Did you ever get answer about what this was? I have been experiencing what sounds like the exact same issue. I was bit/stung on my finger around 7:30 Saturday morning (I felt it) and thought it was a fire ant. The bite and my entire finger began to itch, hurt and swell over the next two days, which didn't alarm me much because I'm allergic to everything. It looked as painful as it felt Sunday, with every inch of skin of my poor bloodshot finger being stretched to it's limit!! The swelling started to go back down on Monday. What IS alarming is the remaining blister, which is tight with a yellowish liquid inside, about the diameter of a dime and raised about a half inch, just like you described. My finger still hurts and itches close to the blister.

I'm allergic to a lot of things, and highly sensitive to insect bites anyways, including mosquitos. But I have been freaking out about it possibly being a brown recluse bite too, since those are the only pics and descriptions I found until I came across your post. I live in GA, so it's possible, but I'm really hoping it's just an allergic reaction to ant or spider venom. What was your diagnosis?

aren't you both concerned about them bitting you again!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Obviously if you got bitten once it is more likely to happen again!!! I recently found a dead spider which i believe is a baby brown recluse (GOD I ABSOLUTELY HOPE NOT!!!!!!) I was wondering if you guys or anyone else that reads this has any idea who i can talk to to confirm that this is or is not a brown recluse. Please any reply would help!

I have no way to identify your bite, but if I had it, this is what I would do. I read a magazine article many years ago, on how to treat poisenous snake bites and spider bites. You take a spark plug wire from a motor, and touch the metal end of the wire to the bite site. You will get a shock, that will hurt for a second, but that will kill the poisen. The article said to do it several times to make sure the poisen is all dead. I was not sure how this could be done, but one method would be to take a spark plug wire loose from a car motor, push the rubber boot back, start the motor and then touch the wire to the bite site. I thought I would take a spark plug wire off of a lawnmower, push the rubber boot back, hold the metal end of the wire on the bite site and then pull the starter rope on the motor. The second you get the shock, you should drop the wire, so you don't get another shock, or let it shock you several times, if you can stand it. This method is supposed to be used right after the snake strikes you, but I believe it will help at a later time also. If you do not want to do this I would at least squeeze all of the liquid out of the bite site, pour Hydrogen Peroxide into the open wound and that should help destroy the infected cells. I know this remedy has no medical foundings, but it sounds like a safe way to try and destroy the poisen on you own. If it is not poisen, the jolt might at least liven up your bodies defense system. I am 72 years old and have learned many ways to cure things that might interest you. I sniff warm salt water out of a bowl, into both nostreles to cure sinus problems. All coldsore medicines just spread the coldsore all over your face. Turn the hot water on your kitchen sink fawcet, when it is as hot as it can get, run the water on your coldsore as long as you can stand it and the sore is dead and will be gone in the morning. You have to pinch your skin between your fingers, so you can hit the sore with the water and not hit the surrounding area. My doctor told me the reason that works is the cold sore is a Virus and heat destroys a Virus.
Wally Lidberg

You have to go to the doctor or ER and get that drained. See what happens is the Brown Recluse lays their eggs when they bite you. My son's arm swelled to the size of grapfruit and had to go to the ER and have it drained. It will leave a hole but, you have got to go get the poison out. They will lance it and then drain it for you.

I dont know about laying eggs, I believe this is false.

What I do know is that the lawn mower works!

Hello,
I certainly hope the thing about the eggs is false!!! What I have learned is that it wasn't untill I put Vicks on my bite that it started healing faster and the soreness lessened. My husband is a big proponent of the Vicks thing for everything since he had prostrate cancer.
{yeah, he's a tough old guy! Former Marine} I will try the shock thing also, but I can say for sure that Vicks will help the healing and soreness. Also, a Doctor told me that hy.peroxide is not recommended because it kills outter tissue and the poison will tunnel into your muscles if it is hampered in any way from coming to the surface of the skin. He had a patient who used it and the poison tunneled to the back of his knee, had to be hospitalized and operated on. Good luck to you, and does anyone know if the egg theory is true?!?!?!?
Linda

The egg thing is false. Brown recluses do not lay there eggs in a bite. No spider does. and even if they did (which they don't) the eggs would be killed by your immune system. The best thing to do is to put antibiotic ointment, like bactriband or similar cream on it and let it air out as much as possible during the day and bandaged at night. if it gets any larger make an appt with your doc.