diving bell spider

English

Noun

diving bell spider (plural diving bell spiders)

A spider, Argyroneta aquatica, living almost entirely underwater, using hairs on its abdomen and legs to trap air.

Synonyms

(Argyroneta aquatica): water spider

Translations

spider

Estonian: vesiämblik
Finnish: vesihämähäkki (fi)
French: argyronète (fr)
German: Wasserspinne f
Latin: tippūla f
Polish: topik m, wodnik (pl) m
Portuguese: aranha-de-água m
Russian: пау́к-серебря́нка m (paúk-serebrjánka), водяно́й пау́к m (vodjanój paúk)
Spanish: araña de agua f
Swedish: vattenspindel c
Tagalog: kutukuto, kutuntubig
Turkish: su örümceği (tr)

Further reading

diving bell spider on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Argyroneta aquatica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Argyroneta aquatica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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