Nature's Scuba Diver

Scuba diving has not been invented by people. A small dark spider comes with a spectacular example. The diving bell spider (Argyroneta aquatica) has a 9-15 mm long body covered by very fine and dense small hairs and lives in vegetated, fresh, not running water. Even if this spider lives in th... [ read more >> ]

Argyroneta catching air from the surface. Inside the bell, there is a consumed prey

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Image credits: E. Kullmann, H. Stern

Argyroneta catching air from the surface. Inside the bell, there is a consumed prey