Crab spiders (Misumena vatia) hang out on flowers where they wait to pounce on pollinating insects. I noticed my first Crab Spider a decade ago when it was hunting on a Tiger Lily: see the last picture at reddish wildflowers. Since that time, I have seen them mainly on daisies: watching crab spiders, yellow crab spider. Yesterday, I again saw a crab spider on a Tiger Lily. Alerted by that sighting, I examined local Daisies where I spotted some more.
A crab spider on the outside of a Tiger Lily was waiting to pounce on prey. When a perceived threat, a photographer, passed by, the spider hid inside.
Having seen a crab spider on a Tiger Lily, I then scoured local Daisies.
I hate to tell you but what you may think incidental often steals the show: case in point, the Turkish Cap.
Doug, you had me momentarily confused. I had not previously heard the name Turk’s Cap applied to a lily. At first, the flower was the point of the picture, but the scope broadened when the spider was spotted.
A fearsome wee beastie! Many thanks. Astonishing pictures.