South Wales cave fauna

Tom's  trip to a limestone cave was also fruitful, including a new species of moth to him: the tissue, and a whole host of cave-adapted spiders. For more information visit: http://www.cambriancavingcouncil.org.uk/cavelife/wales/spiders.html

Juv. Cave spiders (Meta menardii) and a possible Metallina merianae.

An adult cave spider (Meta menardii) alongside a freshly made eggsac.

 Nesticus cellulanus- a spectacularly patterned species.

Another M. menardii eggsac.

The tissue moth, nearer to the cave entrance than other hibernating moth species, and a photograph without flash, showing a truer colour.

The tissue moth.

The herald- beaded with droplets of water in the dark.

The herald.