Not actual spiders, of course, but formations often caused by sublimation of subsurface ice that create spider-like patterns. This image was acquired to study the influence of exposure to the sun’s rays on spider versus polygon development in terrain like this.

ID: ESP_074203_1015
date: 26 May 2022
altitude: 249 km

https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_074203_1015
NASA/JPL-Caltech/UArizona
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