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== Reproduction == | == Reproduction == | ||
''A. Aquatica'' reproduces sexually with the opposite sex, the females are [[oviparous]]. Since it spends most of it's life underwater, 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 will build an air-bell along side the female's bell that was previously made, this makes them 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, then places 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]. | The male will build an air-bell along side the female's bell that was previously made, this makes them 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, then places 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]. | ||
