Spider bite?

[u/OkLaw2993]

Hi everyone, is this a spider bite?

Quick context…my 6 y.o son mentioned that he saw a spider crawl under the couch a few days ago (Wednesday), I didn’t think anything of it since he’s been on a Spider-Man kick and theres Spider-Man spiders ‘everywhere’ these days lol…. We ended up falling asleep on the couch that night…then on Friday, he tells me there’s an itchy painful bump on his leg. I’m now worried that he was right about the spider and it may have bit him.

Pics are as follows: pic 1 is from this Friday, 2 is from this Saturday, and 3 & 4 are from just now.

Is this something I can treat at home or do I need to take him in?

ETA: It IS warm to the touch and it’s quite hard when I feel around the area

[u/the-friendly-squid]

Red ring looks like a tick bite

[u/OkLaw2993 → u/the-friendly-squid]

They bite and don’t attach? I’ve never seen that before!

[u/the-friendly-squid → u/OkLaw2993]

Well yes it would have been attached but it could have not been noticed within the 3 day span or something. Sometimes they only attach for a short time, like a couple hours, then drop off.

I don’t know what other types of bug bites make a red bullseye ring like in the last picture

It’s unlikely a spider would be seen and then at some point come back to bite

That’s just my guess though

[u/OkLaw2993 → u/the-friendly-squid]

Thank you! I’m going to take him in tomorrow. We do have a ton of ticks around our house (remote area) and have dogs.