Cave Spider

The Blue Spider is a hostile mob that will be introduced in Minecraft Beta 1.8. It is a spider with a blue retextured skin and is presumably more dangerous than its brown brethren. Blue spiders are much more rare than regular spiders. When bitten by a blue spider, your health bar turns yellow and gradually decreases. Blue Spiders are also smaller than regular spiders. . Blue spiders can only be found in Abandoned Mine Shafts, which will also be introduced in 1.8.

Trivia

 * It was originally going to be called a tree spider according to Jeb, but that wouldn't make any sense due to it spawning in mine shafts.
 * In the 1.8 Preview, a Blue(?) Spider was called a "poisonous spider", but "venomous spider" would be a more defining name.