Going away from insects for #InverteFest day 4.

This is a rewardless flower so floral visitors always leave disappointed, except when they don't have time to be disappointed, or leave, on account of their innards being liquefied and removed...

This lovely Goldenrod Crab Spider (Misumena vatia) has adopted the color of her most excellent trap: a yellow lady's-slipper orchid (Cypripedium parviflorum). She waits inside and once the visitor enters she has lunch...

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It's #FlowerFriday and #Flyday Friday! This beefly (Hemipenthes morio) and sweat bee (Agapostemon rexanus) know what I'm talking about.

These are brilliant flowers of the Pincushion Cactus (Escobaria vivipara), one of Manitoba's two native cactus species. They have my vote for most stunning wild flower in the province.

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