Spider Bite: Brown Recluse Spider Bite (cont.)

Pictures of Brown Recluse Spider and Spider Bites

Picture 1: Areas of the United States where the brown recluse spider is most likely to be found.

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Picture 2: Other spiders in the brown recluse family may live in these areas of the United States.

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Picture 3: The brown recluse spider and its characteristic violin markings.

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Picture 4: Brown recluse spider. Note the violin pattern on cephalothorax and light-colored, hairless abdomen.

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Picture 5: Brown recluse spider.

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Picture 6: Brown recluse spider head close-up.

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Picture 7: Blistering caused by the bite of a brown recluse spider.

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Picture 8: Necrosis or tissue death in early stages.

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Picture 9: Necrosis or tissue death in a later stage.

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Picture 10: Surgery removed dead tissue and took a wide margin around a bite area.

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Picture 11: Spider bite, brown recluse. Within an hour, the bite area swelled to the size of a quarter. The area turned blue and dark red by the evening of the first day, exceeding the boundaries of a circle drawn around the area of initial swelling by the patient's physician. Courtesy of Dale Losher.

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Picture 12: Spider bite, brown recluse. The third day after the bite. The skin continues to die. Courtesy of Dale Losher.

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Picture 13: Spider bite, brown recluse. Another view of the wound 3 days after the bite. Courtesy of Dale Losher.

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Picture 14: Spider bite, brown recluse. Nine days after the bite. The patient endured 8 days with an open wound to drain the spider's toxins and needed intravenous antibiotics and pain medication almost 24 hours a day. Courtesy of Dale Losher.

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Picture 15: Spider bite, brown recluse. Eleven days after the bite. A 5-inch wide area of dead tissue was excised, necessitating skin grafting. Courtesy of Dale Losher.

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Picture 16: Spider bite, brown recluse. Waiting to see skin graft results 38 days after the bite. Courtesy of Dale Losher.

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Picture 17: Spider bite, brown recluse. Skin graft results 38 days after the bite. Courtesy of Dale Losher.

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Picture 18: Spider bite, brown recluse. View of healed wound approximately 10 months after bite. Courtesy of Dale Losher.

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