Spiders are everywhere – even underwater.

The diving bell spider, or water spider (Argyroneta aquatica), is known to live entirely underwater, from resting, catching and eating prey, as well as mating and wintering.

But this particular type of spider is also a cannibal and can be found right here in the UK in some favourite holiday hotspots along the south coast of England, as well as in Wales and in the Lake District.

It can also be spotted across Scandinavia as well as Europe’s top holiday destinations including as France, Germany and Switzerland.

However, as it needs oxygen to breathe, the spider surfaces very briefly to replenish its oxygen supply inside its underwater web – which it creates by trapping air in a layer of dense waterproof hairs on its abdomen and legs to add to its bubble of oxygen under water.