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+{{:20230703-190919-2590-810x1080.jpg?300 |Pyramidal Orchid (//Anacamptis pyramidalis//)}}
+====== 03 Jul 2023: Pyramidal Orchid and Crab Spider ======
+A surprise discovery in June was a Pyramidal Orchid (//Anacamptis pyramidalis//),
+usually found in calcareous grassland.
+It will be interesting to see whether it survives in our woodland edge habitat.
+===== =====
+A couple of weeks later in early July and the flower spike is looking even less pyramidal as the higher flowers open.
+You might notice that it has a visitor.
+{{ :20230703-203142-2617-810x1080.jpg?300|crab spider (//Misumena vatia//)}}
+A crab spider (//Misumena vatia//) has taken up residence.
+Crab spiders do not spin webs.
+Instead they lurk in flowers and pounce on flies or bees when they arrive to pollinate the flower.
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