What does Spider Bites Look Like?

So if you think you have a spider bite, but you can’t remember being bitten, there’s a good chance you may have MRSA instead. The black widow and brown recluse are most common in the Southern U.S. and both like warmer weather. While bites are uncommon, you are most likely to come across these spiders in undisturbed places, such as the back of a closet or garage or in wood pile.

The brown recluse and black widow can cause painful bites that become red and swollen within a few hours. Bites that look like rings or round bull’s-eyes with pus filled blisters can also develop. Other common spider bite symptoms include skin rash, fever, nausea, pain and stiffness and feeling fatigued.

Spider bites are hardly ever fatal but are most dangerous in children. What does a spider bite look like? As you can see in the spider bite pictures above, they look remarkable similar to how MRSA can look on the skin.

Because the bite of a spider and a MRSA skin infection can look so similar, even to an expert, a MRSA test is the only way to be certain if you have a MRSA infection or not.