​Platanthera dilatata [White Bog Orchid, Bog Candles]

A beautiful yellow Goldenrod Crab Spider [Misumena vatia] successful hunting a bee on a White Bog Orchid [Platanthera dilatata]. Coos County, N.H. 7-8-22. Notice the pollen on the bees leg.

White Bog Orchid, Bog Candles [Platanthera dilatata]. Coos County, N.H. 7-10-22

Goldenrod Crab Spider [Misumena vatia] hunting on White Bog Orchid [Platanthera dilatata]. Coos County, N.H. 7-3-22

Goldenrod Crab Spider [Misumena vatia] hunting on White Bog Orchid [Platanthera dilatata]. Coos County, N.H. 7-3-22

Green Bog Orchid [Platanthera huronensis] with White Bog Orchids [Platanthera dilatata]. Coos County, N.H. 7-6-21

White Bog Orchid, Bog Candles [Platanthera dilatata]. Coos County, N.H. 7-6-21

White Bog Orchid, Bog Candles [Platanthera dilatata]. Coos County, N.H. 7-6-21

White Bog Orchid, Bog Candles [Platanthera dilatata]. Coos County, N.H. 7-6-21

White Bog Orchid, Bog Candles [Platanthera dilatata]. Coos County, N.H. 7-6-21

White Bog Orchid, Bog Candles [Platanthera dilatata]. Coos County, N.H. 7-6-21