Do you know how to recognize the very dangerous and common brown recluse spider? Notice the violin/fiddle shape marking on the back of his head.
This is example of it's bite
Nasty nasty bites. I was bitten om the top of my forearm by one of these in June of 2017 and struggled with the subsequent necrosis and infection for nearly 2 months before finally getting the wound to heal properly. It nearly succeeded in putting me down for good. It took nearly 6 months to heal fully
Sorry to hear that happened to you Bear. I had a friend down here in Florida who used to keep her gardening shoes in the garage in an attempt to keep dirt out of the house. These spiders like dark damp places and one was in her shoe. Her bite was so bad she ended up losing a foot, but came close to losing her life too.