What does 🕷️ Spider mean?
A black eight-legged spider, the emoji arachnophobes dread and Halloween decorators love. Most messages featuring it are urgent pleas for help removing one from the bath, or a frantic “it moved!” Spider-Man fans use it as shorthand for the web-slinger, and it can hint that someone is spinning a sneaky plan. Pair it with 🕸️ for a full haunted-house look, or with 😱 when the spider is enormous.
🕷️ Spider is an emoji from the Animals & Nature category (bugs & insects), added in Emoji 0.7 in 2014. People use it in messages about animal and insect.
Example messages
🕷️ Spider on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Spider looks on each platform.
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Spider emoji: questions & answers
How do I copy and paste the Spider emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🕷️ is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :spider:.
When was the Spider emoji added?
🕷️ Spider was added in Emoji 0.7, released in 2014. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🕷️ look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Spider. The underlying code (U+1F577 U+FE0F) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.