[anthk]

There was an electric/bug Pokémon ensembling an spider, now I know why.

https://m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Galvantula_(Pok%C3...

Yes, Pokémon has tons of real life weird biologycs inside. Such as that volcano snail, (Slugma/Magcargo) which exists IRL:

https://www.wired.com/2015/02/absurd-creature-of-the-week-sc...

[smolder]

Your pokemon example predates any of this research by a few years and so it certainly wouldn't have been known by the creators. It's a coincidence.

[anthk]

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140114113339.h...

[smolder]

Yeah, that's after the pokemon you mentioned debuted. You're just proving my point.