# Spiders Spiders are eight-legged arthropods that anchored some of the web's earliest viral animal content, starting with the 2003 'Clock Spider' photo posted to a Klipsch audio forum from Darwin, Australia[1]. Over the following decade, YouTube uploads like 'Spiders On Drugs' and 'Trolling A Spider' turned arachnid clips into a recurring meme category, blending real arachnophobia with prank comedy. ## Origin On April 4th, 2003, Klipsch Home Audio Forums user kenrat boy started a thread titled 'Look at this wolf spider!' with photographs of a large huntsman spider found behind a wall clock in a Darwin, Australia home[1]. The images circulated online for years afterward and earned the arachnid the nickname 'Clock Spider'[5]. Forum replies set the tone that later spider content followed, with one poster writing that they would 'scream like a 6 year old little girl' if they saw it on their wall[1]. - **Platform:** Klipsch Home Audio Forums / YouTube (viral spread) - **Creator:** Unknown - **Date:** 2003 ## Overview Spider content online splits into two broad modes. The first plays on the fear reflex, close-up photos and videos of huntsman spiders, tarantulas, or crowded webs of daddy long legs, often reposted with captions telling readers to burn the house down[1]. The second is comedic, ranging from mockumentary edits that fake pharmacological experiments on arachnids to prank clips where a person torments a spider with an object[2][4]. The Clock Spider photo set a template, an enormous spider hidden in an ordinary domestic space, that forum posters and image boards mimicked for years[1]. Reddit's /r/spiders, launched in 2009, took the opposite tack, treating arachnids as subjects for species ID and appreciation rather than horror[5]. The two attitudes, revulsion and enthusiasm, still shape how spider clips travel between platforms. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Spiders? Online, 'Spiders' names the loose category of viral photos and videos featuring arachnids, from the 2003 Clock Spider image out of Darwin, Australia to prank clips like 'Trolling A Spider'[1][4]. ### Where did Spiders come from? The template traces back to April 4th, 2003, when Klipsch Home Audio Forums user kenrat boy posted photos of a huntsman spider hiding behind a wall clock[1]. ### What does Spiders mean? As a meme category, it points at shareable arachnid content that plays on either arachnophobia or morbid curiosity, popularized by uploads like 'Spiders On Drugs' from 2006[2]. ### How do you use Spiders? People typically share close-up spider photos or videos with reaction captions expressing fear, or repost comedy edits such as Andrew Struthers' 'Spiders On Drugs' mockumentary[2]. ### Is Spiders still popular? Spider content is still active on Reddit's /r/spiders and on YouTube, where clips like CcanCcaglar's 'Trolling A Spider' still circulate[4][5]. ## References 1. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120929032157/http://community.klipsch.com/forums/p/24636/204286.aspx]() 2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHzdsFiBbFc]() 3. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PadauuWF94w]() 4. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bt16iFRxnqY]() 5. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/spiders]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/spiders Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library