And all were from the Midwest. A brown recluse bite can be life-threatening in 10 percent of the cases, but Vetter estimates there are only one or two deaths a year, typically in small children.

A mum from Georgia, USA, has gone viral after revealing shocking images of her ear turning jet black following a suspected brown recluse spider bite. Kayla Henderson, 26, had retreated to another ...

Kayla Henderson with a charcoal paste on her ear over the bite, and right, the continued swelling days later. TikTok @mystique.veil.of.kayla Henderson went to the doctor and took antibiotics but ...

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a bite from a brown recluse can cause itching, muscle pain, increased sweating, headaches, nausea and/or a fever.