A.K.A.: ELF Spiders, The Eight Legged Freaks, The Arac Attackers

Length: varies

Weight: ditto

Abilities: All: Eight legs, fast, agile, tough exoskeleton, fangs, venom, webbing

Black Widow (Aranaea Therididae): extra powerful poison with delayed pain at wound site

Tarantula (Aranaea Theraphosidae): extra large and strong, can throw sharp hairs

Orb Weaver (Aranaea Araneidae): wraps prey in webbing to digest alive

Jumping Spider (Araneae Salticidae): the Arac Attack (jumps more than 50 times it's body length to pounce on opponent)

Trapdoor Spider (Araneae Ctenzidae): creates burrows with a "door" to sneak attack victims with its mobile fangs

Spitter (Araneida Scytodidae): shoots out sticky gum webbing laced with poison

Weakness: getting splatted

Film Appearances: "Eight Legged Freaks" (2002)

History: Take one exotic spider farm and mix it with unknown chemicals, and you get a large swarm of giant spiders! Happened in Prosperity, Arizona, where more than 2,000 spiders of various species attacked and ate most of the residents. In pursuit of their prey, the spiders went to the mines under the town, where the methane gas in there was set ablaze, burning up most of them. Cleanup crews got rid of any stragglers (mostly trapdoor spiders), but there are rumors of some still being around.

In a standardization of power, these small spiders are set in a group of six, a squad if you will. There is a representative of all six species, each with it’s own powers and abilities. They can attack and kill terrified townsfolk with ease, but larger opponents are still in danger. Spiders are known to tackle prey larger then they are, and since this group works together, they could bring down almost anything. They are fast and agile, and can dodge many attacks before latching on and injecting venom. If that doesn't do the trick, they can still use raw "spideie powers" to defeat anything. Still, they have a tendency to get crushed, splatter green goo everywhere, and die. Despite their great power, on a whole of giant monsters, they are merely average. But against small poorly armed prey, they are unstoppable.