Amaurobius on the Wall

 Spotted this chap on the wall and thought it was a young house spider. But on closer inspection I noticed the boxing gloves showing him to an adult male. And at the size he was it was clearly an Amaurobius.

Lichens!

I spotted lots of these on the concrete fence posts in our garden. Very interesting organisms!

I also noticed marked difference in the colour of the grey lichens when they are wet

Plume Moth

Emmelina monodactyla (Pterophoridae) seen on the ceiling

Slug at night

 A Limax maculatus I think taken with my phone in the garden at night.

Snail on my Aloe

 Bringing my plants in from the greenhouse I spotted this little chap nestling among the leaves of my Lace Aloe.

Canon IXUS 265

Tiny spider on Aloe

A pale form of  Enoplognatha ovata (Candy-Stripe Spider), on one of my Aloes.

Canon IXUS

New spider for me

 Was having a little midnight garden safari the other night and I saw a small spider on the fence. I got an ok photo, then the following night I went out again and got a much better shot. The species is Neriene montana, a relatively large member of Linyphiidae (money spiders)