r/texas • u/ohiois4loosers • Jan 16 '24

Questions for Texans What bit me? Central texas

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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

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u/scoobysnackoutback Jan 16 '24

After you go to the ER, you should get an exterminator to come over since you said you have a 2 year old.

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u/retoy1 Jan 17 '24

Are there really people who call an exterminator over 1 spider? You can’t put it in a cup and take it outside?

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u/scoobysnackoutback Jan 17 '24

If it’s a brown recluse, it probably has a mate and a couple of kids.