Watch a water spider create its underwater house

Name: Watch a water spider create its underwater house
Uploaded: 2025-02-08T06:04:09.197Z
Duration: 15 s
Description: A water spider ( Argyroneta aquatica ) building its diving bell. The spider traps numerous tiny bubbles of air in the hairs on its body, then deposits them in its underwater web. Once established, this diving bell provides the spider with a home from which it darts out to catch aquatic prey.

A water spider (Argyroneta aquatica) building its diving bell. The spider traps numerous tiny bubbles of air in the hairs on its body, then deposits them in its underwater web. Once established, this diving bell provides the spider with a home from which it darts out to catch aquatic prey.

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