A spider and some strange insects

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I saw this spider the other day and am reasonably happy with how it turned out.
SpiderEF7A4092 by davholla2002, on Flickr
At my parents house in South London/North Kent, I turned over a stone to photograph the ant woodlice and saw these 2 insects which in 20+ years of looking under stones there I have never seen before.
A) They were not cooperative
B) I got a migraine so only took 2 photos
So the quality is not very good, however as they are so unusual I thought that I would share them, any ideas what they are?
Unknown EF7A3896 by davholla2002, on Flickr

Two unknowns EF7A3895.CR2 by davholla2002, on Flickr
 
The last 2 look like leafhopper nymphs, #1 would have worked a lot better with the whole spider being in the shot. (y)
 
The last 2 look like leafhopper nymphs, #1 would have worked a lot better with the whole spider being in the shot. (y)
I think you are right about the spider being over cropped - a flaw of mine. I wonder why leafhopper nymphs were in an ant nest? I wonder if they were root feeding aphids.
 
Nice shots, you are quite right David, lettuce root aphids.
 
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