Photographer horrified when spider bite explodes in a 'volcano of pus' - leaving a gaping hole in her leg

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Super Jolly, 37, of Wraysbury, Berkshire, was bitten by an unknown type of arachnid at the end of a two-week scuba diving trip (inset) to a group of islands in Palau, Micronesia, in the Pacific Ocean. 

Her leg began to swell in size (top and bottom right), until she was barely able to sit down on the 30-hour flight back to London Heathrow. 

Nine days later, the bite exploded in a 'volcano of pus', leaving her with a 4cm hole in her leg. She was forced to have seven weeks off work due to the ordeal, but has now recovered well. 

Recalling the moment her bite erupted, she said: 'Not only was my flesh eaten away where I could see the hole, it looked like it had gone sideways under the skin, It was as if someone had scooped the flesh out of my leg.'