You were not bitten by a brown recluse

So a possibly dumb question here: Something bit me, and I assumed it was a spider, because it turned in to a kind of bulls-eye effect about 2" across that was slightly itchy/sore and lingered (changing colors) for 2-3 weeks. It didn’t seem serious (I’m sure it wasn’t a brown recluse!) so I didn’t have it looked at. Do you spider-knowledgeable folks think it was a spider bite? Should I have worried about it? What about ticks? (I have a cat).

Sorry, I know I shouldn’t post this kind of thing, but now I’m just curious…

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