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Not All Spider Bites Come from Spiders
This Tick Bite has the Classic "Bullseye" Blamed on Spiders

From Rod Brouhard, About.com

Updated August 18, 2009

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Tick biteImage courtesy of the CDC/James Gathany
Not all "spider bites" actually come from spiders. This classic bullseye redness pattern comes from a tick bite rather than a spider bite. In fact, this patient later developed Lyme disease.

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