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The water spider reproduces sexually with the opposite sex, the females are oviparous. Since the water spider spends most of it's life under water, they make air-filled bubbles shaped like bells that are used for oxygenating the spider. These bells are also used as mating grounds. | The water spider reproduces sexually with the opposite sex, the females are oviparous. Since the water spider spends most of it's life under water, they make air-filled bubbles shaped like bells that are used for oxygenating the spider. These bells are also used as mating grounds. | ||
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 | 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 will bite through both his and her bubbles, then mates with the female. | ||
After the oviparous female lays her eggs in late spring or summer, she will wrap the eggs in a white, silky material and forms a cocoon surrounding the eggs and place the cocoon near the top of the air-bell. The young spiders hatch within a few weeks. If the eggs are laid in late summer, the male spider will seal the cocoon with a thicker 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]]. | |||
