With Switzerland being my home country, I am of course very fond of rocks / stones. Therefore I am of course find stonewalls most interesting, presenting not only a landscape feature for the countryside nearby but also offering home and shelter to so many different creatures.
Next time you come by a stonewall give it some of your time and go and look at it closely. At first it will appear 'empty', even barren, but suddenly, once you really give it all your attention, you will be surprised just how busy these stonewalls are. :)
A fly, being quite happy to be photographed, it is certainly good at posing.
7-spot ladybird - this year there seem to be many of them around.
Yellow Lichen - one of my favourites! So brightly colouring the stones and upon close insepction, each patch looks like a world of its own. It always reminds me of STAR TREK (Original series of course!) and it seems only normal to expect TRIBBLES to turn up any moment. Yes, stoneswalls keep me entertained for ages ... :)
At first I thought that these tiny jumping spiders (Zebra spider) are hard to find - well, I was clearly looking in the wrong place! The stonewalls are full with them, but it takes a little to spot them among the all the grey tones. This one here seems to have a big party planned, judging by the size of its bounty.
As far as spiders go, these jumping spiders are surely the 'cutest' ...
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