Miss Spider

Miss Flora Spider is the name of a loving spider in the bestselling Miss Spider children's books by David Kirk. She also appears in the Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends show and Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends - Harvest Time Hop and Fly video game.

Miss Spider is also the name of a spider in Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach and is voice acted by Susan Sarandon (with a French-sounding accent) in the stop-motion film by Tim Burton.

Sunny Patch Family

  • Holley (spider) - Miss Spider's husband
  • Bounce (bed bug) - Adoptive child, the youngest of the Spider Family. He has only two legs
  • Dragon (dragonfly) - Adoptive child
  • Spinner (spider)
  • Shimmer (jewel beetle) - Adoptive child
  • Squirt (spider)
  • Wiggle (spider)
  • Pansy & Snowdrop (twins)

Neighbors in Sunny Patch

  • Spiderus & Spindella - Married spiders who live in the Hollow Tree
  • Betty Beetle - The kids' grandmother
  • Ned & Ted - Two less than completely honest ants
  • Gus - An asparagus beetle, also lives in the tree
  • Mr. Mantis - A praying mantis, and the art teacher
  • Stinky - A stink bug that lives in Dribbly Dell
  • Felix- A frog that lives in Taddy Puddle
  • Barry- A crane bug lifeguard