Water spider: Difference between revisions

The male will come along beside the female's air-bell that they have made for themselves and form another air-bell. The male then bites through the two bubbles and mates with the female. After the female lays her eggs in late spring or summer, she wraps the eggs in a white, silky cocoon at the top of the bell. The young spiders hatch within a few weeks, if the eggs are laid in late summer, the male seals the retreat with thicker silk[[http://www.arkive.org/water-spider/argyroneta-aquatica/info.html#reference_1 1]][[http://www.the-piedpiper.co.uk/th11f(5).htm 3]].