What does a Brown Recluse Spider Bite look like?
Initially the bite site is mildly red and upon close inspection may reveal fang marks. Most commonly, the bite site will become firm and heal with little scaring over the next few days or weeks. Occasionally, the local reaction will be more severe with erythema (redness) and blistering, sometimes leading to a blue discoloration, and ultimately leading to a necrotic lesion (tissue death) and scaring. In the example shown here, the bite area swelled to the size of a quarter within an hour and by the end of the first day continued to swell and turned blue and dark red.
