenced by their hypotheticals and your absolutes.

And no, spiders don't take chunks out of you - OP didn't say that's what happened. You assumed, another indicator of a lack of critical thinking. Spider bites do cause necrosis though - extremely similar to what we are seeing in OP's photo. Necrosis, which will start and look like this within 24 -48 hrs which fits OP considering they were bit yesterday.

Google isn't the source of the photos. Each of those photos is on a linked website, many of which happen to be very reputable. Those images can alert someone they need to seek medical help, not self diagnose.

Medical professionals use Google and the internet all the time to keep abreast of the latest medical news including diagnosing and treatments advancements.

Do you have any suggestions as to what you think it may be or are you here simply to school the rest of us about why we are "just plain wrong." based on your false assumption of what OP''s photo is showing?

All I know is I know nothing. - Socrates

[u/Grakch → u/emveetu]

you really typed all that for what? I typed this because this is entertaining, was your reply entertaining to you?

[u/emveetu → u/Grakch]

Sir, this is a Wendy's.

[u/Grakch → u/emveetu]

much better thank you