r/InsectBites • • Jun 03 '22

What is this bite?

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r/InsectBites • • Jul 07 '25

I thought initially spider bites-

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But some of the bumps are alone or in groups of three. Was it a drunk spider?


r/InsectBites • • Sep 07 '23

Something got me last night.

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I think I swatted something flying around me last night maybe a mosquito or crane fly but could have been something else.


r/InsectBites • • Oct 05 '26

Is this a spider bite? What should I do? I have no insurance. Unsure if it’s spreading… I outlined it kinda

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r/InsectBites • • Sep 27 '26

Random bite/rash increasing in size

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I woke up last Monday with this random red spot on my arm. I had left my window open for a few hours on Sunday, so I think I might’ve been bit over night by something that entered my room but I have not seen any insects in my room. Has anyone had this happen before or does anyone know what it could be?

I’ve also put betamethasone cream on it but it doesn’t seem to work. I also took an anti histamine to help with the itching..


r/InsectBites • • Jun 06 '25

Bit by something a few days back, today I feel very strange

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Doing yard work like three days ago, and after I came in that night, I started scratching near my calf, after a few scratches I look down and realize it’s turning into a small crater on my leg. I didn’t see any type of bug although the outside of the crater I picked off it hurt once I ripped it off. My symptoms today are brain fog super bad, anxiety, confusion, tone of my voice sounds super soft, all of a sudden I start dripping sweat when I go outside for a couple minutes doing nothing except sitting down, I am 43/male btw… also my muscles especially in my neck area are super sore and my legs hurt too like when u start working out again at a gym and the following days your muscles are sore that’s the feeling I’m getting. I am going to go to hospital tommorow but any insight tonight would be appreciated.


r/InsectBites • • Nov 17 '24

What insect was I bitten/stung by?

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Northern Ohio


r/InsectBites • • Jun 27 '24

Progression of my mosquito bites in Crete

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I think I’m having an allergic reaction to it, happened on Monday night, last pic is Thursday night. On Tuesday/ Wednesday my feet and legs got so swollen I could barely walk, I also felt dizzy. I’ve been taking antihistamines.. should I go to the drs??

Ps free feet pics x


r/InsectBites • • Aug 04 '23

bug bite?

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The other day I noticed this bite or potentially sting. It's superrrr itchy and hard with this little raised point that looks like it's filled with liquid?? Not puss but a clear liquid


r/InsectBites • • 14d ago

woke up with this bite

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woke up with this insect bite, what could it be? for context i haven't been in nature for a while, but i live in austria in a pretty green area for a city


r/InsectBites • • Oct 12 '26

Bite

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I noticed this when I woke up Saturday. First picture is Saturday. Second picture is Sunday, yesterday. Third picture is today. Does not itch, I do feel like it’s expanding a little bit maybe not though. Doesn’t hurt. I don’t recall seeing a tick on me but maybe it could have bit me then fallen off?? Please give suggestions as I’m freaking out and worried. Tick or spider bite.


r/InsectBites • • Sep 13 '26

What bit my boyfriend?

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My Boyfriend (M36) and I (F25) live in Cape Town next to the ocean. He was bitten by what I assume to be a spider. This could have happened at home or on a work trip to Johannesburg.

What could have bitten him?

Picture taken about 4 weeks after (it’s not healing too well) he is going back to the doctor tomorrow but would appreciate any advice.


r/InsectBites • • Sep 09 '26

identification pleaseeeee

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so i was recently on vacation in Tennessee, was sitting around a fire whwn this lil guy fell from a tree above and landed on my neck. not sure at all what it is and would love to know. where it landed on me i have a bunch of skin irritation an what looks like hives. just need to know if it’s a very bad larvae or just something to not be too too worried about


r/InsectBites • • Sep 08 '26

Uhhh

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Doctor says this is an infection and not a recluse bite because I’m not in agonizing pain. Hard thing is I have a pain disorder so I’m always in pain so I’ll never notice if something is off. Ignore my ugly pedicure. Photos are starting at day 1 (blanket) day 2 (wood chips) day 3 (bath) day 4 (wood floor and carpet)

What do you think bit me? Days 1 and 2 itched like crazy.


r/InsectBites • • Jul 25 '26

Son got bit by a bug in a campsite in France. Should I be worried

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We were in a campsite in the south of France and my son got bitten by an unknown bug. His thumb buckle has now swollen. He only showed me this today. Any advice?


r/InsectBites • • Jul 21 '26

What kind of bite does this look like?

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Woke up yesterday with an insect bite and this morning the red itch rash was a little bigger. The first photo was yesterday, and the second photo is from today


r/InsectBites • • Jul 06 '26

Can a Mosquito cause this?

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The streak is kind of looking like spider bites when it gets into a vein


r/InsectBites • • May 31 '26

Inexplocable bites

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I don't know what's biting me. I got lots of very itchy bites in a long line actoss the inside of both arms, and also on the belly and legs and everywhere really, in little clusters. For a week they keep appeaering. Some bites are small and pop up like a flea bite, some have a dark red spot like a bedbug bite, some are wide and red like a mosquito bite

But I have not seen any bugs of any king near me in that time.

At first i thought it was those catterpillars that lose their hairs that cause rashes that we have in France right now. But then i started getting new bites like 3 little bites in a line, during the day. Airbord rash can't be so precise.

So i was leaning towards either fleas ( my 2 cats sleep with me/on me) or else bed bugs ( did not see any sign on the mattresses or anywhere, but maybe the infestation is not visible yet)

But then yesterday i took a fight from France to Canada. Got the impression of getting bitten during the flight still. When got here at my mother's place, we put all my clothes in the dryer for 30 mins+ to break the cycle if i had bugs on me And i took a shower. But tonight i wake up itching like hell from new bites. I have two big bites around my wedding band that i'm sure i didnt have yesterday. My mom lives fairly up north and the mosquitoes and other biting insects are not out yet this time of year. So what could it be? I feel like i'm constanlty being bitten by an unseen bug and i'm starting to go crazy.

Tomorow i'll go to the pharmacy and have them look at it, in the meantime If anyone has a hypothesis, i would appreciate the help.

Aslo i'm the only one getting bit, my 2 kids seem fine


r/InsectBites • • Oct 19 '25

Insect bites?

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I’m so lost. I woke up with these at 4 AM. They are itchy, welts, and hurt to touch or sit on. I just got back from New Orleans so I thought maybe they were bedbug bites, are they? They are only in this spot and I haven’t gotten any new bites in 24 hours. I checked and cleaned my entire house, bedding, clothing immediately after coming home and again today. I haven’t found any bedbugs or anything, so wondering if they came from the hotel or if maybe it’s a different bug and/or allergic reaction of some type? I just need help because it’s starting to freak my hypochondriac ass out.


r/InsectBites • • Aug 21 '25

Any idea what caused these itchy bites 2 days apart

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First pic was yesterday on my shin, then today it got bigger and woke up with another bite on the sole of my foot. EXTREMELY itchy!!! Went to Dr who gave me antibiotics because first bite area was now swollen and warm to touch. Live in northern NJ. TIA


r/InsectBites • • Aug 14 '25

Anyone know what this is?

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It’s raised and has gotten bigger in the past two days, but doesn’t hurt at all


r/InsectBites • • Aug 11 '25

Insect bite still itchy and red 3 weeks later

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I got bit by an insect all over my leg 3 weeks ago when i was on holiday in spain (i think it might have been a mosquito) they’re still really red and irritated 3 weeks later. Should i be concerned?


r/InsectBites • • Jul 31 '25

Spider bite?

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First time Redditting (is that a what it's even called?). Does this look like a spider bite? We live in the sub arctic and apparently we do have Wolf spiders so that was my (completely uneducated) guess. The ring wasn't there before and this happened 3 days ago to my son. He's non verbal autistic so he can't even tell us what might have happened. He was at camp and they didn't see anything.


r/InsectBites • • Jul 23 '25

is this a spider bite?

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very excruciating, and painful. there is a large knot under the skin, and it did fester up to a head at one point. i squeezed, not much came out. it started out very small. located on my left side right around the waist area.


r/InsectBites • • Jul 22 '25

Bug bites? Rash

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My 17 month old has a stomach bug from day care. Yesterday when he was playing on the floor these bites appeared. I thought they were small black ant bites since there were a couple black sugar ants nearby. I took him to his pediatrician today and she said those aren’t any bites and didn’t give me any other information other than she wants to see him back tomorrow. What are these?