A fly on Alpine yellow daisy wildflower in Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe.

A fly lands on an Alpine yellow composite wildflower blooming at Bötzel pass in the Alpstein limestone range, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Compared to bees, flies (as pictured) have just one set of wings (not two) which stay out when at rest (not folded), and their bodies just get dusted with pollen (not caked). The aster, daisy or sunflower family (Asteraceae or Compositae) is the largest family of vascular plants. Appenzell Innerrhoden is Switzerland's most traditional and smallest-population canton (second smallest by area).

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Image Size: 4478x3311 / 1.8MB; http://www.photoseek.com/; 2016SwissShow Animalia Arthropoda Europe Insecta Insects Magnoliophyta PhotoBest Plantae Switzerland angiosperms animal bloom blossom flowers invertebrate plants
Contained in galleries: Highlights 2016, 2016 ALL images SWITZERLAND, ALPS: favorites (FRANCE, ITALY, SLOVENIA, SWITZERLAND), SWITZERLAND: 2016 favorites, SWITZERLAND: favorites, SWITZERLAND: Appenzell

A fly lands on an Alpine yellow composite wildflower blooming at Bötzel pass in the Alpstein limestone range, Appenzell Alps, Switzerland, Europe. Compared to bees, flies (as pictured) have just one set of wings (not two) which stay out when at rest (not folded), and their bodies just get dusted with pollen (not caked). The aster, daisy or sunflower family (Asteraceae or Compositae) is the largest family of vascular plants. Appenzell Innerrhoden is Switzerland's most traditional and smallest-population canton (second smallest by area).