ceridwin I thought fire ants also, because I'd just found some a couple of days ago as I was cutting the lawn. I ruled it out because neither of the bites has formed the customary fire ant pustule. There is no indication of where the bite was 24 hours later. 36 hours later and the only residual of the bites is a slight ache in my knee and ankle joints. Guess I'm going to survive, and never know what got me. Just a few minutes ago I took the riding gear I was wearing out of the wash. In the bottom of the machine I discovered two or three small black "legs". I examined them, and they could have been spider parts. Of course they could also have been a hundred other things as the two boys in this house bring all kinds of stuff in and on their clothing and we usually find it in the wash.