Talk:Diving bell spider

Any more information?
Hello, I've been trying to identify a primary source/evidence (e.g. image) to confirm "that the male constructs a diving bell adjacent to the female's, then spins a tunnel from his bell, breaking into hers to gain entrance". Schütz & Taborsky 2005 and 2011 examine mating behaviour in captivity and make no mention of this, although they say males do spend an amount of time sharing the female's bell post-copulation. Can anyone confirm? Should the Wiki page be edited to reflect the papers? Mellchie (talk) 13:25, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

Hi - I am one of the authors of the recently published study and was pointed to this article. The spiders mainly feed on water fleas (Daphnia), other micro-crustaceans and mosquito larvae. We have measured the oxygen partial pressure difference between the spiders bubble and the surrounding water. The term "differences in osmotic pressure" should therefore be changed into "differences in partial pressure". - cheers Stefan — Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.226.35.129 (talk) 17:22, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

The spiders don't resurface for air as originally thought, the air sac acts as a gill. Source: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20557-scuba-spider-uses-web-as-gill-to-breathe-underwater.html 71.206.27.210 (talk) 23:51, 9 June 2011 (UTC)

Can anyone cite a reliable scientific source that has more information? What about air sac replenishment, how it catches food, life-cycle, est population, disposition, etc.


 * It would be great to have pictures of this critter swimming underwater. Also, what do they eat? Small fish? Drutt 17:36, 22 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Drutt, National Geographic has published an article on the Water Spider. I have a ton of info. We need to connect. I'm making a page about the Japanese Water Spider for my writing class (I'm an undergrad) and it needs to amount to ten printed pages. If the "species" article doesn't expand dramatically then the Wiki-enforcers may not like my ""subspecies"" page that's ten pages and this will jeopardize my grade. Please contact me. Morri7 (talk) 17:05, 11 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Hi there. Wikipedia can never have too many spider articles. Which edition of National Geographic carries this article? Drutt (talk) 12:46, 12 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks so much for responding! The National Geographic article was published on August 28, 2007 and written by Sara B. McPherson. I'll give you the link to it here: Water Spider Spins Its Own "Scuba Tank" Morri7 (talk) 20:28, 12 July 2008 (UTC)


 * There was an article published in October of 2007 about the air sacs and their functions. Here's a link to the abstract: Air bells of water spiders are an extended phenotype modified in response to gas composition. If you click on the "full text available online" link you can register with Wiley InterScience and get a PDF of the article. Morri7 (talk) 21:16, 12 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Do you have any suggestions about the article about the subspecies? Morri7 (talk) 20:30, 14 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Thanks for the articles, though I couldn't access the second one even after registering (I thing it's restricted to you college guys). I don't know anything about this Japanese subspecies. Are you worried that if you create an article it will be deleted? Drutt (talk) 02:07, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, but we'll see.Morri7 (talk) 22:45, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

There, I've largely reworded the article to make it read better, thought no information has been removed, despite it looking quite a lot shorter (there was a long and repetitive bit on gas exchange).Wise zoologist (talk) 20:37, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

Can we get a picture with the bell?
These spiders are named by the bubble they live in. Can we get a picture of the actual 'diving bell'? Here is one from the BBC http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/53114000/jpg/_53114911_5argyronetaaquaticaeatingwaterfleainbubble2011-014110.jpg--Frozenport (talk) 09:22, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

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Family
Is this species still in Cybaeidae or has it been moved to Dictynidae? https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Argyroneta_aquatica/ 00090R (talk) 16:32, 22 June 2019 (UTC)
 * The World Spider Catalog, generally the most reliable and up-to-date secondary source for spiders, puts it in Dictynidae, based on . Peter coxhead (talk) 19:47, 23 June 2019 (UTC)

Class Assignment
I'm in a class focused on the Wikipedia pages of spiders, and I think this article and species of spider is really interesting! Some important aspects of this species that I would love to see discussed are diet, mating, and reproduction and life cycle. Since the article mentions that this species performs all of these actions underwater, I think that descriptions of how each of these components work underwater could be very beneficial. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RenaBio472 (talk • contribs) 23:05, 6 October 2020 (UTC)