[dtw]

I've got a fire ant bite I picked up in '88 or '89 - still itches once in a while. Late last year I stepped in a mound and didn't notice, got about a dozen bites on my foot, ankle, then three more on my hand when I was swatting them all off. One of the bites on the arch of my foot, for some reason didn't itch so I didn't scratch it.

The resulting blister was nearly 2" in diameter and raised over 1/2". It just got bigger until I couldn't walk without a limp so I had to deal with it.

Brown recluses - I'm overdue. I've killed several, every time I just got lucky and happened to see it before I sat down on it or stepped on it.

Todd, what the heck bit your friend? Any ideas?