Spider web Emoji

Animals

A detailed, grey, hexagonal spider web stretched across a circular frame. It depicts the sticky, silken trap spun by spiders to catch prey.

Usage Context

Frequently used to represent Halloween, spooky themes, or abandoned places. It is also common in digital shorthand to signify that a profile or account has been inactive for a long time, suggesting it has been 'gathering dust.' It pairs well with other creepy icons like 🕷 or 👻.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2014 under Emoji 1.0, this icon was requested by users to round out the collection of nature-themed imagery and to provide a quick way to signal horror or neglect in chat-based communication.

Details

Glyph

🕸

Unicode

U+1F578

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f578:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDD78;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Animals

Subcategory animal-bug

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

Noto Color Emoji graphics are copyrighted by Google Inc. and licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. Font files may also be subject to the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1.

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