Arthropod

Arthropod is an in-game classification covering all invertebrate, bug-like mobs.

Classification

Arthropods take extra damage and receive Slowness IV when hit with a weapon enchanted with Bane of Arthropods. All arthropods except bees have a unique death animation; they flip 180 degrees instead of the usual 90 degrees for other mobs. In Bedrock Edition, cave spiders flip 90 degrees.^[1] For some reason, despite being obviously inconsistent, bees rotating 90 degrees and not 180 degrees is not considered an issue.^[2]

All of these mobs are also part of the #arthropod entity tag.

List of mobs


Bee	Cave Spider	Endermite	Silverfish	Spider

History

Java Edition Classic
0.26 SURVIVAL TEST							Added spiders.
Java Edition Beta
1.8			Pre-release				Added silverfish and cave spiders.
Java Edition
1.0.0			Beta 1.9 Prerelease 3				Added the Bane of Arthropods enchantment, which increases damage against arthropods and applies Slowness.
1.8			14w11a				Added endermites.
1.15			19w34a				Added bees.
Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.3.3							Added spiders.
v0.9.0			build 1				Added silverfish.
v0.11.0			build 1				Added cave spiders.
v0.12.1			build 1				Added the Bane of Arthropods enchantment, which increases damage against arthropods and applies Slowness.
Pocket Edition
1.0.0			alpha 0.17.0.1				Added endermites.
Bedrock Edition
1.14.0			beta 1.14.0.1				Added bees.
Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU1	CU1	1.00	1.00	1.00	Patch 1	1.0.1	Added spiders.
TU5							Added silverfish and cave spiders.
TU7							Added the Bane of Arthropods enchantment, which increases damage against arthropods and applies Slowness.
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3		Added endermites.
New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added spiders, silverfish and cave spiders.
1.7.10							Added endermites.