Spiders by StahlhutJ

A many-eyed yellow cartoon spider named Kwincy, inexplicably equipped with antennae, is among the title group of characters in what iOS and Android GAME, released in 2014 by Rovio spinoff Seriously Digital Entertainment?

The grass spiders (Agelenidae), common in most of the world, build sheet webs connected to a typically shaped retreat. Australian spiders in the genus Atrax belong to a different family, and, unlike grass spiders, are dangerously venomous to humans. What COMMON NAME is shared by these two groups of spiders?

Name any TWO of the three spiderlings who remained behind to keep Wilbur the pig company after the death of their mother, Charlotte A. Cavatica.

Insects in the family Pompilidae prey on spiders, and one group, the tarantula hawks, do pretty much what their name suggests they do. These insects belong to what taxonomic ORDER?

If Spider-Man were anatomically correct, his web shooters would be on his butt, not his wrists. This is because Peter Parker's silk-shooting gadgets take the place of what silk-producing spider ORGANS?

The pesky brown recluse spider of the southern and central U.S. has a distinctive cephalothoracic mark, which is responsible for some of its other common names. What OBJECT does this mark resemble?

Though they are not true arachnids, the sea-dwelling arthropods of the family Limulidae are much more closely related to spiders and scorpions than to the more distant relatives their common name suggests. What is the COMMON NAME of these blue-blooded animals, which have remained anatomically similar to their 450-million-year-old ancestors?

The Australian redback and New Zealand katipo spiders both belong to the genus Latrodectus. What is the COMMON NAME of their best-known North American relative, L. mactans?

Soon after skier Vladimir "Spider" Sabich was killed in a 1976 shooting incident, Lorne Michaels was pressured to apologize on-air for an SNL sketch in which a female singer "accidentally" shoots each competitor in the midst of a freestyle competition. Name Sabich's CELEBRITY DOMESTIC PARTNER, who wielded the gun and was later convicted of criminal negligence.

The respiratory organs of many arachnids consist of stacks of tissue that have a folded appearance, which maximizes their surface area. What NAME is given to these structures?

"Look, he's crawling up my wall/Black and hairy, very small/Now he's up above my head/Hanging by a little thread." Name BOTH this TITLE CHARACTER and the BAND whose bass guitarist wrote these lyrics and performed the vocals.

What THREE-LETTER WORD, derived from a Middle English noun, is no longer used as a synonym for "spider", but is still familiar to anyone who does the dusting in little-used corners?