RHH's photos with the keyword: flower spider

July 31 and August 1, 2013, we were in Olympic National Park orchid hunting. Our first stop was in the area of Crescent Lake where we looked for an found two orchids including this one, the Elegant Piperia (Piperia elegans). One one of the several plants we found there was a crab spider lurking among the flowers. He had taken on the color of the stems and we probably would not have noticed him if he had not moved, but here he is. The Elegant Piperia, the orchid, can be around three feet tall (100cm) and in this location grows very tall. The individual flowers, however, are only about a quarter of an inch (8mm). I've submitted a picture of the spider to BugGuide.net for identification and the spider has been identified there as the Flower Spider, Misumena vatia.