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Common Broom + Spider, Heesch, Netherlands Amidst this sea of common broom flowers, a spider that just ambushed some insect. This is the spider species:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/95475/western_lynx_spider_heesch_netherlands.html" title="Western lynx spider, Heesch, Netherlands"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/95475_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=wKIvaALjb9k6gZIsYbxQKsza%2FYo%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Western lynx spider, Heesch, Netherlands Europe,Heesch,Netherlands,Oxyopes scalaris,World" /></a></figure><br /> <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/95340/common_broom_heesch_netherlands.html" title="Common Broom, Heesch, Netherlands"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/2/95340_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=PbZWni6R5ZxAZv2hfMJNn%2FRPLbY%3D" width="134" height="152" alt="Common Broom, Heesch, Netherlands These flowers have an interesting pollination tactic documented in the video below. My photo shows an already opened flower, note how the anthers are visible. These are triggered like a catapult when the pollinator feeds on the nectar available in the hole above it. <br /> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XsPySG2vJk Cytisus scoparius,Europe,Heesch,Netherlands,World" /></a></figure> Cytisus scoparius,Europe,Heesch,Netherlands,World Click/tap to enlarge

Common Broom + Spider, Heesch, Netherlands

Amidst this sea of common broom flowers, a spider that just ambushed some insect. This is the spider species:

Western lynx spider, Heesch, Netherlands Europe,Heesch,Netherlands,Oxyopes scalaris,World


Common Broom, Heesch, Netherlands These flowers have an interesting pollination tactic documented in the video below. My photo shows an already opened flower, note how the anthers are visible. These are triggered like a catapult when the pollinator feeds on the nectar available in the hole above it. <br /> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XsPySG2vJk Cytisus scoparius,Europe,Heesch,Netherlands,World

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The Common Broom

"Cytisus scoparius", the common broom or Scotch broom, syn. "Sarothamnus scoparius", is a perennial leguminous shrub native to western and central Europe.

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Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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Uploaded Jun 8, 2020. Captured May 9, 2020 14:23.
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  • NIKON D850
  • f/6.3
  • 1/250s
  • ISO64
  • 105mm