I met a fellow who had a healed brown recluse bite in his upper arm. It was at least 2 inches across and cratered at least 1/4 inch. Nasty stuff.
Yup, the flesh just liquefied and melted away about 1/4 to 3/8 of an inch deep.
And I was lucky compared to what has happened to some people.
A friend of mine died from a Brown recluse spider; heart failure.
He lived in central Indiana.
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