It belongs to the family Chimney spider family and its scientific name is Argyroneta aquatica.
It lives in Korea, but it is the only spider that lives in the water.
Water spiders can live in the water, not only eating but also mating and spawning.
But it doesn’t have gills like fish, and the respiratory system breathes through the ventilation hole on the belly just like any other spider.
Then how can I breathe in the water?
It’s like a diver’s oxygen tank, which can help water spiders breathe underwater.
The only thing that can make that oxygen tank is its body covered with fine hairs.
It can be maintained for a long time because the fluid that prevents air from escaping from the body keeps coming out.
All the water spiders need to do now and then is to go up to the surface and replenish the oxygen tank.
That’s why I always have air bubbles on my stomach whenever I see a water spider in the water.
Sometimes water spiders miss air bubbles in the water.
He was like a diver who lost his oxygen tank in the ocean.
He’s struggling alone. He’s at a loss. crying
However, oxygen bottles are not enough to live all of the aforementioned meals and mating spawning.
Of course it’s a spider that lives in the water, so the house must be in the water.
The water spider lives by creating an air house made of air in the water.
An air house is literally a house made of air.
Put a round spider web around water plants or rocks and fix it.
I brought the air above the surface of the air above the water.
It’s getting bigger and bigger.
If you put too little air, you have to go back and forth to replenish the air.
But if you put too much air, the air chamber can’t overcome the buoyancy and it flies to the surface.
You need to inject an appropriate amount.
In particular, Glycine alanine and threonine have strong binding force and excellent strength and elasticity, making the web hard
The water spider is made up of the same ingredients as the normal spider web,
It’s many times better than other spiders in terms of bonding and elasticity.
Air houses made by water spiders do not dissolve in water and do not burst easily.
Thanks to this air house, we were able to eat, rest, and spawn.
The habitat of the water spider in Eungdae-ri, Yeoncheon is the only habitat in Korea.
It is said that it has been designated as a natural monument and protected.
Don’t be sick.
