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Spiders of Australia
Spiders of Australia: about 4,100 named species (est. total 12,000–20,000), including Sydney Funnel-web (Atrax robustus, split into three species in 2025), Redback, peacock spiders, and whistling tarantulas; most are harmless.
Spiders of Central Asia
The spiders of Central Asia are the species recorded from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan, where counts range from 253 in Afghanistan to over 1,000 in Kazakhstan.
Spiders of China
China's spiders form one of Earth's largest national faunas, with 5,084 described species in 69 families as of 2020, growing faster than any other country's.
Spiders of India
Spiders of India: about 2,009 described species in 509 genera and 61 families (ZSI checklist), led by Salticidae, Araneidae, and Thomisidae; dominant natural enemies in rice fields; fauna still under-documented.
Spiders of Japan
The spiders of Japan are the roughly 1,600 spider species recorded from the Japanese archipelago, a chain of about 6,800 islands, documented in national checklists since 1906.
Spiders of New Zealand
Spiders of New Zealand: ~1,100 named species (est. 2,000), 93–97% endemic, 57 families; no deadly native spiders except the protected katipō; introduced redback and white-tailed spiders; 2025 saw new genera Ourea, Gradungula kahurangi.
Spiders of Pakistan
The spiders of Pakistan are a poorly surveyed fauna of roughly 165 to 400 documented species, with DNA barcoding from 2010 to 2016 finding 75% of species new to science.
Spiders of Siberia
The Spiders of Siberia are the spider species of the Asian part of Russia, dominated by sheet-web weavers (Linyphiidae) and documented in Marusik and Kovblyuk's 2011 monograph.
Spiders of Socotra
The spiders of Socotra are the spider species recorded from Yemen's Socotra Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, with 59 known species, over half of them endemic to the islands.
Spiders of South Asia
The spiders of South Asia, documented in Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and the Maldives, grew from a 2007 baseline of 2,299 regional species, about 80% endemic.
Spiders of Southeast Asia
Spiders of Southeast Asia are the roughly 6,000 described spider species recorded from Myanmar to the Philippines, dominated by jumping spiders, though the real fauna is far larger.
Spiders of the Arabian Peninsula
The spiders of the Arabian Peninsula are a poorly documented fauna: Saudi Arabia held only 77 recorded species in one analysis, while Socotra shows high endemism.
Spiders of the Caucasus
The spiders of the Caucasus are the roughly 1,100 spider species recorded from the Caucasus ecoregion, about 22–23 percent of which are found nowhere else on Earth.
Spiders of Turkey
Spiders of Turkey is the national fauna of 1322 recorded species in 58 families as of 2025, about 14% of them endemic, many cave dwellers.
Spidey and His Amazing Friends (2021 TV series)
Marvel's Spidey and His Amazing Friends (2021) is a Disney Jr./Disney+ preschool animated series, Marvel's first full-length preschool show, starring child Peter Parker, Miles Morales (Spin), and Gwen Stacy (Ghost-Spider) as Team Spidey; its 1.3 billion Disney+ hours make it Marvel's most-watched series on the platform.
Spidola Dorsa
Spidola Dorsa, a 950 km ridge system (dorsa) on Venus at 73.5S, 325E, in quadrangle V-61; IAU-approved 1997, named after a Latvian witch.
Spidroin
Spidroin: family of spider fibroin proteins (MaSp1, MaSp2, MiSp, Flag, TuSp1, AcSp1), 250–350 kDa tripartite proteins whose pH- and shear-triggered assembly yields dragline silk of ~1 GPa strength and 130–200 MJ/m³ toughness.
SPIE
SPIE, founded in 1955 as the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, is the international not-for-profit society for optics and photonics, best known for its conferences and Digital Library.
Spiegel im Spiegel
Spiegel im Spiegel ("Mirror in the Mirror") is a 1978 chamber piece by Arvo Pärt for violin and piano, his last Estonian work, built on tintinnabuli: triadic piano arpeggios in F major under a stepwise violin melody centered on A.
Spiel des Jahres
Spiel des Jahres, Germany's "Game of the Year" board game award, presented since 1979 by an independent jury of German-speaking critics; first winner Hase und Igel; sister awards Kinderspiel (2001) and Kennerspiel (2011); no prize money, logo licensing since 1989.
Spies in Disguise
Spies in Disguise is a 2019 animated spy comedy from Blue Sky Studios in which Will Smith's super spy is turned into a pigeon by scientist Walter Beckett.
Spies Like Us
Spies Like Us is a 1985 John Landis Cold War comedy starring Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd as fake CIA decoys in Soviet Central Asia; Warner Bros. release grossed $60 million domestically with poor reviews.
Spiez
Spiez is a municipality on Lake Thun in the Bernese Oberland, canton of Bern, Switzerland, with five Baeuerten, about 13,400 residents, Spiez Castle, and Bern's second-largest vineyards.
Spigelian hernia
Spigelian hernia (lateral ventral hernia): protrusion through the spigelian fascia along the semilunar line. Rare (0.12-2% of abdominal wall hernias), high incarceration risk, repaired surgically with mesh.
Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Spike is a fictional vampire in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, portrayed by James Marsters. Also known as William the Bloody, he developed from an antagonist intended for a short role into a.
Spike (missile)
Spike, also known as Euro-Spike or Tamuz, is an Israeli family of electro-optically guided anti-tank missiles developed by Rafael after the 1973 Yom Kippur War, used by more than 40 countries.
Spike (My Little Pony)
Spike is the baby dragon assistant of Twilight Sparkle in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (2010–2019), voiced by Cathy Weseluck, present in every generation since G1, and absent from the announced 2027 Forever Friendship leads.
Spike Chunsoft
Spike Chunsoft (株式会社スパイク・チュンソフト), Japanese developer-publisher formed April 2012 from the Spike and Chunsoft merger; KADOKAWA/DWANGO group company in Tokyo known for Danganronpa, Mystery Dungeon, and Zero Escape.
Spike Cohen
Spike Cohen (Jeremy Cohen, born 1982, Baltimore) is an American libertarian activist and podcaster, the Libertarian Party's 2020 vice-presidential nominee with Jo Jorgensen, and founder of the nonprofit You Are the Power.
Spike Dudley
Spike Dudley (Matthew Jonathan Hyson, b. 1970), also Little Spike Dudley and Brother Runt, retired American wrestler of ECW, WWE, and TNA, known as a 140-pound giant killer who took extreme bumps, later a MassMutual financial planner.