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'''Spiders'''<ref>Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland. ''Yoshi's Story'' Player's Guide. Pages 11, 24, 74, 77, and 79.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19991009112247/http://www.yoshisstory.com/4-1.html ''Yoshi's Story'' official website (Wayback Archive)]. Retrieved April 22, 2015.</ref> are enemies encountered in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. Spiders come down on silk threads and attempt to hurt a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] with their spike-covered bodies. They cannot be defeated with [[Yoshi's Egg|Yoshi egg]]s, so Yoshis must avoid them. A Yoshi cannot [[jump]] through their silk lines. Spiders are found only in [[Surprise!!]] and [[Jungle Hut]]. | '''Spiders'''<ref>Leung, Jason, Terry Munson, and Scott Pelland. ''Yoshi's Story'' Player's Guide. Pages 11, 24, 74, 77, and 79.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19991009112247/http://www.yoshisstory.com/4-1.html ''Yoshi's Story'' official website (Wayback Archive)]. Retrieved April 22, 2015.</ref> are enemies encountered in ''[[Yoshi's Story]]''. Spiders come down on silk threads and attempt to hurt a [[Yoshi (species)|Yoshi]] with their spike-covered bodies. They cannot be defeated with [[Yoshi's Egg|Yoshi egg]]s, so Yoshis must avoid them. A Yoshi cannot [[jump]] through their silk lines. Spiders are found only in [[Surprise!!]] and [[Jungle Hut]]. | ||
Despite their name, spiders behave more similarly to insect larvae such as caterpillars or bagworms, particularly the {{wp|Archips semiferanus|oak leaf roller}} larva, which is known to hang from trees on a thread of silk. Their Japanese name, in fact, references the Japanese word for | Despite their name, spiders behave more similarly to insect larvae such as caterpillars or bagworms, particularly the {{wp|Archips semiferanus|oak leaf roller}} larva, which is known to hang from trees on a thread of silk. Their Japanese name, in fact, references the Japanese word for "bagworm." Appearance-wise, they resemble {{wp|mite}}s, which are animals related to spiders with round bodies and more than six legs. | ||
==Profiles and statistics== | ==Profiles and statistics== | ||