Spider

"If you must know, when I was three, Fred turned my - my teddy bear into a great big filthy spider because I broke his toy broomstick... You wouldn't like it either if you'd been holding your bear and suddenly it had to many legs and..."

- Ron Weasley

Spiders are small (with the exception of the Acromantula) eight legged, and eight eyed creatures. The biggest species of spider is the Acromantula, which also has the ability to speak. Spiders are known for spinning webs, the webs of the Acromantula are large and dome-shaped. Spiders of all sizes fear the Basilisk above all other things. Ron Weasley is arachnophobic meaning that he is deathly afraid of spiders. The Tarantula is a family of spiders, examples of which can be found for sale in Knockturn Alley. The spell Arania Exumai knocks spiders back, and in the PC games Rictusempra is also effective against spiders. The fake Moody taught his forth year Defence Against the Dark Arts class the use of the Unforgivable Curses, he preformed one of each of the three curses on one of each of three spiders (a tailless whipscorpion in the movie). Spiders like living in dark places like the cupboard under the stairs, Broomsheds, and even the Forbidden Forest. These creatures can also be found in the Muggle universe.

Types of Spiders

 * Acromantula
 * Tarantula