This article is about spiders who like water and can even live in it.
Fishing Spider
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The fishing spider can move across the surface of the water as easily as across a rock. It can chase insects on the water surface, or lure insects and small frogs within reach of attack by sitting quietly and vibrating its front legs to create a small ripple. The ripple on the surface of the water entices the prey to swim close enough for the spider to dive down and catch it.
Water Spider
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The water spider lives its entire life underwater. In order to breathe, it builds an underwater “house”- a bell-shaped silk pocket that it fills with air bubbles from the surface. The air pocket gives the spider a safe place to eat and sleep. Whenever the spider gets hungry, it swims away to hunt for food.