Spider

Spiders (Japanese: ビッグスパイダー Biggu Supaidā, Big Spider) are enemies that appear in the original Crash Bandicoot game and as an obstacles in Crash Team Racing. They are large black, red, and dark purple spiders with eight legs that inhibit dark areas and ancient ruins. In both games, they attack by descending from the ceiling on their web every few seconds, and then rising back out of view.

Crash Bandicoot
In Crash Bandicoot, the spiders appear in the ancient ruins levels: (Temple Ruins, Jaws of Darkness, and a dark level: Fumbling in the Dark) where they can be found in various places throughout the levels. The spiders can be defeated by Crash's spinning, and jumping.

Crash Team Racing
They appear in the Cortex Castle race track as obstacles in Crash Team Racing. When they are descending from the ceiling in this game, their shadow can be seen, which gives the racers a heads up when they are dropping. They also appear in the cut test level from Crash Bandicoot. In Crash Team Racing they can be defeated by some items like bombs, or missiles.

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
Spiders reappears as enemies in the N. Sane Trilogy remaster of the first game where they reprise the same role they had in the original version of the game, appearing in the ancient ruins levels: (Temple Ruins, Jaws of Darkness, and a dark level: Fumbling in the Dark).

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
Spiders reappear in Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled where they reprise the same role that they had in the original version of Crash Team Racing. Additionally, differently-colored spiders make an appearance inside the lava cave on Inferno Island track.

Appearances

 * Crash Bandicoot
 * Crash Team Racing
 * Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
 * Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled

Trivia

 * Given their design and how the Wumpa Islands are based off the coast of Australia, it can be assumed that they are red-back spiders.
 * However, the actual species has never been confirmed.