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Last Updated: 9/11/08

Mites
Spiders
Spider Photos
Ticks

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This page will eventually have information on spiders, mites, and ticks.

There are a number of aquatic mites that live in the water and spiders that live near ponds. Spiders and mites are arachnids, which means they have 8 legs. Insects have 6 legs.

Water mites range from 0.1 to 0.2 inches long. They eat small worms, insects, and crustaceans. Some mites are parasites. Some swim and some crawl but all must come up to breathe.

The fisher spider (Dolomedes triton (the Roman god of the sea)) dives into ponds. It catches insects and even small fish and tadpoles. The fisher spider grows 0.4 to 0.7 inches long.
The stilt spider (Tetragnatha elongata) grows 0.3 to 0.4 inches long. It creates a snare to catch flying insects.

Candy sent this photo of a water snake in her pond on 5/30/07. There is also a neat spider in the photo. I was told that it is a fishing spider, the six spotted Dolomedes triton. Here is a web site on them. The ones on that page seem a lot darker than this one below.
Water snake and fishing spider

Here is a photo of a spider living among the marginals of my pond on 9/29/01.