I don't like to clean them as maybe I can ruin them. Otherwise you can put them in a cup of water with a little washing up liquid as the housewives use for their dishes for a few hours, rinse them afterwards and let them dry. But afterward they often look worse than when in their original dry condition. Then you can put them into your collection. In some other parts and habitats e.g. in a small forest with a few rocks, under vegetation and on other walls I've found the following species.
Numbers refer to species above.
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