Category:Water spider

Wa"ter spi"der. (zoöl.) (a) an aquatic european spider (argyoneta aquatica) which constructs Its web beneath the surface of the water on water plants. It lives in A bell-shaped structure of silk, open beneath like a diving bell, and Filled with air which the spider carries down in the form of small Bubbles attached one at a time to the spinnerets and hind feet. Called also diving spider. (b) a water mite. (c) any spider that habitually lives on or about the water, Especially the large american species (dolomedes lanceolatus) which Runs rapidly on the surface of water; -- called also raft spider.