A spider is a type of arthropod.

Spider, Spiders or The Spider may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment and media

Fictional characters

  • Spider (DC Comics), a character introduced in 1940
  • Spider (pulp fiction character), the hero of a 1933–1943 pulp magazine (see Periodicals subsection below)
  • Phantom Troupe, also known as the Spiders, characters in the Hunter × Hunter manga series
  • Spider, a character in Mega Man X: Command Mission
  • Spider, a cartoon character in Osamu Tezuka's Star System
  • Spider Jerusalem, the protagonist of the comic book Transmetropolitan
  • Spiderlegs, a ghost in an episode of The Real Ghostbusters
  • The Spider (British comics), a 1965–1969 British comic book character, later reprinted in Vulcan
  • The Spider, the eunuch Varys in George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire and its TV adaptation, Game of Thrones
  • Spider Nugent, a character in Coronation Street

Films

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  • The Spider (1916 film), by Robert G. Vignola
  • The Spiders (film), 1919, by Fritz Lang
  • The Spider (1931 film), by MacKenna and Menzies
  • The Spider (1940 film), by Maurice Elvey
  • The Spider (1945 film), by Robert D. Webb
  • Spiders (film), a 2000 American science fiction horror film
  • Spider (1992 film), by Vasily Mass
  • Spider (2002 film), by David Cronenberg
  • Spider (2007 film), by Nash Edgerton
  • Spiders 3D, 2013, by Tibor Takács
  • The Spider, or Earth vs. the Spider
  • The Spider, 2012 film by Robert Sigl
  • Spider (2019 film), Chile
  • The Spider (2022 film), Egypt

Gaming

  • Spider (solitaire), a card game
  • Spiders (company), a French video game developer
  • Spiders (video game), a 1981 arcade game
  • Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor, a 2009 iPhone game
  • Spider: The Video Game, a 1997 video game developed by Boss Game Studios

Literature

  • "The Spider" (), a 1901 short story by Carl Ewald, collected in his 1907 book of short stories The Spider, and Other Tales
  • The Spider, a 1910 novel by Fergus Hume
  • "Spider", a 1929 short story by Eden Phillpotts, from his short story anthology The Torch and Other Tales (1929)
  • "Spider", a 2000 short story by John Pelan
  • Spider (novel), a 1990 novel by Patrick McGrath
  • Al-Ankabut ("The Spider"), the 29th sura of the Qur'an

Music

Groups

  • Spider (American band), a 1980s American rock band
  • Spider (British band), a UK rock band formed in 1976
  • Spiders (British band), a 2010s British indie band
  • Spiders (Swedish band), a 2010s Swedish rock band
  • The Spiders (American band), a 1950s R&B group
  • The Spiders (American rock band), a 1960s American rock band, later known as Alice Cooper
  • The Spiders (Japanese band), a 1960s Japanese Group Sounds band

Albums

  • Spiders (album), a 1996 album by Space
  • Spiderr, a 2022 album by Bladee

Songs

  • "Spider", a song by Bo Burnham from the 2022 The Inside Outtakes
  • "Spider", a song by Oingo Boingo on the 1994 album Boingo
  • "Spider", a single by Spitz
  • "Spider", a song by The Vapors on the 1981 album Magnets
  • "Spider", a song by They Might Be Giants on the 1992 album Apollo 18
  • "Spiders" (Destine song), 2010
  • "Spiders" (Moby song), 2005
  • "Spiders" (System of a Down song), 1999
  • "Spiders", a song by Slipknot on the 2019 album We Are Not Your Kind
  • "Spiders", a song by Editors on the 2007 album An End Has a Start
  • "Spiders (Kidsmoke)", a song by Wilco on the 2004 album A Ghost Is Born
  • "The Spider", a song by Kansas on the 1997 album Point of Know Return
  • "The Spider", a song by Scottish musician Momus on the 2015 album Turpsycore
  • "Spider" (Gims song), 2024

Periodicals

  • Spider (computer magazine), a monthly magazine in Karachi, Pakistan
  • Spider (magazine), a children's literary magazine
  • The Spider (magazine), a pulp magazine published from 1933 to 1943

Other uses in arts, entertainment and media

  • Spider (Bourgeois), a sculpture by Louise Bourgeois
  • Spider! (TV series), a 1991 musical children's television miniseries
  • The Spiders (comic), a webcomic by Patrick S. Farley
  • "Spider", a 2005 episode of the animated television series 12 oz. Mouse

Military

  • 4th Guards Brigade "Spiders", a former Croatian army unit
  • Light Strike Vehicle (Singapore), or Spider New Generation
  • SS-23 Spider, a ballistic missile

People

  • Spider (nickname), a list of people
  • John Koerner (born 1938), American blues/folk musician known as Spider
  • Spider Robinson (born 1948), American-Canadian science-fiction writer
  • Ben Spider (born 1970), Franco-Swiss artist.
  • Spider (musician) (born 1999/2000), Irish musician
  • The Spider, ring name for professional wrestler Randy Savage (1952–2011)
  • The Spider, professional wrestler from United States Wrestling Association

Places

  • Spider, Kentucky, U.S.
  • Spider crater, Western Australia
  • The Spider (Colorado), a mountain in the Gore Range
  • "The Spider", another name for the Pantheon Fossae surface formation on Mercury
  • ¨Las Arañas, lit. "The Spiders":

:*Las Arañas, Santiago Metropolitan Region

:*Las Arañas, O'Higgins Region

Science and technology

  • Spider (polarimeter), an experiment to study the cosmic microwave background radiation
  • Spider, the callsign of the Apollo 9 lunar module
  • Spider, a support for the secondary mirror of a reflecting telescope
  • Spider, a component of a loudspeaker
  • AMD Spider, a computer platform
  • 45 rpm adapter, called the spider, for a phonograph record
  • Web spider, another name for a an Internet bot that systematically browses the World Wide Web for purposes of web typically employed by search engines
  • Spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction, an ultrashort pulse measurement technique
  • Spider wrench, a x-shaped Lug wrench
  • Tubing spider, a heavy duty gripping tool used in oil drilling for securing the drill pipe to the drill floor
  • SPIDER, a prototype negative ion source for the ITER Heating Neutral Beams

Sports

  • Spider, a piece of snooker equipment
  • Cleveland Spiders, an 1887–1899 American baseball team
  • Richmond Spiders, the sports teams of the University of Richmond
  • San Francisco Spiders, a 1996 American hockey team
  • The Spiders, an early ring name for professional wrestling tag-team The Headbangers
  • The Spiders, nickname of Queen's Park F.C., Glasgow

Transportation

  • Spider (locomotive), a 1890 locomotive on the Marrawah Tramway, Tasmania, Australia
  • Spider, part of a bicycle crankset
  • Various Alfa Romeo models:
  • Alfa Romeo Spider, a roadster version of the Alfa Romeo Brera produced from 2006 to 2010
  • Alfa Romeo Spider, a roadster sports car produced from 1993 to 2004
  • Alfa Romeo Spider, a sports car introduced in 1966
  • Aston Martin Valkyrie Spider, a convertible version of the Aston Martin Valkyrie sports car
  • Fiat 124 Sport Spider, also known as the Pininfarina Spider, a sports car produced 1966–1980
  • Fiat 124 Spider (2016), a sports car introduced in 2016
  • McLaren MP4-12C Spider, a convertible version of the McLaren MP4-12C sports car
  • Pipistrel Spider, a Slovenian ultralight trike aircraft design
  • Renault Sport Spider, a sports car produced 1996–1999

Other uses

  • Spider (portal) (Strathclyde Personal Interactive Development and Educational Resource)
  • SPDR, pronounced "spider", a family of investment funds
  • Spider (utensil), a basket with a long handle
  • Spider, a type of frying pan with legs
  • Spider, a type of ice cream float (a beverage)
  • Spider-Man, a Marvel Comics superhero character
  • Spider-Man (disambiguation)

See also

  • SPDR (disambiguation)
  • Spyder (disambiguation)
  • Arana (disambiguation), La Araña (disambiguation), and Las Arañas (disambiguation), terms referring to Spanish translations of spiders