“It's not the bite you shouldn't fear.”

    —Description

Spiderlings are small spider enemies in Skylanders: Giants that normally attack in numbers and explode on contact. They replace Skitterbooms and are as weak as Chompies. They will either pop out of Spider Spitters which will continually spawn them until destroyed, or a single group will spawn from a defeated Gargantula. Like Chompies, they can also be defeated by an Giant, by simply walking on them.

A Spiderlings is featured in the Boo! Undead Spell Card in Skylanders: Battlecast.

Gallery

Spiderling attacking

Spiderling and Spider Spitter

Spiderlings Skystone

Spiderlings as seen in a Battlecast Spell Card.

Boo! in effect.

Trivia

• In-game, it incorrectly says 'Spiderling', leaving out the S.
• Though they're identical in model and behavior to Skitterbooms, Spiderlings are slightly different in textures because of the graphical updates in Giants, where they display more vibrant colors and a lighter shade of green.
• Unlike in the console series and card art, in Battlecast, a Spiderling has eight legs like a real spider instead of four.
• Large Spiderlings appear in the Earth Elemental Gate of Operation: Troll Rocket Steal, carrying leaf platforms for the player. These Spiderlings appear to be docile and harmless, unlike their hostile counterparts.
• Spiderlings were originally referred to as Spider Swarmers in early versions of Giants, a holdover from the similar enemies in the XPEC versions of Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure.