Spider emoji
🕷️ and 🕸️ for Halloween and creepiness. Copy them here.
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What the spider emoji means
🕷️ (spider) and 🕸️ (spider web) are Halloween staples and general creepiness — and the web doubles as “dusty”, for an abandoned account or an old thread (“this group chat 🕸️”). Both are text-style symbols with variation selectors, so they can render as plain black glyphs. 🦂 is the scorpion, 🐜 the ant, 🦇 the bat from the bat emoji guide.
Unicode name: spider · U+1F577 U+FE0F · Emoji 0.7 (original set) · group: Animals & Nature.
How people use it
- Halloween: 🕷️🕸️🎃
- Dusty / abandoned: 🕸️
- Creepy: horror posts
- Spider-Man: 🕷️🕸️ with 🔴🔵
Compare the options
| Emoji | Name | Use it for | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| spiderU+1F577 U+FE0F | Spider; creepy, Halloween | May render plain | |
| spider webU+1F578 U+FE0F | Web; abandoned, dusty | May render plain | |
| scorpionU+1F982 | Scorpion; Scorpio | Zodiac | |
| jack-o-lanternU+1F383 | Halloween | See the pumpkin emoji guide |
Chat examples
Real messages with 🕷️, and a reply that fits.
🕷️ in the bath
nope
🕸️ spooky season
🎃
🕷️ help
I’m not coming
Questions people ask
What does 🕸️ mean?
A cobweb: Halloween, or something neglected and dusty, like an inactive account.
Why is my spider emoji black and white?
🕷️ is a text-style symbol; some apps draw it plain without the variation selector.
What does 🕷🕸👨🏻 mean?
This combination pairs the spider and web emoji with a man emoji to represent Spider-Man or a person in a spider costume. The man emoji can include a skin tone modifier.
About this guide
Written and maintained by the Emoji Directory editorial team, without ads or sponsorship. Meanings describe how the emoji is commonly used in public posts and messages, not an official definition. Names, code points, versions, keywords and translations come from the Unicode Emoji 18.0 and CLDR data; shortcodes from the gemoji project. Last reviewed . Spotted a mistake or a new usage? Tell us, or read how the directory is made.
