First Flight Preparations - _TNY_1922
This red and black beauty is a female scarlet mormon (Papilio rumanzovia), patiently waiting foir her wings to dry enough to allow her to make her first flight ever.
This specis, like all mormon butterflies, are to varying extent trying to mimic the unpalatable group of butterflies known as the red-bodied swallowtails.
An example of one of those is the pink rose (Pachliopta kotzebuea) - here is a shot of one of those shot 30 centimeters below where this one is hanging (though on a different day): www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52904505677/
First Flight Preparations - _TNY_1922
This red and black beauty is a female scarlet mormon (Papilio rumanzovia), patiently waiting foir her wings to dry enough to allow her to make her first flight ever.
This specis, like all mormon butterflies, are to varying extent trying to mimic the unpalatable group of butterflies known as the red-bodied swallowtails.
An example of one of those is the pink rose (Pachliopta kotzebuea) - here is a shot of one of those shot 30 centimeters below where this one is hanging (though on a different day): www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52904505677/