Supersized invertebrates this summer

Well I never! This is the biggest slug I've seen in my life! I caught this fellow on the pavement on ul. Górnośląska on my way to work the other day. This is a Great Grey Slug, limax maximus, which can grow up to eight inches (200mm). So this one's still got a bit of growing to do. The two zloty coin, by the way, has a diameter of 21.5mm.

The same evening, returning home, I found this spider in the middle of its web outside our front door. It's the largest garden spider I've seen around our house. The next morning the spider was gone, but its web was filled with the little flies that appear at this time of year in large numbers.

This time last year:
Full moon over Jeziorki