Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera) showing opportunistic spider ready to trap insect visitors

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Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera) showing opportunistic spider ready to trap insect visitors - Orchids - Ophrys
Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera) an insect mimic and the only one of the genus that is self-pollinated. Preci nr Norcia, Umbria Italy. May 2008.


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Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera) showing opportunistic spider ready to trap insect visitors
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Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera) showing opportunistic spider ready to trap insect visitors
Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera) showing opportunistic spider ready to trap insect visitors
Ophrys fuciflora (Late Spider Orchid)
Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera) showing opportunistic spider ready to trap insect visitors