What bites?

[outwest]

I was bitten by something within the last day or so, it first felt like a misquote bite but now I am not too sure. It almost looks like two little fangs snagged my leg and each puncture is about 1/3rd of an inch apart. :tinysmile_hmm_t2:

 

[GROUNDpounder]

Big spider? Is it all red and puffy?

 

[ChadTower]

Tiny vampire.

 

[GROUNDpounder]

Tiny vampire.

Oh noooo vampires! :tinysmile_aha_t:

 

[Jobiwan]

1/3 of an inch? I think ya got bit twice. A tarantula bite (the largest) has a fang span of a quarter of an inch or less but they rarely bite. You would know it instantly if they did. It's like a really bad bee sting.

 

[dinosaur]

If you were walking through grassland it could be chiggers.

 

[Hikebike]

A vampire? Seriously now who knows right? Could it have been a really bit spider? I know they bite a lot and the bites are awful (itchy and really red). There are many things that bite right now.

 

[Valdaree]

Depends where you are. Here in the UK it could be an adder but I reckon you'd have felt it at the time. Do you have snakes where you live? The other thing that bites us here is a horsefly and they can be very nasty indeed.

 

[dinosaur]

Horseflies and blackflies leave nasty holes and you know immediately when you are being bit. I don't think Outwest knew he had been bitten until well after it happened.

The snake theory is also a bit farfetched. One tends to feel fangs even from a spider.

The only insects I know, although I am certain there are many others, in the U.S. that can bite leaving you unaware at first are mosquitoes and chiggers.

 

[ChadTower]

Ticks leave black marks like that. Maybe he got bit twice by a tick and it left.

 

[dinosaur]

True, Chad. Ticks leave a small mark. But they generally hang on for days while they suck your blood.