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The male water spider will build an air-bell along side the female's bell that was previously made, they are made so close that they are almost connected. After forming the air-bell, the male bites through the his own air-bell and then the female's air bell,forming one big air-bell, then 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 a thicker silk layer of the silky substance[[http://www.arkive.org/water-spider/argyroneta-aquatica/info.html#reference_1 1]][[http://www.the-piedpiper.co.uk/th11f(5).htm 3]].