Arachnid Aliens are Facehuggers that never latched onto a host.

The Xenomorph embryo inside of them starts to break down.

The Facehugger and the embryo are fused together.

They look like large black spiders.

They have long, bony scorpion tails with which to impale their victims.

Unlike other Xenomorph breeds, Arachnid Xenomorphs can't swim. This is possibly because their bodies are not designed to do so, and-or that the Facehugger's 'breathing sacs' had mutated into lungs, keeping it alive instead of its non-existent host.

An arachnid Alien is seen in a comic book among many other xenomophs and when they break out you see it attacking the androids.

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	Xenomorphs (see gallery)
Life Stages	Xenomorph Egg · Facehugger (Queen Facehugger) · Chestburster
Hive Castes	Carrier Xenomorph · Drone Xenomorph · Warrior Xenomorph · Hive Warrior · Praetorian · Ravager Xenomorph · Commander Xenomorph · Palatine · Xenomorph Queen · Empress · Queen Mother · King Alien
Mutated and/or Bioengineered Strains	Acid Alien (Infectoid) · Arachnid Alien · Arachnoid · Bodyburster · Chrysalis · Deacon (Trilobite · Hammerpede) · Defender · Genetic Drone · Genetic Queen · Giant Facehugger · K-Series · "Leech" · "Newborn Xenomorph" · Razor Claw · Red Xenomorph · Rogue Alien · Scorpion Alien · Smasher · Stalker Xenomorph · Super-Evolution Xenomorph · White Hybrid · Xenoborg
Host-based Strains	Aqua Alien · Bull Alien · Flying Alien (Flying Queen) · Gorilla Alien · Jock-Xenomorph · Killer Crab Alien · Mantis Alien · Night Cougar Alien · Panther Alien · Predalien · Rhino Alien · Runner · Snake Alien · Swimmer · Swarm Alien · Wild Boar Alien
Related Species (Breeders)	Mala'kak (a.k.a. Engineers or Space Jockeys) · Yautja (a.k.a. Predators)