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Argyroneta aquatica (European water spider)

Synonyms: Araneus aquaticus (homotypic); Argyroneta aquatica japonica; Argyroneta aquaticus

Wikipedia Abstract

The diving bell spider or water spider (Argyroneta aquatica) is one of the few species of spider known to live almost entirely under water. It is the only member of the genus Argyroneta. When out of the water, the spider ranges in colour from mid to dark brown, although the hairs on the abdomen give it a dark grey, velvet-like appearance.
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Prey / Diet

Predators

Aeshna juncea (Common Hawker)[1]
Dytiscus marginalis (Predaceous diving beetle)[1]
Sympetrum danae (Black Darter)[2]

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Citations

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1Temporal Variation in Food Web Structure: 16 Empirical Cases, Kenneth Schoenly and Joel E. Cohen, Ecological Monographs, 61(3), 1991, pp. 267–298
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0