what kind of bug bite?

[prplchknz]

mostly curious I couldn't get a picture of it because i don't own a camera and gave up my smart phone. and my web cam didn't show i clear enough picture. but anyways it has a dot of broken skin slightly bigger than a mosquito bite and is black and blue around it.

 

[Tiger Owl]

mostly curious I couldn't get a picture of it because i don't own a camera and gave up my smart phone. and my web cam didn't show i clear enough picture. but anyways it has a dot of broken skin slightly bigger than a mosquito bite and is black and blue around it.

Is it somewhere that a tick could go unnoticed for a day or more? Was there any pain at the time of bite? Any immediate swelling, etc. Do a web search for biting/stinging insect species in your region and then search for images of bites from the different species. The fact that it is spring/early summer time-frame and you describe some bruising around the bite mark, it may be one of the biting fly species.
Deer/Horse/Black/Zebra etc.

 

[prplchknz]

its on my arm. it looks like that with a soft bruise around it

I'm gonna go with spider bite but i don't know what kind, so i'll look that up next.

 

[Eilonwy]

Not to alarm you, but if you see a red line starting to come out of the bite, go to a doctor or the ER right away. The red line indicates that the poison is spreading and it can spread fast. Spider bites usually HURT rather than itch. I got a non-poisonous one and it was painful to touch.

example of what the red line might look like:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/photosbylamont/2684531399/

 

[prplchknz]

Not to alarm you, but if you see a red line starting to come out of the bite, go to a doctor or the ER right away. The red line indicates that the poison is spreading and it can spread fast. Spider bites usually HURT rather than itch. I got a non-poisonous one and it was painful to touch.

example of what the red line might look like:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/photosbylamont/2684531399/

I'm not worried i don't think their's any poisonous spiders in the region i live.

 

[Southern Kross]

Is it super itchy?

 

[prplchknz]

Is it super itchy?

not it just hurts like a bruise when i touch it.

 

[Totenkindly]

I'm not worried i don't think their's any poisonous spiders in the region i live.

Maybe they were on vacation.

srsly, I'd go more by how the bite is responding, not by whether you think certain things live naturally in your region or not.

 

[prplchknz]

srsly, I'd go more by how the bite is responding, not by whether you think certain things live naturally in your region or not.

that's what i'm doing

 

[Tiger Owl]

Not to alarm you, but if you see a red line starting to come out of the bite, go to a doctor or the ER right away. The red line indicates that the poison is spreading and it can spread fast. Spider bites usually HURT rather than itch. I got a non-poisonous one and it was painful to touch.

example of what the red line might look like:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/photosbylamont/2684531399/

It would not be poison (venom) spreading. When you get the linear, red tracks progressing from a wound toward your trunk it is likely bacterial lymphangitis (a very serious ascending infection of the lymphatic system that can lead quickly to infection of the blood -sepsis) which is dangerous and should be treated immediately. But it is not venom from the bite. While spiders and some insects do have dirty bites, the infection often starts from the bitten party scratching a bite and introducing bacteria into the wound from dirty fingernails/skin.

 

[Eilonwy]

It would not be poison (venom) spreading. When you get the linear, red tracks progressing from a wound toward your trunk it is likely bacterial lymphangitis (a very serious ascending infection of the lymphatic system that can lead quickly to infection of the blood -sepsis) which is dangerous and should be treated immediately. But it is not venom from the bite. While spiders and some insects do have dirty bites, the infection often starts from the bitten party scratching a bite and introducing bacteria into the wound from dirty fingernails/skin.

Sorry for my error. This is an important distinction (poison vs. infection) because it means that ANY bite could get infected and be a problem. So it's good that you're doing what Jennifer suggested and watching how your bite reacts.

 

[swordpath]

its on my arm. it looks like that with a soft bruise around it

I'm gonna go with spider bite but i don't know what kind, so i'll look that up next.

Looks like a chigger bite that's been itched to the point of breaking the skin (I get them regularly here in the woods of Tennessee). You said it didn't itch though, so that rules that out. Chigger bites itch like the dickens.

 

[Eilonwy]

Any changes to the bite, [MENTION=360]prplchknz[/MENTION]? Everything OK?

 

[prplchknz]

Any changes to the bite, [MENTION=360]prplchknz[/MENTION]? Everything OK?

bite wise all fine and dandy

 

[Eilonwy]

 

[Circle]

I would like to vote for spider bite. Apply hydrocortisone to help with the itching. Keep a close eye on it! *ouch*

 

[Tigerlily]

Maybe they were on vacation.

[MENTION=360]prplchknz[/MENTION] , glad all is well.

 

[Eileen]

Yeah, that looks like a spider bite to me. I was bit by a brown recluse years ago and it looked a lot like that before I went to the doctor. But if it's stopped hurting, it is probably not that. Also, do yourself a favor, and do not google image search "brown recluse bite."

 

[RaptorWizard]

If bugs were larger than people they would eat people alive!