Diving Bell Spider
Argyroneta aquatica
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Post a photoThe diving bell spider is Japan's only spider that lives almost entirely underwater, carrying air into a silk-spun chamber among water plants and living inside it. It eats prey and lays eggs there. Kyoto's Mizorogaike Pond, a wetland with relict ice-age life, has its biological community designated a Natural Monument, and this spider is part of it.
- Scientific name
- Argyroneta aquatica
- Group
- Other invertebrates
- Prefectures
- Kyoto
- Japanese Red List (Ministry of the Environment)
- VulnerableMinistry of the Environment Red List 2020
- 日本語
- ミズグモ
- 简体中文
- 水蛛
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The Diving Bell Spider is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Kyoto.
You can see the Diving Bell Spider at Inokashira Park Zoo, among others (confirmed on each facility's official website on 2026-10-15).
The Diving Bell Spider is listed as "Vulnerable" in the Ministry of the Environment Red List 2020 (listed as ミズグモ).
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